Happy 6th Birthday edwardlifegem.com!

Hi there!

It's a special day! It's Around the Spiral with Edward Lifegem's 6th Birthday! I created this website six years ago on May 10th, 2010. I still can't believe it's been that long ago. I still feel like I just joined the community and started making posts about Wizard101 (and two years later about Pirate101).

Many of you know that I created my website with Mary Dreamshade, from The Pie Loving Necromancer. A few wizards that been in the community for awhile might know who I'm talking about. Mary's website is not longer active, but I'll never forget when we created our websites together! The Friendly Necromancer (now our W101 & P101 community manager with Leala) was the reason I was inspired to create a website with memories. Tom was only blogging for about two years when I found his website, but I loved reading his posts. Speaking of Tom and Leala, I want to thank them for giving me a chance as a Pirate101 Fansite owner. I'm not bragging at all, but I'll always be thankful even if I wasn't anymore. My goal has been and always will be to bring this community together and I will continue doing that. Anyways, a year after I found Tom's website, I was actually truly introduced to the community about a year later during a few parties: Ravenwood Radio aftershow afterparties, Fallon Moongem's Birthday party, and of course the 1st Annual Diary of a Wizard Ravenwood Ball. I wish I knew how to take screenshots at the times so I could share it with you, but I had no idea. I love sharing the memories on this website so I can remember and you can see what it was like in the olden days (otherwise known as 2009 and 2010 LOL).

I always do a little history lesson about this website on my website's Birthday. So I'll answer a question that one of you might have asked yourself. Why is my website named Around the Spiral with Edward Lifegem? "Around the Spiral with Edward Lifegem" is a name that I later thought of after questing a lot on my life wizard when I first created him just over five years ago. Before Edward Lifegem, my blog was named Wizard101 and The Life of an Ice Wizard. I'm glad I decided to change the names, but everyone starts off somewhere right? :) I still feel new and I'm learning something every day on this website. I can always go back and read through the best times, or rough times. This blog has a lot of memories, well over one thousand memories. These memories are very special to me and I'm glad I can share them with all of you. I'm very thankful for each and every one of you and I want to thank you all for all of your support over the last six years, last month, day or even if you just found my website today. I'm not quitting anytime soon, I just wasn't able to make a special post last year. Here's to another special year! Thank you all for dealing with my sometimes weird posts. Now... it looks like it's time to make another hit 1 million views, make many new friends at events this next year, and of course continue making new memories on this website. This website is not just mine, it's also yours! :) Thank you again. HAPPY 6TH BIRTHDAY!!!

A special shoutout to Patrick Waterslinger for making this header for me! :)

Edward Lifegem's Valencia Part 2 Teaser!

Ahoy Pirates!

Kingsisle recently emailed me with an exclusive Pirate101 Valencia Part 2 Teaser! Each fansite will share one unique image of the new world that will be released on Pirate101, so make sure to check those out too. :D Maybe my image is an image of a dungeon? Or a place that contains all of the secrets of the Skyways.. Who knows. I guess we'll have to test that on the Test Realm that will be released soon! Make sure to check out the official Pirate101 Social Media for more information about Valencia Part 2 that is planned to be released this Summer. :)

New Pirate101 Concept Art!

Ahoy Pirates!

I hope you've taken enough time to enter my Pirate101 Raffle! You will want to enter it after viewing new concept art of a new Skyway in Valencia Part 2, the Calabria Skyway! I'm going to type a lot now so those who don't want to view the art early won't have to look at it. :P Are you excited about Valencia Part 2? I have a feeling that this world is only the start of our new adventures. The end of an Arc only means that we will only get answers that we had in Arc One. Arc Two will be different (I'm sure the many questions that we'll have to have answered - as Leah Ruben said in the recent Producer's Letter). I would get your memberships ready (and enter Fansite Contests to win Crowns) because this world is going to be released SOON. I hope you're ready, I know I am!

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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