The next Beethoven?

As I was ringing rooms today, I stumbled across あむあむ's lovely room. Surrounded on all sides by winter blocks, it's like a rain of security and flurries wrap you in this bitterly cold, yet warm blanket. There's an overall coziness about it, but what really got my attention, was the beautifully made piano by the side. As opposed to using an organ, あむあむ has taken it upon themself to create their own piano, and might I say that the results are fantastic.

Even A.Hussie, my panda decided to try playing the keys!

 A skillful mix of piano keys and blocks, this organist creation looks like a captivating and incredible creation, despite how simple it may look. I especially love the roses and heart blocks! A lovely touch. :)

All in all, あむあむ's room is definitely worth checking out, and that piano sure looks like it could use some playing. B)

All hail the casino!!

As you all may have noticed, the casino 5x payout is back! I was having the roughest time trying to win like I had been, and for another week now we all can!

I had about five times this amount when I was done, lol

I've been trying to win the gold card for quite some time now, but it doesn't seem that I've won enough this month. (I could have sworn it was 50k, and I'm at 60 now....Oh well.)

But I did get enough for that sweet flatscreen TV! Anybody who wants to come around and watch it is totally welcome! :D  
Man do I love that casino. That's probably where I'll be for the next week, lol.

Hurrhurr, I won 420.

Pico Scam!

I've asked two popular Pico blogs to also do this, but just in case, I'll put it here also as a warning.
Pico's posted two notices about security breaches, and how they're doing their best to step up their security. Recently, a message has been going around to several Pico users through Facebook. This person is pretending to be the Pico Administrators, claiming that you need to input your login information into a suspicious website.

DO NOT DO IT. IT IS A SCAM, AND YOU WILL LOSE YOUR ACCOUNT. 

The user goes by the name "Pico Admln" and sends a convincing note that may look something along these lines: 

Dear Ameba Pico Online

We have detected suspicious activity in Ameba Pico Online you and will immediately suspend your account as a security precaution. We've issued a warning to you via email, but you do not respond to our notice. Therefore, your account will be immediately terminated, and will not be reinstated for any reason.

*ENTER YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT*
You can get back control of your account by logging into
[Link removed]
and follow the instructions on the screen.

Note: If Within 12 hours, you have not verified your account on our links, then you have ignored our notifications. Therefore, your account is permanently suspended, and will from not be reactivated for any reason.

Thank's
Admin Ameba Pico 

This is NOT a legitimate Pico account! Pico Admins will never need to ask for your login information! Please, protect your account information, never give it out to anyone, no matter who they are. If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. Should you get a message like this, please immediately report them to both Pico and Facebook.
Together we can make Pico safe for everyone~

Immaturity?

It's been a long time since my last post, I know. I've been sort of busy with school, and for a while I lost all motivation to do pico blogging. But I'm going to try starting again!
Now I know this is a couple days late, but I want to address something a little concerning when I noticed Pico was having that maintenance which lasted longer than we expected. I took a look at their Facebook page, and wandered down to some of the comments.
What I saw was downright concerning, to say the least.

Now I know that the general audience of Pico is quite young, around 11-15 years old. But I myself find that no excuse for some of the conduct that I saw in those comments. A few users (whose names I will leave anonymous to preserve privacy) were shouting threats, obscenities, complaining, and generally being impatient.
I could certainly understand the disappointment (I mean hey I had to go to class in half an hour, and I had no Pico to tide me over), but it seems to me that everyone was missing the point of the maintenance: To make Pico better. They don't shut the site down for hours because they like it, they're addressing the errors that pop up, the very same ones that some of the very same people had complained about in discussion boards. And yes, sometimes maintenance will take longer than expected because something goes wrong.

