User blog:Daisuke Igarashi/Blog posts, huh...

I was aware it was possible to make blog posts, but I never bothered to do it myself. I guess I'll give it a whirl...

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Well, I officially started the game just before the New Years event (man, that's a long time ago), but a week after that I kind of forgot about the game somehow. I'm not sure how, exactly.

Anyway, I restarted the game on the third day of Sengoku Swimsuit Scene and had become a complete noob again. I'd lost my old account and basically didn't remember any of the game mechanics, nor had I ever participated in any event other than the New Years En Garde.

When I ran into my first Red-Striped Tiger, I nearly suffered cardiac arrest. I had no idea what was going on and just clicked the "Start conquest" button, not knowing what was going to happen. I saw my team go up and beat the lv 1 Tiger and thought, "Hmm. That wasn't so bad. Guess I'll go back to story mode."

I thought for sure that would be the end of it, haha. Imagine my surprise when another Tiger showed up and my team barely managed to beat it (I was nearly out of AS xD).

Gulping, I decided I'd better do some research and found this site, as well as tcgagg.chatango.com, where the veterans (out of whom Oerba stood out the most to me, as he offered me a spot as his crewmate) helped me out a lot.

With their help, I came to understand how to play in a better and more efficient way, and managed to get my hands on Ikkyu - who, admittedly, looks like a pretty sucky card to me now. Nevertheless, through his efforts, I managed to get Toraya as well - my first decent 4-star. I was a bit disappointed about not having a shot at Kenshin, but I supposed I would get another chance later.

I then went on to accumulate 60 completions in A Blade to Reawaken and got my first and second 5-stars in Wondrous World of Weaponry and Hazy Moon Delight. I didn't really bother with En Garde, not having a tag partner, and in GCQ, we never got past 25.

Then, my time to shine arrived: Halloween SOS. As I had gotten a gift card from my gramps, I was able to get two more 5-stars: Sasuke and Dragon Princess, with one SW used on 80-99 and six(!!) on lv 100 due to crits. Unfortunately though, I was knocked out of First Half Rankings with a final ranking of 5300-something, making me miss out on Jackie. A fortunate side-effect, however, was that I was able to get carpie without putting in any effort during Second Half.

...And that brings us to the present. I hope this wasn't too boring a read. ^-^;