Well, it’s New Years!! Happy New Years everyone, it’s 2009! I apologize for being lazy in my blog…I mean, I missed the Christmas post *shockgasp* \O/ so I will do it here! So I’d like to wish you all a Happy New Year. So what are your New Year resolutions? And as for what I’m doing for the New Years, I’m just simply watching the Rose Parade, and writing this post.

I am really excited for all that is going to come out for this year, but did anyone feel as if 2008 went by so fast? Well, I’m excited for Hello Kitty Online, that will go under Open Beta this year, and a use for my Kitty Points. Then there’s also…anime. I don’t know if I should be excited or not. I mean, I love my anime, but I can’t get that Anime Membership from crunchyroll, and videos have been removed from all the anime I watch. T^T I’m excited for the new anime, but waiting a week for subs to come out is just too much…I can’t understand Japanese (I know, lame, huh?) I only know bits and pieces. :’( For a little note, if anyone is interested in the anime I like, go check out MyAnimeList.

So as for New Year resolutions, what are yours? I only have a couple. Several examples include: becoming a better person, cutting down on sweets, and others that I really don’t feel like mentioning.

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Well, apparently I got the date wrong, so I actually got a chance to play on the last day. That made me soo happy! For my happiness and lack of screen shots before, I’ve got a post full of screen shot spamming. I really enjoyed my last day. And my wish was fulfilled. I actually got the Spirit of Christmas. I really can’t believe it, so thank you Astroasis, Sugar Chan, and Cricket! X3 I owe them so much by now. Ok, so onto the image spam. Since I didn’t want to hurt anyone’s internet…read more to see the screenshots:

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Since today is my last day of HKO, since I can’t go on on weekends as I’ve mentioned before, I’d like to share the highlights and my thoughts on how the reunion was in my perspective. My guild really made it worthwhile, and a fun little event made things even more fun.

 New feature thoughts:

Maps: I really loved how the maps looked! The snow was great in New York, and the decorations everywhere was really cute! It was really a Winter Wonderland, especially in New York! Which brings me to…

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New York: It was splendid! There were so many buildings though, that it was easy to get lost. In fact, I know of quite of few people, including myself, who did get lost. I loved that there were very many buildings, but sometimes remembering everything was quite difficult. I was able to though, and the Big Apple with a Sanrio Twist was fantastic! ^_^

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Pets: Ugh! One of the worst changes, in my opinion, of the game. There were some benefits of this, but the disadvantages still overpowered the small little benefit. He talked sooo much, that he really couldn’t be quiet! He moved inconsistently, and his talking really got annoying in my view. The only benefit, was that I was amused about what he said. His dialogue sometimes went into this really buggy mode where it continuously flashed different text everytime like it was breaking…Anyone else share these opinions about pets?

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Quests: Nice! I really think that if I was at a higher level to begin with, then I might have been able to enjoy it more. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to finish the Save Christmas quest. I feel that maybe the quests could have been a little easier for beginners, including myself, although I understand that they need to please the veterans. I was able to finish a couple quests with the help of my guild, and I really appreciate what they did and my prizes and gifts! :]

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Other comments: After doing some things, I had an idea. What if members had their own shops, like in Flyff? I had that in HKOLand, but how about member shops implanted into the game? I know there are quite a few disadvantages, but I still feel that might help a little…

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Item Mall: Cute! Everywhere I went, I saw an Item Mall item. Seriously, the items are really cool. I love them, but there were so few to choose from. They only had some for avatars, and there were only a little bit. But I loved the items, and I hope to see more items in the future!

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 E-mail from Hello Kitty Online:

Updates for your game client will be available starting on December 15th 22:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST US Time Zone), 2008. All you need to do is start your game client and wait for the auto-update to complete, it will take a bit of time as it’s a big one. If you already uninstalled the game, the full game client is available for download at the Hello Kitty Online Download Center. Please re-download and install it again, and let the auto-update do its magic! We recommend that you have the HKO game installed and ready prior to the December 15th update.

