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Have you made friends through Cooking Diary? Our interviewees sure have! We are happy to share a wonderful story of friendship between two guildmates - Kristin and Serena!
🌟 Hi, Kristin! Thank you for doing an interview with us! We were pleasantly surprised to learn that you and Serena were able to meet up! Tell us a bit about your meeting. Why and how did you decide to meet up offline?
Hello!!!! So, I bought a Puppy with an online breeder down in Louisiana USA. I live in New Hampshire USA, it was a 27 hour drive, lol. Since I wanted the utmost safest travel for our new Family member my husband and I decided to make it a 4 day get away and drive down. Well, Serena lives 3 hours south of where we were picking up the puppy so we decided to go meet her and her Family and spend the night while we were down there ❤
🌟 How did you meet each other? Through in-game chat? Our Facebook page?
Our relationship grew and prospered as we worked side by side these past 2 years in the game and on FaceBook❤
🌟 How did your friendship start?
Serena and I met back when I first started playing Cooking Diary on September 27th 2018. She was in the Guild I joined right when I started. Back then the Guild was called "Chop it Like it's Hot" and the Admin was Nicole. I joined a Fan Group shortly after which I now have been the Admin in for almost 2 years ❤ After I joined the Guild, I became "Acting Admin" of the Guild with Nicole, about 3 or so months later, Nicole decided to move on and left the Guild to me, then I changed the name. Serena has been by my side since Day 1, my loyal, trustworthy Friend and Guildie.
🌟 Let's talk about your guild. What makes it special to you?
I think what makes my Guild so very special are the members! We've had some turnover in players, but we've had long standing members that have been with me for a very long time, and also members that have had to leave here and there for whatever reason, but have come back to my Guild when they were able to. My mods Sam and Tonia are my backbone, when I am weak, they are Strong, we compliment each other very much! We maintain a Positive, Friendly, Supportive environment upon where we encourage, love and respect each other. Our love of the game is also paramount to our success as a long standing Guild, when one of us is upset we gather around that person and support them. We have a FB group chat where we all keep in close contact.
🌟 How did you find out about Cooking Diary? How long have you been playing?
I found out about Cooking Diary on Google Play in September 2018, I love time management cooking games so I decided to give it a try. I was hooked from Day 1. It was so much fun to play with so many different aspects other Cooking games do not offer.
🌟 Thank you for being with us for such a long time! As an experienced player, what do you like the most about Cooking Diary?
One of the greatest aspects is the Social aspect of the game, it really was a brilliant idea for the developers to include this aspect in creating this game. It opens the door to so much community where everyone can share their love of the game and really build and invest into the game. I've watched for 2 years how this game has grown and flourished, while some things I don't always like, there are so very very many more I do. I love how the events have gotten more engaging and numerous. I love how the restaurant graphics improve and have become more colorful and engaging. I absolutely love that CD continues to facilitate engagement and improvements to keep the game exciting and loved by so very many. There are a few things I might like looked into such as an "elevator" of sorts to traverse districts/restaurants quicker and maybe something to spend all our excess coins in other Districts we've completed on 😊 There are so very many things I love about this game, hence my commitment to play CD for so long, I've never played a game this long or invested this much, but again, I think one of the most brilliant things CD did was to implement the whole "Social" aspect of it, also the Quests for competition, with all that this game offers there is literally something to engage every type of player out there.
🌟 What's your favorite restaurant, event and character?
My favorite Restaurant, oh there's so many, but one of my Absolute Favs now would be Banquet Hall and Darkwood Manor, so funny because when I started both I hated them, lol. As the game grows, so must a player, play strategies that worked before don't always work in the later restaurants such as clearing a couple piles of coins at a time, a player must advance their play as the game advances and changes, this is also a key component to keeping the game interesting for players, though I may complain sometimes, it actually is the best for the player in the long run as it keeps us on our toes. My favorite events are the Food Truck, the "Like" Marathon, the new Path To Glory and the Individual Quest challenges, sorry I adore them all and just couldn't pick one My favorite character is the Delivery Man Dave, he's eye сandy although married, lol. But my favorite most engaging character would be Johnny. I have loved following his story these past 2 years, watching him grow, learn and come out of his shy shell, it's almost like watching a flower bloom. I really want to see him and Vivian finally get together and I foresee you (CD) playing out his story in much more depth and I see his growth improving even more, he reminds me a lot of my oldest son who is now 23, he kinda followed the same path as Johnny as he was shy and timid and now he is blooming into a confident, loving, hard working young man finding his way 😊
🌟 And finally, what advice would you give new players?
My best piece of advice for new players is this. Don't give up. You may find the game challenging and frustrating at times, but this game is THE BEST Cooking Time Management game out there. There will never be one better. Find yourself a good Guild with supportive, caring members (there are literally thousands, a guild for every type of playing style), I would suggest joining a Group fan FB page. I suggest this because as a community these types of fan groups allow players from all over to converse, share tips and strategies, meet people, find guilds, find friends for the game, I really feel stuff like this is vital as it moves players in a Positive forward motion in the game when they have help from other players 😊 To end, keep up the Great Work Mytona!!! I am very very much in love with this game and I hope to continue to play and watch the game grow even more for many more years ❤ Oh and My Mod Sam whom I live 2 hours from, are going to be meeting up very soon also, lol ❤