Monday, August 5, 2013

I actually have a LOT of pictures this time

As soon as I finished summer school, off I went on vacation, so I couldn't post earlier, unfortunately. Whoops! It seems I'm doomed to infrequent posting from here on out. Sorry and stuff. :p

Okay, so, my motivation for posting now is a) I have a lot of pictures to get off of my phone, like I mentioned and b) I'M LOCKED OUT OF MY OWN TOWN! I casually loaded up my game this morning and Bruce was trotting around on the main screen, as per usual. But then, he moved a little to the left and someone had moved in RIGHT SMACK IN THE CENTRE OF MY PATH. I almost had a heart attack and I quickly closed the software. Thank goodness I didn't load a character. Fun fact: you can change the location of a villager's moving-in-spot if you DON'T LOAD A PLAYER. So I'm stuck out of my town until one of my stupid villagers passes the spot with the roped-off space so I can make sure it's in a new location that I like.

Of course, I also could make a new player that I could save the game with when the new villager's in a new spot. And then just delete them after. But that leaves ugly dirt that I don't want, so that's a bit of a last resort. In fact, I already had to put up with this once:


Unfortunately, I didn't see this before I logged on. Opal's location destroyed three fruit trees and two violets. This, however, was small potatoes compared to what I saw on the title screen. An entire segment of my path was GONE. And with the fruit trees, flowers, shrubs, and the actual path itself, every square of the plot wiped something. I hope it's not still there...

But I digress.


A little while ago, I found an awesome white tigress in my tent named Bianca. I really wanted her in my town, but because I kept losing at her silly games, she kept deciding not to move in!


But I got her eventually, heheheh! >:)


Work on an illuminated park that I've been piecing together southwest of the town hall is going pretty well. I just need more pink hybrids. (My town totally favours orange! >_< )


I really like that illuminated heart, though. To the left is Estel of Citàlune and I in the heart, and to the right, it's me and a cicada shell. ;)


I'm also really impressed with the incorporation of coloured lighting in New Leaf. From outside, you can see blue through my window. :)


And even indoors. I know this is a super-empty room right now, but I need a Fishing Tourney to occur so I can begin to collect the furniture series I want in here. My front room will change with the season -- underwater is only my summer theme!

Also, I don't know if it's just me, but I've noticed my game lagging a bit more than when I first got it, along with some other teensy glitches. Possibly just because I've created so much more data on the cartridge than when it was new and empty?


Like, tree, go home. You're drunk. I have NEVER seen this before. How does this even come to be?


And Lucha the hole-dweller. I don't know how this happened either. I want to say I dug a hole and he just stepped right on top of it, but I just don't even know.

Ooooh, I should probably talk about the more exciting, milestone-like occurrences in Miagen recently. ^ ^


Squeeee! My town tree grew! I can actually sit underneath it now. :D I was surprised it had as much history as it did to recount. Miagen still seems so fresh to me...



Aaaaand, I got my first mannequin! Unlike everyone else, it seems, I don't buy out my stores every day. I don't, and never have, bought just to sell again. I don't like to. So my catalog only gets filled up with stuff I like and neighbour gifts. :x


The lovely T.I.Y. came as well! I love having a random K.K. Slider song to buy each day and I also love the two shrub-starts that Leif stocks now.


Last, but not least, Bluebear came through for me like she did with the illuminated PWPs and suggested a police station! I wish I hadn't JUST started that ~400 000 Bell lighthouse, like, the day before... It'll be awhile before the police station is installed, I guess. :s


Also, like I mentioned earlier, in addition to Bianca, Opal moved in from a tent encounter! She's a really polite snooty, actually, which contrasts Blanche very nicely. Blanche is rather a rude snooty, see. c:

And now it's time for the Creeper Countdown with Lucha, the part of the blog where Lucha comes out and says... some creepy things.

NUMBER 5.


Okay. I mean, a friend COULD say this. But it's not likely. Although at number 5 on the Creeper Countdown, it's still a little unnerving. Like, you don't say that to someone, bud.

NUMBER 4.


Er... "Weird..." indeed. This makes me uncomfortable. I actually don't want people thinking of me. And then writing me cryptic letters about it. At number 4, things are getting creepier.

NUMBER 3.


I actually hear this one a LOT from him. Even if the gift isn't creepy, the way he's giving it to me CERTAINLY is. Like, "That's for you and you alone" ? This is number 3 due to the sheer implications of this comment. Um, I'm just going to run away now...

NUMBER 2.


I MIGHT have been able to let this go if he'd inquired about a female villager. But no. Not one, but BOTH of my female player characters were subject to Lucha's inquiry. I've got news for you, you nosy bird - it's impossible for Micah to have a relationship with girls he's never even met! At number 2, there's only one thing that's creepier than this...

NUMBER 1.


EXCUSE ME?! Get. Out. Of. My. Town. NOW. Why would you write such a thing and actually send it? Remember, this game is rated E for all ages. This disturbing letter is at number 1 because of, well, obvious reasons.

This countdown was brought to you by A Very Confused and Unsettled Mayor that would really like to know why smug villagers insist on making your poor player uncomfortable. Are all smug neighbours this creepy? If so, I don't want 'em!

And of course, since yesterday was my first New Leaf fireworks show, Miagen's first fireworks show, and the first fireworks show of 2013, I have some pictures to document the evening. ;)

The wardrobes of the evening? I think so. :)




And, as I'm sure you all saw, the fireworks!





