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Beware, I’m going to ramble on really crazily about Kingdom of Loathing now. You’re probably not interested.

So just looking at the descriptions and such made me want a Naughty Origami Kit, (as well as the fact that I always thought the other items of this type, the Iceberglet and the Great Ball of Frozen Fire, were really neat) and I went, you know what, fuck it. And I picked one up. And now I’m wondering what’s up with it. I mean, like I said, it has some funny content in there. I love just about every message on the origami “gentlemen’s” magazine, for instance. However, that’s rarely going to be better than all the buffs and boosts from my Mayflower Bouquet. The Entangling Noodle effect of the Naughty Paper Shuriken on people with pants is nice, but most bosses don’t have pants, actually, so that’s kind of a problem, as that’s when I’d like to use it. The origami pasties are great, especially early on when the 100 power is way above anything I can equip, but not… flashy and visible. The origami riding crop has a really neat chat effect, but I’m never in chat, and some funny hit messages. I’ll probably use it when I run a Muscle class next for the first few levels, but I tend to enjoy Myst and Moxie classes more, in all honesty. Finally, the Naughty Fortune Teller… we’ll see on that one. Although hardcore players don’t use them, apparently, cookbooks feel way too important to my spellcaster strategy to equip a different off-hand item, and I’m currently a Sauceror. There’s some debate on how effective it is, though, as in it might be close to if not completely optimal, so that might be what I end up using. I do think that the mechanic of it is really neat, though.
Anyway, I find myself in a weird position. I originally didn’t buy Mr. Store items because I worried about having this dilemma, about not being able to always use these neat items I got. If I bought them I was going to use them, was the idea. My snap decision, purchase, and enjoyment of the Crimbo P.R.E.S.S.I.E. I bought in December, though, made me think that I should just go ahead and try it if it looked good, and I’ll probably enjoy it. So I saw this, and wanted it, and I got it. And now I’m confused as to how to use it effectively…
Basically, I don’t regret my decision at all, but in the future, I know I’ll probably be making my Mr. Store purchases later in the month, after I’ve come up with a firm plan of how I’m going to use whatever it is so I can enjoy it to the fullest.
I am such a weird player. I play so sub-optimally, and yet I worry about how best to take advantage of things like this, you know? It’s like I want to be good, but I want to be good to my eyes, and not actually good. I don’t know. I’m weird.