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Mob Wars

I started playing the Facebook application ‘Mob Wars’ about two weeks ago and to my surprise I actually really enjoy it. The concept of the game is simple: build a mob by recruiting your friends, buy as much real estate as possible, arm your mob with the best weapons and vehicles, then kill anyone that stands in your way.However, becoming the best can be harder then it might seem. After all, like many other Facebook apps, Mob Wars requires you to send invitations to your Facebook friends. This is how a mob is built and without a mob, it is difficult to progress past a certain level. The problem is that many people have grown accustomed to simply ignoring these application invites. I know, because I used to be one of them.

Luckily, there is a relatively simple solution. It requires a little effort, but its better then giving complete strangers access to your Facebook profile just to play a game.

WARNING: **Mob Wars seems to have updated their code–this process no longer works**

The following tutorial requires that you use Firefox and install the following add-on.

THIS IS NOT A SCRIPT.

Once you have downloaded and installed the HTTP Headers add-on, click the ‘Tools’ menu in Firefox and then click on ‘Live HTTP headers’.

Once the tool is open, make sure that ‘Capture’ is checked off.
Next, navigate to the Mob Wars ‘My Mob’ section and click on one of your friends to send an invitation.
After sending the invitation, look through the captured code until you find:
the url that ends in ‘mob/do.php’
Once you find and highlight the line, press ‘Replay’
The number highlighted in the image is the user_id number.
From here you have two options:
1. Find other mobsters user_id numbers, by their url.
2. Find other mobsters user_id numbers in the pages source (right-click).

Hitting ctrl-f will bring up a search window. Type ‘user_id’ into the search and hit enter twice.

Once user_id is located, replace the old number with the new number and hit ‘Replay’

If you have any trouble, here is a video explaining the process.

Also, if you want to be added to a mob, leave your user_id in a comment.

Categories : Games

77 Comments

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November 1st, 2008 at 8:46 pm

[...] Mob Wars [...]

Neeky
November 3rd, 2008 at 7:13 am

Add me!! Mob wars…

Neeky78
November 3rd, 2008 at 7:15 am

er duh put the wrong name. That’s my mob wars name. Can you do it that way? Hmmm

abby
November 8th, 2008 at 8:28 pm

add me…

Diana
November 8th, 2008 at 8:44 pm

having a little trouble with firefox so having to use opera, but would you please add me to the Mob Wars list? I could use more members. Thanks! My user ID is 598915610

t
November 10th, 2008 at 7:15 pm

Anthony “the gaucho” pompa <——-add me

Kevin Smith
November 10th, 2008 at 7:27 pm

There appears to have been some miss communication. If you go to your stats page, the number at the end of your url is your user_id number. This is the number you need to write in the comments section.

I currently do not know of a way to search mobsters by their mob name alone.
http://apps.facebook.com/mobwars/profile/?user_id=

Kevin Smith
TechnicalMafia.com

Mia
November 10th, 2008 at 8:45 pm

Please add me!

574469413 ‘Malteeser Accent’

Emily
November 15th, 2008 at 6:03 pm

Add me? User id: 530228206

I tried followed the steps and everything, but it’s not working for me. I keep getting a page that says “Bad Request. Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.
Invalid Content-Length”

Kevin Smith
November 16th, 2008 at 12:12 pm

@Emily

I am now over the limit of mobsters I am allowed to invite, therefore I cannot try to duplicate your error. However, the people in my mob have told me that the process still works.

One possible thing that could be causing the problem, is the user_id. If you are adding mobsters by looking at the page source for user_ids, the first one that pops up after the search is your user_id. Make sure you use a different user_id.

Kevin Smith
TechnicalMafia.com

Wow
November 17th, 2008 at 1:01 am

So this is rad - mucho thanks yous.

a 0203
November 17th, 2008 at 10:52 am

add me too thanx my user id is: 768190636

Tom
November 17th, 2008 at 4:04 pm

Add me to, thanks
ID is:
1139702024

Kevnic
November 17th, 2008 at 5:38 pm

Please invite me to your mob!!!

646059025

DR P
November 19th, 2008 at 3:05 pm

add me 514519374

Med
November 20th, 2008 at 3:14 pm

36616488

ismist
November 21st, 2008 at 5:27 pm

add me!

1129017463

chickmagnet
November 22nd, 2008 at 3:36 pm

1281222991 add me

Mr Wobble
November 23rd, 2008 at 2:04 am

ad me please?

