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[oyceter]

I only have one residential floor left, and then I am finally done with Tiny Tower!

... now I have to figure out what to do during the commute.

I have also signed up for QZone (me!), one of the biggest social networking sites in China. I have done this despite being able to read much less simplified Chinese than I thought because Sims has launched on it and I am a sad, sad addict who wants to see if there are any different clothes/furniture/hair/missions/whatever.

Most of the game is the same, except you can't post to your feed to request things a la Facebook, so everything is based on in-game requests. Most of the assets are the same as well, except for maybe 5-10 new items in hair, clothes, furniture, respectively. On the other hand, the new hair and new clothes are SO MUCH CUTER. And Bella has been replaced by a much more anime-looking character called Rongrong.


I love my Sim's hair! If I could pull that haircut off in RL without having to resort to a ton of hair product, I would so get it.


Also, Sims Social totally stole this dudou, took off the lotus, and passed it off as an Aphrodite tank top for Greek week. IT DOES NOT LOOK GREEK, SIMS!

I don't know why I still complain about the clothing, given how their concept of Victorian hair equates prom curls, but whatever.


BEST THING EVER OMG SO WORTH REGISTERING JUST FOR THIS.


And look! The hair! Much cuter!

And OMG so many big things happening in Glitch! (Me!) I stopped playing for a while after the potions and tinctures update, largely because I wanted more house beta stuff to come out. And I wasn't going to decorate my house until the housing release was finalized, because I don't want to lose all the changes, but I couldn't resist! Also, I want to fiddle around for hours trying to decide on the best combination of resources for my street vs. my house.

And now imagination is finally being released! And I cannot wait for furniture making! I am guessing that this may finally push me into subscribing. Damn you Tiny Speck!

Alas, I haven't had much luck with the foxes. I love having in-game fiber arts, but given that I use my laptop trackpad to play often, brushing the foxes is nearly impossible.

So far, I haven't ventured off to find sloths yet either. And I am a little sad rats scored so low on the "What new animals?" poll.

I suppose someday I will figure out all the things like in-game socializing and player-driven stuff, but honestly, I just want a very self-sufficient Glitch who makes everything herself.

Comments

[tessercat]

Imagination! yay! :)

I play with a laptop and trackpad also. Assuming your laptop has buttons below the trackpad, this might help:

The trick I've found with the foxes is to find a preserve where there are several glitches already with a lot of bait strewn around. Position your glitch in a bush but near enough to an open patch of ground so that you can see the fox run across. Put your brush in an inventory slot that is directly below the open patch. Click and hold on the brush - as long as you don't drag it out of your inventory too early, it won't get impatient and "fail". When the fox appears, drag the brush up and release.

Alternatively, hire me (Peech) as a semi-pro fox brusher*, and I will deliver fibre in trade for... something else. XD

*Also available as on-demand semi-pro mourner, for when you die in those awkward locations.

[troisroyaumes]

Will ditto all these foxbrushing tips. I also found a suggestion on forum to use two brushes, and that helps a lot!

I will trade fiber for any cubimals I don't have!

[oyceter]

Yeah, I've been trying with two brushes, which has helped a bit. Going to try with my mouse tonight, but I suspect some of it is also just that I panic when it comes to time-limited stuff like this. Usually I can get a fox when it first comes out, but then I get flustered and it eats all my bait.

[tessercat]

How does two brushes work? I can't picture this.

The bait-related time-limit is frustrating. I hope they'll tweak it.

[oyceter]

It's mostly just having two brushes in your inventory, so when you've used the first one and it's going through its animation, you can pull out the second one to brush the fox faster.

[torachan]

Honestly, I have not had to use bait at all. There are always foxes around when I go into any preserve (and I've never been in one where anyone else was there yet).

[oyceter]

Oh man! All the times I've gone, they're totally empty (sadly of foxes as well), and then the fox shows up, doesn't reach my bait for minutes, then eats up all three while I struggle to brush it once.

[torachan]

;_; There's been a couple times where I put out bait, but it was like, put it out once to get the fox to appear, and then the fox never left, just darted around the preserve. I was all set for fox-brushing to be super frustrating when I first started, and then it wasn't at all, but I guess I have just been lucky!

[oyceter]

Ok, haven't managed to find a preserve with a lot of glitches around, so maybe that is it! I have tried two brushes, zooming out, using camera mode, and etc., and I think part of the problem is just that I get so flustered that I can manage to brush the fox once in the time it takes for it to eat all my bait.

[tessercat]

Hmm, yeah, it was easier right when foxes appeared - there were line-ups of glitches waiting to get into the preserves in the new lands. Now that preserves are available in other places though, they've been much less busy. Still, your best bet may be to try the ones in the new lands, since people will be there anyway trying to get completist badges. :)

I'm hoping, given the amount of feedback about it, that they will also come up with a keyboard way to do fox brushing.

[sasha_feather]

SLOTHS ARE WAY BETTER THAN FOXES.

THEY ARE ADORABLE AND WEAR LITTLE LEATHER JACKETS!!

[tessercat]

And they spit out SNAILS! (no, not the shelled kind) XD

[thistleingrey]

honestly, I just want a very self-sufficient Glitch who makes everything herself

*raises hand*
I haven't logged in long enough to look for foxes or sloths yet, but I mean to!

[oyceter]

Hee! I realized I forgot the "want to be a very...." in that sentence. But yes, I kind of just like going around and grabbing everything myself, and maybe selling alchemical powders on auction when I need currants. But usually just... wandering.

I haven't seen sloths yet! I am hoping to do so soon!

[kate_nepveu]

I have no idea what you are talking about with regard to Glitch, but it makes me want to find out.

Which is probably bad because I'm really pretty full up on casual web games at the moment. Still. When I get tired of outpacing Echo Bazaar's content . . .

[kate_nepveu]

(hee, new content today, have I got timing or what?)

[oyceter]

Sweet!

Glitch is an online MMORPG, but apparently very atypical? As in you can choose to fight or kill things, but I think you really have to go and actively look for that. Mostly it's petting trees and pigs and planting and harvesting and crafting stuff. I don't know if it's a casual game or not, though I know people who just randomly drop in every so often.

I kind of just find it really relaxing because of the writing, which is very quirky (http://www.glitch.com/items/famous-pugilist-grill/) and the sound effects (the trees sigh happily when you pet them).

Haha, not to get you into more stuff! Just FYI, I have an invite if you ever want ;).

[kate_nepveu]

That is ridiculously adorable. I will keep it in mind!