Also, Lucha? This is how you OUGHT to flirt.


And that's about all for now! I actually have time to MYSELF this week, so I should be able to get in another blog post (hopefully) before I scoot off for another week to my dad's cottage.

P.S. I was allowed back into my town when I saw that Ruby (my new neighbour) had placed her plot in a more desirable space. Still not great, but not interfering with any paths, at least. Ugh.

Saturday, July 20, 2013

Well, that was a long wait

I think an explanation is in order.

I've been in summer school taking an advanced English credit for the past few weeks. I wish I could have posted, but I just haven't had the TIME. But anyway, posts should be regular again until further notice, because I'm just wrapping up some summatives. Of course, since I've missed about 20 days, I'm not going to report on EVERY day, but I'll do a general summary.


I dedicated some of my limited time to catching nice, summery things with the players that aren't Cassidy. Because, as of late, they have not been getting a lot of love. At all.



Also, I dressed my mayor character up a little. Usually, I just have her wear random things, but I actually put some thought into this outfit. Unfortunately, she doesn't look good in too many dresses. :s


I also went to visit Cheryl of BlueBell sometime a while back. (Yes, even though her town's date says today, I'm pretty sure it wasn't today...) Her house is just... I don't even have words for the splendor of this estate. I hope it hasn't changed since I've seen it last. It's PERFECT.


And her paths are also. I especially like how she softened the harsh diagonal of the path with shrubbery. I rarely copy other people's ideas entirely, but I might have to copy this one. ;)


We also hung out in Cheryl's rococo room for quite a while, playing with emotes and messing around. :D At this point, I didn't even have my own gothic rococo room!


We also toured a bit to cap off the stay in BlueBell. That was an incredibly fun Wi-Fi, though, Cheryl -- sorry I didn't thank you sooner!


I also went to an amazing town via the Dream Suite sometime last week. I'll get back to you with the town name and Dream Address on the "Recommended Dreams" sidebar when I have them both. This town blew me completely away, though. It was just so unbelievably done. I BADLY wanted to get some of those patterns, but Wendell was nowhere to be found. >_<


One of the houses in the above town had a wheat field (that you can actually walk in!) for a front room and a midnight quarry-type thing for a basement. Simple, but very cool.


What seems like a long time ago to me now, Brewster moved in with The Roost. Cassidy and Saffron are both serving coffee now (Micah keeps forgetting to get coffee) and both girls have just received siphons from Brewster. :)


Oh, and this. To think I thought it couldn't get any worse than Scat. I put my foot down this time, though, and told her that no, she could NOT call me Shmoopy.


This past Tuesday, Redd came, and it was obvious that this ancient statue was a fake. If you look, it's got PUPILS! My sister thought it was so funny, so I added it to the picture reel. Admittedly, I think it's kinda funny, too.

One last thing. My turnip prices yesterday made me kick myself so hard. 616 Bells! And I had NO turnips. Neither did Ryann, and I was out of Wi-Fi range, so it just went to a pathetic waste. The moral of the story --  always buy turnips. If I do, I'm sure I'll get a profit from SOMEONE'S town at some point throughout the week.

Actually, I lied. THIS is the last thing. I'll be putting up a separate page for character info, where I'll post pics of them, their houses, etc. Because Cassidy's estate is starting to shape up nicely, if I do say so myself. c:

Monday, July 1, 2013

'Tis July at last!


And this was what reminded me. xD Cicadas and their cacophony of NOISE. It's the voice of summer in Animal Crossing, though, so I shan't complain too much. An easy five (six, including the shells) entries to my bug encyclopedia!


Shampoodle is also on its third day of construction today, which means I can finally get everyone's hair done! :D




And, of course, Timmy and Tommy are closing up shop for a second time to upgrade to the Super T&T!

But I'm really getting ahead of myself here. Maybe I should start from the beginning of the three or so days I missed.


Indeed, Club LOL moved in and I was able to get three K.K. songs on Saturday night, plus emotes in the preceding mornings!







As of now, I have four emotes with each of my characters, only a fragment of the selection possible. And to think, in previous games, my emote roster for every character would already be full at four!


I also scooted back to Windfall Saturday night to watch Jasper's epic Modern Clock ring in 7:00. It's pretty legit -- the clock makes this portal sound and glows rainbow! It was just so uncanny that I had to see it myself. c:

At some point last weekend, I also visited a beautiful town named ナナメ. For the most part, the pictures speak for themselves of this town's wonder and awe:



The town tree SPOKE to me, it was so large. It recounted the entire history of the town while I sat beneath its branches. I can't even sit under my town tree, at the moment. It's too small and pathetic, with no stories to tell yet. :(





I was also quite taken with the mayor's house. Their front foyer is, I do believe, the most wonderful and mysterious room I have ever seen in an Animal Crossing home. The concert venue they constructed in the basement is also incredibly well-wrought. SUCH a spectacular house. :')



They even had Pokémon Mystery Dungeon-style stairs patterned on the ground in various locations! ナナメ, may I have you? D:



This last thing I have here is another example of how witty and well-scripted this game is. Violet was randomly ranting to me about travelling while I was young, and then she said this about herself afterwards. I never took Violet for an old lady, but I found this funny all the same. :D