Party Invite

Hey Gang,

This will probably be my last post before the party, so I'm just gonna shove everything about the party into this post? You ready? Ok, first I'll list times:

1. Featured Wizards:

A. Realm~ Phoenix

B. Area~ One

C. Toon~ Oran FoeHammer (Level 17 Theurgist)

D. Place~ Fire Tower, Ravenwood School of Magical Arts, Wizard City

E. Time~ 5:40-5:50 Central Standard Time, Friday, June 17th, 2011 SHARP

2. Party Guests:

A. Realm~ Phoenix

B. Area~ One

C. Toon~ Erica GoldHorn

D. Place~ Life Tower, Ravenwood School of Magical Arts, Wizard City

E. Time~ 5:50-6:00 Central Standard Time, Friday, June 17th, 2011

If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to ask. In case of confusion, here is the list of Featured Wizards:

• Fallon (Ravenwood Radio and The Perfect Catch PvP Team)
• Stephen SpiritCaller (Ravenwood Radio)
• Ditto Wizard AKA Digby HexCrafter (Ravenwood Radio)
• Christina IceDreamer AKA Icywiz (Ravenwood Radio)
• Ian AKA Stormywiz (Ravenwood Radio)
• Thomas LionBlood AKA The Friendly Necromancer (The Friendly Necromancer)
• Bailey SkyStaff (The Friendly Necromancer)
• Alia LotusPetal (Wizard101 Addict)
• Fallon ShadowBlade (Diary of a Wizard)
• Valdus SoulPyre (Diary of a Wizard)
• Paige MoonShade (Wizard101Central and Paige's Page)
• Alric RavenSinger (The Raven's Vault)
• Cassandra GriffinDreamer (Witch Warrior101)
• Ronnan Dawn (The Perfect Catch)
• Cassandra DragonHeart (The Perfect Catch)
• Kevin BattleBlood (The Perfect Catch)
• Fallon MoonGem (Diary of a Wizard and Twitter)
• Kestrel ShadowThistle (Shadowthistle School of Wizardy)
• Blaine StormMender (Close friend)
• Jasmine Smith (Randomly Selected Featured Wizard)
• Isaac StormFlame (Randomly Selected Featured Wizard)
• Diana WildHeart (Randomly Selected Featured Wizard)
• Elijah LightThief (Randomly Selected Featured Wizard)
• Connor MistBlade (Randomly Selected Featured Wizard)

Make sure you double check that list! I think I see some new names on there!

***NOTE FOR FEATURED WIZARDS: PLEASE BE SURE TO HAVE YOUR PORTS OFF***

Here are our judges for the Fashion Show:

1. Luke GoldHorn

2. Fallon

3. Jasmine Smith

Fashion Show Prizes:

Grand Prize- Mega Bundle Gift Card Code

2nd Place- (1) Dragon Hoarder's Treasure Pack

3rd Place- (1) KIFreeGames Code

***PLEASE NOTE: If you show up to the party and you are there until the end of the PvP Tourney, you will automatically be entered for the Fashion Contest***

PvP Prizes:

1st Place- (1) Mega Snack Pack

2nd Place- (1) Dragon Hoarder's Pack

Ok, I think I pretty much covered everything there is to cover on the party! I'm so excited and I can't wait to see you there!

P.D.

P.S: If you haven't read my "Wizaversary Post", I recommend you do; I heard people enjoyed it :)

PvP Tourney Match-Ups!

Hey Gang,

Very short post, but I just wanted to inform you on who will be facing who in the PvP Tourney! Please not that these were not personally hand-picked, but were randomly selected via www.random.org. Here we are:

Arena One (Hosted by Panglou): Nicholas DawnStider V.S. Michael FireBlade

Arena Two (Hosted by Cassandra GriffinDreamer): Abigail DawnPetal V.S. Blaze ShadowHorn

Arena Three (Hosted by me, Luke GoldHorn): Jasmine Smith V.S. Ben FrogStone

Arena Four (Hosted by Blaine StormMender): Isaac StormFlame V.S. Blaine StormMender

I'm REALLY Excited to see what comes of this Tourney! If you'd like to view a specific battle, don't worry; I'll have port buses at each of the locations.

Be sure to look out around noon tomorrow for the post of the winners of the Randomly Selected Featured Wizard!

P.D.

