WeeWorld
WeeWorld is a teen-orientated social network, best known for their customized avatars, “WeeMees”. WeeWorld has evolved into an eclectic mix of community, casual games, and virtual goods. Steve Young, creative director, spoke to a small group in Edinburgh. Steve discussed the motivations and behaviour of WeeWorld’s users, and explored the challenges of working with 2D WeeMees, particularly as they move into WeeWorld’s new virtual (synchronous) world.
Users
WeeWorld’s core market are teenagers, mostly in North America. Average age 16 (minimum 13, although younger users may simply lie about their age). 60% are female. The dominant market segment was characterised as “spoilt rich kids” – typically those with their own computers. Of the 23 million registered users, about a million visit the WeeWorld site each month, and 80,000 login each day.
Usage differs from other teen social networks, such as Gaia Online: Only 6% of logged-in users visit the site’s forums, while 80% alter their WeeMee. Teen worlds are evidently not generic.
WeeMees (from the Glaswegian, “little me”) can be placed within personalised 2D rooms (in the style of “cardboard theatre”), used as characters within casual games, or rendered as avatars in a new virtual world called, simply enough, “World”. WeeMees are also used on third party websites and services, including messenger services, such as AIM or Live. Initial ideas for WeeMees had resulted in a lot of avatars simply being copied. APIs now provide some control over how WeeMees are reused.
Users’ main aim is “to gather as many friends as possible”. And to chat in a variant of the English language that even JeffK would find almost unintelligible: $iNG-UL?
Virtual Goods
WeeMees can be customized for free: Body, clothes and accessories. However users can also buy “Points”, which can be spent on specific items.
Points can be purchased via PayPal transactions or pre-paid cards, which are sold in US stores. Kids tend to regard these mechanisms like free credit cards: They are not seen as real money.
People pay for “uniqueness”. However, items need not be complex: The most popular item sold is a simple Alice band.
The most fascinating revelation was that the introduction of the new synchronous (virtual) world doubled the sales of virtual goods. This “World” is not even out of beta testing yet. “World” places WeeMees in the same interactive space as one another. This contrasts to the other areas of the site, where WeeMees are not competing for space. I think that implies the more an avatar needs to stand out from the crowd, the more virtual “Bling” is worth to that avatar’s owner.
WeeWorld is keen to avoid its Points being traded as a virtual currency. Money can only be converted into Points, not back again.
Design
The key to WeeWorld’s success is “immersion”. The key to its revenue is “engagement”. These concepts guide development.
Although WeeMees are cartoon-like (in the style associated with South Park), customizations still need to reflect what people would wear in “real life”. For example, T-shirts branding needs to be subtle – a small logo on part of the garment.
The goal for user-generated content (customizations of WeeMees and rooms) is to make it hard for the user to create something that looks bad. For example, MySpace customisations can (and in my opinion, sadly often do) look terrible.
WeeWorld has adjusted to match conservative US culture. The cannabis plants created in early experiments are long gone. There are no alcoholic drinks. Negotiations with Walmart even forced WeeWorld to disable the customization of boob (brest) size.
The development of “World” posed an interest problem: How should WeeMees move? All the artwork and customizations had been designed for static display, without movement animations. The World uses embedded Flash objects to display information to users, so the amount of data transferred about other users’ movements needs to be minimal.
The solution was to make WeeMees hop. Users can also select a trajectory and fire their WeeMees in a particular direction. Navigating World’s 2D platform-ed environment is quite cereal, but strangely fun!
Development
Social networks are becoming more like virtual worlds, while virtual worlds are becoming more like social networks. WeeWorld is trying to steer a path down the middle. Like all the businesses involved, they are still “feeling their way”, finding out what works.
Development time-scales for WeeWorld (and similar products) are very short. Steve was somewhat frustrated that development of the “World” had taken a whole quarter (3 months). The contrast to video-game style virtual worlds is stark: Those typically take 3 years to construct.
WeeWorld use a Scrum/agile development process (which suits the constantly evolving product). Casual games (a commonly requested feature) are often out-sourced to other developers.
The ability to develop content quickly makes it very easy for good ideas to be copied by competitors. For example, Zwinky might seem remarkably similar…
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On July 11th, 2008 at 5:31 pm Gerald Williams wrote:
The ability to quickly copy ideas – especially in the internet space means that a company has to compete not only in terms of its products, but also in the processes it uses to quickly generate products. If SCRUM is practiced across the software delivery chain, then the organisation will quickly see what is constraining effective delivery – end to end. Making the end to end processes more efficient is a competitive advantage that is far more difficult to copy – and that is one reason why SCRUM, if practiced end to end, throughout the organisation is such a powerful framework.
On August 7th, 2008 at 2:20 am angel wrote:
dear tim why do we have to pay can we just enter our email adresses!?!
p.s i have weemee
On August 7th, 2008 at 2:20 am angel wrote:
i love weeworld i go to it every week!
On August 15th, 2008 at 7:25 pm SHANACIE wrote:
DEAR TIM WHY DO WE HAVE TO PAY FOR POINTS SOME OF OUR PARENTS WONT GIVE US MONEY!
ITS UNFAIR!
OH AND THE STUFF THAT YOU HAVE TO GO ON AIM TO SOME OF OUR PARENTS WONT LET US HAVE AN AIM EITHER!
PLEASE TIM MAKE SOME CHANGES!
On August 15th, 2008 at 9:40 pm lexi0456 wrote:
When r the pre-paid card comming to pittsburgh pennsylvania cause i really need points and i keep doing the surveys and nothing happens!?
On August 17th, 2008 at 2:58 pm Tim Howgego wrote:
Sorry. I am not responsible for WeeWorld. I cannot make them change anything!
(No need to SHOUT, Shanacie.)
On August 20th, 2008 at 5:00 pm Baliey wrote:
Weeworld is a pretty fun website
I go on it and i bought points and it so worth it.you can trutst them with your credit card # and i think the pre-paid cards would be good!
