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It has been a state of mind since the first human started to roam the Earth. It is a part of our genealogy and it is in our DNA. No matter what we do, once we realize that we are about to lose something or someone, an emotion (subconscious desperation or primal instinct) comes into our mind asking us to act and ACT FAST. It is known as Fear of Loss (one of our Primal Instincts - Fear of loosing the next meal may have played a factor in all of us acquiring it regardless of how many generations have passed). It could even be Fear of Missing Out aka FOMO. Here is what I found on Wikipedia. They even have it's own section about how Video game makers utilizes the FOMO.  In video games [ edit ] The video game industry utilizes FOMO to get consumers/players to engage in the medium. Video game publishers will create release windows with early access for those that pay for their subscription service. An example is the publisher Electronic Arts. On their main website they have ...

Many Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire players noticed that very recently, the application have been receiving many positive reviews (mostly 5 stars WITH very few words such as Nice, Fun, Great game, etc...) while many 1 or 2 stars reviews are ACTUALLY written in more than few words on Google Play, Amazon, or on Apple app Store. There is no hard proof that either MZ or any other parties are involved in a scheme to get more 5 stars for the Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire app (or other MZ games such as Game of War Fire Age (GOW), Mobile Strike (MS), World War Rising (WWR)) on Google Play, Amazon, or Apple app Store but after reading  this article and this article , this writer started to wonder why the apps have high stars rating while many people are upset with MZ. This writer has written many reviews on Yelp, Amazon, Google Play, Apple app store, etc... but never written a review with very few words such as "Nice", "Fun", "Great game",  "...

From Wikipedia search Games Developed by Machine Zone (Some are being operated under subsidiary LLCs) Game of War: Fire Age  (Operates under MZ as Developer,  www.gameofwarapp.com ) Mobile Strike  (Operates under Epic War LLC,  www.epicwar-online.com  or  www.mobilestrikeapp.com ) World War Rising  (Operates under Mobile War, LLC,  www.mobilewar-online.com  or  www.worldwarrising.com ) Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire  (Operates under Epic Action, LLC,  www.epicaction-online.com  or  www.finalfantasyxvapp.com ) Crystalborne: Heroes of Fate  ( WILL  Operates under Arena of Stars, LLC,  www.arenaofstars-online.com  or  www.crystalborne.com ) And Another new game for 2019 as stated by Kristen Dumont, CEO of MZ (@2:54 Mark) Companies or Corporations or LLCs being operated by MZ: Machine Zone  ( www.mz.com ) ( State of California -  https://busine...

If you ask any active players (Define as players who log into an account at least once a day) of Game of War (GOW), Mobile Strike (MS), World War Rising (WWR) and Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire (FFXVANE), and soon to be release Crystalborne: Heroes of Fate) what a dreaded hour is, they will say it is 5 PM PST / PDT daily. Why do players of these games developed by Machine Zone aka MZ (MZ (re branded to MZ on April 4 th , 2016 after GOW and MS players started referring to them as MZ in game) dread this particular time? Because it is the time that MZ releases their new features, in game updates, and events. This is the general sentiment among current MZ games; their Dreaded Hour. Why so? This is time that every active players in all MZ games hate due to the fact that with a new feature release, you account could be completely destroy by a player who can afford to spend the money and on time to keep up with MZ’s New features.   The dreaded hour on April 20...