Thanks for 101 Sprites Guide and Guide about Skye

Thank you so much for your FAQs on Harvest Moon!!! I didn't have any idea what to do when I got Harvest Moon Cute... I especially appreciate your making of the Skye and 101 Sprites Guide. Thank you, again!
-CC

Thanks from Christine

Freya,
I'm sure you get emails like this all the time, but I just wanted to say thank you so much for your wonderful Harvest Moon guides. I'm an avid player, and I would not have had a fraction of the fun I'm having if not for your FAQs. I only play DS Cute and GBA MFoMT, but I think you have guides for the others, too. I know it must have taken a lot of time and effort to make those, and you're not even getting any compensation for it! I want to express my gratitude at the fantastic job you've done.
Yours,
Christine

A Happy Ending... or is it just the beginning?

Ahh.. thanks for everything then. :) I manage to marry Skye and unlock the super field. :) thanks for your infos and helps. :D

-Paula

Thank you Note from Shadowsbox

I just wanted to say thank you for all the time and dedication that u put into
the guides you publish for us. Because of u I am a harvest mooniac! The first
one I ever played was HM DS. I was lost and confused so I googled it and your
guide was one of the firdt that came up. I was so thrilled at how thorough and
comprehensive It was. Since then I have went on to play HM cute, IoH, awl, fomt
and mfomt, innocent life and rune factory I am also looking into getting a wii
so I can play ToT and RF frontier. I have used your guides to get the maximum
experience out of my games (especially when it comes to courting bachelors lol).
Anyway thanks again without u I would b lost. oh and don't worry when I get ToT
I'll b sure to buy the official brady games guide:)
Later days,
Shadowsbox

Thanks from a Perfectionist

Hey. I just wanted to say thank you for all of the guides, they've always been immensely helpful to me. Harvest Moon is my fave series, even though I'm horrible at time management and such; coupled with my need to be a perfectionist, it makes these games really tough for me! But still, I love it. Right now I'm playing Harvest Moon DS Cute while waiting for the two new games (preordered, looking forward to my plushies). I think the farthest I've ever made it is 23 Spring, Year 1. I keep restarting...! I can never get my daily routine hammered out, so I struggle and feel like I've done something horribly wrong. Hehe, I have to try and get gifts to EVERYONE, but it's difficult... ah well!

Sorry, I ramble on (it's 3am after all, kinda loopy). Again, thank you very much...! It makes it so much easier to know what to give people. I'll hammer out my daily schedule someday...!

My response: Thank you for your email. I always am inspired to work harder when players tell me that my guides have been helpful.

I myself am a perfectionist and my own instinct is to wring the most out of every day in Harvest Moon. I find myself replaying a day in order to save a few minutes (in-game) here or there or to perform a chore better. I hate to make mistakes but really, Harvest Moon is VERY forgiving of errors. There are few errors that cannot be reversed. When you give an individual a gift he/she detests, you always can restore Heart Levels that have been lost. Littering can reduce an individual's AP to zero, but you can RESTORE that AP by giving Most Favourites or even gifts that are liked but not loved. I try to trigger events as early as possible in the game for the sake of the guide but an ordinary player has all the time in the world in many cases. If a game can last for 255 years, what is the rush? What errors cannot be reversed in 255 years???

You need to move on past the first Spring. Buy the Teleport Stone so you can visit every one early in the morning. Even if you give them items that they like rather than love, you can raise FP to maximum very quickly! You really do need to allow yourself to experience Events and make progress in the game.

By the way, my guides for Island of Happiness should be published on IGN on the day the game is released. My written guide for Tree of Tranquility will be published by Brady Games and is available now for pre-order I believe. As I worked on a printed guide for ToT for Brady, I shan't be able to write online guides for that game but a printed guide may be more useful in any case.

From an HM DS and HM Cute Player

Thank you so much for your guides. It's thanks to you that I have gotten as far as I have in HMDS and HMDSCute. Just wanted to send my sincere appreciation. If it weren't for the fav items you took time to find out, it would be much harder to raise FP.
Thanks!!! ^_____^