Thank You for Cooking Guide for H.M.D.S.

23rd December 2008

Dear 'Freyashawk',
I would like to graciously thank you for all the Harvest Moon guides you have published over the Internet. These are a constant source of reference for me as they are so helpful, detailed and accurate. Many times when I have been 'stuck' in the game, with little options, I have turned to your guides for the solution and always found it. This email may not be necessary, but I wanted to express my gratitude. I appreciate that you must spend a lot of time and energy working on these guides to make them the high quality that they are. For this, myself and many other players in the gaming world, will be grateful.

In particular, I have found pleasure in reading the Harvest Moon DS Cooking 101 Guide. I enjoy being able to cook on the Harvest Moon game, making meals for my favourite girls in the Valley or for Events. This guide listed so many recipes that I was able to try out, to great success. When I first began playing the game, the Harvest Moon DS General Guide was very useful in providing an overview of practically every aspect of the game. Once I had read the guide, I was immediately able to begin playing straight away. For me, knowing what to do in a game and getting the most satisfying experience out of it is my aim. The guidance you have given was appreciated to achieve these aims. After fully understanding the game, I could really enjoy it and it has given me hours of entertainment.

I admire you tremendously for the hard work and energy you put into your guides, for the benefits of other players. It is also a generous commitment. Such concise guides, so accurate and detailed could be worth a lot of money. Yet you deliver these for free, to many players over the world. This is an unnecessary, but much appreciated, act of generosity in a world where courtesy has often been forgotten.

Once again, thank you.

Yours respectfully,
S. H.


Note from Freyashawk: I was deeply touched that a player took the time and effort to write this email. It makes all the difference to know that the work I do is appreciated by players and I would like to thank every one who has written to me simply to thank me for my efforts.

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 Alyssa

Hello--

I got a later start on Harvest Moon than most people...while everyone was talking about Magical Melody's upcoming release, I had just discovered MFoMT. With all of the talk about the newer games, and me struggling to make myself known in HM forums, it was more than a little difficult to get some of the information I needed for the game I was playing. Your guides for MFOMT for were lifesavers for me! I progressed well through that game and ended up rich, married, and with a kid and a highly developed farm.

Well, what happens to many happened to me--I got hooked on HM! Unfortunately, I tend to be a minimalist if I don't know any better...and reading your guides helped me know better! If it was up to me, my biggest goal in most HM games would be to get married and then I would probably throw it aside and wait for the next game to come out. However, I read your general guide for the game before playing (I'm kinda going backwards with the series, I just bought HM3 for the GBC) and it helps me out a lot! You've probably saved me from throwing my DS in the trash on multiple occasions when I couldn't figure out how to win Keira over.

Anyways, just wanted to drop you a virtual line and say "Keep it up!" Now that I'm more established in Harvest Moon message boards and someone asks me a question to which I don't know the answer, your guides are the first I check, becasue they are so thorough! I from experience know that it's not easy to write them, and it's very time consuming, but, at the expense of sounding corny, you're actually very inspiring to me.

Keep writing! I know I speak for a lot of people when I say we really appreciate your hard work!

Thanks for Advice about Littering

thats what i was doing! thank yo sooooooooo much!!! you rock!

Castleenchanted@aol.com wrote:
Here's a link to my site:

http://harvestmoonforever.blogspot.com

Links to all my guides, (including my Courtship and Marriage Guide with a section devoted to Skye, his heart events and so on), are given on the right side of the page.

First of all, it's not a 'cheat' to change your outfit. It should give an AP boost to every bachelor, including Skye. You should have a Love Bangle so you can see his precise AP and FP levels when you speak to him. You can buy that at the Casino.

The best item to give him before you can cook his favourite curry is any toiletry from the Excavation Site, so you have been giving the right gifts. If his heart level hasn't changed at all, you must be littering. Littering will decrease AP and FP, and even bring it down to zero...

You cannot throw or drop ANY item, including weeds, even by accident and even on your own land. If you do, you will be littering and every one's affection and friendship can drop.

Good luck!
Freyashawk


NOTE FROM FREYASHAWK: I am posting this here because this is only one email among many from a player desperate because she kept losing AP with her heart's desire. Once again: you cannot throw or drop ANY item on the ground, even on your own land, in Harvest Moon DS or Cute DS.



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