It’s time to announce the winners of the Closed Beta events “Monster Hunter” and “Farm Expert”! Note that all winners were chosen from participants through a lucky draw, and results are final. Without further ado, here are your winners!

kwyxx@hellokitty.com

bobbingforappxxx@hellokitty.com
charmmyxxx@hellokitty.com.sg
choco_casxxx@hellokitty.com
cynnamxxx@hellokitty.com
desixxx@hellokitty.com
dreamerbxxx@hellokitty.com
ilmaxxx@hellokitty.com
nankosh_2xxx@hellokitty.com
p0x@hellokitty.com
pinkpanther2xxx@hellokitty.com
popinxxx@hellokitty.com
purapuraxxx@hellokitty.com
sammo_xxx@hellokitty.com
tecxxx@hellokitty.com
waltercrxxx@hellokitty.com

Congratulations to all our winners! We will be emailing you after three (3) working days through these SanrioTown email addresses (not your CB test account) to give you instructions on how you can claim your Hello Kitty items. As for your in-game prizes for Open Beta, we’ve got them covered!

We hope you all enjoyed the events we prepared for you! To all who participated, thank you very much!

Hello everyone! It’s time for another in-game event, the last chance for all of our Closed Beta testers to get in-game items in HKO Open Beta and commercial release!

Start: 29 May 2008 HKT 00:00 (Thur)

End: 1 June 2008 HKT 23:59 (Sun)

What to do:

1. Log-in to Hello Kitty Online.
2. Find 7 people (including yourself) each with one of the 7 pets: Starfish, Crab, Lizard, Boar, Scorpion, Vespa Basalis, and Armadillo.
3. Gather all 7 pets and players into one farm.
4. Take a screenshot! You may use the F11 key to take your picture (The file can be found in the directory: “C:\Program Files\SanrioTown\Hello Kitty Online CB v0.1\screenshot\”)
5. Send us an email at onlinegame@hellokitty.com with the subject “HKO - Lucky 7”; don’t forget to include these details:
   • The screenshot you took with 7 players and pets
   • The in-game names of all 7 players
   • All 7 respective email addresses you want us to give the rewards to in Open Beta.
6. Wait for a confirmation message from us, and you’re done!

We hope that this activity encourages all of you to use these final days of the HKO Closed Beta to meet new people and help each other get items for Open Beta. And don’t worry, although you will only be counted once, you may join as many screenshots as you want. So don’t hesitate to help others out!

If you have any questions, feel free to email us. Good luck to all of you!

Hello everyone! As the event announcement stated, as of 23:59 yesterday the events Monster Hunter and Farm Expert are now over, and we will no longer be accepting submissions to these events.

We will be announcing the winners on the 31st of May 2008, so check back here! You could be one of the winners of the lucky draw! Thank you to everyone who participated in the event!

Great news for all our Closed Beta testers! Due to public demand, we are extending the CB period until the 1st of June 2008, that means you will have several days more to complete your quests, talk to your in-game friends, work on your farms and build your houses! All the Sanrio characters really appreciate your participation and support. So before the end of CB, we have arranged a special event for all of you, starting May 22, 2008!

For this event there will be 1 Grand Prize. Collect pet cards from all monsters except the mighty dinosaur! Give us all pet cards and we will give you great prizes in return!

1. All monsters will drop pet cards. The drop rate is 1/100. If you have collected all the pet cards, you can exchange it for Ticket A & dinosaur card from the Card Shop NPC. (Starfish, Crab, Lizard, Boar, Scorpion Card, Vespa Basalis Card, Armadillo Card)
2. Find the GM who is standing next to Minigames NPC (Peter Davis); Submit your ticket to the GM as well as your Login ID and info.
3. Players with submitted tickets are eligible to join the Lucky Draw and vie for the grand prize.

Reward: Real Hello Kitty products + In-game items and money for use in Open Beta / commercial launch.

For this event there will be 15 Winners! Please prepare the items needed and buy the seeds from the shopkeeper. Go to your farm and plant the items you need to get your Ticket. Here are the steps you need to follow:

1. Five new types of seeds have been added and will be sold by the Seed Shop NPC, which you can find next to the guide NPC. (Pineapple, Pumpkin, Green Pepper , Orange & Papaya).
2. These seeds need much care and patience because it takes a long time to grow these new crops.
3. Upon collecting 30 pineapples, 30 pumpkins, 20 green peppers, 15 oranges, 15 papayas. You then need to give this to the Seed Shop NPC for a Ticket B.
4. Find the GM who is standing next to Peter Davis; Submit your ticket to the GM as well as your Login ID and info.
5. Players with submitted tickets are eligible to join the Lucky Draw and vie for the grand prize.

Reward: Real Hello Kitty products + in-game items and money for use in the Open Beta / commercial launch.

Here are the NPC locations:

Here are some of the Hello Kitty products you could win:

The Latest Strawberry Hello Kitty TOTE BAG (28×37x13cm), COSMETIC POUCH (11.5×12x7cm) and TOWEL (34×76cm) SET!

2008 Little Red Riding Hood Hello Kitty COSMETIC POUCH:

2008 Red Ribbon Hello Kitty KEY POUCH, CARD CASE:

Large Size Hello Kitty WALL POCKET:

1. The competition starts on May 22, 2008 (00:00 HKT) and ends on May 25, 2008 (23:59 HKT).
2. Only Hello Kitty Online Closed Beta Testers can join this competition.
3. Winners will be decided by lucky draw; the draw results are final.
4. A Grand Prize winner will be drawn from the participants of Mission: Monster Hunter; fifteen (15) Outstanding Prize winners will be drawn from the participants of Mission: Farm Expert.
5. Outstanding Prizes will be allocated to the fifteen (15) winners at random; winners cannot choose their prizes.
6. Winners will be announced on Sanriotown on May 31, 2008.
7. Winners will be notified by email after 3 working days from the announcement of the winners, and the prize will be sent via airmail (overseas participants).
8. Hong Kong winners must provide a copy/scan of an ID card in order to claim their prizes in person.
9. Sanriotown reserves the right to change the conditions of this contest at its own discretion.
10. Should you have any questions, please email onlinegame@hellokitty.com.

For more information about Hello Kitty Online, please visit:

Hello Kitty Online Website
http://www.hellokittyonline.com

Hello Kitty Online Official Blog
http://blog.sanriotown.com/onlinegame:hellokitty.com

We are pleased to announce to all of you the success of Hello Kitty Online Closed Beta 2! The game is now running on a new server, and there are many new players that you will see in the game. We hope you will all enjoy the CB extension, and we hope that all our old CB testers can help out our new players as they find their way through Sanrio Land.

Expect things to get even more interesting, as in a few days we will be announcing our major in-game event! This is definitely something to look forward to, so don’t forget to check the Hello Kitty Online Events Blog!