P.S: My REAL Wizaversary is tomorrow! YAY! :)

Entry Post

Hey Gang,

Just wanted to post real quick saying forget the forms; they're not working well for me. If you want to enter the PvP Tourney or the Featured Wizard Contest , comment here.

If you are entering the Featured Wizard Contest, make sure to:

1. Leave your Wizard's name.

2. Leave a description about your wizard here.

If you are entering the PvP Tourney, make sure to:

1. Leave the name of your wizard.

2. Leave the school of your wizard.

***Remember, the tourney is only 1v1; so no teams. Entries for both contests are due June 15th, 11:59 P.M. CST.***

Here is the list of people who are currently enrolled in the PvP Tourney:

1. Ben FrogStone

2. Abagail DawnPetal

3. Blaze ShadowHorn

4. Jasmine Smith

5. Nicholas DawnStrider

6. Issac StormFlame

7. Blaine StormMender

8. Michael FireBlade

No spots remain!

I also need help with PvP circles. As it goes, we may not have enough time for the PvP tourney, so I'm going to let people host some of the PvP matches. I will need 4 in total, along with one or two back-ups:

1. Cassandra GriffinDreamer

2. Dustin GriffinFlame

3. Panglou

4. Blaine StormMender

Again, First Come, First Serve!

Here are the listed prizes for the following contests:

*PvP Tourney*

1st Place: Mega Snack Pack.

2nd Place: Dragon Rider's Treasure Card Pack.

*Fashion Contest*

1st Place: Mega Bundle.

2nd Place: Dragon Rider's Treasure Card Pack.

3rd Place: My Best Treasure Cards!

That's pretty much it for now. I'll see ya later!

P.D.

***EDIT: I've posted the Featured Wizards Guest List here in case you didn't know where it was before:

• Fallon (Ravenwood Radio and The Perfect Catch PvP Team)
• Stephen SpiritCaller (Ravenwood Radio)
• Ditto Wizard AKA Digby HexCrafter (Ravenwood Radio)
• Christina IceDreamer AKA Icywiz (Ravenwood Radio)
• Ian AKA Stormywiz (Ravenwood Radio)
• Thomas LionBlood AKA The Friendly Necromancer (The Friendly Necromancer)
• Bailey SkyStaff (The Friendly Necromancer)
• Alia LotusPetal (Wizard101 Addict)
• Fallon ShadowBlade (Diary of a Wizard)
• Valdus SoulPyre (Diary of a Wizard)
• Paige MoonShade (Wizard101Central and Paige's Page)
• Alric RavenSinger (The Raven's Vault)
• Cassandra GriffinDreamer (Witch Warrior101)
• Ronnan Dawn (The Perfect Catch)
• Cassandra DragonHeart (The Perfect Catch)
• Kevin BattleBlood (The Perfect Catch)
• Fallon MoonGem (Diary of a Wizard and Twitter)
• Kestrel ShadowThistle (Shadowthistle School of Wizardy)
• Blaine StormMender (Close friend)

If you think I've missed a wizard, please comment and I will change the list if they are truly missing. Thanks for you cooperation!***

Waterworks Event!

Hey Gang,

So sorry about that below post. I honestly don't mind people that I listed. It's all good, and I really just needed an outlet to let some anger out of. :)

Anyway, me and Cassandra GriffinDreamer from Witch Warrior 101 will be hosting a Livestream Event of the Waterworks on today, April 30th, 2011 at 7:30 P.M. EST! The Livestream Channel can be found here.

But why should you go anyway? I mean, what's in it for you?

Well, whoever goes to this Livestream Event will be entered into a drawing where you can win a HAND OF DOOM treasure card pack, a LAVA SPIDER PET, OR a KI FREE GAMES CODE! 3 HoD packs will be given away and 2 KIFG codes will be given away. Here's how to enter the drawing:

1. During the Waterworks run, I will ask 20 W101 Trivia Questions. Whoever is the first to answer the trivia question gets 1 seat in the drawing. YOU MAY ONLY ENTER ONCE!

2. Please please please refrain from cheating! Cheating means looking up the answers on the internet! Obviously, Cassandra and I wouldn't be able to track if you cheated, but we're asking you to not cheat for courtesy :).

3. The 20 people selected (or less, depending on how many people we get; if we get less than 21, all will be entered for the drawing) will be given numbers, and www.random.org will give us our winners!

I will announce any more rules I come up with on Twitter, so be sure to keep tabs on my Twitter! Please spread the word about this; who knows, maybe if over 30 people come I'll add more prizes!

