I'll reschedule it some time where everybody will be able to come. It just won't be New Year's Wand Off. Just some other wand off X_x
Happy Rescheduling!
Tom Purdue -- Level Design Examples
2 months ago
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Reschedule
I have school through half of the tournament days so I can't really assign those days. =P
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
The Reneverian Club!
I am officially planning an event soon. It's going to be a 6 day tournament and all are welcome. As soon as I can get everything set up I'll let you know.
In further news, I've started the Reneverian Club. If you like this blog or the game Wizard 101, simply click on the button right here ------>
and join in to the fun!
Here's the details for the event ahead of time!
Battles will be 1v1.
Players MUST have a non-card carrying wand/sword/staff to compete.
Players must use all their wand cards before being allowed to use normal spells.
NO Wild Bolts, use skill not luck.
If a player uses any type of spell at all before they have used all their wand cards, they are disqualified, this includes shields, traps, and blades.
Once a player has used up all of their wands they are free to commence the rest of the match, so you better use those wands quick!
Happy Joining!
In further news, I've started the Reneverian Club. If you like this blog or the game Wizard 101, simply click on the button right here ------>
and join in to the fun!
Here's the details for the event ahead of time!
New Years Wand Off!
Join us January 1st-6th as the Friendly Necromancer (Maybe) and the Sorion Hex host the first annual Wand Off! The rules are simple.
Join us January 1st-6th as the Friendly Necromancer (Maybe) and the Sorion Hex host the first annual Wand Off! The rules are simple.
The tournament will be held in the Vampire Realm: Area 1 all through the days.
Battles will be 1v1.
Players MUST have a non-card carrying wand/sword/staff to compete.
Players must use all their wand cards before being allowed to use normal spells.
NO Wild Bolts, use skill not luck.
If a player uses any type of spell at all before they have used all their wand cards, they are disqualified, this includes shields, traps, and blades.
Once a player has used up all of their wands they are free to commence the rest of the match, so you better use those wands quick!
This is a short event. Space is limited to the first 16 per branch to enter. This is so in the end we have 1 winner. 16 = 8 = 4 = 2 = 1
Day 1: Level 1 – Level 10 - 1:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. California Time
Day 2: Level 10 – Level 20 - 1:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. California Time
Day 3: Level 20 – Level 30 - 1:00 P.M. - 4:30 P.M. California Time
Day 4: Level 30 – Level 40 - 1:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. California Time
Day 5: Level 40 – Level 50 - 1:00 P.M. - 5:30 P.M. California Time
Day 6: Grandmasters Only - 1:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. California Time
The days might end earlier or later depending on how the matches drag on.
The tournament will look like this.
For each of the 6 days 1 of these brackets will happen, ultimately leading up to a single winner.
Hope to see you there! Sign up for the 1-10 match via The Reneverian Club at the right.
Remember! There's only space for 16 duelists per branch.
Hope to see you there!
Happy Joining!
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Site Maintenance
I'm trying really hard to get those navigation buttons working so bear with me! ^_^
Navigational bars are up and running! They don't have much in them, but once everything's hooked up watch out!
Happy Navigating!
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Season's Greetings!
Ello mates! Sorion here with a season's greetings to everybody!
I just got back from a wicked vacation in Vegas. And I would tell you more, but it's against the rules. "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" and all that.
Congratulations to the Awesome Pyromancer! She hit the 10k mark. When I went to her site it said 10,001 SO, I'm hoping I was the 10k visitor and not the 10,002 visitor or anything xD Looking at my own counter, I'd say we're almost to that 1k mark I wanted. Keep reading mates! I've got something planned for everybody. I tried making a video but gave up after 5 hours of loading... sigh
SO I'll stick to pictures xD
Again, Season's Greetings! And be on the lookout for a Wizard 101 I'll be planning near New Years.
Stay Frosty! Happy Greet-ening!
I just got back from a wicked vacation in Vegas. And I would tell you more, but it's against the rules. "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" and all that.
Congratulations to the Awesome Pyromancer! She hit the 10k mark. When I went to her site it said 10,001 SO, I'm hoping I was the 10k visitor and not the 10,002 visitor or anything xD Looking at my own counter, I'd say we're almost to that 1k mark I wanted. Keep reading mates! I've got something planned for everybody. I tried making a video but gave up after 5 hours of loading... sigh
SO I'll stick to pictures xD
Again, Season's Greetings! And be on the lookout for a Wizard 101 I'll be planning near New Years.
Stay Frosty! Happy Greet-ening!
Monday, December 21, 2009
On Doom and Gloom...
Here's a how to guide on how to use this card... Please note, the following is merely how I feel Doom and Gloom is best used and does not mean this is how you should use it. Of course you're at your own will to use it as you wish...
Now I'll be setting down the beat down situations for you.
1vs1 Enemy: Don't use it. Simple.
2vs2 Enemy: Same...
3vs3 Enemy: And again...
4vs4 Enemy: You get the idea...
This card is basically useless against mob monsters... Do they heal? Like 2% of the time... What do they use? Sprite... Use logic...
1vs1 PvP: It depends I suppose... But this card is really useful if you know that you yourself are gonna be draining rather than healing... But just be sure that you NEED to use this card before you do... the last thing you need is to use this near the beginning... And then the opponent wipes out most of your health... If you can't drain enough to survive, well time for the "Death" in Death School to take over...
