Yoville in Edit Mode ... My Other Life

Thanksgiving

2012-01-06T23:48:00.001-08:00

Thanksgiving

Wild Wild Western YoTown

2012-01-06T23:47:00.003-08:00

cowboys

Mafia, Second Time Around

2012-01-06T23:47:00.001-08:00

Mafia encore

Fun Fair too

2012-01-06T23:46:00.001-08:00

fun fair

I forgot the Spellbound

2012-01-06T23:45:00.005-08:00

Spellbound

Ski Lodge

2012-01-06T23:45:00.003-08:00

Christmas ski Lodge

Winter wonderland

2012-01-06T23:45:00.001-08:00

winter wnderland

Christmas Nutcracker

2012-01-06T23:44:00.003-08:00

it is a nutcraker theme

So Many Things Had Happened

2012-01-06T23:44:00.001-08:00

Yes so many things have happened

New Halloween Costumes in Yo

2011-10-25T23:49:00.000-07:00

Been busy busy busy in the real world ... it is taking too much of my time now that I can barely load yoville. What was I or what am I busy about? Oh that's the real world and I'm not telling about that here :)

So I logged in at yo and whoaa ... a whole new house called "Spooky Village" and lotsa costumes. As usual, buying at the events suck but I still have what was left of the pink retro proceeds so I battled it out. When frustration sank in ... I just had to get them at the stores.

The costumes are good, some are novelties like the headless queen and knight. Although I got most of the new clothing items including accessories, I am not really digging them. I like to dress up my avatars and create a "character on them. The new costumes is like giving everything away that I feel one just needs to wear it and so everyone who bought the same thing will be wearing it just as I wear it .

I was asking myself why I bought these things again. I have too much as in too much already and I keep adding in. Somehow or the other, I need to get rid of the MULTIPLES at least, It has been insane ... I buy multiples of clothing items and store them at other avatars.

I was afraid that my account will be "lost" like my original account so I buy multiples. In case I lost the current account I consider my main ... I have the spare items at the other account. Absolutely insane as I look at it now. The insane amount of real money involved to buy yocash/coins is also insane!

I didn't realize how deeply I have fallen into this game. It's funny I never thought about that before. And I am just talking about clothing items. Oh well ..

Here are some more pairings..

YoRehab Contest Madness (Room Decorating Contest)

2011-10-24T23:14:00.000-07:00

Today I won another decorating contest at YoRehab Contest Madness and I am happy about it ...not that so happy but happy enough that I can still do it. Well, I have not been making any rooms and the room was done in rush-rush mode like an hour and a half. I actually did two rooms :

First Choice and 1st Place- Graveyard Rooms

Second Choice

I am not really a halloween person and I am not really liking chaos in the room, even if it is organized chaos --- so I chose the top one with the little bone wagon. It won me 30k yocoins from YoRehab. Sweet!

Winning top prize means I cannot win for the next 4 weeks so I will be resting my contest urge. I like joining YoRehab room decor contest - it is admin choice and I don't have to bother my friends for votes. I am just so shy I guess to ask favors - well, that's the real life me. I am not discussing that real life here because this is my "other life", remember?

These are my previous "wins from YoRehab ... Fantasy and Poker rooms ... all top prize! Oh I am just happy and proud ad I don't mean to sound like I am bragging. I have lots of other "wins" and yeah, I miss blogging about those in my periods of absences here. So I will be sharing those wins in future posts ...


1st Prize - Fantasy Room


1st Place - Poker Room

I love YoRehab and so far I believe it is loving me. There are great entries and I am just so glad that I have nailed it. Agent L is so awesome !!! I love her, no mess no fuss. Last week there was some drama on the contest (pictograph theme) and it was nasty. Some people into drama attracts the very drama they create ... tsk tsk, nasty! As for me, I am so allergic to drama that I will run away from it at the first sight. It invites negativity and hate - they are not within any breathing distance of my nature.

