Saturday, December 24, 2011

My Story Part 2

No big blog today, just part 2 of my pico life story. Enjoy!
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Still in 2008, I developed friendships with people my age. Being younger, I had a naturally kind and innocent attitude about me. I never cussed much, nor was I very educated in that area. My life at that time revolved mostly around family. I moved through a series of families, going to the regular “adoption” events to find parents. Around the beginning of 2009, I met my first sister, who I like to call “Chiba.” We were both adopted by someone (choosing to remain Anonymous). We came to live in her house as her daughters. The house had a little blue block as a shower, a tiny kitchen and sitting area, and we each had our own bedrooms. It was there that I was a baby, and mom and her took care of me. I remember all the things the three of us did together. We went to the beach, sis took me to school, and when mom was gone sis would feed me and play with me.

I grew up (in pico) to three years old, and my sister and I were introduced to our aunt (anonymous), who would later become a threatening piece to our life together. One day around the middle of 2009, my sister and I came home to our mom's house, having just logged on. It was here 
we spent most of our online time. As soon as we were in mom's house, we saw that our Aunt was online. Sis decided that we would go to see her. So we went. When we arrived and ran up to our aunt screaming “hey, hi!”, Aunt didn't have much to say to us. “Who are you?” She snapped, the second we arrived. “We're ****'s kids,” we had told her. She responded with a “Oh.” Then told us the news. “***** has new kids. She got tired of you guys.” She said, then quickly kicked us from the room. We returned to mom's house, not believing her. It was then we realized we had been removed from mom's buddy list. I at first suspected an honest mistake, but sis wasn't buying it. “She doesn't want us anymore.” She said.

I sent many messages to our mother, demanding to find out what was going on. She finally messaged back angrily for me to leave her alone. As our mom wasn't on much, we still lived at her house, every night taking a shower on that little blue block. One day, the thing we had been dreading happened. Our mom came home while we were there. We zipped out of the room as quick as possible, before she could kick us. She followed us to sis's house, and there she told us off, then afterwords sent angry text and room messages demanding for us to stay away. We continued to live at the house, much to her dismay at our response messages, but she wasn't online enough to do something about it.

The reason that we stayed is that we knew no other place. I was under my sister's wing, and we continued to live. Again though, the dreaded thing happened. Mom returned home. She saw us instantly, and there we were kicked, and sent a flood of hateful messages. It was the last straw. We were kicked out, and we had nowhere to go. We would never return to the familiar house we had spent 4 months in. It was also the last straw for me when mom came to my house with Aunt, and they both angrily cussed me out, telling me that they hoped to never see me again, and that they thought I was an ugly 'noob.' After I had kicked them for the last time, I didn't see mom again for a very long time.



Above: The only picture I could find of my sis (when we were twins). I'm on the right (her eyebrows show a little and mine don't. Don't ask how I remember that. xD)

Sis and I stuck together, living in my little house and still receiving hate messages from our aunt and mother on occasion. One week, my sister did not get online; which was unusual for her. I had to go on without her that week, surrounding my time again on games and missions. Weeks passed, and my sister still didn't return. After a month and a half, I gave up waiting. I had it in my head that my sister had quit pico. With this, I grew up. My look changed, and I created my own “adoption” event. It was the end of 2009 when this change happened. It was then that I met southasiangirl, by the nickname “south.” She came to my adoption event, and we became immediate friends, and I became her mother.

South was a 'trouble kid,' running wild and getting into all the kinds of trouble she could think up. It was impossible to hang out with my friends with her around, she was vicious to them. On December 10, 2009, I made another adoption event to get a son, hoping a sibling would cool south down a bit. I met Prince Alex that day. He was dark-skinned and brown-eyed, and had a black buzz-cut. He was a baby, and south fell in love with him instantly, surprising me. She liked him a lot, and watched and took care of him when I was gone. They truly were like a real brother and sister, always looking out for one another.

