Spoilers of the latest story quests Hello! I'm still trying to get back into blogging and my blog is a bit of a mess on my view because I'm half way through editing it to a whole new theme, so everything is a bit crazy right now. I have about 150 photos from the new quests to look through (and I haven't even started midsummer quests). I think instead of making a blog through of it, I'm just going to upload a gallery of the photos for me to look back to. But today I'm going to write about the update! A while ago now, I made a post talking about 'badges' in Star Stable and, on Wednesday, they came to the game. (Don't you just love it when your theory is proven correct?) So here they are: There are currently three pages of achievements that all look like this. They are all, at the moment, racing related which isn't really my favourite thing to do (although I don't mind it from time to time). I hope that they add ones related to other things at another point because I think that it would be more enjoyable for me. This is the screen you get when you complete an achievement. You can complete achievements at 'bronze', 'silver' and 'gold' level. I think that this idea is good because it means that, especially beginners to SSO, could have a shot at getting 'bronze' but would have to work a bit more at getting silver. I also liked the way that some achievements could be earned through normal playing of SSO while others are earned if you go out especially to complete the achievement. I think that this, overall, is a really cool addition to the game as it just adds another dynamic of what you can do in Jorvik. I think that many players will find that this feature gives them a little bit more to do in game. I would especially look forward to some achievements related to social activities or clubs. Finally, the other main part of this week's update: story quests. I don't want to talk too much about story quests here but I really enjoyed them and thought they had had a lot of work put into them and were really cool. It's nice to see SSO releasing more main story quest lines and putting more work into them. I hope to blog about the quest lines over the weekend (I probably won't write anything on Friday).
Night - Li x
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I remember reading about 3 years ago (or possibly even more) a blog post by Alice Starnight talking about how much she wanted the remake of the Jorvik pony to come to the game. She spoke about how cool it would be for ponies to be able to feed off the grass (at that point, it was a new feature for horses to bend their necks down). Anyway, I just thought I'd give it that bit of context about how I felt when SSO announced this - it was a nice little flash back! Ok, let's get onto the three horses. I really liked this pony with one exception. The mane is so lovely and textured and so is the cote. I love the legs and the nose is so so so sweet. However, for me, there's something off about the lack of colour in the face. It's just something that isn't my style but I know some horses in real life have faces like that, and the white isn't blocky (it's fairly textured), so I think that this horse was a really good job! The face of this one is so sweet. I love how the blaze (is that what you call it?) doesn't just break off. It trails down the face in a really nice pattern. I also love the nose and the texture in the mane. In fact, I love the whole face. However, I think the body is too 'samey' and that ruins it for me a bit. So this was the one that was designed via an Instagram poll in the star stable live stream. Only one of the things that I voted for won, which was the leg markings. I was really worried that the face would look bad but I think that it actually matches this pony and the broken coloured pattern really well. I think that the mane is especially nice. I love how the face markings are irregular and how the colour on the nose fades into pink. Interestingly, I don't really like the legs even though I voted for them. I think the white starts too suddenly and almost looks plasticy. However, the rest of the horse is really well textured. Weird legs or not, I decided to bring this little pony home and call it Vanillacookie, or Vani for short! I was really impressed with these pony designs overall. I think that, mostly, they were not too plasticy and were nice and textures. I really feel like we're starting to get nicely texture horses again. The ponies are also really chubby and cute - which I love! I don't like the fact they've been named "Jorvik Starter Ponies". I think that the "starter" makes it seem like the pony isn't very good when they're really cute. They're also really affordable.
Cheers for reading ~ Li It's currently far too early in the morning to even be awake. So, for those who don't know (and I'm guessing that's not a lot of you), on the 31st May, I passed my club, Frosty Roses, onto a new owner - the wonderful Allison Cloudmore. Reason? I'd lost all interest in SSO (with the exception of hanging out with friends).
And yet here I am, on my SSO blog - again. In the last few days, I've felt myself more and more drawn back to blogging about SSO. I hardly log on anymore but I put so much time and effort into my blog, how could I not want to continue that? Honestly, I have no idea if this is just a flash of the second impulse or if I actually will continue with SSO blogging. Leaving SSO for me was never about stopping myself doing the things I want to do, I left because I didn't want to play anymore. I don't want to commit myself to doing anything but I will let you know what I do over the next few days. Until then, do expect some blog posts! Cheers, Li Ps. to everyone who has been checking the blog for the last month and a half (I can see over 200 of you have) thank you so so much, it means a lot. |
Li Silentland
Hello!Welcome to my little space on the large internet where I can share my thoughts, views and fanfics! I am you 'normal' teenaged girl, who loves writing, gaming and horses. I've played Star Stable online since 1st June 2014 and I am currently a level 20 player on Cupcake Valley where I hang about with Frosty Roses and my 18 pixel horses! Disclaimer: All images and anything else to do with this blog are taken in the game Star Stable Online produced by Star Stable Entertainment AB. I have nothing to do with Star Stable and own none of their graphics. But I can tell you it is a great game and you should play it!
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