«« The Ghost Forest »»
Written: Jul 11 '00 (Updated Jul 13 '00)
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A young traveler walks around a vacant field during a night sky, with a complete moon-hanging overhead. Adjusting the leather straps on his backpack, he notes a shattered, rotten tree stump protruding from the dirt-ground. A mystic fog looms ominously by the grasp of the night's Silver Star.
Curiously, as he nears, he spies a spectral elm sprouting from the mahogany, rotten stump, with the essence of a tiny caterpillar inching its way up the tree. Clear-blue essence of pumpkins and cucumbers and carrots lay beneath the stump, as the air seems to dampen. The night wind folds, and the apparition becomes a solitary tree-corpse once again.
Baffled, he begins to gaze upon the placid night sky, and notes emerald bills floating slowly towards the moldy earth. The currency starts to quiver, and he soon realizes the Washington twins and Abraham Lincoln in a sword fight.
Treeloot.com - Version II
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I. Default
A. Overlook
II. Cons
A. Don't You Have Something Better?
B. Devious Marketing Strategies
C. CGI Glitches
D. Customer Service
«« Conclusion »»
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I. Default
A. Overlook
Treeloot.com is a dynamic somewhat-new web service, which enables you to click upon a "money tree," which conceals several cash prizes ranging (but all add together) up to $30,000. A diminutive monkey, dressed in a vast arraign of hides, mocks the player into contradicting their own judgement.
Reiteration: a tall tree, cloaked in cash incentives, contains several different monkeys (wearing all ranges of clothes; from lab coats to psychic's clothes) reimburse confidence by incumbent statements: "You're getting hot, my friend." When, in actuality, your range is approximately 30,000 distant.
Their inspirations: You receive revenue "hints" by clicking on sponsor banners.
II. Cons
A. Don't You Have Something Better?
If people didn't have the occasional craving to "burn" time, web surfers may at no time see the core of this service. An exception of web surfers, some of which ventured into this kind, have abandoned other manners of the Internet and have adopted the click-convenience of "winning cash at home," without the occasional use of lottery tickets.
"Treeloot.com is a waste of time. You're working either way, so why don't you put that energy to secured money?"
Guaranteed currency is even more reliable than a rare "striking it big." Many web services advance warranted cash (e.g. Epinions). Such as the notion of "Pointclick," clicking on sponsor links and banners may still be considered "work." Recycled lines and empty promises save Treeloot.com labor.
B. Devious Marketing Strategies
"Am I really getting warmer?"
Much like spectral ideas and abstract promises, this Internet appendage is simple to deceive web surfers into concluding the "getting warmer and warmer" image as true.
Another downside to Treeloot.com: They will shamelessly beguile patrons into suspending disbelief in their "game." Most online games (such as of this classification) charge a service fee, although some offer free services if you click on sponsors (for the service) to collective incentives.
C. CGI Glitches
As more spectators sense relaxed for time, many will experiment with Treeloot, thus resulting in overloaded server, with the flexible usage of CGI (Common Gateway Interface). By bending the files in every regulatory manner, imperfections were bound to be detected.
Most uses of the "Punch the Monkey" game are processed without flaw, but in my personal experiences, I have encountered a "Game Over" screen upon my conclusion of the game, when I had won.
CGI or cookie flaws?
Circumventing the problem upon a single attitude would be often one-sided. The two labor into a "domino effect," whereas the CGI has a direct aftermath affixed to your browser's cookie.
D. Customer Service
"Terrible - Not helpful, only frustrated me more"
About 30 minutes of waiting in the "customer service" live chat, an operator beseeched my call. In return for the imperfection, I was granted a free "bonus game," whereas a customer is allowed three clicks upon a much smaller tree. I never received the diminutive stuffed monkey. - salt
«« Conclusion »»
The young traveler, sweaty and tired, strolled about the deceased field. Noting a shredded leaflet of paper intertwined between the rotten trunk's spoiled roots, he leaned over to read the inscription on it.
"April 3, 2001
Dear Journal,
Several months have passed since I opened this tree park. I regret ever having done this, and I realize that my mistakes have come to haunt me. The tree is still green and ripe, but I fear it will turn brown and die soon. Either from angry visitors or a natural death, I cannot tell its outcome. My life of deceit is now over, and I will ask to be buried beneath the soil, underneath its shattered branches.
I only hope people will forgive my wretched past, and look forward to the future. They have much to live for, but I fear my end is near. I will never forget the gleaming eyes, which resulted in saddened hearts.
-The Monkey"
The traveler lay the piece of paper on the stagnant ground, and looked forward to a horizon. Leaving the damp graveyard, a frosty wind invited itself with his leave.
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