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Mr. Cotton’s Musical Journey

Mr. Cotton pauses are the peak of harmony hills to admire the magical world surrounding him. He has his eyes set on the tall, and twisting piano stairway which he must climb to continue his journey. Listening to his favorite tunes played by his flowery friends; He is filled with the determination to move forward. He clears his mind of all worries, closes his eyes, and takes several deep breaths. Feeling relaxed he opens his eyes and begins his next adventure.

Today I completed the final touches on a digital drawing I’ve been working on for a while. It was inspired by music, and Mr. Cotton’s fun adventures on Line Play. The flowers resemble musical instruments, and the fluffy character is Mr. Cotton.

Here’s the rough sketch where it all started and the line art which was surprisingly challenging. The imaginary perspective of the piano stairway, sketchy ‘sound cloud’ and ‘pipe organ mountains’ proved to be more difficult to draw that I thought. Also this was my first time using and finishing a drawing in Paint Tool SAI. The adjustable speed of the lines are pretty neat as well as the wide variety of custom tools and options compared to Photoshop.

Program: Paint Tool SAI Tablet: Intuos 5 Medium

Have a Good Friday, and Happy Easter! ^^

#lineplay #line play #digital art #drawing #mrcotton

Hi! I've been playing the Japanese version of Catch of the Day and although I can read Japanese I'm not fluent so there's certain information I can't find.. Your guide helped a lot and I wanted to thank you! Just wondering but are there recommendations for which type (A B or C) to synthesize your rods to? Also, how do I obtain the Sure Item you mentioned in your guide?

Hello! Sorry for the late reply. You’re very welcome and I’m glad you found it useful. The game mechanics are already a lot to understand in English, so it must be a real challenge in a foreign language! Good luck!Recommended Evolution for RodsI’m hoping the A B or C you’re referring to is rod evolution or else that might be a new feature I’m not sure about. Overall most rods are best when evolving them to Divine Strength (A) for power. Next is Divine Wisdom (B) if the gimmick is worth it when it reaches level 100. Last is Divine Skill © if you have powerful gimmicks, and having an extra gimmick slot would boost your damage more than Divine Strengths power or Divine Wisdom’s gimmick. The wiki article here goes more in-depth if you want to know the exact details.Making or Obtaining Sure Drop GimmickIf the ‘Sure Item’ you’re talking about is the Sure Drop gimmick you can obtain it from either evolving gimmicks, from an event, or the auctions with bid balls.

If you want to make one yourself you can check out the guide here:Mr. Cotton’s Catch of the Day GuideSection 10 explains how to evolve gimmicks, and section 11 shows which gimmicks evolve into the Sure Drop gimmick. Here’s a quick summary of what you need:Streak Enabler or XP Booster (Rare) at 100 Atk/300 Crit evolve to:Pearl Booster (Super Rare) at 200 Atk/600 Crit which then evolves to:Sure Drop Gimmick (Ultra Rare) with 1000 Atk and 3000 Crit at max!*Including specific Prize Catch Boosters to evolve gimmicks at max stats.

#lineplay #line play #catchoftheday #catch of the day #cotd

Line Play Update 4.0.0.0

What a surprise! Line Play update 4.0.0.0 arrived on March 1st, and with it a bunch of fancy new features have made their way into the Line Play world. After updating the app you’ll notice an improved icon featuring Cherry as well as beautiful artwork of her lively character. She takes center stage showing off currently trending fashion sets from gachas on the redesigned loading screen; which does a better job at highlighting the in-game tips.

Welcome Home A familiar friend welcomes you perched on a small bench beside your traditional home. Sally has the latest news of any events going on, and 3 shiny bubbles to the right display the brand new set of features Line Play has to offer. The latest home screen takes inspiration from the earliest Line Play version, but it feels lonely without the presence of Cherry and colorful cube-like buildings resembling a small town. The grey matter in the background surrounding it only adds to the feeling of emptiness. It’s like the designer decided to knock down Line Play town and shoveled the debris into a bag labelled ‘more’. Everything is now at least 2 taps away, and although it’s not as crowded it feels as if something is missing (besides the mailbox).

