Y U NO POST?!?! and A Possible Blog Revamp

I honestly have no idea guys. I just don't even think to post on here anymore. That really bothers me because I was doing so well on here. I've just been so disconnected from Wizard101 lately. I just found out about Zafaria. I haven't even beat Celestia yet. Has it been THAT long?

If you guys wanna stay updated with everything that I do, make sure to follow me on Twitter. If you don't have an account, making on is super easy and fast. I make sure to keep my Twitter updated with new video uploads and info on what I'll be filming or doing. I'd be happy to take questions from there as well to my e-mail (blazesilverfist@gmail.com or 1mudkip88@gmail.com [Yes I made a second. Just to keep everything general. They both can access the other's e-mail so  don't worry which you send to.]) Also I've made a new facebook page for myself that just covers my general account, 1Mudkip88. (here)

I guess I don't even realize how easy it is to make these posts. Look I already have two paragraphs. I mean, it'd probably be easier for me to just make blogs, cause I'm totally a better speaker and it's easier for me to just talk rather than trying to type my thoughts up here. Would you guys like that? If I just recorded vlogs? I could post them here and on YouTube/Twitter as well obviously. Let me know what you think about that.

Also I'd like to know if you guys would mind if I revamped this blog and changed it up a bit. Maybe change the color scheme and everything and make it more general to gaming. I mean, I love Wizard101 and all, and I've spent a ton of money on crowns to get everything up to Celestia, but let's face it, I can't play it forever. I'm going to be 16 this month, and it's just not really something I'm that interested in anymore. I promise I'll play it as much as I can though. Just don't expect a ton of Wizard101 stuff all the time.

If you guys won't be interested in my blog anymore if I expand from just Wizard101 stuff, I get that, and you can unfollow me, but I know you guys will all like my new stuff over on YouTube and what can be posted on here if you guys don't mind. I hope this post isn't too disappointing to those hardcore Wizard101 players out there that read this, but I just wanna play other games and it'd just be easier for me to post and get more things out there for this blog and make a name for myself on YouTube and such.


I hope you guys can all understand this and will continue to support me in everything that I do, whether it be Wizard101 or anything else. Thank you.


Happy Gaming

New Beginnings

Hey guys, so obviously, posting over the summer didn't go so well, as I was very busy with summer reading, and working on a packet for AP Biology, which I was recommended for this year.

Anyway, I'm hopefully going to be getting into a better schedule with this whole thing, by releasing videos along with a blog post every Saturday.

I still plan on keeping this blog W101 themed, but with a few other things thrown in, such as MineCraft. Hopefully a lot of you play it as well, so this won't be too boring for you guys. If you don't know about MineCraft, you definitely should buy it well it's still in Beta (1.7.3 currently. 1.8 is coming soon.) It's one of my favorite games, so I think you all would like it too.

Here's the first video, not only of MineCraft, but of many different games to come.

Enjoy.

I hope you all had a great summer and enjoy the school year as much as I plan to.

Happy Gaming

Coming Home

 

Hey everyone. I'm finally back to the blogging. I'm going to work on this blog as much as I can this summer. Since I last posted, Wintertusk has been released, Nick Jonas was revealed to be the mystery composer, a new mega game card was added, and mastery amulets were put into the game.


Honestly, I'm not going to go into detail with all those things because you probably all know about them by now. I just wanted to say that I missed you all so much and I'm finally coming home. (To Wizard101, that is.)


Happy Gaming

Not Dead, Just Sleeping. WinterTusk News

That's right everyone. Blaze is back. No need to worry anymore. New followers, and old, I am here to stay.

Let's get started.

When I 'left' I promised you guys something that some people were upset about (which I'm sure you all know and they're fine with by now.)

It was the new Orthrus spell animation.

Here's the old: (It says new in the beginning because this is from when it first came out.)




And here's the updated version.:



Personally I like the old version, just cause I'm opposed to change. Haha.

Anyway, updates for the Spiral.

There's going to be a new world coming VERY soon. So soon that it's already on the Test Realm.
 
It's called WinterTusk and it continues the story of Grizzleheim and introduces Grandmother Raven, Bartleby's sister, co-creator of the Sprial, if you remember from the Wizard City story line.

Yep, that's her. Can't wait to delve into the new storyline. There's also a few new things coming to Wizard101, which you can read about in the update notes. Here.
 
Here are the two pictures given, of areas in WinterTusk.

KingsIsle has a special surprise for us about WinterTusk. The music there has been composed by "one of the hottest your musical artists in the entertainment industry." They will be giving us hints throughout the next few weeks as to who it will be. I was hoping it would be J-Biebs. But of course the first hint is:
"I’ve performed on Saturday Night Live and my initials are not J.B.!"

Rough, haha.

