Feathers and empty pockets T_T;

As you all probably know the Ntreev server of Pangya also has a Papel Lottery with rares. The rares the server opened with are the Rainbow and Devils Feathers. They are avaible for every character including Kaz. There aren't any differences between the Rainbow and Devils feather except for their appearance.



The item on the left is the Rainbow Feather and of course the right one is the Devils feather. They are both worn behind the character's ear and increase the width of your pangya zone when equipped, depending on the wind speed. The feather items react when the wind is 7 to 9m. They can be compared to the Elfen Ears rare which reacts in the same way when there is a wind between 4 and 9m.

I am just dying to try and get a pretty feather for my Kooh. I don't really mind which version of the feather it is. If you are perhaps interested in selling me one, don't hesitate to whisper or PM 'Dawn' in-game or perhaps leave me a comment here.

Before I end it here I would also like to thank a very helpful player here in this post. The player named (heart)Star(heart) had been playing in a few of the same tournaments I had been in. After seeing I usually ended last and me confessing I was a total newbie they suggested that I play a VS game against them so they could teach me some tips and tricks. They ran me through a whole VS 18-holes Ice Cannon course and gave me elaborate explanations for each hole. Continually showing me where the sweet spots were and what prerequisites you needed to meet to be able to do that one perfect shot to rack in the pang. I would really love to thank this player very much because I've never had such effective and friendly help ever. If you ever see this player shower them with compliments on my behalf~! So "Thank you so very much for being patient with a newbie like me, (heart)Star(heart)".

That will be all for the day~ Please do contact me if you are able to provide me with a Kooh feather, I'd be forever grateful!

*Friendly Paw*
~Roselynn

Maintenance two days in a row.

The Ntreev team has been very busy this last week. The result is two maintenances in two days. Of course it is less playing time for the users but on the other hand it's more working on bugs and glitches. I really can't say much about the remaining problems since my account is in prime condition at the moment. The biggest bugs at the moment would be the FBI.exe error, random disconnects and some accounts that still haven't been transferred. Here is the announcement that was made regarding the 23th April maintenance:

We will be performing server maintenance on Thursday evening 04/23/09.

The maintenance hours as scheduled:

From:
04/23/09 9:00 PM (PDT)

To:
04/24/09 2:00 AM (PDT)

During the maintenance, the game will not be available for play.
The ending maintenance hour is subject to change. We will post an update if it changes.

-- Pangya Team

The maintenance pretty much went as planned and after 3 hours the game was avaible for playing again. However the main site seemed to have a bug that didn't allow the 'maintenance button' to go from 'Notice' to 'Ended' so the team posted up a news bulletin to let us know it ended.

Hi,

Thank you for all of your patience Pangya players!
The Thursday patch has ended early... we're live now!

Let's see those Comets fly.
Swing for the Heavens!

-- Pangya Team

I keep wondering where all these funny expressions come from. Flying comets swinging for the Heavens. I can just imagine it now~! Either way another maintenance nicely finished by the Ntreev team.

*Friendly Paw*
~Roselynn

Sharing is Caring o_o;

You all know how very amusing laptops or computers in general can be when they're having a bad day. My creature (read: laptop) was having a blast last night and kind of blew herself up. Hence I lost absolutely everything on my laptop. I'm not very happy about this...*glares at her laptop* Luckily it did want to cooperate with me when I tried to fix it and behold after a few hours of work in the early morning she is up and running again. I can't say smoothly but she'll hold up for a while longer. I addres my laptop as a 'she' because I'm quite certain if it was alive that it would be a girl. This laptop is just too headstrong and stubborn to be male. -_-;

Either way thanks to this fixing I was able to bring you the following news today~! Ntreev found a nice way to get some free advertising which might just help out bloggers like myself.

Hi,

It’s time for show and tell!

You may have noticed that Ntreev USA has added a new function to the Official Website; the “Share” button. With this new feature, players will be able to share Official Ntreev USA Event News and Forum posts with their friends from a variety of different social networking sites and other network functions.

Some Event Pages and Forum Posts should be shared! so… we’re not swapping PB&J’s for an ice cream sammich’ out on the playground, but if you click on the “Share” button located on any Event Page or Forum Post you will be given the option to share that topic through: Email, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, Live… etc. All you have to do is click on the button and the list of available options will pop up. Choose your weapon (site) and follow the prompts.

