tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14091298797817295112024-03-04T23:45:27.759-08:00LionRider King"If the mind is like a candle then the heart is like the sun."Nicholas LionRiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794479904829688040noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409129879781729511.post-26014167271018909702015-03-13T12:49:00.001-07:002015-03-13T12:49:47.489-07:00Friendly Gave Me a Test, Now I give them a Quest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /><br /><br />I would like to thank <a href="http://thefriendlynecromancer.blogspot.com/2015/03/liebsters-have-claws-pinch-pinch.html">The Friendly Necromaner</a> for digging my blog out from the grave to do a fun activity. Basically, he challenged me and a few other people to some questions, so bring it on!<br /><br /><b>1- You're suddenly very tiny and trapped in a giant salad bowl, what do you do?</b><br />This is interesting. I am very tiny in retrospect to what exactly? And the salad bowl is giant in retrospect to what? So is there like a giant salad bowl the size of a small building and I am the size of an ant? Man that is really unfair. I would honestly treat it like a jungle or something and eat away until I find some sort of light. But for the most part, panic and wonder why everything is so disproportionate.<div>
<br /><b>2- What's your very first memory of playing video games? If you could lie about that question to make it sound more cool, which game would you choose instead?</b><br />This is a semi-difficult question because I have literally been playing games my entire life. Now, if you are talking about actual games, it would probably be like one of those child jumpstart games, those I played about about age 3. My first actual standard game is probably the Tarzan Action Game for PC.<br /> Did I say Jumpstart...I mean I alpha tested Portal...yeah all of those cool story ideas, all me. All my recommendations...totally legit. 10/10.<div>
<br /><b>3- What's your favorite comic book series? Why?</b><br />I actually don't read many comics (or really any) but if I were to base it off something I do like, it would probably be either Batman comics or Walking Dead. Really, it comes down to what they have produced from the comics that I really enjoy. I am a crazy TV junkie so Walking Dead is obviously up there, but Batman is also like a cult-classic now from the Arkham series, Gotham on TV and the Christopher Nolan movies. <div>
<br /><b>4- Most astounding food you've ever tasted? Was it every bit as good the second time you tried it?</b><br />The most astounding food I have every tasted is Ravioli Al Forno from a small Rhode Island restaurant, Italian Village. Really good, straight off the boat, Italian food. Amazing. Second time I had it, still really good, but not as good as the first experience.<div>
<br /><b>5- What's something you've lost in your life that you'll never get back. If you did find it, what would you do with it?</b><div>
<b></b> <a href="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/TMwAAMXQh5JRkrKi/$T2eC16FHJIYE9qUcNUGWBRkrKiOrMw~~60_35.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEjqLelxuqXOPy911VSXQ54N9IdSOWe-zFCgfWBtqxErlCBAiGlIZOAkn0usrGXVJhQIyJPaxGAxU6P82ujttybnKvdHjtP8Xwlsmy-jGgpDl1FZz6J8NAqV874QCz8W4NxhxQbXQ1tGEWFdZBlH6WBO67OkNvwxebGrj6Bp9N-74iRLapaVDLf9YEIS7z2lmvGO9DWAbJJ3s_jZZ9qoMStUIyDYlg=" /></a><br />There are probably a lot of things I have lost (mostly childhood items) but to this day I still have no idea where they are or where they went. My biggest memory is a lion Neopet stuffed animal (this is far before my "LionRiding" days) and I just never found it. Last thing I remember is leaving it my basement but for years, I couldn't find it again. If I did find it, I wouldn't really do anything but laugh and finally be relieved of a mystery that's happened for some odd 8-9 years now.</div>
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<br /><b>6- What theory, rule, or insight do you remember most from school? What made it stick in your head?</b><br />Still being in school (Junior in High School) I have a lot of useless stuff still fresh in my mind. Most of it is random facts cause my teachers hardly give any advice. I can't really make this a "wise" or "deep" answer, but probably just all of American history. Since I am studying for the AP US History exam, I pretty much NEED to know everything about all of American history. So that is sorta my mandatory study idea that has been drilled in my head. Either that or my italian conjugations:<br />Do, Dai, Da, Diamo, Date, Danno. Sto, stai, sta, stiamo, state, stanno.<br /><b>7- You want to make me a mix CD. What five songs (or artists if you can't name individual songs) would be essential to the mix?</b><br />A mix CD? Couldn't I just make a soundcloud playlist? Nah but if I were to actually pick, it would just be a list of some of the world's best.<br />1. Just Can't Wait to Be King - Lion King (arguably the greatest Disney melody devised, even if it ripped off Under the Sea a bit...)<br />2. Get Lucky - Daft Punk (just a great song that got stuck in my head)<br />3. Game of Thrones Theme - Game of Thrones (just pure bliss for the greatest TV show at the moment)<br />4. When Can I See You Again? - Owl City (just another really happy, melodic tune)<br />5. Avalon Song - IAmTheChezz (cause I was in it :P)<br /><br /><b>8- What website do you use that you feel more people should know about?</b><br />A website everyone should know about...probably the Crowfall website honestly. I go on it every day now and I just REALLY want Mounts (lions) so people really need to invest in it. Please! Go do it! Also #LionRiderGarrison (need members).</div>
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<br /><b>9- If you were to take a week long trip to get away from everything and find some peace of mind, where would you go? Why?</b><br />A week long trip? Honestly, I would probably like to go to Africa. There is something that I just really like about the Savanna, the wildlife, the animals, the jungle. It's all nice. If I had to pick a specific spot, probably the Kenyan Savannah or South Africa. Also a lion or elephant sanctuary there might be cool.</div>
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<br /><br /><b>10- What's the one game everybody should play? What feeling does it tap into for you?</b><br />As much as I love Wizard and Pirate101 I understand it isn't for everyone. Truthfully, I only played it so long because of nostalgia. Currently, I wish everyone would (invest) play Crowfall. It is exactly the game I have always wanted. Minecraft+Game of Thrones+MMO+J Todd Coleman=Best Game Ever! If we are going on games ALREADY out, Tak and the Power of Juju. It to me is still the best game ever made and it is completely overlooked. It may be a third party developer but it is completely unappreciated. Actually all the nickgames of the early 2000s were. They were grade A platformers that rival the well known ones like Banjo Kazooie and Jak and Daxter.<br /><br />Well that's about it, I'd now like to nominate <a href="http://deathywiz.blogspot.com/">Justin ShadowBlade</a> (DeathyWiz, seriously resurrect that thing, lately I've blogged more than you), <a href="http://www.talesofthespiral.com/">Blaze Shadowhorn</a> (Tales of the Spiral, or Games, or whatever you're on now), <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/IAmTheChezz">Tyler "The Chezz" Stevenson</a>, cause why not, you have an extinct blog, <a href="http://thesaviorsofthespiral.blogspot.com/">Amber Rosepetal</a> (you still around, we need to talk!) and <a href="http://www.ambrose2zeke.com/">Ambrose2Zeke</a> for a Liebster, and here are your ten questions from me:<br /><br /><b>1. What is your favorite TV show of all time? Why? Why is it not Game of Thrones and or Breaking Bad?<br /><br />2. What is your favorite soda flavor?<br /><br />3. What is your favorite online media source? Blogging, Youtube, Twitter, Twitch, Myspace...(there is THAT guy), etc.<br /><br /><br />4. You playing Crowfall? If so what guild (if any) are you planning on playing in? Also what archetype and playstyle do you plan on (crafter or conquerer).<br /><br />5. Pitch me a product and sell it. Or game if you prefer.<br /><br />6. What is the first video/blogpost you have ever made.<br /><br />7. Name your personal best "Game of the Decade" from 2010 onward.<br /><br />8. You speak any other languages? Kinda works...like I "Kinda know Italian" or I "Kinda know what Obama says"<br /><br />9. Devise a new game world for an MMO. I want name, description and creatures.<br /><br />10. Do you like lions and riding them?</b><br /><br />Thank you everyone and hope to read on!</div>