But what got me the most, was when one girl posted, wondering why everyone was so upset, when Pico wasn't the world.
These people attacked her. Not disagreed, attacked. They went after the way she looked, her name, her background, anything they could find by just clicking on her profile. They ganged up and bullied her, and frankly it sickened me. To the point at which I was compelled to report every single one.
We're all here for the same reason. Because we like Pico. We like the community, and we like the features. So why exactly do we have to attack each other? And also attack the staff of Pico because they're -gasp- doing their jobs?

I was pretty damn disappointed in those people.

Crazy crack pandas!

I'm sure almost everyone on Pico has seen the reverse pandas. Those really cool looking ones?
Well...has anyone ever noticed how creepy their eyes look? Me and lawr have taken to calling them crack pandas.

Don't they just look like massive, creepy bug eyes?

And the way pandas tilt their heads. They're so creepy sometimes. o_o Especially after lawr pointed out the bug eyed effect that the white pattern has.
Next time you see a reverse panda just remember....they're always watching.
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Alice Nine^2!

/bad joke

So some of you might be familiar with Pico's infamous Alice Nine release from a few months back. You know, the one that was totally overpriced and made your wallets cry? Well now it comes in gacha form! Premium gacha of course. You know, that evil contraption that is the bane of your existance.

I know where you live B(

I'm actually not much of a jrock person myself, so I rely on my friends on Pico to help me out with the terminology.


But anyways, Pico's done a nice job of drawing up the items that you can win. No super rare stuff this time, thank Jebus.

They even tell you who the costumes go to. Nice of them. :U

Naturally I caved, and rolled away five bucks on this. But as you can see from that picture above, I'm really pleased with the results. I wanted that funky colored Nao wig really bad. My hair looks like neapolitan ice cream from the back now.
And they seem to be unfinished. Maintenance is in a couple hours, and I'm only crossing my fingers that when I log in tomorrow morning, it isn't a new item release. I just might cry.
Let's hear it for opening a new area! Come on Pico! Bring us ice skating and fishing!

What is this feedback I hear?

So I know I've been totally shirking my duties on this blog, but what can you do when you're lazy like me? :B
A day late and a dollar short is better than nothing amirite? So the other day I was logging on (as I do every day) and I noticed something curious.
Pico's info menu had a survey option! Always the opinionated loudmouth, I was dying to check it out. I'm a frequenter of the suggestions thread on the discussion page in Pico, always checking out new suggestions and giving in my input.
So I was all over that. I think I wrote about a paragraph and a half.

What I suggested:

• More clothing options for the guys. Seriously, the options available to them are just plain sad. Cater to the men of the world a little Pico. :|
• A dual currency system that is more fair than the one we have now. Gold is hard to come by for kids, and I sure as hell don't have the money to toss for gold. The free offers are shady, sometimes stuffed with malware, and don't always work. I don't want over 9000 units of spam mail in my mailbox. :|
• More inventory space!!

Had it been an option at that time, I also would have asked for longer time to buy those awesome colorful wigs. We had like what...a week to get them? And I don't remember seeing any notification that they were temporary. I had time to get only one wig, and I wanted to at least get a funkier colored one. :( Blue and pink hair are one of my top wishes for Pico.
But I guess what's done is done...and I'm only left with a reminder of what could have been. :(

On the flip side they did release some...amusing new items. Animal print, as if we needed MORE new items to get. My wallet is still recovering from Halloween. I have to admit though, I'm rather disappointed. I expected at least some changes that were suggested. Unless all they took to heart was a plea for more stuff to spend money on that is.
I don't have much gold this time around, so all I managed to get was the funky looking tail thing. (Can we say tacky? Who'd really wear this?)

(Here are me with some friends, lawraanz and Acropolis, sporting off our cheesy tails.)

 

I've got my sights on that Lady Gaga-esque bow myself. Looks like I'm going to have to complete some offers for the next few days!

Oh! And speaking of which, I noticed a lot of them don't give gold immideately, even if they say they do. I completed a 200 gold offer yesterday, and didn't get my rewards until the reset today. So I guess it's a game of patience sometimes.


Narky~