Keep Trying Or You'll Never Win.

Hi there.

For the past year or so I've noticed wizards/pirates in the community get mad at a Fansite or others because they don't get a code. There's no reason to get mad.. When I first joined this community I had to enter contests to see if I could get crowns so I could buy my next area. Sometimes I didn't win these contests and that would mean I wouldn't get to play Wizard101 as much as I wanted to since there wasn't a Pet Pavilion, Advanced Housing, Fishing, and a lot of other awesome updates KI added to the game recently. I didn't have Pirate101 to play for awhile so I was stuck in Wizard101. I didn't get mad at anyone because they won a code, I congratulated everyone and thanked the owner of the site for having the contest. If you don't win a code, that doesn't mean you have to get mad at everyone because you didn't win this code or item. Codes are only codes that you can redeem for items that you won't get to keep your entire life. Please don't get mad at anyone because you don't win an item. I know when I have contests, I appreciate those who thank me for the contests even if they don't win (and if they do win). I think it's awesome that there are wizards and pirates in the community that care. I don't like having contests. I love blogging about my wizards, pirates, ideas, online safety and any other tips I might have about the games. I also love having events but contests are becoming something I don't like having as much. This month I haven't had any contests and I think that's great only because they're not enjoyable because there are a few that get mad they don't win anything. I love giving away codes for everyone who wants to test out something on the game but I don't love giving codes to someone who only complains and wants more codes and then if they don't win another contest, complains. This counts as someone who doesn't win contests and complains because they don't win one. If you don't win one, that doesn't mean you'll never win a contest. Keep trying, if you don't try, you will truly NEVER win. If you try, you'll have a better chance of winning! That's what I'm going to leave everyone with. Thank you for reading.

Pirate101 NXP Recap + Contest Winners!

Ahoy Pirates!

Last night I had an NXP Event which was a lot of fun and I thought I'd blog about that and announce the contest winners... Should I announce the winners first or blog about what I thought about my event last night? Hmm... I think I'll blog about the contest winners! :P Ha! Oh, before I do, I want to thank all of you for coming to my event last night! I think that's the most people I've had at an NXP Event. :) Ya'll rock!!

Contest Winners-

 Had to Email the Three Keywords, Entered All in Random.Org:  Hook, Ship & Yum!

Jacob Deaththorn

Clown Fish Pet + 10,000 Crowns

Blaze Firebreath

Hammerhead Shark + 5,000 Crowns

Epic Patrick

Hammerhead Shark + 5,000 Crowns

Ian Sharp

Thresher Shark Pet + 1,500 Crowns

Miss Tech

Thresher Shark Pet + 1,500 Crowns

T Gibson

Thresher Shark Pet + 1,500 Crowns

Thank you all for entering my contest! I chose the keywords above because I wanted to name three main things that represent this game that I thought would be perfect to use for this contest. :D  If you think this is a fun contest idea, make sure to click that :D face on the reactions below so I know and I'll have another contest that's similar to this contest in the future. :) I hope you all had a great time and glad you took time out of your Saturday to come to my event! Here's hoping I have even more fun events in the future... :D Here's a few pictures of the event that I thought I'd share with you all. :D 

- Thank you again for showing up! I had a lot of fun and hope you did too. :)

Pirate101 NXP Event/ Contest!

Ahoy Pirates,

Apologies for not posting as much lately! I've been sick and haven't had time to level on Pirate101. I do have a way to make that up to you. I am going to have a Pirate101 NXP Event this Saturday! If you show up to my event, you'll have a chance to win a code. If you would like more info. about this, keep reading!

• Pirate101 Event/ Contest: Show up to my NXP event to level your nautical level as much as you can and also have a chance to win a code at a later time. To win this code, you have to stay at least 30 minutes at my NXP event. I will type three keywords within the event: One Keyword at the five minute mark of the event, another at the 20 minute mark of the event and the last keyword at the 30 minute mark of the event. You have to show up at first to hear the first keyword. If you have text chat you will be able to see these keywords! 
• Event Starts Saturday & Contest Ends Sunday: My event will start at 5:00 P.M. CST this Saturday, June 28th. We'll be meeting up in One-Eyed Jack Realm in Avery's Court. Please meet up before 5:00 P.M. CST so you hear the first keyword five minutes after the event starts. I will port everyone to Archaen Skyway, Aquila so we can fight Captain Spartacos along with surrounding ships to nautical as much as we can. Don't forget, I will be typing out three keywords during this event... keep reading for more information about that..
• Keywords, Email, Winners Announced Sunday: During this event, I will be typing three words at 5:05, 5:20 and 5:30 CST. Make sure you're at the event to read the keywords and once I type them, write them down because you'll have to email me with the three keywords you see. Email: edwardfrostgem@gmail.com and be entered to win one of six prizes by random.org: Clowns Fish Pet + 10,000 Crowns, Two Hammerhead Shark + 5,000 Crowns (one code per person), Three Thresher Shark Pets (one code per person). This contest will end at 12:00 P.M. CST Sunday and I will email the winners shortly after and make a blog post of the events and winners.

