Just finished the event with 8 hours to go, if i didn't get warning about chapter 9 regarding feeding the pets before hand, I would have ran out of time with out spending gems, though i do have one thing that happened to me, i bought 10 pigs at the same time. Yet one pig needed to be sped up 3 extra times. the little Piggy just did not want to grow up.
I had a large supply of carrots which also saved me otherwise i would have struggled with the animal feed as well.
Being some one who know you have to visit the forums before starting the events, I'd also like to thank the forum contributors BUT at the same time i like to criticise storm8 for taking this for granted, the game should not be designed so that you have to visit a forum and hope some one else is speeding ahead to tell other people what to expect, and at the same time intentionally slowing people down ie the one chapter per 24 hours limit.
That not a challenge, that a stupid obvious way of forcing people to buy gems, having a stock pile of 800 gem myself from all the trial games, it doesn't concern me if i have to spend some to complete a event, BUT as a forum reader/contributor i feel for the other players who struggle with these events, because of the time needed to play them, like really, feeding the pigs 10-12 times once per hour on day 9...that's just stupid...people play the game for last 8 days, and then you structure it like that for day 9 forcing the gem purchase or making people fail the event after coming so close is like offering a child icecream letting them taste it once and then making them watch every one else have icecream for the rest of the day...can anyone say not illegal, but doesn't leave a good impression on the child.
Well Storm8 have enough experience and if they don't get the hint, i'll still play the game, but no new players will bother because it too hard to join, simple as that.