The Further Ramblings of a Virtual Pet Addict

Well, it's finally here... The New Year, I mean...

I didn't quite manage to hatch the two gen 1 tams at midnight.. I hatched them at 1:15 this morning, instead. And since I messed up slightly, Tigatron (white Gen1) is about a minute behind Pewsey Ogg (clear green Gen1). Also, Pewsey Ogg ended up going to bed with two happy hearts missing, because I kept on losing the game with him. (Outwitted at a guessing game by a baby-chi... How humiliating.) However, I have been feeding them at the same time and playing with them the same number of times.

When I woke up this morning, I revelled in the fact that it was now 1998 for all of two minutes. Then I fed my tams and fell asleep again. When I next woke up, about an hour later, White Queen had silently passed on.
*sigh*
I just seem to be no good at taking care of the Gen 2 tams... they never seem to live past the teenage years.

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Later on in the day, Dino turned into a monstrously fat, friendly looking dinosaur that barely even fits on to the screen. This may be because he weighs nearly 50 kgs (about 110 lbs) at age 3. I decided to make him exercise more by playing the ball-dodging game, which I can never win.

January 2nd

Yesterday, Pewsey Ogg and Tigatron were selfish, but only once. I scolded Tigatron and ignored Pewsey Ogg until the attention icon went off. Pewsey Ogg, incidentally, is named after a minor character in Terry Pratchett's Discworld Series of novels. I urge everyone to read this series!

Unfortunately, neither Pewsey nor Tigatron have called me since... possibly because I had the sound turned off for both of them. Right now, they are 3 years old and only have 25% (0% for Pewsey) discipline!

Later on in the day, Tigatron and Pewsey got sick, indicating that they'd be a-transforming sometime soon. Interestingly enough, Pewsey called me selfishly twice on his own (ie, even though Tigatron didn't). Tigatron eventually went to sleep with 75% discipline; Pewsey remained at 0%.

January 3rd

Today at 10 am, both Pewsey and Tigatron turned into Tamachi!

Tigatron's discipline went from 75% to 0%: the last two times this happened, my tams turned into the secret characters. I wonder if Tigatron's going to turn into a Bill...

Also, Dino broke/froze, so that none of the buttons work. I had to reset him, which was a pity; he'd just turned into his adult form yesterday (flying white dragon with horn on nose). I "hatched" a cat; the screen started out with the word Cat (with tails on the C and T) and a big cat face. After a while, a cat in a basket mysteriously appeared on screen, and the basket disappeared as soon as I pressed a button. I played the ball-dodging game and managed to win 3 times!

Later on, Tigatron was selfish, so his discipline meter was at 25% when he went to bed.

January 4th

As of 5:41pm PST, Tigatron's discipline is at 75%! Yay! and Pewsey Ogg was selfish all by himself (see January 2nd) at 5:06 pm or so. Either he's trying to be independent of his twin, or Tamagotchis have an inherent need to be scolded.
:D
According to the Internet Tamagotchi Club's unofficial book, Pewsey will turn into a Kuchipatchi or Nyorotchi, due to his lack of discipline. My prediction is that Pewsey will become a maskuchi, and his twin Tigatron will become either a mamechi or the secret character.

Unfortunately, I was busy watching a re-run of the Simpsons and didn't see my tams fall asleep! They went to sleep with 75% everything (except Pewsey, who had 0% discipline) and a poop!

And they'll be waking up right in the middle of my first class! Aack!

January 5th

Most of my classes were shortened today, so I didn't have any trouble taking care of my pets. Pewsey was selfish at around 1 o'clock, and both Pewsey and Tigatron got ill at 1:55 pm. My guess is that they will transform either 7 or 9 hours from now... that is, either 5 minutes before bedtime or one hour into my Class.

Also, the Cat reset itself, so I "hatched" a chicken (starts with egg, eats rice in a bowl and a candy). This soon reset itself as well, so I am currently "playing with" ET the alien.

January 6th

Classes were short again. At about 9:25, both tams were selfish. Tigatron's discipline meter went up to 100%, and Pewsey Ogg stayed at 0%. They both transformed at 11:00 am sharp, into... maskutchi?!

However, I will not consider this experiment officially over until the 10th, in case one of them turns into the secret character.