On September 13th, 2008 at 1:03 pm Brooklyn wrote:
I reallllllllllly want points and i just joined weeworld and im only 7 and my mommy and daddy wont let me get points will you get some 4 me cause yous said that they wer so grat so i want ot expirence that 2 can you plz give me pointzz
On October 3rd, 2008 at 9:00 pm alessandra wrote:
if our parents wont give us $$ 4 weeworld….(sobs)my parents wont give me no points or an aim just plz,plz make changes!its not fair adults 2 b like this so plz!,plz! just make changes!put everything 4 free!plz plz plz plz……plz!
On October 3rd, 2008 at 9:02 pm alessandra wrote:
oh and mail me i need ur answer its ur web. u created it so u should get on it each day send me mail back and tell me the CHANGES that u did i will b expecting u.ok?MAKE SOME CHANGES!!!
On October 19th, 2008 at 9:34 pm DezLopez13 wrote:
how do ya get points 4 wee world on AIM?!
On November 12th, 2008 at 4:11 pm Shez wrote:
dear tim i dont like the way we have to wait to get our points if we do a offer and it still take your money away from you
On December 22nd, 2008 at 6:55 pm slimy fish wrote:
M3H N@M3 !S SKiiN3YJ3ANz
On January 9th, 2009 at 12:15 pm Bookmarks about Cartoon wrote:
[...] – bookmarked by 3 members originally found by eiramenna on 2008-12-28 WeeWorld http://timhowgego.com/weeworld.html – bookmarked by 3 members originally found by BlueCockatoo on [...]
On January 15th, 2009 at 6:20 pm waaup wrote:
hey i am nina and i have bought points many times….and i think if u get points at least 4 times u should get a free thing, thats really cute! OR A FREE 200 POINTS! cause srry tim but thats not a lot cause a really crapy shirt is 250 bucks. or at least think of us as still kids and cut the crap and lower how much stuff is. cause really if u think if this dose not change that me and all mi friends will keep buyin points?? no o and btw just to let u no about 1,000 ppl are geting together and not buyin points til u lower it. there geting more to. and i am all for join if this dosent stop. or we will all just quiet and never look back.
On January 15th, 2009 at 6:26 pm scared like hell wrote:
o and could u like get hackin programs blocked?? everyone is geting hacked bi this one person and he says i will be next…..he leaves a cryin face on every0ne he hackes…..and makes them nude i no ewwwwww. please help save me if u member mi dad??? u propley dont u never met him. only some of those ppll did. but any way mi name is kisskiss911. please i buy so much of ur stuff!! like yeah so please help before the killer takes away me….and all mi friends to. me and mi friends talked about it and it looks like after me its them, i want him stoped u hear me??
On January 28th, 2009 at 5:58 pm skittlelover12 wrote:
How do you know so much about weeworld??
On January 30th, 2009 at 10:35 pm Girl with a question wrote:
how do you give another weemeee gold points or grreen like transfer points fromone accoutnt o another without actually buying points firthe person with thta account?
On January 31st, 2009 at 10:33 pm smecxiass wrote:
tim do u even ever go on here any more wat the hell u are really mean go and like crap ur self meany!
On February 11th, 2009 at 12:41 am Tim Howgego wrote:
I am still here. Almost. But I cannot answer questions or make any changes. Sorry.
On March 9th, 2009 at 4:12 pm fredfan18 wrote:
hey be my freind on weeworld my name is fredfan18 later
On March 12th, 2009 at 2:02 am Want2beefrree wrote:
i really think you shpuld make some changes, like tell weeworld that everything should be free.I am getting some goldz point but i dont think those will last.
On March 21st, 2009 at 12:11 am IDC wrote:
I WANT POITS MY MOM THINKS THEY R GONNA STEEL HER PIN NUMBER I WANT THINGS 2 BE FREE
On March 25th, 2009 at 3:50 pm joanna wrote:
i do to get a member at weeworld
On March 27th, 2009 at 12:46 am trox119 wrote:
hey i have a weemee its trox119…
I hope you can answer this question:
Are you still running weeworld?
Becuase i heard chain mail going around about some Mike guy…
if you have a weemee answer on my page- trox119
On March 31st, 2009 at 8:55 pm Ashley wrote:
Dear tim
My weeworld PopPinky and kyleisdacool would like to be featured how do we get featured??
p.s WHY DOWE HAVE TO PAY FOR POINTS!!!!
On April 7th, 2009 at 5:08 pm jagoda wrote:
Dear tim,
Why do we have to pay for points? Its just really unfair! My parents don’t give me any money!!!
Pleas Tim, make some changes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On April 7th, 2009 at 11:09 pm itzzxlaciiexp wrote:
hey tim i have a weeworld and i tend to go on it alot!! my family doesnt have alot of money… my account is itzzxlaciiexp i was wondering if you could get me points on weeworld.?
thanks.!!
lacie :)
On April 9th, 2009 at 9:54 pm Lyssa wrote:
Hey Tim I have a wee and my parents wont let me buy point and all my friends think its stupid we even have to pay for points. I was hopeing either u could get me some points or dont even have to pay for the points they would be free :)
Thank Lyssa
On April 17th, 2009 at 1:37 am I WANT FREE POINTS wrote:
Hey TIM i realli want free points on wee world my name is mackenzie903 and i ahve been a realli good and paitent person but i think that the more i wait that the prices will get lower WELL I AM WRONG the more i wait the prices get higher!!
MAKE CHANGEZ OR I WILL QUIT WEE WORLD I HAVE ALMOST 200 FRIENDZ ON WEE WORLD AND I WILL GET THEM TO QUITE TO DO U WANT THAT??
I DONT THINK SOO!!SO EIGTHER LOWER PRICES OR MAKE THINGS FREE OR I WILL QUIT!!!!!!!!!!=[
On May 4th, 2009 at 12:02 am Quiincey wrote:
H3y THIIRR TIIMMY!!! <3
this is youu girl Quincey here.. :}
i need to ask you this…
why do we pay? i mean its really cool that we have gold and green points and all that.. but, its a big pain in the *** to ask your parents for money… or take the servays.. what i think is every mounth you should send out at least 2,000 or 1,000 or even 800 GOld or green points out.. Please make this possible.. thanks yo girl~~~ Quincey. . xxxxxxxx
On May 6th, 2009 at 4:52 pm taylor wrote:
hey! how does another weemee give some of its points to their friends?
