Spring Sports Fair 2018

I played a little Animal Crossing yesterday, and I saw that Stu has already moved out of town.

How ARE you, Jeff? Well now, I bet your bottom bell you didn't expect me to cut out and split town, huh? Nope, I shocked the world! I'm turning over a new leaf--see you on the flip side! Laters, Stu
A new leaf, huh? And yet he wasn’t in New Leaf until the Welcome Amiibo update. 😉

Stu’s replacement was Egbert the yellow chicken. I’ve had him in my City Yolk town before, but now I get a crack at him on GameCube too. I’ve always liked Egbert, and he’s my 2nd favorite chicken in the series, just behind Hank. Benedict is a close #3, in case you were wondering.

Egbert: Boy howdy! Do you live here in town, too, doodle-duh? This place is so rad. I moved here after my folks booted me.
Boy howdy?

At Nookington’s, I decided to buy this train car model.

Timmy: Does a train car model interest you?

I have the locomotive model (from Father’s Day) in my basement, and I decided to put this train car model behind it. Even though I don’t have a full track across the room, I still like how this looks here. I decided to remove two of my lighthouse models to make some room down here.

My basement in Animal Crossing.

I didn’t speak to everyone yesterday, so it was a quick session. But I made sure to play again today. I accidentally asked Puck for a job, and he asked me to deliver some clothes to Maple. He said I could use the exercise…

Puck: You could use the exercise...

This isn’t the first time he implied that I’m overweight, as you may remember from my Animal Crossing Rudeness video.

Static asked me for a new catchphrase to replace “in a flash,” so I told him to say “it zaps me.” He hasn’t used it in any funny way yet, but maybe next time.

Static: OK, from now on, I'll say it zaps me! I just hope you remember that it's all your fault.

When I chatted with Hank, he noticed the kiddie bookcase in my pockets. He offered to give me a strange painting for it. I gladly agreed to the trade, even though my museum is already complete. It’s a good deal to get a painting in a trade, especially on GameCube, since there are no forgeries.

Hank: Please, Jeff! You've gotta trade over your kiddie bookcase for my strange painting!

A strange painting, huh? How strange could it be?

Green is not a creative color.

Just kidding, that’s not what it looks like. 😛

I then found Maple standing near a pond, and I gave her the shirt from Puck. She was thrilled with the shirt, and she was very sweet and grateful. And yet, she only gave me 223 bells as my reward. 😛

Today was the day of the spring sports festival! Unfortunately, I played too late to attend the first three events. But I did get to witness the tug-o’-war. Candi and Genji (Team Big Ears) were teamed up against the chicken-and bear cub team of Egbert and Kody. Let’s call them Team Banjo-Kazooie. Sydney was the referee…or flag-waver, to be more specific.

Candi and Genji compete against Egbert and Kody in the spring sports fair, as Sydney waves the flag.

Honestly, the tug-o’-war is probably my least favorite event of the sports fair. It gets boring quickly. The aerobics is more fun because you can participate, and the foot race is unique because you get to see a villager fire a gun (the starter’s pistol). 😛 The ball toss is my favorite of all; it’s just fun to watch.

If you’d like to see all of the events, here is an old video of mine that shows all four events.

After a stop at the dump (where I found a picnic table and a retro TV) and the post office, I returned home for the day. If you participated in the sports fair, I hope you had a good time! Remember, there will be another one in September if you missed out today.

Thanks for stopping by the blog, and please come again! I’ll see you next time! 🙂

New Blue Stu

I got a letter from the snowman I built last time. Despite being murdered, he somehow managed to send me a snowman wall in the mail. I also received a goodbye letter from Anchovy. He has moved on to another pizza town.

Sorry, Jeff, I'm writing to tell you I left Forest secretly, so don't bother looking for me. See, I... Well, I just had to leave, OK? Let it lie. And if possible...send me fruit! -The Hungry Anchovy

When I spoke with Tom, he said he recently had a chat with Crazy Redd. He said Redd really turned him on…to the idea of running his own business.

Tom: I was talking to Crazy Redd the other day, and he really turned me on
Oops. Out of context. 😛

He told me he would list five items, and I would be forced to buy one of them. I hate these games, but I was happy to see his first item was a cream sofa for just 170 bells. It’s rare to get an item priced that low, so I jumped at the chance and bought it.

Down by the beach, I ran into my newest neighbor: Stu the blue bull. I didn’t chat with him much, but he seems pretty nice so far; I don’t have a beef with him. His catchphrase is moo-dude.