P.D.

P.S: BRING QUESTIONS TO ASK US! We will be happy to answer any appropriate questions!

***NEW RULES ADDED:***

4. If you win the drawing, please tell us your Wiizard's name in the Livestream chat and meet us in-game at Vampire Area 1, Nightside at the after-party (YES, there will be an after-party!). If you won the Hand of Doom Pack or the Lava Spider, I will gift them to you there. If you won a KI Free Games Code, I will whisper to you a menu chat phrase. When you recieve this phrase, you will come back to this post and publish it as a comment with your email (this will not be published) and I will send you the code. Tricky directions, I know so please FOLLOW THEM CLOSELY!

5. THE AFTER PARTY WILL BE IN VAMPIRE, AREA 1 AT NIGHTSIDE IN LIVE REALM!

The New Site Is Finally Up!

Hey Gang,

So the site's finally up! W00t! I'm so excited! I just sent in my submission to make this blog an OFFICIAL fansite! I hope it gets passed!

Anyway, so I'd like to talk about a few things:

1. Mount Week-

So my dear wizards, mount week is coming to a close. The contest prizes are being handed out, and I'm very excited to see what I've won! So far, I've won a Snappy Lobster Mount from Ditto (Thanks Ditto! Patrick FrostHorn, my Balance Wizard, is throughly enjoying it!) and a Spritely Seahorse from the Evil Theurgist (Thanks Joesph! Gilroy loves his Sea Horse!), so I'm pretty happy with what I got. I also think I've won a pair of SwiftShadow Wings from the fansite Homework in a Graveyard (by the way, my opinion on that site? AMAZING!). So my mount week was pretty awesome! I had a fun time, and I can't wait to see what next year will bring (and I hope I get to be apart of it!).

Don't fear if you haven't won anything yet though, along with my fansite submission, I sent along my idea for my contest. Maybe it could be an awesome kick-start to my blog being official? I don't know; but whatever the case, I hope they approve of my blog and the contest! If things go the way I hope, you'll LOVE what's to come.

2. My New and Improved Blog Roll-

So, if you haven't noticed, my blog roll (which was horribly out-dated) got all messed up and cast an invisibility spell on me, so there's no more blog roll! Ah!

So here's the deal: You need your blog publicized. I need new and happening blogs on my blog roll! What do you think about commenting on this post the link and name of your fansite, and if it passes the Wizard101 rules on how to be an official fansite (with the except of the custom domain), I'll add it. This means:

1. It is important that your site mainly contain content about Wizard101.
2. Your site needs to be updated weekly at a minimum and your updates must be dated.
3. Your site cannot contain content, advertising or links to content that violate the Wizard101 Terms of Use.
4. Fansite owners must be over the age of 18, or have permission from their parent or guardian.
5. Fansite owners must be currently active Members of Wizard101

Yep, so this means you must follow all of the above guidelines to make it on my blogroll.

3. Personal News-

So what's been going down in my Wizard101 life?

Well, not much, with the exception of winning those mounts! I should be purchasing 7,500 crowns pretty soon, so I'm hyped for that! Really all I've been doing is training Patrick, my Balance Wizard, who is just finishing up the Survey Camp (ah, how I love the music in the Survey Camp). So yeah, not too much going on there...

Ok wizards, that's it for now. Hope you have safe trips in the Spiral, and don't forget to keep checking back for word on that contest!

P.D.

The Biggest Fan Contest.

Hey Everyone,

So I haven't really gotten the chance to play much. I've been so caught up in other things. SUCH AS THIS! KingsIsle is giving a LIFE TIME MEMBERSHIP AWAY! O. O! No way! It's really hard to get though. There are three ways to getting it, and I decided on the second (although I really wish I could do the first!). I'm making a video to send in. When I got home, I made a rough draft video. Imma post it (along with the commentary, for it is needed):

"Hello Viewers! Recently, KingsIsle Entertainment, a gaming company, has released a contest for their game, Wizard101. The contest can be found here:

https://www.wizard101.com/game/commun...

