Discussions about Hiring and Hiring Practices

[~Farmer Tom~]

Originally Posted by Nadine

*stumbles in & laughs her *ahem* butt off*

He he he, your butt jiggles when you laugh it off

[Nadine]

Originally Posted by ~Farmer Tom~

He he he, your butt jiggles when you laugh it off

just for you!

[~Farmer Tom~]

Originally Posted by Nadine

just for you!

lmao, babys got back!

[JAS0643]

Originally Posted by ElkRiverRancher

I've been having some fun, with the hiring process. I now present an employment 'test'. I begin by announcing that I've got crops ready for harvesting, then plots to plow:

Yes this is a game but this to me is just manipulative. I don't understand why people have to play such games with others in the game. I play this GAME to farm not to answer trivia questions and I have a feeling that you have a hard time finding workers.

Originally Posted by ElkRiverRancher

That's confusing, to me, SD ... I am under the impression that 'Farmtown' is a game .... soooo, 'playing games' is what all participants are doing, no? Happily, this game can be played in a number of ways.
As it happens, my employment test is an interesting way, IMHO, to see who is paying attention. Plus, with the use of the ignore button, it's also easy to 'eliminate' me from your own 'hiring method'. I also find the employment test a way to see if there are any individuals who remember anything from their school years ("Things I would have learned in school, if only I'd been paying attention ....").

Like I said above farm town is a game that I play but I am playing a farming game not a trivia game, if I wanted to answer trivia questions I would play a trivia game. I have a feeling that the other poster doesn't get a lot of workers that way.

[ElkRiverRancher]

Originally Posted by JAS0643

I play this GAME to farm not to answer trivia questions and I have a feeling that you have a hard time finding workers.

No, Jas, I have not had what I would consider to be any trouble finding employees - and I do have some interactive fun with some of the answers, whether they're correct or incorrect.

Originally Posted by JAS0643

Like I said above farm town is a game that I play but I am playing a farming game not a trivia game, if I wanted to answer trivia questions I would play a trivia game. I have a feeling that the other poster doesn't get a lot of workers that way.

Yup, it is a farming game, which is why my questions are always based on the crop that will be harvested. Happily, players at the MP are just as free to pay me no attention as I am free to pay the beggers no attention.

[BirdSalad]

[quote=JAS0643;3110366]Yes this is a game but this to me is just manipulative. I don't understand why people have to play such games with others in the game. I play this GAME to farm not to answer trivia questions and I have a feeling that you have a hard time finding workers.


See, that's what makes it fun to play this game - everyone can find their own level of entertainment and amusement.

I would absolutely leap to find a riddle job or take a quiz in order to get hired. I find the people that pose those quizzes and riddles LOVE to chat while I work, and I enjoy the chatting as well. I have made good friends with people, even becoming neighbors with them, because of fun chats after answering a riddle in the MP.

Isn't it wonderful that we have the option to ignore (via button or just not responding) anyone who we don't appreciate?

I am gld the devs put the chat feature in, and I play this game and deleted Farmville because it had no interaction with other people.