Thread:Nugu54/@comment-33437691-20171113214449/@comment-33437691-20171114174225

Canada, please!!! I thought I had mentioned it, but no biggie. I actually live in the Vancouver area, which comprises alot of ground, just as people living in 'the London area' couldn't catch sight of the countryside for miles what with all the small towns attached. But I lived in Australia for about 22 years, Tasmania to be exact, with a month in Sydney. But my heart belongs to Paris (flutter, flutter, flutter). Not quite, but I'd love to get to western Europe, including England, particularly to see the London Museum of Natural History. I've heard it's incredible. Plus a number of art galleries (I paint--not recently--so I posted a picture of the Van Gogh I copied on my profile page if you're interested. Not everyone is, so no offense taken if you couldn't care less LOL.)

What a fantastic Christmas present--and yes, what a lot of effort. Almost like writing a short story (which takes a lot of time; people think it's easier than a novel, but it's not: you have to get a strong plot and develop interesting characters in such a short amount of space--if it's going to be any good, that is). I would have loved a present like that, but obviously you would have to know the person really well to give them any chance of solving it.

And poo on the person who ruined that Christmas competition! Man, there are some very mean-spirited people out there. It's not even about winning the competition (though that's always nice); it's the spirit of it, knowing that there are others like you engaging in the sport of it. And winter really is a time where people need to feel warm-hearted towards one another. Oh well.

I have just under 4.9 million points of experience, which is pretty healthy considering that I just started in July, but I only started TTing a few weeks before it was closed down. For my energy level, it shows I have 2400/950 points, whereas you have (as of a moment ago) 459,897/1120 points of energy! No wonder you don't know anything about the food collections: you'll never run out of energy. Ever! Well, I won't worry about sending you food packages any more (or about you quitting, other than out of being tired of the game). I guess I didn't time travel very effectively, but not knowing it was going to be shut down, I just went back 5 days so I could regenerate my energy and collect bonuses for visiting my friends. Also, there was apparently a technical fix to stop people being able to get such high energy numbers...I forget what it was about because I was told I was "too late to that party" so I didn't pay any attention to the details. Oh well.

You are very lucky to have someone close who also plays the game. My three closest friends would all look bug-eyed at me if they knew. My son, however, is very happy that I'm playing it; kids are all but born with nintendo or X-box controllers in hand these days, but he had to wait until he was about 7 before he got his first nintendo; before that he played with other kids hand held devices and he knew all about Mario something or other.... He was more into point and shoot games and I had zero interest in those as he was growing up, but then the Zelda games came out with a little more search and discovery added to them. He even played RIVEN (the sequel to MYST) but on the quiet; I guess he didn't want to admit how tough it was as he was doing it. I didn't finish the game for years until the internet blossomed more fully and all kinds of help guides came out. I used them sparingly, getting just enough of a hint to think "Ah hah! Now I know what to do!" Thinking back, he did mention a few stuck points, and I'd babble on saying, "Oh yeah, I remember that; it was so hard to find the ......whatever.... that made it click into place." Son: "I've forgotten that bit; where was it?" Et cetera.

Well, I'd better get on with the day. It's good hearing from you. -- Chloe