On May 9th, 2009 at 9:33 am blacklyd123 wrote:
The new thing is that to change your thought bubble you get 1,000 points..but some stuff are just 1,000points and to spend them all?!?!..please..i keep searghing on google for a weeworld moneymaker but there is no one!!!!…plzz..or give us points or do everything FREE!!…im so bored with no points there!!Plzz changess…
–blacklyd123
On May 9th, 2009 at 9:34 am blacklyd123 wrote:
oh and..money cant get buyed by money..
On May 17th, 2009 at 12:49 pm bobcat45 wrote:
dear tim is there a way to donate points to anouther weemee and how many points do you get off of a pre paid card from a store that cost $50.00plz reply plz
On May 24th, 2009 at 5:11 pm MiSzRiana wrote:
ello :)…. I just wanted to no WHY do we have to pay for EVERTHING? before a lot of things were free and no everything you have to pay for…My mom and/or dad wont let me get any money to buy gold/green poitns and ppl are sayn its not fair and it isnt fair…and another question…. how come when you take a survey, u dnt get any money and u were supposed too?
- MiSzRiana
On May 24th, 2009 at 6:27 pm Kelli wrote:
i jk… i absoultuley luv wee world but if u can,…. plz make the prices for some of the clothes cheaper….. super srry if u took that adam thing personal… i was kidding
On May 28th, 2009 at 8:54 pm Madison wrote:
hi tim, i was wondering, who is the owner of weeworld? and do you really get 1000 points after ten levels?
On June 2nd, 2009 at 10:51 am gracieegrace101 wrote:
urr my user name on wee world is gracieegrace101
On June 3rd, 2009 at 3:51 pm BabyIkkles wrote:
I love weeworld, I go on it every day!
I really would like gold points, my old ‘twinny’ actually came on my account and bought me 2500 points and I still have 710 points left and 230 green points I’ve earnt myself. My mother won’t buy me any more, even though for 2500 points it’s $5 and we’re english so it would be something like £3.50, she still won’t buy me any! Ah well, I guess that’s the way the cookie crumbles.
Does anyone like Sims and is getting the Sims 3 on Friday? (2 days) I AM!!!
On June 8th, 2009 at 2:42 pm reengrl wrote:
hi TIM plz i get realy frustrated to get weepoints n my parents dont hav a lot of money to give i dont want to b a bother but could u plz tryn snd sum points or make changes.;3 thnk u
On June 8th, 2009 at 2:43 pm reengrl wrote:
my username iz reengrl
;3
On June 8th, 2009 at 3:08 pm maxell wrote:
i want to get featured on weeworld and i dont no how
On June 9th, 2009 at 3:19 am mackenzie wrote:
how do i get free points for wee world
On June 9th, 2009 at 3:59 am GigiGaga wrote:
I dont get it. Everything is so dang exspensive!! My parents wont buy me points cuz they think its a waist of money. I starting to not like weeworld anymore.:-[
On June 11th, 2009 at 9:40 pm anonymous wrote:
y0u shud really make everythinq FREE on weeworld..dats not fair how we qet to siqn up for free..but then we have to pay for points..WEEWORlD SUCKS.!
On June 11th, 2009 at 10:07 pm tiffany wrote:
hi i am 14 yrs old and i need green points 4 free
On June 15th, 2009 at 9:02 am anon wrote:
WOW….
Tim you must hv a headache by now with all of these tweens whining and shouting with their caps lock on. lol
“IT’S FOOL OF HUMOR MY FRIEND!!!!!!~~~~”
yeah.
On June 20th, 2009 at 1:25 am lorraine wrote:
i want gold points
On June 20th, 2009 at 3:51 am Flexchick wrote:
There right it is not fair.This is CRAZY having to pay for stuff but we got to sign up for free i am not trying to b mean but it needs to br FIXED.Emailme back so u can tell me if ur going to make changes and if so FAST.
On June 26th, 2009 at 3:40 am SOME GIRL wrote:
DEAR TIM WHY DO WE HAVE 2 PAY FOR IT IF UR OT THE OWNER TELL THE WHY ARE U TAKING OUR MONEY OUR PARENTS WONT LET US U GUYS JUST WANT MONEY AND DONT NOT CARE ITS NOT KOOL TELL THEM WHY CANT WE JUST LIKE U KNOW ENTER OUR EMAILS AND IT PROBLY DOESNT COST MONEY FOR THE SITE i didnt mean 2 type in big letter cuz im not a mean person but plz talk 2 them
On June 29th, 2009 at 2:08 pm joanna wrote:
i think that its stupid that we have to pay to get stuff on weeworld.
its a waste of moeny. when you complet on offer or take a survey you don’t even get any gold points back. i have completed like 20 for over 100 700 gold points and i haven’t gotten any yet. they are riping us off!
On June 29th, 2009 at 11:45 pm secret person wrote:
tim why do we have to pay for some stuff that u get for free u just do something to make alot of apear on your weemee your a hipocrit
On June 30th, 2009 at 9:08 am imsohot10 wrote:
can u get mii pointzz
On June 30th, 2009 at 10:39 am kizzfan123 wrote:
HEY TIM I REALLY ENJOY UR WEBSITE AND SO DO MY FRIENDS….AND WE WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE FUN THAT U HAVE BROUTH TO OUR YOUNG LIVES.BUT THE ONLY THING IS THAT IT IS SO HARD TO GET POINTS AND I WAS WONDERING HOW ( TO GET POINTS) SO IF U COULD JUST PLEASE TELL ME UR SECRET IT WOULD B VERY NICE OF U AND/OR CAN U GET ME POINTS??????