January 7th

Shoot. I coulda sworn I already wrote the entry for this day... maybe Geocities ate it? Anyhow, Tigatron was selfish yesterday at 9:55 pm, and twice today at around 1:55 and around 8:00pm. He went to sleep with 75% discipline. Pewsey, who I still refuse to scold, went beddy-bye at 0% discipline.

January 8th

Hmmm. My tams are both 9 and they still have yet to fall ill. Perhaps they're not going to transform after all? Also, my King Pet reset itself repeatedly, killing both ET and an unnamed puppy. I finally managed to hatch a penguin, which did not immediately die.

January 9th

Today, the King Pet went funny right as I tried to play the game, with the end result that none of the buttons worked, yet the pet continued to poo, call me, get sick, etc. It also transformed into some sort of horrid thing with antennae and a gap-toothed grin.

Sometime around 7 or 8 PM, both Tigatron and Pewsey fell ill, requiring one shot each. I assumed that they would transform tomorrow, and went back to my reading. Sometime 11-ish, I went to "tuck them in", and discovered a sleeping maskuchi (Pewsey) and... a gaijin-chi!

Needless to say, I was rather surprised, and pleased, that my experiment was showing results. I also noticed that Tigatron's discpline had gone up to 100%.

January 10th

Today, I was rather disappointed. Sometime around 11 am, when Pewsey Ogg woke up, I heard that old familiar shimmery sound... and he also turned into the secret character. His discipline leapt up to 100%. However, it was interesting that he transformed after Tigatron did, considering that Tigatron is the one who's a minute slower than Pewsey. Hmmmm.

January 13th

The weekend was less than stellar. My sister fell ill, my dad called from Japan saying that he couldn't go tama-searching on account of the snowstorms they were having, and besides none of the stores he went to had Osuchi/Mesuchi (my current obsession: I wanted one in time for a friend's birthday, so that we could share a couple of mateable tams. Alas, it seems the tam gods have decreed that it is not to be...)

The good news is that I was able to put up my Babychi/Kodomochi Page and my Mamechi/Mimichi Page. I still need a lot more pics and info for the other pages, though. I should do all right for the Ginjiro/Pochi page, but I've never gotten the Tara/Takochi or Kuchipa/Hashizochi, so I've been sending out little SOS's. Fortunately, at least one person has responded...

My Tamagotchi Horoscope Page is up, but it still needs more pics (Mouse, Ox, etc.). I guess I'll have to comb the web (talk about a mixed metaphor!) again this weekend, or next time that I've got more than 30 minutes spare time.

Wish me luck!

January 17th

Major Update: I've been neglecting my King Pet repeatedly for most of this week. Everyday, I use it as an alarm clock, and then forget to take it to school with me. As a result, it's all alone from 8:00 am to about 3:00 pm, so there are at least 4 poops and 2 or 3 skulls (3 skulls = only 2 skulls showing, but the first one takes 2 shots before it disappears). As a result, it turned into a hissing, angry-looking Siamese Cat at age 2, and a big fat ugly cat at age 3.

My two Secret Characters are doing okay, but because I don't like pausing them, I've occasionally found them with 2 poops, and once I accidentally let them sleep with a poop each and a heart each. They got sick on Thursday (15th) or thereabouts as a result.
:(

I did manage to put up individual pages for most of the tama characters except Tara/Takochi and Nyoro/Kusachi. I'm also developing a Tamagotchi Questionnaire to help me improve this section.

The best news of all, of course, is that my Dad came back from Japan! It's snowing like crazy there, so he didn't know if he'd make it to the airport all right... but he did, and he got me a very lovely present (well, actually I had to pay for it)! I plan to give it to my friend for his birthday, which is on the 25th. So I can't say what it is, just in case he drops by this page. But I plan to keep a meticulous journal of that, too... possibly even stealing images from other sites.

January 19th

*sigh*
Tigatron passed on today... he had been getting needier these past couple of days... he even beeped during one of my classes. Later on in the day, I left my tams alone and tried to concentrate on class. When I checked them again an hour and a half later, Pewsey Ogg was fine but Tigatron was... an angel. Farewell, little Tigatron... you weren't the prettiest tam I ever had, but you were sweet nonetheless.

January 20th

Despite my sister's gleeful predictions ("Hmmm... I'm getting a weird premonition... I think... about 12 o'clock...") Pewsey Ogg failed to return to his home planet today. I did have a bit of a scare when I saw a skull on his screen sometime 10:30 am-ish, but it went away after one shot. Meanwhile, to tide me over until the 25th, I started up my Gen 2 tama. This time around, my goal is to take imperfect care of him. Everytime I try to take perfect care, I get the pochi, so I thought I'd try something new... I accidentally let him beep twice as a tonmaru, so hopefully this will prevent him from turning into a pochi. Maybe he'll be a zukichi?