Let me know who you think it might be in the comments, and I'll have a new post out soon.


Happy Gaming

Samantha Learns To Garden

Hi guys, I'm going to try and crank out a post everyday this week because it's February break!

Today, Samantha wanted to learn how to garden. I helped her out with making a video and here it is.


Hi everyone! This is really exciting getting my very own post on Blaze's blog! I'm here today to show you a cool new video that Blaze helped me make. It's of me learning how to garden! It was so much fun! I hope you all enjoy it!




(Note: The audio and video get out of sync gradually through the video. So for the YouTube upload, the audio is replaced with music of Samantha's choice. Thank you.)

I hope you all learned something from that video. Gardening is SO much fun!

Thanks guys!

Love, 

Samantha

Thanks, Sam! I hope this will help you guys who skipped through the tutorial, or just need a quick refresher on how to garden in the game.

Tomorrow's post will be about a change in the game that has some mixed feelings.

Happy Gaming

Scammers, Hackers, and Evil-Do-ers

[The person mentioned in this post's first name was Nigie. If you are worried that you may have this person added, just shoot me an e-mail (blazesilverfist@gmail.com) and I can provide you their last name. I just don't want to post it out in the open.]


Hi everyone. I just was on my Wizard101 Facebook and I got this chat:
(Read through it and I will discuss after)

Them:
hey
can you shared your wizard101 account pls!!!!!

Me:
I'm not giving you my account and password. That's against the rules
You don't even know me

Them:
pls

Me:
I don't even know you for that matter
Nice try. Cya

Them:
pls i see you every day in wizard

Me:
Who are you

Them:
my name there is cody dragonblade

Me:
I don't know a Cody Dragonblade
Sorry

Them:
oh
pls
maybe your lvl is lower

Me:
No. It's against the rules. I've worked hard to level my characters. I'm not just going to give away all my hard work

Them:
i am a legendary of fire and life

Me:
Good bye
That's great
I like my account
See you

Them:
pls

Me:
I said no

Them:
pls
why

Me:
You're just making me angry

Them:
every one can trust me

Me:
It's against the rules. I've worked hard on my chars. I don't know you. I'm not trusting someone I don't know. I'm not stupid
Blocked.


This was a classing case of a scammer. They try to come off nice and innocent and sometimes stupid, but all they really want is your account. 

Now maybe you'd say "oh, well, he's just a poor kid who is having a hard time with the game." Well 99% of the time you'd be wrong. There's bad people out there, and if I were to give him my username and password he could easily access my parents' credit card, my e-mail, and other personal information.


Even if this was one of your friends, you still shouldn't give out your username and password. Why? Because when you registered for Wizard101 you had to sign an agreement saying that you wouldn't give out this info, otherwise they could remove your account. This is 100% true, and I have no doubt that they've had to do this numerous times because people are careless and don't read the 'End User License Agreement' when they sign up for something. (That's the thing where you have to check the box where it says you agree.)


The reason I'm posting this is just to keep you all aware of scammers and other people that break the rules and could hurt you. (And possibly your family with the information they get.) If you need to know the consequences, your family could easily lose their house, money, and even all the computers in the house, just because this one person gained access to this seemingly harmless information.


I don't want to keep rambling on and on, but just be aware of what can happen, and think before you give out information. (Or ask for it. People may think these things about you and get the wrong idea.)


If you're having a hard time with the game don't get frustrated. It just takes time and hard work. It took me a year to get my first wizard to Grandmaster (lvl 50.) If you need help, there's plenty of nice people in this community that you can ask for help. And always remember, it's just a game.


Happy Gaming

Thanks!

Hi everyone! I just wanted to give a big "thank you" to all of you out there for supporting me in my time of blog sickness, I guess you could call it. I really appreciate all the wonderful comments and such.

The contest WILL continue and I encourage all of you to enter if you want to. I just need a comment on any post (up until the post concluding the contest) giving me your name (the name you go by in the W101 community) and an e-mail or central username. I understand that I've "lost" a few potential entries because of the song choice. I'll just know for next time, maybe to take song suggestions from you guys and use them in a poll, rather than just my ideas. After all, blogs are more than just the blogger. (They're YOU!)

Also, I'm definitely going to start getting some more in-game content as suggested. I'm going to get back into the game. (I need to fight Nereus [I think. The one in the castle with the starfish blocking the door] in the grotto. So if anyone would like to help me or are at that point also, or you just wanna tag along, you certainly can.)

Thank you all so much. I'm going to try to be a little less concious of how many comments I get and more on the hit counter ;D

Thanks again.


Happy Gaming

Back to Wizard101 and The Phantom Zone!

Hey guys, I finally downloaded Wizard101 onto my new computer! I'm finally coming back into the Spiral!