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So a lot of people are making theories about the next Pirate101 worlds, now I have pretty much analyzed everything I could from concept to in game text so to me, this order of worlds I am about to tell you would make most sense. Everyone is correct in saying that Grizzleheim, Krokotopia, Polaris and Darkmoor are key, however, Grizzleheim will not be as big as people think. I begin my adventure where we left off, Aquila. So we have just obtained the Rosetta Stone, awesome now what was that language again...oh yes, Krokotopian. You see, Blind Mew states there are three languages in the Spiral, Aquilan Linear A, Aquilan Linear B (one is simple pirate's English) and Krokotopian. Obviously we know this isn't true as we have seen on several accounts, various languages from worlds including Grizzleheim, Zafaria, and Celestia. So where would we go to transcribe Krokotopian...you guessed, it, we are heading to AVALON! No, but seriously, the next <i>major</i> world we will visit will be Krokotopia. Now, Krokotopia has been around A WHILE. Seriously, Wizard101 had plans of expansion for Krok since 2009. Krokotopia has a very unique history that actually messes up the history put fourth in Wizard101. Sadly it seems, both Blind Mew and Artorius seem to butt heads with each other on what is cannon. Now Artorious has recently placed Mirage as a "world" however, as shown in the concept above, the original document name was 'KT_mirage_hub", meaning "Mirage" is the capital city of Krokotopia. Makes sense when you think about it right? Mirage is Middle-Eastern in theme, Krokotopia is Egyptian, why not merge them, they both have a similar culture and environment. KI does this all the time, MooShu is half Japan, half China, Polaris is to be half Russia, half France.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /> Back to the premise. Next place we are heading off to in the story (which is CONFIRMED) is Valencia. I assume we will visit Valencia 3 total times each with a different skyway. We have already been there once and saw the destruction of isles by the armada but the next visit will be more...<i>political</i>. We will be introduced officially to Kane as well as his female counterpart (most likely named "Queen") and will be introduced to the lore and reign of King Casimir, the unicorn king of Valencia. Our third and final visit will not be for some time after oh say, 2 more worlds. Let's get into those specifically. The two worlds after Krokotopia to me are going to be Darkmoor and finally Polaris. Darkmoor I assume will have a role in finding our mom's map piece considering she is dead, might want to consult with the world of the undead. Obviously we might go for a different reason but I assume it is a fair guess. After we leave Darkmoor we will finally head off for Erika the Red's piece. Now instinctivly we would head to Grizzleheim and YOU, would be correct. We will ENTER Grizzleheim, I might even dare say we will dock, however, it will not be a full blown adventure world like Krokotopia, Aquila or Moo Shu. It will be a quick in and out, one skyway world that they may expand on. In fact, Grizzleheim won't be our ONLY skyway we cross through we will cross through...*DRUMROLL* Wizard City. The Marco Pollo map spells out the root to Polaris which is VERY far away in the spiral indeed. In fact I think I may be able to pinpoint the skyways in the spiral, the two missing Aquilan stormgates are Valencia and Krokotopia, and in order to get to Grizzlheim we cross through Wizard City. It will not be a dockable world but a simple skyway where we steer our ship around the mighty grandfather tree world and find our stormgate to GH. Once in GH we wish to go to Polaris, the final world before El Dorado. The reason for Polaris is because Erika the Red (being the nomatic viking all Grizzleheim citizens are) has fled to PL. Why? She knew a war would break out over her map piece and she knew she would be safer in the secluded world abandoned from civil war. Also I argue there is a direct coorelation between the Grizzlheim bears and Ices Bears of Polaris. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Nicholas LionRiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794479904829688040noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409129879781729511.post-50495140993898521922014-04-06T14:30:00.003-07:002014-04-06T14:30:42.287-07:00Pirate101 American Revolution World? After digging through some old draft posts I stumbled across this post I made a while back for a collab project that never really worked out with some people in the community of an untitled world. Thought I would post it just for fun and maybe you guys like the idea of the revolution world, I have a ton of other ideas and concept pieces if you guys do so make sure to comment on your opinions. Enjoy. <br /><br />Hello, my name is Nicholas LionRider or Nicholas Kent for you pirates out there. My job for Theorycrafting101 was to focus on a few topics and one of which is a personal favorite is the idea of colonies. Now ever since the release of Marleybone in Pirate101 and as far back as Krokotopia in Wizard101, we have seen similarities between real life history and Kings Isle’s games. Kings Isle likes to take fun and exciting parts of actual history and give them a twist that makes the game both fun and educational. Since we have seen a lot of the UK (MB), Spain(MQ), Italy(VL) and even glimpses of French/Russian history with Polaris, why not touch on the origin of American history. Cool Ranch was a fun world and shared the western exploration side of America but not the roots of the Revolution and the birth of the original 13 colonies.<br />
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Prologue: My story line takes place some time after a few worlds. Gortez calls upon you with urgent news.<br />
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Gortez: Pirate, we need to speak. My army has grown ten fold since the last time we spoke. I adopted some mercenaries from the coasts of Zafaria. I am training them to become my elite generals. Although I have a army, my men require a navy in order to prevent the crown to be taken from me. Talk to Father Pizarro in the holy church located in Monquista city he will give you a start on where to find the strong navy I need.</div>