If you didn't want to read that (I don't either ;D), contest starts Saturday at 5:00 P.M. CST along with event, meetup in One-Eyed Jack Realm in Avery's Court where you add Edward my Witchdoctor, write down the keywords I type during the event, email the keywords to my email, contest ends at 12:00 P.M. CST Sunday so make sure you email the words before that time. Thanks for reading and I hope to see you at my event!

If you have any questions, comment below!

My 1,000th Blog Post!

Hi There!

This is my 1000th blog post I made on this site! I can't believe I've made 1,000 posts on this blog. When I first created this blog in 2010 I thought I'd at least make 100 posts but the extra zero at the end makes it crazy AND awesome! There's really no words because I'm still shocked this is my 1000th post and I'm going to hit that publish button the 1000th time. LOL I mean... 1,000?!?! WOW.. I bet you all can't even count how many times I say 1,000... 1,000... 1,000!! Okay I'm done, maybe..... :P Anyways, I want to thank all of you for reading this blog. It really means a lot that you take time out of your day to read my blog posts that are crazy, random, weird, awesome, exciting, boring, or a post like this that might be all of the above.. Well excluding boring! Seriously though... I really don't know what to type up and that's probably why I'm using a lot of dots to make this post look like a longer post than it really is. :D THANK YOU!!! I love blogging about the games we all love and making posts for you all to read about my gaming experience. I would also like to thank Kingsisle for making the awesome games Wizard101 and Pirate101 because they are my favorite games and probably the only games I play. If you would have ask me on Wizard101 4-5 years ago if I would blog about the game, I'd probably ask you what a blog was... LOL. Now that I know what a blog is and I have my two favorite games, Kingsisle and this wonderful community of friends. I don't think I'll ever stop blogging which is great! I know there will be times that I won't be able to blog because I'll start college soon but I do know I will blog until I at least hit 2,000, 3,000, 4,000... 5,000; whatever I hit I know it'll be a lot of fun because I don't think I'll ever want to stop blogging, 1,000 posts, haha.. I lied. Anyways, I decided to have a small email contests just for my 1,000th blog post for 1,000 crowns for BOTH Wizards and Pirates! :D Keep reading for more information...

• Email Me One Blog Post You Love/Remember: I would like both wizards and pirates to email a link of one of their favorite blog posts they remember reading + if they are a wizard or pirate included in the email (if you don't tell me if you're a wizard or pirate, you won't be entered in a contest) Please only enter once so everyone has a chance to win. I'll be giving away two 1,000 crown codes to pirates and two 1,000 codes to wizards at random. I will email you if you win and this contest ENDS TODAY June 12th at 6:00 P.M. CST. Make sure you enter by emailing me at: edwardfrostgem@gmail.com! 

Ian Stormstaff gave me the idea to post a pic of a cat :D Thanks Ian. :) Had to add this picture!

Around the Spiral's Pirate101 Raffle!

Ahoy Pirates!

One-Eyed Jack sent me some epic pets and crowns to giveaway and I thought I'd have a Raffle, something I haven't had in months! I thought this Raffle would be fun for anyone wanting to have an easy way to win a code. I will have another contest that I will announce the middle of next month, but until then... I'll be having this Raffle! :D

• More Information: This Raffle starts TODAY and ENDS June 14th 2014 at 11:59 P.M. CST. I will announce the winners of this contest on June 15th. All prizes that you'll have a chance to win is listed below in the Rafflecopter. Make sure you follow all of the rules when you click on an option to enter the contest, Example: If you click on Follow Around The Spiral on Twitter, you should follow that account on Twitter. Thank you everyone and I'm wishing you good luck. If you have any questions, just email me at edwardfrostgem@gmail.com! :) Once the contest ends, I will announce the winners on this blog post and email the winners with the email they entered the Raffle with. Thanks for reading.. Now it's time to enter that contest. :D

a Rafflecopter giveaway

- Codes Expire on January 1st 2015, if you have any trouble with your code please email community@pirate101.com with your code and your Pirate101's account name. Don't include your password if you do email them! Thanks again for reading and good luck. :)