Random: Humans, Elves, and The Abused Slimes

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The most abused monster on Isya is the wide-eyed purple slime.

The slime is the epitome of a nub.

The slime's habitat is in green forests. The green and purple combination of colors displays a similar appearance of a children's hero, Barney. The life expectancy of a slime is 10 seconds. In rare cases, 10 minutes. 1000s of slimes are killed each day by newborn Isyans in their quest to become stronger. However, in more cruel cases, some bored Isyans use their most powerful skill to test their damage on these innocent-looking monsters. This is the reality on all servers and possibly throughout the world. It is said that slimes used to be cruel Isyans in the past and as a punishment by Isya they were born as slimes.

Slimes only attack when provoked and are an easy target for all classes. In extreme nub moment cases, one Isyan dies for every 1,000,000 slimes. The probability of dying is 0.0000001%. In cases where an Isyan dies by a slime, the person is advised to not log on for a month because of embarrassment and bullying. In a country far away, some Isyans have established a law to ban people who are reported to have been killed by a slime. Unfortunately, reporting Isyans is difficult as the slimes (who can be used for evidence) who have killed an Isyan are usually KSed quickly by a nub and the evidence disappears. Sometimes, the reporters are accused of seeking attention or holding a grudge. While the chance of dying from a slime is rare, it does happen. The best advice is to keep this information stuck in the past.

Size comparison against a below average elf.

In Isya's horrible history, slimes have been killed in order to achieve level 79 during the level 79 cap. The act of capping on slimes seems to be popular among many Isyans. Isyans speculate the reason why this happens is because we all started training on slimes and so they end it (capping) on slimes. Videos of capping on slimes:

Capping on slimes still happens today on all servers.

A long time ago, there was a group called the Slime Busters. The organization was responsible for controlling the slime population. Any Isyan could join, both good and evil, to kill these pests. The Slime Busters went on missions to kill as many slimes as they could. The missions were called Slime Busters Unite! Example of a Slime Busters Unite! mission:

In one extreme case never to be forgotten, one of the members killed the slimes inhumanely. He killed the slimes by beheading the slimes. He gathered enough members to practise unusual and evil rituals. The reason for his actions are unknown, but it was reported that his girlfriend died by a slime. Some argue that his girlfriend was powerleveled and deserved to die. The group was banned from the Slime Buster's organization, but they later on created the Slime Head organization.

Picture of a real authentic Slime Head member. Slime Head members wore slime masks that were made by beheading real slimes. Slime masks were used in ancient rituals. Many fake slime masks can be seen today and are sold as souvenirs.

The Slime Head organization believes that slimes are "not worthy". Many slimes were tortured and used as a sacrifice. One example of a sacrificed slime lives in Moonlight Tomb. The Slime Head organization was cited for cruel and inhumane acts and the members were sentenced to Collapsed Prizon's top security. Both of the organizations were closed down. However, the Slime Busters Unite! missions still remain today. Recently, the name was changed to King Slime's Counterattack.

Despite the atrocious actions that humans and elves have inflicted onto the slime community, many others have made an effort to have close relations. Humans, elves, and slimes understand the problems that have happened in the past and want a better future. Many groups have been formed to protect slime rights and slimes have agreed to not attack Isyans unless attacked. However, problems still exists between the three groups in today's society.

A poster created to stop slime abuse.

The poster above states,"We must be the change we wish to see." If Isyans do not want to see abuse happening today then Isyans must do something about it to see change. Some Isyans have taken young orphaned slimes as pets and it is very popular among the teen community to have a slime pet. Although, for many, it is not as appealing as the honeying pet. It is still progress for better relations with the slime kingdom.

An Isyan with her new slime pet, Nub.

Random: Suffocating Waves (poem)

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Hello guys!

I remember reading poems in high school and I just read a poem on the forums. I searched on the Internet on what exactly is the purpose of poems. I'll be honest, I use to think they were just useless and have no meaning. So being the curious person I am, I queried why people make poems. I read of all the answers on Yahoo! Answers (a place I visit a lot) and I really wanted to make a poem of my own. I've never got to posting a poem because every time I make one at night I fall asleep. I think at my best around night time, but I guess I can't make poems at night as I sleep without noticing. I'm not going to share this on the forums in my signature as I feel that, well, I'm a nub at this haha (maybe I will until I feel a little more confident about it). Anyway, hope you enjoy!