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A puppet show begins: You see, 50 years ago today, the greatest explorer to ever live set sail on a quest that would change the spiral forever. Even Marco Pollo couldn’t compare. His name was Christopher Colobus. The bravest monquistador the world had ever known. Sent by the royal family, Colobus along with his skilled group of men sailed many days to find a new stormgate to Rajah, this did not happen. Halfway through the stormgate Colobus became horribly lost. It got worse from there. A hideous monster the size of a titan attacked the ships. Destroying two…and a half of them. When Colobus and his crew arrived at the new world they were greeted…not so friendly. They were ambushed by natives! Colobus and his remaining crew fought back and thus the new world was born! Word spread quickly throughout the spiral of this world. Everyone wanted a piece of the land, Valencia, Darkmoor, even Polaris! Marleybone had it’s own trouble cateering to the needs of the it’s people. Riots began and the queen sent a group of settlers to the new world to make a new home governed for themselves. The first colony was born, Lexiton Port. Later more colonies formed until there was over a dozen! That is where you must go pirate. Be warned however, the locals don’t take well to people who favor Marleybone…better carry a weapon at all times.<br />
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Storyline: There are 13 colonies located in _____. Each is unique and above all else dangerous. The main story introduces you to many characters such as George Washingtalon, Benjamin Froglin, and Freezedrich von Snowben. All will aid you on your journey to making ____ a free world. By completing tasks in each colony you will get their respect and eventually will unite them to fight against Marleybone for their freedom. The war is a difficult one however the colonists are some of the best shots in the spiral. You will obtain many companions on your journey and bring back old allies such as Napoleguin to send Polarian troops to help _______. All this and more awaits you in Book ___: Severered Colonies.<br />
I am Nicholas Kent and I will see you guys next time!Nicholas LionRiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794479904829688040noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409129879781729511.post-63963917370640467222014-01-11T11:17:00.002-08:002014-01-11T11:17:37.772-08:00What Wizard101 Should Do before Third ArcK I just want to make this blog post as a theorist of the Wizard101 community specifically. As much as people say #twizards and #twirates (which again twitter users aren't the entire "community for either game) are the same, they aren't so this is for the hardcore Wizard fans not pirates or those who like both games. As a lot of people are quickly finding out, Wizard101 is losing it's fans and credit rapidly. Some loyal fans have stuck around but I have seen far too many friends of mine leave anywhere from 3 years ago to a month ago. As much as I may rant about some aspects about KI, they are still one of my favorite gaming companies of all time and I wouldn't continue to be playing them 6 years later if I didn't like them. Now time for the niddy-griddy. Why Wizard101 has had a decline in revenue. Through my research and consulting my friends I don't think it's only the community nor do I think "the content" is getting boring. I think it is the pre-existing bad aspects in the game that at the time seemed like it wasn't a big deal but without the already existing problems being fixed, slowly got worse. Think of it like a disease, it may start out as a common cold but unless treated it could get extremely bad. I think this sorta applies with Wizard101. The number one thing I see people requesting is content, am I wrong? Now although that works for some players what happens to the players that finish the new world or dungeon or whatever and then have nothing to do? But see that is the thing, you SHOULD have something to do. It's Wizard101 you can go gardening, crafting, pet training, PvPing-wait a second...Have you noticed something? All the activities KI has for the people who finish the game seem to be broken in a way. All these systems people complain are either boring or abused by other players and you know what, they are right. As much as KI tries to "tamper" with PvP to make it fair, it never works because people find ways to abuse other things in it. Things like jade gear and stuff have ruined it for people or the unfair matching of getting your level 10 to warlord because you are fighting new players. I myself can never get into PvP because I have people going "Ha! Noob! Look his pet doesn't have: fairy, sprite, both resists, fire giver and whatever. Cause no not everyone has the time or motivation to get the best gear from crafting or pet training because again, they are boring. Pet training is literally impossible without pet snacks (mega specifically) and crafting just get's annoying with the quests alone. I am not saying all these activities are bad just need an update. Same goes for worlds honestly, I think before we adventure into third arc, just spend a efw months making the Morganthe arc a little more fun (add rides like the Marleybone air ship, Krok boat or drake) they have proved they CAN still do it with the dragonfly in the Hive Bundle. So why not, the Morganthe arc is perfect for them! The elevator to floating land in CL, the boat rides in ZF, the ziplines in AZ! They are perfect for this mechanic. Also maybe add some improvements to things like Aquila so it isn't ONLY dungeons. That is a big complaint for me, W101 needs to act like P101 when it comes to fans. I get it the big names like Kelsey FireHeart and Johnny and stuff are high levels but they aren't your only fanbase. Make the game fun for ALL levels. This is why I think the worlds need an upgrade. You can give the high levels more content but unless you fix everything else that has problems in the here and now, you will be beaten out by your own brother game! Content and worlds are cool but remember to focus on making a fun game and not another 50 quests with a different theme. Pirate101 said it right out, you can take 6 worlds and keep revisiting them with different stories, not EVERY time do we need a new change of scenery. I merely propose this and to anyone who agrees with me it would be appreciated to comment or share this. I ask for a halt in world making for a short time after the Morganthe Arc is completed. Don't move straight into another arc just take a few months and try to fix and improve the mechanics already in the game so I don't need to look at the "best house in the spiral" with nothing in it but two dead plants. I have been Nicholas LionRider trying to help<b> you</b> for a better spiralNicholas LionRiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794479904829688040noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409129879781729511.post-83308354865530790532013-12-07T10:14:00.000-08:002013-12-07T13:26:33.667-08:00The Art behind the Video<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> As the majority of you know, I am an avid artist in the community. So generally I wanted to throw in some actual art into my blog when and if I make posts. Today I have dedicated my post to talking about the art behind <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXQtz2Qgnt64MG4JyO4XMYQ">IAmTheChezz's</a> new video, Wizard101 vs Spagoni (code named, Quizzy Wizzy). We have had this idea of questioning Tony Spagoni, Tyler's good friend about Wizard101 cause in reality, as active a player as Tyler is, Tony knows NOTHING about the game. It was very interesting hearing some of his answers. You can check the video out here, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwI-AzEbTUY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwI-AzEbTUY</a> Now because this is about the art in the video, I will split apart the different pieces I did for the video. Enjoy -Nicholas LionRider</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> -Probably the most difficult piece in the video and one of my most favorite pieces. It is more of a race car design but hey, it was fun making it. This is for the scene where Tony is asked what mounts there are in the game, and obviously other than the one mount (the slowpoke sloth) there is only Wizard Cars. Since there are no other 'Wizard Cars' to use from the world, I needed to design one my own. </span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My first real concept and if I could I would change a few things from the final outcome. I still think it was a nice design and the process for it took even longer. From sketch, to inking, to painting, the entire process took around 4 hours, for about 2 seconds of screen time. Hey, I am a perfectionist. </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMrLkLpKKhnIidjSUkd8qGwNhrNiSVEMLqzPz-75sHCFpaHLW8hzBDblrggHFatHJDUBAgUYy54bJqMc6zsjPq2YBgD_IQ2_emGr5XH54QPu_orYPv_3XJ29vDPigSlcWi3mVq8LnIyKch/s1600/Wiz+Mix.