[Washu_Takahashi]

@Washu_Takahashi: i'll have a slot open in like 10 minutes. do you want me to add you? (:

Sure! What's your BMP name?

[KuroStar]

Kuro (:

[SarahlynneAkane]

Ikr with the butlers, all the posts about the butlers.

[Razareil]

Fine, I fail at explaining. T.T I'll give it another try later... *fidgets*

@northernchild: Aww, I'm flattered! Post whenever you'd like; if you've followed the standard path of all repeats at the end (no mixing), you can just double-check Solenyx's chart and make it a little easier on yourself, lol. :D

@Marie: Huh, I've heard the opposite advice here before. ...I am so lost on the etiquette of social visual noveling!*

@Trish: LF comparisons during the first day or so--especially the first third/half-day before a lot of people in the Western Hemisphere have woken up and joined in!--have been very unreliable for me. Wouldn't Yu be several decades older by BMP2? Speaking of which, I've been really curious how our princes have aged ever since I heard about the sequel. I know all of them are legal, but their depictions sometimes make me feel kind of pedo-ish anyway--I'm sure they must have stayed hot since this is make-believe, after all.

@Razareil: took me 3-4 reads before i could understand your theory on LF! xD (assuming i did understand correctly)

Please add me as mate if u can~ >.< requested you since event started D: haha
ive been doing my best not to waste any energy (except that im a deep sleeper) but my LF seem to not increase as fast as my other mates? = currently at 29757 CLF... saving on love letters n meals....

Sorry I haven't been able to add you! I've been getting so many requests from princess mates--I have no idea what's up with that because I'm not even one of the elite players! >< --that I've been overwhelmed and at a loss for how in the world I'm supposed to decide between requests.* And I know what you mean about slow LF gain (at least relative to my mates). I'm a marathoner, not a sprinter, so Lucky 24 just leaves me watching as everybody passes me by. Oh well, I will have my vengeance soon enough!

@dreamlessnights: Sleep, what sleep? I just get up in the morning with muddled memories of who I last took to party/guard/audition (since I've been trying to spread it out more after a conversation from an earlier event), and I even managed to partly miss a greet period this morning. I guess dreaming that I'm greeting is rather deceptive... *has had enough of weekend/Lucky since Fri afternoon* Anyway, I'm a sucker for childhood friends too! It was such a nice surprise to discover that this game had one of those. (Hmm, now I'm starting to wonder about CD...)

@SarahlynneAkane: You mean the smexiness? I wonder if Voltage has just picked up on the fact that (1) MC and prince have been dating for longer -> greater intimacy, and/or (2) they have our grown-up mentalities to consider... As far as text formatting goes, I keep expecting a way to do strikethrough and still end up surprised when I don't see anything.

@AvengingValentine: I don't know if anyone has covered this before, but WHY IS IT NOW "LEWIS"?! How'd he suddenly turn from French to American?! And MC pisses me the hell off too. Even though the princes are wonderful and fantastic and respectful (when they aren't throwing a hissy fit, how cute <3 ), HER REACTIONS give me a creepy white guys vibe. I guess Asian women can very easily be depicted unrealistically in Asian media too... Or maybe my expectations are just skewed because I'm Westernized (more aggressive, like Africanized honey bees).

@Solenyx: That's why I wonder if LF earned on a normal route will count towards the sweet later, if someone does the normal first.


*General question(s) to the longer-established players [that I've been holding in for some time now]: HOW IN THE WORLD do you manage event mate requests? When you have non-reserved slots, how do you pick/is it first-come-first served? (For me, "Kokorian," "princess mate," and "people I can talk to easily" are all failing badly as criteria.) If you have more steady event mates than the 5 slots you're initially given, how do you pick who you add first and who you add later? Do you give any precedence to people you've been event mates with longer? Or the ones who are more reliable, however you define that? I'm not sure how to phrase this as a question without possibly insulting somebody, but for me, if I say, "Let's be event mates again," and the other person is like , that's practically like marriage--or at least moving in together!--in that that person has a guaranteed spot on my list unless and until they say they don't want to be event mates anymore. (Because everybody has their off days--don't even get me started on Wills's b-day! OMG, was stuck in the 1000s and still cannot figure out what I was doing wrong--and I want to support my mates the same way they support me.) Am I taking it too seriously? Do/should steady event-mateships carry over between games? This is probably just me, but managing the social aspect is FAST becoming the most stressful part of events. (Damn you, Voltage! I would PAY MONEY for more event mate slots, OMFG.) Voltage events. It's what happens when "why hasn't he called yet?" neuroticism turns inward and starts to spiral...