So as I'm downloading all the files onto my computer I see this:

 

You're going to have to click and make it bigger to see it, but in the top left corner where you can see the file download process it said: "ThePhantomZoneWorld - World Data" Now, for those of you that don't pay attention to the names of the files that quickly flash by as we load up W101, there is a file for everything in Wizard101; the different gear, objects, areas, etc. So, if I'm correct in studying these file names for the year+ that I've been on W101, this means that there is a "Phantom Zone" somewhere in one of the worlds (World Data is where the areas show up.) I haven't played through all of Celestia yet. I wouldn't even say I'm halfway yet, so this might be a legit area, but I haven't heard it anywhere before. So, if any of you have any ideas of what "The Phantom Zone" might be, just let me know in the comments.

Before I go get into Wizard101, let me just remind you about my contest here. To enter just post your name and a way for me to contact you (W101Central username, e-mail, blog, etc.) in the comments. Thanks

Happy Gaming

Facebook (Part 1) and Ketchup

Ok, so a few of you know about a page that was created on Facebook about Jason Willowheart. The title of the page was explicit so I will not repeat it. The reason I found out about this page was because it was suggested to me. Now, I of course reported the page and it was taken down, and myself, Jason, and the creator of the page worked things out, but this leads me to a big issue.

Treat others the way you want to be treated.

Yeah, I know it's a cheesy thing to say, but it's true. Don't do things that you wouldn't want done to you. We need to do our best to keep this world a nice place. Now,m I don't want to get all crazy guru-esque on you guys, but I just wanted to throw that out there.


I know I haven't been porting a lot, but like I say on Twitter on occasion "High School Isn't A Musical." Midterms are coming up (For those who don't know what those are, they're big tests halfway through the year that test your knowledge of all that you've learned so far in the class that year.) and I've been busy studying and whatnot.


When I first started this blog, my goal was to post every single day like Friendly. Now, I broke that way back in August. (Not including skipped-a-day posts.) I really want to try getting back into my blogging groove, but it's difficult, and I really appreciate all of your support.


Anyway, back to today's topic. I've been getting really frustrated with all the application requests and posts on my wall with inappropriate things, so I decided to go through my friends list and weed out those who I don't know. So, I made a list of all those that I've removed. So, here is the first of many to come. Now if you are on this list and do actually read my blog or know me, then just post a comment letting me know that. Thank you. Here it is:

• Aaron Sandmask
• Abdullah Al-shkanbeh
• Adam Mythhunter
• Alex Checkerez
• Alex Drake
• Alexander Moonwraith
• Alexis Sungrove
• Alicia Hellgirl
• Alistar Soulslayer
• Alyssa Blood
• Alyssa Mistbreath
• Amanda Moonhorn
• Amanda Willowheart
• Amber Dark
• Amy Soulwielder
• Angel Winterspear
• Angela Louie
• Anna Icegem
• Anthony Blade
• Anthony Nevergiveup Fortney
• Anthony Nguyen
• Ariel Abraham
• Artur Mooneyes
• Ashley Aaron Raether
• Autumn Dark
• Blaze Firesword
• Blaze Shadowhorn
• Blaze Starbreaker
• Brenna Burgess
• Brian Cofradia
• Bridger Skye
• Caleb Legendblood
• Cameron Ironblade

 Ok, again, if you are on that list and know me and read my blog, then just post a comment and I'll be happy to add you back. Thanks.


And now for the ketchup. Not many of you have commented on my Music Video Post. If you don't know what I'm talking about, then after this you finish this post go read that one. In short, I'm having a contest for my Wizard101 music video. All the details are in that post. Yeah, I'm pushing the link. Mainly because I've only had one entry. Not good. The contest will end on February 1st so, just make a comment saying you'd like to enter with your e-mail / central username / or some way for me to contact you to let you know if you win. Thank you.


Also I have a cool thread sent by Isaiah Boomcaster (one of my devoted readers) from The Central (Wizard101Central.com) with all the best Level 60 gear. Here it is. That's going to be really helpful. Thanks Isaiah! Also, he sent me the link to his blog. He's just starting out, so give him a good ol' follow. He really loves Wizard101, so I'm sure it will be a fantastic blog!


That's all for today, and be sure to enter the contest...here. ;D Thanks.

Happy Gaming 

Merry Christmas, Gardening, and [Music Video] Preview (CONTEST PART 1)

Hey guys. Sorry I haven't been blogging for a long time. I wasn't allowed to use my computer.

Anyway. I'm here to let you all know that I missed you very much and to get all my blogging needs out of my system after being bottled up for about two weeks. :)

While I was gone, the gardening feature went live. Now, before I give you all the info on how to garden and whatnot, I just want to rant a little.