The contest requires the contestants to explain to KingsIsle entertainment why you are the biggest fan of Wizard101. Well, I KNOW I am the biggest fan of Wizard101. During this video, I will show you some footage that supports why I am the biggest fan of Wizard101. With each piece of footage, please refer to the commentary for details (since the video can only be 60 seconds long, I thought it might be a good idea to leave the explanations in the description). Here is the evidence:

First Piece of Footage -- My Characters (video): While leveling up a wizard from every school of magic is no easy task, I had a blast doing so. I now have 12 wizards in total, including 4 Legendary Wizards (Luke GoldHorn, Pyromancer; Mycin Stargem, Diviner; Noah GoldHorn, Conjurer; Valdus GoldHorn, Thaumaturge) and 3 GrandMaster Wizards (Patrick FrostHorn, Sorcerer; Diana GoldHorn, Theurgist; Gilroy SkullFlame, Necromancer). All of my characters are fully decked out in their Legendary or GrandMaster gear (depending on the level), and all of them have fully furnished housing as well. This is a great accomplishment that takes a vast amount of time.

Second Piece of Footage -- Wizard101 Posters (two pictures): Since the news release of Celestia, I have printed out posters of Wizard101 and posted them on the walls of my room (out of the Spiral of course). I have seven pictures of the following: Wizard City, Krokotopia, MarleyBone, The Hatchery, The Fire School Description, The Very First Celestia Picture (No silhouettes revealed), and lastly Grizzlehiem. Some of the posters (however not visable in the video) contain writing and notes on certain figures.

Third Piece of Footage -- Wizard101 Gift Cards (picture): As a die-hard fan of Wizard101, I have collected many gift cards for Wizard101. I have gotten two Epic Bundle Gift Cards (I actually gave the code on the back of one to a friend) as well as over 10 regular gift cards from places such as Rite Aid, Target, GameStop, etc.

Fourth Piece of Footage -- Two Epic Pets (two pictures): Over the course of my journeys, I have also taken the time to train my pets. I have trained many pets to many lengths, however I usually only train them to the Adult or Ancient phase of their lifetimes. I have trained two pets of mine to epic (my Helephant and my Fierce Hound), and I am proud to have reached such a goal.

Fifth Piece of Footage -- GrandMaster Gardener (picture): When the Gardening feature first came to the Spiral, I was very excited to try it out. I had a ton of fun with the new feature as I raised in the ranks to become one of the first wizards to reach GrandMaster Gardener.

Sixth Piece of Footage -- GrandMaster Crafter (picture): One of the hardest achievements to reach in Wizard101 is the rank of GrandMaster Crafter. After a very long and hard time through crafting, my Storm Character, Mycin StarGem, finally reached the rank of GrandMaster Crafter. He is currently working on getting the supplies for the Celestian Observatory.

Seventh Piece of Footage -- Active Role in Community (picture): As an avid and experienced gamer, I believe that the best way to learn and experience the game is to become an active role in the game's community. While I learn new things about other players and their advenutres, I also get to teach and share my stories as well. I have been blogging solely about Wizard101 for over a year, starting on Wizard101 Central and eventually packing my bags and moving to blogspot. My blog can be found at www.thepyromancersdigest.blogspot.com. I also started a Twitter account that is purely Wizard101, which is @LukeGoldHorn.

Another reason why I consider myself the biggest fan of Wizard101 is because of what I want to do with my future. When I get my degree in Game Design in a few years, I hope to work for KingsIsle, particularly Wizard101 if available. I wish good luck to all the other contestants, and may the biggest fan win! (The song in the video is, "A Day without 101," by The Friendly Necromancer. All rights reserved to The Friendly Necromancer)"

So what do you think? I know some people already read it, as it's been up for some time. It definitely needs some revisions, and I really need to think of more reasons why I'm the biggest fan of Wizard101. I think the whole inspiration for what I wanna do thing though is a biggie. Anyway, what would I do if I won? I was actually thinking of giving it to a friend of mine who wants to try the game out. Either that, giving it to my main account, or making a whole new account for it. I don't know ... what would you guys do?

P.D.

Winners and Vacation

Hey Everyone!

So here are the winners of the contest!:

1st Prize (Any item 7,500 crowns or less): Alura HaexCaster! Congrats to Alura!

2nd Prize ($10 GameStop giftcard): Jared LightFlame! Congrats to Jared! (This prize has been delivered)

3rd Prize (Wizardblox code from a score of 312,000 points!): Sloan ShadowStaff! Congrats to Sloan! (This prize has been delivered).

So you can see that all of the prizes have been delivered with the exception of Alura (I have emailed her, but she is not responding. I might try a Direct Message on Twitter). So yeah, grats to all the winners! ^_^

Also, I kinda wanted to let you kn0w that I'll will be going on break through the next few months, meaning that I wont be posting much (maybe around 3 times a week?). The holidays get really busy for me, so I wont have much time for play.