When south was not there, however, I also developed a friendship with Alex He was so easy to talk to, and he was kind and compassionate. He had a good heart and a strong connection with god. In those first years, our relationship mostly revolved around my parenting of Alex and south, but as our friendship developed, I got to know Alexx; and he became a very close friend of mine; of whom I will never forget.

Alexx and I

Hope you enjoyed this (rather long). :) More background information about the richez in my next "pico life" chapter.

Love you all, ~Toast

Thursday, December 22, 2011

New News & My Story

So, I haven't posted in a while (being busy with the richez family), and I thought now would be a good time.

Btw, if you aren't familiar with the richez, our blog link is here: Richez Family Blog

Anyways...I'll start this post out with an interesting thing I saw today.

From left to right, this is:

Popcornz!
(◣_◢) alion!
MyHappyEnding
Lovey Girlyy
Zezy :D
crany dreamz!
crazy gurl!
crazy gall
candy.dreamz
©ⓐⓝⓓⓨ ♡
riley.♥
¢αѕιησ♥נυηкιє
cuтιє♥¢нℓσє
ղἶƈօlε lმძყჩմց

They gathered at the new Christmas Hall in pico to take a twin picture, and granted me permission to display them in my blog! So I send out a thanks to you guys!

Another thing I want to inform you on is that I am creating a story of my pico life. I had originally chosen to keep it private until I quit pico, but I decided that instead I would post one chapter here every week, starting now.

Chapter 1:

  I know we like to think that nothing ever ends, but truly; all the good things do. Another thing I know, while writing this, is that one day I will present this to all of my fans and friends on pico. When I do, it will be the end of my journey on pico; finished to make way for new ones. All good things come to an end in life, but for now; I'll just write.


My pico journey started on December 21st, 2008. I was 10 years old (being now 13). I discovered it after an invitation by my sister. I adored pico from the very beginning. My first look was pale skin, bright blue eyes, huge lips, and big, curly, puffy hair. It took me several months to fully grasp the “style” of pico. I thought I was so cool back then, remembering that time. :) In the beginning, my pico life revolved mostly around missions. Within the first month of playing, I was an avid player; logging on nearly every day. I recall my first friend on pico; a dark-skinned DJ boy with the personality of an angel.


As a pico newbie, I remember many kind people, and also many rude ones. Pico as of the present has a large population of wealthy players, who very much enjoy to pick on those few “newer” picos. Sometimes I find it even hard to remember myself as a new player after 3 years, but I stick up for those who do get picked on. In the first months, I earned a lot of gummies and gained a many-storied house. I developed a kitchen through tokens and the shop catalog, and put together an entire little living space, feeding off ideas from others. I remember being so impressed with the creativity of other picos, building lush, gorgeous works of arts with plain, simple little blocks, each individual. And it would've taken so long to raise the gummies for those blocks as well!

SOME AMAZING ROOMS:

Eiffel Tower By: "HՁO"
Alice In Wonderland By: "MaiRie Étoile"



Medical Center By: "Miѕs мєdicαℓ"

Well, I hope you guys enjoyed that! That was just the 1st chapter, so stay tuned!


Anyways, another thing I want to mention in this post is the new blog I am working on.
It will be open soon, and I will provide a link.


Until Next Time, ~Toast

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

How To Make A Pigg Account!

So...pico users! As some of you may know, Ameba Pico is NOT the original Pico site. The original is a japanese oriented site called Ameba Pigg. So...if you are getting tired of the old Ameba Pico and want to take on a new challenge, today I am going to tell you how to make an Ameba Pigg account!

1. Go To The Website (link below)
 http://pigg.ameba.jp/

2. Click the BIG pink button on the bottom of the screen. A new window will load, with a box to fill out.

3. In this box, you enter your email. Just type it out as normal, you do not need to use translate to decode it. ;P

4. Go to your email address, and there will be a email from Pigg. Click on the link provided in the email to confirm that you want to join Pigg.

