Saylor

Yeah It was cool, I've already read the comic I bought and I wanna buy more haha. It was mostly just like a lot of independent exhibitors. They weren't like very famous. It's not like you could go there and buy comics from big franchises so! Which was nice because sometimes smaller, lesser known artists also have very interesting ideas that we've never seen before. And yeah I hope I do get to see her. It's always a lot of fun when we hang out. I don't really have many friends in real life who like the same stuff as me and are able to appreciate the same things as me, so it was fun just walking about, singing our favourite songs and joking around, and we were talking about Happy Home Designer and how excited we were for that. It's always nice having a friend who you can just talk to them about ANYTHING.

That's okay! And oh gosh Family problems suck. Well if it's any consolation, I've been going through family problems for a year now, and it's just been on and off, on and off. It's horrible. Because you're forced to be around these people so there's no way you can escape it, and being stuck in a toxic environment really drains you. All I can say is that know that you're not alone. We're all fighting our own internal battles, and this is just another one you must face. It usually makes me feel better knowing that I'm not the only one having to suffer through this. Things will get better, you just have to keep persevering. And ohhh no I know what you mean. That sucks and I am so sorry you are feeling like this. -hug- I'm glad you are feeling better though already. Just keep being positive and keep doing your best each day! That's all you can do. Things will work out.

Yeah. I know what you mean, turf wars are so addictive! It's like you'll keep saying "One more match, one more match", and before you know it, 2 hours have passed. I think it's because the matches are so short and action packed, so if you do badly in one match you just wanna have another go to redeem yourself, and if you do well in another match, you just wanna keep going because you've got the hang of it now! And yeah I think it just takes practice getting used to different weapons. We all sort of work out our own strategies eventually on what works best with each map and each weapon. Usually I find once the maps have to reshuffle I end up doing badly again because I might not be so used to that map, or I might do better because I'm better at that map. I think my favourite maps strategy wise are Salt Spray Rig and Kelp Dome.

That's alright! And oh no. What's wrong? If you wanna rant about it to me then you can always feel free to (in PMs or on Skype, I don't mind! n_n), but I really hope you are feeling better soon. <3 And I'm doing well thank you! Feeling happier knowing that the school year is coming to an end now. I met up with one of my online friends this weekend. She's definitely my best friend and I always love spending time with her, even if it's just for like a day or so. We went to a comic festival and I managed to buy this really cool comic... now I just wanna buy more. We then went to a huge shopping mall where we had a look around and got some lunch. I'm hoping I'll be able to go stay at her house during the summer holidays. I think I'll be able to, but it just depends on whether or not I can get time off work! Since... Well, I got a job! I had an interview the other day, and I got a call like on Friday telling me I got the job. Now I'm looking forward to being able to start.

And yeah yeah! ^^ Turf war is the best mode so far, I don't really like doing ranked matches because I think it can be pretty unbalanced at times... :\ I mean turf wars are too but I just find them much more enjoyable. It's like "just splat everything you can!" but ranked battles, you have to be a biiiit more tactical. I'm sure if I do give ranked battles more of a shot I'll enjoy them but yeah. I'm the same as you!

Yeah yeah! xD I think that's the problem, you get into the swing of using a certain weapon, so changing to another one feels so unnatural and weird, and you end up just dying loads. I hadn't played Splatoon in a few days and even then that was kind of jarring for me because I just got a bit lazy with hiding from enemies and stuff, I'd just charge right at them! And yeah! Single player certainly is... Interesting. It's a very quirky game, to say the least! I think the single player is fun, you get to do some cool missions and the level designs are really unique - as is the music - but yeah, I don't think it's AMAZING but I do enjoy it. And I mean you do unlock cool stuff through it so.

Hi! I must apologise for the somewhat late reply! I've been unbelievably busy this week! I've had to go out shopping, I've had a job interview, ballet lessons, not to mention trying to catch up on watching E3, Steven Universe, Game of Thrones, etc etc. So I haven't been on the forums that much lately. Anyway it's nearly the weekend and I'm almost done with school so yay!

That's true! :\ Yeah you are right, I guess though that if booklets won't scan properly that people can still read them through the hard copy, it would be silly if for some reason you couldn't. I mean not that people would be able to read my exams anyway because my handwriting gets so sloppy because I'm trying to write fast, and I usually have neat handwriting. But ahh, I hope we can do ours on computers soon. I type so much quicker so... Would be easier. >_<

Yeah yeah! Or if you're charging into like an enemy base and there's like someone firing at you and you don't think you will survive it, then you can use the bubble to defend yourself and then get them instead. It's pretty good! And yes it is hard to use the roller, i think it just takes a lot of practice to get used to it. At one point I could only seem to use the roller because I was bad at aiming but with some practice I managed to get better at using ranged weapons, but now I'm bad at the roller again. I think it's quite hard to use but eventually you end up working out some good techniques/tactics an dstuff! And yeah yeah you unlock it by playing single player/story mode. You unlock blue prints of weapons and then you give them to Sheldon and he'll make you new weapons. It's really good but I think you have to be level 13 to use it? :\ Which is kind of annoying, since when I unlocked it I had to grind and level up before I could use it.

Yeah I think if you're actually looking at stuff on the computers or typing up your essay on the computer, I think that's okay, but if you're like searching for stuff then that seems a bit unfair. Unless it's like some sort of open book test? Idk... Even then it seems pretty weird to me! Maybe I should try searching up about it myself since she didn't elaborate too much or it could just be a rumour. :x And wow that's so lucky! It seems much better than having to sit in an exam hall just writing everything out. I guess in some ways, schools here don't want to rely too heavily on computers because if one breaks (like they do usually) or if electricity goes out or stuff like that, then we're kind of stuck. Sometimes it's just better to rely on paper based exams, but... Would be much better if I could type instead of write!

