I joined a team!

*wipes the dust off blog*
It's been a while...yet again! I've just finished main exams and now I am having a few weeks break before the last one. I've still been on Howrse and I have a lot to write about c:

My Trakehners have reached 5000 GP! This came fast! Mares with positive blup give better offsprings and I always choose stallions with 100 blup. My current best Trake is El Habana with 5184.07 GP. Keep an eye on my sales and you might catch 5000 GP Trakes ;)

Meanwhile, there's been a Wandering horses event and I was determined to get all that I could. I got all except two I wanted, but that's okay. Overall, I added 8 wanderers to my list. You'll find a Yay or Nay below.

I have joined a team. It came unexpectedly, littlepinkmouse messaged me about her new Haflinger breeding team. I was hesitant: I am not up to blupping dozens of horses every day, I have a life outside computer too ya know. But she assured that they are laid back and this breed is anyway dead. So I joined. Within few weeks Österreichische Schönheit has reaced 2nd place in Haflingers team rankings, way to go! I haven't done anything yet for the team lol. I haven't had the time yet, but I one day will for sure!

In today's Yay or Nay...

The Wandering Horses

Pros

• You'll get free items with the horses.
• Horses are all fully trained and high skilled, will get you trophies or even rosettes!
• Possible to get a Divine horse.
• Feed them gems to earn more points.

Cons

• Some tasks might be too hard to complete by the end of the event.
• Compared to previous Wanderers' events, horses have lower skills.

The verdict
Although this event might be hard to complete for newbie players, at least one Wanderer is guaranteed for everyone opening the event. This is a Win.

And last but not least, some eye candy ;) Click the names below to see new coats of these horses.
Strut it Ydris
Semilly
Oberta
Majesty

Thanks for reading and stay tuned! I am planning a commentary for the next post... ;)
BHF

Goals

And as I promised, I am back with some more! Plants event has just ended and it's the perfect time to make a Yay or Nay! :3

In today's Yay or Nay...

The Plants Event

Pros

• Simple: just plant a seed and water the plant.
• You'll get rewards once the plant has fully grown.
• Also, when you manage to harvest the carnivorous plant, you'll get a Divine!
• To earn more seeds, water and other perks, you can complete quests that are fairly easy.

Cons

• Seeds with better rewards are harder to get.
• The carnivorous plant grows really slowly - a small chance to get the Divine when you are not a pass buyer.

The verdict
This event is very simple and you don't need to work hard on the quests. Unless you are determined to get the Divine, this game gets you small rewards fairly easily. This is a Win.

I've made myself a goal to not waste my passes anymore and save them for a Pegasus account, a half year one. I'd really love to have more stables, because right now, it is quite cramped here and there are multiple breeds in one farm already. Would like to distinguish them more. Also, the peg accont has many more perks and I'd love have them :3

I bought a Marwari colt and I can't even remember why I did it. Possibly to complete a quest for an event. Anyways, he is a skiller and I am planning to start Marwari breeding with him as soon as I get the possibility to have more stables.

All is said for now and I hope ya'll be back for the next post!
BHF

A late Halloween update

Good evening!

Zomg, I am over the moon right now because I passed my driving exam several hours ago and I can now officially conquer roads cx But enough about this, it's been a while again just beacuse I have been lazy...Halloween was like ages ago, but I still haven't updated you guys about my this year's halloween catch on Howrse, what a shame! So here ya go!

Thanks to the events I obtained one of each customisation Halloween BM item(except Magic Hat) and also, I bought the new Double-Sided Medallion. If you wanna see which horses got which coats, I have the links here c:
http://www.howrse.com/elevage/fiche/?id=49066049
http://www.howrse.com/elevage/fiche/?id=49331820
http://www.howrse.com/elevage/fiche/?id=49574369

I also got a Hestia's gift thanks to the Halloween event and thanks to this, uni filly Majesty was born. I also won one in the next event, the cards, and twin uni fillies were born, named Sweet Girl and Semilly. Three horned beauties in a short time, woop woop!