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMrLkLpKKhnIidjSUkd8qGwNhrNiSVEMLqzPz-75sHCFpaHLW8hzBDblrggHFatHJDUBAgUYy54bJqMc6zsjPq2YBgD_IQ2_emGr5XH54QPu_orYPv_3XJ29vDPigSlcWi3mVq8LnIyKch/s1600/Wiz+Mix.png" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was probably one of the easier bits of art I had to do for the video taking me around 5 minutes, the only thing really easier was the crossing the names out of cards. I used a variety of different pet snacks and Comic Sans MS bold in order to create the labels. Going back to the old days of card design before LoTS creator and stuff. I thought it came out nice and to anyone wondering about why the book talent is so low, reading is for chumps!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was more or less just a fun thing to do, I used the colorize tool in gimp to change Cyrus' face and hands to a darker skin tone. Overall I think I did a good job and it came out with the same comedic reaction nonetheless.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By far the easiest thing I had to do, I was able to randomly select some of my favorite spells and just blank out the names of them. In the end, after consulting with Tyler, I made 16 spells: Phoenix, StormOwl, Wraith, Sunbird, Helephant, Ninja Pig, Cyclops, Judgement, Woolly Mammoth (deleted from the video do to time), Deer Knight, Stormzilla (deleted footage), Forest Lord, Seraph, Skeletal Pirate, Chimera and Snow Angel. They were easy to make and Tony's answers for them were priceless so these were fun to do.</span></div>
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There was a few pieces of art we were going to make such as the symbols for each made up class Tony made, but in the end, we settled with what we had. Tony himself made the ambient background music as well as the thumbnail, I also did a minor role in cutting out both Tyler and Tony for the animated intro, but it wasn't really worth putting into this post. I hope you enjoyed learning a little more about each piece and hope to share more of the art in his videos in the future, until then I am Nicholas LionRider and I will see you in the spiral! PS, who saw the new elephant mount! Awesome I know right! K bye!</span><br />
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Nicholas LionRiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794479904829688040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409129879781729511.post-13354937360635343352013-07-03T14:21:00.001-07:002013-07-03T14:21:39.101-07:00Is Aquila what we really think it will be?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIAi50mFG-k5PEW6CCEK1nwxetuw75vsTII4Ijnam8YtAB1McOyy4m9vpIgGTh3fAGw_mK7szpHFPBMwnXgRf6rmV7X3XvFcn0Vzowd4VSKZi_NyCehWTzeYDzeE1Zj2cNxb-4Gy2mPYms/s435/Hepheastus.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIAi50mFG-k5PEW6CCEK1nwxetuw75vsTII4Ijnam8YtAB1McOyy4m9vpIgGTh3fAGw_mK7szpHFPBMwnXgRf6rmV7X3XvFcn0Vzowd4VSKZi_NyCehWTzeYDzeE1Zj2cNxb-4Gy2mPYms/s320/Hepheastus.png" width="246" /></a></div>Now I am a long time believer that the images recently shown on the Wizard101 launcher are Aquila. Most people continue to say it is Empyrea. Now I will now state three facts to quickly prove they are either one in the same or Empyrea is merely a "Weirwood" of Aquila. A area of a world, however not the world itself.<br />
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1. Both worlds seem to involve Eagles, look up both names and you will get images and links to various mythical eagle legends.<br />
2. Sky Squids: We know as a fact Aquila has skysquids in their skyway (dang things killed my parents), and the first time we heard about Empyrea, was a quest about getting skysquid shipments into Wysteria.<br />
3. Finally, both are from Greek mythology. Both derive from a background of Greece and their legends and stories. And from the look of the launcher, we seem to be seeing not only the Aquilan gods, but various Greek monsters, including the Hipocampus and Centaur.<br />
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The main reason I made this post is a recent discovery I have found. I don't believe the Aquilan gods are normal birds, but a rare species of griffons. Griffons are mythical creatures that have the top half of a bird (typically eagle) with wings, and the bottom half of a lion. This would make sense that as wizards we would be able to see them. As pirates, although we know there are magical creatures in Aquila, we never go searching to find the gods and magic. Look closely at the bottom halves of each bird. Hades is a vulture, Hephaestus, a hawk, Athena, a owl, and Ares, an eagle but they all seem to have a cat like bottom. Hades, Hephaestus and <br />
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Kings Isle could approach the Zafaria skyway idea several ways and this is one way I thought of they could try. So the main idea behind this bundle was to introduce a different kind of way of getting content out to the players. Now do to a small "leak" in the community yesterday on this bundle by some random person. Still not sure how they got it. However I was able to get some feedback on some topics but most made no sense. <br />
<a name='more'></a>Obviously the artwork isn't perfect. I am a pretty decent artist but my editing software isn't up to par with KI's artists. Again it was never meant to be called real in the first place so it wasn't meant to be perfect. Here are a few comments that were pretty much constantly posted that kept saying it wouldn't make sense marketing wise.<br />
<u>Why it would be a smart marketing choice:</u><br />
Of course it isn't a traditional bundle with a house, mount, pet/ship, companion and whatever else, but it could work. The point of the bundle is to save money by purchasing a "bundle" of several items. In KingsIsle, bundles are still saving you money but the items are all exclusive with a certain theme. Now although it is a world, pet and ship is it different than a house and mount as well? In this case Zafaria is meant to introduce side worlds. A lot of people don't realize that entire worlds are only around 20 bucks. Grizzleheim is actually only 20 dollars exactly. In addition you are getting the content of a new world, a pet and a ship. Is it that bad that you get a 20 dollar world, 15 dollar ship, and a 5 dollar pet? In addition you get 5 possibly companions and 5000 crowns. You are saving money that way. You pay $40 for maybe $55 dollars in value.<br />
Here is a breakdown of content in a Wizard101 bundle using the crown shop as pricing:<br />
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2 Person Mount-15000 crowns-Based on treant mount<br />
Pet-Typically around 5000 crowns (Can be different)<br />
Large House with PvP arena-just a guess since a normal house is around 10,000 crowns, I would double that to get 20,000 crowns.<br />
Gear-around 7000 crowns determining how good the gear itself is which is decent but slightly less than some very good crown gear.<br />
Weapon-7000 crowns same as the gear for reasoning<br />