Yay! And oh yes same! The Splattershot Jr is great, I agree with you there. I like the special (using the bubble), and the bombs, I think it's a really good all rounder. You can splat people, but it's rapid fire so you can paint everything quickly, and use the bubble to defend yourself, AND the bombs for like ranged attack. I used the roller a lot, and it is good, but you really have to learn how to use it! Like it's better to sneak up on people from behind where they are defenceless with the roller, or get them when they can't defend! It's much more close combat so you have to be careful. And if I'm ever in trouble then I just use the Kraken and splat everyone that's shooting me! :x As for me, I use the Aerospray MG I think?? I like the special (inkstrike) and the use of the mines... it's also really rapid fire so you can paint everything (which I often end up being left to do since most teams I go on don't like painting things.... :\).

Yeah! I think it is because it's a joined honours class (so I take two subjects) so I think I have to apply in some different way. :\ I will talk to my mentor but it's just made things a million times more confusing! I don't even want to think about university to be honest!

I guess that is the problem if they're all organised and straight! That being said I found a really good guide book in a shop today that comes with good recommendations of places to go and see and nice restaurants, and it comes with a pull-out map so I will maybe buy that when I have enough money! ^^

Yep! That's definitely true. And yeah, I think so? Well my friend was telling me about it the other day. I don't see how that would be fair at all if they were just searching for different answers. and what if the internet just cut out in the exam? It doesn't seem too reliable to me. :c It would be fair enough if we like used computers to watch small video clips or see diagrams and stuff, and maybe tablets to draw our answers onto. And ohh wow that sounds great! I hope they do sometime soon. It would be really nice if I could just type up my answers rather than write them out. My hand always feels like it's going to fall off at the end of an exam. xD

And yeah! I will buy a map or something (although I am terrible at map reading). You can get travel books so I would hope that would give me good suggestions on where to go in that haha. ^^ Oh yeah! I heard that the streets in New York are all like in rows and columns so I'll try to be careful I don't do that. I guess it must make things a bit easier anyway! And oooh hehe, well I am sure it is amazing. ^^ And yeah we're going on the boat tour, too! It's so exciting haha! :x

Awesome yay! I think I might be free on Sunday because I'm at my dad's house on Saturday! I can't wait to play haha. What weapon do you use in Splatoon?

Ohh no! Well good luck on trying to work out where you wanna go to university, I am sure you will work it out soon, sometimes it just takes a bit of research to help (WHICH I should be doing). And yeah it really sucks, I made my UCAS account (the site all English people apply for universities through) and have been filling in my personal details and searching for courses, and I can't even FIND the course I want to do? It's really weird and stupid haha, but to be honest I will talk to my mentor about it, since we all get assigned one and they help us through the process which makes things much easier. She's my English Language teacher, too, and I really like her, so I'm quite happy she's my mentor. ^^

Yeah they do! And I mean I wouldn't judge their exam systems either to be honest when I know nothing about it. Honestly, we do have a lot of pressure and challenges to face, too, I think we all need to be supporting each other during such hard times, even if we live in different countries. Yeah omg!! I hate that! xD Although apparently in the future students will be allowed to use Google? I don't see how that is fair, really, since you could cheat, unless they manage to filter the search engine... But even so that seems a bit unfair to me. I do think it would be better if we could use like computers or laptops to type things up though in our exams, it would make things much easier (and would save paper), especially since we all use computers nowadays.

I am sure it is very terrifyingly high up, but it must be beautiful to see the whole city from that high up! And no I think it's really down to us what we do! Last year the media students made a music video to Taylor Swift - Welcome to New York, it was really cool! xD But I would want to do something a bit different. Everyone in my media class is very energetic and funny so we'd probably wanna make something that would make other people laugh.

And yeah, I saw you added me! If you ever want to join me in a match of Splatoon then just feel free to, or maybe we can just organise to have a match sometime on the weekend since that might be easier!

Yeah! Well maybe that could be something you could do whilst you are there. :3 I need to work out the directions to the store though so that I don't get lost whilst I'm trying to find my way there. Although our hotel is right in the city and I mean there are probably signs everywhere (like there is in London) so it would be impossible to get lost! xD And yeah that's true! ^^ Ooh really? I was talking to a waitress at a restaurant about going to New York, and she said that the Statue of Liberty was beautiful, but also disappointing? She said that she thought it was going to be a lot bigger than that. I mean, I suppose when you see it in films, they shoot it at like lower angles so that the statue seems a lot bigger than it is. Still, I want to see it anyway, I wanna be able to do all the typical tourist-y things. :'3 And ohhh no! D: I do hope that you get to go up it next time, and maybe your mum will be brave enough to go up it, too? ^^

Yeah well I mean a lot of American people on Tumblr seem all shocked by the fact that our grade boundaries aren't so harsh and lol, we get lots of older people in the UK saying that students are doing worse than usual and it's "not like it was in my day". xD There is a lot of pressure on students! I mean, I've just gone back to school after being on study leave for my exams, and already teachers are making us start our application process for universities, and I haven't even looked around any yet! I do know that I want to go, because I want to study Teaching (so to be a teacher you do have to get a degree), but it is very scary and stressful. I don't know how I have managed to make it this far in life sometimes! :x And wow that seems really harsh! And doesn't make sense. What's the point in testing you on something you haven't done in half a year, and on something that you've already done? It's totally pointless. That's really harsh!

Lol sorry about the double message, I only just noticed that designed was autocorrected to drained at the last minute, and I guess my fixing it while the page was loading caused it to post twice.

Ooh, I get you. It's still really cool that you designed it yourself, but I hope you get a more playable one soon.