My Trakehners reached 4000 GP! The first one to be born was Eagle's Heart with 4246.04 GP! It seems as if it was just yesterday when I bragged about my Trakes reaching 3000...I hope 5000 will come fast!

I haven't done a Yay or Nay for ages, so have one of the recent cards event!

In today's Yay or Nay...

The Celtic Cards 

Pros:

• Really easy: just scratch the cards and receive a prize.

• To earn the cards you don't need to do much work.

• You can get great BM items.

• You can buy cards from flash sales.

 Cons:

• If you want to trade a duplicate card, you need to pay.

• Even if you gather all the cards of the same color, they won't stop coming.

•  Diamond and gold cards are rather rare.

• Flash sales cards are very expensive and so are cards bought with passes.

The verdict:

The event is really easy and doesn't require almost no work at all to gain prizes, bt it has it's own disadvantages. This is a Tie.

That's all folks, have a nice day!

BHF

Tree Expedition news

Hello my fellow Howrsers!

I have one day left for school and then...holidays and christmas! Yay! I've got nearly 3 weeks of holidays ahead! What a bless! But let's see what's happening on Howrse...

Another uni foal! Woop woop! Promenade gave birth to filly Narcissa. She's in the other horses stable.

Tree expedition is going slow but it is moving. I was pretty surprised when Tanya and Fusion came back from a long trip with a tree that's prize is...the divine horse Balios. Erm...shouldn't I be getting them from very long trips? May be it's a surprise from Howrse, but I really don't care, cause right now I am just a plenty of ornaments away from getting my second ever divine. So close, yet so far. I am pretty sure I won't get him, but I will not lose hope and try my best without buying all these passes!

Also, I finally completed the first tree and got a Percheron mare. Well, why not start breeding them too! :D I renamed the Haflingers and Shires stable to From foundations, will keep and breed there horses who's foundations I own. I also happened to get another foundation Percheron mare from a friend who didn't need her. So now I have here two Percheron foundations, I gave them long snazzy names: Londonderry Beauty and Super Hot Pepper c:

Fusion finished in 800-something in the trot race Grand Prix this week! He is doing better! Thumbs up and let's hope for 500 soon! Tanya is still in training, but now has fancy GA coat, background and name c:

In today's Yay or Nay...

The Tree Expedition

Pros:

• Possible to get prizes.
• You can choose wheter you want bigger or smaller prizes(longer or shorter expeditions).
• You can find ornaments in the Advent Calendar(see my earlier posts for a Yay or Nay!). 
• Not very time consuming.

Cons:

• Rarer ornaments are hard to find.
• Yet again, pass buyers have advantages.
• Ornaments are found at random, you may not always get the ornaments you need.
• You can't take care of your horses while they are on the find a tree trip.

The verdict:
The game is quite fun and not very time confusing, but requires work if you are determined to get the rewards and/or divines. This is a Tie.

That's it for this time! See ya!
BHF 

Great news from every side!

Hello there Howrsers!

Squeeee it's December and it means christmas! Are you guys already opening the windows of your advent calendars? Well, I am :D Love to get the little surprises from behind them, mine is modelhorse themed cx

Over the last few days we have reached 8000 visits! Thank you everyone! So you want a cake or something? Nah, this stuff comes at 10 000, so keep visiting :P

Remember, I was excited when I produced a 2300 GP Trakehner? Well, that's past now, cause the new boss in the Trakehners' court is Erebor, a colt with 2800 GP! My Trakehners love to surprise me and instead of slowly increasing the upper GP limit, they skip a few hundred at a time. Oh these little cuties *cuddle* c:

Also, a new event is on Howrse, but this Yay or Nay should summarise my opinion about it c:

Also, I found out that actually pros are supposed to be green and cons red...oh silly me! Still need to learn English :P

In today's Yay or Nay...

The Advent Calendar

Pros:

• Finally, an event without the head starts for pass millionaires!
• The simplest game ever made: you just have to click a window once a day.
• Free items guaranteed once every day!
• No need to hussle around with always something to do, you can calmly concentrate on your usual Howrsing.