-- Pangya Team

A 'share' button, you shall learn to fear it. That cute button will certainly save me some time in the future so a big thank you to Ntreev. A very poorly hidden attempt at getting free advertising as well but who would be able to hide their enthusiasm for Pangya either way. So go and spread the word~!

On another note there was another short maintenance to fix some system related issues. With short I mean about an hour so it was probably a quick fix and reset matter. Here's the announcement that was posted:

We will be performing server maintenance on Thursday evening 04/23/09. This is just a system related maintenance. No account recovery will be processed during this maintenance.

The maintenance hours as scheduled:

From:
04/23/09 12:00 AM (PDT)

To:
04/23/09 01:00 AM (PDT)

During the maintenance, the game will not be available for play.

The ending maintenance hour is subject to change. We will post an update if it changes.


-- Pangya Team

As you can see it clearly states that there would be no account transferring involved which means that all Albatross 18 accounts were not yet transferred. For those who are still waiting please stay patient, I'm sure your account will arrive shortly. The later batches of the account migration will highlikely be free of any bugs so you should be delighted they kept you until last~ X3 Just keep checking for a bigger server maintenance in the near future to check when your account might be transferred.

My first tournament with a GM!

Hi again everyone,

Today was a wonderful day where I live. If by wonderful you mean sunny and stuffy and a paradise for blonde barbie dolls to parade around barely clothed. Either way for some weird reason I did not feel like staying inside and spent most of my time outdoors getting a sunburn and a serious headache (sunstroke anyone?). All of this of course resulted in hardly any gaming time which was actually quite enjoyable. However when I did manage to get to my laptop again in the evening I found something interesting to do.

GM Grimm was online doing some tournaments so I joined in for an Ice Cannon tournament. I was planning to play the Ice Cannon course either way since I really needed the money to get my Kooh character. So apparently people are still confused about whether Grimm is a boy or a girl. And to be honest I can't tell from the way (s)he talks. I am personally guessing he's male but until I know for sure he'll be a (s)he! No matter which gender (s)he's an enjoyable player and I like the fact (s)he just enjoys to play with other players (atleast I hope so). Refering to him/her as (s)he is quite annoying but at least it's less demeaning than calling Grimm an 'it' x_x; From the conversations I picked up the following:

(s)he is named after the tales of the brothers Grimm.

(s)he had a highscore of 2 (?) on the Ice Cannon course before this tournament.

(s)he was aiming to get the Kaz character.

(s)he just wants to look pretty. (lols X3)

Here is an in-game picture of the tournament result. By some kind of miracle I did not end last~! The blue marker indicates (as you can see) our GM Grimm and the pink marker is me.





As you can see I did not receive an award this time x__x; Usually I receive the lucky award, best recovery award or best putter award. Those are pretty much the only three I usually manage to get. I do love the pang I earned though, I finally managed to make enough to purchase my Kooh character. It feels like it took forever x_x but I will finally be able to get little Kooh tomorrow! (If for some reason my Pang won't magically dissapear).

On a side note, if anyone knows the true identity of the one known as Grimm please step forward! X3 I would love to address her/him with the right gender~! So far no new update news so stay tuned!

*Friendly Paw*
~Roselynn

Kaz Introduction

I noticed I never seem to use much images in my posts and that's quite a shame, don't you think so? Hence I decided to try and make some of my own renders to brighten up posts when needed. Because my beloved decided to save up for the Kaz character I made a render of Kaz in his River suit. I have no idea why they named it 'River', it was originally named the Warlord set. This is a set that can be purchased with real money. It is currently not yet avaible in the US server. This render came from a screenshot I made in the European server. I had to edit it to remove the text and frames that were covering him up. This image can only be used on this website so please be so kind to not steal it. It may not be taken, edited or altered to use in any form on another website.