One of the many reasons I like love Wizard101 is because it's not one of those games that you have to go one every single day  and get your stupid daily bonuses or what have you. Putting this feature into the game is just going to turn Wizard101 into just another 'Webkinz.' (Not that Webkinz wasn't a ton of fun for about a year in 4th grade. It just got really old really fast.) I just don't want that to happen to Wizard101. It doesn't deserve to go in the Gaming Graveyard and be put in the same category as.... x shudder x Neopets.

I understand that you don't HAVE to have a garden, but I mean it's cool and another way to interact with our housing.

"But, Blaze. How could we make gardening a better feature and not have Wizard101 be a 'Boring Everday' kind of game?"

Well, my Inquiring Reader, simple. Just create an option so that the timer for your plants' needs only runs while you are logged onto the game. That way, our plants don't die while we sleep, or have to go to school, do homework, etc.


So, after that, here's your newsletter on the 'Feature Which Shall Not Be Named.'

Hello everyone! Professor Moolinda Wu here and I'm excited to tell you all about a new feature in the Spiral: Gardening! To get started on your path to a greener thumb, come visit me in my classroom in Ravenwood if you are level 12 or higher.

Students at Ravenwood can plant and grow amazing plants in their Dorms and Castles! Wizards of all schools can garden, so my hope is that every student will learn the joy of shepherding new life!

A plant's journey of life begins as a seed. There are many types of seeds, each with a different destiny. With enough energy, you can prepare soil of your choice in your Castle (if you have one) or a planter in your dorm. Then you can place the seed into the readied soil. After a time, it will begin to grow. You can shepherd its growth through spells and other means of caring for it, creating an environment for it to thrive.

After you've planted your seed, it starts to grow, from seed to seedling, young plant, mature plant to elder. You can use a number of helpful spells to usher it along as it grows, keeping it healthy and happy. Once you have planted a seedling, either in a plot or in a pot, it cannot be moved.

  This is a seedling, the youngest phase of life for a plant. You will need Energy to plant a seed in a planter or the ground. After a seed is planted, you can use plant growth spells on it to help it flourish. Plants require some things to thrive and survive: water, sunshine, pollination, magic and even music.

  This is a young plant, in its next stage of life after seedling. You can observe your plant's growth visually and you can move your cursor over your plant to Inspect it. This provides you with information about your plant's health and needs. You can also affect your plant by using some simple spells: The Plow spell allows you to remove a plant or dirt pile, if you wish to do so. The Revive spell allows you to transform a dead plant into a new seedling, ready to grow once more.
  This is a mature plant, in the fullness of its growth. When a plant becomes mature, it can be harvested. You can harvest a plant by interacting with it. Each type of plant yields a different harvest: reagents, pet snacks, gold, treasure cards, or more seeds! You can harvest from a plant as long as it's in its mature stage of life. When a plant is in its mature stage that doesn’t mean that you can harvest it right away or that it’s continually harvestable. It means that once every day or so it will be harvestable so long as it’s in that mature state.

  This is an elder plant, the final stage of a plant's life cycle. Many plants won't reach this stage! An elder plant can be harvested one final time, with much greater possible rewards. Once an elder plant is harvested, it disappears and cannot be revived.


I'm sad to say that gardening isn't all nurturing and happiness. Plants can be endangered by some very real threats.

  This plant is wilting. It will die before too long if it is not taken care of. Plants can die if their needs are not met, if they are in surrounded by things they dislike, or if they are killed by pests. Plants have likes and dislikes, things that encourage or discourage their growth. A plant's likes are things it enjoyes being near. These can include other types of plants or gardening items. A plant will flourish if it is near things that it likes, while things it dislikes will cause it to become unhealthy. An important part of gardening is learning how to arrange your plants, and create a healthy garden for them.

  This plant is dead. Now all that can be done is to plow it over, or to revive it. The greatest threat to plants are pests. Pests can infest a plant and hinder its growth. If pests are not eliminated, eventually the plant will begin to wilt and die. When a plant is infested by pests, it cannot be harvested. To eliminate pests, you must use pest fighting spells. To eliminate a pest, the spell must be of high enough rank. You can purchase pest fighting spells from vendors throughout the Spiral, or even win them as treasures. It's a sorry state to see plants doing so poorly, but it's important to know what risks there are when gardening.

"But, Blaze. How do I garden?"


Let's find out.

Where do I get Seeds?
You can get seeds from gardening vendors throughout the Spiral. Farley is the gardening vendor in Wizard City's Golem Court, look for his cousins Marley, Charley and Harley in other worlds. You can also earn seeds as rewards through defeating enemies in magic duels, or get them in other ways.

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How do I Plant?
  To prepare an area for planting outdoors in your Castle, you must cast a soil preparation spell. Soil preparation spells cost Energy. To garden in your dorm room or an indoor space in your Castle, you must buy a planter from the gardening vendor. There are different sizes and types of plants, but some types of plants cannot be planted indoors.