2vs2 PvP: Same as above except this time somebody else comes into play. Make sure that they don't mind the lack of healing... This is utterly important. I would advise against it because if they get hit low, and then you can't heal them back up, well now it's you alone vs 2 other players... Not the prettiest situation...
3vs3 PvP: Same things apply... I suggest even more strongly to not use Doom and Gloom in this situation... However, if it's your team vs 3 Life wizards... Well that might be a slight exception...
4vs4 PvP: Don't use it... It's just completely wild when it's 4vs4... ANYTHING can happen. I was once in a 4vs4 PvP match with Melissa and 2 others that lasted 4 hours... I used Doom and Gloom near the middle. We lost. So really, unless it's an all Life Wizard Team vs all Death... Discard this soon as possible... Maybe a nice Power Play instead...
Well that's the low down on Doom and Gloom... A PvP spell... useful if you're at it alone... I personally recommend this card infection... When KingsIsle released this card in a PvP amulet I cried... And I thought it would be for the Celestia release... Then a few weeks later I go and visit Mortis because I was bored... And Lo and Behold... Infection... Level 0... Trainable... I wasted 200 Arena tokens but eh... That's life... Infection is a BLESSING... It's like a specific Doom and Gloom... And it's 0 PIPS!If you're going to PvP and you're death... PUT - IT - IN - YOUR - DECK!
Well that's all the information for today! See ya next time X_x
Happy PvPing!
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Danger! Danger!
Alright everybody! Great news most of you should know!
As you all know, KingsIsle has made an offer where if we hit 50,000 Facebook fans anybody who's a part of Wizard Central will get the awesome Danger Hound pet!
Guess what.
We're over 50,000! And that's not all... NEW offer!
Now, for every Facebook fan who joins besides the 50,000 we will receive that amount in gold!
This is great and so unexpected!
Seriously! We HAVE to spread the word about this! Imagine it my way...
We get 100k MORE Facebook fans... That means we get 100k gold in game... Now, last I recall the new houses were what? 100k? Basically we can get a school related house with that gold! So go on my fellow Wizards!
SPREAD THE WORD!
Happy Spreading!
As you all know, KingsIsle has made an offer where if we hit 50,000 Facebook fans anybody who's a part of Wizard Central will get the awesome Danger Hound pet!
Guess what.
We're over 50,000! And that's not all... NEW offer!
Now, for every Facebook fan who joins besides the 50,000 we will receive that amount in gold!
This is great and so unexpected!
Seriously! We HAVE to spread the word about this! Imagine it my way...
We get 100k MORE Facebook fans... That means we get 100k gold in game... Now, last I recall the new houses were what? 100k? Basically we can get a school related house with that gold! So go on my fellow Wizards!
SPREAD THE WORD!
Happy Spreading!
Monday, December 7, 2009
Tres Magnifique!
Ah tis the season for giving! And what better to give than a site update? Check out the new banner =D It's specially set for Christmas. I have wonderful music playing... Now if only I could figure out how to do those spiral buttons Friendly has... The site feels naked without buttons >_>
Care to give me a hand Friendly?
Anyways it's cold here... It's actually snowing... I've never seen snow so it's surprising that's it's snowing here in California... But yeah...
Happy Snow Eating!
Care to give me a hand Friendly?
Anyways it's cold here... It's actually snowing... I've never seen snow so it's surprising that's it's snowing here in California... But yeah...
Happy Snow Eating!
Sunday, December 6, 2009
I'm Baaaaaack!
Phew, I am officially back from my vacation in Nicaragua! It was hot, literally...
But yeah, I'm back and I'm still unpacking our stuff as I speak but it was pretty great. Anyways, it's December, school appropriate housing's coming out, and it's almost time for Felix Navidad to hit the spiral! Phew, I logged in earlier today after seeing Friendly's post about the Death house...
I have to admit it's not the nicest of the houses but I think I made it look pretty beautiful... I'll edit in a picture of what I did to it in 10 minutes. Here's a hint, in my previous home I had an incredible amount of candles...
Sadly I'm not going to buy the death house for myself... I'm proud of my Marleybone mansion and I wouldn't have it any other way... As for Wolf, Oran, Tarlac, Ivan, and Dustin I'm pretty sure they'll want houses!
And, it's December as I said, which means... Time for the Christmas Track!
So go on out there and help KingsIsle test their houses! Be sure to tell them you can't go into some of the pools! X_x
Merry Testing!
But yeah, I'm back and I'm still unpacking our stuff as I speak but it was pretty great. Anyways, it's December, school appropriate housing's coming out, and it's almost time for Felix Navidad to hit the spiral! Phew, I logged in earlier today after seeing Friendly's post about the Death house...
I have to admit it's not the nicest of the houses but I think I made it look pretty beautiful... I'll edit in a picture of what I did to it in 10 minutes. Here's a hint, in my previous home I had an incredible amount of candles...
Sadly I'm not going to buy the death house for myself... I'm proud of my Marleybone mansion and I wouldn't have it any other way... As for Wolf, Oran, Tarlac, Ivan, and Dustin I'm pretty sure they'll want houses!
And, it's December as I said, which means... Time for the Christmas Track!
