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#### The Joys of the Firebogs (lovely art/backgrounds!)

I've noticed that a number of the bog streets have *spectacular* background views -- I love all the crazy details (tentacle roots! mountain-sized gourds! inscrutable eggs of enormous dimension! tiny shrunken heads! hidden faces everywhere!) and the variety of terrain/resources/layouts, especially in Shimla Mirch.
My current two favorites are Marga Mooch and Kelba Vallu. And don't forget to activate your Spinach to check out the giant mountain in Lentua Lane!
Also, I admit it -- I just love the "schplup!" sound the Jellisacs make as you scoop them ;)
Anyone else have any bog-love to share? (Seriously, TS, you guys should be proud -- the art and imagery and ambience is just spectacular!)

Posted 12 months ago by Ashbet | Permalink

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- Thanks for the happy thoughts... I'm definitely going to check out Mt Lentua :D
  Posted 12 months ago by mince | Permalink
- I love the bogs - nowhere else comes close to inspiring my adoration :-D
  Posted 12 months ago by Osprey | Permalink
- The bogs are my favourite place, especially Kalavana for all the underground scenes and climbing vines.
  Posted 12 months ago by Rev. Desdemona | Permalink
- The bogs are my favorite area too, perhaps because they are the most unfamiliar and creative.
  Has anyone ever noticed the giant fireflies? There are a few swarms in which there is one triple-sized firefly which NEVER goes in the bottle. I wonder if they'll have some function down the line...
  Posted 12 months ago by Sloppy Ketchup | Permalink
- Bogs are great.
  If there wouldn't be such a nice price tag on the 50k villas which says "I! Am! Rich!", I am sure there would be much more people living in the swamp.
  The only problem with boghouses is that they are really small. The 3.5k and 5k houses have a wonderful interior design, but they get cramped pretty fast.
  Really curious how the landscape of Glitch and the housing habits of Glitchens will change with the new upgradable housing system.
  Posted 12 months ago by Louis Louisson | Permalink
- I also love the bogs. Ortolana in Shimla Mirch has one of my favorite backgrounds: all swirly blues.
  Posted 12 months ago by Gelderlin | Permalink
- My favorite part of having a bog house: I have a tiny adorable lizard on my ceiling! :D <3
  Posted 12 months ago by Katherine Corbet | Permalink
- @Katherine Corbet EEEEEE SCREENSHOT!!! :D
  Posted 12 months ago by Ashbet | Permalink
- I love the bogs, too. I think it's the teal and the mist, it's so comforting to see after a long day traveling the forests and savannah for harvests. Marga Mooch stopped me in my tracks, it's as if the sky is made of ocean. I like the green hills in the background on Maybe Marsh too.
  I'm with Louis, though. The houses are too small and the herb plots too few. I'm hoping the housing changes will bring equality to all residents of Ur as far as square footage and number of plots / patches.
  Posted 12 months ago by N2ZOrtolanaBlue | Permalink
- I love my lil bog house; I even have goldfish :)
  Posted 12 months ago by lilkitty | Permalink
- Bogs forever! :D I like the little eggthings sleeping in bowls on the ponds, and the way it seems like everything has a contented and restful face.
  Posted 12 months ago by Ring | Permalink
- @Ashbet:Screenshot
  Posted 12 months ago by Warrender | Permalink
- Thanks, Warrender!!
  My place has the dried lizards, but not the live one. I love it! So cute! :D
  (I was wondering if there were any more lizards in the game -- I'd seen the one on the tree in Kelba Vallu, but that was it!)
  Posted 12 months ago by Ashbet2 | Permalink
- ...And the Music! Don't forget the music.
  Posted 12 months ago by DUG1138 | Permalink
- Love, love, love my bog home. I agree with DUG1138 -- the music is so beautiful and haunting.
  Posted 12 months ago by Ozlaine | Permalink
- I'm also a fan of the music -- the regular background music gets a little twangy after a while (and stuck in my head when I'm not playing, LOL!), but the bog music is just lovely :)
  Posted 12 months ago by Ashbet2 | Permalink
- I enjoy the haphazard bridges and stairs in the deep areas of Chakra Phool, and the music is interesting but doesn't draw attention to itself. I particarly love the swamp life sounds of frogs and insects.
  Posted 12 months ago by MrVolare | Permalink
- I have to admit, the stairs are a downside to me -- I have hand-coordination issues as the result of a disability, so making such precise jumps without overcorrecting is a problem for me. It's why I can no longer play many video games, and it's why I appreciate that Glitch is generally very disability-friendly in terms of offering multiple options to perform an action (i.e., I have a lot of trouble clicking on butterflies, but the jump-and-hit-enter option means that I can still milk them.)
  With that said, I appreciate that the world of Ur has a ton of variety, and I'm glad that the stairs/shingles are there for people who have the ability to enjoy them . . . AND that I can collect my fireflies less-precariously by going to the bridges in Shimla Merch! ;)
  They really are a nifty design element, and I'm not complaining -- I'm just glad that elements regarding this level of jumping/balancing are a minor element in the game, rather than showing up on every other street :)
  Posted 12 months ago by Ashbet | Permalink
- I adore the music, and watching the street spirits bob gently as if they too are listening to it.
  Posted 12 months ago by Impspindle | Permalink
- I like to make blocks. Since the most lucrative of the blocks, i.e, Bricks, are mostly, if not completely, made out of stuff that are from the Bogs, it makes sense for me to live there. I like the quiet, too. And the art is just WOW.
  Posted 12 months ago by KitkatCat | Permalink
- I adore my bog house so very much. It's charming and comfortable, and I really like the music there. (Plus, my best friend has a 50k house, and we trade off plots a lot.)
  The colors are very soothing and it's close to everything! (Though, Teleportation V helps with that, too.)
  Posted 12 months ago by Tributary | Permalink
- I think the mountain in the background of Lentua Lane might actually be Jethimadh Tower. Which would also be an impressive level of attention to geography.
  Posted 12 months ago by Luthien T | Permalink
- I adore my bog house so very much. It's charming and comfortable, and I really like the music there. (Plus, my best friend has a 50k house, and we trade off plots a lot.)
  The colors are very soothing and it's close to everything! (Though, Teleportation V helps with that, too.)
  Posted 12 months ago by Tributary | Permalink
- The "lizards" are actually fireflies. They have flaming rear-ends :)
  Posted 12 months ago by N2ZOrtolanaBlue | Permalink
- @Luthien T -- you're right, it is the Tower!
  There are lovely views of it from Kala Close and Simo Steer in Jethimadh, as well :)
  Posted 12 months ago by Ashbet | Permalink