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That is how expensive bundle items are alone, so that is why bundles are a good alternative since they save money. Personally I don't think KI will do this method but it could work if you think about it.<br />
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I have two versions of the story for a full world and a side world. This specific world has one skyway and a few areas. The main story takes place when you arrive at the main port of Zafaria. Pirate Zafaria shows a lot more of each species' kingdoms and is more jungle based. The story is about a zebra slave trader, resembling Reginald Baxby of Wizard101, who begins loading up ships with elephants, rhinos, lions and other Zafarian species to be slaves for Marleybone, Skull Island and Cool Ranch (or to be more accurate to history a possible Eastern, Early America world). The goal is to free Captain Claw (a lion privateer) and end the Zebra's rain of terror. At the moment he is outnumbered and so the only way to free the rest of the Zafarians is by assembling the strongest minds in ZF. They call themselves The Big Five. The Elephant Musketeer, Bello OneTusk (resembles Beloq and carries two pistols), the Leopard Witchdoctor Princess, Selena Hunt, the strong Rhino Buccaneer, Black Horn (has a large tattoo across his left arm like Mordekai and is shirtless and swings and anchor as a weapon), and the sly Cape Buffalo Swashbuckler, Gems-Buck (a mixture of the Cool Ranch Bison and the sammoorai of MooShu). The five each have a special ability that you will only find from this bundle which I could go into more detail if you wish. Each are hard to obtain and finally leads to the battle of the Zebra trader and in the end you can obtain one of the 5 as a companion. You also get all the other bundle bonuses and adds various side quests from prisoners, villagers and traders.<br />
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Hope you enjoyed P101 Zafaria post number uno, number two will be out tomorrow with some images I have made of what it might look like and a bit more in depth look on the world itself. Question of the day, do you like this bundle idea, what world would you like to see Pirate101 make a world bundle out of? It can be a world in W101, a world mentioned or even a made up world. Comment below let me know! Once again I always have a poll to the right and if you would like to give feedback on what you would like to see vote today. Until tomorrow I am Nicholas LionRider and I will see you tomorrow!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> We know there is an upcoming Valencia expansion however we do not know when. The storyline leaves us to believe we are most certainly returning to the renaissance world in the next expansion but the real question is why. Because I haven't completed the Marleybone/Aquila expansion, I can't give you that answer right away but what I do know is that I have some concept and a 3D model by two extremely talented artists hired to work on projects for KingsIsle in the past and the revealing of them was all thanks to the great person in the community Swordroll who has put in a ton of research into finding out about the various artists. You can visit his blog at www.swordroll.com for his daily "Concept101" posts which feature excellent concept as well as in depth looks into the art behind Wizard and Pirate101.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> This is a close up view on the </span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;">official</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> wallpaper of Valencia. There is a small island getting destroyed by mini machines much like in Gracia. It has a large building much like the concept done by Mr. Garcia and makes me wonder if we will see more islands like this in the future skyways of Valencia. This is the main point of this post. I honestly believe in some way, shape or form we will be seeing, the past version of Valencia in the upcoming expansion. There is a instance in Dragonspyre that is now very popular where you get to go back in time to before Dragonspyre was corrupt and instead of lava it is water and instead of a volcano, it is just a mountain. There are no ruins yet and the place is very alive and full of energy. It wouldn't be the first or last time we would see time travel as we fought Young Morganthe in the Ghost Avalon instance of Avalon. I could easily see an area of Valencia that is not yet touched by the armada as well as more NPCs.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> Did you guys see how I cycled into this? I know I am genius. Anyways, as I mentioned before Swordroll posted some concept of a few 3D models done by, Issac Oster. Looking through his blog I also found a model of a crab person that personally would fit almost perfectly into a Kings Isle game. Don't believe me?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Similarities: I am now going to show off two wired models, one of a Pirate101 Yak from Moo Shu and the other of the crab NPC. Both of which are made by Issac and this is to show off if this in fact could be (or is) a Valencian NPC/Companion.</span></span><br />
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See the similarities? Both show a low polygon count, as well as a similar color pallet, not sure if KI designed the character or if it was meant for Issac's personal use. Either way I think we all agree that this would make a great addition to Valencia. So that is question of the day, what is your opinion on the little guy? Valencia hero, humble NPC, should he even be in the game at all? If so, which game? What world if not Valencia? Comment below, let me know, until next time I am Nicholas LionRider and I will see you tomorrow!<br />
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Links:<br />
Issac Oster's Blog: <a href="http://www.isaacoster.com/">http://www.isaacoster.com/</a><br />
Xavier Garcia's Blog: <a href="http://www.ragingspaniard.com/">http://www.ragingspaniard.com/</a><br />
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Swordroll's Blog: <a href="http://www.swordroll.com/">http://www.swordroll.com/</a><br />
Pirate101: <a href="https://www.pirate101.com/">https://www.pirate101.com/</a>Nicholas LionRiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794479904829688040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409129879781729511.post-81460993816168141512013-06-23T18:10:00.000-07:002013-06-23T18:10:50.324-07:00Back to Blogging So I will officially start trying to blog once again. Mainly about theorycrafting, my ideas and artwork from now on. I will delete most of my old posts that I will deem, unprofessional and any ideas and posts I enjoyed or liked I will keep for you all to enjoy. I just wanted to give you guys an update on me, lately I have been all over the place. I have touched upon most of the branches in the community and I wanted to get back to my roots of blogging. I will probably actually make a post on the 7 branches of the Wizard/Pirate community in the future but for now I will stick to this post.<br />