So go on out there and help KingsIsle test their houses! Be sure to tell them you can't go into some of the pools! X_x
Merry Testing!
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
The Placement of the Worlds of the Spiral...
What an interesting topic...
As many of you have noticed, the placement of the worlds, as in, the releasing of them into the game is based on real world continents...
To play it simply, there's a world for almost each continent...
Wizard City - USA
Krokotopia - Africa
Marleybone - Europe
MooShu - Asia
DragonSpyre - Before it got totaled it looked a bit like Central America with the waterfalls and everything...
Grizzleheim - At a loss... This is another moment in history xD Not sure how many places look like this X_x...
Celestia - Now, based on these calculations... We have South America, Antarctica, and Australia left... Now think closely, doesn't Celestia sound like an Antarctica based world?... I think that's the best guess I can give you xD Just in case!
You all heard my suggestions for worlds of course... Because I know you come back here every time I post >=) So 2 original worlds would be Techania, and Myrevania... One technologically based, one darkness based... Both awesome... As for Sir Reginald Bixby's home world... I'm thinking Primenos is a good name if you ask me...
Happy Conspiracy-ness-ing!
As many of you have noticed, the placement of the worlds, as in, the releasing of them into the game is based on real world continents...
To play it simply, there's a world for almost each continent...
Wizard City - USA
Krokotopia - Africa
Marleybone - Europe
MooShu - Asia
DragonSpyre - Before it got totaled it looked a bit like Central America with the waterfalls and everything...
Grizzleheim - At a loss... This is another moment in history xD Not sure how many places look like this X_x...
Celestia - Now, based on these calculations... We have South America, Antarctica, and Australia left... Now think closely, doesn't Celestia sound like an Antarctica based world?... I think that's the best guess I can give you xD Just in case!
You all heard my suggestions for worlds of course... Because I know you come back here every time I post >=) So 2 original worlds would be Techania, and Myrevania... One technologically based, one darkness based... Both awesome... As for Sir Reginald Bixby's home world... I'm thinking Primenos is a good name if you ask me...
Happy Conspiracy-ness-ing!
Sunday, November 15, 2009
A Fresh Start!
Um, hi there! My name's Wolf... I just moved in with Chase and the rest of my brothers... I kinda like history and things like that so I uh... Enrolled into the School of Myth... I think my familiar scared Headmaster Ambrose though... Oh dear... Sorry, I'm a little shy! I better go unpack!
It's alright mate, you'll get the hang of it eventually!
In the mean time, I got a request to find a Wizard 101 wallpaper, thank Bartleby that West Karana had just the thing I was looking for!
What better way to celebrate Wolf's arrival into Ravenwood than a very special welcome gift to all those beginning their adventures into the Spiral? And so now, courtesy of KingsIsle once more!...
Welcome to the Spiral young Wizards!
Happy Beginnings!
It's alright mate, you'll get the hang of it eventually!
In the mean time, I got a request to find a Wizard 101 wallpaper, thank Bartleby that West Karana had just the thing I was looking for!
What better way to celebrate Wolf's arrival into Ravenwood than a very special welcome gift to all those beginning their adventures into the Spiral? And so now, courtesy of KingsIsle once more!...
Welcome to the Spiral young Wizards!
Happy Beginnings!
Onward To History!
Ivan Willowdust is the name and I am quickly on my way to Krokotopia! I'm Chase's brother, youngest of them all! I was enrolled in the School of Life by Headmaster Ambrose because I have an optimistic and cheery personality and my familiar healed him from a paper cut! Poor Headmaster, so much paperwork from all those oncoming students... I do wish I could help further...
Oh dear, I have an idea! Chase, might you be so kind as to lend me Jinx?
Sure, he's not doing anything, might as well put him to some work, right?
Hey, what are you saying, I'm not some toy you can just lend to children, I am a powerful wizard with the power to destroy worlds!
You look like a bird to me?...
*snicker*
Grrr... Fine, I suppose I don't have much choice... What is it you want child?
I want you to go do Headmaster Ambrose's paperwork for him!
What!? There's like a million student applications in there! Please tell me you're joking!
Sorry, Jinx, I'm not joking! ^_^ Good luck with that though! Here's an apple to keep up the spirit!
...
Alright, well I have to go back to my studies! ^_^ And to those of you catching on quickly in the Spiral, here's a gift as you enter Krokotopia, courtesy of KingsIsle!
Bye Chase! Good luck Jinx!
Cheers, little bro! As for me, I have other matters to attend to. Good luck to those of you in the lower worlds!
Happy Rising!
Oh dear, I have an idea! Chase, might you be so kind as to lend me Jinx?
Sure, he's not doing anything, might as well put him to some work, right?
Hey, what are you saying, I'm not some toy you can just lend to children, I am a powerful wizard with the power to destroy worlds!
You look like a bird to me?...
*snicker*
Grrr... Fine, I suppose I don't have much choice... What is it you want child?
I want you to go do Headmaster Ambrose's paperwork for him!
What!? There's like a million student applications in there! Please tell me you're joking!
Sorry, Jinx, I'm not joking! ^_^ Good luck with that though! Here's an apple to keep up the spirit!
...
Alright, well I have to go back to my studies! ^_^ And to those of you catching on quickly in the Spiral, here's a gift as you enter Krokotopia, courtesy of KingsIsle!
