I wandered through the woods, keeping my eyes peeled for the source of the cries. I paused in my tracks: there is was again. A bloodcurdling, spine numbing, desperate scream, that alerted the whole of Jorvik to the pain that one individual was feeling. On edge, I walked through the normally peaceful woods. And there she was. Just off the road, covered in blood and crying.
She looked about 14 years old but she was caked with grime, mud and yes, blood. “Who are you?” I asked, tentatively. But her cries had ceased and no reply came. Partly revolted, I leaned down towards her neck to take her pulse. Nothing. I called for help and soon Pa came and lifted the girl up in his protective arms. “Jina there was nothing you could do,” Ma said as she washed the dishes. “But there was wasn’t there? I could have, I don’t know, run or-“ “Jina you are being silly. Even if you had saved her I couldn’t have helped her. She was stabbed multiple times.” Ma knew that as she had washed and dressed the body in my old Sunday best. I could hear Pa shovelling the dirt back onto the body. With that I tucked my head under the covered and slipped into sleep. And I woke up. Blood. Blood on the carpets, blood on the floor. Why was there blood? “Ma, Pa!” I screamed. No response. Dread hit me hard. “No no no no no no. Help! Help! Can anyone hear me?!” “I can hear you,” a voice from across the room spoke. Silver blond hair gleamed across at me. It couldn’t be. Could it? Was that the girl from earlier. Silver hair, blue eyes and shabby clothes. Yes, it had to be. A long knife sat smugly in her hand, it’s cruel curved bland grinned. She looked at me. Eye contact. “I would love to stay, Jina, but dear old Thompson is looking for his head. He picked the wrong girl this time. However, he does hate to be kept waiting and I have an appointment with him. Goodbye Jina”
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Can we just take a moment to look at these scores from the Bobcat Girls race. Can you really do that race in 16 seconds? Really? This is clearly the speed glitch again, and it isn’t fair. I used to enjoy racing on Star Stable, but if I can’t ever even hope of getting on the high score list without cheating, then why would I? You are breaking the Terms and Conditions of Star Stable when you cheat, use a bug or glitch and that is illegal. You could be banned from the game. But you are ruining the game experience for others, and honestly that isn’t fair. So many people cannot race anymore as their high scores are nothing compared to the high scores of people who cheat. Star Stable have been wonderful and have reset the score boards I think twice now. However, that means that we all have to run around getting our high scores again. Once again, that isn’t fair. If you see someone who is cheating then you need to report them. In this it is important to remember that not everyone cheats. There are many people who are talented gamers and get very good times without breaking the Ts & Cs. Not everyone who places first cheats and it is important to remember that. The worst thing you can do is confront them and cause drama over something that isn’t necessary! I am sorry that this is so negative but it is something that is on my nerves and writing a long rant like this is the best way to release my feelings.
Over and out. Good evening, I am here doing my late night blogging special once again! Today I thought I would show you my Autumn racing gear. I don’t often high score so when I do I don’t want to have to run to my home stable and rummage until I dig out some clothes with nice stats. So I often ride around in outfits that have full stats and on of them is my Autumn racing outfit which I wanted to share.
Total cost: 141 star coins
I really enjoy sharing things like this and I also want to do more “this is my day” type posts. I think I will do that about once a week, but it will depend on when I’ve had an interesting day. Also don’t expect the normal fanfic tomorrow as the best way to celebrate Halloween is with a spooky story, right? Do you remember back to when you locked the Baroness’s race track? She told you that you should check it regularly in case of any upgrade. Years later the track remains a jumble of rubbish. Surely this can’t belong to the mighty Baroness?
It doesn’t fit the story and I hope Star Stable hasn’t forgotten about this track and that they will at some point upgrade it. I imagine it with the rubble around it tidied up and taken away to be replaced with seating. The middle would have a podium (and the grass would be clear) so that the winners could stand on it. Then the track would be full of sleek jumps a bit like Lisa’s jump course. But changing all of this would mean getting rid of the race, and as far as I’m aware getting rid of a race has never happened before. However, it isn’t like something that has come out of the blue. It is something that the Baroness forewarned us about at the very start! Just a quick photo, but have you noticed the detail on the drain covers? It is the harp of Aideen. I love the detail!