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I know it is weird how I am posting! I have been pretty busy lately with youtube lately with by friend Tyler. Speaking of that however today we released the first ever, Avalon Song. You can find the song here <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axMg4waewaY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axMg4waewaY</a> as well as the rest of the playthrough on the channel. It is hilarious and has been getting a great positive response do to it's own genre we "The Chezz" developed. I am glad to say it is finally done because if you will notice if you decide to check out the rest of the playthrough, Avalon was started exactly one year ago today. It has been a wild ride and a fun one at that. Now we are asking if you enjoy Tyler and my content I would recommend demanding Azteca. DEMAND, DEMAND, DEMAND! Tyler isn't sure if he is up to do the sequel to the Avalon playthrough but with support from his fans I am sure he will do one. In other great news, One-Eyed Jack, AKA The Friendly Necromancer, is doing a remix of the song soon and possibly a blog post about it as well. We are shooting for the Ravenwood news page of the website since literally this entire project has taken a year. Tyler puts a lot of time and effort into his videos, more than I think any other Wizard101 youtuber ever has. And his quality is funny, excellent and just a good experience. I must warn you now however that his content does have some explicit language and crude humor however the Avalon song was made sure to be appropriate for younger audiences to enjoy! <br /> Now onto my news. I have been busy lately and literally my last post was ended EXTREMELY abruptly however I intend on bringing my blog back. I have a bunch of really cool ideas I want to share with you guys and I know how much you guys enjoy my ideas. Question of the day will just be, what did you think of the Avalon Song? And I already know there is a glitch with the 1080p where the text is actually WORSE quality than something such as 720 or 480. So see you soon and I will see you in the spiral!<br />
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WOW, can't believe after a while of not blogging I would have this much news. So anyways I took a little break off of blogging for a while and I got a lot done! I don't even know where to begin. I think I will break it down into idk like at least 10 paragraphs to go over everything. So I will get my personal news, and other news out of the way first. And I sadly didn't get my 1 post a day for the rest of the year because of this break but I will make up for it with a little contest at the end.<br />
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First piece of business is my progress with Nicholas LionRider (main alt). I haven't been questing much but I think I should beat Zafaria by either end of this month or early March. Then I think I will side quest in spots and get some new badges. I also want to try and level up my sea dragon (for Ethan Mythcaller, AKA Ethan the sound guy) and because it has some good stats as an adult. So far its at teen since I am using all my rare snacks from the Kirin's hoard. Which brings me to the next piece of business which is kirin. I bought 30 dollars worth of giftcards and spent 20 on crowns. I have another ten that I think well...you will see at the end. I was thinking of using it for subscription but since you guys are so great I might (insert ending here). I also finished up my huge garden and finally got rid of my moon flower! Hate that thing... So I am happy about that. Leave in the comments what I should do next to challenge myself ingame. Crafting, Housing, Pet training, PvP whatever.<br />
Next up is the news as far as community parties. I had a great time at two of the biggest parties I have ever seen. First was either last week or the week before, but it was Fallon (from RR)'s birthday party. And whoever held the party got to give you big props it was epic. I love how you recreated the entire Ravenwood Radio cast that was neat. And I saw Stephen hiding inside the cast to be hidden :P That was a fun party, but with the extensive number of PvP in the Sultan's palace it was just a mess of lag. Luckily I moved to the Sun Palace where I got stuck in my own PvP battle and we won first time, second we got smoked. Fallon stopped by toward the end and then so did everyone. Next thing I know the Sultan's palace looked like a dull desert landscape. And the Celestian Oberservatory no one really payed attention to which was pretty upsetting. Second party was Ditto's. He had his second Wizaversary on Friday? I think. And his party was great. He had six houses! That is like amazing for a party. I hung out in the Ice house most of the time with Icy, Stephen, Wizard101 FM, and a bunch of other people and it was fun hanging out and stuff. Thing I was upset about was Ditto saying how he had his secret DS house even though I found it, and was in it when the winners came running up. So that was the only downside. Other then that fun party.<br />
Speaking of wizaversaries mine is actually this week. Saturday! During Spiral Live, how cool is that! Great thing though is, our special guest host. None other than the Friendly Necromancer! Tom is so cool, him and his wife have been so good to me and Blaze during our podcasting adventures and they are probably some of the coolest wizards I have met. We will be doing a interview and a Q&A at the end of the show. So email us questions that you want me, Blaze and Friendly to answer at <a href="mailto:spirallivepodcast@gmail.com">spirallivepodcast@gmail.com</a> hope you can come here is all the date stuff.<br />
When: Saturday February 25, 2012<br />
What time: 8:30 PM Eastern, 7:30 PM Central, 6:30 PM Mountain and 5:30 PM Pacific<br />
Where: Spiral Live's Livestream page, <a href="http://www.livestream.com/spirallive">www.livestream.com/spirallive</a><br />
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Now for some other Spiral Live news the new Spiral Live youtube is up. And we have been posting pretty frequent for what we can fit in. I might do a solo segement/series to put up during the week when I have time since Blaze is always busy and Ethan can come on sometimes. We have two videos up which are two series which is Nick and Ethan's Zafaria Tours and Wizard101 Update Reviews, though Wizard101 updates are only going to happen when we have an update that is worth doing a video. This week we reviewed the new Tag game on test realm and showcased it. Hope you watch them first two video links are here.<br />
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Nick and Ethan's Zafaria Tours: Stone Town Zoo -<br />
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Wizard101 Update Review: Tag -<br />
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Okay warning, this isn't direct Wizard101 news but it does tie into it. In my Minecraft I have been working on a new texture pack called... (well Idk yet) its a Wizard101 texture pack and it looks great. Justin ShadowBlade also helped me design and test them and he did a very nice job. I am really glad he complimented me on the Dandelion. All Wizard101 skins and I will have some screenshots at the bottom. Also I am working on a mod for Minecraft called Skylanders. If anyone has played the game Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure its a mod based on that, which I am coding and modeling the mobs. This is a two person mod so it will take a while but so far its me, and my minecraft buddy Joey, also known in MC as Flamesku11man. I may leave pictures of the progress at the bottom too. And if anyone knows how to code and would like to help me and Flame with the project you can email me at <a href="mailto:njd525@gmail.com">njd525@gmail.com</a> <br />
Tag has hit the spiral and it is a really fun game. I have been playing with mainly Justin ShadowBlade since Blaze can't get on test realm :P and I also played the first day with Edward Lifegem and PaigeMoonshade. I prefer Wildfire tag since most of the powers are more useful in multiplayer but regular Tag is fun all the same. Also minor changes happened like a new accessories tab in the crowns shop and they fixed the PvP sign to return to PvP lobby instead of commons. Also quick notes. <br />
-Friends cannot teleport to you during a housing game (meaning KI is making more games like this)<br />
-You cannot place or take away objects during tag.<br />
-Careful where you put stuff because the teleport power may teleport you to marked off areas and cannot get tagged or tag other people.<br />
