Hi folks!

It's been a busy week for me and now that Christmas is coming along so fast, I barely have time check everything out here in Granado Central. 

Speaking of Christmas, we all know the come December 20, the 2.4 Bahia Island patch will take effect, just in time for the holidays. It's getting so exciting as days are drawing near. In light with the upcoming patch, sGE's CM Hrin announced the availability of v2.4 Bahia Island Manual Patch last December 3. There are two ways you can download the patch:

1. Granado Espada official patch downloader
2. Bittorrent file (you need a bittorrent client) 
   

Some notes that you should be aware of about the manual patch:

• The patch is available through bittorrent as of now and no official CD or DVD release yet for the patch.
• You do not need a third party bittorrent client if you are going to use the GE Official downloader because the file comes with the bittorrent client. The patch will be installed right after you finished downloading.
  
• If you opt to use the torrent file instead, you will need a third party program to download the patch. You can download and install Azureus or uTorrent and open the .torrent file with your bittorrent client. You will needto run the .exe file after downloading to install the patch.
• The official launch for v2.4 is December 20 but the maps and other features will not be accesible even you install the patch before the scheduled launch.
• Granado Espada client will still be playable even after applying the manual patch before the launch.

If you need help with your manual patch installation, feel free to use the shoutbox ;)

On the other news, perhaps the most anticipated NPC in the upcoming patch is Viki. Apparently, Viki is a powerful NPC with the ability to summon monsters at his will. Similar to Catherine but I think Viki is cuter :)

I will upload a youtube video of Viki for all who are excited to hear him summon his pets :) 

Here is the youtube voiceover of Viki

Sounds like Pokèmon trainer, doesn't he? :) So cute....