I think I can describe todays update in one word: frogs. That’s right, they’ve added frogs to the game! I found them rather ricky to locate but if you follow the road from Crescent Moon to New Hillcrest through the marsh then you should come across her. I really like the way that Star Stable have started releasing new types of animals. When I first joined it was just dogs, cats and rabbits. Now you can buy dogs, cats, rabbits, seals, pigs and frogs! I own one of each. You can tell that a bigger update is coming as this Halloween they didn’t make new quests and recently updates like this have been quite small. These are the three frogs and they cost 29, 69 and 199 star coins. I like the green and blue ones as I like their little spots but I think the blue-green one is rushed and looks too pasticy for my taste. I also like the animations as they seem to dance in their bags and they stick their tongues out which is cute.
However, I decided to buy Riata the blue one. Rib-ribit ribby ribit. That's welcome home Riata in froggish! I have decided to continue with the blogging challenge. Today is what I look for and don’t look for in a riding club. I think that if you are looking for a club it is good to make a list so you can tick off the things you want. However, I have a club that I love very much and I hope I won’t ever have to find a club any.
1. The club must be active. I don’t want to be a part of a ghost club! The members must come to events and talk on the chat. Also I like clubs where people Skype and use other chats outside SSO. 2. The club has to be mature. Obviously not all of the time. But there’s a fine line between people who mess around and people who are just plain immature. I can sometimes find it hard to relate to people who don’t have a sensible side so a club full of them would be my nightmare. 3. I like a club with a family atmosphere but it still has order to it. For example, ranks are based on who you are as a person and how you are as a member. A club with only one, or the other isn’t the place for me. 4. Friends! I like to know someone in the club prior to joining. If I don’t it isn’t the end of the world but it is always nice to go somewhere where you get to meet plenty of new people but you have some oldies as well! What do you look for in a club? I was waiting all day for this, and when it finally arrives I remembered that I had an assignment! But here are some photos of the sneak peak of the new home stables. Besides the photo, there was also an article on Star Stable's website. So here is what it revealed:
I hope that it doesn't cost too much to add stalls, but I suspect it will be 100/200 star coins? Also I wonder what they mean when they say that it is going to get more personal? Hopefully we will be able to customize other things in the stable to make it our own!
Good morning! Did you all see the Star Stable Show yesterday? It is the last one since they are going to move the Q&A to a live Facebook stream. I think that a live Q&A will be awesome since you could ask questions in the comments and then they’d get answered. I don’t have any experience with live Facebook streams so I’m going to have to see how I can watch (as I normally enjoy the Q&A more then the Wednesday show). Talking about the Wednesday show, that will continue running. I think that’s a enough blabbing! So what did we find out?
“Cyth this is Ila. Mount up” Mona told me. it was the grand welcoming ceremony and all of us initiates were starting off the yearly festival. We parade into the square on horses and then start the training. It sounds so bad, but all it is is helping out on a farm. We just learn to take care of the animals and the basics of the crops (most of the crops are done by the Eponas).
Clip clop. The horse trotted into the square. I was happily riding bareback, but the transfers (the initiates from other clans) were bouncing around, struggling to stay on. Mostly not because of lack of riding, but because here the horses acted differently to say in the Firgrove clan. Riding a different clans horse takes time to get used to! We stop in front of Han Har’s house. He’s the clan leader, he is quite young but very good at his job. On either side of him, the 6 elders sit, viewing us as one may view toys in a shop. “People of Jarlaheim. Today we welcome our newest recruits. Alice of Jarlaheim,” Alice dismounted and walked to the front, where she was presented with a bag from which she must pick out a welcome gift. A packet of seeds. Appropriate. “John of Jarlaheim. Ninna of Siverglade. Zumbi of Valedale. Mora of Jarlaheim. Avalon of Valedale.” Valedale? Maybe he’d know about my brother! Han continued, “Cyth of Jarlaheim”. I walked forward, keeping my eyes to the ground. I plunged my hand into the depths of the bag and pulled out a thin pull on, made from the material that was used on the bags. I turned and saw Ma in the ground. We made eye contact and she nodded - she was very happy with me. Over I walked to the other recruits. After the rest of the names were called, we were taken to the dorms where we would spend the night. Fok, who is in change of the recruits, told the boys to go to the left, girls to the right. Mona was already inside the girls dormitory: she also did the training. It was an array of matrices, each covered with a sheet. No pillows. Above each bed was a hook (that was on the edge of a precipice, ready to fall) where we would hang our clothes. Then each of us had to first print, then sign, our name in the big book of recruits. From now of we were all not from any clan. It was now that those who had moved were leaving their clans, and join Jarlaheim in the 2nd stage of membership. When you are a child, you are in the first stage, since people recognise