Home Sweet Home [Large Image] A subtle detail that caught my eye a few hours after the update was the changing background of the home screen. It changes depending on the time of day in your particular time zone. Seeing how there are 3 different backgrounds (morning, afternoon and evening/night) means it changes approximately every 8 hours. Sadly it’s not a live transition during those times, but instead needs to be triggered by reloading the home screen. It would be amazing if the developers could code a dynamic background that came to life. The day would begin as the sun rises up, clouds moving with the wind, a few flowers growing beneath your feet, then stars twinkling in the night sky, a big bright full moon, and someone with a wild imagination wishing it was all more than just a dream.

#line play #lineplay #4.0 #4.0.0.0 #cash #gems #vip #pets #curious closet

Front Garden DIY Project

This is what our garden looked like about a week ago. Weeds poking out between every crack imaginable in the interlocking, grass growing in the flower bedding, and a crooked pathway of uneven patio stones to our front entrance. It’s hard to appreciate a beautiful garden with all this mess cluttering the front. Grass and weeds were consistently growing the tiniest crevices you could see, and after pulling them out over and over it always resulted in a temporary relief to a much bigger problem. Last week I decided it’s time to clean up this mess, and put an end to the weed war which has been ongoing for many years.

Left: Is a photo of the full fledged weed army compromising our gardens true beauty and holding our flowers hostage. If you looked close enough you could see the gorgeous flowers gasping for air along side the angelic figurines. All hidden behind the spiky green leafy bodies and wildly growing grass recruits. Right: Is the aftermath of a fierce battle with them using gardening gloves made of thick leather, and a large yard waste bag to rid of their remains. All the flowers and angelic figurines were safely sitting on stairs and higher ground.

#garden #diy #project #interlocking #weeds

Line Play Memories & Review Get an adorable diary item by writing about your favorite LINE PLAY memories in your diary and sharing your entry on any social media. (Line, FB, Twitter, etc.) *Event ends @11:00 on June 25th (GMT+9) Since I began my Line Play adventure last April of 2014 I've met many kind friends who frequently send hearts, post diary entries, leave stickers, comments or simply chat and have a good time! ^^ I created my avatar with little dot eyes, and a tiny sprout popping out from his head. He was so adorable that I was instantly sucked into this cute avatar world. I began taking screenshots that captured some of the fun I had with friends at the cafe or park in my journal.

Eventually I found out about CoTD and from then on I hopped aboard and joined a club named All Blue. We quickly climbed to the top of the leader boards with the help of their powerful rods and excellent teamwork. I enjoyed it so much I wrote a guide on everything there is to know about CoTD to help others enjoy the game to the fullest as well! We had some ups and downs together which resulted in the separation and creation of a second club ICWT (In Cod We Trust). Our newly formed club was one of the strongest ever until they announced the shocking cancellation of CoTD service!

Imo this was the turning point of when Line Play started to lose some interest. They introduced new mini-games like Treasure Island and Monster Rush which are mainly pay to play, as well as a new in-game currency called 'Cash.' Line Play has become another company trying their best to squeeze every penny out of players. The new mini games are simply cash grabbers along with Fruit Monsters joining them as in-game power-ups now cost cash instead of gems. Animated gachas were introduced too which are cash-only, though you can spin a few if you don't mind a chunk taken out of your gem savings. It's disappointing that some gacha are labelled as 'animated' and yet the only item that's animated is a single aura. I think animated gachas should have a minimum of at least 3-4 animated items as well as 3-6 rare items, and fewer regular items. If that's not enough premium gifts and new gacha wheels added in the latest updates are cash-only, and set at quite a high price. The only selection of gift items available are auras ranging from 10 cash to a whopping 500 cash. That's about $65 worth of cash which sells for roughly ~$50 worth of gems. It doesn’t really make sense to buy anything more than the 10 cash premium gifts. The only thing I’ve purchased so far is the 900% beginner bonus $2 for 10k gems offer. Other than that I probably won’t spend much or at all now with the inflated prices of cash-only items, and rising prices of animated or limited time gachas. Currently there's a gacha for 9,900 gems a spin, and though you have a chance to get special 'rare' and 'super-rare' items only you can't justify it's price. You would think you're getting a good deal when in reality they're somewhat fancier looking shoes, suit, etc. labelled "rare." So you have a guaranteed spin to score a 'rare' item which really shouldn't be, and paying lots for it. If Line Play wants to make a lasting impression or keep the player base happy they need to open their eyes and ears, and listen to what their players are saying. Maybe bring back CoTD, lower the cost of gem/cash, or lower the cost of some items in general, make recycling duplicates worth while, add more categories and/or a search function to find and quickly change your avatars fashion, add the ability to save fashion styles and rooms, add a way to search/favorite gacha and view which ones are on sale, and include cash as a reward for daily attendance? Its fun writing and designing graphics for journal entries, contests, and digging deeper into my creative side. I don't spend as much time on Line Play as I used to because of the above reasons, but I appreciate the good friends I've made, and anything that comes out of a gacha machine!