For those who do not yet know the character Kaz I will try to provide a short summary. In one of the darkest corners of Pangya Island resides a cursed clan known only as 'Ru'. As masters of the sword and black magic, the Ru have always kept an alliance to the dark arts. Strongest of all the Ru is a boy who casts the darkest shadow. Step by step, everything he touches becomes enshrouded in his dark soul. This boy is called Kaz. And according to the island lore, Kaz is the successor to the Demon King. Heroes (The people who saved Pangya Island before) would remember the boy who the Demon King presented as the one who would reign next. A successor promising to bring a new dynasty of evil to Pangya Island. However, Kaz' eyes are full of a sadness and not of the dark evil seemingly destined for him. The reason for this happened a year ago, on the eve of Kaz's inheritance to the throne of evil. It was then that his beloved Karen sacrificed her life for him. This to keep Kaz from being consumed by the Demon King's evil soul. She gave her life to save him. This traumatic event is repressed deep inside Kaz, which caused him to lose most of his memory, leaving only a grief he can not explain. Now Karen's spirit embraces and follows Kaz wherever he goes, keeping a constant watch over her past love. She helps to provide the strength he needs to keep going forward. The tournament on Pangya Island is the very place where Kaz can find the clues he needs. The clues to recover his lost memory.

Quite a touching story~ I feel bad for Kaz on the one hand but I am sure he will become a great leader some day. In the online Pangya servers Kaz is a playable 18-year old male character. You can purchase him from the shop for 32k Pang. Get playing to help him get his memory back so we can all know what happened in more detail!

24.04.09 Maintenance Notes

Another update on the US server, another maintenance to help the users who were still experiencing trouble with the client. This is the official announcement that was made prior to the maintenance.

We will be performing server maintenance on Monday evening 04/20/09.

The maintenance hours as scheduled:

From:
04/20/09 9:00 PM (PDT)

To:
04/21/09 1:00 AM (PDT)

During the maintenance, the game will not be available for play.

The ending maintenance hour is subject to change. We will post an update if it changes.

-- Pangya Team

Not a very long maintenance, only 4 hours long, but nevertheless they took on a lot of problems in those 4 hours. Apparently there are hardly any users left with problems to access the client. For those wondering just exactly what they have been working on during the maintenance:

Client not responding bug after clicking 'Start' button has been addressed.

Client 'Projectg.exe' application error issue has been addressed.

Servers not populating after login has been addressed.

Server names/images have been changed to the winning selections from the recent poll.

Very nice list with the most common bugs that were still haunting the community. So far I can't give anything but praise towards the bug fixing of Ntreev. I certainly hope they will keep up the awesome work.

Time for a little ranting about myself~

Today I found some time to test out the differences between PangyaUS and PangyaEU and it was hard to find some and when I did find some they were very small. Seeing it is only Open Beta in the US server it is hard to really compare at the moment but I felt like investigating.

For starters the basic clothing you start out with surely has some differences seeing there is some clothing restricted to the EU server only and vice versa. I'll try to give you images of these clothing pieces as soon as the US server leaves Open Beta.

I noticed that the US server really likes the whole trading system. I've seen public chats regarding buying and selling in the lobby which was quite rare in the EU server. In the US server people even gathered together in the same chatroom to start up a 'Shopping Mall' for users. I must admit it's terribly laggy and it takes some time to load for me but it surely is fun to browse through usershops.

At the moment the economy seems rather weird, not really stabilized which is a beautiful thing for new players. I myself was able to purchase a 150k clothing set for 16k only. I'm sure this isn't that rare at the moment but it surely helped me out a lot. The items I bought were the BW Pleated Mini and K-Line BW for Kooh. Quite ironic, seeing I don't even have a Kooh character yet. It's the first thing I am getting now though! Too bad players aren't able to sell characters at reduced prices. It would surely help out a lot.

I decided to play under the name of 'Dawn' instead of 'Roselynn' on the US server. The reason I chose Dawn is because since I was small I always used the name Akatsuki as my roleplaying name. For those who don't see the link: Akatsuki means Dawn in Japanese. Obviously I stopped using that name after everyone and their mom started abusing the Japanese language. Either way if you feel like playing a game feel free to contact me in-game. I must warn you I am a total newbie so don't be surprised if I end a course with +2 or higher. If you still have any problems getting in-game don't hesitate to post it on the Ntreev forum so the Ntreev team and players can try to help you out~!

*Friendly Paw*
~Roselynn

Kudos to Ntreev!

Today I am glad I can announce some happier news for all of you. The entire Ntreev team has been researching the biggest bugs I posted about earlier and decided to have a big fix maintenance. Here is the news bulletin they posted to prepare the players for it.

We will be performing server maintenance on Saturday evening 04/18/09.