that you didn’t choose to be a part of this clan. Then when you are in recruit you join the second stage. If you graduate, you get the 3rd stage of membership, able to vote on some choices in the clan. Finally, if you ever become an elder you get the 4th stage of membership. Before me in the line was Ninna. However, she wrote Fina on the paper. If you move clans you are allowed to change your name fitting to the clan. Avalon didn’t change his. I would change my name if I had the choice, but I can’t. We each took a bed and Mona passed us our new clothes. One pair of boots, a cloak, a shawl and a nightdress. Then two dresses, two pinafores, two shifts, two pairs of underwear and stockings. “Use the privy outside and then wash your hands and faces back in here. Comb and braid your hair, then change. Put all your things at the end of the room: you won’t be needing them. You have 5 minutes,” Mona said after she’d give them last girl (Jay) her things. 5 minutes later, under the thin cover, I started to wonder if it was like this in other clans. It must be. Ma had told me that the reason it was like this was simple. People came from so many different places and they had habits. Everyone had to be stripped of their identities to start their new life here. Everyone had to be presented as equal, regardless of their upbringing. Hanging onto this thought, I drifted into sleep. Have you noticed that with this one I tell you that is happening rather then showing you like I did it Kitty’s tale? In KT the story line was quite simple, but here there is so much more with the story and less with the writing. It’s actually quite good practise! When I have finished Cyth’s choice (I think it will be 10 parts like KT) I will try and do something where both storyline and technique are combined. Or maybe next Sunday there will be a Halloween tale instead… Halloween is fast approaching and Jorvik has punched into that creepy time of year! Let’s see what is going on. Quests If you haven’t done the quests with Bob and Rob from last year, you can do it this year and find a rather…creepy… girl hiding in the woods! Ghosts Go to Mrs Holdworth to start these quests. You need to run around Jorvik and find the ghosts. When you get close you will hear a tinkling sound. I have found quite a few but I’m putting a map together. Galloping Thompson Galloping Thompson comes out after 6pm on Halloween and scares people around Jorvik. Every hours he spawns somewhere in game. Places include GHV woods, behind the riding hall and the summer house. You will hear the spooky noises wherever you are in game. When you get close your screen will have a black circle around and then ride into him. You will get sent home, but he gives you a top, amulet and 175 xp! Apple bobbing
You can find the apples at GHV stables, Jorvik Stables, Steve’s Farm, Mrs Holdworth, Fort Pinta, Firgrove and Valedale. You can apple bob everyday and you can get anything from a piece of cake to some shiny new boots! Ghost train For the ghost train, go into the castle! It’s back and its loads of fun. Pumpkin race Remember the pumpkin race? Well it is a lot of fun as you run through the seller finding pumpkins and avoiding ghosts. Talk to Eve at the castle! Outfits You have your normal outfits, but maybe this year you can get creative! I personally love Halloween on Star Stable! What do you think? I think I don’t talk about FR enough here on my blog, which is weird because between blogging and FR my whole SSO life is completely taken up! So I thought I’d just take the time to talk about FR and what the clubs means to me.
I joined Frosty Roses on the 2nd March 2015 - the day it was created. The first night was very crazy! Everyone was counting members (the excitement when we got to 20) and was generally just having a laugh. It was the first time that I’d been in a club with an atmosphere like this. Little did I know that some of the people that I’d meet over the next few days would end up being some of my closest friends! For the rest of 2015 FR had a bumpy ride. I won’t go into all the ins and outs, but it disbanded several times, moved server to UF (EN2) and SS (WE1). Through this time I was coming out of newbe phases and I had started to take responsibility towards the club by running the website. At New Year 2016 FR returned! I was so happy but then in later January it went again. Disappointment. But in early February it came back, and something has changed. The roles of 3 leader spaces and a co owner space were open. I really wanted a space as I simply wanted to be able to support this family and make sure it never disbanded again. Somehow I got the role of co owner! I was literally sitting behind my screen crying in tears of joy. V and I work together to run FR. I am the main one behind things such as points, lessons, some events (although of course V runs and supervises pretty much the same amount) and other things, a lot of admin mainly. V is the one on the front line, solving the drama, keeping everyone happy 9she just has this way with people, I don’t even know…) and that kind of thing. FR is a place where people can just hang out, be free and be themselves! If you are interested in reading about FR, click here to go to our blog that recently I have started running with V. Not much has been done on it so far, but it will have overviews of every event, who’s joining, and other little things that have been going on! Clip-clop, clip-clop, clip-clop. The road to the Fort of Pinta was long and unkept. It was used so irregularly that we were probably the only people to venture down it for a year: it was only really used for the choosing ceremonies. A moment of flying as the cart hopped and flew over a stone, only to plumet down around to the track.
