* At Our Local GameStop... *

Cashier: You're here for something. Lemme guess... BlazBlue?
Me: Er, yeah. You got the Limited Edition for the PS3?
Cashier: Yep! *gets the box and scans it* This is our last one until the regular version ships next month.

* Later... *

Me: Wow, guys, we got their last BlazBlue in stock.
Me: *blinkblink* ...Wait, didn't the same scenario happen with Persona 4? That we got their last copy?
Chris (younger brother): Yeah. I checked the website right after we bought ours... It's backordered.
Joshua (youngest brother): Y'know, the same thing also happened with Fallout 3 and Left 4 Dead...
Me: Wait, wut? Really? Wow, we're incredibly lucky then.
Joshua: Indeed.
Me: Well, you guys go play. I'ma go check the soundtrack.

(And no, we have never pre-ordered a game. Ever.)

(BTW, The OST is awesome. :D)

Oh hey! My brothers and I have just signed up for the Closed Beta Testing for Dungeon Fighter Online, lulz.

Never signed up for one before... Hopefully my previous experience of the game will get me iiinnn... :X

Really curious as to which build the English version will be on... There are screenshots of female Gunners, but the Priest classes don't have their Awakenings yet, it seems. ._.

The translations for some of the classes disappoint me a bit. : / For example, we say "Ghost Knights," they say "Slayers". Spitfires awaken as a "Viper" instead of "General". And "Soul Bringer" is "Soul Bender," lolwut?

*...is slightly disturbed*

Uhhh, we're gonna stick to our "original dubs," thanks. Unless we talk to people who have never played Korean DnF before. Or something.

I should, like, post screenshots. Maybe. Ye-ah. (Still have to grind money to get new pants for my Battle Mage; she looks a bit odd at the moment, haha...ha.)

M'kay, so...

Back in May, around the Memorial weekend... My brother's and my WoW subscriptions were about to expire. We were considering about getting a new game to pass the time. It's been awhile since we've played an RPG (last one being Tales of Symphonia 2), so... yeah.

It all came down to two choices: 1) Eternal Sonata ("Fredric Chopin's life flashes before his eyes as an anime-styled JRPG right before he dies.") or 2) Persona 4 ("Eight different high school students solve local murders by watching TV all night long."). (*sigh* I love you, TV Tropes. XD)

We chose the latter. AND WE REGRET NOTHING. D:<

Annnd I finished my first playthrough a few days ago.

First time playing a Shin Megami Tensei game, and it was definitely a bit different than the RPGs I've previously played. Absolutely loved the story, the characters (Kudos to the voice actors!), and the music, eeee~.

. . .

Expect fandumb art stuff on my LJ soon. SOOON~. :O

Wow, it's been a while.

Haven't been on my computer (as often) for, like, the past 2 weeks.

I'm just posting for the sake of posting.

M'ye-ah.

I'll write up more soon. Really.

Spirit Beasts. They're not the best at DPS, and they're so. Damn. Hard. To. Find. Augh! Is it for looks? Is it for the sense of accomplishment? ...Ye-ah, let's go with that.

Ever since my hunter dinged 77 in mid-April, I've been patrolling the edges of Sholazar Basin, hoping to spot Loque'nahak. If I got bored, I'd park my hunter near one of his spawn points (the one west of Skyreach is where I mostly hung out) and do something else.

Well, countless hours have gone by and I still haven't seen a trace of him, not even a corpse. But! I'd still fly around the Basin and park near Skyreach, ever remaining hopeful.

Patch 3.1 comes. Still haven't seen him yet, fff... Oh, wait! Gondria's introduced in this patch!

*flies to Zul'Drak*

*does homework and checks Gondria's spawn points*

*more hours go by without ever seeing a Spirit Beast in the wild... EVAR*

. . .

Disappointed, I ask the flight master to take me back to Sholazar. I had recently installed NPCScan so I don't have to fly around and press a macro at the same time. I thought that the add-on didn't work as first, but when I was about to land in River's Heart...

*screen blares and chat reads "_NPCScan: Found 'Loque'nahak'!"*

Gah! Hurry up, land already! Now, where did this pop up? ...In the southern spawn points?! *mounts up, and flies to check the two gorilla spots and Skyreach...*

He's... not here! Where could he be?! (In a sense of panic, stupidity, and OCD, I fly though those same spawn points AGAIN.)

Someone says in General, "loque'nahak." Feeling desperate, I immediately reply, "Where?!"

A rogue invites me to a group. He's at the spot north of Shango, and NPCScan proc'd when I was at River's Heart... Wait, wut?

I start to fly towards his location. "My add-on triggered... Didn't know where exactly, haha," I type. Why didn't I take more notice as to why he lost 5k health and is typing "haha"?

I was greeted by the Spirit Beast's corpse on April 28th at 11:32 PM. Yay, I've been searching for about two weeks and finally see him... dead! </sarsacm>

(Yes, I like to type with neat grammar in an MMO. Sue me. :P) I skinned him and received his pelt "of the Marksman". At least I know NPCScan works. And... I also have an idea as to when he might spawn again. My sanity is saved!

*fast-forward to four days later* Dang it! Haven't found him ever since! Screw it, I'ma look for Gondria. (Loque may have a beautiful color scheme, but his anatomy looks wonky to me. I tend to like Gondria's spectral theme overall...)

May 3rd, 5:10 PM. South of the Altar of Quetz'lun.

"_NPCScan: Found 'Terror Spinner'!"

The spider dies, and my hunter gets the Northern Exposure achievement. Will Gondria spawn around 5:30? 6:00? With new found determination, I circle Gondria's spawn points for the next hour and a half.

6:46 PM. I'm heading towards the area west of Mam'toth's Crater. And guess who's waiting for me?

I'm lovin' his spectral appearance, the ghostly aura and footprints, the sound of his roar... And, most of all, the Moonfire-like Spirit Strike ability which I rarely get to see/use because my druid is Feral spec'd. XD

...Yeah, yeah, I know he does sub-par DPS! But he's awesome and was definitely worth the camp. Don't give up, fellow BM Hunters!

So, the Noblegarden event started yesterday.

I'm not much of an achievement seeker, but the ones for this event are amusing. Most notably "Shake Your Bunny-Maker." Apparently, our server lacks female dwarves (Which server doesn't?!), trolls, and orcs.

. . .

OH HAY WAIT. I HAV A FEM ORC LOLOL.

And so, being the nice person that I am, I logged on to my hunter and parked myself near the Horde-side bank, by the well. I was almost immediately swarmed (kinda?) by Alliance.

(Please ignore my bars. I forgot to remove the hotkey and macro text, eh-heh. Also, I got a wide-screen a few days ago! There's so much space now... <3)

I stood there for a few minutes, getting bunny-ear'd and doing /clap to people who finally got their achievement. One guy also tipped me for helping everyone out. ^ ^

...I'm still a bit creeped out from all the emotes I received. And all the males wearing pink dresses. Carrying pastel-colored bouquets. And Easter baskets. /shudder