When you're ready to plant a seed in prepared soil or a planter, you must select the seed from your Gardening panel then select the location. This places the chosen seed into the soil or planter, where it can begin to grow.

Plants require attention to grow in the form of plant growing spells. All plants have needs that must be met, and plant growing spells fulfill those needs for a period of time. Plants needs include water, sunlight, pollination, music and magic. Plant growing spells cost Energy to cast, and are cast through the garden interface in your home.

  Plants have likes & dislikes, conditions that can help them grow or hinder their development. A plant will grow faster if it is surrouned by things it likes, and it will grow slower if it is surrounded by things it dislikes.  You can learn what a plant likes or dislikes by using the Inspect spell on it.

 

Plants go through several stages as they grow, from seed to seedling to young plant to mature plant to elder plant. Once a plant is mature, you can harvest it by interacting with it. A plant can be harvested repeatedly until it reaches the elder stage. Harvesting yields rewards such as reagents, pet snacks, gold, treasure cards or other seeds. When a plant reaches the elder stage, it can be harvested only one more time. This harvest will yield the greatest rewards. After this, the elder plant will disappear.

Gardening Tools
  Utility spells are useful for many aspects of gardening. The plow spell removes a targeted plant or dirt pile. The Inspect spell lets you look at a targeted plant's characteristics and progress. The Revive spell lets you turn a plant that has died into a young plant of the same type. 

  Pests
Plants can sometimes suffer from pests. Pests are annoying critters that will cause it to wilt and die if they are not dealt with. To get rid of pests, you will need to cast the appropriate pest fighting spell. Different types of pests require different types of spells. Pests are ranked and require spells equal to or greater than their rank.
  If you have a high enough gardening rank, you can cast pest prevention spells to keep pests away from your garden. You can buy pest fighting and pest prevention spells from certain trainers throughout the Spiral, you can buy them at the Crown shop or you can earn them through treasure rewards.  Each plant differs by how easy they are to garden, how long they take to grow and mature and how long they live.

As you continue to garden you will earn gardening experience through successfully harvesting plants. There are 10 ranks of gardening:

1. Novice
2. Neophyte
3. Apprentice
4. Initiate
5. Intermediate
6. Journeyman
7. Expert
8. Adept
9. Master
10. Grandmaster

The types of seeds you can plant may be restricted, requiring a minimum gardening rank. Additionally, some kinds of gardening equipment and spells require minimum gardening rank to use.\

"Is that all that's been added to Wizard101, Blaze?"

No, my friends! there's more!

Celestian Furniture
Yes you read that correctly! Celestian Furniture has come to the Spiral, as well as recipes for furniture from our newest underwater world!

Keyboard Shortcuts
The Keyboard Shortcut to enable/disable the Quest Tracker has changed from T to CTRL-T. This should prevent many young Wizards from accidentally disabling their Quest Tracker when attempting to chat.

Menu Chat
New phrases have been added to Menu Chat, including a quick 'You're Welcome' for our very polite Wizards!

No Trade Items
No Trade and No Auction stats have been removed from many Celestia items.

Pets
Zombie pets will no longer be stuck swimming.
The Myth Imp pet spell is now properly casting to dispel both Life and Death spells.
The Seraph pet's card will no longer show damage to all enemies.
Pets with 'May Cast Trap' will no longer be casting those traps on their owners!

Energy
Since your Energy is shared by both Pets and Gardening, Max Energy has been increased. Energy now begins at 40 at level 1, and increases by 1 at each even-numbered level.
References to Pet Energy are now just "Energy".

Quests
The Final Countdown quest can now be completed by a solo player. There is no longer a timer to activate the power crystals and there is also no longer a timer for the two set of creatures that trigger the doors to be opened that are right before Malistaire's room.

Crowns Shop
When an item is on sale in the Crowns Shop, you will now see both the full price with a strikethrough and the sale price, so you can see how much you are saving.

Polymorphs
Players should no longer see their names change when they use a Polymorph spell.

Treasure Cards
Polymorph Treasure Cards now have level requirements and will not be received as rewards for duels.

Spells
Mildred Farseer has something interesting for you!
Helping Hands will now heal on the first round, and resurrect fallen players.

Travel
Mounts can now be used in the Spiral Chambers of Marleybone and MooShu.

Recipes
Equipment, furniture, pet snack, treasure card and transmute recipes have been added to Celestia!

Furniture
Heavy Dining Table can be placed in more locations now.

Reagents
Sandstone and Sunstone can now be found on bosses in The Solar District and the Trial of the Spheres.  