Bye Chase! Good luck Jinx!
Cheers, little bro! As for me, I have other matters to attend to. Good luck to those of you in the lower worlds!
Happy Rising!
Friday, November 13, 2009
EMERGENCY POST!
Ok, so... Apparently Valentine's Day is in February... Those Time Travel Faires keep messing with me! So... Ignore any Valentine's day related things <_> You didn't see anything...
Jinx wipe their memories!
My pleasure!
*bonks you on the head with a club*
Happy Forgetting!
Jinx wipe their memories!
My pleasure!
*bonks you on the head with a club*
Happy Forgetting!
Happy Friday 13th!
Ello and welcome to yet another Friday the 13th!
Now usually people associate this day with machete wielding maniacs, bad luck, and bill day! But I don't believe anything bad happens, it's all merely coincidence! ^_^ *trips over a spellbook*
Oof!
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
Just a slight incident, I left that book there, my fault... T-T
Anyways as I was saying, absolutely nothing bad will happen to anybody today!
Oh, see ya little black kitty!
*piece of ceiling falls on head*
Ouch! I told those Gobblers to stop dancing so dang hard!
Anyways, personally I love Friday 13th! It comes along at unexpected times and that's why it's special! Here, I have a book I wanted to show you! *walks under bookshelf ladder*
And it's called... *reaches out for it*
Why Friday 13 is Better Than Thursday 12!
*bookshelf tilts and lands on Sorion*
Gah! X_x
That's FINE! There's NOTHING wrong! Just a loose bolt I suppose!
ANYWAYS, forget the book then, I need to go wash my face from all this book dust...
*begins to rinse face...*
*dries off and looks into mirror*
*turns around with fear*
The Diary Page Ends There...
Happy Living...
Now usually people associate this day with machete wielding maniacs, bad luck, and bill day! But I don't believe anything bad happens, it's all merely coincidence! ^_^ *trips over a spellbook*
Oof!
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
Just a slight incident, I left that book there, my fault... T-T
Anyways as I was saying, absolutely nothing bad will happen to anybody today!
Oh, see ya little black kitty!
*piece of ceiling falls on head*
Ouch! I told those Gobblers to stop dancing so dang hard!
Anyways, personally I love Friday 13th! It comes along at unexpected times and that's why it's special! Here, I have a book I wanted to show you! *walks under bookshelf ladder*
And it's called... *reaches out for it*
Why Friday 13 is Better Than Thursday 12!
*bookshelf tilts and lands on Sorion*
Gah! X_x
That's FINE! There's NOTHING wrong! Just a loose bolt I suppose!
ANYWAYS, forget the book then, I need to go wash my face from all this book dust...
*begins to rinse face...*
*dries off and looks into mirror*
*turns around with fear*
The Diary Page Ends There...
Happy Living...
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Bummer...
Alright so I gave up on those changes for now... I'll get to them when I actually figure out what I'm doing X_x
Anyways, I was just reading The Awesome Pyromancer's post and I noticed she has a cool little goal on the side... If we can get her to 10k hits she's gonna do something special! Why not help her out a bit eh?
Also, I've made it my own personal goal to reach at least 1k by January 1... If you guys can do that I'm sure I'll have a special surprise for you =)
Anyways, I was just reading The Awesome Pyromancer's post and I noticed she has a cool little goal on the side... If we can get her to 10k hits she's gonna do something special! Why not help her out a bit eh?
Also, I've made it my own personal goal to reach at least 1k by January 1... If you guys can do that I'm sure I'll have a special surprise for you =)
Minor/Major Changes
A message to all passengers...
Please fasten all your seatbelts, we are about to experience some major turbulence to the site as we change some features... Thank you for your time!
Valentine's Quickly Approaching!
Well Veteran's Day has passed and as we remember those who have given their lives for a country, let us take a moment of silence to honor them...
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Now then, Valentines day is 2 days away and it's almost time for that warm hearted SnuggleFest =D Expect some Valentines Day themed stuff to be in town this month!
Also, this might ALSO be a great way to make crowns... If you're not in middle school then maybe you should pass out your Valentine's Day cards and stick your friend code and site on them...
Spread the Wizardly love, eh?
Middle School and up this doesn't work too well, people start judging you at that age >_>
Give it a try if you're bold enough though, nobody's stopping you ^_^
Well that's it for now, I believe change of music is in order!
Pffft, what a stupid holiday...
Happy Snuggling!
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Now then, Valentines day is 2 days away and it's almost time for that warm hearted SnuggleFest =D Expect some Valentines Day themed stuff to be in town this month!
Also, this might ALSO be a great way to make crowns... If you're not in middle school then maybe you should pass out your Valentine's Day cards and stick your friend code and site on them...
Spread the Wizardly love, eh?
Middle School and up this doesn't work too well, people start judging you at that age >_>
Give it a try if you're bold enough though, nobody's stopping you ^_^
Well that's it for now, I believe change of music is in order!
Pffft, what a stupid holiday...
Happy Snuggling!
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Moving Up!
So Oran Dawnwielder doesn't want to go up the ranks in MooShu so he's taken a little break thanks to KingsIsle! I went on yesterday and a little bit today to move up the ranks in Grizzleheim! I just finished The Pass and I'm heading into the Roughlands now where a village is in peril and needs a hero who has the power to defeat many great things!