But let me share you my secret in joining admin choice contest ---- always submit at the last hour or minutes. You don't need to display your entry for everyone to see, copy or create drama on. If you are entering a contest you should have enough confidence to think positively and believe you have a chance in winning. Therefore, you don't need to ego trip on the number of likes or nice comments to your entry. They don't matter ... what matters is you get too be chosen by the admins voting for the winners.

I Am Back to Where I Started

2011-10-21T06:27:00.000-07:00

I have been administering a Facebook fan page - Yoville Design Network - for more than a year now. Prior to this page, I was helping out with a club page ... this club page is, shall I say, defunct ... or on time out? I am not sure but I guess the drama they make just got into them and they ended up fighting each other ...

Sometimes I wonder if I have to write about these things on facebook as still part of "My Other Life" but the things that happen are somehow connected with the only game I play. These things that happen, outside of the game, but I guess very much about the game --- are very real --- no longer in edit mode.

Whatever or whichever way I look at it, I guess I must write about it. Events having to do with the game LOL this is after all ... and should be .. a journal!

I have not being doing yo for a long time ... I guess I am bored and just so plainly frustrated with the game itself and some people who play it. If not for the page and the fans who are on it, I would have just poofed! Oh well .... anyways, yesterday I tweeked some rooms from the old Haunted Castle and posted them. Two rooms :

The rooms are old and I just added a few new items. The fans or friends as I want to call them .... loved the rooms. I am so glad to know that even if I have slackened doing rooms and making some relevant outputs --- these people will always welcome me back. I got likes and nice comments about my work ... These are people I don't even know ..., and yes, they liked my work. I didn't have to ask my friends, my sister, my neighbor to like it nor did I have to get my alter account to like it LOL ...

And so I am back to where I probably started before ... a lot of people are still interested in learning about frames. If some people learned doing it, there will always be other people willing to learn frames and some other things. Not just frames .. there are so many things to share ... sharing has always been my intention in making my facebook notes and this blog. And so I must .., if only for the facebook fans that needed whatever little knowledge I can share or facilitate to share.

It is Friday !!! TGIF--- my real life goes crazy on weekends --- that's the time I play family! Say somethign nice to someone today and you will be glad you did !

Letters ... Letters ...

2011-10-19T22:09:00.000-07:00

There is a new gimmick in yo ... letters!!! Supposedly players can form or assemble them into messages .. cool! The only problem is that ... they are too small and viewed with the whole expanse of the room, I think the purpose will not be served.

Am I sounding like I am whining :P Well, to tell you the truth, I haven't done any rooms at all for ages!!! I am just into hotdog-nitro-avatar stuff Maybe I am bored and not too excited at all with the kind of gimmicks that zynga has been offering -- just one big word -- LAME !!!

Have a great day yo ... it doesn't take too much to be nice :) say something good to anyone today ..BOO!

Remember Me?

2011-10-17T10:01:00.000-07:00

Remember me? I have committed the worst thing that can happen to a blog ... not posting! I have not been regularly posting until I it went to a real stop. I guess I am bored with the game LOL and frustrated too! I also had RL matters that needed attention .. and which I need not say here :P This is my other life ... my gaming life and this blog is about that gaming life!

I have just been playing the game in terms of nitros and hotdogs LOL. This morning when I logged in and saw the Spellbound broom (reward for the dibs game) shown here,I thought of recording it and sharing it with gaming friends. I even called a friend to help me play it the way I saw it on the billboard promo of the reward game ...

It wouldn't work and I said yeah, another lamer from zynga. I had to bother my good friend who is happily playing in the happy land of Crowdstar (Happy Pets, happy Aquarium etc) It was only a little later that I realized that the broom is just a reward and there is no game on it .. the dibsgame has been played to win the broom .. simple but I didn't get it hahahaha.

So I thought I should play the game again for real than just nitros and hotdogs. Maybe I will repost here some of the other items I posted from other pages/sites ... after all this blog is all forsharing knowledge with my gaming friends and whoever else wants to read it.

This is My Other Life .. in Yoville it is a Game !! Hello!!!

2011-10-17T10:00:00.001-07:00

I am back ... AGAIN .. to blogging! This is my other life and so I must live it !!!

