The Ending Of Bullying

Hi there,

Today, I want to talk about a very serious topic, called bullying. Unfortunately, I'm sure you've heard this many times. You may have heard this term from school or even online here in the Wizard101/Pirate101 community. This post is meant to be informative so everyone in our gaming community can understand how bullying affects not only the a person who is bullied but also the person who bullies someone. Let's first go over a few terms before I talk more about how we can stop bullying.

What Is Bullying?

Bullying: occurs when you someone tries to embarrass, control or psychically hurt someone. Name calling, making threats, spreading rumors, or excluding someone from a group on purpose are all forms of bullying. These forms can be placed into three types of bullying:

Social Bullying: 

involves hurting someone's reputation or relationships.

Examples: Spreading rumors about people, excluding them from a group, telling people not to be friends with that person, and embarrassing someone in public.

Physical Bullying: 

involves hurting somebody's body or possessions.

Examples:  Hitting, Kicking, Punching, Tripping, Spitting, Taking or breaking somebody's things, making mean or rude hand gestures.

Verbal Bullying:

saying or writing mean things.

Examples: Teasing, Name-calling, Taunting, Threatening to Cause Harm, Inappropriate Sexual comments.

Cyberbullying: a form of bullying that occurs when someone uses technology (Computers, Cell Phones, Tablets, etc) to bully and harass somebody. Even though it's not in person, Cyber Bullying has the same effects as Bullying. Cyberbullying includes two types of bullying, Social and Verbal bullying.

Trolling: a form of bullying involves provoking people to get an emotional response. This is similar to Cyberbullying because people also use technology to troll. Cyberbullying falls into the Social and Verbal bullying category.

Mobbing: is another form of bullying which a group people who bully an individual. An example of mobbing is getting people together to bully one person by saying mean things to and about a person, spreading rumors, and more. This is another serious type of bullying, but it can take place online and offline. This type of bullying can be placed into all three types of bullying, Social, Physical, and Verbal Bullying.




The Effects of Bullying

Bullying can have such a wide-range of negative effects for both the person who was bullied and the person who bullied someone. Each is negative and there is only one way to prevent these negative effects. I decided to list all of the ways bullying can effect a human being.. I am being honest with everyone here so you know how serious this actually is.


Someone Who Bullied Someone
Let me start with saying you matter! If you've bullied someone or have bullied someone, please stop now. Your life also matters! You're only human and we all do make mistakes. It's okay to admit to your mistakes and try to do better. If you are suffering from addictions or have abused. Please know that it's okay that it's okay that you ask for help. We will stand by you to not bully anyone and try your best to be kind to others. When you notice it, we have to stand together to put the end of all bullying. There are people here for you, but it's good to know that bullying of any form is not okay. If you've bullied someone, that does not make you a bad person. You're only human and we all make mistakes. If you notice that mistake, that's good because you can also stand up against bullying with many others that do. You'll be able to show the world that you're also against it, and plan to help others realize that bullying someone is not okay.

If you see somebody bullying someone, that doesn't make them a bad person, it only makes them a human that makes mistakes, just like the rest of us. They belong and deserve the same amount of respect, compassion, and love as anybody else. But it's good to make them aware of what bullying is - so we can put bullying to an end together.


Someone Who's Bullied
- Depression, Anxiety, Sadness/Loneliness, Changes in Sleep and Eating Patterns, Loss of Interest in Activities that they enjoy, Health Complaints, Decrease in Grades.

And Potentially Suicide.

There have been many suicide victims out there from bullying, online and offline. I want everyone to know that YOU Matter! We care about you and if you're feeling this way, know that you are not alone. There are people who care about you. Don't be afraid to ask for help. Help is always out there. You're not crazy for wanting help - you're only human! That's normal to feel the way you do. But always know that someone will stand up for you, even if all hope seems lost.

National Suicide Prevention Hotline #: 

1-800-273-8255

Standing Up To Bullying

Discussion is needed to show that bullying is not tolerated. We want to be friends with everyone, not exclude anyone because we don't like them or even if they were bullying someone. I decided to come up with a few steps of my own to share with you all and many videos and important links I'd love for everyone to visit. Please watch the videos and read this articles. Everything above that I posted is actually factual information from the StopBullying.Gov website. This is a serious issue and we all have to stand up against any type of bullying.


What should you do if you see someone being bullied?

School: Stand up for them and tell a teacher or any adult right away!

Online: Stand up for them! If it gets too serious, such as leaking of personal information or threats, contact the authorities. There are laws in some states against Cyberbullying. Standing up can mean a lot to both the Person bullied and the person who bullied.

If I bullied someone in the past, but I see someone being bullied, is it okay to stand up for the victim?