The maintenance hours as scheduled:

From:
04/18/09 9:00 PM (PDT)

To:
04/19/09 4:00 AM (PDT)
*Completed at 04/19/09 03:20 AM

There will not be a maintenance on Friday night (4/17/09)

During the maintenance, the game will not be available for play.

The ending maintenance hour is subject to change. We will post an update if it changes.


-- Pangya Team

The maintenance went very smooth and without any delays or trouble. Besides that it also solved the problems of about 90% of the community. I have found a few players who are still experiencing the 'blank server bug' but I'm quite sure that it must be a problem on their end then. I would advise everyone to check the doublecheck the requirements needed to play Pangya and to check if your security system is not blocking out any of the Pangya applications. The bug that took out players' usernames was also taken care of and I was able to create my character without much trouble this time. I am very statisfied with the support Ntreev has provided. If they keep this up I am sure they can soon count on a large player base. Many players are eagerly awaiting the cash items and I'll be sure to post an update when they become avaible.

*Friendly Paw*
~Roselynn

Bug spray anyone?

A day after the official release of Pangya USA by Ntreev the players are still experiencing some serious problems. Even for an Open Beta the bugs are appearing faster than fixes are being found. I have been working on a fix of my own but since the problems are server sided there is only so much I can do.

The most common problems at the moment are:

• An empty server list when logging in.
  
Bugged accounts that reserved a character name but did not get the character name bound to them.

• Being unable to load the game at all.
  
• Gameguard security problems.
  

Most people are experiencing trouble with the empty server list. I'm not sure what might have caused this but when you log in you might find yourself not being able to see the Tiki or Dolphini server. There is not yet a solid fix for this but checking your firewall and relogging a few times are the only fixes that have been working for some users so far.

Hanging together with the blank server lists are the 'Name taken' errors. When people created a character and then received the blank server list their character went missing. The next time they logged in the server prompted them to input a username again. When people wanted to input their username again it now said that name was taken. To explain it simply: They did create their character the first time but the bug prevented the server from binding that character to their account. The character with their prized name is now floating around cyberspace without any owner. I am experiencing this problem myself and am hoping for a quick solution to this problem because my character name was quite precious to me.

Other people are totally unable to launch the client which might be a good thing because it prevents them from being bugged as well but of course they would rather be able to play so they keep insisting on a fix. Together with that problem there is the Gameguard problem that refuses to let them through, either these people are trying to cheat or they have something in their system that is being mistaken for a hack. To be honest it's a security firewall problem most of the time.

I decided to post some fixes that might help some people out there so please try this if you are out of luck.

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Known Issue:
- Game doesn't come up when after clicking 'Start' from the launcher.
or
- 'ProjectG.exe Application error' message pops up.

Current Work Around:
- 1. Right click on the Pangya Icon.
- 2. Click 'Properties'.
- 3. Select 'Compatibility' tab.
- 4. Check 'Run this program in compatibility mode for'
- 5. Select 'Windows 98/ME' from the drop down menu.
- 6. Click 'OK' and run the game.

*Some players have reported installing Internet Explorer 8 fixes the issue. It can be downloaded here:
http://www.microsoft.com/ie8

*This issue has been recreated in-house and is currently under investigation.
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Known Issue:
- 'incorrect username' message comes up upon trying to log into the game.

Current Work Around:
*This may not work for everyone
- 1. log into http://pangya.ntreev.net
- 2. Click 'My Account' button located on the left side of the website
- 3. Change your password to something less than 12 characters.
- 4. Try logging into the game.
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By GMChaos

These are the only official fixes so far and other usermade fixes are confirmed to not work. The Ntreev team is currently working on the blank server list bug and hopefully if that one is solved they will be able to release our taken nicknames. I haven't seen one official response on that case yet so I'm a little desperate. I'm starting to think they'll just force us to use other nicknames. Let us hope that this is not the case since it would really put a dent in my trust towards Ntreev.

For now do your best to be patient and endure the bugs, there will be fixes found sooner or later~!

*Friendly Paw*
~Roselynn

Nickname taken...by me T__T

I'm very dissapointed T__T as you could read in my previous post I stayed up until 7.30AM to be able to reserve my nickname. But apparently I got screwed over either way by Ntreev's evil server of doom. I don't blame the Ntreev team but it would have been nice if they could have foreseen this. Here is the post I made on the official forums:

I stayed up a whole night to be able to reserve my username but apparently it was all for nothing T_T Yesterday around 7.40AM GMT+1 I logged in on this account and it prompted me for my username. I typed in my username and confirmed it and it said it was avaible. I was able to make my Hana character perfectly fine and all went well.