#line play #lineplay #review #memories

The Hungry Ms. Catton [Original Image] Enter ‘HAPPYWKND3’ in the Event > Gift Codes for 2,000 gems! *Code is expired*

Have a fulfilling weekend and don’t eat too much for Ms. Catton sake. This is my latest comic I created based on Ms. Catton who is a character from Line Play 2014 Designs.

I took these screenshots back when there was a bug which allowed me to roam freely around Line Play with a never-ending appetite! Also unable to finish the quest as there’s no food to eat outside of your room apparently. This hungry bug inspired me to create this comic!

#line play #lineplay #story #comic #mrcotton #mscatton

Free Gift Code, Line Rangers Event and Line Play Update Enter ‘ILOVEPLAY’ in the Event > Gift Codes for 3,000 gems! *Code is expired*

New Player? Use Invitation Code: WC-0609-4701 For a special bonus when signing up for LINE PLAY! ~Thank you!

Line Rangers Event!~ There's less than 4 days left to reach Level 10 on Line Rangers and receive 10,000 free gems! All you have to do is go to: Event > Line Rangers Event > and hit the Participate in Event button! After you download the game sync your LINE account with Line Rangers by allowing access to it. Then reach account level 10 in Line Rangers by completing stages (you reach level 10 at about stage 20~). Finally return to Line Play and a special gift from Line Rangers will appear in your mailbox for your efforts!

#line play #lineplay #line ranger #lineranger #event #update

Gold Rush Guide by Mr. Cotton!~ (Updated 6/16/2015) Click the image above or visit bit.ly/cottongr to view/download the guide! » View updated Magic Spells at bit.ly/grmagic2 Enter ‘happywknd2’ and ‘comeback’ in the Event > Gift Codes for 7,000 gems! *Code is expired* Also add Official Avatar Banana Man for 60 Gem Quest Rewards! Here’s my unofficial Gold Rush guide! Hope it helps you to reach the final mystery area, complete a challenge at top tapping speed and time, or beat an area with no taps at all?

I’m currently stuck on stage 130 which is near impossible unless you have a ton of patience to wait and accumulate enough gold to upgrade new spells and abilities that cost a fortune. I’ll probably defeat that fuzzy beast overtime after completing daily challenges and spinning some more sprites as well as upgrading them.

If there’s anything missing or anything you would like to add just let me know! Until then wish you good luck on your exams (if it’s that time of the year). If not have an exciting week, and an enjoyable trigger tappy experience!

#lineplay #line play #goldrush #gold #rush #guide #mrcotton

Mr. Mustasharoon

Mr. Mustasharoon’s Adventure His story begins in a small factory at the highest point of the centre of nowhereland. One day there was an explosion at the muffin mountain factory that was inches away from a nuclear power plant. A curious employee had initiated the self destruct sequence by pressing the big red button with a 'DO NOT PRESS!!' sign above. Tiny muffin bits rained down from the skies, and born from a single crumb that landed in the radioactive waste next door was Mr. Mustasharoon! He's a little shy and awkward at times, but he enjoys blowing bubbles and eating cotton candy for a living. His name originated from the first things people noticed about him which was the giant pink macaroon glued to his noggin, and the charming mustache he grows on his nose. Some say he may be related to the muffin man, but others think he looks a lot like Mr. Cotton. No one knows the truth about Mr. Mustasharoon, but he lives out in the quiet nowhereland forest all alone with only himself and his imagination.