5. When you go back to the site, you will be on step 3. There will be boxes for you to fill out.
The first box is where you fill out your pico ID. Keep in mind, this is NOT your name on pico. This is just the ID you will be recognized with. You do not to type your ID in japanese, the site accepts english. If you see red lettering pop up, it means there are not enough characters, or invalid characters. Once a grey box pops up with lettering inside, you know you have successfully entered your ID.

6. The next box is where you enter your password. Easy enough!

7. In the next box, you will enter your nickname on pigg- what will show up on your player card.

8. The next box is gender select. On the right is boy, on the left is girl.

9. On the next section you will enter your date of birth in this order- year/month/day

Example- 1998/03/19 
Which is March 19, 1998

10. After you successfully complete this section, click the little bottom grey button on the RIGHT to continue to the next step. It will bring you to another page, asking for you to read over your information, and confirm it by typing in a code you see.

11. Click on the right after you fill in the code, and you will be directed to a page with a big pink button, click on this- and you will start into the world. First though, a box will pop up. First click the check box, and another pink button will appear. Click on this.

12. A page will open where you can customise your character, and from here on you are in the driver's seat! Just continue to click the pink buttons in the pico introduction slides, and follow the directions of the arrows when "chloe" comes to greet you.


I will add pics later. ~Toast (The Pico Queen)

Halloween Scavenger Hunt

So, have you guys heard about the "piece prizes?" Well, you collect different pieces each day, and in the end they morph to make a pumpkin chair:

Final Prize
So...today's piece looks like this:

Today's Piece
So, this piece is available in David's Shop- in NYC downtown. He is the DJ items vendor.
Good luck!

~Toast (The Pico Queen)

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Halloween Contest, and NEWS

News, News! My pico adoption center is back in business!

Back in business!
But more importantly, Halloween is just around the corner! What are you going to be?



My Friends and I choosing Costumes
 Pico toast is hosting a halloween contest in honor of the holiday!!! You will need to take a pic with your pico camera of your pico in your favorite costume! Along with this, the below are required:

1. Pico room is open, which means it can be accessed from the player card.
2. Only ONE picture can be sent
3. Your FULL pico name must be provided.
4. Only ONE pico can be shown in the picture
5. Provide a description of what you are dressed as.

To enter, send your picture, pico name, and costume description to my blog's gmail- picotoast@gmail.com

The prize? Your room will be FILLED with food!!!!!
Also, if your messaging is public, I will send you a congratulations message. :)

I check my email regularly, and you can also use my gmail to send me requests for blog changes, help with pico, or just to chat!

I look forward to seeing some creative costumes and environments!

Sincerely, Toast (The Pico Queen)

Monday, October 3, 2011

NO HAPPY OLIVER!!!

Well...it was a known event. Hundreds of picos gathered in the nightclubs dressed in green to greet Happy Oliver. But...lo and behold...he wasn't there! Everybody was extremely disappointed, and I am working on finding how the rumor spread to prevent further confusion. Apologies for the sure announcement, this won't happen again!

News:

*New Gadgets! - My blog is being updated with better gadgets and homescreens. Hope you guys enjoy it!

The Pico Queen, ~Toast

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Happy Oliver Location!!!

Hai once again! I haven't been on pico in a while, but I am here with IMPORTANT news. I know where Happy Oliver is going to be! You might want to read up on this one.

Where: Disco Room 3
When: 2:00 pm Eastern Time
How Long: For one hour
What day: 2 days from now, on September 29, 2011

My friend downloaded a cheat engine that enabled him to know where and when Happy Oliver was going to be in a certain place. I don't know if it really works, but I guess we'll find out. I will take pics and post them if it works, then make more updates on his location.

~Toast (The Pico Queen)

Me As of Now

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

UPDATES AND YEARLY ROOM CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT!!!

Hi pico lovers! I want to put out a special recognition to an amazing original room I came across today.