Cons:

• If you miss a day and still wish to receive the prize, you have to pay 10 000 equus.

The verdict:
This is ironically the best event Howrse has ever made! Really simple and doesn't suck up your time plus no work needed to get free items! This is a yay!

Thanks for reading!
See you!
BHF   

Hunting throphies!

Another blog post! Well, I've had more spare time cause teachers have not been so crazy with homeworks or I am just not so lazy anymore :P Anyways, I have some great stuff to tell ya about...

The World Championship! The game's concept is quite good, but...there are always "buts". Read more about them below from the Yay or Nay ;) Fusion, Shockwave and Euphoria(the latter two are my TWHs btw) are the only ones who have brought home first places so far. Amarita's best is a second place. There is no way I am spending passes for this shit(pardon for that, but really, Howrse has gone pass crazy over time with the events) so please encourage my horses! I will encourage all I happen to spot at the Help a friend section. Thanks! :)

I decided to breed Blackbird in hopes of getting a throphy horse. I bred her to the best available purebred Arabian stallion and the outcome is a beautiful black filly Basimah. 943.65 are her inborn skills, 3105.13 GP and 255 stars. I really hope she will be a good competitor one day! I used a Hera's pack so her identical twin sister Baseema is up for sale in the direct sales! Go get her, it's possible she may bring in many throphies in the future!

When I logged in today, I had a message from doglover21704 stating I was her 200th congratulator and had won a horse with 3* tack! The horse is a liver chestnut TB stallion named Apollo, 2345.32 GP. Of course I am keeping him, I love presents :3 He is in color collections stable as my first TB coat. Big thanks to doglover21704! I really appreciate this!

Winter is currently in Horns of plenty and I had two HOPs to spend! And of course, no Divine, the best prize I got was a bonus for the Grand Prix. Not so bad tho!

In today's Yay or Nay...

The World Championship

Cons:

• Competitions! They are always nerve wracking yet fun!
• Possible to win lots of prizes and a Divine horse!
• Preparation, that gives your horse bonuses, is really easy to acquire. Even if you fail, you can always try again.
• You can receive extra bonus when asking your friends.
•  You can help friends receive bonuses by encouraging their horses.
• You can buy tickets to receive bonuses immedealtly.
• The competitions won't affect your horses in any way: they won't gain skills and won't lose energy, health or morale.

 Pros:

• You have to pay if you want to ask bonuses from friends.
• Tickets have many benefits, but they cost passes.
• The progress is slow: you have to spend passes to have a chance of getting the Divine.
•  You can only enter six horses a day for the competitions for free.

The verdict:
The concept is quite interesting and will keep you entertained for a while, though the chance of getting the Divine and bigger prizes is really small. This is Yay.

That's all for this time! See you around!
BHF 

Halloween fun!

Happy Halloween everyone! I have a lot to tell you today c: So while you are not carving your pumpkins, take a look at these...


I've been spending my passes. First I bought the seal of Apocalypse and put it on Amarita. I really wanted Pestilentia, but got Bellum instead. That sucks, I always get the smallest bonuses. Actually, since Amarita is a comp horse, that skill bonus won't do bad c: Right now the Magic Hat promotion is on and that's how I am left with one pass right now :D I put it on Amaretto and got evil witch! Watch out, when you join a competition with Amaretto, he'll give you three penalty points! Mwahahaha! lol :D

Trakehners have reached the 3000 GP line and some have already broken the 4000 line. Of course I breed my mares to the best ones, I really hope some 3000s come out there! Fingers crossed!

How's things with Fusion, the GP prospect? Not as I expected. He excels at trot races and truly, has brought me home many throphies, but he is always in top 2000 in Grand Prix...Gotta train him more! I know, that one day we will get that 500...

 In today's yay or nay...

Trick or Treat

Cons:

• Possible to win lots of prizes!
• You can read the story of Buchephalus, when you are bored.
• If you are out of treats, you can buy them from flash sales.
• Simple and fun, the latter for young audience mostly.