Ah, I almost forgot, I'm in the process of making a wallpaper for everybody out there! Each and every school and they're assigned familiar...
Death = Wraith,
Life = Unicorn,
Myth = Cyclops,
Storm = StormZilla,
Fire = Helephant,
Ice = Colossus,
Balance = Justice (What I call the lady who executes a Judgement)
I'm also going to make one of all the dominating Familiars as in:
Death = Wraith
Life = Centaur
Myth = Orthrus
Ice = Colossus
Fire = Helephant
Storm = Stormzilla
I'll fill ya in when I get them done for ya!
Till then...
Happy Artistic Painting!
Ah, I almost forgot, I'm in the process of making a wallpaper for everybody out there! Each and every school and they're assigned familiar...
Death = Wraith,
Life = Unicorn,
Myth = Cyclops,
Storm = StormZilla,
Fire = Helephant,
Ice = Colossus,
Balance = Justice (What I call the lady who executes a Judgement)
I'm also going to make one of all the dominating Familiars as in:
Death = Wraith
Life = Centaur
Myth = Orthrus
Ice = Colossus
Fire = Helephant
Storm = Stormzilla
I'll fill ya in when I get them done for ya!
Till then...
Happy Artistic Painting!
Sunday, November 1, 2009
The Halloween Fright: In the Aftermath of Chaos...
Well Halloween is officially over and my stomach hurts... Too much candy I suppose... I took my little brother and sister Trick or Treating and took a portion of their candy as my own... I only took all the peppermints though, since I love peppermints... My breath's pretty minty right now... Speaking of candy... The Halloween Track is up for the site... I think you'll find it hauntingly epic... =)
Anyways where I live there's no such thing as a house pretty much... Not nearby anyways, so I went about 46 blocks including the return trip on the other side of the street, Trick or Treating at any stores that were giving out candy...
Meanwhile, at the homestead, father was handing out Treats to all the children passing by... Being smart however, I attached my Friend Number to them for Wizard101... I'm sure a lot of other people out there took Friendly's approach too ^_^
I went dressed as a Carribean Pirate, my brother went as Bumblebee, the transformer, and my sister went as a pwetty pwincess...
After we hit 23 blocks I realized it we went any further we'd probably keelhaul from the foot pain so we went to the other side of the street and started heading back home...
Along the way, we got a bit more candy and went a few blocks past our house to reach Walgreens...
You should always reconsider your options...
When we reached Walgreens, we went inside the Trick or Treat, but the guy inside was wearing a scary evil undead Jester Costume... Needless to say, my sister ran for the door... I did get the candy for them though...
Then we headed back home to count our candy and... Shall we say, split the portions?
Ah the sweet fun of Halloween... I love Mogloween/Halloween/Hallow's Eve/Hallowe'en so much... ^_^
The Annual Battlefield...
The ghosts and ghouls are out tonight,
But the Trick or Treaters are here to fight...
Go Trick or Treat, and send them back,
Fill up with candy, such a yummy snack...
Candy Corn takes care of Frankenstein,
And with Peppermints, Jekyll won't be fine...
Swamp Monster got ya down?
Show him some chocolate, while dressed as a clown...
It's a battlefield out there, ya'll...
But with a sack full of candy, we'll have a ball!
Just a little poem I whipped up on the spot ^_x
Happy Dentist Visiting!
Anyways where I live there's no such thing as a house pretty much... Not nearby anyways, so I went about 46 blocks including the return trip on the other side of the street, Trick or Treating at any stores that were giving out candy...
Meanwhile, at the homestead, father was handing out Treats to all the children passing by... Being smart however, I attached my Friend Number to them for Wizard101... I'm sure a lot of other people out there took Friendly's approach too ^_^
I went dressed as a Carribean Pirate, my brother went as Bumblebee, the transformer, and my sister went as a pwetty pwincess...
After we hit 23 blocks I realized it we went any further we'd probably keelhaul from the foot pain so we went to the other side of the street and started heading back home...
Along the way, we got a bit more candy and went a few blocks past our house to reach Walgreens...
You should always reconsider your options...
When we reached Walgreens, we went inside the Trick or Treat, but the guy inside was wearing a scary evil undead Jester Costume... Needless to say, my sister ran for the door... I did get the candy for them though...
Then we headed back home to count our candy and... Shall we say, split the portions?
Ah the sweet fun of Halloween... I love Mogloween/Halloween/Hallow's Eve/Hallowe'en so much... ^_^
The Annual Battlefield...
The ghosts and ghouls are out tonight,
But the Trick or Treaters are here to fight...
Go Trick or Treat, and send them back,
Fill up with candy, such a yummy snack...
Candy Corn takes care of Frankenstein,
And with Peppermints, Jekyll won't be fine...
Swamp Monster got ya down?
Show him some chocolate, while dressed as a clown...
It's a battlefield out there, ya'll...
But with a sack full of candy, we'll have a ball!
Just a little poem I whipped up on the spot ^_x
Happy Dentist Visiting!
Saturday, October 24, 2009
A Head Start for the Future!
Ello mates! As you may or may not know, my future career choice is Gaming Graphics and Engineering, as in making video games! I've just downloaded this cool program called 3D Max's which I'm practicing with right now. I think this is a cool opportunity to move away from Photoshop and make some 3D pictures for you guys! Mind you I'll still make some Photoshop pictures for you, seeing as I barely know how to use this new program...