-Still in a Beta like stage and won't be live for a few months<br />
-Wildfire Tag turns you into a Fire Elf, Tag turns you into a gobbler.<br />
I know this is a long post but I would just like to say how great you all are and here is the contest. Its for a Kirin's hoard as of now...I may change it to the extra giftcard if I get a lot of entries. Also I will definitely give it out if I get to 70 followers by March 10th. Meaning the contest will end then. I want you to draw me a mount that you want in game. Express yourself make it colorful, go crazy, give stats such as +(yada-yada) Speed, __ person even customize it like something we haven't seen before like a radio on the saddle or a color changing one that you can dye the skin. I will choose a winner on the 10th and winner will get their prize on the 11th. So here is what you need,<br />
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*Requirements*<br />
Entry: You can send your entry via skype (nicholas.lionrider) email, <a href="mailto:njd525@gmail.com">njd525@gmail.com</a> or facebook.<br />
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You need with your entry<br />
-Your wizard name<br />
-best way to contact you (for instance if you have an email that you would like me to contact you but your entry was on facebook).<br />
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And that's it. You will just need the following for your custom mount.<br />
Name:<br />
Drawing:<br />
Stats/Abilities:(radio, speed ect.)<br />
And crown shop price:<br />
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That's it hope you enjoy. And as always I am Nicholas LionRider and I will see you in the spiral.<br />
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*Edit* Just noticed this is my 99th post! One more and I will be at the big 10-0 and then 101! As in Wizard101 that is!Nicholas LionRiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794479904829688040noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409129879781729511.post-50390071621446484492012-01-25T17:53:00.000-08:002012-01-25T17:53:49.911-08:00New Transformations Today will be just a quick run down on the new transformations put into the game. We did talk about them on last Spiral Live and I believe we did I decent job on the main idea. Anyways they are all pretty cheap, you can get them each for about 500 gold or 50 crowns *Edit* actually 75 crowns but you get my point* (which get the gold ones and save your crowns) it's kinda like having only one five dollar bill from your parents, but you remember you also have a five dollar gift card to Burger King or something. You go there and hand them the money not handing them the gift card. Kinda not smart right?<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk_hB_RGuEVNxNkcHXzX3cD3oIgx1_Se4WnfBdca_7S2r2nTXm0FKXTQgbVsJ2ovW29vJQESbXIPtXXxuIX_FA8MJJjoFdhK8WR9QCnJSnK3gKcekKeMBthMU7jMvsF47bqGCg2kVFoBPn/s1600/Transformations.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk_hB_RGuEVNxNkcHXzX3cD3oIgx1_Se4WnfBdca_7S2r2nTXm0FKXTQgbVsJ2ovW29vJQESbXIPtXXxuIX_FA8MJJjoFdhK8WR9QCnJSnK3gKcekKeMBthMU7jMvsF47bqGCg2kVFoBPn/s320/Transformations.jpg" width="239" /></a></div> Now for the actual transformations. They come in I think about a dozen new ones. They are all unique and all <u>very</u> different. Though however there are two that I believe look cool but are kind of copies of some older ones, such as the Skeletal knight turning into the skeletal pirate and the snow man turning into a magma man. Little change but I guess if your fire, and you friends ice (like me and Blaze) it works out. So here is the complete list.<br />
-Wolf Warrior<br />
-Draconian<br />
-Fire Salamander<br />
-Fire Elemental<br />
-Rat Thief<br />
-Earth Colossus<br />
-War Pig<br />
-Skeletal Pirate<br />
-Dark Fairy<br />
-Cyclops<br />
-Wolf Scout<br />
-Ninja Pig<br />
-Cat Thug<br />
-Magma Man<br />
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Now my overall opinion. I like them. Some are really epic like the Cyclops and new Ninja Pig jump animation. xD I can't get enough of it. So yes do I think you should check them out yes. Though I would like it if some of the girls in the Commons wouldn't shout out every time they see a guy named Jacob with a wolf transformation :P So yea Question of the day is which is your favorite transformation, mine is probably the cyclops. Its just huge and I love the animation. So cya tomorrow and until then see you in the spiral -Nicholas LionRiderNicholas LionRiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794479904829688040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409129879781729511.post-38546293408840957492012-01-24T18:45:00.000-08:002012-01-24T18:45:48.961-08:00Mammoth Mounts and Minecraft Bargains.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXhyphenhyphenJtafw_8fPkdZCkFv39df4Kqpc25viG2CChyphenhyphenrYKIsKCUCzv1a_k4WIiRxLNCphEawcGuo899XgG52ZqmxqnSN5PBSZgxlQ9o80zwiNalHU5XJicaiNShf3frGebTBj5i38-ZNxwkmZT/s1600/402210_179702525464761_100002750438665_220356_695620988_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXhyphenhyphenJtafw_8fPkdZCkFv39df4Kqpc25viG2CChyphenhyphenrYKIsKCUCzv1a_k4WIiRxLNCphEawcGuo899XgG52ZqmxqnSN5PBSZgxlQ9o80zwiNalHU5XJicaiNShf3frGebTBj5i38-ZNxwkmZT/s320/402210_179702525464761_100002750438665_220356_695620988_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Not much news about Wizard101 today other than I finished my concept for a Mammoth Mount, I think this is more of the valley, though I wish I had it so the Valley Mammoth wasn't so "furry" since it would live in like Spring type weather. Anyways you can check that out tell me what you think. Other than that not much news. I got a subscription though that my brother gave me, since he had an old 10 dollar gift card lying around. He said I couldn't have it though unless he could play Minecraft. So I let him and so I will probably do some Drum Jungle work this weekend and maybe Sunday record our first episode of "Nick and Ethan's Zafari Tours" since its kinda obvious vote, guess we are going to the zoo. Heh maybe ill let him help me get the ice cat back. Nah I wouldn't do that to a level 20 wizard. What? But Ethan I totally would -_-. So anyways hope you all have a wonderful day, since I have to study for algebra. So have a wonderful day and see you in the spiral.<br />
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Question of the day: What quests do you plan on doing this weekend? Comment your answer and tell me what you think.Nicholas LionRiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794479904829688040noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409129879781729511.post-39831066439064717432012-01-23T16:52:00.000-08:002012-01-23T16:52:05.874-08:00Multiplayer Mount Ideas...Part 1... .2?Okay so today I didn't have much news for you guys I am working on the Multiplayer Mount Artwork and yes these are going to be drawings that I made and not my magic gimp skill with Wizard101 in game stuff. So the low down is I really like the response from you guys and I really loved Justin ShadowBlade's idea of a bone horse. I had the idea for death since, well I didn't have any clue what the Death specific one would be, but I though a skeletal horse wouldn't work for multiplayer. Atm I am working on the scorpion and if you check my facebook you can see my early sketch of it. I really want to get to the dinosaurs because I would love to have one. Now if you didn't know already they were kinda a play on words with the names because I though KI was trying that for some. Instead of calling it a reindeer mount they called it a Chrismoose. Instead of a Rhino they called it the Hornocerous. So here was just a breif explanation on what my play of words were.<br />