The one of those that excites me most is the 'Helping Hand' spell change. As all my fellow sorcerers out there know, when you cast the spell, it would heal the next round, not on the round casted. Also, you were able to cast on fallen players, but since it healed the next round, it would disappear before then and do nothing. But, now with this update, I'll finally be able to heal a significant amount without treasures or amulets. (I do have an amulet with a Seraph and Satyr on it. Just can't equip it yet. It's level 56, and I'm like 52.) So that's really cool.

Polymorphs. We won't get to see Arlen as [Can't remember. Need to check picture] anymore.

[PICTURE HERE!]

Celestian furniture! Huge deal with that! So pumped! I can make the main room of my house a sick Celestian room now! I love it. 

Level requirements for polymorphs! So awesome! Now we don't have to deal with those crazy kids running around PvP with 9 billion health. (I've never actually seen that happen, I'm just assuming it did.)

'The Final Countdown' can now be solo-ed. I'm not sure how I feel about that. I mean, a huge part of the "Malistaire's Lair" event of the game was getting together with your friends and banning together to fight this huge powerful wizard boss. But, now that it's not required. I don't know if that takes away some of the significance of that battle. I mean, sure, it will be a huge challenge to solo and I'm sure some players were itching for that to be possible, but I'm not sure. Let me know what you guys think.

Oh, before I forget. I can't post any pictures yet, so just be patient. I got a new computer for Christmas and all my files haven't been transferred over yet, so I can't really post any of the pictures that I have locked up in the Picture Vault, just yet.

And by one vote. The song choice for my Wizard101 Celestia music video will be:

[Drumroll Troll]

The Saltwater Room by Owl City.

Great choice, everyone.

Here's the runners up and the song:


Under The Sea - The Little Mermaid - 2 votes
Umbrella Beach - Owl City - 2 votes
Everything Is Not What It Seems - Selena Gomez - 1 vote
Magical - Selena Gomez - 1 vote
Magic Carpet Ride - KSM - 1 vote
Magic - Selena Gomez - 1 vote


The following songs received no votes:


Part of Your World (Little Mermaid) - Miley Cyrus
Part of Your World (Little Mermaid) - Jessica Simpson
Part of Your World (Little Mermaid) - Skye Sweetnam
Bottom of The Ocean - Miley Cyrus
Magic - Honor Society
Magic - Meaghan Martin
Strange Magic - Steve Rushton
Disappear - Selena Gomez
You Can Do Magic - Drew Seeley
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - Mitchell Musso
Some Call It Magic - Raven Symoné






I will be using the 'Ocean Eyes' version, just because that's the one that I have. (If you guys would rather me use the 'Maybe I'm Dreaming' version, just let me know, and I can do that instead.)

I will be needing two singers for the video. (And a few dancers. About 5.) I'll get 3 understudies for dancing / singing because as we all know, time gets in the way 99% of the time.

So. If you want to enter in the contest. Just post a comment in this post. and the next post I will make which will be all about the video. Thanks. :)

(As always, click to make the pictures bigger.)

Happy Gaming

The Spiral Is Blossoming

Friendly is proven correct once again. We are coming out with a new expansion VERY soon. GARDENING! We will now be able to have items that allow us to harvest reagents, treasure cards, pet snacks, and other helpful items directly from our home! (It will cost energy to cast gardening spells. This is drawn from our pet energy globe.) Sounds really fun! (There is no official press announcement on this feature just yet, so when W101 tells us about it expect something from me.)


Here's a picture from Paige Moonshade:

And a good post from Tipa.
Another addition to the update will be Celestian Furniture, such as this Brain Coral from Selenor,

Yeah, when I herd that I thought of that Spongebob episode too.

http://www.spike.com/video/spongebob/2773872 (I couldn't find a clip of it. Skip to around 9:25.)

and there's this Solar Icon (which I absolutely love!) from Mirthraya.

There are also going to be furniture salesman in the Base Camp.

I'll keep you guys updated on these 2 great new additions to the Spiral. They are both available in the Test Realm currently. (Even though it says it's closed.)

Enjoy.

Happy Gaming

100th Post and My Birthday

Hey guys, as you can probably tell, this is my 100th post. It seems like it's only been a few post that I've done. Haha. I really want to thank all my readers for making this possible for me. I really appreciate all of you. (Even the ones that aren't in the Follower Box over there in the sidebar.) I love you all so much and I just wanna say thank you.


The big news is that it was my birthday yesterday. I got a ton of loving messages from you all on my facebook page. Thank you guys SO much! So, now that I'm officially 15, I don't really feel all that different. Another important occasion is that it's been officially 1 year that I've been on Wizard101. It doesn't seem all that long ago that I was working out Emily and Dakota's argument on Triton Avenue. I can't believe it's been that long since I was a little lvl 1. Level 52 now. Man, time flies. I've had a wonderful experience with all of you bloggers, fans, and friends. You're all amazing. The Wizard101 community truly is magical.