Designer Drama II

2011-08-01T14:30:00.000-07:00

Yeah , there are still some and I really mean they should cut it out. Nope, I am not part of it ... I have ran away from all these to the best I could. I wish they can just snap out of it. We are playing yoville on our down time and that down time should be fun. We all have enough drama in our real lives that to see drama unfold or at the worst be in the middle of it just plain suck bad!

LoyLuv and LuvLoy

2011-07-08T19:13:00.000-07:00

Small as she is, Loy has the biggest mouth I have ever known. You ask her one simple question and she gives you five different answers. Plus she googles it and slam her findings to your face --- she does these in like 3 minutes after you asked her the question!

I will keep this open for edit and she will probably think I am putting her aside as always nyahahaha gaga

Create Your Own Yochandelier

2011-07-08T19:12:00.000-07:00

Create your own one-of-a-kind yoville chandelier to add some "bling" to your room. You can either make it in the shape of a cone, a triangle or a circle.

Use your imagination, look for small items that can be put together to "make" a chandelier. Check out your freebies. Remember the basic shapes or forms - cylinder, triangle and circle. Here are some of the items that can be helpful (please note, however, that some items here have been discontinued like the yacht/beach items so if you have them or can find them, use them)

Chandeliers are placed on ceilings, the top of the room. First, you have to determine the best spot to place them then start your assembly from that spot. Here are some suggestions:

Center of the Room - Serving as focal point which can be further accessorized

Center of the Room with Smaller Chandeliers on Both Sides Bigger chandelier on the middle and smaller ones on the sides

Two Opposing Sides Use your better judgement to determine where to place them, two opposing sides or just one side, top of stairs as shown in this picture.

One Side Top of Stairs

Assemble the items to form the shape of your choice. You can search the internet for actual pictures of chandeliers if you need some inspiration. Here are some pictures you may find helpful in assembling your chandelier.

Assemble the items as shown; You may need to "overlap" some items to get the visual effect

You just have to try making your own yochandeliers. You will be amazed at how your imagination can work and where it can take you. Good luck and happy decorating! \

I would like to thank my dear friend LoyLuv for contributing ideas here and for some of the graphics on this post. LoyLuv is the subject of my next post.

CONQUER THE BLACK SPACES IN YOUR YOVILLE ROOMS - 3 WAYS

2011-07-08T12:23:00.000-07:00

If you have decorated a room or clicked the edit button to move things around, you probably know by now that there are certain items that can “float” or things that you can place anywhere in and outside of the room, including the black spaces around it. Rugs, shelves, frames, posters, some plants, some freebies are “floaters”. There are also items like chairs that you cannot place at certain angles inside the room, near the room edges or on those black spaces. You also can’t place most items on swimming pools. So, wouldn’t it be great to use some extra space to give your room the semblance of space and depth?

The “Profiler Method”

The best working method, as of this writing, is the Profiler Method also know as the “Left Click/Right Click”. I just call it the “Profiler Method” for lack of any other name and mostly because I see that little flash menu every time I do the right click. This method does not work on Firefox or Safari, it occasionally works on Chrome and works perfectly on Internet Explorer (IE).

1. On edit, left click the item you want to move, the item will appear transparent and “lifted” from the box. Right click while holding the left then release.

2. Left click on the spot where you want to move the item, right click and the item is moved. Hold your mouse for a second to make sure the item stays. If the item moves back to your inventory, just repeat the process.

Here’s a video to illustrate the process:

When this “Profiler Method” won’t work for you, there are two more ways to conquer the black space …

THE QUICK TOSS METHOD

This is how I usually do it … I would place the item on either the leftmost side or rightmost side of the inventory bar depending on where I want the item placed — left or right. On edit, I would remove other items from my inventory bar until the item I want to use is placed on the right or left edge of the bar. Using the edit function, quickly toss or flick the item to the direction where you want to place it. Since the black space or the edge of the room is almost at the very edge of the inventory bar, it will only take a flick of the wrist …. say about an inch to two inches toss.