A misty sea of orange had filled the setting sky. It glittered onto the ocean; dancing on this surface. It was in this light that we arrived. The Fort was a bee hive of activity. The Silverglades had already taken the space inside the Fort to camp as they were highest on the hierarchy. The Valedales camped in the forest to the North and the rest camped on the beach. “My brother is here,” I thought. The whole of the clan comes to the ceremony. It was a long night: I couldn’t get any sleep. Come morning I just walked up the river to the fresher water and washed. All the clans kept looking at each other, in polite amazement. We only got to see each other every year, and we all only get to experience 2 clans at most. I pull on my orange robe with a green cord - the colours of the harvest countries. The Eponas use a green robe and an orange cord. I stand with the other children who are coming of age, around a circle. Around us are the Rulers, dressed in black and gold. Then the clans sat in their groups, not mixing with the others apart from the odd glance. And even that was frowned on. I wait. My turn soon. I set forward. I walk towards the spike in the middle and cut my hand. I force my feet to the wooden spike with the bloody hand prints of all before me. And I press it. And I walk towards a clan. Jarlaheim clan. I sit myself next to my mother. She has saved me a seat, she never doubted me. Tomorrow the initiation starts, but today I keep my head in my mothers lap, letting her stoke my hair. Today was of course the Q & A part of the Star Stable Show! Since I missed the last one I’m going to summaries the last two. 1. The Wild Jorvik Horse (known as JWH) will be coming back. I think it will be soon as Star Stable will probably be working on a new area and so will need easier updates to use as they haven’t the time to make too much new content!
2. It takes about 6 months to design a new area! Maybe next time that everyone is complaining about the new area not coming out, they should think about how long it is taking the team. 3. Making a game takes a great idea, awesome skilled people (I have tried my hand at Unity Game engine, and although making a world is a bit like using 3D paint, adding in all the code ect is very hard). It’s been such a busy few days. I’ve had a kayaking club social on Wednesday, on Thursday I had my school awards evening and tonight I had stage school. But I have finally had to time to sit down and write my review on the new horses! So let’s go and take a look. On Wednesday, SSO released these three new colours in the breeds Icelandic, Lipizzan and Morgan. They’re all in the colours dapple grey and my favourite is the morgan, as I find the others slightly too dark for my taste. But the Morgan is perfect with its main colours on the lower body. I love the colour light grey, so it was live at first sight! On the Icelandic, can you see the dark shading under the head? I think that looks slightly strange and I am not sure if it is something for me! I think the Icelandic’s hair is too light for the body. Although I don’t like the colour of the lipizzan as much as I like the morgans, the mane still matches the body. I am happy that with these colouring you can’t see the really dark muscles that you have seen on horses in the past.
Overall 8.9/10 Unfortunate Dews Farm. It’s abandoned right? I was strolling through it this evening and I thought, how come, if it’s abandoned that there’s animals here? I mean someone has to be feeding them. So who? A further search of the place only revealed to me a red rose. It is clearly quite hard for things to grow here, so someone must have helped it. And the only people on Jorvik who know how to do that? Bjorn and Agnatha. They are quite close to the farm and certainly could have gone over to feed the animals. Finally, have you noticed all these cabbages? This is where my theory dies. On Jorvik it is quite possible that vegetables are delivered to the door. So if the Dews haven’t been here, they wouldn’t be able to pick up the food. But surely Bjorn and Agnatha would? Jorvik, an island of mystery.
How do you end up a Moorland stables on day one? Well here is a letter of how Melissa went to Jorvik. When I made Lisa Silentland I too had a story in mind. I am planning to share is once I am done with Cyth!
