Socializing in Pet Society Part 5

It is still Easter in Pet Society and by now, I'm sure many of the players have been scrambling around the trees in their neighbourhood to search for those shiny decor eggs and buying up the White Chocolate and Chocolate Egg Surprise from the Food Shop.

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Incase you don't know what the decor eggs are, kindly refer to my previous posting at Socializing in Pet Society Part 4. As for the Egg Surprise, I only found out recently that your pet will get a prize when you feed these eggs to your pets. Apparently inside these gigantic eggs, which costs 250 coins each 8O , is a small, teeny tiny toy.

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There are only 3 of them, which are the Baby Bunny Toy, Baby Hedgehog Toy and Baby Chick Toy, and it depends on your pet's luck whether you can get all three. So far I've managed to get 2 Bunnies and 3 Hedgehogs. :( I still want that Baby Chick, or is it Baby Duck? Anyway, this might be the last week to obtain these rare toys so you better get cracking and save up as much money as you can to buy these eggs, or get one of your friends to give you any extra ones they have. :D

I finally managed to complete two of the scenery backgrounds obtained from the Toy Mystery Eggs. Here is how Deep Trouble is supposed to look with all its toy vehicles in place.

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Okie, some people have been 'googling' on what the giant squid does. Unlike the other monsters, the squid just blinks its eyes, instead of trashing around like an angry seamonster. Well, the reason it blinks its eyes frequently is because the pirate ship is shooting cannonballs at it. However, they seem to simply bounce off its body and not causing an ounce of hurt anywhere. Maybe that's why it's not reacting. Also, if you look closely when you activate the scenery, the submarine seems to be stuck and it looks like it's struggling to free itself from the squid's tentacles.

Now, here's the completed Alien Invasion. The airplane and the helicopter were the hardest to get. The F-16 Jet is the easiest to get among the four toy vehicles in this scenery. By the way, the UFO is essential to this scenery because as it turns out, the UFO is actually a part of that robot alien.

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As for the King Kong scenery, I still haven't completed it, but I finally saw the last piece of the toy puzzle in my pet friend's house, which is the army tank, and which is SOOO hard to get. :( But I will prevail.

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Has anyone noticed that Pet Society has increased the maximum level for your pets? I'm not sure what is the maximum level now (it used to be Level 34), but those who have passed the treshold of Level 34 have now transformed their house into a bigger red-roofed mansion with a current maximum of 9 rooms.

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There's also a new, urm, I don't know what to call it, 'stuff to do' (?). Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that Pet Society has put in a recycling bin into your pet's storage chest. You get points for recycling stuff you don't want or need anymore. Once you reach a certain amount of points, you will get a gift (I don't know what it is) as well as a trophy.

Well, I'm glad for anything new in Pet Society. At least I won't get bored with the same thing over and over again. Now, I need to get more coins to buy those Egg Surprises. I must have that Chick!!

Socializing in Pet Society Part 3

So, based on the search terms I keep getting on my blog, I'm guessing most of the Pet Society players are wondering about the toys that come out from the new Toy Mystery Egg that arrived last week. For example, someone googled 'why new pet society toys don't move'. Well, the toys you get from the eggs do move but they require their specific scenery backdrops in order to do so. You can click on the backdrop to see what seems to be action scenes from a few famous movies but if you don't have the '?' toys, you won't get the complete picture. Now, so far, I've managed to get three different scenery backdrops and some of the spare toys that complete the backdrop.

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This is what I call the 'King Kong' backdrop (unfortunately, I can't capture the movement of the backdrop without my pet jeopardizing the image). You need to collect four toy vehicles to complete this backdrop. I only managed to get three for this backdrop so far, which are police car, ambulance and firetruck. I'm guessing that the green '?' is another vehicle but I can't really think what else would be around with King Kong. Maybe a helicopter?

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This backdrop is what I call 'Captain Nemo's Squid' because it's underwater and there's a giant squid. :roll: You need four water vehicle toys to complete this backdrop. I only got two so far, a sailboat and a ship, but I have no doubt that the yellow '?' is a submarine, because I saw one in a pet friend's house. The weird thing about this backdrop is that the squid does nothing. It just blinks its one eye at you but doesn't attempt to move or destroy anything.

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Here's the last backdrop I got from the egg and I call it 'Alien Invasion'. I only managed to get two of the spare toys, which are the UFO and the F-16 Jet, and sorry to say, I don't have much clue as to the remaining two '?'. I'm kind of guessing that the plane I saw in a pet friend's house goes here but I can't be sure yet.