If you have any questions, please email us at onlinegame@hellokitty.com.

Some more news about what’s in the update below:

For HKO Founders, this holiday season will be extra special! Come celebrate Christmas with all your friends from Hello Kitty Online! From December 17 until December 22, 2008, Hello Kitty Online will once again open its doors to all Founders to celebrate the last party of the year in Sanrio Land: the Founders’ Christmas Reunion!

The Founders’ Christmas Reunion will have new and updated game features and content made exclusively for all our Founders. Of special note:

New Christmas-themed maps!

A brand new winter wonderland complete with snowflakes gently floating down from the sky

The Item Mall is here! You will automatically receive 300 points to spend on exclusive items only available in the Item Mall.

Pets can now speak and will let you know how they feel!

Sanrio Land’s newest city: New York!

Christmas quests! Embark on a fun-filled adventure all over Sanrio Land to put Christmas back on track!

New Sanrio characters! You will meet many new faces in your quest to save Christmas!

Player profile page on SanrioTown that shows your character, farm, pet, buddies and more! Check it out!

In-game new email notification informs you when you have new mail.

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As the holidays are approaching, and the Founder’s Reunion is near. So I’ve heard a couple people say the either kept of uninstalled the client. So since it is near…I’m wondering, if you were in the Founder’s Beta, did you keep your game client, or did you uninstall it?

Well, I’ve noticed that some members have had blogs at other websites other than SanrioTown. I’m in the process of making one, I’ve just got to get a couple pages and posts up then I will post it up here. Other’s have personal blogs, etc. So that brings up a very short, brief post on this weeks poll (sorry it is on a Friday, will explain more later): Do you have a blog on other sites/blog host?

Yeah…I had homework on Wednesday, and I had to blog today. I think that I’ll probably blog more on Friday. But anyways, I’ll try to put it out on Wednesday! Thanks!

 Yay! My first official website mention. My World of Sedia post was kind of a test post, and kind of an advertisement I posted a year before I started this blog. -_- So here is the first: Blist. It is under beta, but is perfect for the holiday seasons. ^_^ By the way, the blog I got this picture from is actually my blog, but I decided that I should just do it on this blog, instead of create a new one. I’m creating a new blog for anime, music, and things that I haven’t started on this blog. So look forward to that! So here’s the first site: Blist.

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So it is the holiday season again, and so is the Christmas season. Which brings up the perfect website to review: Blist! Blist.com is a website that allows you to make weblists and share them with the community. So, if you want to make your Christmas list–or any list online, Blist is a website to go to. It is still under beta, but I’m going to still review it since it is the perfect time to. It is similar to Microsoft Excel, but we’ll go into that later. So here’s Blist, share your weblist.

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Hello everyone! Well, the feasting day is finally here, and I’ve been busy, busy, busy. Just a short little post, but I’d like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! The oven at my house is broken T^T so we ordered a turkey…(random >_>). Anyways, I hope everyone is enjoying Thanksgiving as much, or better, than me with a good turkey. I’ve been setting up, cleaning up, going through an hour drive for lunch. So Happy Thanksgiving to all US readers, and I hope readers that aren’t in the US have a good day. ^_^

So now, I will ramble on what I’m thankful for. I guess I’m thankful for a lot of things…I’m thankful for all my wonderful friends and family that have helped me through this year. I know there have been some things that I really couldn’t have done without them. Thank you to all my awesome guildmates that helped me so much in HKO. I mean, if it wasn’t for them, then I probably would have completely lost interest in the game (and thanks Thuan for inviting me to the guild). They’ve given me a lot of help, and tons of items to help me through. Thank you to all my readers for actually reading my amateur posts. If it wasn’t for you, I probably would have stopped blogging. Even though there aren’t many, I hope and will keep going on possibly gaining more readers. So, thank you all!

