Originally Posted By: mompea
I have been playing VV2 for..
you are in the VV1 forum \:\)
Originally Posted By: mompea
over 400 hours...only had maybe 3 of the minor events happen.
I read somewhere that for every 24 actual hours of game play there should be an event, but that has not been my experience either. \:\(
Originally Posted By: mompea
Like where a bag is noted in the surf, do you or don't you open it?
read the VV2 Guide forum post that lists the island events. some events have random outcomes but other events there is no randomness - one answer will always do one thing and the other answer will always do something else.
Originally Posted By: mompea
I haven't had any of the Love note or child prodigy happen. Any idea why?
just the luck of the draw. if you want to have those events happen, read the thread on saving and restoring your save files and when you get your next event, save the file then exit VV2 then restore the file then restart VV2 and you will get a different event. you can continue this as long as you like. This procedure is how Esteemed Elderly was able to get all (almost all?) of the events and document them. This note, entitled "How to Get the Event You Want," by Esteemed Elderly, explains in detail how to do this. His method also works for The Gong Effect as well.

perhaps for maximum fun, I would consider what Esteemed Elder suggested - play the game at least once to completion without resorting to tricks. Then you can go back and use his method to see all the events you missed the first time around.