Also, I mean, I'm so sad to say, but I've been getting bored with Wizard101. Maybe its just because Valdus and Noah aren't really that exciting to roll. /shrug. I have to defeat palm tree dudes in the Floating Lands. So yeah, wont be playing much either. :/

Anyway, I gotta jet. Thanks for reading!

P.D.

CONTEST CLOSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Everyone,

THE CONTEST IS OFFICIALLY CLOSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As I have said, Mr./Ms. Winner of the 2nd Place Prize, you will have to wait a maximum of a week to receive your prize cause I do not have it yet. As for me, I am off to play an excellent game of wizard blox.

By the way, I will be livestreaming the drawing, so if you can make it, come on down and click me to view it (I'd expect it to start around 5:05-5:20 EST depending on how far along I get in WizardBlox). SEE YA THERE!

P.D.

Contest Ends Today!!

Hey Everyone,

So, I'll be posting another two or three times today to let you know when the contest actually is closing and the winners of the raffle (I'm going to have to play an awesome WizardBlox game when I get hom ;D ). I am getting a $25 order of crowns today, so I will have the crowns to gift the item/mount/gear/etc. The $10 gift card, however, I wont have tonight, so sorry 2nd prize winner :(. I might have it this week, I might have it next week. I don't know, depends on how much lunch money my mom decides to give me.

So yeah, I'm uber excited to see who wins the raffle! ^_^ If you haven't entered, make sure to enter HERE! WEEEEEE! CLICK ME IF YOU WANT SUPER AWESOME PRIZES!!!!

On a side note, I'm sorry once again for my left duties on my blog. I'm going to use the same excuse I use every time; I'm really busy. I've got Noah and Valdus in the Floating Lands, Mycin wanting to craft, not to mention IRL stuff. I hope to improve my blog a lot! :D

Anyways, so for English I had to write a Native American Myth, because, well, we're learning about Native American Myths! I must say, they are super awesome. Did you know Bartelby comes from Native American Myth? Yep yep! There's this big giant tree in the center of the universe in the sky world, which was the main domain of the gods. Kinda like how Bartelby is in the center of the Spiral and is in Wizard City, which is the main domain of student wizards, huh? I thought that was pretty cool.

Coming back to the original topic, we had to write a myth that contained as many traits of Native American Myths as possible. Mine is about an otter and a ferret! Aww! If you want to check it out, you can go here! WEEE! CLICK ME IF YOU WANT TO READ A SUPER AWESOME NATIVE AMERICAN MYTH! **By the way, can't wait for Thanksgiving! :D**

Ok wizards, I'll see ya in the Spiral!

P.D.

Somes Expalinins Ta Do...

Hey Everyone, So, I HAD planned to post up some pictures of last night's run with Friendly, but the school's computer wont let me download the pictures from my email or even simply let me paste them int blogger /shrug. Sorry guys :/ Well, before I get to my "explainins", I'd just like to say thanks to Paige MoonShade, Benjamin FrogStone, and a very big thanks to The Friendly Necromancer! I didn't really get any good gear, but the run itself was fun. I talked with Friendly, and I'm going to try to level up Noah GoldHorn, my Myth wizard, alongside his son's character, Kyle SkyStaff, who is a Storm wizard (so that will work out well ;D). So yeah, I'm really excited to start that. ALSO, I GOT MY FIRST LEGENDARY WIZARD!!!! :D!!!! Mycin StarGem, my some-what famous Storm Wizard, has reached the rank of Legendary Diviner! The only Legendary Gear I have left is the Storm Ring and the Storm Robe. Ya know, one thing that I've been getting kinda angry about is the no trade high level gear (I'm not sure if they changed it back to normal, but in the Test Realm they made the Level 50 gear no trade as well :/ ). I got the Death Robe, The Life Robe, the Myth Ring and Athame, and the Fire Athame, yet I can't trade them over to them :/. Kinda makes me a bit upset that I'm gonna have to put a TON of farming into my W101 time. However, I do kinda think this was planned. People were complaining of being bored in game constantly. Well, now when you reach Legendary Level, you can farm for this gear over and over and over and over again. I don't think they did it to be mean. However, I do think this will cause problems with people's patience. Anywho, let me get to my expalinins. I'm sorry everyone. I feel like I'm not making this blog as good as I can in the past few weeks. Its just because Celestia is finally out and everything, and I really want to go around and explore. As I stated, I've also been farming alot. Before I even think about moving onto Noah, I really want Mycin to get all his gear (by the way, with all the attack boosts, Mycin will have a 72% attack boost!!!!! That's like having a constant Feint spell on!!!!!). This way I can feel that Mycin is truly complete. Hopefully though it wont take Noah too long to get to Level 55, cause I really need that Level 55 Myth Staff on Mycin. And Noah still has some of the Forum to complete :/ I'll probably do that when I get home today; Quest: Beat DragonSpyre on Noah GoldHorn. Reward: Celestia available on Noah, Farming Time on Mycin StarGem. Oh, and don't even get me started on Diana GoldHorn, my Life wizard. She is GrandMaster, and she hasn't even started the Forum! Ugh, see? I'm such a scatter-brain. I have so many things going on that I have to think about in advance, and that's not even IRL stuff. Ah well. The point is, I really want to improve my blog now that I've been neglecting it for so long. So I'll be working on that! ;D Ok, so that's pretty much it. I'll see you in the Spiral, P.D. ***P.S: For every new post, I'm going to hyperlink the post of the contest until it ends, and it will be in the little star things. SO CLICK ME TO CHECK OUT THE CONTEST!**