[Trish]

@Trish: LF comparisons during the first day or so--especially the first third/half-day before a lot of people in the Western Hemisphere have woken up and joined in!--have been very unreliable for me. Wouldn't Yu be several decades older by BMP2? Speaking of which, I've been really curious how our princes have aged ever since I heard about the sequel. I know all of them are legal, but their depictions sometimes make me feel kind of pedo-ish anyway--I'm sure they must have stayed hot since this is make-believe, after all.

Yeah, I had to learn it the hard way.   EDIT: BMP 2 takes place after 50 years, I think. I found pictures in Tumblr. So far I've seen old Luke, old Yu, old Alan, and old Glenn. But the way Yu age was just... um.

I wouldn't say I'm a long-established player (far from it, actually, I've started just last December), and I only have 14 pages of requests, so I can't help you in that department. D: Other than my two lovely homies (erm, main route mates I've always gone to events with), I try to go with different people, as much as possible. An event is a good opportunity to talk to people outside your mate list, so~

  I might finish the event by tomorrow, so if I have a vacant slot by then, I'd love to give anyone here a boost! Well, it wouldn't be much, seeing how I only have 62k right now. Just saying~

[AvengingValentine]

@Raz: DAT POST.

OH I'M DYING!! I'M DYING!! XDDDD

Was it Louis or Lewis? I'm unsure now. I feel like I saw it as Lewis. I'm not that familiar with him since I'm not a fan of goody-two shoes Edward, sadly.

As for the rest of that, I only have 5 words for that: L M F A O. Yeah, I get the aggressive part. Sometimes I'm like, "Hey.... HEY! ... STAHP... STAHP ET WUT R U DOING?! ...*HEADWALL*" On the other hand, I cannot imagine a westernized version of it. I find it absurd just trying.

As for event mates. I don't know? I don't have any sort of contract or silent understanding with people since I'm terrible at being social. Just lucky? Sometimes you get an event with good mates....and sometimes you don't. I'm not elite. On this event I have 35-40 pages of requests. But just from the past events... I recall how I thought about my rank.

[KuroStar]

haha wow. ran outta closet space ^^"

[tsukamaete]

@Raza

I don't know how much help I will be, but I've been playing the game pretty much since it first came out. There weren't many players when I started, so it was easy to see who was active since you'd see the same names over and over.
The same sort of thing applies for finding good event mates, for me. Normal mates who regularly invited me to main route parties were the first ones I chose as event mates, and then from there, those who were also active in events were people I would request again. The first few events were rough, and I didn't complete some routes at first (though this was also back when chapters were driven by love passes, so LFs were less important), but consistently good mates stood out after a while.

And yes, asking consistently good mates to be regular mates is the best course of action, IMO! I have 3 mates who are my constant event mates in both BMP and MSB, and they are absolute lifesavers. I haven't had issues completing events since becoming regulars with them! ^_^ All three started as regular event mates in BMP, and then just naturally carried over to MSB when that game began to have events.
Of course, as time has passed, I've also built up more reserves in the games, and they've gotten easier to play, too~

As for slots that are not reserved for those regular mates, it usually depends on how I'm doing in the event. If it's a harder event or I've fallen behind due to real life obligations, then I've definitely sent desperate requests to the top ranking participants and hoped to get lucky! :P
And if I feel like I'm doing well in the event and can risk a mate I haven't had before, then I'll give priority to Kokorians, and then secondary priority to people who have requested who are doing moderately well and are clearly active/haven't given up on the event.