Today I log in with my account and it prompts me for my username again. No harm done I guessed and entered my username again. However now it says the username is taken. I believe that this is a bug since I'm afraid the system thinks this name is already taken because I was able to make a character with that name however it shouldn't be prompting me again then.

I hope this can be fixed soon because it's quite dissapointing T__T;

Thank you in advance.

I really feel crushed x_x It would really temper my mood to play if I wasn't able to play under my official name. I know most people wouldn't find this a problem and could easily find a new name to use but this username means a lot to me. I'm starting to fear that this won't be fixed any time soon. I can't say that PangyaUS has brought me any good luck at the moment. Let's hope that this isn't the first of many negative experiences with the server.

Welcome to Pangya!

Our long wait has been rewarded at last, at around 7.30AM GMT+1 the server opened for the grand public and you can't believe how packed the servers were. x__x The migrations have delayed the opening a lot. The normal opening was planned for 4.00AM GMT+1 but soon the Ntreev team found out that the account migration was going to take longer than expected. To prevent more 'I can't log in' threads they posted a new announcement telling the community that the server would be ready around 6.00AM GMT+1. Mind you I stayed up to reserve my username a whole night so I was already in a bad mood with all the delays. Finally at 6.00AM GMT+1 I felt slightly relieved that I could embrace my pillow and give in soon. However when I tried logging in nothing happened again. I quickly checked the news and behold, another delay to come! The opening was delayed for another hour and a half which made the official opening time 7.30AM GMT+1. In total we had a three hour and a half delay which is not too bad, all things considered.

I had to re-login once because at first the servers were not showing but after that everything went quite smoothly. I was able to reserve my official username 'Roselynn'. Since Fate has decided I will be playing under the name of Roselynn. Nice choice from fate seeing I have been using that name in Pangya Europe as well. Unlike most Albatross 18 players I will have to start from scratch. Scratch being 3000 Pang apparently. My first goal will be to save up for Kooh. She's my little lucky charm and I absolutely love her animations.

I will be showing you some first impressions of the US version as soon as I spent my first hours playing.

*Friendly Paw*
~Roselynn

Abbreviations

Abbreviations. What are they good for?

...

Absolutely nothing!

That's right. I was browsing the Ntreev forum once more in my free time and I couldn't look past threads like 'pangya acronyms', 'KK VS M' and 'Have the courses been mowed?'. I'm sorry, that last one was just too stupid to ignore -_-; I don't understand what problem people have with words. Beautiful long words with actual meaning.

Just why do people need abbreviations in Pangya? You don't have to pay any money for each letter you type so why don't you take advantage of it and type as much as you can! It's not like you don't have any time either because while you wait for your opponent to make his move you often have plenty of time. In tournaments I don't see the need to talk unless you are trying to smalltalk with 29 other people at the same time.

Here are some examples:

• psq: Player Square. What is a Player Square? Apparently people use this for the chatrooms where you can lounge or open up your shop. The word chatroom is too hard to use or so it seems. Let's say we do call it a player square, shouldn't the abbreviation be 'ps' then and not 'psq'. Obviously not because people would confuse it with 'playstation'. I'll stick with the word chatroom.
  
  
• ppic: A missed Pangya. People use the sound a missed pangya makes as a word. I think that says enough. There is no such thing as a missed pangya because a missed pangya is a normal shot.
  
  
• gg - ns - np - nt - ty: In order these mean 'good game - nice shot - nice putt - nice try - thank you'. These bother me to such an extent that I am in horror whenever someone uses them in-game. 'gg' reminds me of the command /gg in ragnarok which showed you a grinning face of doom so when someone says 'gg' I assume they're just laughing at my skills (or lack thereof X3 more likely). 'ns' does not seem too bad but I don't see why you can't just type out 'Nice shot'. 'np' as 'nice putt' is not right at all since 'np' is already a widely used abbreviation for 'no problem'. 'nt' is just weird because 'nice try' sound awfully demeaning and when someone says it I usually just think it means 'no thanks'. 'ty' is a general one. I accept it better than 'thx - thnx' but I still prefer people to simply say 'Thank you'.