The "My TV" Room
 This is a new member of the top 30's list, and is already very high up! It was recently remodled so it has a TV stand and buttons. :D Its so cute! And there is a walkable stage so picos can perform and be "on TV!"

Okay, so now for my daily "Pico News" Items.

Have you checked out the new mermaid room? There is a photo contest every day of this week as well! Today's pico Mermaid/Merman photo contest winner is Dexter GoGo!!!!



Dexter GoGo

So...here was his winning picture!


Dexter GoGo's Winning Picture
Pictures uploaded from  http://info.pico.ameba.net/2011/08/17/winner-photo-contest-day1/
Go to this link for more winner details and contest information.

So...what else is new? Well, I took particular intrest in the new Panda Room. So cute! My favorite is the panda you can sit on. :)

NEWS FLASH

I am preparing for my yearly room contest! There will be 3 top winners, and 5 honorable mentions. I will be announcing the winners on my blog, and the winners will get a message on their message boards from me to notify them that they have won. The number one room will be filled with food and balloons- so keep a lookout! This is going to be the most exciting room voting yet!

IMPORTANT: There is a switchup in the rules this year! I will be giving a few choices, and YOU GUYS will be voting for the winner! Make sure to give them your votes and make this the best room contest yet!

Okay my picos, I will bring more updates this afternoon!

Your Favorite Pico,
Toast

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Duplicating Your Pet

Hi, blog followers and pico lovers! I just recently figured out a trick...you can duplicate your pets! They do't actually become clones (they aren't REAL interactive pets), they are just glitches. Okay- so here's how. You will need a couch. You will also need a pet (that belongs to you). Sit on a couch and call your pet so that it sits on your lap. Then, move to the next seat and call it again. It will form a duplicate that will disappear when you click on it. This trick works best with gothic purple and red couches.


Duplicating My Dog, Butter

Yes, I look different. I have a twin!



Your favorite pico~Toast

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Tricks

Well, it took 2 hours to make that tutourial! Now we can finally move on to the fun stuff- tricks and cheats!

I will start with a few simple tricks. My next blog will cover more difficult cheats. :P

1. Walk And Slide

To slide when you walk, click an area on the floor, then press the "Tab" button on your keyboard.
You will glide along the floor, like so...


Gliding
 This also works for actions. In a backflip, you can freeze in the air.



Freeze

2. Invisibility

This is not a well-known trick. In fact, not many people at all know how to do it. So shh!
I am going to teach you how to make somebody invisible. First, you will need to position a chair with its back against a wall...like so.


1. Chair Against Wall
Next, you will need to use the arrows on your keyboard to mash the chair against the wall while somebody is on it. Make sure the chair does not move from its original spot, just up against the wall. If somebody is on the chair, it will appear as if they are sitting and standing over and over (up and down on the chair).


2. Mash Chair


On cue, tell them to walk, and keep walking. Make sure that they are clicking in an area far away. With luck and a little practice, the person will vanish, and be able to walk invisible until they step on sit on something.


3. Invisible!

Invisible
As you see in the second picture, not every computer will display invisibility. It depends on the speed and accuracy of the computer. Also, if somebody enters the room while somebody is invisible, the person who just entered will be able to see the "invisible" person.

3. Setting Items on surfaces that cannot hold items

Long title! Lol. Well, the title of this third trick says it all. In this example, I am trying to position a heart speaker on the surface of the DJ drink stand. Watch and learn.
Destination

So...first I place it on the corner table.


Then, I use the "down" arrow key on my keyboard to move it.

                                     
  Finally, I move it down to the drink table, where it appears to be resting on it.



Beautiful, Beautiful!
4. Making A Conga Line

This one should be easy.


Okay, so it's not exactly a conga. Who cares?
-Your favorite pico,
Toast

Monday, August 1, 2011

Introduction & Noob Tutourial

Hi pico lovers! I am so excited to start this blog up. This name was kind of creative as my name on pico is "toast" and a toast is in celebration. So without further ado, this is "Toast To Pico!"

