There’s a section in FanFiction.net dedicated to Granado Espada!

On a side note, Lulubell (Ldge Imbrulia) is added to the Family. For the sake of equips. Training with Aerith at the moment outside Bahia. I might consider adding Edward into this team.

This competition/event was held during the month of September this year, and results were finally released today. Have a look at the winning entries in the link provided.

From the official announcement: http://ge.iahgames.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=1293

Devonchi's Shinto - Hellena

Senor's El Lago de Los Cisnes - Female Wizard

SillyGoAround's The Beloved Doll - Catherine

So, the 3 participants now have their entries in the hands of IMC, awaiting judgement. Will it be okay for IMC to convert into in-game material? Only time will know…

On one hand, I am happy that we have such talents. Just look at Devonchi’s work. For an artist learning how to use Photoshop, the standard of his/her work is enough to knock me off my feet. However, on the other hand, it saddens me that some potential works couldn’t get to make it in the end, like Delkhaze’s “Icarus”. For that, I will really support it and buy the costume if it ever makes it to sGE’s market. There wasn’t much love for the female Fighter, which I find is a pity. Yet seeing as how the community is controlled by fanboys (they overpopulate women in-game), I really can’t blame them for creating costumes for the ever-popular characters.

Well, what’s the use of whining? Better for me to do my own research and create my own line. Hoping for a second round of Andre Costume Design when this one is over, so that I can try my hand. Maybe one for weapons too?

With much toiling, Riza and Soterius finally made it to level 84. What a big milestone it is for them and me. At the end of the day, they had a little photo shoot at Coimbra, just to commemorate the moment. Reever is, as always, there to witness the event.

DHB and Elite Finisher

Yep, the Dragon Hunter Bayonet. No matter what, despite it’s considerably crappy base AR of 26, it’s still one of my favourite weapons. Every time Soterius brandishes this particular firearm, long minutes will be spent staring at it close-up, admiring its beauty. (Colours seem a little too rich. Should’ve kept the contrast slider low…)

The Ultimate Goal - MASTER.

But let’s be realistic and set it as Veteran for now… Then Expert and finally the much-coveted MASTER.

Riza: "Why can't I get one too?! >3<"

View the bayonet in its full glory! I was at Topolo Durga, where the team can somehow manage the level 96-100 monsters and get pretty decent experience. Of course, Skullic Dungeon is better, but the knockback makes me cringe.

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For now, that’s all. After this god-forsaken examinations are over, it’s time to concentrate on leveling up my main team. It’s been too long that they have been left at Veteran Lv. 1 at a pathetic 51%. Oh, and the manufacturers need to be power-leveled too, for the sake of my future equipments. About time I made good use of those peeps taking up Barrack space.

See you all after 14th November, 2009! I’ll be back in FULL SWING.

Just created a Female Scout yesterday and named her Aerith. This decision was made after much thought, seeing that Reever is working close to his death by following every single Family member in their training. Tiresome… Her role will of course be to assist her kinsmen in their adventures. Till now, she is still waiting for Edward to come and start their training at Rion together.

I’ll try to draw up a simple background story here, followed by a more detailed one about what had exactly happened when she arrived on mainland. Keep a look out!

Aerith with Vega and Reever

Hi guys. Twitter will be acting as a simple update tool for my escapades in GE. will post up small snippets while playing, bigger coverages will be in blog posts (e.g. guides, tips, etc.)

toodles,
bya

So my lovely sister decided to download GE again, which *gasp* brought back ALL the screenshots that I took before that fateful day in February when the game got uninstalled. A couple of them come from my first Colony War, which did not go well at all. What’s to expect from a noob Veteran? I still am one, by the way… Some were from my very first few raids, which I didn’t contribute a lot into, once again due to my low Veteran level. A few come from the aftermath of an event, which resulted in us becoming really bored and coming together for a silly time with the rewards. And then there are screenshots of my own Family around the New World, posing around~ Plus, for dunno what reasons, I took a huge bunch of screenshots while I was at Los Toldos, doing the Baron recruitment quest (Edward is coming). Can’t stand the monsters, some sort of frankenstein-ed stock characters…

Okay so photobucket takes a long time to load… hence the long paragraph up there. In the meantime, let me indulge in the soundtrack collection of the three Pirates of the Caribbean movies. It’s my latest fandom *grins*.

-After [insert explicit amounts of time here]…-

I’m not gonna post all of the above-mentioned screenshots, just some hand-picked ones. Right, from the past then… If I can remember which one is the oldest in the collection.

