Ditto’s Weekly Video bloggy Thingy… I’m back!
OK so I’ve been kind of out of it for the last week trying to do this insane ‘NaNoWriMo’ thingy. I’m still doing it, but not as obsessively, as I much prefer blogging and playing games and taking video. so starting now, I’m going to be back to my usual stuff, including posting Episode 13 of ‘The Daring Adventures of Ditto’ either today or tomorrow. Until then, here is my weekly video bloggy thingy!
PLOX!
Ditto’s 100th video post!!!
So here it is, my 100th video! I had so many awesome things planned for this big special video, but as I tried to do all those things I realized that it actually takes planning and organization and time – things I didn’t really have going for me this time. So instead, you get to see Ditto in Celestia, kind of, in a very special 100th Video Bloggy Thingy… hope you enjoy!!
Links that I talk about in my video:
Ditto versus Baron Mordecai!
Here it is – as ongoing coverage of the GREAT Wizard 101 Halloween events and quests, I have fought and defeated Baron Mordecai!! This was actually a much tougher fight that I anticipated, with the dreaded Baron having 2000 health and tossing lots of damage boosts and high damage spells like Skeletal Pirate at me. In the end I was successful of course, and Madame Jasmine and I claimed victory over the evil Baron of Nightmares and claimed our reward, but it was a tough and exciting fight!
Also there is a brief ‘sneak peek’ of Phillip, one of our new kittens, who decided to get involved with the video making process…
Ditto’s Current Games – Oct 15th
So here is my weekly feature about what games I’m playing now and how I’m enjoying them – gaming from a Fabricated American point of view!
Wizard 101
So as always my first game is my beloved Wizard 101. Of course the big news this week is Celestia hitting the test realm, but that wasn’t really the big news for everyone’s favorite furry orange monster – I’m only level 33, so I can’t really do much with Celestia. I did hop onto test realm and bought some new mounts – I’m in LOVE with the ancient Koi, it’s such a fun and awesome mount! I can’t wait to get one in the real game – so cute! And Madame Jasmine likes it to!
One big game change this week for me was changing my secondary school spells. After 33 levels it has become clear to me that I am a much more aggressive player than I thought I was and my play style is more about damage and knocking my opponent out fast – I rarely used my satyr healing spell and that was all I used from the life school. So what did I switch to?
Death. Yup – I’ve trained death to Feint and then grabbed the elemental trap and blade from Krokotopia. I hit Jaques the Scratcher for over 2000 damage and he didn’t even get me below 1000 health, so yeah, I do enjoy the big damage numbers.
Instead of my traditional screen shot for Wizard 101 this week I’m putting a video in of some of my Halloween questing, since I realized I hadn’t posted a game play video and people like those – so here you go!
Lord of the Rings Online
I’ve only played about an hour of LOTRO this week because I was having so much fun in Wizard 101. I DID get all the way to The Shire and actually made it to BAG END! Ancestral home of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins!! I have to say, this is where LOTRO excels – it literally pulls you into Tokein’s world, and if you’re a fan of the books, it’s details like this that make you say ‘ooooh, ahhhhh…’ I totally did the tourist screenshot thing here, my dwarf Ditto Monster in front of Bag End… So cool!!
Ditto the Dwarf posing at Bag End
Backyard Monsters
Big re-design of my yard this week and though I am taking a bit more damage to my outer buildings in this configuration, no attackers have even gotten close to my town hall or my core buildings, which is the main point now. So far it’s working out really well for me, though I think I’ll continue to tweak it. The PvP aspects here are interesting because when you’re attacked you don’t have any way of interacting or preventing damage outside of the defenses you’ve prepared in advance. It’s all about the strategy of your yard and how you’ve set up your towers and lasers. Yup – still fun, I play at least once a day…
Ditto's backard in Backyard Monsters
Game of the Week
So my game of the week this week was from a suggestion made last week – I started playing Toon Town Online.
So I know this is an older game, at least 5 years old, but I have to say, it’s still fun. The basics are a lot like Wizard 101 – you have a similar combat setup (though totally different combat mechanics) similar kinds of quests, housing – it’s just with cartoon characters instead of student wizards. There is also far less ‘story’ to it – it’s pretty light on storyline overall – but it’s still clever and cute.