Oh, by the way, don't worry about the toys you drop into the scenery. If you want to give the toy vehicle to someone or put them elsewhere, you can always remove them from the backdrop. Also, if you keep getting the same toy vehicle over and over, you can sell them off for around 116 coins. I'll try my best to update any new toys I can get from the eggs. In the meantime, you can scout out my other Pet Society posts, Socializing in Pet Society and Socializing in Pet Society Part 2.

Before I forget, if you're getting bored of Pet Society, you can always try Playfish's latest online game, which is also available through Facebook; Restaurant City. You can decorate your restaurant, hire your friends, gather ingredients, learn new menu items and other restaurant management activities. I tried playing it for a while and my opinion is that it seems hectic but fun and interesting. :) Happy playing!

Socializing in Pet Society Part 2

This post is to update the earlier posting I wrote on Pet Society (Socializing in Pet Society on March 8th 2009). Since that time, the people of Pet Society has upgraded certain parts of the game, adding new stores and new items, as well as disabling certain methods of making money.

There are now two additional stores to the previous selection, the Mystery Store and the Gadget Store.

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The Mystery Boxes have now been moved to the Mystery Store and are accompanied by a new item, the Toy Mystery Egg dispenser. This dispenser sells you a toy egg which costs 350 coins each.

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The egg will randomly give you a toy. So far, the toys that I have seen come out from the egg are unlike those we can get from the stores and from the Mystery Boxes. You can get toy vehicles like police cars and planes as well as a scenery background that moves when you click on it. These are the only things for sale in the Mystery Store so far but I have no doubt that the people of Pet Society will add more in times to come.

Update: Apparently, when you receive one of the background sceneries, like the one below, there are pieces that you need to get to complete the scenery. For example, the scenery below requires 4 additional pieces, one of them is a UFO. Drop the toy (a car, plane or other small toys) at the '?' and see whether it fits into the scenery. If it does, the scenery will accept the toy as part of it.

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As for the Gadget Store, the items in there are just the electrical appliances that used to be in the Furniture store. At the time of this post, there are no new electrical items in the store.

As I have updated in my previous Pet Society post, the people of the game has disabled the money-making method of brushing and washing your pet when the bars are full. I have not been able to get any money once the bars have reached their limit. Also, I've noticed that there are times when you brush and wash the other pets, you only get 1 coin instead of the usual 2 coins. I'm unsure of the reason behind this inconsistency.

I'm glad that Pet Society has upgraded the game. I was getting kind of bored with it but it seems to be tougher to get money now. :(

Socializing in Pet Society

My heart lifted in happiness as I opened the official-looking letter. I won 500 coins in today's lottery!! No, not a real lottery, the daily lottery in Pet Society. :D

When my friend first invited me to play Pet Society, I went in, took one look at it and promptly forgot all about it. Then, one day, as I was cleaning up my applications on Facebook, I saw the long-forgotten game and decided to just have a look-see.....and immediately got hooked on it.

What's Pet Society? Designed by Playfish, it's actually a social game where you become a pet. Unfortunately, you are only able to play the game on Facebook, so join up if you want to play. :D You'll have a house and a neighbourhood complete with shops. So far, there's a Furniture store (to buy chairs and beds and such for your house), a Luxury store (more expensive goods), a Clothes store (to clothe your naked pet),a Food store (for your starving pet), a Stylist (for a whole new look), a Bank (to get more coins to buy stuff), a Stadium (for exercise and to win more coins), a Cafe (to find more friends), and a D.I.Y store (to style your own house in your own unique design).

You can add friends as well who play Pet Society and visit their houses to earn points and coins.

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Now, other than socializing with your friends in a whole new environment, there's really nothing much to this game. The only thing I see people doing in Pet Society is buying the new furniture and clothes that come out every week, and having the chance to get a rare stuff from one of the mystery boxes in the Furniture store. The aim is to get more points to reach the high levels (and to increase the rooms in your house), and to earn as much coins as possible to buy stuff. Yep, that's it. Simple, right? ;)

At the moment, the highest level is Level 34, which takes more than 140,000 points to achieve. The maximum number of rooms for your house is currently 6, with 3 on the ground floor and 3 on the upper floor. Even though you can still earn points, your level will not increase, well, not until the Pet Society people does something about it.