I'll simply stop naming abbreviations here because they're already annoying me. I assure you I could go on for an hour explaining more than 50 Pangya abbreviations that are utterly useless in-game. Why is it so hard to type full words. I don't care if you think using some sort of screwed up code language is cool, all it does is make you look like a total analphabet. These abbreviations are on par with 1337-speak and combined with it people with an average IQ will lose all respect for you.

I hope I will be able to find some players who are as reluctant to use these terms as I am or it will be a lonely road for me. I am who I am and I'm not about to drop my IQ to make friends o_o;

*Friendly paw*
~Roselynn

Account recovery started

As the opening of the server draws more near every minute people are starting to get hyper and panicky whenever something doesn't really go the way they wanted it to. To be honest I find it utmost amusing, yet also frustrating. You wouldn't believe how many times I felt like smacking myself in the head due to stupidities of other people. More about that later~

There seem to have been some problems with the account recovery system hence they had to delay them for a little while.

We are running into some last mininute delay for Account Recovery opening. We will be opening the Account Recovery at 9:30PM PDT.

- Pangya Team

Not a big deal of course since it's always better to delay things than to open them too early and have a whole legion of players complain their heads off. Not soon after the account recovery opened. Do note the 'we recommend reading all the instructions very carefully when proceeding with the recovery process.'! And they even added a fun note for new players by releasing the Open Beta Client early.

We are happy to announce that the Pangya account recovery form is now live for players who had Albatross18 accounts previously.

Simply click on the 'RECOVER ACCOUNT' button located in the middle of our official Pangya website to begin the process. As a friendly reminder, we recommend reading all the instructions very carefully when proceeding with the recovery process.

Please note, this process will only request the transfer of your account data. The actual migration process will begin on our first scheduled maintenance. You can review the release schedule including the Open Beta time here. There is no need to go through the recovery process if you never had an Albatross18 account.

To avoid download congestion, we've released the Pangya Open Beta client in advance. If you want to get a head start, please feel free to download the game now so you can install it early. You'll be able to log in once our servers are open for Pangya Open Beta. Simply click the download button to start downloading the Pangya Open Beta client.

We all appreciate your enthusiasm and support. The grass is cut and watered. Greens are opening up very soon!

- Pangya Team

I already have my Open Beta Client roaring and ready to go. What you actually downloaded from the site itself was not a client but a download manager. You then simply had to let the download manager download the client installation file for you, which took about 5 minutes for me. But apparently for some people this already poses a great challenge.





Can you believe you actually had to press a start button for it to work? x_x Who would have ever thought of that. Like I said before I'm really having a field trip with all this chaos~!

So in general most people with an average IQ managed to get their Open Beta Client up and running. However it took a lot of time to make clear to about 90% of the players that the server was not open yet and that you could not patch or play yet. All by all it was not too bad, I expected more idiocy than this but of course more came. In the form of account recovery problems people started to spill the beans and confess that they actually lied about their birthdate on their OPG account. Big surprise there. Some of them didn't even remember if they lied or not o_o; they must be gifted.





I think there is a saying for this in my language: 'No matter how fast the lie runs, the truth will catch up to it eventually.' Of course since the deceiving people in life have the most chances of making it out there, there was a solution to this person's problems. They could log into their old OPG account and answer their secret question to gain access to their information, which included the birthdate they had filled in. But of course...




Mind you, by this time I was literally laughing like crazy. I really never knew human stupidity could reach this far. I wonder if this person will ever get his account transfered. In my opinion, they don't deserve it if they can't even remember their DOB or secret question.

I hope the poor employees of Ntreev find a way to get it through to these people how to do everything correct. I fear the worst, many extra working hours will be made and many cups of coffee will be wasted.

*Friendly paw*
~ Roselynn

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A: Fine, I'll tell you a bit about myself. I'm a female Pangya player that has played on the European server for a little while under the name of Roselynn. Currently however you can find me on the American server under the name of Dawn. If you feel like you could use some friends, feel free to add me~! I will be more than happy to help you wherever I can. In real life you can usually find me admiring nature and daydreaming. This daydreaming oftens results in ignoring reality which can be quite an irritating thing for the people around me. If you want to know anything else feel free to send me a question~!