YES. Stand up for anyone being bullied. If you bullied someone in the past and regret it, it's never ever too late to stand up for people who are being bullied. You don't have to fight - all you have to do is say that it's wrong to bully anyone and that you'll be there for them. At the end of the day, we're all human.

Why should I stand up against bullying?

Put yourself in somebody else's shoes. Also treat others the way you want to be treated. Bullying is a serious issue. It's not easy for victims (or even people who bullied someone after they realize what they've done wrong) when they are bullied. You should stand up against bullying not only because it's the right thing to do, but because you would want someone to stand up for you if you were bullied. Everybody has the same chance of being bullied by somebody. You might not believe it now, but you also have a chance. And it's not right at all. Bullying needs to end. And we must stand together, against all forms of bullying.

Important Links

StopBullying.Gov

http://www.thebullyproject.com/

http://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

http://www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/

http://www.pacerkidsagainstbullying.org/kab/

There are many great websites out there that help try to make everyone aware of what bullying is. This post is meant to make everyone aware of what bullying is and what we can do, together, to put an end to all bullying, whether it's in the Wizard101 and Pirate101 community or even in real life. If people are made aware of what bullying is, they'll see that they won't like it if they were the ones being bullied by others. Bullying someone puts a person in the same boat because it doesn't make anyone feel good. We're all equal. We have to stand up against bullying of all kinds. Stand with everyone, now, to show everyone that you will stand with anyone being bullied online or offline. We should all stand together, people bullying others and those being bullied, to make everyone aware of how it affects everyone's life in a negative way. I hope this post helped a little bit. Please reread it when you get a chance. I still didn't post everything, but I invite you to visit the few of many websites above to read more. 

Around The World in 80 Days!

Hi there!

Today I decided to stop blogging about Wizard101 and Pirate101 to start a new adventure by visiting every country in the world! I plan on completing that adventure in 80 days. I wish I could visit New York City around Christmas instead, but today was a special day to decide my future.. So, you all already know me by now and know what this is! I can't trick you all now like I could say four years ago. You know I'm here to stay for a long time and I hope you all enjoy my new posts and events this year.

• Travel To UK: I always wanted to travel there. There's a difference between a joke and really wanting to travel somewhere!
• Travel To WC and SI: I will probably travel there by getting on the game sometime and just running around. Maybe visit Merle and Avery to wish him a great day!

Other than that. I hope you all enjoyed this post. I'll be sure to send postcards! You know, the ones that don't exist. See you all later! It's been great and I hope to return one day in the future, specifically the next time I make a new post which won't be long from now. Bye!

If it wasn't obvious by now.. APRIL FOOLS :P

Pirate101: Fansite Festival NXP Event (Next Saturday)

Ahoy Pirates!

No, this isn't an early April Fool's joke. Autumn invited me to cohost a special event for the Fansite Festival! We are going to have our event on Pirate101, since Wizard101 has had a lot of love recently with all recent events. I think its about time Pirates have fun too, right? :D If you would like to attend this Nautical Leveling event, keep reading this post for all important information!

When?

TODAY
2:00 pm CST  /  3:00 pm EST

Where?

Meetup in Avery's Court.

One Eyed Jack Realm

We'll then teleport everyone to Calabria Skyway in Valencia.

Hosts

Autumn Walker

 (Secrets of the Spiral)

Edward

 (What's the name of this website again?)

If you would like anymore information, please click HERE to read Autumn's post. We hope to see you all there. A Special Shoutout to the creators of Fansite Festival for this so Autumn and many other hosts to throw their own parties, not just on Pirate101, but also Wizard101, all on Saturday, April 8th. Please visit their website by clicking on this link: http://fansitefestival.com/. 

Wizard101: Easter Bunny Run Recap!

Hello Wizards!

I hope you're having an awesome Wednesday! I've been busy, but I finally have time to make a post I've been wanting to make for many months.. The Easter Bunny Run 2017 Recap Post! :D Let me start off by thanking my awesome cohosts: Autumn Dreamwalker, Frostcaller, and Michael Frost, for all that they did to help prepare this event for the community. This event took a lot of time to plan, but we were still able to have it for everyone! I decided to recap everything that we did, and thank all of the youtubers and streamers for their hard work as well.

The Early Crowd

I woke up early on Saturday, and as soon as I woke up, I knew I wanted to log on to see the earlybirds. Around 7:00 am CST (7 hours before the event would officially start), there were already a few pretty awesome wizards on the game. They were excited and ready for the event to start! I really do appreciate their dedication for this community and our events. Remember that I have these for you to have fun, and I really do appreciate all of your support that you all have shown me during past events as well. Thank you all for attending early: Abigail, Jordan, Esmee, Antonio, Catherine, Edward, and Angela are just a few names to announce. I'm sorry if I forgot your name! I had a busy week, and I was planning on making this post on Sunday, but I still thank ALL of you for your support. :D You're amazing wizards and I'm extremely thankful you're part of this awesome community.