On June 30th, 2009 at 12:38 pm MissRandom wrote:
Excuse me,
I am ADDICTED TO WEEWORLD. I get onn it EVERYDAY. The only problem I have is that it’s so HARD 2 get points!!!!! I mean, when you add a friend, it’s 1 green point. & for gold points, you have to PAY. You shouldn’t hav 2 hav green for free. gold should be free too. If you know the person who created WeeWorld, could you please tell him to change to website to make it a better way 2 get points? and make the gold FREE? & when you do things, to give you more points. & make things WAY CHEAPER! That’s another issue I have. I can BARELY afford anything because everything is so expensive. I mean, a bow is 1,000 GOLD. & Some of the items are all gold, which means the price tag is all gold. That just stinks because not everyone on WeeWorld has gold points. So, if you DO know the person that created WeeWorld, could you please, if possible, tell him about these issues? Thanks! (:
On June 30th, 2009 at 1:09 pm Ashreen wrote:
Tim,
Some of my friends on weeworld have told me that it is possible to give away green & gold points. Is this true & if so how can you do it?
Thank you very much,
Ashreen
On June 30th, 2009 at 4:00 pm Isaiah wrote:
Dear tim,
Can you please lower the prices of weeworld clothes.Or make a Trophie mission when you get 200 gold and 200 level boosters,but not to hard.
Thank you,
Isaiah
On July 5th, 2009 at 5:07 pm jessica wrote:
Tim gold points bug me cuz idk how but i got 359 gold points and i want to know how tht hapened so i can do it again and i am wondering can i play games for gold points?????
On July 10th, 2009 at 3:26 am gabbie wrote:
can you make the hairstles like all of them half green points and hal gold cause i fell that its no fair to only let some be gold cause some people dont have gold.
and how do you get gold points with buying them?
On July 10th, 2009 at 8:37 pm xkramx wrote:
dear tim my person on weeworld was hacked n i dont know how to get it back he change my password n i believe my email adress but i dont know how when he only new my password and name, the name of my person that got hacked was FRESHBOII1616 can u plz get my person back he hacked it a day or 2 ago also can u get me about 5000 gold pointz im despret n need more points
On July 13th, 2009 at 6:06 am mystery chick * wee mee (smexychick11) wrote:
heeyy love weeworld sooo damn much btw i have a weemee and its really cool and all but why do we have to pay, i dont think people should have to ask their parents for money because most parents will think its a waste of theire money and i dont think that we should have to pay for points,, because alot of people dont have cell phones and dont want to pay for points, i understand that everyone will be doing it and won’t be so special anymore but like give more chances for people to get FREE points with no surveys/offers it would be easier to just get them from your emai, i mean we should have to pay for points and alot of people cant afford to pay for points and its a pain in the Ass to ask your parents for points cuz most wont bother because its just a game.
thanks tim your a great person =]]]] best person ever timmyy <33
On July 14th, 2009 at 6:50 pm allie wrote:
dear tim
i have a weemee i go on weeworld everday but why is it so much money i asked my mom if i can get gold points but my mom said no because i have 5 sister and 4 brothers and my mom just lost her job and we live in a apartment and my dad left me when i was born and i was just asking if you could give us more green points and i did a serveys like 3 of them and i still didnt get points from it
On July 14th, 2009 at 10:56 pm LEVixJEANz wrote:
Um, I have a weemee and I’ve had it for awhile. And I understand the fact that you can’t change anything. But I just want to say that making children pay for clothing on a site is extrmely retarded. They should all be free. I’d understand if the highest they went were 200 points or soemthing. But some things are running for over 1,000 points. Now, I’m 14 and I’ve been getting my points through cell phone surveys and stuff and I still want more. :p I think weeworld.com made a turn for the worst. And whoever reads this I’d appreciate it if you requested me as a friend. My screen name is LEVixJEANz. And I also think it’s stupid that they ‘***’ out curse words. All’s people do is make them different. Like, shit = shyt. And bitch = betch. And stuff. I still love weeworld. Just not the point thing. That stupid and is making weeworld lack users. And you definatly shouldn’t have to make schildren PAY for points. That’s stupid.. Very stupid. Love, LEVixJEANz. :)
On July 21st, 2009 at 12:41 pm Tim Howgego wrote:
Question: Why do you need to buy things? Why not just use the free clothes?
On July 24th, 2009 at 12:07 pm Tessa wrote:
Dear Timmy Tim xD
PLZ You Dont Know How Im Begging You For This! If U Were Me U Dont Know How U Would Feel For This! PLZZZZZZZ Im Begging You With My Life ! I Would Give My Life If You Dont Do Thiss!! PLZ!
Do The Week Special Thing To: Visit Whats Hot And Earn 1000.00000 Gold And Green Plz!! If U Dont Do Thiss…I Will Drive U Crazy Sending You This MSG. NON STOP..If U Dont Do That..
On July 26th, 2009 at 8:17 pm U DONT NO ME! wrote:
Because there are Like NO Free clothes That Look Nice !! And Hair !! Like OMG !!
On July 28th, 2009 at 4:48 pm HollisterCoLuver wrote:
HEY STOP YELLING AT THEM THEY NEED TO MAKE PPL BUY POINTS SO THEY CAN KEEP THE WEBSITE UP! THE AVERAGE SITE COSTS FROM 5 TO 20 DOLLARS A MONTH SO GET IT? GOT IT? GOOD! SO STOP YELLING AT HIM!
On July 29th, 2009 at 2:18 am stacy wrote:
hey tim why is everything soo ecxpensive i go on weeworld all the time but i never have anofe momey to buy things change it plz if u were nice u would give everyone on weeoworld 1,000,000,000 points soo they can be hip and cool that would be sooo very nice if u could do that every month startin today i would do that so i could get good deeds from god for making kids happy plz plz plz plz tim some of r parents dont let us buy points and even have an aim wat if u were one of us and asked someone the same thing every one is askin i know ull be a great guy and do that 4 everyone
love stacy <3
On July 29th, 2009 at 5:40 pm Olivia wrote:
Well , i have made more than 1 account and was wondering if there was a wayto transfer points from on eaccount to another ?!?!?! email me the answer !!!
my user is bedhead646421 do NOT get it mixed with bedhead464646 she TOOK my name out fit … and money !!! i do not know how to get $$$ from 1 to another plzzzz help and if anyone else knows how to
then email me @ [xxxx] !!! thanks lots
On July 29th, 2009 at 9:19 pm janae wrote:
dear whom it may concern
why cant weeworld have free things like it used to be. no hackers.no money.thats all we ask or ppl are going to make ur website lame u dont know how it feels to have to buy points because u have points unlike everyone else on weeworld we are poor on weeworld im not but soon i will be plz do that.