Now enough about me. ;D We've been given the FINAL CELESTIA WALLPAPER! Yeah, that's right. Here it is.

So we've been given Cuthalla, a Seahorse mount and in the center, Thurston Plunkett? But I thought he was a fat dog, or a frog? Hmm... (if that's not Thurston please let me know. I haven't gotten that far in CL yet. ;D)

In fact the other day I fought our two friends here. (By porting of course.)

Yeah, I love that little guy.^ So cute! :3

(Clicky Make Biggy^)

Also. Monthly Poll. Yeah, I've just been so busy. I hate to say that. I love playing W101 and being able to let you know what's going on in my life. It's been a huge pain to not be able to blog lately.

So, results from October's poll.

Drumroll Troll?

The question was: Would you like to star in a Wizard101 music video by Blaze.

Our answers were as follows:

1. Of course! Blaze is awesome! - 85% (6 votes)
2. No thanks... - 14% (1 vote)
3. Maybe - 0% (No votes)

Only 7 votes? Come on guys. The popularity of my blog has gone down a lot lately. I don't know if it's just that school is going on. (I've only been doing this for a short time, now.) If any bloggers have comments on that please just let me know in the comments section of this post. Thanks :)

And this month's poll:

What song would you like Blaze to use for the music video?

Here's the song, the artist, and how many people would be needed for the video. I tried to pick songs that had something to do with water, or magic in general.

• Under The Sea - The Little Mermaid - 10 people
• Part of Your World - The Little Mermaid (Miley Cyrus) - 1 person
• Part of Your World (Jessica Simpson) - 1 person
• Part of Your World (Skye Sweetnam) - 1 person
• Bottom of The Ocean - Miley Cyrus - 1 person
• Magic - Honor Society (Wizards of Waverly Place Soundtrack) - 2 people
• Magic - Meaghan Martin (WoWP Soundtrack) - 1 person
• Magic - Selena Gomez (WoWP Soundtrack) - 1 person
• Magic Carpet Ride - KSM (WoWP Soundtrack) - 4 people
• Magical - Selena Gomez (WoWP Soundtrack) - 1 person
• The Saltwater Room - Owl City - 2 people
• Strange Magic - Steve Rushton (WoWP Soundtrack) - 2 people
• Disappear - Selena Gomez (WoWP Soundtrack) - 1 person
• You Can Do Magic - Drew Seeley - 2 people
• Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - Mitchell Musso (WoWP Soundtrack) - 2 people
• Some Call It Magic - Raven Symoné (WoWP Soundtrack) - 3 people
• Everything Is Not What It Seems - Selena Gomez (WoWP Soundtrack) - 1 person
• Umbrella Beach - Owl City - 1 person

I think the Saltwater Room would do nicely. But vote for what you think would be best.

Ok, so the thing I've been putting off for months now, Elik's Bazaar Monthly Housing Item (or whatever the heckhound I called it) is going to be put off ONE MORE POST. I swear this time. :) I just need to film me showing off the items for the next few ones and I'll be all set.

Alright. Thanks once again for being here for me.

Happy Gaming


[Edited Voki]

Veterans' Day

Hi everyone. Sorry I've been so sparse with my posts lately. I feel like I'm letting you all down.


But that's not what's important today. Today we honor those who have served in the Air Force, Navy, Marines, and the Army. Those, who have defended the country against violence and provided us with our rights. Thank you.


I'd like to share this video with all of those who have a loved one over seas right now.





Thank you're loved ones for risking their lives and making the ultimate sacrifice of leaving their family and friends to serve their country. The best gift that you can give them back is to let you know you love them and everything is ok.


Here's another great video from the Hannah Montana Forever episode where Miley gives back to the troops and realizes how lucky she is to have her family with her.





In honor of the US troops, Wizard101 is giving out a Valor Statue to every account that logs in until the 14th at 11:59pm Central U.S. time.

Thank you to all our armed forces. Take care.

Happy Gaming

Celestia. For Real This Time.

I can't believe it either. We've known about Celestia for 6 worlds now.


x Dramatic Montage x

Awww! Look at me in my Krokotopia rope, with my Pinapple Wand (as some kid I was friends with for a while called it,) and my Cowl of Comparison. I wore that hat all the way through Lvl 45. I loved that hat. I couldn't bring myself to sell it due to all the good memories stored within it's orange and blue stitches. I have it in my Bank. 


Now, I know what you're probably wondering. "Blaze, why did you wear that Lvl 5 hat to such a high Lvl? Well Inquiring Reader, I could never find a hat with good stats that I liked the look of. (Looks are important to me in the world of Wizard101 clothing. ;D)


Anyway. We're now at the point where our dreams and fan fictions and theorycrafting comes to the game.


