Money Laundering is a new feature in Mafia Wars that is in beta. What this means is that not everyone will have access to the feature. If you are one of the lucky ones that does then you have access to the following.
Collection Items
The reward for vaulting this collection is a reduction in bank deposit fees from the normal 10% to a modest 7%.
Those who have access to Money Laundering have a random chance of hitting the “mother lode” when doing jobs and get extra cash. Once you hit the mother lode you will need friends to help you launder the money.
Ask your friends to help you launder the money by publishing to your wall. Once you get enough friends to help you out you will have access to the bonus pay for the job. When you publish your feed and ask your friends to help out they can get a random item from the money laundering vault simply by clicking and helping.
To add money laundering collection items to your wish list use this link
http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/remote/html_server.php?xw_controller=collection&xw_exp_sig=dc0cbf24850667a9553baa64907f32ab&xw_time=1258246935&xw_action=wishlist_add&xw_city=1&tmp=b47943007750c85882df17018062b60d&selected_city=1&gift_category=0&gift_id=xxxx
1113 dirty iron
1114 dirty laundry
1115 dryer sheets
1116 money line
1117 roll of quarters
1118 death by detergent
1119 dirty bra
Good luck on gathering all of the items.
With Mafia Wars quickly becoming the most popular social networking game on the internet I felt the need to clue the new players and maybe even some of your old veterans in on what Godfather Points are, how to get them, and how to use them.
Godfather Points – A definition
Godfather points or reward points are a form of currency in Mafia Wars. They can be used for a number of things within the game.
Godfather Points – What they can be used for
.These points may be used for a number of things including
How to acquire Godfather Points
Godfather points can acquired in two ways.
You used to be able to get Godfather Points by completing offers and doing surveys but it seems that those options have been removed from the game.
Advice on how to spend your Godfather Points
If you have a copy of The Ultimate Mafia Wars Leveling Guide then you already know all of this as well as how to level as quickly as possible using sound time tested strategies. This information is for those who do not have the guide.
If you follow a strict plan on leveling you will never NEED to spend Godfather points on anything. The only thing that I have ever spent any points on is “+4 Skill Points.” I know there are those who will say that buying energy refills are the way to go but I guarantee you that in the long run the skill points will pay off much more.
The bottom line is that other than the points that are earned for leveling Godfather Points cost money but purchasing them is not necessary. If you are someone who wants all of the items available in the game and have the cash to purchase points by all means do so. But…If you are a cheapskate like me you don’t have too.
Mafia Wars is arguably the most popular of the myriad of social networking games that are available today and it was only a matter of time until Zynga took a harder line when it comes to suspending or even banning accounts.
The buying and selling of intellectual property is one of the biggest concerns for internet gaming companies. While the practice has been around for years many companies turned a blind eye to it because of the expense in prosecuting those who traffic in currency, accounts, and items.
In the last year or so many of the bigger gaming companies have done one of two things. First they have cracked down not on the sellers of such items but those who purchase them. Second, many have opened up their games for free play while requiring players to purchase the top items or even the all but bare necessities with micro-transactions using real cash. Some have done both.
Zynga has not missed what is going on in the industry and has started to follow suit by targeting those players who participate in the buying and selling of intellectual property. Presently they are suspending or banning accounts quite regularly. If you are a player who has purchased items or entire accounts do not be surprised if you try to log in one day and discover that your accounts is no longer accessible.
Leveling and acquiring the best items in Mafia Wars is too easy to put your account at risk. With a proper plan you can level to level 200+ in mere days and will be rolling in cash along the way so there is no reason to participate in such shenanigans.
Recently I have come across a few Mafia Wars “information” sites that are blatantly trying to sell items and accounts right on their front page. While I will not name these sites for obvious reasons I find the practice to be unethical. It is one thing to write a guide or sell a report detailing how to master the game but selling items and accounts crosses the line.
All of the site that I have visited which are doing this are also making use of graphics and logos from Mafia Wars and other Zynga games. I predict that somewhere in the near future the publishers of these sites will receive a nice letter from Zynga which will in essence order them to cease and desist in using the intellectual property of the company.
I will make one promise to all of my readers right now. You will never see accounts, items or currency from any game for sale on my sites. The only disclaimer I will make to that statement are those sites that earn revenue from Google AdSense since the end user has no control over which ads are displayed.
In conclusion, if you are buying or selling the intellectual property of any company and get your account closed, you have nothing to whine about …you brought it upon yourself.
I must admit that Zynga keeps the surprises coming when it comes to crates. We have had Yakuza Crates, Woodsman Crates, Wild West Crates and more. Recently Zynga has added Super Stuffed Crates.
If you have been playing Mafia Wars for any length of time you already know that one of the biggest pains in the butt in the game is gathering the consumables that are needed for some jobs. It never seems to fail that you run out of consumables before you complete a job requiring them and you have to back track to get more.
In the new Super Stuffed Crates Zynga has made it much easier. In these crates you can not only get an item but you also get consumables.
Like all crates the Super Stuffed version is purchased with Godfather (Reward) points. One crate will cost you 20 Godfather points and a package of three crates is sold for 55 points.
Super Stuffed Crates are guaranteed a 100% chance to give you 1 special item, 3 consumables, and 5 boosts in each and every crate. The special item is from the current crate set.
Here is a quick list of the consumables that can be found in these crates
The boosts that you can get include
Personally I am not much on buying crates but if you are looking for a super fast way to get consumables and boosts they may be the way you want to go.
If you want to reign supreme, like I do, and prevail as one the kingpins of Mafia Wars, there is a way to do it by using a strategic Mafia Wars attack. Unless you want to continue as loser, the strategy of leveling up and winning is by following the tips that is given here as part of the Mafia Wars Attack guide. I will get you out of being clobbered and you learn the ways of the Mafia. Having a criminal mind means defensive and offensive playing. You may have all the weapons in your arsenal but if you don’t know what to use and when to use it, your Mafia Wars attack will fail.
I can honestly say that Mafia Wars Weapons are one of the most attractive features of playing the game. The developers of Mafia Wars have spent time doing extensive research on what kind of weapons are used in a specific mafia setting.