I also visited two different tamagotchi fortune tellers: the one at Sailmoon's Tamagotchi Place and the one at MadCow's page. According to one, my tam is a boy and should be named JJ or James, and will live a long time. According to the other, it's a girl, and should be named something with a P in it.

I compromised, by calling it James James Morrison Morrison Weatherby George Dupree (JJ for short).

January 21st

Pewsey now has the irritating habit of running all out of hearts in the last 5 minutes of each class. JJ has been quiet, but I accidentally let him run all out of hearts at least once. I haven't had the heart to really abuse him, by letting his screen fill up with poops; besides, I already did that with his predecessor, Mel.

My first response to the Tama Questionnaire was a request for more experiments. I was going to see what happens when you, say, raise one by coddling it and the other by letting it beep for attention, but I think that'll have to wait until Reading Break (week following Valentine's Day) when I have more time to myself. So please, be patient!

PS My King Pet will remain paused until I can afford to take care of it (ie, summer time).

January 22nd

Today, nothing much happened... JJ called me several times, but I never noticed 'cause his sound was off and his attention icon wasn't highlighted. He was down to 0 hearts at least twice, and selfish at least once. At about 8 pm he got sick and needed two shots.

January 22nd

Grrr... I was looking forward to getting my first-ever hashitamachi today, when sometime around 3 pm I noticed that JJ was now... a Tongaritchi!

His discipline went from 75% to 50%, which means he probably won't become the secret character (my theory is that the discipline has to go down to 0% each time). To prevent him from becoming the Zuki (a character I like, but one I've already had once... twice if you count the several days it spent as a zuki before becoming the secret character), I'm going to leave JJ at home tomorrow. He went to sleep with 3 hungry hearts and 2 happy hearts: hopefully he'll survive the ordeal.

January 24th

I just noticed that I have two entries for January 22nd. How odd... Anyhow, I got back from school on the 23rd and found JJ with three poops and no hearts. Pewsey remained in good, if somewhat needy, health. Today (24th) I started work on my tripod page, which will be a collection of my fave books, cosmetics, and of course, netpets. JJ got ill at around 7 pm; I believe he'll transform tomorrow. Updates to come.

January 25th

I was right. First, sometime during lunch with my friend, Pewsey Ogg passed on (with his attention icon lit up, no less). I didn't even get to say goodbye... later, sometime after we watched Tomorrow Never Dies, I discovered that JJ had become... a Hashizotchi! My very first! He's so cute...

After we had some fries, we hatched our Osuchi and Mesuchi! Also cute, if somewhat annoying... I'll put up a separate diary for them, ASAP. I named my Mesuchi Michelle and he named his Pierce, after the two stars of the movie. Interesting fact: the new tams get futons or beds at every stage of development.

January 26th

Sigh.. next to no developments in the tam department... Oh, BTW, it looks like Hashizotchi also get 100% discipline. I swear, JJ used to be at 75%... then he transformed and went up to 100% !

January 27th

JJ got sick around 9:50-ish am. I'm typing this in my university's library, praying that I don't get caught... More later, I hope.

Later: I forgot all about JJ. As a result, I looked in on him at 10:15 and discovered him asleep with a pile of poop by his side. Maybe I should take a break from multiple v-pets and just concentrate on my Mesuchi...

January 28th

I managed to care for JJ, but he got sick again! I'm beginning to understand what people mean when they say Kuchipa's and Hashi's are "unhealthy" adults. He sure is cute, though.

January 30th

Alas, JJ departed for his home planet today. I was sitting in my French Class, at about 10:35, when I heard a far-off beeping which I assumed was the truck across the street backing up. Just in case, I checked my pocket, and there was little JJ, tossing and turning in his futon. I stared, mute, ignoring what was going on in the classroom. Finally, JJ leapt out of his futon, laid an egg almost as big as himself, smiled joyously, and was gone. I was left, all alone in a classroom full of humans and a teacher....

Farewell, James James Morrison Morrison Weatherby George Dupree.

You were a good little tam, and I'd like to think that you were happy... At least you flew off with full hearts... (unlike your cousin Pewsey).

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