Suffocating Waves

A wave silently creeps over me,
Laughter and more laughter echoes around.
Distant on an island,
I stand.
I call out to those far in the distance,
Far away they may be,
No one notices.
Around I search on this island,
Spacious and sandy,
No one here.
Except me and the waves.
Useless waves and only me.
Another wave overcomes,
I sigh, sit, and stare with no expression and,
I squint at the soulless sun subsiding.
I dream to be with another to share the waves,
Laughter and more laughter,
No one here.
I survey the island once again,
Laughter and more laughter,
No one here.
I lay down empty.
Now thinking of days that shouldn't be,
Days that cannot be forgotten,
Days that always appear,
Days that I regret.
The waves start to recede,
I look in curiosity.
The waves rise,
Climbing higher and higher while gathering all the air,
Suffocating,
I cannot say a thing.
Down the waves crash on to me!
Water flows instantly over my body,
Mind,
Soul.
Laughter and more laughter, people are around.

That ends my attempt at making a poem. If you guys have suggestions for me to improve, let me know. Next poem will be related to Fiesta. I'll be posting my Saturday Update soon!

Random: Earth, Water, Air, and Fire

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No, I'm not going to talk about Pokemon, but maybe another time! I was watching Avatar the Airbender the other day and I was inspired to do a blog post about the elements. Avatar is a kid show, but it's a very good kid show! It's very beautiful and the content is also great. It has a lot of meaning and if you watch the whole series, you can tell how much work was put into it. As for the movie, I haven't watched it, but I heard it sucked. Haven't you noticed that most movies based on cartoons/anime that are made in America suck compared to the cartoon/anime series? For example, Dragonball Z. The movie wasn't so great from what I can remember. A movie that is in production right now I believe is Bleach and I hear Zac Efron is going to be the main star. Sometimes, I think these type of movies are just mainly to make money and take advantage of our cartoon/anime interests. Hmm...

Anyways, sorry for the off-topic part, but I just wanted to share that. The focus of this blog post will be on Earth and Water. If I could describe my element best, it would be Earth. Earth can symbolize rough, rigid, rules. Earth involves the body and it involves animals, land, and anything that contains matter. Work is an earthly matter and we must keep on working to sustain our earthly needs. We need rules and regulations in the work place so that work moves on smoothly and without disruption. To gain something that is earthly, we need to work in an earthly manner. So, what is this earthly manner that I speak of? Some of you may not like it, but in order to gain something, you need to work for it and you need to be consistent. You need rules, regulations, or standards to work with. That is one reason why I believe we have rules in the work place and of course to avoid chaos. The emphasis that I'm trying to make is that we need rules to get work done. There are probably other ways to do work, but doing work in an earthly manner is the main way that most work gets done.

Here are examples below to show how people achieve things with earthly characteristics:

Athletes. They have to work hard and they need knowledge. They take advice from a health professional and they have to eat the right foods everyday. They work in an earthly manner by doing a routine each day. Sure, they can have a fiery passion to do some things, but fire is not consistent like earth. No one does
jobs more better than an earthly person. They do the job and they do it everyday. This is earth's main territory.

School. Which students are known for doing well in school? Asians. Before I give an explanation, I would like to note that not all Asians are smart and that thinking they are all smart, while it may seem like a good stereotype, is still a stereotype. I believe we should look at people individually instead of grouping people up together. Anyways, the reason why Asians are perceived to be smart and are good at school is because of the hard work that they do. They are very earthly in doing their education. Knowledge is something gained in an earthly way. You need to read books to gain knowledge. Also, what do Asian students have in common? A strict parent. These parents know how to work and they have earthly rules and standards placed on to their children. I believe to succeed in school, having a fiery passion is one thing, but having earthly standards will definitely make you succeed. Not that I'm saying that only Asians do this. Has anyone ever had a friend that had a strict parent? Did they do good in school? I'm assuming yes. So, to succeed in school, you need to do it an earthly strict way. There's just no other way in getting good grades, unless you cheat your way there.

People losing weight. In order to get the earthly result of losing weight, you need to do it in an earthly manner which are rules, standards, and setting expectations for yourself everyday. Rule #1: No eating late at night. Rule #2: Do not eat sweets such as cupcakes. Rule #3: Exercise 30 minutes a day. Maintaining health is also another earthly thing you should be doing for the rest of your life. With that being said, that relates to my next example.