Run Through Trial of the Spheres, Also, Happy Birthday Stormy!

Hey Everyone, So, last night, I planned a Trial of the Spheres run. The original "cast" was Me (playing Mycin StarGem, a more "popular" alternate character of mine), Paige MoonShade as her Fire wizard, Alric RavenSinger, and Thomas LionBlood (AKA The Friendly Necromancer). Sadly, Friendly got stuck in trafic on the way home, so he couldn't join us. So, instead, Christina IceDreamer joined us on her Life wizard! So I'd like to give a hug thanks to her for coming out, cause I know she was rushing last night. I told her I'd give her a little present for volunteering :) (Sadly, it'll have to wait for about 3-7 weeks xD!). Also, Christina IceDreamer's son Ian, otherwise known as Stormy wiz, has a birthday today! So I wish my best wishes to Stormy! Christina told me his gift last night; and I must say it's awesome! Anyway, back to last night. I'd like to thank everyone who showed up! There were only about 10 viewers, but I really want to thank them. It felt bigger to me ^_^. I enjoyed talking to you guys! There might be another LIVE run tonight, but I'm not sure as to if it is definite or as to what time. I'm going to post more later today anyway, cause I gots some pictures and my segment to share, so we'll see. I'm pretty sure Paige MoonShade said she could, and I know Alric had to see if he could make it. I have no idea if Friendly could make it today. I'm going to comment on his blog/ email him about it after posting. If you would like to volunteer as a back up, just post your wizard name in the comments and I will go to http://www.random.org/ and pick someone randomly. Ok, so be sure to check back later for a TON of content! ^_^ P.D.

Contest!!!!!! Prizes Prizes Prizes!!!!!!

Hey Everyone,

So, if you read my previous post, I wanted to host a contest because of my awesome fans! :) I couldn't really decide on how exactly I wanted to run the contest, so I'm just going to run it the old fashioned luck of the draw type of contest.

Ok, so, in order to enter, here's what you gotta do:

1. Follow my blog. Look, it doesn't take that long to either a) press the follow button or b) to make a blogger account. So yes, you MUST follow my blog in order to enter (If you already follow me, awesome, you have step one complete! :) )!

2. Comment on this post. All I really need from you is your wizard's name, your following name (for example, if the name I am following Friendly on is called Luke GoldHorn, I'd type that as well), and an email from which I could get in touch with you.

THATS IT! From there, I can enter you in the random drawing! I will be doing it on random.org. How does this work? I will enter your name next to a number in Microsoft Excel. From there, I will select my two numbers (so, for example, say I had 30 entries; I'd type in 1 and 30). Then, it will randomly pick a number. So say I was number 23, and the site picked 23, I would be the winner. ^_^ Feel free to go to the site and try it out (it's very fun, lol).

Ok, so, make sure to tell everyone and to enter! I will edit this post when I figure out the end date (I still need to get the prizes, lol ;D ).

See ya in the Spiral!

P.D.

**Edit: Oops! Just noticed that I forgot to add the prizes!

1st Prize: Any item in the crowns shop 7,500 crowns or less

2nd Prize: (1) $10 Wizard101 Gift Card (I don't know where it will be from yet, but my guess is either from Walmart or GameStop).