So, uh, tl;dr, priority goes to older and more reliable mates, then Kokorians, then strangers ^_^;
But yeah, the socializing aspect is definitely hard to keep up with as you get more mates and as more games are released. I feel bad that I can't really chat with my mates like I used to, but my message walls have such a fast turnover time that maintaining a conversation is almost impossible without staying constantly logged on, which isn't really feasible in everyday life... Trust me, I've tried >_>;

[Starl0cket]

*General question(s) to the longer-established players [that I've been holding in for some time now]: HOW IN THE WORLD do you manage event mate requests? When you have non-reserved slots, how do you pick/is it first-come-first served? (For me, "Kokorian," "princess mate," and "people I can talk to easily" are all failing badly as criteria.) If you have more steady event mates than the 5 slots you're initially given, how do you pick who you add first and who you add later? Do you give any precedence to people you've been event mates with longer? Or the ones who are more reliable, however you define that? I'm not sure how to phrase this as a question without possibly insulting somebody, but for me, if I say, "Let's be event mates again," and the other person is like , that's practically like marriage--or at least moving in together!--in that that person has a guaranteed spot on my list unless and until they say they don't want to be event mates anymore. (Because everybody has their off days--don't even get me started on Wills's b-day! OMG, was stuck in the 1000s and still cannot figure out what I was doing wrong--and I want to support my mates the same way they support me.) Am I taking it too seriously? Do/should steady event-mateships carry over between games? This is probably just me, but managing the social aspect is FAST becoming the most stressful part of events. (Damn you, Voltage! I would PAY MONEY for more event mate slots, OMFG.) Voltage events. It's what happens when "why hasn't he called yet?" neuroticism turns inward and starts to spiral...

LOL~ wow Razareil, that is alot of questions! I'm not a rookie player nor a veteran but here's my 2cents in how I choose event mates. I don't really have "set" e-mates (although it seems like I have unofficial ones~ LOL) so it really comes down to first come, first served basis for me. And that is only if they request to be my e-mate. I give precedent to my mates first and amongst my mates, the ones I talk to most frequently, and even then, to those I've gone to events with in the past who have proven to be reliable and just as determined to finish it (even when it looks like they won't). While I have loads of requests from both mates and non-mates, not a lot of people ask. I also do take a look at their CLFs and the number of mates that they have too and see how they marinate over time. So on days I get no verbal requests and I need to fill up my slot, I choose players who've shown that they are still trying hard at the events.

And in regards to carrying over, you mean other GREE games?
I guess that will come down to you and the other party. I have lots of same mates in all 3 voltage GREE games. OK, more like 2 but that's besides the point. But even then, because I have a mix of different mates that aren't friends with me in the other games~ the mates I tend to frequently go with at events also are different too in different games. And like I said earlier, I don't really have "set" emates, so I try to accept e-mate requests from variety of mates~ give them a shot and see how they fare. =3

[Solenyx]

@Razareil: Omg! Africanized honey bees! Rofl! There isn't one introverted or docile woman in my asian family. I think Gree is a bit behind in the times and needs to get with the woman's revolution.    

In BMP 2, Yu is an old man. It's odd seeing everyone (well almost everyone) age up while you, the MC, remain young and beautiful.

I'm unsure about starting off with the normal route status. I'll try playing the event on my other account and will see how it goes.

As for the elite players....I really don't think there are any. It's all about the advantages some players have over others. Money being the biggest, followed by the number of mates and how often you play. Keep truckin' on and you'll get to a place where passing missions (event or main) are not a big deal to you.

Tsukamaete eloquently covered everything I wanted to say.   To make events a little bit easier, you could also do what I have done. I have two folders set up on my internet browser for event mates. One for those with whom I have a fixed relationship with (e.g. Top 5 (Well now Top 3 since two of them disappeared.   )) and those with whom I have what Trish mentioned, a silent agreement (These people usually rank close to me). The second folder is for past event mates that have completed an event with me but are usually on the lower end of LF. It's easier to keep track of potential mates this way, at least for me.

[Starl0cket]

Here's the last of it. Note to self in future... start with HE all the way through. Was flying through the NE routes! @o@

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Original LF (H1)| Route 2 (H2)| Route 3 (N1)| Route 4 (H3)| Route 5 (H4)| Route 6 (H5)| Route 7 (H6)| Route 8 (N2)| Route 9 (N3)| Route 10 (N4)| Route 11 (N5)| Route 12 (N6)|
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      500       |     17600   |    46150    |     61170   |     87070   |   110520    |   138670    |    159750   |    182470   |     205190   |     227910   |     250630   |
      1500      |     18800   |    47570    |     62670   |     88370   |   112120    |   140370    |    161170   |    183890   |     206610   |     229330   |     252050   |
      4000      |     21800   |    51120    |     66420   |     91620   |   116120    |   144620    |    164720   |    187440   |     210160   |     232880   |     255600   |
      7500      |     26000   |    ?????    |     71670   |     96170   |   121720    |   150570    |    169690   |    192410   |     215130   |     237850   |     260570   |
    (7000 CLF)  |   (+7000)   |     N/A     |    (+7000)  |   (+7000)   |  (+7000)    |  (+7000)    |     N/A     |     N/A     |      N/A     |      N/A     |      N/A     |
      11000     |     30200   |    61060    |     76920   |    100720   |   127320    |   156520    |    174660   |    197380   |     220100   |     242820   |     265540   |
      16000     |     36200   |    68160    |     84420   |    107220   |   135320    |   165020    |    181760   |    204480   |     227200   |     249920   |     272640   | H = Happy | N = Normal