Dear Ma’am, Sir, Hello! My name is Melissa and I am interested in starting riding at next years summer camp. I have my own horse, Baylis, and I love nothing more then spending time with him. I’ve raised him from a foal, he’s now 7 and we have a very special bond. I normally ride polo, western and dressage. Although I am a bit of an eventer! I currently live in London, in the UK, but moving to Jorvik won’t be hard as I’ve been away on summer camps before. Moorland caught my eye when I saw the Bobcat Girls competing in my home town. They were so good and it gave me a thrill! I’m happy to help with stable chores outside my riding lessons. I’ve heard that there is some boring houses that you rent for people who aren’t native. I’m a very tidy person, so no worries about who I share with! Also, outside of riding I have a secret passion for Jor-Jitsu. I hope Ricky Winterwell has fan meet up some time soon… Awaiting your reply Melissa Dawnson We’re headed into the depths of Autumn and the nights are shorter then the days. Some trees are bare and others have bold patches. The first frost has been as we say good bye to the final days of warm… And hello cold. I think you can just tell by the fact that in my blog banner I am wearing this that it’s my favourite item of clothing this month. I love the way that it looks Autumnal and warm without breeching the barrier of being for winter. Therefore, it is perfect for this time of the year. I also like any item of clothing that has multiple parts. Eg, a jacket with a shirt and a scarf underneath, breeches with socks or in this case a base layer with a body warmer. I just think in these seasons it adds an extra feeling of coziness. I was pleasantly surprised when this little cute pumpkin hopped from either the ghost or the apple bobbing (I can’t remember which). I think that it is really cute and it different from the normal spider or Halloween ribbon. Aw just look at it’s cute little face! If you are ever looking around for me, the best chance you have of finding me is at the Vineyard. I can never stay still in game! When the rest of FR are standing at Steve’s I’m running around the vines. This stops me making a fool of myself where everyone is watching! I like to do ‘vine bending’. Which is where you use the vines as poles and I like to jump over the fences, all while chatting to my club. Also the lag isn’t nearly as bad at the Equestrian Centre as it is at Steve’s. Finally, there aren’t as many people there which is good because whenever I do go to Steve’s I get “Li Li” -Friend invite- -Group invite- “Hello Li” and it is just too much! I think this has been the most frustrating quests ever, the birthday quizzes. I, actually, quite enjoyed the idea of doing a quiz for the part of the birthday outfit. I liked the mix in questions as well, as it was everything from horses, history of Jorvik, and even Mrs Holdsworth old job. However, there weren’t any proper new quests this month, which is quite sad as my favourite thing in game is new quests. But, it is a common theory that the new area and new story quests might be one of the same… Pandoria… I love Halloween. I don’t actually celebrate it in real life, so it is always lots of fun to get into the Halloween spirit in game. I love the colours, tastes, smells and the mystery. This has been the best Halloween year as last year they added a lot of the things after Halloween. But this year we got the apples, ghost train, quests, outfits, ghosts and Spider pig (all I can say is going into the dressage arena at the riding hall and look up). I am still in love with my Lipi from last month, so it is only right that she gets mentioned again! I just love the body shape, the colours and the animations of this horse. They are so smooth and graceful and they have even started to make me enjoy riding larger horses as compared to the similar sized English Thoroughbred, they are less ‘jolty’. I hope that Star Stable releases similar horses in the future. Since I have a brand new account to quest on, I have been doing the Moorland Pole bending a lot. I love Western riding and I think it should be used more in the game. I really like the race as I’m lazy and it is short but gives you 125 xp. Also it is more about control and less about the actual speed, which I also really like. Finally, it is in Moorland and if often overlooked by the normal pro racers so novices like me get a chance!
One word: you. What is you? Who are you? Why do you like being you? And don’t say you don’t, because let’s face it, you do. “I’m okay at netball, I guess”. Give it a rest you’re amazing, and you know it. But you don’t say you are. You tell yourself you’re bad, tell yourself you’re going to fail, you can’t do it. You set yourself for disappointment because you’re afraid to do badly. Being honest with yourself is the first step to being happy. I’m good at writing, not in everyone’s eyes but in mine, yes I’m good at writing. And I’m awful at edits, but I can get the eyes to look quite good. It’s the truth and I’m cool with it. But in the future who’s stopping me from improving my edits? No one. Just right now I’d rather improve my maths - which happens to be another strong point. And telling myself I’m good at these things really does make me feel good. Try it. One thing, tell yourself you’re good at one thing. And once you’ve done that, go and tell 5 people what they’re good at. Comment on a photo or video and tell them it was a good idea, that they’re an amazing drawer. Find a blog and tell people it looks beautiful. Then maybe you’ll get a comment back. And if you don’t, that’s okay too. As long as you’re putting positivity out there, it will come back to you. I promise it will come back to you. At the end of each day, before you go to sleep, say all the positive things that happened that day, and all the positive things that will happen tomorrow. Then tell yourself you’re beautiful and perfect before going to bed.
Because you are. A few crazy days as the game was taken up and down and up and down for bug fixes. But that Star Stable Birthday is finally here! This year it was a little different and to earn the birthday outfit you had to do these quizzes. I really like the idea, as it is a lovely change, but a lot of the answers were’t actually quite right, which did make it harder! If you haven’t yet managed to get the answers click here for some help!
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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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