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xyzzysqrlGood morning! Today I woke up, checked my email, and found I'd been accepted to an MMO beta that, uhm, well let's just say it made me do a little victory pose to celebrate if you know what I mean. So it's back into the filthy tendrils of the MMO industry with me, and I couldn't be more delighted because I've been extra-hype for this one for a while.
Does that mean Animal Crossing will fall by the wayside? I sure hope not! Where else would I get HIGH QUALITY PICTURES OF FISH to post at you people?
I did a little fishing over the course of the day and night yesterday, in my free time between other stuff. Caught some new fish. Wanna see 'em? Too bad. Here they are.
I also implemented a cunning plan to harvest Play Coins. This plan involved the woof's pants and a shopping trip, and is too complex to relate here, so I'll refer to it by its code name: "Stick The 3DS In The Woof's Pants And Send Him On A Shopping Trip". He managed to harvest Ten! Shiny! Coins! so I'm sure the little nookspores will be absolutely delighted by this influx of interdimensional cash.
Shall we find out? Let's find out. 3DS on! Black-screen-spotlit Isabelle excitedly informs me (once she remembers) that it's FINALLY time to begin work on developing the town! Cool, my forms got stamped and licked! This oughta be good. Now I can finally start doing... y'know. Mayor stuff.
I have no idea what Mayor stuff entails. Hm. She agrees to explain when I come by the town hall. Must do that today. First though, I've got three pieces of mail! One from "Your Mom". Oh, that's mature. ... Oh wait it is actually from my in-game mom. She wants to know what it's like, living alone, and sends me a piece of furniture for a gift. Bertha sends a piece of furniture too, with the note that my house "looked kind of bare". Now I'm a charity case. I must huddle and cry.
Finally, Redd sent along that painting. Unfortunately, I can't pick any of this stuff up because my pants are stuffed full of last night's fish. Let's go sell those! And then buy a change of clothes! My overnight fishing haul rakes in the money, and now I can see what exactly these mailed gifts are. Painting from Redd. A sleek bed from Mom. And a regal bed from Bertha.
On the way back to my house to check out the beds, I notice there are birds on the notice board. This is a visual indication that there's a new post, and -I- didn't write one, so I swerve to check it out.
Bug-off? I assume it's a bug-catching contest. Ooh, I wanna get a Heracross and a Yanma! ... Wait, no. Wrong game. Sorry.
Back home I put my two new beds side by side.
The Regal Bed, seen on the right, is a pink and fluffy looking spread of softness. The Sleek Bed, on the left, is an ultramodern BLACK AND STEEL concoction. I would normally take pink, but... with villagers like Bertha about it might be a good idea to have a big steel-framed bed. Sleepovers and all, y'know. I ponder and decide to keep that one and take the other out to see if anyone wants to trade.
Either way, this makes one thing clear. I can barely have FURNITURE and my BED in the same room. I kind of need a bigger place. I head out on the town and do the usual walk of the village, digging up fossils and picking weeds. Along the way I pass by a sign of townies to come:
If Pompom is another bear I'm gonna flip out.
On the way past the bridge, Bertha stops me! She's been wanting to change up the way she says "Hi there", by not saying "Hi there" anymore. Do I have any suggestions for different ways to say hello? Sure I do!
Much better. I'm glad I could help fix your speech patterns, Bertha! Share and enjoy. Be seeing you.
I also pass Klaus, who informs me that now is the time of the day when he dances. Way to buck the stereotypes there, bear buddy. I leave him gyrating around the bridge, briefly worried he might fall in.
Out to the museum, where I drop off my donations and get my fossils assessed. More random dinosaur body parts. I also show Blathers the painting... only to discover it's an obvious fake.
Sigh. Oh well, they can't all be winners. Anyway, a couple people have asked to see some of the museum displays. I showed off the aquarium back on day two, but here's another view with more fish...
You'll also find a plaque on each tank, with information about the fish inside. This stuff is almost Endless Ocean quality, very detailed. If y'all really really care, I'll transcribe each, but that seems like a lot of effort.