Celestia is going live.


When? Tomorrow, Wednesday, October 27th, 2010.


A huge day in Wizard History. The day Headmaster Merle Ambrose repairs the key we recovered so long ago from Estrakir Gloomthorn (grumble grumble,) and allows us access into the underwater utopia that is Celestia.


Let's just do a re-cap shall we?


Here's our new storyline:


Long ago, the Astral Wizards of Celestia created powerful magic using the energy of the Stars, the Moon, and the Sun. The sorceress, Morganthe, the Queen of the Shadow Web, wanted the secrets of the Celestian magic at... all costs. The Celestians refused her, so she raised a dark army and sent it against Celestia. After decades of battle, the Astral Wizards realized their world would fall. They summoned the Storm Titan to defeat Morganthe’s legions and to take their world to a place of safety. 

The Storm Titan betrayed the Celestians by sinking their world beneath the waves along with Morganthe’s invading forces. Realizing they were doomed, the Celestians raised mighty domes to protect some of their treasured city from the waves, though it was too late! They perished along with Morganthe's invading army. Celestia was lost to the Spiral, its Spiral Door closed forever. 

Centuries later, a team of brave explorers from the Spiral Geographic Society, led by Sir Thurston Plunkett, re-discovered Celestia. They landed with an air-ship, and built exploratory undersea domes to explore Celestia’s ruins. Plunkett and his fellow explorers soon realized that Celestia was now inhabited by a strange new culture... the Crustacean Empire. Unfortunately, the explorers did not come alone to Celestia. Morganthe’s followers, the Shadow Weavers, stand ready to take Celestia’s magic for their Queen. 

After receiving the Spiral Geographic Society’s distress call, Headmaster Merle Ambrose, of the Ravenwood School for Magic, seeks any young Wizards brave enough to journey to the undersea world of Celestia, and discover the secrets of it's lost magic. 

What will they find there?


Crazy, I know. I can't wait!

And after many reveals (14 in fact,) we have this.

We've learned our new Lvl 58 spells (Efreet, Snow Angel, Leviathan, Medusa, Forest Lord, Skeletal 
Dragon, and Ra.)


We've even gotten new items and mounts and pets. The Crabling, the Gobbler, the Shark Mount, 
The Celestian Trident and Sword, and even Arlen Dawneye's Wayfinder Gear.


And coming November 1st. We will get an insane new gift card.

This EPIC $39 gift card will include:

• 1 Month Subscription OR 5,000 Crowns
• Fantasy Palace Castle
• Additional Castle Space Elixir
• Minigame Kiosk Housing Item
• Gryphon Mount
• Ancient Spear of Power
• Epic Clothing Set
• Mystery Dueling Pet

I know. Amazing. But what exactly is a Fantasy Palace Castle? Let me show you.

That's a nice walkthrough of it by Friendly.


As requested by Autumnal Dusk from Homework in a Graveyard, we now have our:

Nice job, Autumn!


I'm personally psyched for this castle. It's SO huge! And with all those secret passageways and space, I could just spend my entire life decorating and hanging out there.


And a Minigame kiosk too? You'll never have to leave your house!

There's Friendly next to the Kiosk on his Gryphon mount. (Yes it still gives +40% Speed boost, unlike the white and black striped cat for charity that only gave +20% at the same price. [Someone remind me of it's name.])


"But, Blaze, what's an Epic Clothing gear?"


Well, it's a clothing set that comes with amazing cards. But, you can CHOOSE what level the gear is (this will also change what cards and stats come with it.) What's cool about it, is that it looks like Warlord gear. What is kind of sucky about it is that you can't change what level it is after you've selected it the first time. (In other words, just get the Lvl 50.)

That's the Mystery Dueling pet that Friendly got. We're not sure of the specifics of the pets just yet.


But what about the Ancient Spear of Power?


Best. Wand. Ever.


It gives a 110 wand hit card FROM EACH SCHOOL!

It really seems like an amazing gift card. It's going to be sold ONLY AT GAMESTOP. So be sure to make your Christmas lists early because they will go off the shelves FAST!


Also, I made a Halloween video, but I haven't quite finished putting it together yet, so next post I can put that up for you.


Also, you may have noticed my new Voki on the sidebar. Should be to your left right about now. I'm going to use that to make quick little updates. Check it out right now. (Click the little play button in the bottom left corner of it.)


Anyway, Celestia is coming out tomorrow and I'm pretty psyched. ;D

The bosses will now cheat. They will start with Power Pips. They have enormous amounts of health. The bosses and enemies here are far more powerful than we can ever imagine. The journey ahead is a long one, but we, the Wizards of Ravenwood School of Magical Arts, can handle whatever swims our way.


Happy Gaming