Get thee hence and read these here Update Notes from Professor Greyrose!
That's right, Khrysalis Part 1 is on the Test Realm with a bunch of other game changing improvements -- Castle Tours, Shadow Magic, a new gardening level, 5 more player levels, and more! WOOT!
Time for a couple quick stories from the office:
First story . . . So, one day, Professor Greyrose was out and she asked me to attend a weekly Wizard101 meeting in her absence. I went and took notes for her and when they revealed Shadow Magic at the meeting, it was pretty freaking awesome. The Wizards in the room saw I was having a fan moment, and they called me out on it. When it came time for reports from around the room they asked me if I had anything to say from the Pirate101 folks . . . I said, oh nothing, just we're getting shadow magic too. (Of course I was just deadpanning and letting my jealousy show through.) I will say that I did read through a very thick documentation packet about Shadow Magic a couple days ago, and it sounds very interesting! I hope it's awesome in application.
Second story . . . one afternoon a couple months ago I went out to eat with Gary Smith and his daughter, and he let me know about the upcoming Castle Tours system he was working on. Again, I was pretty blown away. The idea is genius. And . . . wow, that's just not a very interesting story . . . but I guess from now on there will always be a part of Castle Tours that will remind me of Japanese Hibachi Steak, which I guess is a good metaphor . . . at least it wasn't a Mcdonald's cheese burger lunch, eh? ;) Enjoy your steak, everyone!
Can't wait to hear your reactions and play through this new world.
Happy Dueling!
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Raffle over! Thanks!
Heya all,
Yup! The Raffle from the last post is now over and we had some awesome hints given to us. Thank you so much for your participation!
I ran out of time this morning, but I will be picking winners and sending out codes within the next couple of days.
Until then, hamster dance:
Um . . . and the gummy bear song:
and, uh, how about some duck song for good measure, yeah:
Soon!
Happy Dueling!
Yup! The Raffle from the last post is now over and we had some awesome hints given to us. Thank you so much for your participation!
I ran out of time this morning, but I will be picking winners and sending out codes within the next couple of days.
Until then, hamster dance:
Um . . . and the gummy bear song:
and, uh, how about some duck song for good measure, yeah:
Soon!
Happy Dueling!
Monday, October 21, 2013
Doing the Aquila -- RAFFLE!
Doing the wah wah Aquila. Doing the wah wah Aquila.
Seeing that my quest arrow was pointing me toward's Zeus's demise, I snagged one Bailey Skystaff to come help me out. Neither of us had played through Aquila, and it was HIGH TIME, my friends, to conquer Aquila . . . and we did!
ZEUS!
POSEIDON!
Yeah, the first two dungeons didn't provide much of a challenge for us, but I imagine conquering those at the level they are designed for would be quite an accomplishment!
Loved this statue for sure though, right?!
I was going to post more here about my thoughts, but, again, I'm behind the curve on Wizard101 blogging, so I had an idea.
I've created a raffle.
First rule, Only enter once per household -- I will delete entries that are duplicate IP addresses.
Second rule, do not enter this raffle if you're under 13--let mom and dad enter for you.
Third rule, you must use the Rafflecopter app below to enter, and you must leave me a comment in this blog post with a hint, tip, or link to some helpful Aquila information.
Prizes? I don't know, not everyone will win, but I have some spare stuff here that I've never given away, and I may have a surprise gift or two, plus I have a number of Galvanic Hammers to give away!
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Thanks! I can't wait to see all the advice you have to share.
Happy Dueling!
Saturday, October 19, 2013
Crab Alley done, now, what . . . what the ZEUS?!
I'm all . . . la la la!
And la la la!
Yay, Crab Alley is done! That was fun, and yay new badge! :)
Hmmm, I wonder what comes next?
WHAT THE ZEUS?!?! Ok, well, wherever the wind may blow or the gods may dwell . . . lead on quest arrow!
Happy Dueling!
And la la la!