So far I'm learning all the controls but by the time the trial download expires I should at least have 1 piece of Wizard 101 art to show ya! Look forward to a big surprise... Yesh, that means you Friendly Necromancer! I shall learn to use this program!
Oh, shut up already...
Excuse me while I get my wand and dispose of a... Problem...
Wait, gah! What are you doing?! Get away from me you fool! Ahhhh...
- The Diary Page Ends There -
So far I'm learning all the controls but by the time the trial download expires I should at least have 1 piece of Wizard 101 art to show ya! Look forward to a big surprise... Yesh, that means you Friendly Necromancer! I shall learn to use this program!
Oh, shut up already...
Excuse me while I get my wand and dispose of a... Problem...
Wait, gah! What are you doing?! Get away from me you fool! Ahhhh...
- The Diary Page Ends There -
Meet Jinx...
Greetings and Salutations, fellow wizards! I believe it's time you met Jinx...
Jinx is my very own, one of a kind, minion! When I was but a wee little wizard boy learning how to summon dark sprites I came across a very evil and malicious warlock who has disguised himself as a raven in order to further his schemes... I had nowhere to run, I could barely summon a dark sprite, and I was young... I turned away and waved my wand at him viciously and desperately and in the flash of an instant I had made a Wraith appear before me... He attacked Jinx and defeated him, trapping him in his raven form and forcing him to work for me... I questioned him and asked him who he was.... He said, "Dear Child, I am Gizmo..." I wanted to know so much more about my savior but he turned around and opened a gateway... Before he left he said, "Do not fret dear Chase, for our paths will meet again. When you can defeat the mightiest of enemies and the most cunning of villains, I will be there by your side..." And with those words of inspiration he disappeared as quickly as he appeared...
Now as for Jinx, he was knocked out on the ground with his magic severely limited and really no way to fight me or take over the world for the time being... Rest assured, I am more than capable of defeating him with Gizmo by my side should he ever find a way to revert to his original form...
Jinx will now be taking a part in this blog family! From now on Jinx will be answering the many questions I keep getting. Jinx is very wise, evil mind you, but wise... If he can't answer the question you ask him, I highly doubt anybody else can... Except for KingsIsle of course but that's another story... Anyways, without further ado, here's Jinx!
Jinx is my very own, one of a kind, minion! When I was but a wee little wizard boy learning how to summon dark sprites I came across a very evil and malicious warlock who has disguised himself as a raven in order to further his schemes... I had nowhere to run, I could barely summon a dark sprite, and I was young... I turned away and waved my wand at him viciously and desperately and in the flash of an instant I had made a Wraith appear before me... He attacked Jinx and defeated him, trapping him in his raven form and forcing him to work for me... I questioned him and asked him who he was.... He said, "Dear Child, I am Gizmo..." I wanted to know so much more about my savior but he turned around and opened a gateway... Before he left he said, "Do not fret dear Chase, for our paths will meet again. When you can defeat the mightiest of enemies and the most cunning of villains, I will be there by your side..." And with those words of inspiration he disappeared as quickly as he appeared...
Now as for Jinx, he was knocked out on the ground with his magic severely limited and really no way to fight me or take over the world for the time being... Rest assured, I am more than capable of defeating him with Gizmo by my side should he ever find a way to revert to his original form...
Jinx will now be taking a part in this blog family! From now on Jinx will be answering the many questions I keep getting. Jinx is very wise, evil mind you, but wise... If he can't answer the question you ask him, I highly doubt anybody else can... Except for KingsIsle of course but that's another story... Anyways, without further ado, here's Jinx!
Ask Jinx!
Hello Mortals... It is I, grandmaster of the Clemexia realm, instiller of fear, sovereign of all evil, Jinx... As the blundering fool who has his hold over me for the time being has said I am a dark and powerful Warlock beneath this most preposterous disguise... Unfortunately, when I was reverting back into my human form, Chase's soul partner came out and helped him in his time of need... The attack shattered my concentration and the link between my human form and this pitiful bird was lost... I swear, that I shall achieve revenge one day... I shall!
Get to the questions, Jinx!
Hmph, very well... This child has forced me to assist him in his duties by responding to all your pitiful e-mails... The sooner we get this over, the sooner I may commence dusting the books...
Katie from New York Asks...
"The problem is my quest helper turned off all of a sudden and I have like no idea how to turn it on. Can you help me plz?"
Silly mortal! I laugh at thy pitiful question for it is no problem for a great and powerful warlock, such as I, to answer!
Jinx!
Right... Anyways, the answer to your question is quite simple. Open your spellbook however it is you do or simply press (Esc) and go to your options menu. At the top should be a lot of buttons with pictures on them. Click on the one with a joystick picture with should say "Game Options" Once there you should see that your Quest Helper is most likely in the off position. Simply switch it back to the on position and close your book. Now wasn't that easy?
Marvin from California Asks...
"I don't get something, are we supposed to finish Grizzleheim first or go on with the real storyline? I'm trying to decide what to do."