In my blog, I am going to be sharing priceless and useful tips and tricks to pico, as well as countless updates and photographs. With luck and hard work, I plan to make this the most popular and useful pico blog yet! Help me out and let me know you are reading my blog by following!


So...for my first issue of Toast To Pico, I am going to show you my newcomers pico tutourial.

1. Ringing and favoriting rooms-

When you ring a room, it is a way of saying you like somebody's room, and it gives them 10 coins. When you favorite a room, it is just a way of saying you like somebody's room, and you have their room on a list so you can access it easily. Here is a picture showing where the ring and favorite buttons are.
Ring
Click the little panda heart button beside the word "Favorite" to favorite a room.
Click the green "Ring" button to ring a room.

Where to find favorites list-


Options Bar
Go to "Rooms" (Second from left)


Rooms List- Events
Click the "Favorites" Tab

Favorites List

2. Props

To props a player...

Before Propping
Press the orange "Props!" button on their player card.

After Propping

After you props someone, the button will turn grey and you know you have propsed them.

3. Shopping

So, where do you buy cool clothes, furniture, and loot?
Go to the SHOP tab on the bottom of your pico window.


The Friendly Options Bar

The Shop...


Shop Categories

Buying items...


Shopping

You can click the box (Use a Token) to buy certain items with tokens. You start AmebaPico with 5 Tokens.

4. Currency

In the last chapter, we discussed tokens. That is one form of Ameba Pico currency. There are three in total. The other two forms of currency are AmebaGold and Gummies. Gummies are earned on an everyday basis from recieving rings, props, food, and playing games. AmebaGold can either be earned by completing offers or bought with a credit card.

Two tabs; BUY AmebaGold and EARN AmebaGold can be found at the top of the Ameba Pico window.

5. Missions

Missions Booklet
You can earn gummies on Pico by completing missions. Your missions can be found in the very top right of the pico window. It looks like a little book with a star on the cover.

When you complete missions, you recieve a "star" on that mission and a sum of gummies in the range from 100-1000 gummies.

6. Rooms & Blocks

Your Room can be visited in two ways. The first is to click the little red house on your player card. The player card can be accessed by clicking on your avatar.


Visiting Houses
See the red house? You can visit other players' houses this way, too.

Room
This is my house. The more money you get, the bigger and fancier you can build your house. Now we have finally come to one of the most creative and distinctive features of pico. Blocks.


Blocks Shop
These are just a couple of the many different shaped and colored blocks of Ameba Pico. If you noticed in my house, I have different floors, a swimming pool, etc. etc. These are all made of blocks. One by one, blocks are stacked and placed and moved to make tons of interesting and amazing creations. Here are a few of the most amazing works built...

Alice In Wonderland- Alice, Cheshire Cat, Caterpillar
"Alice In Wonderland" built by player MaiRie Étoile

Airplane

"The First Airport Ever" built by player ❤ яιиѕтαя ❤


Eiffel Tower
"Eiffel Tower in Paris" built by player HՁO
Golden Palace
"Golden Palace" built by player [VE]★kape-chan

7. Changing Your Look

Getting tired of your old pico look? Your name? Well good news- you can change both!
First, open up your player card. There is a blue settings button on the bottom right.

Settings Button
When you click on this, a window will pop up. Click CHANGE LOOK or CHANGE NICKNAME on the bottom or top right of the window. If you choose to change your nickname...
Changing Your Name

If you choose to change your look, another window will pop up that looks like when you started pico. You are unable to change your gender, but you can change all of your facial and hair features. It requires 300 gummies to change your look.


Changing Your Look
8. Events

We aren't finished yet! Now we move on to events! To go to events, you once again click the room tab. You will automatically come to the events tab, and there will be a long list of events for you to choose from. You can also make your own event! To make your own event, click the "Create Event" button when you are in the events tab. A window that looks like this will pop up...