Running to death. No doubt.

Yeah… my death and some of the others of my faction. I really am a noob at then… Just look at the experience level!

deaded.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. SEE?

Aftermath of event I

The event: Find 20 Fluedelises in the New World. Reward: See my previous blog entry on the Bravo Sword event.

Aftermath of event II

Another one. Me and a bunch of my faction mates I think.

Day end

We’re home!
Kruez: “Any mail?”
Bing Feng: “Dinner shall be chinese takeaway! Go call Lisa now!”
Reever: “Again?!”

Snack at the bar

Om nom nom nom… I like how this one turned out.

And finally, a more recent one. In fact it was taken this afternoon only, when I popped by Ustiur to check on the Dragon and Bone equips (they’re crap).

Can I have it?

I want one! Doesn’t have a proper helm though, and I can’t zoom out far enough to capture it’s entire beauty. What a pity… My characters are just spasming at the sight of the ship. Pirates of the Caribbean is very addictive… Makes me respect Adelina even more now.

Updated my Family page with new avatars of some characters.

I ran out of topics, but I do hope I can write about something when I come back from the long hiatus from the game at the end of the year. So the current stuff I have in my mind now is to do a walkthrough for new players of Lv. 72 and above. How’s that?

Hopefully, I can cover:

1. The Prison de Joaquin
2. Ustiur
3. From Lv. 100 to Veteran
4. A newbie’s guide to surviving life in _____ [insert name of map with lv. req. of >100]

Been there, seen it, experienced them. At least not for no. 4, since the only place I can really stay and fight in is Abertal.

Any more ideas or suggestions?

Note: Posts of said subjects will only start work when I begin to play GE again. So, you have nearly 7-8 months’ time to kill before I finally step in again. Maybe I spam GE fanart in here instead.

So she deleted GE, big deal. I can live. GE’s not an essential thing of my life. I didn’t feel my heart breaking when I finally heard the little windows sound coming from her laptop when the program was deleted. What will I lose from having the game deleted? A Major Peridot, that’s all. What do I gain from the removal of the game? More time to concentrate on my studies leading to the ever-important GCE ‘O’ Levels. Sure, getting the game off the laptop can help me put in more time in my studies and my revision for this major examination, but what if it makes me so utterly pissed that I now feel like ignore her for the rest of my life, no matter how impossible that is cos I leave under the same roof as her?

Moral of the story: Never break your promise to anyone. The outcome could be even worse you thought it could be.

I am so getting my own computer…

The sword artifacts created by the renowned mastersmith, Bravo has been spotted in Granado Espada. A mysterious lady has arrived in Cite de Reboldoeux is requesting all pioneers to help her find the locations of the swords.

This event is available from 8th January 2008 to 22nd January 2008, so *looks at calendar* get cracking soon!

IAH obviously doesn’t want the location of the great swords to be revealed, resulting in the deleting of posts/forumers editting posts etc. However, one translated post did stay and not be removed nor editted. So I copped it and added in the screenshots that 散歩道 provided its viewers with, as the official event screenshots. Some screenies of my own for this event~

Here's how it looks like.The name of it: Bravo's Blade. Keep a good look out for it!

1. The Reboldoeux Queen’s Gate H6 [---] 
2. Ferruccio Junction C9 [4-7]
3. Al Quelt Moreza F2 [7-10]
4. Al Quelt Moreza, Nartex B8 [10-12]
5. Tetra Ruins F8 [24-26]
6. Tetra Catacombs H8 [29-31]
7. Jezebel Glen F8 [35-36]
8. Porto Bello, The Deck L6 [38-41]
9. Porto Bello Desolate Cliff H6 [46-53]
10. Thueringenwald Lakeside C5 [---]
11. El Lago de Tres Hermanas I8 [50-52]
12. Dr. Torsche’s Mansion (Reception Hall) J8 [55-58]
13. El Tejado Verde G4 [55-60]
14. Outside Bahia J5 [50-65]
15. Rion Praire H3 [62-65]
16. The Crater of Joaquin H9 [67-70]
17. The Old Port of Coimbra G7 [75-78]
18. Lago Celeste H5 [85-87]
19. Topolo Durga D5 [97-100]
20. Abertal H5 [101-102]

Well, well, with this in hand you can start off your quest! And what’s an event without the reward list?

1.  5 Blades – 10 Snow Sprays
   

   Snow Spray - Snowflakes fall gently from above...