Well Marvin, the answer to your question is that it depends entirely on you. Grizzleheim is a parallel world to the game, meaning that as you level up in the main storyline more quests are unlocked in Grizzleheim. I suppose the true answer to your question would be to do both... When you reach the milestone for a new part of Grizzleheim I wouldn't hesitate to do it as you may obtain some very useful clothing that could help you even further in the storyline. If I were you however I would travel to Clemexia where my loyal guards have something special in store...
And finally...
David from California Asks...
"Ugh! I keep trying but I can't get Mallistaire robes! What the heck am I doing wrong?!"
That's not a very good question mortal... That's more of a rage or flame... However since it does have a question mark in it I'll answer it... You should keep trying, Mallistaire robes are a tricky thing, like the rest of the game getting the thing you want as a drop is very chancy at most. Some people get their Mallistaire robes the first time around, where as other people get it on their 50th time... It all depends... There is however a new feature... You can now pay a few coins for a second chance at any boss chest's rewards... However as that other blumbering oaf The Friendly Necromancer said, this gets really expensive... If you're not getting it by the time you hit 500 crowns then you need to just redo the instance and try the old fashioned way...
Now I've wasted enough time here... I have to go dust the books now... Sigh, I hate my life...
Alright then?...
Thanks to all the people who sent in questions, if your question didn't get answered here don't fret, I'll make Jinx answer them next time around... Thank you for joining us on our first ever "Ask Jinx!" edition! Be sure to send in your e-mails to Spidercliff@live.com and I'll pick them up and forward them to Jinx!
Thanks to all the people who sent in questions, if your question didn't get answered here don't fret, I'll make Jinx answer them next time around... Thank you for joining us on our first ever "Ask Jinx!" edition! Be sure to send in your e-mails to Spidercliff@live.com and I'll pick them up and forward them to Jinx!
Catch ya in the Spiral, and Happy Writing!
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Two Days of Epicness!
Ah the sweet feeling of the wind blowing in your hair as your ride through the Spiral on a brand new horse!
The release has been live and I've been enjoying every single bit of it!
My first order of business was to get my mount... I originally had planned to get the Black Stallion mount as you can all tell. But Chase Silverbane is the most generous of my Wizards and he offered to buy the Chestnut Horse rather than the Stallion. This works out great in 2 ways!
The first way is that the Chestnut Pony is only 50,000 gold which I happened to have!
And the second way...
Is that the second oldest brother, Oran DawnWielder is a Balance Wizard decked out all in Brown! Now you tell me that Brown Horse with Brown Clothing doesn't match!
Following my mount purchase I decided to try it out by heading for MooShu and Marleybone to activate the teleport stones there!
After that was finished I was little disappointed to realize that to stitch my clothing was crown only and the same with henchmen... I really wouldn't mind if they multiplied the crown cost into gold because henchmen are really useful when soloing and stitching my clothes would have solved my problem with the Death and Balance Malliastaire robes... But life's life and since I have no crowns at all I'll have to settle for the good ol' fashioned way I'm used to! Taking the easy way reaps no rewards you know...
I remember once in DragonSpyre where there was a tower I had to complete to get my Drake Egg... And I have pretty much soloed the entire game up to then... So I went in confident as ever and began fighting my way through hordes of monsters... There was a point where I had 1 health point left and I narrowly won.
After about 20 floors I thought I made it to the boss and started to cry from all my hard work... And then when the minions started loading I saw they were a group of 3 in total... I went in because I was hoping that only 2 of them would go in but I was wrong... And that was my first ever 3 on 1 match! So as always good logic deems that you should get rid of the minions first since the more damage you're taking the worse... So I poisoned the minions until they died and then I was left with this boss of over a thousand health, probably over 2 thousand... And me having probably half my health left... But what can all Death wizards do that other schools envy?
DRAIN!
So I began to lay my traps and charms and weave my little web of pain until at last I was ready to attack... I had about 250 health left I attacked first and the boss had 5 pips. If I didn't make the shot I most likely lost unless she fizzled which was highly doubtful... So I crossed my fingers and attacked and wouldn't you know it, the attack didn't fizzle! And I smiled at the sight of my Wraith swallowing up her soul in one single gulp of 10,000 health, thereby fully healing me. I'm not sure if there were more monsters after that but one thing I know for a fact, is that I made it out of there alive and went on with the rest of my adventures...
So what has this painfully long story taught you? A hint I would probably be the poem by Robert Frost:
"Two roads diverged in the woods, and I
I took the one less traveled by.
And that has made all the difference..."
Basically that experience taught me everything I know about dueling today... When and how to place traps and blades... How much damage all my cards do and what how the percentages work... Everything and I mean everything... If I had had help in that tower I probably would have just relied on them to heal me back up when I got low and then what would I have learned? When in danger, wait for help?
Anyways, that my story and I''m sticking to it! Stay tuned as this following week we explore more of the new features and how they've changed from the test versions! Happy Exploring!
P.S. The Houses are coming...
The release has been live and I've been enjoying every single bit of it!
My first order of business was to get my mount... I originally had planned to get the Black Stallion mount as you can all tell. But Chase Silverbane is the most generous of my Wizards and he offered to buy the Chestnut Horse rather than the Stallion. This works out great in 2 ways!
The first way is that the Chestnut Pony is only 50,000 gold which I happened to have!
And the second way...
Is that the second oldest brother, Oran DawnWielder is a Balance Wizard decked out all in Brown! Now you tell me that Brown Horse with Brown Clothing doesn't match!
