With summer break finally upon me, and my heart heavy and gray, and I been spending more time on my favorite sweet little game, Horse Isle II, Legend of the Esrohs. The long awaited “sequel” to the original HorseIsle game, it’s a completely flash based game in which the player captures, trains, and competes with horses, all while completing quests, puzzles, and games. There’s a lot to do on HI, and refreshingly, it doesn’t involve any violence. Even breeding plays no part in the game, unlike most other SIMS. You travel about the various isles of the world, collecting items, talking to NPCs, and playing all sorts of minigames that test all sorts of subjects - science, history, math, reading, puzzles, and logic. It may sound childish and simple, but you would be surprised!
Currently I have two lovely horses, Willoughby and Versailles. Willoughby is my first horse on HorseIsle 2 - a chestnut lusitano. I have never been very lucky in catching wild horses (on either game), so I was lucky enough to come by him in the Appleton livery barn. It was back when there were barely any horses up for adoption, and people would stand in the livery waiting for any horse to be dropped off. A livery horse only costs $20,000, which is pretty cheap. In HI, you can make that in about an hour doing quests and games. The lusitano is rather well drawn with lots of personality, unlike many other breeds. It’s a pity, since the horses on HorseIsle 1 look much better than HorseIsle 2. Willoughby is a very headstrong horse, and he often bucks me off when we are in the middle of nowhere. It might be because he is actually a mare! Since breeding plays no part in the game, I sort of disregard gender. I really want a stallion named Willoughby, so that’s what I gave myself!
"Willoughby"
In fact, dear Willoughby must actually be named “WillowBee” in the game, due to the game’s ridiculous filter. My god, that friggin’ filter. I think the creators have been watching way too much of Cris Hansen’s To Catch a Predator. You can’t write any names or places, and quite a few words are blocked. No Jane, no Halifax, no Willoughby. I’ve have never seen such a restrictive chat. EVER. The good part is that they require all words to be properly spelled, and chat speak is banned - now that’s actually nice. It’s refreshing to actually understand what some teen is trying to tell you. However, the limitations on names border on stupidity. You wanna name your horse after a literary character? Forget it! 
"Versailles"
Once the population of HI started picking up, the liveries began to fill with fresh wild horses. Now, there usually 150+ horses every time I go. Just recently, I picked up a gorgeous perlino thoroughbred with great stats. I promptly named him Versailles and threw Willoughby’s cheap tack on him. He won his first cutting competition against 3 other players, and then his first desert race. I can’t wait to race him!
Currently exploring desert isle and waiting for the stock market to improve!
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