BUNNIES TAKE OVER (10:00 am-2:00pm)

Around 10:00 am more wizards (or bunnies) started to show up. I was also tweeting all day about the event to remind everyone who might have forgot that everyone was welcome to attend. Here's something funny.. I told everyone I was planning on taking a break and not really talking much for about an hour and I was only gone for about 30 minutes! Now, most of you already know I love trying to speak with everyone that attends our events, so I wanted to stay on and talk to everybody. It was great speaking with everyone, and I'm so glad some of you stayed for countless hours to speak with me. 

Around 1:00 pm, Area One was full and there were nearly four or five other areas for a total of 6 areas. It was great talking to each other, but we were ready for the Bunny Run and the afterparty! Or maybe I was? Okay.. I think we all were, but maybe some wanted to talk a bit. Anyway, I had everyone line up around the pond in Area One. About 30 minutes after everyone lined up, I took a short little video (below), of everyone and asked everyone to say hello. I had to have a little memory on my channel of this event, since it was awesome!

The Bunny Run 2017 (3:00-3:30 pm)

At 3:00 pm, we were ready for the Easter Bunny Run! There were 7 or 8 different areas, so a lot of wizards were ready. We all lined up on Rainbow Bridge to get ready for the Bunny Run route (from a video that I posted a few months before - remember to watch those so you know where to run), and we were hopping to get ready to run. We were so ready for this! I was also in the process of watching HeatherTheWizard's Twitch stream and it seemed that Heather and Val were also excited for it to start! And I'm super glad you all could make it to this event. I really do thank Heather and Val for spreading news on their twitch stream about our event - and that the community could attend. No matter our differences. We counted down from an hour, to minutes, to seconds and we were ready to GO! 

After Party and After After Party

After the Bunny Run in the commons, we were able to teleport everyone to the after party, thanks to the portbus wizards. We first teleported to my dorm room, which became packed with wizards and a ton of school symbol fireworks! Everyone had a choice between two houses, a PvP/Gauntlet House (Sultan's Palace) or a Housing Game House (Darkmoor Manor). We also teleported wizards/bunnies to Autumn's Celestial Observatory - an amazingly decorated Celestial theme house, and Frostcaller's Botanical Gardens - which is an awesome Harry Potter themed house. 

I don't talk about attendance always, but you really wouldn't believe how many wizards/bunnies attended this event unless you were there.There were hundreds of wizards and I'm so glad they were able to make it. I only hope everyone had fun at this event and enjoyed the code giveaways (I still wasn't able to giveaway all codes for that or announce winners - but I plan to on Friday for announcement of winners and new contest announcements). I don't always have code giveaways, but I really do thank KI for supplying codes to giveaway as well. I also bought gift cards to giveaway during Heather's awesome stream and at the event. There are a few things I'd change, but there's always room for improvement as time goes on. I'm still new at this! :P I am so glad you all were able to make it to the party.. But it wasn't over... yet!

After the Afterparty, we had an After After Party! We did another run on the same route as the Bunny Run, but we used our favorite mounts. There were some bunnies driving, so... And a few of them were talking as well! You might not believe it, but, I promise, it happened! I was able to give away one more card on Heather's stream for the night by playing hide and seek, and may I say, I hid well on my second try. The first try! Wow, I kinda got scared since so many found me in a spot I didn't think they would be able to find me, but it was still a lot of fun. And yes, that's a bunny right in front of my wizard. LOL. I couldn't believe they found me so fast. It looks like they're good at playing hide and seek! 

I thank each and everyone of you for attending this event. I really have these events for you, the community, and I want all of you to know that with each event in the future, all are welcome to attend. I will always try to improve as much as I can for each future event. I'm also always going to work as hard as I can for you so you enjoy these events. I'm thankful for this community and I truly hope you enjoyed the event as much as I did! I added all of the recorded youtube videos of the event from truly awesome YouTubers out there. Please click on their names (above the video) to check our their channels. (Special Shoutout: to Heather and Val for streaming the entire Bunny Run. You guys rock! Glad you could make it and I hope to see you and all of your awesome fans at our future events).

Special Recap Videos - Please Subscribe and Like Their Videos!