Yay, Crab Alley is done! That was fun, and yay new badge! :)
Hmmm, I wonder what comes next?
WHAT THE ZEUS?!?! Ok, well, wherever the wind may blow or the gods may dwell . . . lead on quest arrow!
Happy Dueling!
Friday, October 18, 2013
Thomas Lionblood does . . . Crab Alley? Crab Alley!
I logged on Thomas and I said to myself . . . ok . . . I'll just let the quest arrow guide me, go! I've got a ton of side quests in my quest log that I've never done, so I might as well clear them out.
Yup, I've never done Crab Alley on Thomas. I thought for sure I had, and I was just following the arrow to some random side quest in Crab Alley, but . . . nope! It was the full deal. (Not that Crab Alley isn't just one huge side quest anyway.) When I had done it before I was playing Myrna, duh.
Memories came flooding back to me (see what I did there?) about writing an article for Beckett's about Crab Alley. Good times!
I started out killing stuff and it was suddenly apparent that I had Waaaaaaaaaaaaay too deep of a deck for Crab Alley. Are you insane? Wait . . . don't answer that question. ;p
I started fishing through my decks to find one that was empty and that's when I realized . . . on yeah . . . you can rename your decks now. Thus Death Small Deck 1 was born!
By the end of my play time today, I was swimming in Deep Warrens and ready to EXPLORE MINI-CELESTIA! I can't believe they didn't name this zone mini-celestia! ;) jk.
Until next time, this is Thomas Lionblood, just blowing with the wind, er, rolling with currents in Wizard101.
Happy Dueling!
...
p.s. This video! (wish I could take credit for that video, but I was just a small part in its making -- silent props to the three people that helped make it happen AND, really, the entire team and fans for being awesome, would never been made without all of you and the work to make this stuff happen.)
Happy Dueling!
Yup, I've never done Crab Alley on Thomas. I thought for sure I had, and I was just following the arrow to some random side quest in Crab Alley, but . . . nope! It was the full deal. (Not that Crab Alley isn't just one huge side quest anyway.) When I had done it before I was playing Myrna, duh.
Memories came flooding back to me (see what I did there?) about writing an article for Beckett's about Crab Alley. Good times!
I started out killing stuff and it was suddenly apparent that I had Waaaaaaaaaaaaay too deep of a deck for Crab Alley. Are you insane? Wait . . . don't answer that question. ;p
I started fishing through my decks to find one that was empty and that's when I realized . . . on yeah . . . you can rename your decks now. Thus Death Small Deck 1 was born!
By the end of my play time today, I was swimming in Deep Warrens and ready to EXPLORE MINI-CELESTIA! I can't believe they didn't name this zone mini-celestia! ;) jk.
Until next time, this is Thomas Lionblood, just blowing with the wind, er, rolling with currents in Wizard101.
Happy Dueling!
...
p.s. This video! (wish I could take credit for that video, but I was just a small part in its making -- silent props to the three people that helped make it happen AND, really, the entire team and fans for being awesome, would never been made without all of you and the work to make this stuff happen.)
Happy Dueling!
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Quick Ramble - NXP, some links, and Syfy
Heya! So I have like 10 minutes before I need to get up out of this chair and get ready for work. I've been grinding Nautical XP in game this morning solo.
Oh Bad Pedro . . . look at you . . . level 58 in Aquila and you've had to rush back to MooShu to grind on ships to level. tsk tsk.
I really don't have much to write about today. I would like to share a couple more selfish links to posts I've written for the KingsIsle blog:
Realmscon Visit
Writing Update Notes and more
. . . I want to go back to the beach! That was a lot of fun there in Corpus Christi for the fam. I was tweeting pictures of Zoomer getting soaked in the ocean hehe.
As for real life, the one show Uber Wife and I really love to watch religiously is Syfy's FaceOff. There's nothing quite like watching stressed out Creature Creators racing against the clock to put together really cool make ups.
CREEPY STUFF. That'll help you get into the mood for Halloween costuming!