Q: Have you always played Pangya?
A: No, I'm afraid not. The first online game I ever played was Ragnarok, it is still one of my all-time favorites. My first Ntreev Game was Trickster Online where I have a beautiful Bard named Roselynn as well. She is my pride and joy~!

Q: What are your favorite female characters in Pangya?
A: One of the classic questions, I'll simply give you a list.

1. Kooh
2. Alice
3. Arin
4. Hana
5. Cecilia

Q: What are you favorite male characters in Pangya?
A: Once more a pretty list.

1. Kaz
2. Scout
3. Max
4. Uncle Bob
   

Pangya US opening times

For many people the long waiting has finally come to an end, the PangyaUS server was originally announced to be opened on the 31st of March. However this was delayed because Ntreev decided they wanted to migrate the accounts from Albatross 18 to the new server. I personally find it a bad idea because the rare items that are going to be coming into the server will most certainly affect the economy. Old Albatross 18 players probably remember the horrible economy it had at a certain time.

On Tuesday, 14 April the Ntreev Team posted the following announcement:

There is a comet in the sky, and it's heading towards us.

You have all been waiting, patiently, for over a month. You have watched our Pangya site grow from a field camp to a thriving community base, and you have contributed to that growth. The forums are bustling with activity, and all voices are calling for the same goal.

We are tracking the skies and expect to have a more detailed report prepared for release within the day!

There is a comet in the sky, and its name is Pangya.

Get ready to swing for the heavens!


--Pangya Team

They sure have a knack for words, don't they? Either way we finally received some news and they kept their word and within the day a new bulletin was released. Gather round and check for yourself when you can expect to be playing on the newest Pangya server.

The call has come down from the starter's booth: you have been given a tee time, and it's at twilight rates to boot!

The Pangya Open Beta Begins on:
Thursday, April 16th, 2009 at 7:00 PM PDT (-7 UTC)

The Albatross 18 Account Migration process will begin on:
Wednesday, April, 15th, 2009 at 9:00 PM PDT (-7UTC)

There will be a short Beta Preparation and Migration maintenance on Thursday, April, 16th, 2009 between 4:00 PM and 7:00 PM

The Account Migration process will commence again on:
Thursday, April, 16th, 2009 after 7:00 PM PDT (-7UTC)

(There will be a "Recover Account" button on the Official Pangya site. The Actual migration will require a Maintenance)

Servers are opening then and you'll be able to log in and enjoy Pangya in its new home. Starting April, 15th, 2009 at 9:00 PM, you will be able to request recovery of any previous Albatross 18 accounts you may have. The recovery process includes your level, characters, caddies, mascots, items, and gift boxes. Elements such as Pang, records, trophies, guild affiliation, et cetera will NOT be migrated.

The process is simple and will be initiated via the website (http://pangya.ntreev.net/). First, you'll log into your Ntreev USA account (you can create an account if you don't have one yet). Then, provide your Albatross 18 account ID and Date of Birth. Finally, choose whether you would like to keep your old In-Game Name (IGN), or if you'd like to create a new one when you first log in. Please note that if existing IGNs do not adhere to Ntreev USA naming conventions, a rename will be prompted regardless.

Once you have confirmed the transfer, your actual account data will be merged in the next server maintenance.
The first maintenance period scheduled after launch will be held from 12:00 AM ~ 2:00 AM PDT (-7 UTC) on Friday, April 17th
In other words five hours after the game launches. You can play Pangya in the meantime, but please bear in mind this very important warning:

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KEEP SPECIFIC DATA (CHARACTERS/NON-STACKABLE ITEMS/CADDIES/MASCOTS) FROM YOUR ALBATROSS 18 ACCOUNT, DO NOT ACQUIRE THE SAME CONTENT ON YOUR NTREEV USA ACCOUNT!

This means that if you have a set of Medieval clubs fully upgraded on your old Albatross 18 account, DO NOT buy that clubset on your Ntreev USA account! If you do, you'll keep the Ntreev USA version, and the Albatross 18 version will NOT be migrated. The same applies to characters, caddies, masctos, and any other non-stackable items. Stackable items will be merged with your current account, so feel free to buy power potions!


Thank you all very much for your patience during this transition period, we look forward to seeing you all on the greens soon.

Swing for the Heavens!