You will notice the item is “transparent” and goes back to your inventory bar. Watch the item, it will be “normal color” once it stays. Do it again and again until you get the item in place. You may “feel” the cursor or mouse kinda “sticky” and eventually, you will get it. Save the room first before rotating the item, this is to make sure the item stays if in rotating you lose it back to your inventory.

THE SLOW METHOD

The slow method has the same “principles” as the “quick toss”. Here, you drag the item SLOWLY towards the edge and out the inventory. Again, watch the item till its color turns normal then surely the item stays. The downside here is you can only place the item at the black space at the edge of the inventory bar.

Practice makes perfect. Try using any of the methods and conquer your black space. Make a pool bar, sit on the cliff, the possibility of your imagination is endless.

Note: this is a “recycled” post from my blogsite and facebook notes 08/10 on the same subject

Designer Drama

2011-07-06T23:49:00.001-07:00

Run away!!!

When Lives Overlap

2011-07-06T23:48:00.000-07:00

I would like to talk about this lengthily when I am ready

Yes, No Posts Till Now

2011-07-06T23:47:00.000-07:00

I have not been postimng since last year !

Make Your Own Christmas Wreath

2010-11-29T05:32:00.000-08:00

Make Your Own Christmas Wreath

You don’t have Christmas items ? … and you are dying to decorate especially so because Thanksgiving has left! Well, if you have a little budget to spend, you can make your own Christmas wreath to get into the feeling of Christmas!

Here’s how:

1. Clear the room you want to use.

2. Use black walls and floor.

3, Get those bushes from YoDepot and arrange them in a circle. You may use a circular rug as a guide.

4. Get 3 fog-o-lanterns and arrange them like berries at the bottom of the wreath. Go to the enchanted line (Living) at the furniture store and get two of the dark green or lighter colored leaf rug. Place them like “leaves” of the “berries”

5. This wreath is already good by itself but if you want to decorate it some more, you can always explore the possibilities. I used the red wall sconce of the whimsical line (living) for this wreath.

6. If you want to tidy up the room a bit you can do so. I used white border along the sides and filled up the other spaces using the lime colored carpet from the pool party line (living).

7. You can also just use black background and “black out” the room using those soiled carpets under the Trailer Home Theme line.

8. The possibility of designing your wreath is endless … My 6 year-old daughter made this wreath using the freebie plushies, campyo bushes she got from the old mystery deals and the mystery gifts …

Happy decorating !!!

MAKE YOUR OWN PATIO DOORS WITH A VIEW

2010-11-23T05:01:00.000-08:00

MAKE YOUR OWN PATIO DOORS WITH A VIEW

Wanting to buy those doors and windows but not have enough yocash ? Rejoice !!! I have a framework idea that will fit that need. You can make your own doors and windows! Better, make your patio doors opening or overlooking an awesome view.

Here’s our step by step:

1. Download graphics (sceneries and doors) Be guided by our previous post on choosing your graphics or images. Click here to check on that previous post.

2. Using ordinary MsPaint, open the scenery graphics/image.

3. Resize your graphics to a workable size, use pixels. You can always resize it again later. Maintain the aspect ratio and remember the vertical pixel size (write it down).

4. Pull the lower right corner to widen your working area.Click select and select the image area, click cut (image disappears) then click paste (image appears back)

5. Drag the image towards the center of the working area.

6. Open another paint (like the way you open the earlier MsPaint) and open up your doors graphics. You now have 2 MsPaint running.

7. You can crop any way you want the doors to be. I only use one door then flip or rotate it the other way.

8. Use pixels to resize your door, indicate the vertical pixels (same as the scenery graphics) . Be sure to uncheck the ratio box

9. Select the image, then click copy and paste it on the other paint where the scenery is

10. After pasting, drag the door to the one side of the graphic. Be sure to check for door knobs , they should be facing the right way !

11. Go back to the other paint with the door. Click rotate then flip it horizontally. Click select to select the image. Click copy and paste it on the paint where the scenery is.

12. Drag the door to the other side of the scenery graphics and you should now have patio doors with a view! Crop the image then resize it for framing .