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Now, on to the most asked questions from everyone new to Pet Society: how do I earn more money? Let me tell you straight-up, although I know that there are cheats available online (WAIT!! DO NOT GO SEARCHING FOR THEM YET!), I have to tell you that Pet Society WILL ban you from playing the game should you be found cheating in any way. And yes, they will know, and the players themselves will know as well. It's not very hard to detect as cheaters tend to get too excited when 'gaining' coins and 'earning' points.

Now, this is how I earn money, and I earn quite alot.

1. Enter Pet Society everyday. Each new day, you will get a lottery mail, which, depending on your luck, will earn you 50 coins, 100 coins or 500 coins. I managed to win 1,000 coins the other day (very rare!!). Do not be fooled into thinking that the lottery mail will pile up if you didn't visit your pet. The lottery mail will be replaced with a new one everyday should you not visit.


2. Visit each friend everyday. Each new visit will earn you 20 coins and 5 points. Every other visit on that day will just earn you 5 points.


3. Brush and clean all your friends. Brushing will earn you 2 coins and 7 points while cleaning will earn you 2 coins and 6 points. Please keep in mind that there are times when you won't earn coins or points. This is normal.


4. If you have the money, buy food and feed your friends. Each feed will earn you 2 coins and 17 points. Don't buy expensive food, just those 5 coins fruit will work. Even if you feed your friend a pizza that costs 20 coins, you'll still only earn 2 coins and 17 points.


5. Brush and clean your own pet. Same as your friends, you will earn 2 coins and 7 points for brushing and 2 coins and 6 points for washing. What some people don't notice is even if your pet's hygienic and happiness level are high, you can still brush and clean them, and still earn coins and points. My record for brushing, so far, is a straight, non-stop 24 coins. *Update: It seems Pet Society has disabled this money-making-method after its latest upgrade. I have not managed to get any coins when my pet's happiness and cleanliness bar are full.


6. Run through the trees in your neighbourhood. When you pass through a tree, you may be lucky enough to earn 1 coin from each selected trees. Everytime you enter a house or store and you re-enter the neighbourhood, run through the trees again to earn coins. I get an average of 12 coins whenever I 'bang' the trees.


7. Everytime your level increase, you will get 100 coins as a reward. So work hard for those points.


8. Everytime you earn a Trophy (such as for playing softball or visiting friends), you will earn 100 coins. Playing the frisbee, jump rope and softball will earn you 1 coin at random times as you play.


9. 
   
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   Run the race at the Stadium everyday. Each day will give your pet 10 races. Each time you win a race, you will earn 30 coins and 20 points. If you get second, you'll earn only 10 points, no coins, and last place will earn you 5 points, no coins. If you just want to earn points, you can select 'practice' and earn 20 points each time you win. Here are some hints to the hurdle race:-

• To ensure your pet successfully jumps over the hurdle, click on your pet just as it reaches the start of the hurdle's foot (that long dark grey thing on the floor).


• If possible, click on ALL the banana peels on the track, yours and your friends. If you're lucky enough, you can earn 1 coin for each banana peel.


• Once your pet is about to reach the middle of the speed-mat, click on your pet for maximum speed. When the mat turns green, it's the maximum speed, yellow means medium speed and red is usually unsuccessful.

There are other ways to earn points such as buying furniture and food (the more expensive the item, the more points you'll earn) or giving your friends a gift. You'll find out more as you play. :)

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One trend that everyone who have money does it to buy those Mystery boxes in the Furniture shop, as I mentioned above. There are 3 mystery boxes; a 50-coin box, a 200-coin box and the whopping 500-coin box. The 50-coin one will get you mostly food, cheap furniture, some accessories and some rare clothes, such as Apron or Playfish t-shirts. The 200-coin box will get you pretty much the same things, but more expensive stuff. I usually get plants. If you're lucky, you can get a rare prize such as a toy (I got a black toy duck), but if you're really unlucky, you'll get really cheap stuff, like the Fragrant Hyacinth (a 50-coin cheap flower) I keep getting. The golden mystery box is the one you want. The stuff you get from there is sooooo rare; a grand chandelier, a piano, a rare mask, a rare carpet, the stuff is endless. But, again, this is only if your luck is good. If not, you'll still get cool stuff from time to time, or bad stuff that just makes you want to scream. :) For a list of items you can get from these boxes, check out http://kogaweb.net/.

It can get kind of addictive so trust me when I say, play only when you have lots of time to spare. Have fun!!