#line play #lineplay #story #mrcotton #macaroon #muffin

Line Play 2014 [Original Image & PSD] Enter ‘lineplayoa’ and ‘happywknd’ in the Event > Gift Codes for 4,000 gems! *Codes are expired*

Here’s my latest creation of Mr. Cotton’s avatar styles on Line Play in 2014! I finished this near the very end of January, but I never got around to posting it as I got caught up in my part-time job, and slightly lost interest in Line Play. It was a very long process from start to finish. I think it took about 2-3 weeks or so, working on it whenever I had time.

The process of how this image came to life [10 Steps]

#lineplay #line play #kawaii #styles #mrcotton #design

Line Play Diary Entries 2.7.0.0+

[LEFT - OLD Diary Entry] Making a diary entry is as simple as uploading an image, writing a short blurb, and entering a title. Line Play will take your high quality original image and process it thoroughly so it will fit in your diary. Crumpled into a ball, then steam rolled, and lastly shredded to pieces after filtering out all the quality your new image looks stunningly pixelated. Seriously at least 90%+ of the quality is lost when you upload an image and text is barely decipherable. The text box also has a limitation on how many characters you can enter. It’s troublesome if you enjoy writing and you have to cut some stories short, edit 'and' into '&'s or rephrase what you originally wanted to say. It was also strange that you had to add a sticker before anything else otherwise you would have to edit your entry later and sticker it. Having a poor network only makes things worse after hitting done and receiving a network error bringing you back to square one. Either going back or leaving you with an empty page...(which is why it’s always best to copy any posts text to the clipboard!)

[RIGHT - NEW Diary Entry] I'm loving the new entry page besides the fact you can no longer add a title or set a sticker for your entry. You could always add a title manually with [square brackets], but it's not the same especially when its not in bold at the top of your entry. Besides that you can now add photos from LINE Camera, create a new Avatar Pic (without entering the closet) or Share your current post! These are awesome new features that will come in handy cooking up inspiring and creative entries!

#lineplay #line play #update #2.7 #2.7.0.0 #diary

Line Play Rooms 2.7.0.0+

[LEFT - OLD My Room] This is my old helpers room that has healthy bright green grass surrounding it. There's also tiny white daisies if you look very closely.

[MIDDLE - NEW My Room] With the new update it seems our rooms have move to a different location. A quiet and empty dimension filled with gray matter. It makes it a easier to crop out your room since there is no grass around the bottom edges, but it makes me wonder what Line Play was trying to achieve. The only purpose it seems is to make your room stand out a little more. Did a herd of animals eat our grass? Did they hire Clare to mow our perfectly green grass lawns? Well one thing is for sure..the grass is definitely not greener on this other side. [RIGHT - NEW My Room?] This is a background I added to my room after cropping it out. In the future I hope they add a feature to set the My Room background color or even a theme similar to how our diaries work.

[TOP - OLD Room Menu UI]

The original menu was nice and simple with big icons and text to quickly change, decorate your room, browse the shop or warp to a random room.

[BOTTOM - OLD Room Menu UI]

After the update the UI became even more simplified with smaller text icons, and the shop popup built in for easy access to all your spending needs. One thing that bothers me though is the constant need to press the 3-dash menu button to open this menu. When you're doing the daily clean/watering quests it can be a hassle to constantly have to re-open the menu. Previously it was displayed on-screen until you closed it with the small 'x' button probably because there was enough space. Now that the shop has been integrated into the new menu and instantly displayed it takes up a lot more room on-screen which is why it's probably defaulted to be hidden after use.

What do you think of the new My Room background? Is the new My Room Menu UI better than the old one?

#lineplay #line play #room #update #2.7.0.0 #2.7

Line Play Home Screen 2.7.0.0+

[LEFT - Good OL' Home Screen] Welcome home! To the far left is the home screen that I originally began my Line Play adventures with. A small and humble home with a classic red mailbox, fence, bench, magical golden gem, and mysterious rainbow portal. The only screenshot I had of the old home screen was actually when I was making my Black Box comic. You could walk around inside the fenced area like an animal, sit on the bench or peek through the tiny window to have a look at what's going on inside your home while you're going out.

