* I’m using livewriter that mozartbach suggested.  ＼(＾▽＾*)  I hope this really makes my blogging-life easier w~*

* Met ripplecloud ingame ＼（＾∀＾）メ（＾∀＾）ノ very bubbly cute personality.

* With the help of Nataya - got a lot of the Sanrio Harbour quests done. ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ

* Got a pretty wand today~* fire wand ^^ and was able to get some new clothes ^^  Now Juicy is wearing a red top with gray skirt and white sneakers.

* It seems like you are able to change hair color/style later on in the game. I can’t wait!!  I want pigtails or chunli bunz (if those are an option w) ☆ﾐ(o*･ω･)ﾉ

* Nataya said she’s already addicted to the game… Me… I’m not an addict just yet ^^: BUT I am starting to really enjoy changing my character’s appearance. (*｡_｡)

♥ NOTES:

*  Ok so I was complaining about monster-engaging in my last post… today I figured out there was some kind of auto-target system.  So you left click on the monster and it shows a lil ‘label-thingy’ on top of the monster’s head and that shows you are ‘locked on’ and then once you come in contact with the monster it seems like the monster comes after you even if you move away from it (not too far though),..

*  Figured out how to travel around the map to different cities but you have to be patient hehe. ε-(´・｀)  I’m one of those impatient ones (*´ο`*)=3  and I tried to rush through the map to Londan without lvling up properly and resting in between and soon the monsters started hitting harder (than expected) ∑(O_O；)! and i was dead in a couple smacks and had to town it ヽ(ｏ`皿′ｏ)ﾉ

* Click on skill book to learn it.  Still haven’t really figured out how to use the slot on top of your screen.  I think it’s for crafting but not 100% sure.  And I don’t know how to clear the slot after using it.  The last used ingredients seem to stay grayed out but still visible in the slot… ヾ(-_-;)

* The more quests I do I’m noticing how the reward-system is a bit… more or less stingy. They slave you for like 30pieces of something and give you less than minimum wage (,,#ﾟДﾟ):∴;’･  Then have the balls to ask you for another favor （￣へ￣）  Then pay you crap again…. But we keep coming back for more… （￣ー￣）  Well… it’s ok since it’s in the land of kitty.  Makes everything better o(^^o)(o^^)o  hehe  whatever…

♥ INGAME SUMMARY:

The server crashed or there was some kind of maintenance I was not aware of… I was doing some Sanrio Harbour quests at the time chatting with Nataya but then realized the game froze…. When I tried logging back in it wouldn’t work… So I went to CS hehe.  When I logged back in today I noticed the game rolled-back.  I never experienced roll-backs in FFXI but roll-backs were a b!7ch in D2 LoD… and now HKO (,,#ﾟДﾟ):∴;’  but it wasn’t too far back… 

I talked about server atmosphere in my first post about how HKO seems like one of the more less hostile/competitive mmos but it seems like it’s just like any other mmos out there heh.  The thing that annoys me is… when people see you farming on a certain plant and they stand over you spamming it…. wtf is that?  In FFXI I would probably… more or less…  b!7ch them out for being rude but since this is Kitty-Land and all… I just walk away (’-'*) ….  Nataya was saying ‘you’d expect kitty lovers to be nicer… kitty would not be happy’… hehe… She is so cute  ヾ(´･ω･｀) i agree!   So I got a lot of quests done today and upped my friendship level allowing me to purchase my first pretty wand! and new clothes from the shops ＼（＾ ＾）／  finally…   I need to learn to watch the chat for buy/sell shouts - people sell for cheaper & the offers seem better than the npcs…

Yeah I was online forever last night… (*´ο`*)=3 So this is part of my DAY1 post but it all happened after 12midnight. w

I actually got alot done yesterday. Now I’m so much more comfy with HKO ( ^‐^) So here’s a recap of (10.12.2008~10.13.2008) Juicy’s late night adventures ☆ﾐ(o*･ω･)ﾉ

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* I made 2 ingame buddies ＼（＾∀＾）メ（＾∀＾）ノ
Kittymel & Nataya ~*

* And got my first STblog comment^^
Thank you Ripplecloud~*

* I got lucky and saw a free giveaway shout in town and got a free pair of ‘Traveler Shoes’. Thank you Hepcat.~* ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ

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Went spider-hunting with Nataya for my quest. So much easier killing with her, since I was resting after every 2spidyz when soloing. Thank you Nataya.~* ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ

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So… I hit Lv.9 last night. I thought money-making was a pain in the ass but exping is just as bad in HKO. w Damn, took me hours to get lv.9. Maybe cuz I didn’t kill a single monster until lv.8. (-_-;) I lvled up mostly with farming pearls/clays and ivory stuff. Then finally was able to get the noob wand quest completed and went out and wacked some monsters. (ﾟｰﾟ)(｡_｡)