Be guided by our post on resizing your image for cutting through digital croppers. Click here to view that post.

Above pic is one of my rooms with patio doors and below are other “patio doors with views” that I made. If you want to download and use them, click on the pic and help yourself. Have fun doing your rooms with them !

Conquering That Black Space Around Your Yoville Rooms

2010-11-15T13:07:00.000-08:00

CONQUER THAT BLACK SPACE

This is a re post of a very early note (Aug 2010) I did in my Facebook Notes and edited a bit. Due to insistent demand for the topic, I am sharing it here. I have a lot of friends passionate about this topic.Que sera sera …

Items Placed on "Black Space"

If you have decorated a room or clicked the edit button to move things around, you probably know by now that there are certain items that can “float” or things that you can place anywhere in the room. To mention a few, carpet, shelves, frames, posters, some plants, some freebies etc. There are also things that you cannot place at certain angles inside the room, like against the wall, near the room edges. So, wouldn’t it be great to use some extra space to give your room the semblance of space and depth? After all, most designers advise to maximize the space, cover that black space, level your room etc etc.

Finished Room

First, let me make this clear — the placement of things on the “black space” may or mat not be a GLITCH that ZYNGA/Yoville Game Developers may or may not be aware of. Meaning — they may fix the glitch (if it is) later and we won’t really be able to place things or fix the glitch the other way around and we can fully utilize the space. So, leaving it a that, let’s try to do the best way possible to utilize that space …. NOW!!! We do not live in caves anymore, everyone knows about this!

Swimming Pools are "Black Spaces" Too

It took me a lot of practice to do things this way but once you have “mastered the art” … it would be “easy peasy” like my dear friend Kristi D would say. Kristi D is one of my favorite designers and she has taught me a lot of things and this black space “throwing” is one of them and the very first I learned from her. “Just throw the item to the room until it stays” … so I did and did and did. Then I realized it meant quick successive pulling of the item from the inventory and tossing it to the space you want the item to stay…

You can also utilize the swimming pool "as a black space" and place things like what I did with my pool bar (with bar stools you can actually sit on!)

THE QUICK TOSS METHOD

This is how I usually do it … I would place the item on either the leftmost side or rightmost side of the inventory bar depending on where I want the item placed — left or right. On edit, I would remove other items from my inventory bar until the item I want to use is placed on the right or left edge of the bar You can do it two ways —- slow or fast. I find the “fast” method more rewarding (for me). Using the edit function, quickly toss or flick the item to the direction where you want to place it. Since the black space or the edge of the room is almost at the very edge of the inventory bar, it will only take a flick of the wrist …. say about an inch to two inches toss. You will notice the item is “transparent” and goes back to your inventory bar. Watch the item, it will be “normal color” once it stays. Do it again and again until you get the item in place. You may “feel” the cursor or mouse kinda “sticky” and eventually, you will get it. I usually save the room first before rotating the item, this is to make sure the item stays if in rotating you lose it back to your inventory.

Pool Party House Bathroom On Edit

THE SLOW METHOD

Now, the slow method. The slow method has the same “principles” as the “quick toss”. Here, you drag the item SLOWLY towards the edge and out the inventory. Again, watch the item till its color turns normal then surely the item stays. The downside here is you can only place the item at the black space at the edge of the inventory bar. Just look at my room pics to give you an idea how far you can throw these things out of your inventory.


More items placed ...

Finished Room

THE “PROFILER” METHOD

There is a third method (I figure it is some sort of profiler thingy) …. sometimes it works and there are times, it doesn’t. You click an item from the inventory to move it. Hold down the left mouse button of your mouse and click the right mouse button then let it go. You will see the iem in your inventory and it seems to "float" in the inventory bar. Drag the pointer where you want the item to be and click on the right mouse button. The item will supposedly “fly” to that space you want the item to be and stays there. I tried doing this, there were some success and most times, the item goes back to the inventory. This method works better with Internet Explorer (IE) and at times with Google Chrome. And I believe there are times it works and times it doesn't. So when you get it to work, take advantage !!!