[KuroStar]

wow! Congratz on finishing all the routes (: (>'u')>#

ugh and what crap luck i just got. lost 4 parties in a row and i used a meal 8C sigh.

[OtomeBabe]

*General question(s) to the longer-established players [that I've been holding in for some time now]: HOW IN THE WORLD do you manage event mate requests? When you have non-reserved slots, how do you pick/is it first-come-first served? (For me, "Kokorian," "princess mate," and "people I can talk to easily" are all failing badly as criteria.) If you have more steady event mates than the 5 slots you're initially given, how do you pick who you add first and who you add later? Do you give any precedence to people you've been event mates with longer? Or the ones who are more reliable, however you define that? I'm not sure how to phrase this as a question without possibly insulting somebody, but for me, if I say, "Let's be event mates again," and the other person is like , that's practically like marriage--or at least moving in together!--in that that person has a guaranteed spot on my list unless and until they say they don't want to be event mates anymore. (Because everybody has their off days--don't even get me started on Wills's b-day! OMG, was stuck in the 1000s and still cannot figure out what I was doing wrong--and I want to support my mates the same way they support me.) Am I taking it too seriously? Do/should steady event-mateships carry over between games? This is probably just me, but managing the social aspect is FAST becoming the most stressful part of events. (Damn you, Voltage! I would PAY MONEY for more event mate slots, OMFG.) Voltage events. It's what happens when "why hasn't he called yet?" neuroticism turns inward and starts to spiral...

I've 5 fixed emates. It took some events for me to find them, I've been emate with one of them since 1st event, Halloween Event. For the non reserved slots, I just add whoever ask me first on my wall to be their emates. I don't care about their charm and I don't know if they completed all stories from the previous events. The last thing I do to add players to be my emates : looking through event mate request pages!

Like Razareil, I'm a marathon type, not a sprinter one. I learn from my mistake not to play too fast and find my own safety pace. But I'm always determined to finish all stories.

Btw, I've an open slot now. You can find me from players list on other topic from this forum.

[ezakey]

Hmm, thought I'd share my experience with this event. :)
At first I thought it'd be difficult with 12 routes to complete, but it didn't turn out as bad in the end...

Between sweet and normal routes, I noticed that when you play the route on the 2nd time, the requirements for the LF missions are higher. So my tactic is: I'll play the normal route first, which would be very easy to get through because: 1) lesser LF required, 2) no CLF needed to get to stage 4. After that, I'll repeat the same route but this time for the sweet route. Since more LF is needed for the missions, I'll be spamming parties more often, which will build up my own CLF. Thus, most of the time, I would have enough CLF by the time I hit stage 4.

With this tactic, I have already completed both sweet and normal routes of Wilfred, Roberto and Edward. Also done with the sweet route of Joshua, and halfway on the normal route. Of course, the L24 event and having active mates definitely helped me a lot as well yup. :)

PS. And thanks Mizuki for being my event mate! :D

[dreamlessnights]

@Razareil: Lol, I fall asleep holding my phone sometimes. And I've had greeting dreams too! Do you mean celebrity darling? There's a childhood friend there? I know Kaiji is in MSB and I can't wait to play his route! >o<

Btw, in BMP 2, the MC dates the grandchildren of the princes right? (lol awkward...)

Also to add in to the finding mates discussion, I think that's like the hardest part of the event for me.. Because I can rely on myself to play but it's always hard finding the right people to play with. @_@ I've never had the same mates for any events and none of my regular mates before seem to care extensively over the event (I have some new ones now after getting mate increase that work hard in the event). I guess I should take off mates that have been inactive for 5 months or more. =x

I don't want Lucky 24 to end! D: