Thread:GoldenDoodle/@comment-28004156-20160615152048/@comment-26544836-20160622193615

Merrimacga wrote: Saw this and figured I'd jump in. Deirdre, I'm assuming the cool avatars you're referring to are the players who are on Facebook and have logged into it through the game. Once the game is connected to one's FB acct, one can use their current FB profile pic as their game avatar...it shows up as an option in the avatar selections. But I think one has to remain logged into FB in the game in order for that profile pic to remain as the game avatar selection. If one logs out of FB in game or disables in FB the permissions the game app has to one's FB account, the FB profile pic will no longer display but will revert to either the default avatar or what one had selected previously. Note: there have been issues in the past with this interaction and some players have been able to log in to FB in the game but haven't been able to select their FB profile pic. Once again this was fixed...this time with the Mountain Resort update. I noticed you're logged into your FB account in game. Check the avatar options and see if your FB pic is now an option.

Oh and as Teub said, the ability to gift non-giftable items is magic...it's not something others can do unless they can also work the game the way Teub can. 😉 Merri, thank you for jumping in! And, thanks for the thoughtful, well-articulated response.

I also initially suspected that the ability to personalized avatars was directly related to FB, but now I am not so sure. There are several of my friends who have the same cutesy Avatars, some of whom are FB peeps, but a few of whom are not. Curious. And, yes, I logged into FB (again) from SS briefly, but did not see my profile pic as an avatar option. And, I quickly disengaged, as I am afraid that G5 might send annoying invitations to all of my 'friends' on FB, which I clearly do not want. Nor, do I want them apprised of each of my achievements. I just thought it might be nice to have a slightly different avatar for one. If I could connect to FB without them delving into my friends there to promote G5's games and share my SS info, I'd be 'game', so to speak.

Have you downloaded the past two updates? I did yesterday, and I am not very keen/annoyed by two things, I of which I was more or less aware of prior to downloading.

1) having to close out each and every time I gift the 50 people or more if I TT results in too many additional strokes. They add up, for sure!


 * 2) But, even more annoying is the fact that after I have gifted someone, the little #1s are still there if I click on them to gift them, making it look as if I still can. This holds true for most, not all, of my friends. A major nuisance and another waste of time and clicks.

Carpel tunnel and RSS wolves are at my door... I know I must sound like a Nattering Nabob of Negativism. 😤😤😤 I just needed to vent...

I read somewhere on the Wiki that some issues resolve a few days post one's download. I am hopeful that the second of my issues will resolve, as that might be a Bold textgame changerBold textfor me...

Thanks, my friend, as usual, for listening to me and your constant thoughtfulness in your responses.

Best regards, Deirdre