2. 8 Blades – White Angel Wings (15 days)
   

   White Angel Wings

3. 12 Blades – Black Angel Wings (15 Days)
   

   Black Angel Wings

4. 16 Blades – Fleudelis (Lv. 100 Great Sword)
   

   Fleudelis - Lv. 100 Great Sword from the Katovic series. Time to throw away your lilies XD

5. 20 Blades – Brown Ear Mouse Hat (Lv. 1 untradable hat)
   

   Brown Ear Mouse Hat - One heck of a mouse on your head

Here’re some pointers I’m going to give to you all who have yet to attempt the event.

• Get a fast moving character from your Barracks. There’s going to be lots of running to be done in this event.
• The event is not repeatable and there is no counter stating how many swords you have found, so keep a close track on where have you been to, where have you not.
• The event is best done when you have access to all of the areas easily. If not, find a friend of at least Veteran status who can protect you as you pass through dangerous grounds.

In the end, have fun finding the blades and enjoy your rewards!

The two day event is finally over, and finally I’m picked!

The declaration by Santa

My thanks to Santa

Well, even though I wished for a Desert Storm; Le Blanc (wizard) or Le Blanc (Scout), 70,000 G-points might be able to help me get them all, and I said maybe. Still, thank you Santa for granting my wish!

I tried to find the submission thread for last year’s Naughty or Nice event, but sadly was unable to access them. From what I gathered, last year’s event was chaos with overflowing entries and Santa’s random selection of selected submissions. Some also said that the winning entries were just crap, compared to what others submitted (i.e. an editted screenshot wins over a well-directed video). Hence the anger towards this event…

Yet, the staff members did wonderfully well this time round, with selection of winners based on something they did. Plus, Santa did read the discussion and feedback thread of the event, as someone did mention that it will be better if the event was held at a faster pace, what with Rembrandt getting 103 entries in total (not all won), and that the GM acting as Santa not use the event time to mingle with the players. Now that part is hard, cos Santa was paying attention to what people said and giving out pressies at the same time while using whatever gamers said as jokes leading to pressie-handing. Good, huh? The speed was well-maintained to me, so kudos to Santa!

The dirty side of the event is basically made up of some people who don’t really read the forums (the information of the Xmas event wasn’t on the main page), people who are clueless of this event (they whined about Santa being stingy and giving items to the rich people, which I will like to rebut that I am not rich) and people who boycotted the event (calling Santa names etc.). I mean, come on… you can’t really do anything with all those words? Alright I’ll correct your actions…

To those who didn’t read the forums: I guess it can only be your own fault that you didn’t check up on information of in-game events, hence leading to you missing out on the fun. Seriously people only seemed to gather information in-game and can still have the guts to ask “If I submit my entry now, do I still get my present?”. Really…

To those who were clueless about this event: They also fall in the above category, but simply stating that Santa is stingy and such when you don’t even know what’s going on the first place, seriously! There’s no oint being a sour grape you know?!

To those who boycotted the event: Now this is just plain childish. Haven’t you got anything better to do? What on earth did Santa do to infuriate the almighty you? The lag? The drop rate? The experience rate? The bugs? The management? Grow up child, can’t you see this is not the proper time to be saying all this? File a ticket if you’re pissed, why scold the GMs who’d been doing all they could to continue allowing someone like you to play the game? Be happy that someone is actually there to try to solve the problems, or is it that you will only learn when the game shuts down? I really hope it doesn’t, cos I’m going to shove it in your face and see your reaction.

No, I am not being a keyboard hero here. All the complaints of the game and its services and other what-nots are simply petty nonsense. IAHGames is new to being the distributor of the game, so please, they aren’t equipped with loads of spanky gadgets to keep the servers up (unlike other countries you compare them to, like say Japan) and they might not have the large number of staff members to actively go around the New World banning botters (unlike K2 Networks, a company based in the United States of America).

So please, can all of you stop your badmouthing of IAHGames and live with it! I didn’t get my quest bug solved the way I wanted it to be, but what did I do instead? Asked a trustworthy friend of mine who also plays GE to help me finish it, not on one occasion but twice in fact! You can’t get what you want in your life, so what? Life’s unfair, so just bear with the unfairness and LIVE.

Should there be any staff members of Infocomm Asia Holdings Games read this blog post, I fully claim all responsibility, should there be a decision to punish me for my words.

Who would’ve guessed that a blog post to congratulate IAHGames on a successful event could turn out to be this nasty…