P.S. I have a weeworls
On July 31st, 2009 at 1:05 am lucy wrote:
Dear whom it may concern
i think ever mouth we should get 1,000 gold points
my parnets wont buy me a money card and i really wont this nice crown and it 500 gold points and i only have 100 green points
P.s i got on weeworld everyday it rock but i wish i can get points faster
On July 31st, 2009 at 5:20 pm Paying for Points - Tim Howgego wrote:
[...] original WeeWorld article attracted a lot of feedback from WeeWorld’s users. One common question was, why do we [...]
On August 2nd, 2009 at 4:52 pm christa wrote:
hey as you already know most of these comments are based on points well mine is also but im not going to ask for free points i would just like to know where can you buy the weeworld gold point cards as to where you can choose the price from $5.00 to maybe $50.00 for how ever many points where is a local store that may sell these weeworld cards? thank you for you time. sincerly,
christa
On August 3rd, 2009 at 2:45 pm Soccermonkey9927 wrote:
I Think WeeWorld Is GREAT.!
ßut My Mom Is Tryin’ To Buy Mhe MORE GOLD POINTS….
ßut Itt Wont Let Her…
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Try Too Help.?¿
Ps..
Please Add Me.!
[[ User Name : Soccermonkey9927 ]]
Thnxx.!
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On August 4th, 2009 at 6:53 am Crystal wrote:
I was hacked and i want to know how to get it back but the hacker also change the password and the email . How do I get My account Bck ??
On August 4th, 2009 at 6:54 am Crystal wrote:
and my username is levi2cutiez plzzz help me get my account back ?
On August 5th, 2009 at 11:59 am georgia wrote:
I love weeworld. But the only trouble is getting points, they dont sell pre-paid cards in England. And my parents dont even know I HAVE a weeworld account so im scared of asking them for points. They would probably say no anyway. I wish they could get a better system for getting points ;(
On August 5th, 2009 at 5:57 pm iLikePie77 wrote:
Dear Tim
I need points desperatly!!
i have a friend dat does surveys for me but he quit and now i have no points left!!
my parents wont buy me sh!t and im f*cking mad >:O
ADD ME EVERYONE!!! MY USER IS iLikePie77
On August 7th, 2009 at 10:35 am diomassyd123 wrote:
ummm plz u have to help me i need 2500000 points gold plzzzzzzzz on weeworld my username is diomassy77
On August 8th, 2009 at 4:09 am Aye wrote:
how can i delete a weemee because i messed up with it and who is responsible for weeworld.com
ppls add meh im bffangel
On August 14th, 2009 at 5:11 am Olivia deetz wrote:
Help !!! i was helping my friend make a weeworld on aim and, i accidentally turned MY person into a guy HELP !!! i do not know how to fix it !!! thank you .
On August 15th, 2009 at 7:26 pm Holton wrote:
if u guys want points so bad, make ur own money then go to kmart and get some prepaid cards
On August 16th, 2009 at 12:59 am lauren wrote:
i have got a weemee called tomt8 shes kinda pretty but she does not hav any points can they plz put prices down or make it that people can send money if needed.Because i dnt think it would be bad for some nice things to be free. plz consider this:)
On August 16th, 2009 at 1:03 am lauren wrote:
well olivia there a reset button on the bottom of the items list in the shop like makeup faceallhair and the button says reset and ,just like that u wil have a thing that says things by step
On August 16th, 2009 at 1:05 am lauren wrote:
evry1 look here
IF ANY1 KNOWS HOW TO SEND MONEY PLZ TELL ME AT WEEWORLD SEARCH TOMT8 PLZ
On August 19th, 2009 at 2:04 am Mogan wrote:
hi im morgan and i have a weeworld named Nellylilly and i only got gold points from surveys=[ plz WE NEED FREE GOLD I BEG OF U=[=[=[ plz=[ every1 is sad that has no clothes but try there best to get gold=[ and people who do get gold happy and others r sad….
Plz read this plz help us we beg of u=[
On August 21st, 2009 at 6:53 pm Ashlee wrote:
Tim,
Weeworld is supposed to be a fun virtual game right? Well it’s not because you and the staff of weeworld are making clothes you have to buy with gold points or green points. I took surveys alot of times.! and i used to have 12,864 points i used it all i took more surveys after i actually still have 3,933 points left but why would you make points? Some people arent allowed to get money or they dont have cell phones. Please try to lower them or keep some cute items off of points. And to all users that are younger than 13 or 12 please you are to young to be using weeworld. There is some bad language and sometimes inapropriatee (; so Yah` just tryinqq` to make it safe :] Byee
Add Me
Cutie4life211
On August 22nd, 2009 at 6:47 am anonymous wrote:
hi guyz i just think that weeworld should be a fun websit that shoud all be free.I mean some parents won’t let their kids buy points.I just think thats not fair aving to buy some things.:( oh and my weemee is MiNi199
On August 22nd, 2009 at 8:24 pm JESSHICCA wrote:
HI IM JESSICA, AND I NEED GOLD POINTS {{or justgreen points}} BUT YA, MY OTHER WEEWORLD GOT HACKED{{JEZZIE15931}} AND I MADE A NEW ONE, AND I REALLY!! REALLY!! NEED POINTS!! SO PLZ HELP!! THANKYOOH :]
On August 22nd, 2009 at 8:26 pm JESSHICCA wrote:
YA, REALLY, THAT IS SOO STUPID THAT WE NEED TO PAY FOR POINTS, I AS WELL THINK IT SHOULD ALL BE FREE!!
