VMK Myths and Rumors

Here you will read stories that have been going around in rooms since beta, to ones that started last monday. We hope that this page will help clear things up.

(Originally based on work by Garfieldo, Teyla and Poseidon, the VMK Mythbusters.)

Thems the Rules

Rules are Rules. Aren't they?

• Claim: You can be banned for talking about the VMK Fan Site or other forums
• Status: Probably True
• People have talked about getting warnings from staff members when they mentioned a fan site, although we haven't heard of a confirmed case that a ban was just because you mentioned it. Still, it is against the VMK Rules and Values to mention something that could identify you in the real world - so it is best to not talk about it.

• Claim: People can report you for booting them from your room, refusing to trade with them, or being mean.
• Status: True, but...
• Yes, people can report you for any reason whatsoever. People can report you for smiling at them or for wearing clothes they don't like. That doesn't mean you've done anything wrong or that you're going to be banned because of it, however. VMK Staff investigate all reports of problems, and only take action if there is a real problem.

• Claim: Booting people from your room can get you in trouble.
• Status: False
• You are allowed to boot anyone you want from your room for any reason. It is your room and your right.

• Claim: Standing on a quest object isn't allowed.
• Status: True
• VMK Staff have indicated that you should move off a quest object as soon as you can. Standing on the object and not allowing others access to it can lead to you being banned.

• Claim: You aren't allowed to trade for credits.
• Status: False, but...
• VMK Staff stated in the 11 April 2006 newsletter "VMK would prefer that Players only use the Quest Kiosks as they were intended: for creation of Quests and rewarding of prizes." Keep in mind that the VMK Rules and Values do forbid you from stealing someone's credits, which you might do through a generator. Trading for credits is not allowed in the VMKF trade forums.

Beta

Once upon a time...

• Claim: Beta was great! There was no taken, or babies, and everything was peaceful.
• Status: False
• People like to talk about how great the beta period was, but the reality was far different. Taken was there almost from the beginning (we have a screenshot from just a few days after opening showing it), and other behaviours were also as common then as now. The biggest difference is that now we have a lot more people, so you might see more of these things. In addition, there were lots and lots of problems that were constant irritants - photos that wouldn't stay on walls, photos that couldn't be removed from walls, and people who would lose their arms are just a few examples.

• Claim: Be careful when trading for any Beta Furniture, since it will all come back someday.
• Status: Probably True
• Although many items were released at the beginning, and later taken away, several of these items have returned over time. It seems likely that other items will also eventually be released again.

CL Stories

Do you think you know what's true and what's not about Community Leaders? We'll see...

• Claim: CLs don't have to play games to get credits.
• Status: False.
• Sometimes we think CLs have it better than normal players in every possible way. From that, stories have been started about CLs getting free stuff, free credits, etc. None of this is true. But it IS partially true that they don't have to play games to get credits. They can also visit NPCs and sell furniture, just like everyone else.

• Claim: CLs know everything about the game.
• Status: False.
• While CLs do know much about the game, they do NOT know things like the release of certain pins (Unless this information has been revealed already), when new lands are coming out, and many other release dates.

• Claim: CLs have booting powers in all rooms.
• Status: False.
• Many believe this is true, even though it isn't talked about much. That's because most people think that since CLs are leaders in the game and keep the peace, they can boot players out of a room if they're bad. This is not true. They can only boot players out of their own room, like normal players.

• Claim: CLs are staff members.
• Status: False.
• CLs are just normal people at home/parks that love VMK and are on often. They do not work for Disney in real life, even though they have something in the front of their name. Though this is very common belief, it is not true.

• Claim: CLs give out free stuff.
• Status: Sometimes.
• CLs are not required to give anything to anybody, but every now and then a CL or a normal player will give a new player or friend something free to welcome them to VMK. But, you should NOT ask for free stuff from anyone. It is annoying, and people don't like to be nagged for their stuff, especially rare and quest items.

• Claim: CLs have supernatural powers.
• Status: There's no way to know.
• While most don't, no one has never proven stuff like ESP, ghosts, ancient slime creatures from outer space, etc. to be false (Or true for that matter), we'll probably never know.

(Side Note: This is in real life of course. People on VMK have no supernatural powers.)

• Claim: CLs will make you popular.
• Status: False.
• There are a lot of community leaders out there, around a hundred, so if you know one, it's not like you're going to be famous just for knowing them. Just like if you were friends with a cast member, it's not like you're going to be the most famous CL ever. I mean, do you know the names of even half the people on a staff member's list? Didn't think so.

• Claim: CLs help with events.
• Status: True.
• Many community leaders help around with the events. The first event in which this was featured was the Halloween Maze events, where CL's had rooms involved, and CL_Poseidon, CL_Nedakh, and CL_Enderz and many others worked endlessly for people. Since then, CLs have been involved and been able to help with almost every event thereafter.

Item Tales

We all want to have the rarest clothes and pins, or that new recently released quest item, so it's easy for us to fall for lies about new items or free stuff. But can you tell the fact from the fiction?

