*Ding* Grandmaster! Thanks to My Friends

Yes, readers, I did it. (And it only took me almost a year.) And what a year it was. Now at this point I would make a really touching montage of my Wizard101 career so far, but that'd take too much time. (Maybe someday I will. ;D)

I did finish the Warehouse, and defeated Estrakir Gloomthorn, along with some new found friends. We hit Estrakir with a Wraith, 10-Pip Judgement, and a Centaur all in a row right after he Scarecrow-ed us. That got him down to 7?? health (out of his full 3,600.) Next turn we hit him with a Skeletal Pirate and a Nature's Wrath and that did him in for good. I was so excited I forgot to take a screenshot. Lol.

I then just had to talk with Professor Balestrom and I would Level Up. Here's the xp that I had left.

Pretty crazy, huh? Let's see. That's 278 experience points. Not that much. It was just a sliver on my Xp Bar. Hehe.

Here's the Quest Text from Halston. (Note how Emily was right there with me :D)

Yeah, idk why Emily is running either (lol jk, she's about to jump.)

We went to Emily's new house (I'll post pictures of it in a future post.) right after because she wanted to show me around.

We got a really nice picture together. (Emily's request. Of course I HAD to get one too. You can't miss out on a moment as awesomesauce as this! :D)

Emily then hosted a party at her house, celebrating my Grandmaster-dom. Love you, Emily! :D

I then had a little surprise for Emily. Someone she hasn't seen in what feels like forever. Our very best friend.

That's him on his subbed account (He's already in the Krokosphinx, with Marleybone gear. It looks really nice on him, huh?) This is definitely my favorite picture. It's with my very first two friends. (Yeah, I think Cody Crowblade was third. [He's another great friend of mine, in case I hadn't mentioned him.]) I remember when we first met. It was on the bridge in Triton Avenue. I'm sure Emily will correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe her and Dakota were arguing about something and I was able to solve their problem. We've been best friends ever since. (Turns out Alyssa just met Dakota at this party. Lol!)

I think we all had a really great time at the party. I know I did! I just want to say thank you to all the people that have helped me along the way.

Emily Griffinrider, Dakota Icebreaker, Angela Jadeeyes, Cody Crowblade, Taylor Swiftgem, Rylee Lioneyes, Melissa Swift, Emma Owlflame, Destiny Deathheart, Angel Dragongem, Talon Spiritthief, Allan Iceheart, Alyssa Griffinrider, Alex Legendflame, Kyle Legendflame, Christopher Dragonrider, Christopher Thunderhunter, Eric Hawkdreamer, Jordan Bluegem, Cole Ironblade, Elizabeth, Blaine Darkwalker, James, Alexander Deathbringer, Caleb Blood, Brandon Suncloud, Kane Golddust, Melissa Griffincaller, Nicholas Firerider,

And of course all my blogger friends out there, Victoria Spiritblossom, Heather Raven, Malorn Willowsmith, Kestrel Shadowthistle, Kevin Battleblood, Miguel Wildthorn, Ditto, Leesha Darkheart & Stephen Spiritcaller, and I think I owe some of the most thanks to Thomas Lionblood, The Friendly Necromancer, for being there for all of us.

I sincerely apologize if I have forgotten your name. Just know I thank all of you that have graced my Friends List.

And thank you, readers, for helping me out with this blog.

Happy Gaming

Warehouse Frustration

I started the Celestia pre-quests yesterday and made it to the Warehouse. Man is that tough.

Here's how it all went down with a Life, Fire, Storm, Balance (that's me,) and Death.

First Try:
Made it to the top, no problem. Got both rats down. Our Storm loses connection. We're destroyed by Estrakir's beefed up Fire Nova.

Second Try:
Our healer has to leave. Called on Angel Dragongem. He doesn't have the quest so he goes on his death alt, Talon Spiritthief. We make it to the top at full health. Get both rats. Get Knuckles. Our attacker, Jacob (Storm) is killed by Estrakir's Scarecrow. He heals and re-enters. Estrakir only has a thousand or so left. Long story short, scarecrow every other turn stinks, and our last wizard (Fire) didn't hold out until we got back up to the top.

Third Try:
The dungeon hasn't reset so we can start at the top every time now. Yay. (Or not!) We get the Rat Illusionists and Knuckles McCloud down very quickly. We get Estrakir down to maybe 500 health. I'm so pumped, ready to finally scream uncensored words at Estrakir in our victory, when out of nowhere. Estrakir casts a Fire Dragon, killing us all. I then start crying.

Fourth Try:
We're all pretty annoyed by now. But, we think we can handle it without a Theurgist (Life student.) We were oh so wrong. Pretty much the same thing happens as last time. We get so close, and someone dies before we can make it back up to the top again. Turns out it was me. Our Fire was the only one up there, while we were healing, getting ready to say goodbye to that Shadow Weaver for good. I ran as fast as I could to the last floor. When I got there, all the enemies were standing around (laughing at our defeat) and Wolf (our Fire) was gone.

Fifth Try:
I'm just rocking back and forth in a ball, saying to myself "Power Nova,...Scarecrow,...Fire Dragon,...it's just not fair,...just not fair." as I'm just sobbing, tears streaming down my face. Wolf was just standing in Reagents Square (the Marleybone Commons) not saying anything. We figured he got disconnected, or something. Jacob, Talon, and I were on the top floor, and we painfully entered the next battle. Talon persuaded me to buy a Life Henchman, so we had a healer of some sort, (other than Wolf and Talon's occasional satyrs. After which Knuckles would Rebirth.) Jacob didn't think that was such a good idea, because we would have a harder time with someone we couldn't communicate with. (I don't know how Menu Chatters would be able to do this... x shudder x) Once we got one rat down, and we were down to 3-400 health each, (except Stefan Greenspirit of course, cause no one cares about the npc,) I just said, well, use your imaginations, and hit Flee, and then inevitably Quit.

My mom says I'm not allowed to go on Wizard101 today because it upset me far too much yesterday.

I just wanted to say how completely unfair I think this place is, and I want to hear what you guys think of it.

Happy Gaming (Unless you're in the Warehouse.)