Hygiene. We all practise hygiene, correct? I hope we ALL do. Anyways, we are consistent with brushing our teeth and by washing ourselves each day. It can be best described as earthly by the routines we do each day. It's an earthly matter we must do for the rest of our lives. Ever wonder why some people have beautiful skin? Clean faces? Muscles? It's because of earthly activities that they do each day. It is because of hard work. Unless, you have good genes... there's really no other way to accomplish these earthly results besides surgery and steroids, but these are big decisions and doing small activities would help you more in life than fixing your problems with money. Just do the work.

So, how exactly do we achieve our goals in a company, a school, a group, or something personal? It's by having standards, rules, regulations, and expectations. How do we achieve higher goals? It's by having higher standards. That concludes my explanation about earth. What about water? Water, to me, is the emotions. It is the soul. It is emotional and it is understanding.

Now, with high earthly standards, we can achieve a lot, but I also find a problem with being too earthly or too rigid. Earth needs water to loosen it up. While earthly activities are important to keep on surviving, we also have to remember why we are doing these earthly activities in the first place. Just working can really be a very boring thing. In life, there is much more to life than just work and possessions. Remember, why you are doing the work in the first place?

The world is beautiful and big and we shouldn't focus only on the rules. Rules are set in stone to guide us. Their purpose is to get work done, and we all do work to sustain our lives. We are working for our life. So, what about life do you feel emotional about? Is it your family? Your friends? Your pets? We all have a reason to work. Even though you lose weight, or get the good grades, or have beautiful earthly items, it's just items and there's more to life than work and material possessions. A person that is just earthly has no soul if I can explain it best, and is prone to being depressed, and that person may lose their motivation for working. Remember, balance is important. We need to take care of our body, our mind, and soul.

Another problem with being an earthly type of person is being too rigid and not understanding of others. With earthly type of people, they tend to think that there is only one way and there is no other way in doing something. I believe that there are many ways in achieving a goal and that many people can contribute. Earth people need a bit of water to be more understanding and to be less rigid in their beliefs.

People also tend to forget the real purpose of certain institutions because of rules and regulations. Water will help rigid people understand what each institutions were made for. For example, school is a place to learn and if that is ever forgotten, then the person will have failed the school's expectation. Another example is religion, I don't want to get into a religion debate or anything, but something about some religious people is that they are too focused on the rules and standards set in stone, and forget the real reason of what religion is all about. Rules and regulations are important for progress and life, but they are not everything there is to life. What life means to you is all up to you. Hopefully, you never lose the meaning of your work. In my opinion, there's more to the world than rules and regulations. There is love, life, community, and many more things. The thing about earthly type of people is that sometimes they don't see the whole picture and only focus on one aspect such as rules or just work.

Anyways, one earthly matter that I didn't attend to was my Saturday Update. I feel disappointed in myself. I made this rule that I would do a Saturday Update every Saturday. I missed posting my Saturday Update because I lost Internet connection for about three days. This is the first time I missed my Saturday Update, but no worries. It was just a guideline to help me blog and post. The rule served it's purpose, and I will still continue to post each Saturday. This is another thing about earthly matters. Random things will happen in your life and sometimes there's nothing you can do about it. My advice for these random events in life is don't dwell on the past, keep on moving, and what's more important is what you do.

Questions:
What are you? Are you an earth person? Or are you a water person? Or are you both? What % is earth and water? Or are you not an earth or water person at all?

Comments are welcomed. :] Thanks for reading and I'll post my update soon! Hopefully, nothing stops me this time. >.<

Random: With Money You Can Buy a House, but Not a Home...

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With money you can buy a house, but not a home.
With money you can buy a clock, but not time. 
With money you can buy a bed, but not sleep.
With money you can buy a book, but not knowledge.
With money you can buy a doctor, but not good health.
With money you can buy a position, but not respect.
With money you can buy blood, but not life.
With money you can buy smexx, but not love.

This is a Chinese proverb I found on the Internet while reading another blog. I wanted to share it with you all as I really like this proverb and I decided to make one that is related to Fiesta. The proverb uses money to buy material items, but it also states what cannot be bought. To me, it means that money cannot buy everything. I don't value money so much, but more so on hard work. All I ever need money for is to buy food, water, and what is necessary for me to survive like sparkcash (just joking...hehe).

