This is Part 4 in a series called Facebook Users.  You can read Parts 1-3 here:
Part 1 - The Detailer
Part 2 - The Feeler
Part 3 - The Joiner

The Gamer

These people are hard core (aka freaks).  They devote hours of time honing their skills and climbing the fame game ladder.  When I first started Facebooking, I would see constant updates related to people playing Mafia Wars.  At first it was rather entertaining, reading about people looking for boxing rings, pig heads, a crucifix tattoo, or whatever it is they look for.  I would play along and comment just to irritate them, telling them I’d give them a lime green shoelace in return for a yellow submarine, but that got tiresome… eventually.  These Mafia War posts continued to clutter my Home Page… but THEN… I found something… what has to be the most powerful feature of Facebook… The “HIDE” button.  Oh yeah.  A lot of people don’t know about this great little button.  If you hover over a post on your Home Page, a little word “Hide” appears over to the right, and if you click on it, you can hide that type of post from showing up on your Home Page.  So a long time ago, I just hid all Mafia Wars posts, and Facebook became much more enjoyable.  There are a lot of options with the “Hide” button, but unfortunately, “Hide all dumb stuff” isn’t one of them.  Maybe they will come up with one of those in the next Facebook upgrade.

Then there are the other games, single player type games, like Bejewled Blitz.  I have friends and relatives that tried to get me into this, and I even tried it a couple times, but when my score is like 5,000, and they just scored 250,000, I quickly determine it’s a stupid game.  My cousin Sherrie is a professional Bejewler (I think that’s what they are called).  Either she’s really good, or she’s found a way to cheat.  Not sure which.

And there are the Farklers.  I’ve received many invitations to Farkle, but have never actually played it.  And if I did, I probably would not admit it.  It just doesn’t sound right.

Then there are all the other networking game requests I get like Farm Town (or Farmville), Fish World, Zoo, Café World, or whatever they are called.  I just don’t get these games.  I guess I just don’t have time to spend on building an imaginary farm, or zoo, or aquarium.  Maybe I’m missing out.

Just to let everybody know, I have blocked all the gaming invitations, so if you were wondering why I haven’t responded to your invite, it’s because I don’t actually see them anymore.  For those of you that would like a reprieve from all the games, just learn how to “BLOCK” and “HIDE”.  Makes Facebook much more enjoyable.  Some of you may enjoy hiding me, haha.