The same applies to the Bug Rooms, which are almost empty (because of my failure to catch very many) and a lot more free-range. Since bugs are much smaller, it's hard to screensh--
Wait. What's that? That's not a bug.
That's a good way to inhale a butterfly, Ozzie.
The Art room is completely empty due to my failure to recognize Ms Lisa as a cosplayer. Not even worth showing that off right now. So finally, we have the FOSSILS (DUN DUN DUN) exhibit.
We're still working on this. Most of the exhibits are just a head or tail on a stick with a note that excavations are continuing.
So that's the museum so far! So, I start heading down main street. My first stop is Nook's Homes, where he hits me with the REST of the bill. (I didn't think 10,000 was it? No, that's just the down payment!) I need to pay him 39,000 bells or something, in my own time, before he'll think about doing more work on my place. Oh Tom, I knew this was too good to be true. Sigh. Well, I'll deal with that later.
He also informs me that I need to sign up for the HAPPY ROOM ACADEMY, a group that does home inspections. It's required by law since I am a homeowner.
...wait, what? Hygiene level? Are they going to stop in while I'm asleep and sniff me? Run a swab along my gumline? What the frith kind of Orwellian nightmare is THIS? Apparently they just show up whenever I'm asleep and they feel like it, so I don't have to worry about a thing. ACTUALLY THAT IS MUCH MORE TO WORRY ABOUT THANKS.
I just... stare at Nook for a while, then turn around and walk out. Gwah. I cannot even DEAL with that right now.
Next door we go to the post office. A friend of mine tipped me to this, I ask the clerk about "a present" and she offers to connect to the internet and download any limited-time items. DLC items hoo~. This nets me a "Rainbow Screen".
It's pretty, but there's NO ROOM IN MY HOUSE FOR IT. Comes to that, I need to buy a cabinet or dresser so I can stuff some of this stuff away! Off to the Nooklings! I sell some stuff I can't use, including the regal bed... but it's cool. If this works anything like the other games, at some point I'll get access to a mail-order catalog where I can bring it back if needed. I just hope Bertha understands.
They don't have any cabinets or dressers, though, so right now though, it's fortune cookie time. Let's see what's in mine!
... It IS the Year of Luigi. Well, let's show this off to T(i/o)mmy... It's a "carpet". A "Block floor". Let's see what that looks like.
Ah. Naturally.
I also stop off at the Sisters, to change my clothes after storing fish in them all night long. Before too long, I feel and look MUCH more like myself.
Back out on the town, Klaus stops me to tell me he was in a band that broke up because they got too mainstream (NOT HELPING THE STEREOTYPES, KLAUS, SERIOUSLY) and Mallary tells me I look like a zombie because I've been playing so long. Okay okay geez. I look like that all the time. One last thing to do today, then: I head to town hall to see what laws I can manipulate.
Isabelle fills me in. I can pass "ordinances" to change how the townspeople act. Of course, I can't pass just ANYTHING, that would make me some kind of mind-controlling dictator! Ahahahaha I'd never. *shifty eyes* Plus it costs bells to sign one into law, I guess as bribe money to slicken the path.
I can also start Public Works projects, building things around town that need to be built. Of course, I pay for them out of my own pocket too. BECAUSE WHY NOT.
20,000 bells per ordinance, which means I don't have the ding for THAT. I do get to run down the list of public works projects, though. Citizens have suggested... a variety of bridges, benches, a water well or fountain, a clock in the park, fire hydrants, fences, a standee with a cutout face so you can stick your head in and get your picture taken...
These are all various levels of ridicula-insane expensive, from 30,000 to 128,000 bells each. I elect not to get a start on that, even though it's delayed-pay like Nook's stuff is. Before I start improving the public works, I need to improve MY house. THERE'S JUST NO ROOM.
With my mind on my money and my money on my mind, I get some sleep.
Tomorrow: HARDCORE FUND RAISING. Mayor got to get paid.
Does that mean Animal Crossing will fall by the wayside? I sure hope not! Where else would I get HIGH QUALITY PICTURES OF FISH to post at you people?