Pros:

• If you want to get more treats, you have to spend passes.
• Flash sales treats are expensive.
• Children may play a trick on you if you don't give them (right) treats.
• The progress is slow, if you don't use passes or spend equus, you will not get the divine.
• At one point, kids will start to pile up and you may not have enough treats.

 The verdict:
The game is really simple, but requires lots of money and passes if you want to aim for the divine and bigger prizes. This is a loss.


Yes, I was not so lazy this time and made a yay or nay, so please enjoy! :)

Happy trick or treating!
BHF 

Breeding farm updates

Good morning! Or good evening!

You are probably wondering how are my Haflingers, Shires and others. No? Well, I'll still inform you about it.

BLUPping is a slow thing. I am just basically training, training, training my Shires and Haflingers, checking the BLUP-o-meter or whatever it is and it goes. So. Slow. I think I just need patience :P I entered Sunshine in several comps but she came back with 2 bronze throphies and a bunch of 5th placings. So, not yet.

About Arabians: Seems like Blackbird's line is dying out. I have already begun selling mares whose at least 3 last offsprings I have been forced to sell because they are not good enough for me. These all happen to be from Balckbird's line. I haven't bred Blackbird herself anymore. Yes, her offsprings have very good inborn skills, but that is not enough for me. I need them also to have a high GP. But if you would like an Arabian foal from her, feel free to mail me. You may choose the stallion ;) Rest assured, I am not gonna sell her, cause she still brings home golden throphies from the competition tracks. Amarita's line, in the other hand, is doing really well. All her offsprings are mine and so are her offsprings' offsprings.

My Trakehners have suddeny soared to the 2000+ GP skies. Best ones have about 2200 GP right now. And that means I will be selling foals with a GP below it, which means get ready to buy these lovely folks c:

In today's Yay or Nay...

The Great Challenge: Legendary horses.

Cons:

• Bonuses for the next festivities!
• If you feel bored, you can read a story about a Legendary horse.
• Missions are moderately easy. While doing your everyday stuff, you may automatically have completed them.
• If you are stuck with a mission, you may ask help from the community.
• You can help the community with missions and in turn you receive lottery tickets.

Pros:

• Getting the Divine means spending passes(real money).
•  You have to pay a fair amount of equus if you want somebody to help you complete a mission.
• Only several missions have the help option.
• In order to get all the bonuses, you have to be online everyday and complete all the missions.

The verdict:

This event is quite easy and a great way to spend time. Though you may not get the Divine(unless you are a pass millionaire), you have a big chance to get other great items. This is a Win.


That's it for this time! See you!
BHF 

Colorful text! Yay!

Hey there! More weeks have passed by and I am now a year older and have a summer job...oh no, I have not forgotten Howrse and am happy to tell you what has happened this month :)

About Haflingers and Shires...I decided to start BLUPping them, so far I haven't kept track of it on any of my horses. I read some articles on the internet about how to do it and started trying. I couldn't resist the temptation and bred LM Sunshine twice...and got two colts. Daffy remains "untouched". I won't breed them before they reach 90 BLUP at least.

I decided to start a new series called Yay or Nay? So basically, it is me judging events on Howrse. I will bring out the best and the worst in each event and then summarize it, is this event worth playing or not. These are mostly my personal opinions and may differ from yours, so please respect it :)

In today's Yay or Nay...

The Water Balloon Fight  

Cons:

• Free gifts from your friends!
• Possible rewards!
• Even if you throw only a few balloons, you have almost a 100% chance of getting a small reward.

 Pros:

• You can only throw a ball when you catch an UFO and that doesn't happen so often.
• Getting the best rewards and Divines is almost impossible and may require hours of time spent online.
• There is always a chance that your friends may not throw any balloons at you.

The verdict:

It is almost impossible to get any impressive prizes easily, but if you love to receive small gifts and give them to your friends, then this is your game :) This is a Tie.


Yay, I love the colors! You can comment below what do you think of it :P

Anyways, see you around!
BHF