Also, congratulations to all the winners of the Founder’s Finale, and congrats on getting a diamond necklace! I hope you all enjoy the prize you get! I saw a couple of the entries, and I really think everyone deserves a pat on the back for their entries. I could see how much work everyone put into it, so congratulations to everyone else for all they did.

So that’s it for now, go enjoy your meal, but don’t go overboard or you might end up like this:

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Happy Thanksgiving! And let’s look forward to the holidays! :3

Hello Kitty Online was able to hold many events that always kept us entertained. From guild building events, to events that had us running wildly. There were so many people participating sometimes that the whole game was lagged. Despite them, we had many fun times in the events, working together, and much more. So the poll for this week is: What is your favorite event from HKO (Founder’s Beta)?

The choices are:

Hunger Strike -The event that allowed us to help little Pochi with his eating predicament. In this event, players honed their farming skills getting a variety of items from their farms with the prize of the Empire Key.

Monster Wrangler-This event required users to defeat the frightening counterparts of a couple different creatures for Keroleen, who has lost her pets and are now scattered in Sanrio Land. Players got the prize of the Liberty Key once completing the quest.

Frightspinners-In this event users were able to also use the Dream Studio to create a video with screenshots of HKO. The top 3 winners got a Hello Kitty box filled with goodies inside.

Be Nice Guys-This event flipped things around with older veterans needing help from new players in HKO.  High leveled players needed to bring GM-Salvador newbie item, and could get the prize of Leopard Glasses.

Happy Birthday Hello Kitty!-HKO allowed players who participated in this event to help Hello Kitty celebrate her birthday by cooking a birthday cake and allowing entrance into the party, with the prize of a cute Hello Kitty top for your character that went right on top of their shirt.

Build New York!-The Build New York event allowed players to be able to contribute in the construction of New York, allowing their name to be on the plaque once the city is built.

Food for Friends-Although a somewhat controversial event, the Food for Friends was an event that allowed HKO players to take advantage of their skills to help give food that would be calculated into dollars for charity.

GM Pinata-GM Pinata was an event that had players try to catch the GMs and be the first to trade with them so they could get items. The items could be rare items, or useless items, depending on your luck.

Founder’s Finale Events-There were many, so I grouped them altogether in one. To celebrate the ending of the successful Founder’s Beta, the HKO staff held a variety of events for the finale of the Founder’s Beta, partnered with MB Life for a chance to earn the prize of a diamond necklace.

Other-I might have missed an event, so if I did, and none of these were your favorite, then you can choose the other.

 And so, here is the poll:

Well, I’ve been browsing around, and I remembered that I had an account on Vizu that I haven’t used for a long time. I also was pretty interested in Polldaddy, so I signed up. Plus, I was browsing around my Wordpress account, looking at some things, etc. So I began to be interested in polls, which brings up the topic: Introducing…the Poll Corner! I’ve decided that in my blog, I should do something that’d I’d be able to do continuously. So as the weeks pass by, I can think of different topics. So I’m going to add the category, Poll Corner!

The Poll Corner is something I’m going to do every Wednesday or Friday (I’ll try to do it on Wednesday, but if school prevents me to, I’ll do it on Friday) depending on the circumstances. It’ll be on a variety of topics, from technology, to HKO, to websites, and more! During each post, it will be titled PC: _______ and there will be descriptions of each choice. Depending on the poll, I might link some websites to help your choice along the way. Some polls will be shorter than others, such as raiting or yes or no polls

I hope you all enjoy this new section on Discoveries Online, and maybe it can help you find out what other people prefer!

In other blog site news,  the Websites category will used more often and will include website reviews as well. I have a new blog just for that, so I will probably post the entries on both. And now posts will be formatted to be summaries, not full text. Comment what you think it should be–full text or summary, on this post’s comments. Opinions and comments on the newest updates are appreciated! Thank you!