3rd Prize: A WizardBlox Code

Check back for the end date of the contest! (it will probably be in like 2-3 weeks.)**

A Post Dedicated To My Readers... ALSO, A Topic Hosted By Blaze DeathCaster!

Hey All My Lovely Readers,

So, instead of sorry this time, I want to say thank you. In the past three or four days, I have been touched by many of your comments. It's definitely made me a stronger person inside knowing that I have loving and loyal friends here to help me out whenever they can :). I just wanted to let you guys know how grateful I am to have you guys. Really, I couldn't ask for better readers!! I used to always think that my blog was going nowhere, and that it would continuously go nowhere. In the past month, however, that has changed. People have come to realize and actually like me and my blog. So I just wanted to say thanks to all you guys! :D

OH! I almost forgot! I'm going to be holding a contest for all my truly awesome wizards fans! I still haven't decided on how exactly I'm going to run the contest, but hey, it's gonna happen. I WAS going to throw in the new $40 gift card, but I'm gifting that to my friend, Paige Whisper, today!!!! :D!!! I'm soooooooo excited to give it to her. It's going to be awesome!!!! But yeah, It'll probably just be your choice of a Manta Ray or a Sea Turtle or any other item 7,500 crowns or less in the crowns shop that is gift-able. as to other prizes; I don't know yet. One will probably be a wizardblox code. As for a second prize, I don't know. Maybe a $10 giftcard (that would have to wait for a while; I'm running short on the bucks ;) ).

Anywho, so yeah, I also have a bonus topic today that I thought was very inriching sent to me by Blaze DeathCaster, one of my best readers!:

I've had an idea for a discussion item or blog post that I've started a few times but never been able to pull together right. It always seems to drift off in the wrong direction. Given the topic, it might make sense (and be fun!) to do some kind of collaboration with you on it rather than trying to solo it. See what you think.

Here's the idea: In the spiral, we make friends in a unique atmosphere. For the most part, we don't judge people on their age, their appearance, religion, or race because we're all avatars that look pretty similar. Gender still plays a role, I think, and text chat vs. mute can be an influence as well. But for the most part, we judge and make friends based on people's behavior. We like people who share blades, traps, and heals or who pass to let others get in one good hit before the end of a battle. We appreciate it when people stick around to help us "defeat and collect" more whatever, even though they've already got what they needed for the quest. And of course good manners are always appreciated, like asking before porting or joining a battle, or not outstaying your welcome at someone's house. There's something special about a world like that, where people are judged almost solely on how they behave toward others. And as an extension of this, friends are made that would otherwise not be. You and I are a good example. Outside of the spiral, how likely are middle and high school students to be friends with adults. Sure, kids may be friends with neighbors and friends of their parents, but the friendships in the spiral seem different. I think we approach each other as equals since our avatars all look the same age and this makes for more balanced friendships. Of course, some might question this and be concerned about adults making friends with kids online. I'm sure there are some very real concerns there, but we should still acknowledge and try to make the most of the unique opportunity the spiral provides to make friends we otherwise wouldn't. We should also try to take the lesson from this to the real world and try harder to judge people on their actions and behavior, not their appearance, age, etc. Well, what do you think? I'm pretty sure there's a strong discussion or blog topic in there. Actually, that bit above came out better than some of my previous attempts. Anyway, I'd be curious to get your perspective on this. If it strikes a chord with you, maybe we can collaborate on it. Blaze

So, what do I think about kids making friendships with adults?

Personally, I think this aspect of the game is great. I many of the statements stated by you are very legitimate, and I certainly do agree. I love the whole judgement concept you described. I love making friendships with people that are all different ages thatn me. For example, a good friend of mine by the name of Keira DreamWraith is and adult with a child who is a few years younger than me. One reason I am for this is because I can talk to her about things. These adults can provide experienced advice and help with real life problems.

However, it can cause some problems. I had one incident, when I have an adult wizard's phone number, and we would text each other some times. One time, my sister stole my phone, and asked "Who are you?" The adult wizard got mad, because they thought I was trying to get real life information. When I got the phone back, I explained the situation, however, it just created another issue; why didn't my whole family know I was talking to this adult wizard. In the end, everything turned out ok, thankfully. We are very good friends to this day. However, this can get to be a very sticky situation.

Anyway, that's pretty much it for today. Be sure to check back tomorrow for the contest!!!!

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