I did a little fishing over the course of the day and night yesterday, in my free time between other stuff. Caught some new fish. Wanna see 'em? Too bad. Here they are.
I also implemented a cunning plan to harvest Play Coins. This plan involved the woof's pants and a shopping trip, and is too complex to relate here, so I'll refer to it by its code name: "Stick The 3DS In The Woof's Pants And Send Him On A Shopping Trip". He managed to harvest Ten! Shiny! Coins! so I'm sure the little nookspores will be absolutely delighted by this influx of interdimensional cash.
Shall we find out? Let's find out. 3DS on! Black-screen-spotlit Isabelle excitedly informs me (once she remembers) that it's FINALLY time to begin work on developing the town! Cool, my forms got stamped and licked! This oughta be good. Now I can finally start doing... y'know. Mayor stuff.
I have no idea what Mayor stuff entails. Hm. She agrees to explain when I come by the town hall. Must do that today. First though, I've got three pieces of mail! One from "Your Mom". Oh, that's mature. ... Oh wait it is actually from my in-game mom. She wants to know what it's like, living alone, and sends me a piece of furniture for a gift. Bertha sends a piece of furniture too, with the note that my house "looked kind of bare". Now I'm a charity case. I must huddle and cry.
Finally, Redd sent along that painting. Unfortunately, I can't pick any of this stuff up because my pants are stuffed full of last night's fish. Let's go sell those! And then buy a change of clothes! My overnight fishing haul rakes in the money, and now I can see what exactly these mailed gifts are. Painting from Redd. A sleek bed from Mom. And a regal bed from Bertha.
On the way back to my house to check out the beds, I notice there are birds on the notice board. This is a visual indication that there's a new post, and -I- didn't write one, so I swerve to check it out.
Bug-off? I assume it's a bug-catching contest. Ooh, I wanna get a Heracross and a Yanma! ... Wait, no. Wrong game. Sorry.
Back home I put my two new beds side by side.
The Regal Bed, seen on the right, is a pink and fluffy looking spread of softness. The Sleek Bed, on the left, is an ultramodern BLACK AND STEEL concoction. I would normally take pink, but... with villagers like Bertha about it might be a good idea to have a big steel-framed bed. Sleepovers and all, y'know. I ponder and decide to keep that one and take the other out to see if anyone wants to trade.
Either way, this makes one thing clear. I can barely have FURNITURE and my BED in the same room. I kind of need a bigger place. I head out on the town and do the usual walk of the village, digging up fossils and picking weeds. Along the way I pass by a sign of townies to come:
If Pompom is another bear I'm gonna flip out.
On the way past the bridge, Bertha stops me! She's been wanting to change up the way she says "Hi there", by not saying "Hi there" anymore. Do I have any suggestions for different ways to say hello? Sure I do!
Much better. I'm glad I could help fix your speech patterns, Bertha! Share and enjoy. Be seeing you.
I also pass Klaus, who informs me that now is the time of the day when he dances. Way to buck the stereotypes there, bear buddy. I leave him gyrating around the bridge, briefly worried he might fall in.
Out to the museum, where I drop off my donations and get my fossils assessed. More random dinosaur body parts. I also show Blathers the painting... only to discover it's an obvious fake.
Sigh. Oh well, they can't all be winners. Anyway, a couple people have asked to see some of the museum displays. I showed off the aquarium back on day two, but here's another view with more fish...
You'll also find a plaque on each tank, with information about the fish inside. This stuff is almost Endless Ocean quality, very detailed. If y'all really really care, I'll transcribe each, but that seems like a lot of effort.
The same applies to the Bug Rooms, which are almost empty (because of my failure to catch very many) and a lot more free-range. Since bugs are much smaller, it's hard to screensh--
Wait. What's that? That's not a bug.
That's a good way to inhale a butterfly, Ozzie.
The Art room is completely empty due to my failure to recognize Ms Lisa as a cosplayer. Not even worth showing that off right now. So finally, we have the FOSSILS (DUN DUN DUN) exhibit.
We're still working on this. Most of the exhibits are just a head or tail on a stick with a note that excavations are continuing.
So that's the museum so far! So, I start heading down main street. My first stop is Nook's Homes, where he hits me with the REST of the bill. (I didn't think 10,000 was it? No, that's just the down payment!) I need to pay him 39,000 bells or something, in my own time, before he'll think about doing more work on my place. Oh Tom, I knew this was too good to be true. Sigh. Well, I'll deal with that later.
He also informs me that I need to sign up for the HAPPY ROOM ACADEMY, a group that does home inspections. It's required by law since I am a homeowner.
...wait, what? Hygiene level? Are they going to stop in while I'm asleep and sniff me? Run a swab along my gumline? What the frith kind of Orwellian nightmare is THIS? Apparently they just show up whenever I'm asleep and they feel like it, so I don't have to worry about a thing. ACTUALLY THAT IS MUCH MORE TO WORRY ABOUT THANKS.
I just... stare at Nook for a while, then turn around and walk out. Gwah. I cannot even DEAL with that right now.
Next door we go to the post office. A friend of mine tipped me to this, I ask the clerk about "a present" and she offers to connect to the internet and download any limited-time items. DLC items hoo~. This nets me a "Rainbow Screen".
It's pretty, but there's NO ROOM IN MY HOUSE FOR IT. Comes to that, I need to buy a cabinet or dresser so I can stuff some of this stuff away! Off to the Nooklings! I sell some stuff I can't use, including the regal bed... but it's cool. If this works anything like the other games, at some point I'll get access to a mail-order catalog where I can bring it back if needed. I just hope Bertha understands.
They don't have any cabinets or dressers, though, so right now though, it's fortune cookie time. Let's see what's in mine!
... It IS the Year of Luigi. Well, let's show this off to T(i/o)mmy... It's a "carpet". A "Block floor". Let's see what that looks like.
Ah. Naturally.
I also stop off at the Sisters, to change my clothes after storing fish in them all night long. Before too long, I feel and look MUCH more like myself.
Back out on the town, Klaus stops me to tell me he was in a band that broke up because they got too mainstream (NOT HELPING THE STEREOTYPES, KLAUS, SERIOUSLY) and Mallary tells me I look like a zombie because I've been playing so long. Okay okay geez. I look like that all the time. One last thing to do today, then: I head to town hall to see what laws I can manipulate.
Isabelle fills me in. I can pass "ordinances" to change how the townspeople act. Of course, I can't pass just ANYTHING, that would make me some kind of mind-controlling dictator! Ahahahaha I'd never. *shifty eyes* Plus it costs bells to sign one into law, I guess as bribe money to slicken the path.
I can also start Public Works projects, building things around town that need to be built. Of course, I pay for them out of my own pocket too. BECAUSE WHY NOT.
20,000 bells per ordinance, which means I don't have the ding for THAT. I do get to run down the list of public works projects, though. Citizens have suggested... a variety of bridges, benches, a water well or fountain, a clock in the park, fire hydrants, fences, a standee with a cutout face so you can stick your head in and get your picture taken...
These are all various levels of ridicula-insane expensive, from 30,000 to 128,000 bells each. I elect not to get a start on that, even though it's delayed-pay like Nook's stuff is. Before I start improving the public works, I need to improve MY house. THERE'S JUST NO ROOM.
With my mind on my money and my money on my mind, I get some sleep.
Tomorrow: HARDCORE FUND RAISING. Mayor got to get paid.
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Date: 2013-06-15 10:59 am (UTC)I haven't played in like nine years. I suspect everyone's dead, or something.
--dangbunni
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Date: 2013-06-16 02:41 am (UTC)Also, those home inspections? Eeeeee no wonder you stayed up so long before sleeping. D:
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Date: 2013-06-16 04:06 am (UTC)Could it be WildStar!? I'm super jealous if you got in!
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Date: 2013-06-16 05:04 am (UTC)WITH FIST-PUMPING.
AND A FANFARE.
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Date: 2013-06-16 05:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-06-16 05:44 am (UTC)