I read my last post and I retract my statement. Early to bed early to rise, my foot. More like early to rise late to bed because school sucks. Yeah, I have no idea why I was so excited four, short weeks ago. I'm ready for summer vacation again.
Anyways, I got into A New Beginning again, hence the title. I just wanted to post a few thoughts about it.
First of all, I started a new file. I had played almost 4 seasons in my first file before restarting because I always screw over my first file to get a feel for the game before making better choices in the next one. So I was walking in the forest area near the big tree when I saw a butterfly off the beaten path. And after playing over 100 game days, I discovered a new area next to the big tree. I never noticed it. It wasn't a 'hidden area' or anything, I just walked past it 100+ times and never knew you could go there, which makes me concerned because I read over my RF4 pages again and it makes me afraid that I've missed something very important and very obvious.
Secondly, I was never really into ANB. It was okay until I saw the graphics for autumn and that kind of killed it for me. Autumn is my favorite season and I love the graphics for autumn in almost every game because it's just really beautiful. Notice the almost because autumn is nowhere near beautiful in ANB.
Another reason that I didn't really like it was because I felt so restricted. In most Harvest Moon games you can go wherever in the world you like, but in ANB, there's an invisible wall everywhere, which I hated until just recently. I was playing it last weekend because that's almost the only time I have to do non-school stuff and I realized that the invisible walls and lack of places to explore gives you time to do other stuff. What I remember most vividly about ToTT is that there were never enough hours in the day to do everything I needed. The mountain areas were massive and took way too long to get through. Whenever you need to go to the other town, you always have to pass through the mountain ( until the tunnel gets unblocked ) and I would always get distracted by all the stuff because... you know... money... and it'd take forever to get through. I get that the mountain was basically the focus of the game, but since ANB is more on the music notes and construction, it makes sense that the wilderness area isn't too large.
I still wouldn't call the restriction of space a blessing because it still makes me feel caged in, but I do understand that it's not all bad. I don't know if that's the actual reason why there are so many places you can see, but not go through, but that's my take on it.
And that's my opinion of ANB. I don't really have an opinion on the rest of it. I mean, it's not bad or good, just how the game works. But as a bottom line, ANB isn't my favorite Harvest Moon game. I don't know how other people feel about it, but I think that there's definitely room for improvement. I don't think that it's a complete disaster. I know that some people really hated Puzzle de Harvest Moon and by no means do I think ANB is like it, I just think that it could be better.
Saturday, September 20, 2014
Sunday, August 24, 2014
End of Summer
Today is the last day of summer vacation and tomorrow is the first day of school...
I shouldn't be using ellipsis because I'm not actually disappointed. Summer vacation is really long, so you get bored after a while. I wish they'd make 4 day weeks because then summer would still be long, but not that long.
Anyways, as promised, I have something up. I just posted Yokmir Forest, Water Ruins, and Obsidian Mansion guides, which can be found under Rune Factory 4 on the side.
None of the information is wrong, but it's not necessarily complete either. I've 'beat the game', but I haven't 100%ed it yet, so if you see anything missing, don't hesitate to tell me.
I, in fact, did work very hard on this, but I feel like it's not up to par.
flashback
6~7 years ago, I had just finished 3rd grade. I have no idea why, but my parents sent me to this daycare in downtown called Horizon or something like that. It's not that they didn't trust me at home because I only went there for a few weeks out of the 3 months of summer, but that's not the point of the story. I met a girl there named Natalie. We bonded over our mutual love of Naruto. One day, we took out our DS's. I started playing Pokemon, maybe Diamond; she, Harvest Moon DS Cute. While valiantly battling some wild Pokemon, I started to look over her shoulder where a blond girl was running around a picturesque village. We traded games. I fell in love.
Later that summer, I convinced my dad to drive me to a GameStop in Chinatown to buy my very first Harvest Moon game, DS Cute, for $21. I played that game until 4 a.m. for the next few months and it was amazing... but I had no idea what I was doing. I really wanted to upgrade my tools, but I didn't know where to get the ore. I was at the dig site, but all I ever got was toiletries. So like any decent child born at the turn of the century, I googled it. And found Freyashawk.
The point of the story is that her guides are amazing. There's no other way to put it. They are so detailed and organized, and I think that she's an amazing person for being able to write them. She inspired me to start this blog because all I wanted to do was be like her. It obviously didn't work out, but there's no need to sweat the details.
What I want more than anything is to help some 4th grader out there who can't get past part of the game, or they want to tame a monster, but can't find it. And that's why I feel like my guide isn't up to par. I honestly don't think that I've helped anybody yet and I don't think what I have down so far is going to.
Well... now that I've poured my heart and soul out, I'll be going to bed. Early to bed, early to rise. I think it goes like that. I know that RF4 has been out for a while, but I still want to write my guide even though there are plenty of better ones out there. I'm also putting a bestiary together as well as a recipe list, so expect those within the year.
I shouldn't be using ellipsis because I'm not actually disappointed. Summer vacation is really long, so you get bored after a while. I wish they'd make 4 day weeks because then summer would still be long, but not that long.
Anyways, as promised, I have something up. I just posted Yokmir Forest, Water Ruins, and Obsidian Mansion guides, which can be found under Rune Factory 4 on the side.
None of the information is wrong, but it's not necessarily complete either. I've 'beat the game', but I haven't 100%ed it yet, so if you see anything missing, don't hesitate to tell me.
I, in fact, did work very hard on this, but I feel like it's not up to par.
flashback
6~7 years ago, I had just finished 3rd grade. I have no idea why, but my parents sent me to this daycare in downtown called Horizon or something like that. It's not that they didn't trust me at home because I only went there for a few weeks out of the 3 months of summer, but that's not the point of the story. I met a girl there named Natalie. We bonded over our mutual love of Naruto. One day, we took out our DS's. I started playing Pokemon, maybe Diamond; she, Harvest Moon DS Cute. While valiantly battling some wild Pokemon, I started to look over her shoulder where a blond girl was running around a picturesque village. We traded games. I fell in love.
Later that summer, I convinced my dad to drive me to a GameStop in Chinatown to buy my very first Harvest Moon game, DS Cute, for $21. I played that game until 4 a.m. for the next few months and it was amazing... but I had no idea what I was doing. I really wanted to upgrade my tools, but I didn't know where to get the ore. I was at the dig site, but all I ever got was toiletries. So like any decent child born at the turn of the century, I googled it. And found Freyashawk.
The point of the story is that her guides are amazing. There's no other way to put it. They are so detailed and organized, and I think that she's an amazing person for being able to write them. She inspired me to start this blog because all I wanted to do was be like her. It obviously didn't work out, but there's no need to sweat the details.
What I want more than anything is to help some 4th grader out there who can't get past part of the game, or they want to tame a monster, but can't find it. And that's why I feel like my guide isn't up to par. I honestly don't think that I've helped anybody yet and I don't think what I have down so far is going to.
Well... now that I've poured my heart and soul out, I'll be going to bed. Early to bed, early to rise. I think it goes like that. I know that RF4 has been out for a while, but I still want to write my guide even though there are plenty of better ones out there. I'm also putting a bestiary together as well as a recipe list, so expect those within the year.
Good luck in the coming year,
Pokemoon
Saturday, July 5, 2014
Summer Resolution
So I had another genius idea, but I forgot it. Maybe it'll come back to me.
My summer is about 1/3 of the way over, but I have recently made a resolution to make the other 2/3 count.
One of the biggest things I've decided to do, is to record data in RF4. So by the time school starts again, I will have something out.
I've also decided to put more time into practicing viola and maybe start studying Algebra II. I would also like to go jogging because walking home from summer school means eating ice cream when I get home and therefore I try to avoid the pool. But that's too unrealistic, which is why I've been biking more.
Later this summer I'll be taking driving school, so cheers to a productive summer.
Dear precious readers,
Get off your butts and create some endorphins!
My summer is about 1/3 of the way over, but I have recently made a resolution to make the other 2/3 count.
One of the biggest things I've decided to do, is to record data in RF4. So by the time school starts again, I will have something out.
I've also decided to put more time into practicing viola and maybe start studying Algebra II. I would also like to go jogging because walking home from summer school means eating ice cream when I get home and therefore I try to avoid the pool. But that's too unrealistic, which is why I've been biking more.
Later this summer I'll be taking driving school, so cheers to a productive summer.
Dear precious readers,
Get off your butts and create some endorphins!
Sincerely,
Pokemoon
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Hole-Puncher Stapler
I keep forgetting about this, but I have a genius idea. You can probably tell what it is by the title. I first came up with in in Biology when I was hole punching my papers
So the general idea is that it looks like a regular 3 hole hole-puncher, but it's a little longer so that you have room to add the stapler at the top.
My hole puncher looks like the one above, except it's a more sensible black. And my mini stapler looks almost exactly like that one, except it's longer and probably 20 or so years older. But the shorter version is actually better for our purposes.
I'm not good at building things, but the way I visualize it, you'd take a regular hole-puncher and just extend on top around an inch or two. Maybe an inch and a half. In the extra space, you'd have to metal plating that gives the staple it's shape. And then the stapler dispenser thing would be attached to the pressing part on top, just like in a normal stapler. The only problem is that it could probably only hold 20 - 30 staples.
Height isn't an issue, I would assume, because my stapler and hole-puncher are the same height. In fact, it's kind of crazy how similar they are in height.
The pressing part would be split in two. One for the hole-puncher and the other for the stapler. Obviously, the stapler part would be drastically shorter, around the same length as the metal plate.
I guess it would be kind of awkward that the hole-puncher part slants down, while the stapler part slants up.
I think that could be fixed by either adding extra material to the back of the stapler part, or simple leaving it as is. Since the pressing part is going to be detached anyways, the bottom could be a single piece while the top is clearly two parts.
I'd add a picture of the blueprints, but they're pretty terrible and I drew it on an index card, so you guys will have to visualize it yourself. Maybe somebody could try drawing it. Except my description is pretty bad too.
Starting after 6/8/2014, 6 - 8 - 14, June 8, 2014, or however you write the date, I officially unofficially claim rights to the hole puncher stapler. I really don't mind if someone else makes it because I probably won't ever be able to create a physical version by myself, but please don't claim the idea as your own.
So the general idea is that it looks like a regular 3 hole hole-puncher, but it's a little longer so that you have room to add the stapler at the top.
My hole puncher looks like the one above, except it's a more sensible black. And my mini stapler looks almost exactly like that one, except it's longer and probably 20 or so years older. But the shorter version is actually better for our purposes.
I'm not good at building things, but the way I visualize it, you'd take a regular hole-puncher and just extend on top around an inch or two. Maybe an inch and a half. In the extra space, you'd have to metal plating that gives the staple it's shape. And then the stapler dispenser thing would be attached to the pressing part on top, just like in a normal stapler. The only problem is that it could probably only hold 20 - 30 staples.
Height isn't an issue, I would assume, because my stapler and hole-puncher are the same height. In fact, it's kind of crazy how similar they are in height.
The pressing part would be split in two. One for the hole-puncher and the other for the stapler. Obviously, the stapler part would be drastically shorter, around the same length as the metal plate.
I guess it would be kind of awkward that the hole-puncher part slants down, while the stapler part slants up.
I think that could be fixed by either adding extra material to the back of the stapler part, or simple leaving it as is. Since the pressing part is going to be detached anyways, the bottom could be a single piece while the top is clearly two parts.
I'd add a picture of the blueprints, but they're pretty terrible and I drew it on an index card, so you guys will have to visualize it yourself. Maybe somebody could try drawing it. Except my description is pretty bad too.
Starting after 6/8/2014, 6 - 8 - 14, June 8, 2014, or however you write the date, I officially unofficially claim rights to the hole puncher stapler. I really don't mind if someone else makes it because I probably won't ever be able to create a physical version by myself, but please don't claim the idea as your own.
Mistake and Dirt Floors
I just realized, that even though I made this to be a Harvest Moon and Pokemon guide, half the things I post have no relation to either of them and there is no useful content on here.
In any case, I finally realized the middle evolution between Nincada and Ninjask doesn't exist.
Secondly, while playing RF4, I felt really rich because I fainted (again) - the fire in Rune Prana 4 gets me every time - and I still had over 1,000,000 gold. And then my mom made me clean my backpack because the school year just ended and I ended up finding my Sunshine Islands. Now, for whatever reason, I have a sudden urge to feel dirt poor - did you know that saying originated from the old days where only rich people could afford flooring, so the poor people had dirt floors? - and I am about to start playing it.
I have no idea why I told you guys that, but yeah... Time to mine!
In any case, I finally realized the middle evolution between Nincada and Ninjask doesn't exist.
Secondly, while playing RF4, I felt really rich because I fainted (again) - the fire in Rune Prana 4 gets me every time - and I still had over 1,000,000 gold. And then my mom made me clean my backpack because the school year just ended and I ended up finding my Sunshine Islands. Now, for whatever reason, I have a sudden urge to feel dirt poor - did you know that saying originated from the old days where only rich people could afford flooring, so the poor people had dirt floors? - and I am about to start playing it.
I have no idea why I told you guys that, but yeah... Time to mine!
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Gaggle
Hey guys! There's this app that's recently become very popular called Gaggle. Or something like that. It's kind of like a bulletin board that you can post anonymously on. I don't have it, but everybody was talking about it at school. Anyways, it uses the wifi or something and so at school, you can only see the things that people at your school are posting.
We were talking about it in my 6th period and I heard some very valid points.
1. Your posts may be anonymous, but it's pretty simple to find out who posted something. I don't know if this'd happen in real life, but maybe if someone committed suicide and they blamed a post on Gaggle, the government could easily track down who posted it.
2. Posting nude pics of someone under 18 is child pornography. By all means, enjoy whatever you like in your room alone, or maybe in a room with your friend, or maybe with all your friends at a sleepover, or maybe even with all your friends and then some at an orgy, but don't post it somewhere for the entire school to see.
3. I forgot the rest of the points
So yeah, now I sound like some old lady preaching to her grand kids about whatever old people preach about, in this case not posting mean stuff and porn on the internet. Did I mention that? When you post stuff on the internet in general, you can easily be tracked.
Anyways, I don't really have anything else to say except for a PSA for people that want to send nude pics.
We were talking about it in my 6th period and I heard some very valid points.
1. Your posts may be anonymous, but it's pretty simple to find out who posted something. I don't know if this'd happen in real life, but maybe if someone committed suicide and they blamed a post on Gaggle, the government could easily track down who posted it.
2. Posting nude pics of someone under 18 is child pornography. By all means, enjoy whatever you like in your room alone, or maybe in a room with your friend, or maybe with all your friends at a sleepover, or maybe even with all your friends and then some at an orgy, but don't post it somewhere for the entire school to see.
3. I forgot the rest of the points
So yeah, now I sound like some old lady preaching to her grand kids about whatever old people preach about, in this case not posting mean stuff and porn on the internet. Did I mention that? When you post stuff on the internet in general, you can easily be tracked.
Anyways, I don't really have anything else to say except for a PSA for people that want to send nude pics.
Don't put your face in it.
Saturday, February 15, 2014
X and Y Page
Pokemon X and Y have been out for a while now, but I still only have 6 badges. For some reason, I've turned into a completionist and am currently obsessed with 100%ing my Pokedex. I just posted the Central Kalos Pokedex because it's the one I'm closest to finishing. Even though my Pokedex isn't that filled, I can fill in a lot of the blanks. I'm still missing a couple, like the middle evolution between Nincada and Ninjask, whom I can't remember for the life of me! I know that I could easily find the blanks by Googling them, but this Pokedex is for my own satisfaction, so I won't.
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