On August 22nd, 2009 at 9:01 pm JESSHICCA wrote:
5:00 my time not 9:00 lmao!! ohh and on weeworld people add me my name is jesshicca!! plz
On August 22nd, 2009 at 10:14 pm volcomchik99 wrote:
can someone help me? weeworld wont let me sign into my account and i was on in the morning. i tried going into the forgot password link and searching my email and it said it doesnt exsist…if anyone knows what to do can you tell me??
thanks –
volcomchik99
On August 23rd, 2009 at 2:01 am Kayley wrote:
OMG WeeWorld is sooooooooooooo addicting
I go on everyday for at LEAST two hours
Its Pthetic I know
On August 23rd, 2009 at 2:02 am Kayley wrote:
why dies it say 201 am?
On August 23rd, 2009 at 1:29 pm Tim Howgego wrote:
Times are… weird. Should be fixed for new comments. New comments should show Los Angeles’ (Pacific) time. That’s where the website “lives”.
On August 25th, 2009 at 12:47 pm Annette wrote:
hey everyone add me im xbluemittenzx <—–add her :) :):) it really sux thatu hav 2 do surveys… :(
On August 26th, 2009 at 4:12 pm ILikePie wrote:
Hey.
I lovee weeworld
ADD ME!
CowsGoMooXD
On August 27th, 2009 at 4:19 pm Babalabaloo wrote:
y is everythig SOOOOOOOOO expensive?!?!?!?! it really p!sses me off that a stiking BOW is 1000 GOLD points!!!!!!!!!! and EVERYTHING is overprised!!! i LOVE weeworld though but i hate how everything is so expensive! fix it or i quit. others hav ALREADY quit b/c of this! soooo………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..FIX IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
On August 29th, 2009 at 8:54 am jackie wrote:
hey! i need SERIOUS help! my weeworld account, jamminjackie21, was hacked by a hacking survey, and now i can’;t get it back and i was so f*qqing pissed off…
sorry.
how do i get it back? i need to find out the email!!!
On September 2nd, 2009 at 1:39 pm Anonymous wrote:
when I play weemee some other girl says she can do makeovers and she keeps asking for my username and passworld but I dont feel safe giving it out. But i really want nice clothing 4 my weemee so can u please lower the prices. Im pretty poor.
On September 2nd, 2009 at 1:52 pm Emry wrote:
Hello well this is unfair im a teenager well kinda new to it 13 and well i finally found a site I liked and you have to pay for gold points well thats rediculouse and when you take a quiz u have to put in your address or number and that is stupid not to be mean because thats way out of my element and you should think about changing it.!
On September 2nd, 2009 at 5:54 pm imhot66 wrote:
can u please get me points tim i get on weeworld all the time i beg ma parernts they goy a password
On September 4th, 2009 at 12:24 pm Anonymous wrote:
Try going offline for 4 days then keep doing that and you will have plenty of points to spend on clothes 4 ur weemee. Add me im Girliegirl2469!
On September 6th, 2009 at 3:15 am Free day wrote:
Dear tim,
i’ve been on habbo ad you get free day were everything is free for a week what u should do it make a free day were everything is free and the stuff what you wear for free you get to keep + free points
I’ve been on aim and they got some rubbish stuff in there so it thats the case put better stuff in there.
On September 6th, 2009 at 3:15 am Free day wrote:
and not ad soz *
On September 6th, 2009 at 10:19 am Holton wrote:
hey tim if u give out weeworld points can u give meh 4000 gold I’m baseballrules202
On September 10th, 2009 at 9:13 am BammItzzSimii wrote:
Dearr Tim
Please Make Some Changes On How To Get Gold Points
Its Really Unfair Beacause You Have To Pay Or Get Them From America
(Im From England)!!!
On September 18th, 2009 at 11:54 am Breanna wrote:
i need help
ive been hacked on weeworld a few weeks ago
but they gave it back but they only gave me tha password
not the email
so i dont know my email so i was wondering since your the owner of weeworld
( i think )
can you like find some way to reset it so i can put my email back
bremv123@Live.com
if you can or can not do anything can you please send me a email at
bremv123@live.com
On September 20th, 2009 at 5:28 pm belen wrote:
i luv weeworld but my parents won’t let mii buy points
and i need points!!! can u help mii get green and gold points 4 free plzplzplz i really need them
cause then i get tired of my weemee looks and want 2 change it but i can’t cuase i don’t points
so plz help mii
On September 20th, 2009 at 5:29 pm belen wrote:
oh yea
also how do people give makovers
I WANT 2 KNO!!!
i want 2 give makovers
please write back at belen.cintora@yahoo.com
plz
On September 21st, 2009 at 12:18 pm Chey wrote:
Okay, I need free gold points, REALLY bad. :\
Can you help?
I need either 1o,ooo or 15,ooo.
Please, I need them.
If you can help, I’ll give you the WeeMee I need the points put on.
Thanks.
-Chey
On October 4th, 2009 at 12:57 pm babiiboii54 wrote:
hey dudes i really want points and i need them so lower the prices or make them free instead of hihering the prices and thos surveys ad stuff do sh!t ive done a million of them so ya dude plz
-jakeA.K.A. babiiboii54
On October 4th, 2009 at 3:02 pm mayli wrote:
hi, i have an account
but it got hacked and the person
changed my account.
but i got it back because my friends
helped me. but it got hacked
again and i don’t know what to do
please help me!!
{mermaidmelody123456)
new account (gilianlove)
On October 5th, 2009 at 3:44 pm Ayan wrote:
Dear, Tim
You said that you are not responsible for Weeworld. But can you at least talk to them into making points more easier? And fixing the surveys. I do tons of them and they never work, I dont have a cell phone so I do the free ones. The Surveys are endless. I spent hours one day doing them and I didn’t even get one point. That is unfair. So could you please at least call them and get them to make it more easier or so? some people don’t have the money. :)
Always hoping!
