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Floods ravage Farmville

Those of you who walked today through the crops of the Farmville setting know it is not hard to find someone with tears in their eyes. The catastrophe hit during the night; nobody saw it coming.

Around 9 p.m. last night, it started raining. Those who were still outside, enjoying the cold breeze that came with the early winter nights went inside their homes and barns to take cover. Nobody could predict that in just twenty minutes the skies above would start to roar in fury, sending down wave after wave of pouring cold showers and blocks of ice the size of chicken eggs. The cows went mad. Horses were struck by lightning. Entire crops were lost...

Now, at the break of dawn, the sun shines defiantly in the morning sky. People roam around their once great farms, their beloved animals beaten up by the cruelty of a god they can not even begin to conceive. A man from Holland, PrettyGirlsOnly2000, told us in tears how he lost all his savings:

"I was depending on this to win coins and meet chicks. Chicks digged my cute pink cows and my huge plantation of tulips... What am I going to do now, penniless and alone?"

The despair is written all over people's faces. Some are even willing to take drastic measures. A group of Portuguese users decided to unite in an online forum to discuss the consequences of this tragedy and also means to help eachother. They plan to ask the Portuguese government for help:

"We can't go on like this! This is all the Prime-Minister's fault! I mean, s**t happens and the PM isn't even willing to meet us for an open discussion?! I have mouths to feed!"

The government suspects of the interference of leftist parties in the negotiatian and accuses the farmers of being nothing but puppets in the hands of the opposition. Smartly dressed political experts say this is a bomb waiting to go off.

Economic experts are also avid to contribute with their opinions and suggestions to help control the crisis. An oil magnate from an African country is already planing his next step of action:

"I am hoping people will now have to sell their homes and lands for a very low price. Than, we can start an application called Oilville"

This devastated reporter can not help but think that political quarrels and large scale economy is driving away the attention from what really matters: the people. Today I saw people in the worst day of their lives. But I also saw an avid sixteen year-old from NYC, ThaBong16, provide us with a scenario of trust and hope:

"It's like, man... we gots to keep movin, like... dude..."

Words of hope and wisdom in a time of change.