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I wish there were HMP+ food to help speed up the healing (takes FOREVER) but there seems to be none. (*｡_｡) Nataya told me to try choco milk… which gives you HP like elixirs & HP potions… but I miss my FFXI HMP+ sweetz and gear ε-(´・｀)

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Another complaint… m(_ _)m This one’s about the SarioTown Blogging system. Is it just me or does Sanriotown.com lag a lot? On top of that, since this is my first time blogging - I can’t really compare it to other blogging systems but… something doesn’t seem right. It’s hell trying to blog cuz of the ‘coding’. I read in the faq section that you might screw up the way it looks if you copy and paste from Word or something so now I’m actually typing directly on the ‘Code’ section and typing out all the ‘br’ codes…. Pain in the ass. I typed under the ‘Visual’ section and it’s screwing up my ‘enter’s and spacing it out all weird…. Not happy. （￣へ￣） So I went and organized my blog into ‘pages’ so my main posts can be shorter.

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♥ NOTES:
* I think monsters link but not sure - it may just be that I’m getting aggroed left and right. ^^:
* Monster-engaging is a b!7ch in HKO… (,,#ﾟДﾟ):∴; Half the time I was chasing after them trying to target on… or I was getting smacked up while clicking around the damn monster trying to engage it. ＼（－－）／ They should consider auto-target or something…. ε-(´・｀)

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♥ GOALS:

* Get a pretty wand for myself.
COMPLETED: not pretty though just noob wand

* Kill a monster by myself. (*｡_｡)

COMPLETED: crabs. boars. spiders. scorpions. bees

* Get myself a cute pet. (if it’s possible at this lvl)
INCOMPLETE: still don’t know how to get a pet

* Get to Tokyo City. (if it’s possible at this lvl)
INCOMPLETE: but I found out there’s a left side to the map of Sanrio Harbour ^^: where there is some kind of big Cinna-monument/structure thingy - so I’m happy ^^

* Farm up some more money to buy some pretty clothes ^^
COMPLETE: saved up about $2000 from farming pearls, clay, and ivory stuff. I’m still unable to make a purchase due to low friendship but did a quest that gave me a red shirt and got a new pair of free black shoes ^^

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★ LOOKING FOR HKO FRIENDS ☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

Looking for friends from all around the globe,
regardless of race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation, etc, etc…
you get my point… ヾ(＾∇＾)ー♪

MY INTERESTS: Gaming(mmorpg/fps). Anime. Manga.
Music(r&b/hiphop/kpop/jpop). Asian pop culture.
Everything & anything kawaii~* Major cuteholic.
(Obviously Sanrio… but also all those cute lil Asian character goodiez)

AGE PREFERENCE: 20’s~30’s

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This is my first time playing a mmorpg alone (w/o RL friends)… So I thought I’d give this blog thang a try and maybe make some new online friends. ^^ This is also my first ‘game-blog’ and I think it might be helpful (to myself) to note things… since there seems to be a whole lot of stuff I’m going to have to learn… ∑(o_o；)

The towns and outdoor areas are… a lil difficult to travel around at first (dead-ends arggh)… being directionally-challenged doesn’t help matters. (*｡_｡)

I really want to get to Tokyo City since it’s Cinna-land ^^ but haven’t figured out how to get there just yet… (・－・)？

I used to be a big fan of cute ‘farming/collecting’ games like Harvest Moon & Animal Crossing. So… I’ve been waiting a loOong time for something like HKO to come along… Especially since I’m a total Sanrio freak~* !! (*≧▽≦)

♥ GAME: HKO Founder’s BETA

♥ HKO CHARACTER ID: Juicy

♥ NEW AREAS: Sanrio Port (start point). Sanrio Harbour. Florapolis. South Dream Forest.

♥ INGAME SUMMARY: Been farming in Sanrio Port and the areas right outside of Florapolis (forgot the area names…) Mostly some flowers and trees/shrubs… ^^: Did some quests in Sanrio Port & Florapolis. Was able to purchase a Lv.4 axe from a buy/sell NPC from the money I made from farming & quest rewards. After getting the axe, was able to go to South Dream Forest to chop up some tree trunks. ^^

♥ NOTES:

★ Visible GMs who chat with players on the main general chat.

★ There seems to be some kind of Red-Flag System (bad language, player harassment, the usual….) But I was a lil surprised at the ‘censorship’ level… I was reading the general chat and words like gay, lesbian, bi, and asexual was used and the GM gave one of the players a red-flag warning. There was no direct sexual or inappropriate dirty talk… so there seems to be some kind of ‘gray’ area as to what kind of topics can be openly discussed on the general chat area. This is somewhat expected since… all in all… HK is loved by all ages especially children (and some cultures are uncomfy talking about such topics in the open).

★ Well so far, just from observing the general chat - I feel like the atmosphere is alot more friendly than FFXI or other MMOs… less competitive/hostile - whatever you wanna call it. Possibly because the online community is made up of mostly female and there seems to be no PvP… (can’t really tell who’s male or female just by looking at the screenames & character appearance - since some females can choose male characters & have ungirly SNs)… Maybe it will be different once I join a guild but from the looks of it so far… even if I was to join a guild - I don’t think it’s for competition against other guilds like FFXI but more like an online community thang… In some ways I think this makes a game less addicting but it def. takes the stress out of gaming ^^

★ I wish the characters (your characters not the Sanrio NPCS) were cuter… Honestly, I was a lil disappointed ; ; and I wish there were more options to individualize and dress-up your character…

★ Money-making is freakin slow on HKO (or maybe it’s been too long since I started a new game…). I used to play FFXI but quit more than a year ago… Was thinking about maybe returning to the game since my character still exists… but I’ve been gone so long and all… The time and effort it takes to create and maintain an online character is seriously ‘a waste of time’ (even if you’re a game lover like myself)… This was one of the main reasons why I wasn’t sure if I wanted to start playing HKO… Don’t have as much time and the desire to stay ingame for endless hours… and starting all over again from scratch is hard in most mmorpgs especially if you’re solo’in it…

★ Past the first (or was it the first two outdoor areas…) I found out the monsters aggro. So I had to town it like 10 or so times while farming since I didn’t have a wand to fight them off. (´･ω･｀) There are lil glowing hk-faces that let you teleport to and from town… But I wish you were able to open up tele-portals like in D2 LoD so you could get back to the exact spot you were farming at… It’s a pain in the ass to walk all the way to where you were farming, from the telepo-kitty face which is basically at the entrance of the area… And since controlling your character isn’t as natural and easy as in FFXI but oh well…

★ When soloing, HTH was not a combat option even for a Lv.1 monster. I may be wrong but the only time I was able to kill something via HTH was when I was attacking the same monster with another player who had a wand… I’m hoping once I start killing monsters, the drops will make money-making a lot easier… /sigh. I just hope the low lvl monster drops are worth more than 1gold a piece. (-_-;)

★ Which brings me to… apparently you can kill the same monster as another player w/o having to be in a PT with them… (I don’t know how the EXP is calculated just yet…) And I apologize to the player whom I unknowingly leeched EXP off of (right outside of Sanrio Harbour)… m(_ _)m I’m even more sorry since I can’t remember your name - I was like 2 or so minutes into the game for the very first time and was completely unaware of my surroundings… ^^:

★ Need to figure out what ‘Friendship’ is exactly. I think it’s some kind of stat you need to lvl up to be able to access certain npcs/services…. (since it said I didn’t have enough friendship to be able to shop from a certain NPC)

★ Quests give you = EXP + Friendship points + Money + Items + Completion mark in your Quest Log.

★ Character Info & My Info icons are soOooo adorable but some are a lil hard to figure out since there are no labels as to what the icon represents. ^^: So I filled out some spaces with gibberish. w (Maybe I need to get back to the beginner tutorials… again… that I basically skimmed through… ^^:)

★ Haven’t figured out the chatting system yet either… There’s also a separate chat room that you can physically enter with your character. I’m guessing if you have buddies on your f-list then there is an option to send /tells.

★ There are some funny spellings ingame… Londan? I don’t get the meaning behind this… if there is one… w

♥ ITEMS OBTAINED:
* White Tee.
* Traveler Pants.
* Red Newbie Shoes.
* Lv.4 Axe.

♥ COMPLETED QUESTS:
* Accept your gift.
* Return the books.
* A wise choice.

♥ GOALS:
* Get a pretty wand for myself.
* Kill a monster by myself. (*｡_｡)
* Get myself a cute pet. (if it’s possible at this lvl)
* Get to Tokyo City. (if it’s possible at this lvl)
* Farm up some more money to buy some pretty clothes ^^
* Create/Join a guild.

♥ POSSIBLE GUILD IDEA: I want to maybe… make an international kawaii swappers guild. Sending each other boxes of cute things and sharing cute character brands & items from the country you are currently residing in. Cute things would mainly be - Sanrio items you can’t buy from where you’re at. Of course, since we’d be sharing personal information like addresses online, we’d have to take some precaution… Maybe use P.O. boxes or something… And there needs to be some kind of price limit… And maybe box size limits since international shipping can become quite pricey… But stickers and most cute stationary can be sent via envelope so that shouldn’t be too bad if that’s what you’re interested in… If this works out I think it could be alotta fun during the holidays for members (esp. since Xmas is coming up soon and all…)