Simba4ever (my weeworld account add me people!x])
On October 7th, 2009 at 4:32 pm mark wrote:
sup dude i got hacked
on weeworld n thats not fair so
i was wonduring if yuh can get
it bak foe meh plz
the username is
“freshboii1616″
plz can yuh get meh my account bak
On October 15th, 2009 at 2:50 pm malissa wrote:
tim, listen its hard 4 mee to do surveys if u can please talk to the ppl who run weeworld to start giving points easy like if u get to level 20, you get 200 points? i rly need points plz try!! -malissa :)
On October 15th, 2009 at 2:51 pm malissa wrote:
oh and can u get mii my accont bak the username is XxlollipopzxcandyXx123 thanx so much if yew can :)
On October 20th, 2009 at 2:28 am Brigitte wrote:
Dear Tim. I understand what your going at. Though, this blog does not tell us how to buy points through AIM I have an AIM and I would LOVE points. Please write somthing about this! NOW
On October 29th, 2009 at 9:36 pm Chris wrote:
wassup guys the points is COOL
so stop yelling at him gosh you guys
My user is pb25797051 I have 7650 friends on it
On November 5th, 2009 at 8:31 am sarkua wrote:
y do we half 2 pay real money
On November 12th, 2009 at 1:00 pm Olivia Deetx wrote:
!!! I dont think its fair that everything is GOLD now . I ean yea , points are annoying but you have got to make aprofit ! but ALLG OLD POINTS !!! ~!~!~!
username is bedhead646421 add me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On November 12th, 2009 at 2:49 pm alex wrote:
i got a question my weemee was heylovyou then someone got on my weemee and hacke me they change my password and my email?they send all of my gold and green ponits.can you help me? write back
On November 13th, 2009 at 7:47 pm eugene2 wrote:
i got haced so can you plez find out ho did it
On November 18th, 2009 at 6:53 pm ORLANDO [ ztarz ] wrote:
I HAVE ALOT OF AWESOME IDEAS FOR WEEWORLD PLEASE ANSWER ME AND I CAN TELL YOU YOU MIGHT LIKE EMM PLEASE REPLY AT ALMANZA2COOL@YAHOO.COM
On November 21st, 2009 at 8:57 pm jay wrote:
some 1 hacked ma hey6779 on weeworld ma mom is mad bcuz she used her credit card 2 buy me points
On November 22nd, 2009 at 12:28 am Isabelle wrote:
i forgot my email mail for my weeworld account i tired all my emails and it didnt work my user name is izzyj325
On November 25th, 2009 at 2:45 pm Tim Howgego wrote:
Jenna,
I deleted your comment because it linked to nastiness – see http://safebrowsing.clients.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=http://topscan1.com/1/
It is possible an advert is infected. It is more likely that your computer is infected. I suggest you run a McAfee scan, since you have that.
On November 28th, 2009 at 11:24 am Bethany Young wrote:
i dont see why we have to pay so much for points!!! Ive been hacked several times on weeworld because the website is not protected and smart people have actually found out ways to hack our accounts AND OUR COMPUTERS!!!! without our passwords!!!! i had over 600 friends and over 70 items and i was very happy… until someone hacked me!!! now i have no points because i cant afford them, therefore, no one will talk to me… and my history on weeworld is RUINED!!!! THANKS ALOT STUPID WEEWORLD!!!
On December 1st, 2009 at 5:28 pm bobbyjack211 wrote:
tim i am a 11 year old and want to know why you raise prices on close its bull crap lower it or i will tell everyone to quit bye!!!
On December 3rd, 2009 at 9:13 pm Blake wrote:
wow that 11 year old can’t make no one quit døñt worry tom
On December 7th, 2009 at 7:32 pm Trey wrote:
Tim
can you please give us gold for some achivements.
On December 8th, 2009 at 10:03 pm Evelyn wrote:
You guys shouldn’t whine about why do we have to pay real money,you should think first why weeworld needs the money,like probably they need it to keep the site up,add more rooms,and a whole bunch of stuff,some of you are right some of the clothes are expensive like this once i saw a blue hoodie that costed 2500 points i was like :O
On December 20th, 2009 at 1:08 pm Angelina wrote:
dear tim,my friend (undead2) he has a weemee is he is being hacked i want him to have his acount back because he is like my bestfriend and he realy worked hard on it to get to level 30 or over and all his gold that he spent..it isnt fair please email me at “leeangelina99@yahoo.com” because this is important and you can tell me his password on the e-mail please tim
~Angelina my weeworld is called schoolgirlXxX
On December 21st, 2009 at 6:32 pm emily wrote:
why do we half to pay cant u give us free points
???????/
its not fair most people got gold points on weeworld y cant us people
my weemee:emy739
ive been using aim y don’t u put more stuff on aim???
On December 26th, 2009 at 4:17 pm bbycakes415 wrote:
Hello Tim.
I’m bbycakes415 on weeworld.I got a question. Um on weeworld it says it free and it makes everyone want to play then when they want to dress their weemee it costes money! WTF! I go on gaiaonline i think gaiaonline is cool but it gets boring now that i found weeworld it was fun but now its boring becuase i can’t dress up my weemee without using aim. you should lower dwon the prize or make it free or people will quit.
On December 26th, 2009 at 7:13 pm lauren wrote:
Tim!
i think weeworl clothing should be free!
you’ll get more usrs this way!
get me points?
roxxstar2000
On December 31st, 2009 at 1:56 pm noneofyourebusinesssssss wrote:
heyy Tim,i have a weemee but i cant really aford the clothes you put out in the shop,and when i do i spend like 100$ on just a shirt and have no more money to buy anything else!thats what sucks!and i no you can get free clothes on export n all that stuff but all of that stuff is out of date on weeworld and a lil ugly not to effend u or anything[im not so sure how to spell that word?]my point is that u stop making prices in the shop high![lower them]and give us 10$ every 2 mins in sted of 1$.come on Tim plz!n change the out dated n unpopular clothes on export alredy iv seen the same clothes up there for 2months!n lauren that wrote on december 26 is right,if u make clothes free…well all goto weeworld,i can tell all my friends about weeworld and they can use the clothes too!plz dont send any messages back to this email…i dont like junk mail…thanks Tim for taking time to listen to this…ill be on weeworld!…bye.! = D
On January 1st, 2010 at 4:48 pm rockingirl77 wrote:
ohhey ,
i love & adore weeworld .
but , i hate how everything is so effing expensive .
it’s dumb how we have to all pay M0NEY for a virtual game .
i mean , really now ?
that’s dumb .
that’s just my opinion though .
but , yea .
thanks anyway ?
