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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Ah, it’s the final day of HKO (for me, since the weekends are starting). HKO has really been a fun, memorable experiencing full of ups, downs, and a full turn-around altogether. I was always too caught in the moment, laughing, talking to myself, and all the typical things that make me look dumb. But it was a great experience to go through, especially from my guild. There were friends I met along the way, people that gave me advice, fun, and so much more. I guess at the second half of the FB, I really started truly appreciated it and enjoying it to the fullest. So it hurts me to see it go, but brings me joy that it will be back better than ever before.

Honestly, I didn’t enjoy the game that much in the beginning due to my struggling and staying the same level. There are people that have truly helped me throughout the game. Unfortunately, I cannot remember every name because there were so many. So I thank the whole Hello Kitty Online community for their kindness and understanding. Most people that helped me were my guildmates. I was one of the lower levels, but they were even more helpful and I was more grateful. Thuan is someone who had invited me to the guild, and I had originally planned to wait and choose, but with the random invite, I had no choice but to accept. I was so glad I had, because of how kind and warm the guild was, every member welcomed me with open arms. Thuan helped me with one quest, and that lifted a great weight on my shoulder allowing me to actually advance and move forward with a touch of fun. Thuan helped me often, and invited me to a guild that I am grateful to have been in. I thought it might have been fun to be in a famous guild, but then I realized, it’s size didn’t matter, and the kindness immediately made up of its small nature. I appreciated soon after, realizing how great it was because it wasn’t crowded, I even thought the amount was perfect. SilverRain had helped me because I didn’t want to look too much like a newb, and she offered hair that I had long waited for, as well as other items to help me save money. Cricket was also another person who had given me items to help me along the way, mostly items that I wanted too. She understood my dilemma with my computer, and gave me things that save so much time. Cricket was fun to talk to, and I appreciate all of her generosity. I also appreciate Kimberly, for giving me tools to help me prepare, and the rest of the guild!

I had so much fun during the one event I participated in :P, GM Pinata. Thank you GMs for what I got, and for all of your hard work. The guilt though, still irritates me on how I was one of the first chosen FB, but didn’t appreciate it’s glory until the end of it. As I’d like to say, you don’t realize the true value of something until you lose it. There were many fun moments, such as building Grand Central, entering London, getting a sheep to show off to the world, and much more. I will continue with HKOLand in OB, because things can still change, so I do not want to go too far in-dept. I’d still appreciate all the help for the website, and hopefully Super Cute will have a forum (because I want to make one). There were many fun bugs to catch, and I was able to become part of a magnificent circle of friends. HKO has shown all the great possibilities of what a game can do.

Yay! I get to participate in an event! The GM Pinata Event, and it was oh so fun. There were so many people in Florapolis, that I could barely move from the lag. -_- There were so many sparkles, and people everywhere, that I could not find my own character. When the event started, it was enjoyable to see people flee. We didn’t get to specifically whack the GMs, but we got to stalk them. Ah, stalker’s satisfaction. I was satisfied with my prizes, but then as time progressed, I became a little…upset. Let’s ignore that though and look on the bright side! I got Leopard glasses, 2 sheep cards, 20 floral wood, 50 clay, caterpillar, and 50 shamrocks. I didn’t know floral wood goes for 1000 a piece, so I might sell it, if I don’t get to do the quest that requires it by the time FB ends.

Some pretty interesting things that were found during the event. There were SarahPalin, JohnMcCain, JoeBiden, BarackObama, and Secret Service all together. Very, political. There were mobs of people everywhere, even after the event started.

I couldn’t take a screenie before, but I got a screenie after. There was a large amounts of Kevs……GM Mickey even hid behind one. ^_^

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Ah, did you ever notice that there are more events during the weekend? Well, obviously I’d understand that it happens because more people are free on the weekend, and it belongs on the date. The part that gets me so frustrated is that my computer that I use on the weekend (because that is when I am home) cannot play Hello Kitty Online. That means that I only get to play on the weekdays. But, I’m only free on the weekends, so…it’s a lose lose situation. I really was looking forward to Hello Kitty’s birthday until I realized I can’t play it. Also, for anyone who knows me in HKO (I’m Kireu), that’s the reason I don’t play on the weekends. It’s not fair…

Besides that, I have some good news. I found out that there are some parts that I’d like to call “Safety Spots” where monsters won’t attack you when you are gathering items, or just want to rest. I’ll add them to HKOLand soon, which is about the closest thing to HKO I can get to with interaction. So far, I found two for Sages, one for Spiders, and one for Sorosis.

So, now onto personal HKO experiences. I finally joined a guild! Yay, and they are so nice. I really love it there. I’m in the Super Cute guild, and the members help me so much. Join the guild! Yay for Thuan, SilverRain, and Phoeona, which are the only members I really have talked to so far…^_^”’ I’ve finally been able to improve and actually have fun, but after I did the Missing Key quest, I wasn’t able to open anything. I need to check my Key window to see if I actually got it.

HKOland is improving and being changed often so far. It is updated almost daily, and I finally got part of a page done for my first guide. It’s just Basic Controls, but it is good for new players. You can find it here. I hope you guys all enjoy it. ^_^ That’s it for now, but I’m going to get Food For Friends when I get back to HKO. Bye for now!

