Mistress Hrin's Granado Espada Blog

Hi guys,

Happy Valentines Day!

1. The Silence Of The Lambs

The dawn of CBT has broken. And I'm loving every moment of it!

The only thing I'm noticing is... the sound of silence. From you shy lambs. I know you guys are really eager to be Vespanola's very own Baygon, exterminating all bugs. We really appreciate it. But what we would love even more is for you guys to show some good old fashioned hospitality to your fellow Vespanoleans, especially to the new inhabitants of the land (Read: Noobs! ;p )

I know… you probably feel God-like now, being able to use that funky MCC function of having 3 characters to train concurrently. Well… sorry to tell you dude/dudette, no man is an island, ultimately. At higher levels, you will need to form squads with your fellow Vespanoleans for truly effective training and more importantly, for higher level quests. Here’s another hint: I’m not at liberty to reveal the exact figures, but let’s just say that when you form squads with other people, one experiences a major boom in the XP stock market. Hope that was ‘subtle’ enough. ;)

So now’s the time to start networking, people! No idea what to say to ge[INSERT NUMBER]?

“Hi~ Want to squad me? :) ” would be good.

Or you could always turn to the player beside you, give a psycho smile and say,"Hello Clarice..."

2. Contests

Yes! We will be having contests for CBT. After much deliberation with the team, we have finally shortlist the contests down to the following. However, this is not the final version. We would very much like your feedback on which of these contests you would like to see in the final cut. I will be setting up a poll here in the forums. Feel free to give some suggestions about what other contests you would like to see being implemented for CBT. Do bear in mind that IAH management will be making the final decision regarding which contests to use. In the meantime, start casting your votes!

a) Highest Family Level: Highest Level Family (Sum of all levels of family members)
b) Richest Family: The family with the most vis.
c) Top Bug Reporter: Most helpful person who submits the most bugs
d) Top Forum Poster: Most active voice in the forums
e) Good Samaritan Award: Most helpful player who helps out newbies and fellow GE-gamers either in-game or on the forums.
f) “My Beloved” Award: The NPCs have spoken! And they are telling us that you are their most beloved Vespanolean... just cos you've been such a sweetie in helping them out with their various errands. This award goes to the player who has done the most in-game quests.
g) Top Duelist: Player with the most wins for PVP.
h) Shakespeare's Protege Award: Shakespeare would have been proud to have a protege like you! This award goes to the person who posts the best articles, write-ups, player guides, replies on the forum
i) Dark Horse Award: You have awed everyone into silence because they are so impressed with that most creatively ingenious and out-of-this-world idea(s) that you have done. The prize will naturally be as iconic as you are.
j) Andre Janzur Fantastic Award: You know how Andre is constantly in one of his PMS-ing days mood? Well, you are the witty one who entertains him and all your fellow GE players by your funny and wacky antics in-game or forum-based

3. Game Support

Game support will be available between the hours of 0900-1800 (GMT +8) during the CBT period. Please note that Gamemasters will have the official [GM] tag in front of their name. So for example, GM Great will be tagged as [GM] Great in-game.

For any issues related to Bug Reporting, Feedback or Recovery issues, please address these issues in the game support section which has been officially set up on the website here.

4. Your emails!

Once again, thanks for all your emails! I’ve had quite a few complaints that “your photo on the website is too small. only passport size and quality very lousy… can you please please please post up bigger photo of yourself?”

The most amusing one I got went along the lines of “my graphix card sux big time… and i have bad eyesight… email me a photo of yourself ^^ ”

ROFL! I can almost imagine being defined in an imaginary GE dictionary:

Hrin (- noun)
1) Community Manager of Granado Espada
2) Enjoys walks along Port of Coimbra and HealthySpam in her Inbox
3) Her looks are dependent on how expensive your graphic card is. A 512 MB graphic card brings out the color of her eyes.

Aight. I hear you. Here’s my blown up picture. You might get nightmares tonight. Don’t say I didn’t warn you…



Yep. Therein ends “A day in the life of Hrin’s Outlook Express Inbox”

P/S: I had better not see my face being nip/tucked onto some random body on some adult site or you guys are so dead!

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