Kristen Is Wild

Angela Gem Gaming and BlazePlays

Esmee (Broxeon)

MeganSaysMeow

HeatherTheWizard

TheCoolGirlsCollab

Tyler Goldengem

WhiteTiger93

I would like to thank all of you for attending and or supporting this event and recording/helping out. I love having these for you, and with your help, we can make the community the best place ever! We're bringing the community back TOGETHER, and that was the plan for events before this and all of the events in the future. I would also like to thank our awesome Community Manager, Tom Purdue/Kingsisle for their support for these events. I hope you all are looking forward to the next major event, THE SANTA RUN in July. I was thinking I wouldn't give a date, but.. since I really want to, I will. The Santa Run is planned for July for sure, but the official date for now is...

SATURDAY, JULY 15th

I hope to see you all at this event. We'll continue having fun and bringing the community together for as long as the game lasts. Get your Santa Outfits ready... And I hope you all have an amazing Easter. Thank You, Jesus! Okay, I'm going to leave now.. Don't know why you all would want to keep reading. Stop reading! You're making me want to type more........ Okay.... gooooodbyeeeee. Yeah, I'm leaving now. Haha. Thank you al for reading and until next time.. I'll see you around the Spiral!

Dancing Bunny!

Wizard101 Events For The Community

Hello Wizards.

I think it was a good idea to make this post before I make the recap post about the Bunny Run that occurred yesterday. Yesterday was such a great day, and I'm glad all of you were able to attend the Bunny Run. It really does take a lot of work to put events like this together so they run smoothly, but, I still enjoy hosting these events. I want to talk a little bit about the purpose of these events, and what it takes to get them to run.

It Takes Time

It takes a lot of time to get events like this together. Here's a full list of everything that we, the hosts, have done, to prepare for each event, not just the Bunny Run, all of them. Even with real life in the way even more this event, we made sure we were able to do the following:

• Figure out a perfect day to have the event (since I'm a college student).

• Get houses ready by decorating. 

• Make sure all of the amazing cohosts (Autumn, Frostcaller, and Michael) are still able to attend these events.

• Make video guides, and make sure everyone looks at that guide.

• Try to find help for port wizards to teleport everyone to the afterparty.

• Make Blog Posts about the event.

• Have code giveaways - and announce the winners (which does take time).

• Announce the event on every social media platform, sometimes everyday. 

• Make sure everyone knows where to meetup on the day.

• Get everyone to the party, and try not to leave anyone behind.

• Have more giveaways on the game.

• Make sure everyone knows what's happening by telling everyone at the events at all houses.

And much more. It really takes a lot of time to get events like this ready. We had many show up, so it made it a little tougher than usual, but I still hope everyone had fun.

Sometimes It Costs Money

True story. It does sometimes cost money to have events like this. I am not doing this to pay people to come to our events (otherwise I would have announced the $10 code giveaways all over - and I only announced it a few places). 

I gave away $10 Wizard101 gift card codes, and still have more to giveaway within the next week, but I did pay out of my pocket as a thank you, not as a bribe. I really don't mind giving back to the community. Cohosts have also spent money out of their pocket for events like this.

Also for this contest, Autumn bought crowns to giveaway mounts and other things. That was nice of her to do that! We wanted to thank the community for all of their support for our events. We love having them, and we do care about the community. It is our choice to have giveaways, and nobody can say we can't just because. Our events = we give away what we want. ;) 

Who's Invited To These Events?

Last, but certainly, not least, I want to answer the important question in red. EVERYONE. If you feel like you're not invited to these events, you're wrong. Everyone is invited to these events. The purpose of these events will not be ruined and made into something disgusting. The purpose IS and ALWAYS WILL BE the community.

We have these events for everyone in the community. I will not exclude anybody, as long as they're nice to everyone at these events. Everyone last night was very nice, and it seems like everyone had fun. This was my goal for the events. It's really tough putting an event like this together, and unless you have, you won't and never will tell me how these events should go. This event was first announced last December on my website. I was looking forward to this event for a long time. I know we're usually busy and aren't able to talk with everyone, but I still enjoy having these for everyone.

As I've said many times in this post, it was tough having these events. It takes a lot of time to prepare for them, and most of all the busiest day is the event day itself. I'll be honest, I was online for 12 hours because I love talking with everyone in the community. Events like this make me believe the community will stick together through thick and thin. I've had events where I don't give away codes and it has the same atmosphere. A welcoming atmosphere. That's exactly why I'm proud to have events like this. We are extremely proud to have these events for every person in the Wizard101 community.

I know not everyone has supported me, even though I've shown support many times in the past, but I really don't care about support anymore. I do care that all of you had fun at this event, was able to make new friends, and talk with old friends that haven't been online in awhile. That's the reason I have events like this. It was nice seeing ALL of you at this event, and I do invite you to all future events. I invite everyone reading this post. I support everyone in this community and I do invite everyone to these events. The time and money we spend into these events, I have every right to invite who I want, and that is everyone. Thank you all for reading and I hope you enjoy my recap post later this afternoon.