This proverb also makes me think of the material possessions that we own and how we put a lot of value into those possessions (whether it is a material or not). I believe these possessions cause a lot of problems to people and if you understand how people are in real life...you can realize that this happens in-game as well. I believe material possessions cause envy, greed, jealousy, gluttony, and pride which these cause wrath and sloth. Now, I assume a lot of people do not like these words, but this is what makes a human a human. As people, we are both "good" and "bad".

I understand now that everyone experiences all of these "evil" emotions which are a part of being a human. It is human nature. It is like being a "nub". It is because we are all imperfect. With these misunderstood feelings understood... I believe what's more important is the actions that you take and that will truly show who you are as a person. I hope I didn't confuse anyone...as I have a hard time explaining this...haha. Also, these are just my opinions so don't take these as facts.

Anyways, here's something I made which is similar to that proverb...

With money you can buy a mushroom, but not a home.
With money you can buy powerlevels, but not a friend.
With money you can buy skills, but not knowledge.
With money you can buy an experience boost, but not patience.
With money you can buy a beauty shop coupon, but not confidence.
With money you can buy roars, but not respect.
With money you can buy gifts, but not kindness.
With money you can buy a guild, but not a family.
With money you can buy a costume, but not inner beauty.
With money you can buy a spouse, but not love.

That's all I wanted to share...have a good day. :]

Random: Anime Inspired Faces. Can You Guess Which Anime Characters I Chose?

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Good afternoon everyone~! :]

So, today I was thinking of anime for some reason. I was looking through an old thread on the forums about anime in the off-topic section (LF Good Anime D8 by leobaloy), and I remembered trying to create anime faces a long time ago in Vietree's Beauty Shop. Today, I decided to make a blog entry on trying to make my character's faces look like an anime character's face (I tried my best with the limited selection within the shop). See if you can figure out which anime character I'm trying to make my character's face look like. Five points for each correct answer. Good luck!

Note: Please don't laugh at my failed attempts...haha...and also my anime choices. D:

First anime character look-a-like:

"Don't call me small!"
(something an archer would say...lolz)

Second anime character look-a-like:

"Nothing personal. It's just revenge."

Third anime character look-a-like:

" I stand for love. And I also stand for justice. And in the name of the Moon, I will punish you!"

Fourth anime character look-a-like:

"Guy-sensei is the coolest! He practically GLOWS with cool!"

Fifth anime character look-a-like:

"Tsubaki! Koten Sanshun! I reject!"

Sixth anime character look-a-like:

"(To Miroku) You. Will. Stop. Flirting... Right?"

Seventh anime character look-a-like:

"I was going to let you go; after all, there aren't many of us out there, but you're just such a pain in the ass."

This character is actually my level 86 cleric Peachbomb. Her look is inspired by an anime character. Some people think I look like Princess Peach from Mario. Does she really look like Princess Peach to you?

Answers:

1. Edward Elric from Full Metal Alchemist
2. Afro from Afro Samurai
3. Serena Tsukino from Sailor Moon
4. Rock Lee from Naruto
5. Orihime Inoue from Bleach
6. Sango from InuYasha
7. Lucy from Elfen Lied

Note:  The names might have changed when being translated from Japanese to English. I didn't search on this too much, but this is what I got.

Extra Credit (15 points):

Does anyone know who inspired this hairstyle option in-game? Not from an anime, but in real life.

Answer:

A South Korean celebrity named Sandara Park who is in a Kpop group called 2NE1. She started her career in the Philippines, and moved on to South Korea to further her career.

I didn't expect anyone to know this...lol. Who knew there was somebody with this hairstyle in real life, and that it was inspired by a celebrity? I just found it interesting when I found this out. First, they had Kpop group inspired dances from Super Junior and Wonder Girls...

Green Bananas dance- Wonder Girls inspired:

Junior Pop dance- Super Junior inspired:

...and now they have a Korean inspired hairstyle. Very interesting. One of the reasons why I got interested in Kpop and other music from Asia was because of Fiesta Online. Does anyone know any other Korean inspired hairstyles in-game? Also, how many points did you guys get out of 35?

Anyways, hope you guys enjoyed this blog entry. If you guys have any suggestions for anime characters for me to copy (or other people)...please say so in the comments. All the anime I know is from Adult Swim...yeah I know I'm lame. If you guys are interested in anime and need suggestions...check out the link I posted at the top of this post. It has really good suggestions that I have never heard of before. Anyone else have suggestions for good anime?

Alright, that was fun! Until next time, stay safe, and have a good night! :]