I created an orange cat character and named him Ditto Monster, and right now he’s got a squirt gun and he can throw pies, which is pretty hilarious, I like the character design.
The game certainly shows it’s age a bit, but I think it’s something I’ll play once in a while – while not as in depth as Wizard 101 it’s still quite a lot of fun overall!
Ditto's House in Toon Town
That’s it for this week – stay safe, have fun, see you in The Spiral!!!
PLOX
Ditto’s Video Bloggy Thingy – Oct 13, 2010
So here is my weekly video bloggy thingy. OK, I was a little lazy this week, because my roommate was busy in the living room and Mythbusters was coming on and I REALLY love Mythbusters, but I wanted to get a video out anyway… well, there’s not a ton to talk about this week if you’re only level 33 and can’t actually get into Celestia, but I do manage to babble on for three or four minutes anyway. Enjoy!!
Ditto’s Weekly video bloggy-thingy…
So here it is, my weekly video bloggy thingy. First off I say hello to all the Wizard 101 people going to the online games conference – it would be so much fun to go and hang out there, since I am probably the only Fabricated American games blogger out there. I have decided I’m going to make my ‘what Ditto is playing’ article a weekly event, and find a few more smallish games to play and give updates on, as some of the games I play get kind of boring, they don’t change much. Also, I’m talking about Halloween!!!
So here it is, my weekly video bloggy thingy, I hope you enjoy!!
See you in the Spiral!!
PLOX!
Ditto’s Video Blog – September 28
So here’s my weekly video blog, and I have a lot to talk about! Yes, hear Ditto sing the Fraggle Rock theme song (Sorry about that – Miss Narrator says I really shouldn’t sing…) and I discuss the ‘Elmo’ controversy – the first real Fabricated American news I get to talk about!!! Plus I talk about Wizard 101, naturally, and some other games I’m playing, like Clone Wars and Backyard Monsters! A fully packed video for this week, I hope everyone likes it!!
See you in The Spiral!!
PLOX!
Ditto saves Selena Gomez – Part 3
The final part of my epic adventures in Crab Alley, where I face the not-so-dreaded King Thermidor and rescue Selena Gomez! There is singing, dancing, Vogon poetry and mad Pyromancer’s skills!!!! You don’t want to miss it!
Ditto Saves Selena Gomez – Part 2
So Madame Jasmine and I, after drinking the water breathing potion, jump into the river in Triton Avenue and find the cool and mysterious Crab Alley! I have to say, the place looks GREAT, and I love the swimming animations! The enemies are great too, the crabs and ‘vicious fish’ are too cool. After this first taste of underwater action, I’m more excited about Celestia than ever!!!
Ditto saves Selena Gomez – Part 1
I was traveling in Wizard City and heard a call from Professor Balestrom, the storm school professor. It turns out Selena Gomez, an actress on ‘Wizards of Waverly Place’ – as well as a great singer – was kidnapped and taken down a sunken part of Wizard City called ‘Crab Alley’… In the first part of the quest I have to collect pearls from Scarlet Screamers to make a cool water breathing potion. It’s really a fun and enjoyable quest series, and the underwater elements are fun and look really good!! I’ll post more of my daring underwater adventures soon.
Detective Ditto versus Mister Incinerator
As part of my new spell quest for Professor Falmea, I had to go to Chelsea Court and find ‘Mister Incinerator’, a crazy creepy storm boss who burns things in his belly… I was feeling confident, until I realized I was fighting a 1000 health and a 2000 health storm boss… This was a very hard fight and I’ll admit, I was unprepared and I fell victim to my own overconfidence. One problem was lack of heals – I think I only had two in my deck, and only the lower end pixie, not the higher cost Satyr.
I did beat him on my THIRD try (I didn’t film it, sadly, I just wanted to get it done…) and got my less than useful Fire Minion – though admittedly the fire minion might have been useful in this particular duel, ironically…
Ditto gets to Chelsea Court!
Detective ditto here! So I finally made it through Hyde Park, and though we did not recover the informant Baxter, we have apparently made great strides in uncovering the whole nefarious scheme! I’ve spoken to Sherlock Bones and I’m heading off to Chelsea Court to further track down these criminals, who are apparently in league with some strange metal men… Lets hope I can find Baxter before it’s too late!
Ditto fights Gearhead – take 2!!
