Communications

Why Farmville is Lame

General Purpose: To show the audience that Farmville isn’t such a great passed time.

Thesis: Farmville consumes millions of daily users; the amount of time wasted on such a miniscule thing is incredulous.

Introduction: Zynga’s game Farmville, on the social networking site Farmville, is not only wasting the lives of certain Farmville players, but is also proving to be a nuisance to other Facebook users. These Farmville users need to see the other side of life and see what the makers of their beloved Farmville are really like and what Farmville is doing to its players.

I. The players and haters of farmville

A. Basic views of the different Farmville players.

1. Farmville is just a time passer; it’s not a way of life for them.

2. Even most of those who play Farmville admit that it is a ‘lame’ game.

3. They only do it because it’s ‘accessible’ and easy as it is right on Facebook.

B. Basic views of Farmville haters.

1. They believe Farmville is a waste of time!

a. Read a book or something

b. Donate time to helping others in various organizations (better the world)

2. Certain people’s addictions to it are causing problems for others.

a. According to Love Manglicmot….

C.The next topic is Farmville’s unbelievable growth feats.

1. Farmville (according to Barb Dybwad) is the most daily played game on Facebook boasting at least 11 ACTIVE users a day.

2. Also according to Barb Dybwad of Mashable.com….

a. Farmville compared to worldwide sensation WoW

b. The numbers show the speed at which Farmville increased compared to WoW

II. The addiction to the game, it’s real.

C. The next topic is about addiction getting worse

1. A Farmville user is apt to get addicted to the game and may need professional help

2. There are certain sites on...