Following my mount purchase I decided to try it out by heading for MooShu and Marleybone to activate the teleport stones there!
After that was finished I was little disappointed to realize that to stitch my clothing was crown only and the same with henchmen... I really wouldn't mind if they multiplied the crown cost into gold because henchmen are really useful when soloing and stitching my clothes would have solved my problem with the Death and Balance Malliastaire robes... But life's life and since I have no crowns at all I'll have to settle for the good ol' fashioned way I'm used to! Taking the easy way reaps no rewards you know...
I remember once in DragonSpyre where there was a tower I had to complete to get my Drake Egg... And I have pretty much soloed the entire game up to then... So I went in confident as ever and began fighting my way through hordes of monsters... There was a point where I had 1 health point left and I narrowly won.
After about 20 floors I thought I made it to the boss and started to cry from all my hard work... And then when the minions started loading I saw they were a group of 3 in total... I went in because I was hoping that only 2 of them would go in but I was wrong... And that was my first ever 3 on 1 match! So as always good logic deems that you should get rid of the minions first since the more damage you're taking the worse... So I poisoned the minions until they died and then I was left with this boss of over a thousand health, probably over 2 thousand... And me having probably half my health left... But what can all Death wizards do that other schools envy?
DRAIN!
So I began to lay my traps and charms and weave my little web of pain until at last I was ready to attack... I had about 250 health left I attacked first and the boss had 5 pips. If I didn't make the shot I most likely lost unless she fizzled which was highly doubtful... So I crossed my fingers and attacked and wouldn't you know it, the attack didn't fizzle! And I smiled at the sight of my Wraith swallowing up her soul in one single gulp of 10,000 health, thereby fully healing me. I'm not sure if there were more monsters after that but one thing I know for a fact, is that I made it out of there alive and went on with the rest of my adventures...
So what has this painfully long story taught you? A hint I would probably be the poem by Robert Frost:
"Two roads diverged in the woods, and I
I took the one less traveled by.
And that has made all the difference..."
Basically that experience taught me everything I know about dueling today... When and how to place traps and blades... How much damage all my cards do and what how the percentages work... Everything and I mean everything... If I had had help in that tower I probably would have just relied on them to heal me back up when I got low and then what would I have learned? When in danger, wait for help?
Anyways, that my story and I''m sticking to it! Stay tuned as this following week we explore more of the new features and how they've changed from the test versions! Happy Exploring!
P.S. The Houses are coming...
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
The Underdog Moves Up!
I was looking through my Facebook and then I saw a message from Wizard 101 saying that they just made it to 3rd place in the Top 10 MMOs!
Congrats KingsIsle you really deserve this, and when I hopefully apply for a job there in a few years, yep that's my career choice, you'll probably the #1 game out there...
You have to remember that KingsIsle isn't like Blizzard, it didn't start out with a ton of cash and support but rather started well off and small like an ordinary business!
I've seen a lot of they're behind the scenes videos and the offices look really moderate, nothing luxurious at all...
At the start probably not many people believed in them but now look at them! One of the TOP TEN...
Here's the official Facebook post!
Congrats KingsIsle you really deserve this, and when I hopefully apply for a job there in a few years, yep that's my career choice, you'll probably the #1 game out there...
You have to remember that KingsIsle isn't like Blizzard, it didn't start out with a ton of cash and support but rather started well off and small like an ordinary business!
I've seen a lot of they're behind the scenes videos and the offices look really moderate, nothing luxurious at all...
At the start probably not many people believed in them but now look at them! One of the TOP TEN...
Here's the official Facebook post!
Wizard101 MMORPG.com lists Wizard101 as #3 in their Top Ten List of MMOs since WoW and the number one kid's game! Check out the article!
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Yay!...
As you may notice on the bottom of the page... The VERY bottom of the page... We have just hit 100+ hits... Thank you all very much for making me happy... Gizmo very recently accidentally swallowed part of my soul so getting it back was a nice gift... Thanks again guys! And stay tuned...
Happy Happynization!
Happy Happynization!
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Reason Why People Look At Me Weird...
For me a normal shot is one where I try my best and have everything planned out before hand, like a good Death wizard always should...
For example, here's an ordinary hit for me:
Notice the 5 digit number... When you start hitting 5 digit number it kind of means you care about the quality of your work done well... And also, monsters such as Yeva here, feel honored to be defeated at the hands of 5 digit numbers...
So remember Wizards of the Spiral! And start hitting those 5 digit hits!
Happy Overkill!
Overhaul Challenge: Complete!
Ah, the sweet smell of victory... My site's officially been nicely overhauled... Took a bit of work, but what do you know? It looks pretty nice... The header problem was fixed thanks to a nice blog I found letting me know how to get rid of that horrible border problem...
The header itself has been changed...
Music's playing beautifully in the background...
And...
The counter's slowly about to reach 100! Like I said, hitting triple digits makes me feel a bit happier so... Make me feel happy people!
There's still a few tweaks and fixes I can make to give it that homey feel, but for now The Reneverian Hex lives again!
In an undead form that is...?
Ah yes, by the way I read Friendly's post about crowns and here's my friend code too, just in case ya know?
32338-15125-52224-40297
Happy Resurrections!
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