Making An Event
You can choose the name of your event, the description, and whether you want to notify your pico friends that you are having an event. Speaking of friends, we move on to the next chapter!

9. Adding Buddies

Meet someone that you like? Want to be their buddy?
When you add a friend in pico, you automatically have access to see when they are online, private message them, and follow them to the room they are in. These are features you do not have if you are not someone's buddy. To add someone, open their player card. Click the blue "Add Buddy" button in the bottom right. A window will pop up with a box for you to write a message. You are required to write a message, or your letter will not send.


Adding A Buddy
When you add a buddy, you get access to things non-buddies can't!



Buddy Features
To follow a buddy, you click the green person on their player card (Shown Above)
To whisper a buddy, you click the little chat box on their player card (Shown Above)


Whispering Buddy
10. Actions
See other picos jumping for joy? Crying? Doing backflips and cool dances? Well you can too!
Backflip
If you look at the white chat bar at the bottom of your pico window, you will see a little list of "Actions." You automatically have Sad, Joy, Bow, Hello, and Angry. You can buy other actions like Nod, Backflip, Please, and much more for gummies, tokens, and ag; depending on the move.

11. Travel!

Well, we move back to our handy little options bar at the bottom of the screen!

Options List
Ever dream of visiting ancient egypt and bowing to the queen? Eating at a french cafe? Sitting in the torch on the statue of liberty? Well, here is another unique and defining feature of Ameba Pico. Travel. See the little blue door on the options bar? When you click on this, a window will pop up with many tabs. You can choose to go to areas in the world, fun little parks, language areas, games, and shops! All in the Travel Bar. This is where it all happens!


Travel
12. Decor

Inventory
Here is another feature in our option bar! Decor. This is very simple. When you buy furniture, it goes into your Decor. To access it, you have to go to your room, scroll down to the options bar, and click the little green room labeled "Decor." Here you can click on pieces of furniture and decorate your room! Heres the secret to moving furniture. First, you click on a piece of furniture in your decor. Then, it will appear in the room, closest to where you are. If it does not appear, try moving to a different area because something may be in the way. Click on the piece of furniture in the room. Three options will appear: Move, Rotate, and Pick Up. If you don't want to click and move furniture, you can click the piece of furniture, then simply use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move it. Rotation is simple. Just click the option. To pick up the piece of furniture you click that option, too. It will go back into your inventory.

13. Pocket

You can also find your pocket on your options list. The tab depicts a pocket with colored blocks in it. Click on this, and a small window will appear. There are different tabs for different categories of things. The categories are Foods, Goods, Pet, and All.



Pocket

14. Changing Room Title, Picture, and Description

Now let's name your room! Go to your room and click the blank (or filled in) space on the right of your picture in the top left of your room. This is where your room name should be. When you click on this, the window pictured below should pop up.



You can choose your room name, description, entry permission, and room picture here.
Underneath your room picture (or blank box if you are new) is the button: Change The Room Photo. This will open a little camera window for you to capture the photo. Always remember to click "hide" to hide the orange arrow pointing to you.

15. Camera

How do you access your camera to take photos out of your room? This is what I have been using to take all the beautiful photos on this blog! :P

Click the camera button above our friendly little options bar. It should be quite noticeable.



16. Gacha

Oh no! We are forgetting another important factor of Pico! The Gacha!



Think of the Gacha like a gumball machine, but you win prizes! It costs 100 gummies to play the gacha. There are many gachas, even some that require ag, but those are mostly in special themed parks. The daily gacha (the one for everybody) can be found in the very very right of our friendly little options bar! It looks like a gumball machine with a smiling face and a top hat! Here's what the gacha window looks like...





Well friends, this hopefully has been a help in your pico life! Sadly, we are at the end of the tutourial. Enjoy your time in pico, and have a happy pico life!!!!

~toast