Wizard101 Raffle!

Hello Wizards!

It's almost the weekend and Summer Break (at least for me). Today I checked my email and noticed that our awesome community managers sent me codes to giveaway to you! I love having Wizard101 contests, but I couldn't think of a perfect contest to have. (I need Summer Break to arrive so my brain can work outside of class again). I decided to have an old-fashioned Raffle just like I have for Pirate101 that you can view by clicking this hyperlink -> Pirate101. By the way, did you know that my website's 6th Birthday is on Tuesday?! I'm planning on having an event a week or two after, just for my website, so make sure to keep reading this blog for that event! Now, here is more information about the raffle below:

• There will be NINE Crowns Code Winners. As mentioned above, please follow all of the rules. There are many different ways to enter this raffle. You can "Tweet a Message" once a day, so make sure to check back each day to tweet. Click on each entry option below for more information. Good luck everyone! If you have any questions, ask me on Twitter or my Facebook page. :)

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Pirate101 Raffle (Valencia Part Two)

Ahoy Pirates!

I hope you're having a great week. I know I'm already having a great week because our amazing community managers sent me crowns codes today to giveaway to you! :D I'm going to make this a simple contest just because Valencia Part Two is on its way to Pirate101. Follow all of the rules in the Raffle below to have a chance to win one of the following codes! I decide to include a little bit of information about two entry options below (there are two others - scroll through the Raffle to view that). There will be 9 different winners. Good luck everyone!!

• Comment Below (Mandatory): You have to comment below before you can access all of the other entry options. Click on the "Leaving a Blog Post Comment" option and follow what I want you to comment below. After you comment you can access the other entry options!
• Tweeting a Message: Click on the "Tweeting a Message" option below every day to tweet a message about these contests. Please follow the rules!

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I'm Ready For Summer & Wizard101!

Hi there!

I hope all of you having a great day. I know I am because I'm thinking about how many fun times I've had on this website. I can't believe that nearly six years ago, I created this website with Mary Dreamshade! I guess I'm shocked because it feels like it was just yesterday that I created it (it wasn't called Around the Spiral with Edward Lifegem - more like Wizard101). It turned into "The Life of an Ice Wizard" and eventually what it is today. :D I've had many moments on this website! I'm glad I can still stop here every now and then and make blog posts about the game and a few times online safety posts to keep you safe online! I wanted to make this short little post thanking all of you for your support over the past 6 years! Speaking of this website, I can't wait to get back to blogging again. The events this Summer will be a lot of fun. :) Seriously.. I'm ready to have events on the game again. I hope we can have a few contests too! I promise I'll have more Wizard101 posts soon, including a little information about a new Wizard101 event that I'm planning on hosting! I'll let you know more soon. Until then, I'll see you around the Spiral. :D

Social Media and A Note to Blog Readers

Hi there,

I wanted to make this short little blog posts to let you know that I'm no longer going to personally be on Social Media. I am going to have tweets and/or Facebook messages going out through there from now on to update everyone when I have published new blog posts. I'm also adding a new feature to this blog to let you sign up to give you alerts when I've published a new blog post, called "Follow By Email"

-- Edit --

I decided to only take a break on Twitter. I will still have the follow by email option and blog post tweets going on there. I will no longer reply to anyone or make individual tweets like I have. I will be back. I will also make sure that nobody is bullying every now and then. I can't leave and allow this to continually happen. This is much more than being offended by opinions. I love different opinions (unless they hurt somebody), but I don't like bullying at all. I made a Twitlonger explaining more. If you would like to read it. Click the link below!

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sol2hl?new_post=true

Pirate101: Valencia 2 News & Ending of Arc One

Ahoy Pirates!

I hope you're having a great Tuesday! I usually don't take time off from studying during Finals week, but I decided to take a little time off to make this post. Leah Ruben, our Wizard101 & Pirate101 Producer, announced that Valencia Part 2 would contain two chapters, five levels, contain a lot of answers to many questions we have about the Armada, and it will be the ending of Arc One.

Many are already worried that this will be the ending of Pirate101 since Arc One of Wizard101 ended at level 100 and Pirate101 was expected to last a few more books before the ending of this arc. I don't believe this is the end of Pirate101 for one simple reason. MORE QUESTIONS. If we were told all questions would be answered that would be the time I would start worrying. The quote below from Leah Ruben gives me hope that we will have an Arc 2 in Pirate101. Keep in mind that not everything in Pirate101 has to be related to what Wizard101 to continue.

"We’ll have more details as things progress, but have ever you wondered who built the Armada? Or the REAL scope of Kane’s plans? There will be answers, lots of answers, and of course, more questions too in the thrilling conclusion to the first story arc" (Leah Ruben).

The new city of Florenza, Valencia.

One thing that I was thinking is that this world will take a little bit longer with more quests. If a lot of questions are going to be answered, and maybe the experience of each quest in Valencia Part 2 is a lot lower than previous worlds? I'm ready to find out this information! This is NOT El Dorado. We have not completed the map to El Dorado. So don't worry so much. I'm pretty sure we'll have more worlds to quest through before we reach El Dorado. I don't know what Kingsisle is up to, but I do know that Pirate101 LIVES! :D If you would like to read the Producer's Letter, click this hyperlink -> HERE.