--Pangya Team

*All dates and times are subject to change, any updates will be announced as soon as possible*

A long explanation of what is going to be happening to the servers while we wait is provided. It's nice to know what they'll be doing to the server. PangyaUS will start out with 'Pangya Revolution Season 3' which is the same as PangyaEU at the moment. Still no news about any IP blocks so the wait for myself is not over yet. I know I'm probably getting my hopes up for nothing but you never know when I might get lucky and things go my way for once. ^_^; This is all the news I can provide you with today.

*Friendly Paw*
~ Roselynn

Birth of Roselynn

A big hello to everyone who is currently reading this~

This is a new blog named Pandalism which was created by me. My name is Roselynn and I created this blog to talk about a certain something called Pangya. Pangya is a concept MMORPG golf game that features anime style characters in an engaging gaming environment. This game is avaible on several consoles which currently include PC, Wii and PsP.

Currently there are 4 PC servers avaible, being PangyaSEA (South East Asian server), PangyaKO (Korean server), PangyaJA (Japan) and PangyaEU (European server). According to the offical notes soon PangyaUS (America) will open to the public. Some people might remember there used to be an American server before but due to horrible management and awful community the former PangyaUS was forced to close down. Back then is was called Albatross18, a nasty name if you ask me.

I currently play on the PangyaEU server under the name of Roselynn. I must be honest and say even though I am from Europe I don't appreciate the European server that much. The servers are divided between languages and I'm quite offended it does not even have my native language. I am forced to either speak English, French, German or any of the other provided languages. Quite a fault for the European server if you ask me. Either you include all languages or you stick with English everywhere, simple as that. I don't see why only certain languages get their own server, it's kind of dissapointing. Some people might be thinking: "If English isn't your native language then why are you writing this whole blog in English?". Very simple really~ Most readers will be able to understand English and I'm quite sure hardly anyone will be able to understand my native language. I want to make this blog accessible to as much people as possible hence I chose English as the main language. Another reason I don't really like the European server is that the choice of fashion is rather limited and I hardly see any new additions. Of course that might just be me being impatient~!

It's obvious I am hoping for a place in the future PangyaUS which is going to be hosted by Ntreev, the original developer of this game. I already PM'ed their customer service with questions about a possible IP-ban but their answer was nothing that I wouldn't be able to figure out myself either.

Thank you for your interest in Pangya. However Pangya is still in process of being released and we are not able to provide any information at the moment. Please visit our main website for any further updates.

http://pangya.ntreev.net/

Sincerely,
Bawkzie
Game Master
Ntreev USA
www.ntreev.net

So as you can see I can not be provided with any information at the moment. x__x; I am fearing the worst to be honest. Pangya already has a license for Europe so the chances they will block Europeans out for the Ntreev Pangya server will be very high. Nevertheless I keep hoping. It's not that I am looking forward to play with American players but I would love to be on the server closest to the source. I have a good experience with the Ntreev company regarding events and updates. I'm sure they would do very well rising up to my expectations.

In the worst case scenario I will continue playing on the European server. They have a bunch of nice close-knit players who are fun to hang out with so I'm sure I will continue to have fun with this game. I think it's also because I don't play 15 hours a day like some players tend to do. I would go totally crazy if I had to do that. @_@

Either way this was my first introduction post and it turned out pretty long. I think it's pretty easy to read though with different paragraphs like this. Before I conclude I would just like to say something about my layout. This layout was created by me with Photoshop CS3 by using several Pangya related images floating online. The main idea of this layout is to be credited to btemplates.com. I saw a beautiful layout there that I liked a lot however I wanted to have a unique layout so I did not use any of their resources or coding and created my own to their example. Therefore the coding and graphics belong to me, Roselynn. I decided it would be nice to atleast provide credit for the idea so if you ever need a quick blogger layout, make sure to check out btemplates.com. The header I made contains a background image with Max and Kooh. Max is hanging helplessly while Kooh is playing her succubus role. She is just too cute for words~ The foreground image is Kooh in her Penguin suit (not avaible in the EU server yet) hugging a Satchel. I know most people will absolutely detest the color pink this blog displays but get over it! Pink is just another colour. I couldn't decide which colour to go with so I threw a dice and let fate decide for me and behold it became P-I-N-K. Try to wear sunglasses while reading this blog if it really bothers you that much ^_^;

With this I'll conclude my first post~

*Friendly Paw*
~ Roselynn