Stu: Hey! Who are you? Do I know you? I don't. ...Do I?

My house had some roaches in it, so I tried to squash them. At one point, I killed three of them at once just by pushing an asteroid around. That’s particularly interesting, since asteroids don’t actually touch the floor. So how did it kill them? 😛

Ghosts of three roaches float to...heaven?

I went around town shaking trees, and I got stung by a bee (or three). My villagers would then comment on my face. Even Stu joined in the fun.

Stu: Wow! I've never seen anyone get stung that bad! You don't look terrible, though. In fact, you're looking swell.

I pushed a volleyball in to a pond, and then tried to fish it out. Well okay, I knew it wouldn’t take the bait. 😛 But it was a bit interesting to see that the ball would bounce off of the bobber (with the same sound effect the ball makes if it bumps into a tree or other obstacle).

Trying to fish a volleyball out of a pond.
Don’t serve the volleyball into a pond, or it will surely be a floater.

I was hoping to build one last snowman for the winter, since the snow will be gone as of tomorrow (February 25th). But I didn’t find a single snowball anywhere in town. Oh well. See you next time!

Anchovy’s Gambling Problem

Ozzie the Wizard of Oz koala has already moved out of town. He flew his hot air balloon out of town to the land down under, as he repeated “There’s no place like home.” Okay, maybe it didn’t happen exactly like that. But I got his goodbye letter in the mail today.

To my pal, Jeff, I have a hunger...and while I normally just grab a snack to fill up, this hunger will only be satisfied by exotic foods from far-off lands. So, I'm now a wanderer! -Snackily yours, Ozzie

When I spoke to Puck, he told me he was going to build himself a vacation house! But then he clarified: He just means an igloo.

Puck: Pretty soon, I'm going to build a vacation house. Well, more of a vacation igloo, really, brrrrrrrrr.

Speaking of igloos, I found one near the river. Static was inside, and he wanted me to play a game where I could win or buy a kitchen flooring from him. Since he said he could take up to 3,000 bells from me, I declined the offer to play. So naturally, he called me a chicken.

Static: What, you chicken? You shouldn't lead me on like that. Oh well, maybe next time, huh, in a flash?

I met Ozzie’s replacement, Anchovy the bird. He’s lived in Forest once before, a long time ago (before I started the blog). And I’ve had him in City Folk as well.

Anchovy: Your name's Jeff? Uh, nice to meet you, chuuurp. Even if you don't come bearing snacks.

I decided to take a look at the inside of his house, and I was surprised to see a bunch of slot machines lined up! I think this bird has a gambling problem.

A bunch of slot machines lined up in Anchovy's house.

Since I saw two snowballs in the same part of town, I rolled them up into a snowman. I also used my net to give him a pointy hat. But with the horns on my hat showing behind the net, it looked like the snowman was the one wearing a viking hat.

Using my net to give a snowman a pointy hat.

But after that, I murdered him. Just because I could. 😛

I spoke with Tom, and he asked if I’d rather play golf or watch golf. Golf isn’t really my thing, so I just said I’d rather watch. So he basically called me a lazy slug. Rude.

Tom: You? Seriously? You just like sitting on your behind like a lazy slug and watching?

I asked Baabara for a job, and she asked me to catch a fish for her boyfriend. She didn’t specify any certain kind.

"Baby! Get me a fish!" That's what my boyfriend told me this morning. Talk about rude!
Tell him to grab his rod and do it himself.

So I ran to the river and quickly caught a pond smelt. I took it back to Baabara, and she rewarded me with a green lamp.

I also asked Maple for a job, and she asked me to pick up her glasses case from Baabara. So I headed back to Baabara, but she told me she lent the case to Kody. When I asked Kody about it, he said he gave it to Ursala. Is a glasses case really that popular that everybody needs to borrow it? o.O

Kody: But Ursala came by the other day and snaked it. I know I should have kept it. I was out of line. I'm sorry.
It’s okay buddy, don’t be blue. We all know how Ursala is.

Fortunately, Ursala still had the case. She gave it to me, and I returned it to Maple. My reward was 835 bells. I was tired after that wild goose chase, so I went home and wrapped up my game for the day.

That’s all for now, but I’ll have a new Animal Crossing GameCube video coming at some point in this upcoming week. Please check my Youtube channel for it, and subscribe so you don’t miss it. See you next time!

Update: Here is the video! It’s a compilation of villager rudeness. Watch as they call me an idiot, a psycho, an insufferable wimp, the most boring person alive, and much more!