730432557

Zurcaled
November 23rd, 2008 at 2:44 am

add me plz i really need some mob members

http://apps.facebook.com/mobwars/profile/?user_id=750531822

Thanx to all who may add me

and well derr i am zurcaled Lol

CS
November 23rd, 2008 at 10:54 am

121200903

makomark
November 23rd, 2008 at 5:19 pm

816304487 add me please

Osirilen
November 24th, 2008 at 9:58 am

if people could add me that would be great: 1394297562

Dave
November 24th, 2008 at 7:18 pm

Please add me to your mob i will delete when added ….. thank you …. http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?id=565999326&ref=name

ACLC
November 25th, 2008 at 2:10 am

504079013

ADD

patrick
November 25th, 2008 at 11:40 am

Please add me 1497673376

I have the same problem like Emily. Do anyone have a solution for this?

patrick
November 25th, 2008 at 11:53 am

sorry , this is my ID 742224087

the other number is paste by accident

patrick
November 25th, 2008 at 12:34 pm

Me again

I found the solution for this problem

“Bad Request. Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.
Invalid Content-Length”

You must just refresh the page ( press F5 )

matt
November 25th, 2008 at 3:42 pm

When i try this out, i can’ invite anyone, it says ‘authentication failure’, any idea how to fix this?

Dave
November 25th, 2008 at 7:32 pm

please add me to ure mob will delete when done thanks … http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=565999326&ref=name

1604289928
November 26th, 2008 at 3:52 am

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1604289928&ref=profile

Jeff Bryant
November 26th, 2008 at 9:37 am

add 1247708069

ZimZim
November 27th, 2008 at 6:53 am

Thanks for this Kevin Smith and also Patrick for that 400 bad request solution
Now I can finally compete, it’s a pain with so little friends intrested in such a fun game.

1215680946
November 28th, 2008 at 7:08 am

Anyone is welcome to add me, id 1215680946

Jamie
November 28th, 2008 at 2:12 pm

Hey Anyone know how to make an Apple Automator script to take the step of entering the id number in increments prior to hitting the replay on the tutorial. Or scrap the id number, then automatically send the url request, and loop to the next so its automated

D not nice
November 28th, 2008 at 4:20 pm

How do you add people to your mob without having to add them to you friends list?

1437562714

?user_id=636710959
November 29th, 2008 at 3:58 am

Add plz!
user_id=636710959.
Cheers.

sam
November 29th, 2008 at 5:31 am

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=693915421&ref=profile

Raiden
November 30th, 2008 at 7:27 am

Great tutorial. Here’s my id 561035629

jt
November 30th, 2008 at 7:47 am

Please add me
1305062691
Thanks!

Maz
December 1st, 2008 at 12:58 pm

Hi, I can’t install the add-on as the page won’t load.. is there any other link available?

Also, here is my user ID 602320022

Add me!
xxx

Allan
December 1st, 2008 at 5:51 pm

user id is 581045366

Dennis
December 2nd, 2008 at 7:35 pm

Add me: 738537922

C
December 3rd, 2008 at 5:25 am

User ID is 591455099, feel free to add me.

unknown
December 3rd, 2008 at 7:49 pm

my user id 1605394590

Brian
December 4th, 2008 at 1:33 pm

I’m having trouble. Same as what Emily posted on 11.15.08. I get a Bad Request. Has others had this issue and know how to resolve? I’ve even shut down and restarted and still have the problem. Feel free to add me: 1538894753

george
December 6th, 2008 at 4:37 pm

Add me id# 662776784

ACLC
December 6th, 2008 at 4:38 pm

504079013

D not nice
December 6th, 2008 at 9:36 pm

add me 1437562714

D not nice
December 6th, 2008 at 9:37 pm

1437562714

k9
December 7th, 2008 at 8:59 am

damn, it aint working anymore, mobwars has updated a protection which says that we have to be friends with the peoples we invite before we can add ‘em to our mob..
the message u now will get is:

Fallimento:
You must be friends first!

Kevin Smith
December 7th, 2008 at 11:13 am

Can anyone else confirm this?

jt
December 7th, 2008 at 4:28 pm

unfortunately yes. That is the message I got too.

Two Fist
December 8th, 2008 at 11:10 am

d’oh! Yep, I got the same error message. What a shame.

I guess I should have used this feature more when I had the opportunity. Now, everyone in my level has 100-200 more than I do, leaving it pretty tough to find a good fight.

Anyone hear any word about a workaround?

scarface Mclaw
December 8th, 2008 at 2:57 pm

rats, it doesn’t work anymore.
I’m going to get creamed now

Kevin Smith
December 8th, 2008 at 6:57 pm

Alright, unfortunately it appears that Mob Wars has fixed this loophole. I will try to see if any other methods still exist. I know there were a few greasemonkey invite scripts that automated a process similar to this, but I have not found out how well they work. If I find anything out I will be sure to post an update.

Kevin Smith
TechnicalMafia.com