Thursday, June 3, 2010

PROM 2010!!!

It's that time of year where we can all dress up and re-live prom, especially for those of us who have passed the high school days. I've been anxiously awaiting gloves and dresses and I was so excited when I saw I got BOTH this morning! Just look at all the fun choices:

If you're one of those who don't have AmebaGold, don't fret -- I hear Gacha is giving away tuxedos and dresses. :)

In addition to the updated Path to Prom (the old high school hallway) and the all-new Prom Party Hall, also come new actions. They're really cute, especially the one called "I'd love to."

Aurora-tan's Prom Date!

Hi everyone! This is Aurora-tan!

As you know, there is a prom going on in PICO! When I first heard the news I was so thrilled, and soon received a letter from my good friend Sexy Sokka. It asked for me to meet him at the fountain . . .

There he is! I wonder what he wants . . .

It turns out that Sexy Sokka asked me to the PICO Prom! I was so flattered, of course I said yes!


I'm so excited!
I never knew Sexy Sokka had it in him!

Well, the first thing I had to go was get a new dress! Here is my latest little number . . .

Green and black go so good together don't they?

Fully dressed, I met Sexy Sokka inside the school and we strutted down the hallway in style.

We look so good!
As for Sexy Sokka, can you tell what character he is based off of?

When we got to the gym, it was decorated so nice with a grand dance hall, balloons, streamers, and Prom Sign! It was the perfect photo op!

They really outdid themselves this time!

After that we grabbed a table and drank some punch. I think someone spiked it, because soon we were feeling pretty excited!

Whoops! Almost fell from my chair!

There's new dance moves to buy in the School Gym!
Dance till you drop!

There was only one thing to do, dance! We soon found ourselves boogieing on the dance floor. We danced until the last couple left. It was so much fun! Afterwards, we headed to Make-Out Park for a little after-party . . .



Mwuah! I gave Sexy Sokka a kiss for the wonderful night. We both went home pretty happy that night! I hope you all have great PICO Proms too~

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

EVENT: 1 Million Balloon Event

1 Million Friends
Get yourself some fun balloons and fly them up into the air!!! You can release them in the PICO room on the main TRAVEL page or you can release them anywhere else. Even in your room. They function the same way.

1 Million Friends


1 Million Friends
Up! Up!...

1 Million Friends
Up! And Away!!!!

Have fun PICOfriends!

VIA: http://info.pico.ameba.net/2010/06/02/last-day-of-pico-room-photo-campaign

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

The Return of Gacha

The Return of Gacha

Yes gacha has returned. All pink and in the Newbie area. I was never a big fan since I usually never won anything, but at least they didn't do away with them. Some PICOplayers like to live without Ameba Gold.

Cute
Evil Catmid, which I will introduce later, lives exclusively through GACHA. She seems to get all the cute dresses and tokens. Sooo jealous!

Anywho, enjoy and have fun with the new Gacha items!

Tips & Tricks

school_2Ever wished you could face forward? Ever wondered how everyone is getting those cute emotion bubbles above their heads? Well this is the blog entry for you! I will cover some of the tricks I like to use to communicate and move through PICO in a more efficient/fun way.

But first, Turn yourself around and stop staring at the wall! Do you see that little orange triangle above my head? Click it till you are oriented properly. Watch yourself turn right round. Wasn't that easy? Well keep reading for more helpful tips!






ACTIONS_HOTKEYS_2

Ever wanted to get through actions faster? Well the hotkey example above will help you and it goes something like this:

You can pagedown and page up to scroll through your actions. Each row represents a F1 through F11 action. With exception to the F9-F10, each one has it's own. The key above is only for reference/example only. Depending on what actions YOU have, they will correspond to that. Also, there are new actions that will be coming in the future, so it will change the hotkeys. Keep watching for a new dance to come up in the past...

There are also certain actions you can combine in order to make other actions. For example, you can click one part of the room and while you are walking there, you can backflip and make a fun gymnastic style action. With other movements, you can combine them with smile.  Experiment and see what other fun actions you can produce!

emotion_bubbles

In PICOlandia, sometimes you see these fun little bubbles pop up or strange buttonless actions while you play. How do you get them/do them? Well, in the chatbox you can enter commands for actions/emotion bubbles as well. They correspond to the following:

/angry - angry shape
/big - grow bigger (only for April Fools Day)
/conf - confused scribble
/fun - music notes
/heart - hearts
/hungry - knife and fork
/insp - inspiration lightbulb
/kiss - lips
/min - makes you become "mini me"
/nekohebi - makes a cute kitty.
/panda - cute panda
/sad - teardrop
/sit - makes your pico sit on the floor.
/stand - makes your PICO stand up.
/stop - pauses action
/thumb - thumbs up
/zzz - puts your character to sleep.

tab + action = pauses action



When you are building floors, it is good to remember that once you build a stack, you can use it as a guide for "sliding" your squares next to each other with arrow keys. They stay at that height and they do not reset to the bottom. Try it and see how fast building becomes.

Well that is all for today. I will probably update this posting in the future.
If this post doesn't make sense, feel free to let me know and I will update it accordingly.

Thanks everyone and have a lovely PICOday!
Catmid