It's pretty fun looking through their photo galleries. There's a Pirate Gallery from Season 3 that's awesome!
Ok, I'm out of time.
Happy Dueling!
Oh Bad Pedro . . . look at you . . . level 58 in Aquila and you've had to rush back to MooShu to grind on ships to level. tsk tsk.
I really don't have much to write about today. I would like to share a couple more selfish links to posts I've written for the KingsIsle blog:
Realmscon Visit
Writing Update Notes and more
. . . I want to go back to the beach! That was a lot of fun there in Corpus Christi for the fam. I was tweeting pictures of Zoomer getting soaked in the ocean hehe.
As for real life, the one show Uber Wife and I really love to watch religiously is Syfy's FaceOff. There's nothing quite like watching stressed out Creature Creators racing against the clock to put together really cool make ups.
CREEPY STUFF. That'll help you get into the mood for Halloween costuming!
It's pretty fun looking through their photo galleries. There's a Pirate Gallery from Season 3 that's awesome!
Ok, I'm out of time.
Happy Dueling!
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Happy Birthday Pirate101 from TFN
I'm tired . . . it's been an exhausting year, but that's not why I'm tired. *yawn* I just woke up. Let me see if I can string together a few sentences here about Pirate101's birthday from my point of view.
It seems like in life we like to plant flags in certain dates because it helps us separate time. HERE ENDS THE PAST! HERE STARTS A NEW BEGINNING! Missing that opportunity would be incredibly unfortunate, and so I'm very happy that we were able to do that yesterday, and I think we did a pretty good job, and it's been a pretty spectacular year at KingsIsle IMHO with both games rocking out stuff.
We didn't throw a grand party at KingsIsle -- too much work to do! We did, however, gather together at one point during the day where Josef Hall gave a short speech about how impressed he was with all the Pirate101 team had worked on this year. We haven't slowed down since launch. Marleybone and Aquila was a huge undertaking, and we've been working hard on . . . other stuff yet to be released. :)
Then Jay and Mike passed out cookies. Wheee! Cookies! nom nom nom.
I won't rehash our birthday too much since you're all well aware of the hat (hehe, leaking the hat on Puppet Pirates with Jeff Toney was fun ;)) and the decorations and all the Halloween stuff happening simultaneously. You guys all know that, and if you haven't seen it yet -- log in! Whatcha waiting for! :)
The best part of yesterday for me was playing Pirate101 with my youngest after work and watching him get excited over the Parrrty hat and pumpkin eyepatch for his level 5 character and getting him the new Haunted Galleon. He loved his spooky new ship! :)
And that was awesome . . .
Happy Dueling!
It seems like in life we like to plant flags in certain dates because it helps us separate time. HERE ENDS THE PAST! HERE STARTS A NEW BEGINNING! Missing that opportunity would be incredibly unfortunate, and so I'm very happy that we were able to do that yesterday, and I think we did a pretty good job, and it's been a pretty spectacular year at KingsIsle IMHO with both games rocking out stuff.
We didn't throw a grand party at KingsIsle -- too much work to do! We did, however, gather together at one point during the day where Josef Hall gave a short speech about how impressed he was with all the Pirate101 team had worked on this year. We haven't slowed down since launch. Marleybone and Aquila was a huge undertaking, and we've been working hard on . . . other stuff yet to be released. :)
Then Jay and Mike passed out cookies. Wheee! Cookies! nom nom nom.
I won't rehash our birthday too much since you're all well aware of the hat (hehe, leaking the hat on Puppet Pirates with Jeff Toney was fun ;)) and the decorations and all the Halloween stuff happening simultaneously. You guys all know that, and if you haven't seen it yet -- log in! Whatcha waiting for! :)
The best part of yesterday for me was playing Pirate101 with my youngest after work and watching him get excited over the Parrrty hat and pumpkin eyepatch for his level 5 character and getting him the new Haunted Galleon. He loved his spooky new ship! :)
And that was awesome . . .
Happy Dueling!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)