Winners of Mount Week and More Announcements!

Hey Gang,

So before I even start off, I'd like to say congrats to every winner of mount week! It sure was awesome, and I hope a lot of people came out with mounts or even some crowns codes, as I know that they were also given out too! If you haven't seen the winners of Friendly's contest, check it out here. I really like all of them, and I want to give a special shout-out to Alric RavenSinger for his entry! I know he really wanted to win that Moonlight Pony, and gosh darnit he earned it! That Cockatrice pet is certainly outstanding!

Anyway, if you didn't win any mounts, don't fear! KingsIsle has released news of Mount-a-palooza! What is Mount-a-palooza, you might ask? EVERY PERMANENT MOUNT IS ON SALE! W00t! You can now buy any permanent mount you want for a discounted price; some are even 50% off! They've also added the Starlight, Starshine, Sunshine, and Moonlight Ponies to the crown shop, so get them while you can! I don't know how much longer they'll stay for (the sale lasts for about 9 days, and we don't quite know if they'll leave with the sale), so get them while you can! I really wish I could get the Moonlight or SunShine ponies, as they are my favorite, but I have two problems:

1. With this darn American Express Giftcard I got (I pay for my crowns with gift cards), I have so many pending transactions, I can't buy any crowns! :( Darn American Express! I personally prefer Visa, but my local convenience store didn't have visa gift cards (so much for being convenient!).

2. Even if I didn't have all those pending transactions, I could only buy $15 worth of crowns (7,500) and I kinda wanted to save those (the only one I could afford anyway is the Starlight Pony, ands maybe the Starshine pony; I don't recall).

Anyway, I really hope these guys stay in the crowns shop, as I would buy each and every one of them! They're amazing!

Along with Mount-a-palooza, KingsIsle announced that Mounts would soon be able to roam free in our castles! Check it:

Now, there are many things that are amazing about this video, along with the roaming mounts! Many people have already stated what's interesting about the video, therefore, I will only briefly go over what's in it. What I really want to do is some speculating. Ready? Here we go:

1. The music. Is this WinterTusk music? It very much resembles GrizzleHiem music, but it's not exactly that.

2. The pets. So it looks like there are some new pets. These pets are a Humongofrog, a Scarecrow, and a Kraken.

3. The plants. If you pay close attention, you can tell that there are some new plants in the video, including a couch potato.

So that'd pretty much all I can find on that video. Let me know if there's anything I missed.

Let's focus on the pets, as that's really what is interesting me. The Scarecrow pet I think without a doubt is the new level 58 pet. I mean, it just seems obvious to me (however, I could be wrong). What do I think about it? I think it's very cool; kinda looks ... I don't know ... maybe just a tiny bit cartoonish? I mean, maybe it's just because it's short. I just didn't think that it resembled the spell Extremely well, but I still love it :)

Now what about the Kraken and Humongofrog pets? Well, I went into the Spiral and did some research:

Notice that they are both learned at the same level. My personal speculation is that KingsIsle is also going to start incorporating other school pets into the game. For example, I may now get a school pet at level 38, or 22. However, again, I could be wrong. Just some theorycrafting here :)

What do I think of such a thing? AWESOME! It would be really neat to see lower level school pets; I personally think that after you complete your tour of Ravenwood quest from Ambrose, he should give you a low level school pet as well. So, for example, Ice would get a Frost Beetle, Fire would get a Fire Cat, Death would get a Dark Sprite, the list goes on. These pets would also get cards and would be school specific.

Ok, well that's all I have for today. Feel free to add to anything as you wish in the comments! I'll see you soon!

P.D.

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.