So after our intense first matchup, I return to face Gearhead again. This fight goes much better and thanks to skill, cunning, and more than a dash of luck, I am victorious!!
I have to say, the duels are getting more and more intense, especially these storm bosses. I”m going to have to be on my A game from now on!!
Ditto fights Gearhead – part 1
So I finally made it to the final boss fight in Hyde Park, Gearhead, a storm boss with 1000 health! This fight was pretty intense, and sadly, did not end well for me. This was another one of those great, intense Wizard 101 duels where, thanks to random chance and inopportune fizzles on both sides, I really wasn’t sure what was going to happen until the very last turn. Overall a great fight and I learned a few things…
Ditto’s Video Blog – Sept 14th
So here is my video blog for this week – finally! I’m talking about Wizard 101, of course, plus Lord of the Rings and Clone Wars, which I’m very excited about!! Next up – finishing Hyde Park!!
Finding Baxter – Now What??
So after searching all the safehouses looking for Baxter – and being ambushed by thugs in each and every one – Mrs. Conrail now thinks she’s got another informant who can tell us where Baxter is. The problem is that we apparently have to ‘convince’ him to tell us the location. Why is it that I suddenly see a number of meteor strikes in my immediate future… It’s hard being a detective in Marelybone!!
Finding Baxter Part 3
Yes, Ditto has found yet another ‘Safe House’ where Baxter might be hiding – of course he’s not there and your daring furry orange monster is once again jumped by vicious thugs! These safe houses really aren’t very safe… You know, there sure are a lot of thugs and criminals lurking in the shadows of Marleybone.
Finding Baxter – part 2
So I located the second safehouse in Marleybone looking for the elusive Baxter. Of course as I expected, I didn’t find Baxter, I found more angry thugs. This was actually a much more exciting fight than I expected and I was pretty happy to get out of it alive!!
Happy Birthday Wizard 101!
So Wizard 101 – as well as my friend Christina Icedreamer – had a birthday, and they gave out these fun transformations as presents! I jumped into game and turned into a Ninja Pig!! So much fun!
Ditto’s Video Blog – August 30th
Wow, today’s post is my 80th video and my 120th post! I’ve been a busy little orange monster! So this week I talk a little about finishing Sunken City solo, my amazing Ferris Wheel ride, my latest twitter follower, and I finally discuss what it means to me to be a Fabricated American. Spoiler Alert – is has something to do with being in America and being made of fabric…. So enjoy and I’ll see you in the Spiral!!
Plox!!
Ditto Rides a Ferris Wheel!
Yesterday Miss Narrator and our friends went out to a place called Edaville Railroad, so my roommate’s son could ride on Thomas the Train, and I decided that it sounded like a lot of fun, so I tagged along.
Well, first of all, I was in an amusement park that featured Thomas the Train, so I was surrounded by about ten thousand preschool children – and apparently I was the only Fabricated American in the park. As you might imagine this caused a bit of a stir, so I wasn’t able to get a lot of video due to being surrounded every time the camera came out. Probably a bit like how Steve and Leesha feel every time they step into Nightside in Vampire Realm, actually…
I did get a bit of video the first time I rode the Ferris Wheel, which was a vintage ride called ‘Big Eli’ that was built in 1953! That was really cool and amazing – I can’t believe how high up we were! I was a little scared, but I did have fun and I LOVED the feeling of the wind through my fur, it was nice. So here’s the video – I hope you like it!
Finding Baxter Part 1
After my ambush I was sent to the first of several safe houses to find the elusive informant Baxter. Of course as I expected, ‘safe house’ #1 wasn’t particularly safe. Enter thrilling duel and Ditto’s heroic win!
Ambushed in Hyde Park!
So I was exploring around Hyde Park and found the very nice Mrs. Conrail, who works with the hilariously named Sherlock Bones. She had me looking for an informant named Baxter, which sounded about as exciting as looking for potted plants, but then as I was looking for him I was actually ambushed!! It looks like someone didn’t want me sticking my nose in their business – which is funny, since I don’t actually have a nose!
Ditto and the Silver Chest
So I was exploring in Marleybone and came across a silver chest – now, I know what a wooden chest is, but I wasn’t sure what a silver chest was. It turns out you need to unlock them by playing a clever little game called ‘shock a lock’ – it was very exciting! I only got 42 gold, but it was really fun and exciting, I want to play more!
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