So in this dream, I was back at KingsIsle and had just returned and got a new job there. For some reason it was very somber and someone told me just to go grab a laptop and sitdown somewhere. I grabbed one and chose a pit desk that was empty with no desk partners around it, and a guy behind me smiled and said "Hello, Tom." Sadly I didn't recognize the person, but they recognized me.
In my dream, I then started walking around, and the Marketing section took up two full rows of desks in the pit and they were at a 45-degree angle to the rest of the office. It was super glitzy and suddenly looked like the best department in the office. I went over to Mythdust's office and she had a couple people in there. She came out and had gigantic 80's hair and looked like she had a mega-makeover. She said we should go to lunch to talk. Even with all the glitz, in the dream it felt more nonplussed to me. Which is weird, I mean Mythdust with giant hair and wearing an acid-washed levi jacket should be hilarious.
Anyway, while dreamwalking through the office I eventually passed Leah Ruben's old office, and it was shut tight. Other offices along the way had new unrecognizable faces in them that I didn't know. Gone was the old guard, and I couldn't even see my old buddies there. Where's Jeff Toney? And then I woke up . . .
It left me feeling very weird. Like home but not home and very humbled for some reason. Dream Interpreter AI thinks I'm trying to gain either some familiarity or realize some personal growth. /shrug
Anyway, because of that dream, of course, I had to actually log on Wizard101 in real life. But before I talk about that, YO, Wizard101 has a lot going on lately. It's kind of a weird vibe. Are y'all up on the Tea?
Firstly, there was a whole Hawkules/Sparck controversy that rocked its way through the community. I woke up a couple weeks ago wondering why my notifications were going off with people telling me they missed me, so I crafted up a quick response telling people it was good to be missed and how hard the job is, kinda giving props to those still working there. Then that tweet started getting a lot of likes and I knew something must be up. And wow, yeah, The now ex-Pirate101 Community Manager (who goes by Hawkules) did a tell-all / burning bridges thread.
*turns off computer, walks away and waits for dust to settle a bit*
Oh yeah, and GET THIS, Pirate101 did an update with some super unfortunate timing. Pirate101 update you say?! yeah, I know . . . crazy they're still getting updates, but BAM. The new update is a promotion quest for none other than the Hawkules companion. Timing for the win. Hawkules the CM gets canned and Hawkules the companion in game gets a promotion. You can't make this stuff up.
It's the worst. When stuff like this happened when I was a CM, it always felt like a kick to the gut, so I feel for my old co-worker buddies who are still at KingsIsle. Raises Diet Coke in solidarity. Hang in there, KingsIsle peeps! I trust your judgment!
Ok now that we're done with Tea time, there's a whole new thing going on where Krokotopia got a revamp and there's this new Selenopolis zone. I don't fully know what's going on there yet, but it really seems to be all about this new Magic Weaving feature and throwing down a tutorial on how the whole Gambit system works for these new spell cards.
I took it to Twitter to get reactions on how people liked the new feature and got a range of responses. I loved the responses.
Jose kind of nailed the feeling I had after I had been through about 2/3rds of the tutorial. I mean, it made sense, but when they started to try and break down the Roshambo, I was cringing a bit.
Next comment I loved came from Timid.
Yup . . . probably not worth it just yet for a high-level player, but for someone who might have just finished Dragonspyre, I don't know . . . could be kind of cool to have these new spells at that level. The new spells do seem more PVP-focused or perhaps situational to a boss fight.
Xander hit the nail on the head for me on this one.
And that's where I ended up after a couple hours of play with the new update. I spent a lot of time going from tree to tree to tree trying to decide what I want my new magic weaving class to be and when I finally arrived at what I wanted to do (Balance for the extra blade), it gave me a new quest to complete a ton of badges.
I mean, overall, I love making badges more important, but turning them into quest requirements is a little weird though.
It was hard choosing my new magic weaving class. The original plan with Thomas Lionblood was that he would be a Death/Myth caster, and as much fun as it would have been casting the Bleh the Impaler spell, I just didn't really feel going down that path would net me much in the long run.
More like Meh the Impaler . . .
The Death/Fire spells also looked super amazing as did the Death/Storm spells, but in the end, I don't know . . . kind of just felt like Balance would be better for me, which is fine, I already went down the Balance line a long time ago after having a glut of spell points. PLUS, the poet-tree spouting poetry was by far the best choice for me eventually.
She's my soul mate
So, there you have it. I spent some more time in Wizard101/Pirate101 and worked a little on the new content.
Always interested in hearing your thoughts! Feel free to share with me.
Happy Dueling!
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