[MIDDLE - OLD Home Screen] There was a pretty big update around fall that changed the home screen again, and brought back the beloved gem button! How I missed knowing the little gems I had for a couple days. The only way to find out was to go into settings or spin a gacha. Anyway with the new update everything either shrunk or we all had a massive growth spurt. Our humble homes were now the same size as our avatar along with all the conveniently constructed buildings. Many of the buttons on the old home screen including some popular ones from 'More' were now easily accessible on the home screen. Though the events, games, gacha and shop we're quite a long distance up the winding green grassy path. You actually had to scroll/flick to move to that part of the home screen. Also in this update they secretly nailed your avatar down to the home screen. Either that or that grey shadow under your avatar is really a puddle of super glue because you could no longer walk around and explore! [RIGHT - NEW Home Screen] Finally we have the latest update on Line Play which brings a shiny new upscale model of the previous home screen. The first thing I noticed was Cherry who plopped right beside me shouting all these 'useful' Tips at me. Most of which I already knew being an active player since April. It's nice to have her company and helpful bubble tips on the home screen as a beginner or new player, but for experienced players its more of an annoyance. Hopefully she'll get tired of repeating tips and plop herself back in her room someday. It seems like the old design was a winner, so they've brought back the 3-quarter view, steamrolled a few buildings and revived those glossy buttons with a more simplistic design. LINE's construction crew also came in and gave the old grassy path an overhaul. It's now a gray brick road along with fancier newly renovated buildings. The right side of the home screen looks a bit lonely which gives me reason to believe they may create other buildings in future updates and possibly have a grand opening for Line Play's Home Town! :P Which Home Screen is your favorite so far? What do you think of the current Home Screen?

#lineplay #line play #update #2.7 #2.7.0.0

Line Play Diary 2.7.0.0+

Line Play has recently updated the UI and design of quite a few game elements since update 2.7.0.0. What has been changed? The LEFT side is the OLD UI/Design. The RIGHT side is the NEW-ly updated UI/Design.

1. Old vs New [Diary Pages]

OLD - The old diary felt as if it was a scrapbook or album holding memories, drawings, stories, closet selfies, scrumptious food, and much more! The diary themes added character and a unique style that made everything enjoyable to look at or read. NEW - There is no longer a guestbook bar showing you the last 5 avatars who commented in cute little boxes. Also it doesn't display how many guestbook messages you have either. Instead you have 3 new icons. Diary (Red), Diary Archive (Green) and Guestbook (Blue). The diary themes have been simplified to basic color schemes which is pretty disappointing. It really only affects the introduction area at the top of your diary which has been redesigned with larger text and a small cropped circular portrait of your avatar. The rest of the diary as you scroll down is a boring white which blends all diary entries together and makes it difficult to read/differentiate between entries imo.

#lineplay #line play #diary #guestbook #update #2.7 #2.7.0.0 #design

Hey, just saw your blog and CotD comments and I wanted to get a few things straight. I don't know if you've realized this yet, but the reason there were still many updates to the game was because the global service was being shut down, but Japan servers are still up and running and still coming out with new maps and items. And what do you mean by 'wasn't doing well due to... treat platter farmers'? I personally had salvaged thousands of platters but I don't see how that is considered bad

Okay, but I can’t understand why would they go through the trouble of translating and updating content from Japan’s servers to the Global servers if the games service is ending so suddenly? It’s like “Oh look there’s new flying fish, powerful rods, etc…wait the servers already shut down? I never got to explore any of the ‘new’ content.” Usually updates and content attract new players, bring back old players interest or enhance the current players experience who are already hooked to the game. Releasing brand new content when the game will no longer be available sounds a bit silly to me. I meant that Naver (LINE) was probably not earning enough to cover the cost of their (small?) team of coders to fix all the bugs and regularly update CoTD. Their coding team also seemed to make a lot of mistakes with new updates causing loads of bugs that left players with the familiar ‘lag’ experienced frequently while playing CoTD. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one frustrated when my taps didn’t register, being unable to see chat or having errors with the server stability/connection, etc. that kicked you out of the game. Those disconnections and bugs were especially annoying in the middle of an arena big game fight which imo was what CoTD was all about. By treat platter farmers I was referring to the players re-creating avatars to abuse the Line Invite (1k gem) rewards, and buy an infinite supply of treat platters or premium big-game bait. There were so many free alternatives from spinning gacha with fishing medals, buying bait with invite gems or salvaging ultimate rods, generous weekly arena awards, etc. that there was no point to spend a dime on CoTD. Most times the servers had less than 10 players online besides the spike of activity during weekly scheduled ABG sessions for clubs. Free2Play and frustrated players = No support = Adieu CoTD. :’(

#lineplay #line play #catchoftheday #cotd #global

#ROOM Christmas Story [Original Image] Happy holidays and welcome to Mr. Cotton’s Christmas #ROOM on Line Play!