Well, I remember awhile ago, like a couple months ago, The Wannabe Asian and I wanted to make a website all for HKO. Well, I finally am starting! But, The Wannabe Asian I know doesn’t like HKO anymore, so I’m all alone. *sigh* I’m already behind in HKO from dying so much, and because I’ve been so busy. I’m only available on the weekends, and that’s when I can’t play HKO (some error on the computer, because I usually use my uncle’s, so my own can’t play HKO). I’m able to improve on it, but I feel like it is a little default, and isn’t very…unique. We need a template for this site I think…We have some pages done, and more should be added later.  So far the progress is good, in my opinion. I’d like to make this site not just for one guild, but for HKOers everywhere. So all the people who like the game can talk about it and be in a community website just for it. If that makes sense, then if anyone would like to help with guides, ideas, and such, please comment telling me if you’d like to help make it better (because it can be soooo much better with more people helping). Thank you! The website is: http://freewebs.com/hkoland Another thing is, sorry that it is not a full domain, but a domain from freewebs. I’d love to have more people help!

Yeah, yesterday I was so caught up in things that I didn’t have a chance to blog my day. I actually have been too busy today to actually play (I will post about this next). So I’ve noticed that the game has changed quite a bit now. This post will be quite short, so bear with me. This is from yesterday, but I just never  posted it up.

So, I found out that Hanin one of her quests, speaks Chinese, but if you encounter that in Sanrio Harbor, don’t worry. She gets her English back in the next dialogue. The crabs and player ratio is off,when I played, so everybody was fighting for crabs to fight. I unfortunately had to take some crab to fight from others. Boy did that make me feel guilty. But, I still don’t know why it took me an abnormal amount of time to finish the quest. T_T There is probably no 4th Day post and will continue off of Day 5.

First of all, I ended up choosing the name “Kireu” because spaces are not allowed apparently anymore. So, when you start the game, you appear in the Dream Room, and you can decide if you want to do a brief training thing in the other Dream Rooms, or you can just go to the game. But if you go straight to the game, you’ll never be able to return back, so I just did the instructional tutorial. I thought the doors would never end (sorry just saying)! It didn’t help that much since I already knew, but you should still go there.

After I went there, I was at Sanrio Harbor, and since I couldn’t get it to connect yesterday, I had to start today. Because of this, I was really newbie-ish and I still am a little because most people started before me (homework). I did the first couple quests, and you actually get clothes in the beginning, unlike before. It’s really different than the CB, because you did the whole learning in Sanrio Harbor before, but now you did it in Dream Rooms so Sanrio Harbor was like the other rooms.

I did find it hard to attack monsters and talk to NPCs. I’m not sure if it’s just me or the system. I also found that it was hard for me to access the blog and e-mail through the game, and it kept lagging excessively until I couldn’t play at all. So I have to blog without playing the game. :’( Another thing I found is that Hello Kitty was actually in the Dream Room, while the site said that you would need to find Hello Kitty. In the CB, you had to work hard to finally get to the key to Hello Kitty’s house. But she’s right there, in the Dream Room. I also found a typo, with London spelled “Londan.” I was going to post a screenie, but I can’t connect to the game right now. Which brings me to another bug: when I can’t connect to the server, I have to go to the task manager to close it. It will not close on when I click the X button, because the mouse would disappear from behind the window. The mouse doesn’t move when it gets the “Cannot Connect to Server” window. Another thing is that they walk kinda slow when I want to go from one NPC to another, and I think that they should add a “run” feature like on other games, but it will take more energy. Ah, I have to e-mail all of this to them.

I did a couple quests, I should finish, but I feel like doing the blogging about it right now. And listening to my own music. A suggestion: keep everything you get, you might need it later. When I did the Shamrock gathering, I was like, “What is the need for these Rare Shamrocks?” and it turns out that I needed it for another quest. So be prepared. When you fight monsters, you will need to do the Sora quest first, to get the wand to fight. It might be the case that you can fight Hermit Crabs without a weapon, but I never tried it (I will need to check).

Well, right now I will try to connect to the game, again and again, and try to post up a screenie or two! I hope this has helped somewhat. See you in-game!

Ah, after a little over an hour of waiting, and downloading, I finally downloaded the Founder’s Beta client (yesterday)! In case there is anyone else wondering, it isn’t just downloading the torrent folder off the site and waiting for 15 seconds and you’re done, you are going to have to have a torrent client and for me, it took like an hour and a half. You then open it up, and then you do all the regular installation steps. If you were in the closed beta, the game from the closed beta I don’t think will work from what I’ve heard. You will need to download the Founder’s Beta client. If not, I wasted an hour and a half on downloading something I didn’t need when I could go admire the Nokia Internet Tablet n810. So anyways, you can’t play the game yet, you will have to wait for October 8th (October 9th for Hong Kong). It’s at 22:00 EST, so 10 PM EST, and 7:00 PM PST. I can’t wait!~ Don’t forget to check the stickies and announcements if you have questions to ask, and I hope to see you all in-game!