• Claim: Green beta items will be out St. Patrick's day 2006.
• Status: True.
• Before St. Patty's day, many people believe that, since the holiday is famous for the tradition of everyone wearing green, vmk would re-release green beta items for a limited time around the day.

• Claim: Fill up all the seats in the drive-in and you'll win a free Dancing Inferno Magic Pin!
• Status: False.
• This is a very strange, but well-known rumor. It's odd to think that this is true, since inferno is so rare. The reason that so many people try this is because, since inferno is something people automatically want, they still hope that this just might possibly be true. It's not. Also, why would they make such a rare magic pin the reward? There aren't even all that many seats!

• Claim: Magic Carpet is coming out Feb. 15, 2006.
• Status: False.
• A lot of people believed this, since it had been a long wait already. Like the above rumor, people believe it because there's the slight, itty-bitty chance that it might be true. Unfortunately, February 15 is long past, and still no Magic Carpet Magic.

• Claim: Fill up all the chairs in VMK central and get something free!
• Status: False.
• This story is much more believable than the inferno from the drive story. Sadly, this one is also made-up. You do not get anything from filling up all the chairs. In fact, I don't think it's even possible to fill them all up. . . Perhaps that's the reason someone created it in the first place.

• Claim: If everyone dances in the music game, you get free Dancing Inferno Magic.
• Status: False.
• This story may seem real at first. Seems kind of possible that you would get Dancing Inferno by dancing, doesn't it? This is just yet another story that has no truth in it.

• Claim: If you go to the emporium when VMK closes and you say "Inferno!" you get a Dancing Inferno Magic Pin.
• Status: False.
• This story was probably originally created just to see how many people do it. Though this story is a bit out there, some might believe it since "Inferno!" is a one-word command with an exclamation point, just like the commands for magic pins.

• Claim: If you meet Push and ask him to dance he might give out Inferno.
• Status: False
• This story is rather new and originates around the fact Push the trashcan walks, talks, and will dance if you ask. Since he is not a NPC and does not give out credits people think he might give out inferno. However he has no items, cannot accept friends since you cannot click on him, or trade. He can talk through trade but has no items, and he must ask first, the converation is usually about your quest.

• Claim: If you give something to VMK Staff, they will give you green flips.
• Status: False.
• Staff giving you green flips is like them giving you green ears. They were suppose to be staff only, but they were for sale during most of Beta. Also, if you gave them something like, say, a Lumiere lamp, do you really think that they'd give you something as rare as green flips?

VMK Pal

VMK Pal is a handy gadget that is used by many VMKers. But is there any truth the stories surrounding it?

• Claim: VMK_Opal got fired for using VMK Pal.
• Status: 95% sure it's false.
• Well, it's not a matter of if Cast Members are allowed to use VMK Pal or not which makes this story so unlikely, but the fact that there isn't a VMK_Opal (That we know of). And, if Opal was new, wouldn't you think they'd give him/her a warning before firing him/her?

• Claim: Host_Hula got hacked because she used VMK Pal.
• Status: Highly unlikely.
• For one thing, staff have told people in the past that VMK Pal is a third party program, and is "Dangerous" (when in fact it isn't). Also, even if she DID use it, there would be as much of a chance she'd get hacked using it as there would if she didn't. And Carioca couldn't hack because the information you store in VMK Pal is saved on your computer, rather than being sent somewhere to be saved.

Other

Here you'll find a collection of stories that don't fit into any other catagory.

• Claim: The Hidden Mickeys for the Monorails can only be in Monorail 1.
• Status: False
• Despite popular belief, this is not true. You can find the Mickey on any Monorail.

• Claim: There's a new member of VMK named Push the Talking Trashcan!
• Status: True.
• Guess what? It's true! Believe it or not, Push goes around VMK talking and dancing with players! He can go to guest rooms, go through teleporters, and more! But he has no profile, so you can't ask to be his friend or ask to trade. But sometimes, Push will ask to trade with you!
• Side note: Push the Talking Trashcan isn't an NPC

• Claim: If you get a room full of people to dance in "Mickey Mouse Outfits" during closing by the Walt and Mickey statue, the statue will come alive.
• Status: False.
• There are no living statues in VMK, or any secret NPCs. Case closed.

• Claim: The next ride event will be a halloween event! Start getting your teams together now or there will be no more space.
• Status: False
• In early August 2006, just after the waterslide ride event finished, people started getting teams together for what they said the next event would be - a Haloween ride. Various people mentioned that they heard staff say that it was being planned, but there was no firm evidence. Yavn was quoted as saying "What Haloween Event?"

  

  which doesn't mean there isn't one, just that they may not want to promise anything before it is final, because plans may change. So, will there be a Haloween event? We'll find out in October, won't we? But it seems pretty early to begin planning for something where we don't know the rules, or even if it will actually happen.
• In the October 16th issue of Yavn Speaks, he indicated "we'll wrap up the Halloween Celebration with a Halloween Maze Event!", thus putting to rest any presisting rumors of another ride event.

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