i guess . whatever . byebye . (:
On January 3rd, 2010 at 8:00 pm mizzminaj wrote:
Hello Tim…My user Missblue73 got hacked a few days ago..I didnt give away none of my information.. Now I had to start all the way over which isn’t fair to me and others who have been hacked…I think yall should create a security program to block hackers because i worked hard for everything i lost. I just bought an $20 prepaid card and now im hacked..I doesn’t think its fair to the ones who worked hard for the things they had.. Can yall please get my account back so i wouldnt have to continue with my new account.. heres my email pookeebookee4life@yahoo.com Please help me
On January 4th, 2010 at 8:21 am NaKayla wrote:
I have a weeworld ( my name is Kayla550 ) why do we have to pay for points? Now it was very smart to give out 1,000 points a few months ago because that’s when you started to do that. But that’s not what i was gonna tell you, WEEWORLD messes up my computer and im sick of it. I love weeworld but i hate the risk of losing my computer to a website that I can’t even trust. Can you please fix yah website NOW?
On January 9th, 2010 at 7:57 pm Matt wrote:
My weeworld was hacked and im mad
On January 10th, 2010 at 2:18 pm Gina wrote:
Tim can you get me gold points. Because someone hacked me like several times. And I really need it. So pleasssssssssseeeeeeeee can you get me gold points?.? And I know 1 person who hacked me. It’s cloe2hip4school.
On January 10th, 2010 at 2:19 pm Gina wrote:
Oh and add me im XxMizzyPopularityxX
On January 23rd, 2010 at 6:30 pm elizabeth wrote:
this is iluvpuppys101 and u should think about taking lil kids money stealerzz!!
On February 3rd, 2010 at 2:22 pm hotbabe2099 wrote:
i want gold points 4 free because my parents don’t have a credit card and everything is piling up with gold points soon we all will have 2 stick with the ugly clothes in the begging when u make a weemee.
o and when we get 1000 green points when we r on our accounts 4 the first time we should also get 1000 GOLD points!!
o and 1 of my user names r hotbabe2099
so if u want 2 be on my organisation on weeworld 4 GOLD POINTS visit my page i’m on weeworld everyday!
On February 4th, 2010 at 9:04 pm ILuvNerdsx3 wrote:
DEAR TOM,
I HATE HOW WE NEED TO PAY FOR POINTS ITS REALLY STUPID!
WTH I DONT KNOW WHAT YOU WERE THINKING WHEN YOU MAKE THEM COST REAL MONEY!!
WERE YOUNG TEENS HOW ARE WE GONNA PAY! WE DONT HAVE THE MONEY WE DONT HAVE CREDIT!!
THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE SOOO MAD BECAUSE OF THIS!
WHY DO ALL WEBSITES WANT MONEY?!
MONEY MONEY MONEY THATS ALL ANYBODY WANTS NOWDAYS!
I HATE MONEY!
YOUR SO DUMB IM SORRY BUT IM SO MAD!
SOME PEOPLE ASK THEIR PARENTS FOR MONEY BUT THEY CANT BECAUSE NOT EVEYONES PARENTS AE RICH!MINE ARENT!ALOT OF PEOPLES PARENTS ARENT!
AND I KNOW OUR PARENTS TRY TO GIVE US EVERYTHING WE WANT BUT THEY CANT BECAUSE EVERY THING COST MONEY!
EVEN IF YOU GO TO THE STORES IT GOES FOR 5 TO 50 DOLLARS ONLINE IT IS FROM 5 TO 100 AND SOMTHING!!!
SOME PEOPLE EVEN COME TO WEEWORLD BECAUSE THEIR REAL LIFE IS SUCKISH BUT NOW YOU CANT EVEN LOOK GOOD ON HERE WITHOUT POINTS!
HOPFULLY WHEN ENOUGH PEOPLE PROTEST YOU WILL FINALLY LISTEN
BECAUSE OBVIOULY YOU ARENT LISTENING TO THESE PEOPLE!
MAYBE BY THEN YOU WILL UNDERSTAND!
-ILuvNerdsX3
SOME P
On February 6th, 2010 at 9:48 am faith wrote:
hey can u make point on weemee free???
while your at it tell the weemee owner to get people 1,00 free gold points every year ok
On February 6th, 2010 at 9:48 am faith wrote:
can you tell the weemee owner to give us 1,00 free gold every year ok
On February 11th, 2010 at 1:14 pm PLZ wrote:
PLEASE MAKE SOME CHANGES!!
MY PARENTS WONT LET MEE BUY GOLD!?!!?!
AND IM IN NEEED OF SOme!! CANT YOU DO SOMEFIN!
AND DUMB QUIZES DONT ALLWAYZ WORK!! PLEASE MAKE SOME CHANGES!!
GAWD! IT TAKES FOREVER TO EARn UP TO 1000 POINTZ!!!!?!?!
On February 11th, 2010 at 1:16 pm La la wrote:
AND SOME OF MII FRIENDS QUIT CUZ U PEOPLE ARE SO GREEDY!!!
WERE ONLY TEENZ!! WE CANT HAVE CREDIT CARDS AND STUFF
BUT CELLPHONES!! WHAT IT OUR PARENTS DONT WANT US TO USE IT !!
UGH! FAWKIN WEE WORLD!!! :[
On February 13th, 2010 at 6:31 am Adventures in the Invisible Tent - Tim Howgego wrote:
[...] well without the complex immersive world. Why try harder? Of course there are also examples such as WeeWorld’s synchronous (virtual) world doubling the sales of virtual goods. Presumably it became [...]
On February 14th, 2010 at 5:23 pm Kristen wrote:
Well, The reason websites want money is because they need it too run the website.
For example, The Domiane Name cost money, The sonors Miqht cost money
and they miqht just want money because they cant’t make ot on there own.
On February 21st, 2010 at 7:00 am Megan wrote:
Tim,
i gave a makeover to someyone (i didnt hack them) and then when i went back on to mine and clicked on change and shop in my closet, the stuff that i bought for the makeover was in my closet and all the stuff i bought was gone! i have gold you see and i am really upset! please ..is the a was of getting them back?