T’was the night before Christmas and all the avatars of Line Play were fast asleep snuggled up in their beds. They had smiles on their faces as they imagined the wonderful and mysterious presents that lay under the Christmas tree. Brown, Cony, Sally and their friends prepared a huge feast of delicious sweets and treats to celebrate this time of love and joy. Everyone worked together to help decorate the room and fill it with Christmas spirit! The faeries carefully mixed icing, flour and everything sweet to create the perfect cupcakes, cookies, and many other goodies for the guests.

A team of hamsters managed the fruity licorice pipes of the chocolaty fondue fountain below, which happened to spring a leak during lunch break. There was no need to worry though because the head hamster was on the job fixing the choco-leak as we speak. Lively monkeys swung around the room with their wild tails hanging ornaments on the tree, decorations and flags on the walls. After placing the shiny golden star to rest atop of the Christmas tree they had a few drinks and relaxed in the steamy hot bath. Moments later Santa rolled in with his giant green sac of gifts. Omnomnom~ Santa munched on the chocolate chip cookies with a cup of hot chocolate to wash it all down. He was ready to take flight and called upon his reindeer to make sure they were present, and prepared to carry his sleigh way up high into night sky. "Now, Dasher! Now, Dancer! Now, Prancer, and Vixen! On, Comet!…” wait where were the other 3 reindeer? Luckily Mr. Cotton had 3 of the fluffiest lambs in his backyard which he took very good care of. Santa opened his tiny sac of magical snow dust and sprinkled it over the lambs. “Baaa-choo!~” They sneezed and slowly began to float upwards away from the ground. It was time for Santa to begin his trip around the globe to deliver presents to each and every Line Play avatar. “Ho-ho-ho…Hold on!…who made this big mess?” Santa exclaimed. There were foot prints all around the room, but no sign of the creature! Hopefully some kind guests will stop by and lend Mr. Cotton a hand to keep his home neat and tidy after the Christmas party. Merry Christmas!

#lineplay #line play #xmas #christmas #room #holiday #story #mrcotton

Christmas Cheer [Original Image] Christmas is nearly here and Line Play gave us all a special weekend surprise with the limited edition Makeup Gacha available for 1 day only! I was so excited with this gachas release because I had a chance to get both a blush for cheeks and a sweet treat to eat. Gachas rarely have cheek or mouth items, but this was a once in a very long time opportunity. Mr. Cotton’s eyes twinkled at the sight of that delicious freshly baked chocolate chip cookie in the gacha machine. A few moments later he was 33 spins in and about to give up when the 34th spin came around. Very round..It was a cookie! It was disappointing at how long it had taken, but at the same time he was relieved he actually got it and completed the entire Makeup gacha! This was his first complete Gacha Collection. ^^ After spending all those gems he felt the Xmas Wonderland gacha calling. He stared at the gacha page having an all out war with my conscience.. Bad Cotton ~ Spin it! You know you want that adorable snowy xmas reindeer to keep you company on your head no matter what it costs! Good Cotton ~ 4,000 is a lot of gems. You need to save money for clearance gachas! He gazed into the reindeer’s tiny eyes and felt like it was staring into his soul. He noticed many other items he would be happy with getting, so he closed his eyes and spun it once. He got a Santa outfit which was one item he was hoping for, so he decided to give it another go because you can’t have a santa outfit without a hat. Out rolled a yule log...It wasn’t something he was aiming for, but still a delicious dessert for any guests. He wasn’t ready to call it quits yet, so he spun it a 3rd time and to my surprise out came Santa’s hat! He couldn’t believe my luck at how quickly he managed to get the items he hoped for, so he decided to try 1 last time. A surge of excitement shot through him as the cute reindeer sparkled before him! This was his first animated super-rare item, and one he’s so happy to have received. Mr. Cotton thought to himself “I think i’ll keep cuddly reindeer on top of my head forever!”

#lineplay #line play #christmas #gacha #mrcotton

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