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T-Bone: Not a reference to the football player (actually Deathy Wiz thought of the name as a reference to that old character on the child show Clifford) :P it's actually a T-rex mount that is skeletalized much like the raptor.<br />
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Velo-Raptors: Velociraptor mounts, who doesn't want to ride with a bunch of friends on raptors, make a Jurassic Park Clan in the commons xD<br />
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Tri-tops: Triceratops, nuff said.<br />
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Back-Three-an Camel: Bactrian Camel (two humps) even though it's three in mine.<br />
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That should be it, also next I think I want to work on those mammoth mounts because, please KI I really want a elephant mount. They have like been a Wizard101 known icon now, along with pigs, snakes and sharks. Because look at the numbers of things.<br />
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Snakes: Medusa, Thundersnake, Ice Serpent, Leviathan, Cobra pet<br />
Sharks: Swift Shark, Storm Shark, Shark Warrior in CL<br />
Pigs: Ninja Pigs, Piggles, Pig Warriors in MS, Pigswick Academy students<br />
Now Elephants: Olyphants, Jade, Death, Plague and War Oni, and Helephant<br />
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Also Horses: Centaur, Unicorn, Diego, Moo Shu Horses, Horse mounts, Pegasai, Sea Horses<br />
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So that's all today now Question of the day is, What do you think W101's next big "icon" (elephant, shark, snake, ect.) is going to be. Leave a comment below and don't forget to pick out a place for me to take Ethan. Until then follow and see you in the spiral -Nicholas LionRiderNicholas LionRiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794479904829688040noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409129879781729511.post-42593394925088190542012-01-22T18:28:00.000-08:002012-01-22T18:28:59.127-08:00Multiplayer Mount Ideas Part 1Now I know you are all expecting art with this post but I just didn't have the time tonight. This will be part 1 with some of the ideas and the artwork and the rest of the mounts will be in part 2. Now without further ado.<br />
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<strong>Camel Mounts</strong>-Single Player-Uni-Camel (One hump seat)<br />
-2 Person-Mirage Steed (Two hump seats)<br />
-3 Person-Back-three-an Camel (Three humps seats)<br />
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<strong>Cerberus Mount</strong>*Exclusive Myth only Mount*<br />
-3 Person-Cerberus (One seat located on each head, driver is located on the middle head)<br />
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<strong>Leviathan</strong>*Exclusive Storm only Mount*<br />
-4 Person-Leviathan (4 Seats on it's back main seat is nearest to the head)<br />
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<strong>Flame Pheonix</strong>*Exclusive Fire only Mount*<br />
-2 Person-Flame Pheonix (Same arrangement as blood raven) <br />
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<strong>Mammoth Mounts</strong> *Exclusive Ice only Mount*<br />
-4 Person Glacier Mammoth (Driver located on Mammoth's hump of neck)<br />
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-2 Person Valley Mammoth (Driver located on Mammoth's hump of neck)<br />
-2 Person Wooly Mammoth (Driver located on Mammoth's hump of neck)<br />
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<strong>Great Pegasai</strong>*Exclusive Life only Mount*<br />
-2 Person Great Pegasai Mount (Driver located on Pegasai's neck)<br />
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<strong>Sand Scorpian</strong>*Exclusive Balance only Mount*<br />
-3 Person Sand Scorpian (Driver located on Scorpian's back inside small hut)<br />
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<strong>Dinosaur Mounts</strong><br />
*Exclusive Death only Mount*<br />
-2 Person Skeletal Raptor (Driver on front end of saddle)<br />
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-1 Person Velo-Raptor<br />
-1 Person Red Velo-Raptor<br />
-1 Person Blue Velo-Raptor<br />
-2 Person T-Bone<br />
-1 Person T-REX<br />
-3 Person Tri-tops<br />
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That's all for now Question of the day is, what mount would you like to see in game? Comment with your answer and see you in the spiral -Nicholas LionRiderNicholas LionRiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794479904829688040noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409129879781729511.post-3712697311881054062012-01-21T16:06:00.000-08:002012-01-21T16:07:39.600-08:00Single Player Wizard101?I was exploring the Wizard101 Central forums and found an interesting article. It was about a wizard who was beginning to be irritated by people porting, or talking and stuff while he was trying to solo quest. This was before the hidden from friends button, but still you can't really quest alone with out a bunch of low level wizards running up asking for 2 person mount rides, or "can you take me to Moo Shu" or friend requests even though your friends list is near the max. Its a real pain and so he was saying how we should have a private server, or realm specific for single player gaming. The person described a Morganthe realm, which in all honesty I think we should have already since she has become a main villain, and have this realm be single player only. They would be alone with nothing but the quest giving NPC's and the monsters. I kinda liked the idea because I can't say how many people have needed to get on to realms that are less popular at 4 in the morning to get an empty commons for a video. It's a pain but this would help. <br />
The second idea that may come from this is mods. Much like Minecraft, Wizard101 is a business owned online RPG that allows multiplayer and updates online. They both also have game options and customizable characters. Only thing Minecraft has that 101 doesn't is the mods. If Wizard101 had mods like WoW or MC it would up the game greatly. New monsters could be made, additional secret areas, such as the right side of the Colosus Boulevard gate. And so many more. I think it would be kinda cool to see new boss battles and especially, if we have really creative wizards, downloadable worlds. It would just be cool though unlike Minecraft, Wizard101 is more complex. Monsters aren't 8 bit and blocks, they take time. Though I do think that stuff like mounts and pets would be able to be created. Out of 20,000,000+ players I am assure that their are at least a hundred or so good coders and graphic designers. It probably won't happen but hey, it would be kind of cool.<br />
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Finally as we do every day, Question of the day is, what crazy realm/server names would you like to see added. Comment with your answer and best by my pick will be posted on tomorrow's post 1/22/11 Also remember to choose a place for me to take Ethan on our first Safari video, you can find it to the right (that means --> That way) -Nicholas LionRiderNicholas LionRiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794479904829688040noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409129879781729511.post-46525388470006213242012-01-16T09:56:00.000-08:002012-01-16T09:56:32.293-08:00Mount Advantages<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQtV9nOGVME855iTA9G2H_wwmA6-1M4LoKRxo8nh5kJ9NR7iWn9evAYKhL62i8Gcu_p1heQsd11E8bn6EfJTXi6TXW1e7BgDWlzAwPYT7cnS_ujMFSf84sUqx9xcbO0AsJ47O0XuKAe6iV/s1600/Crocagator.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQtV9nOGVME855iTA9G2H_wwmA6-1M4LoKRxo8nh5kJ9NR7iWn9evAYKhL62i8Gcu_p1heQsd11E8bn6EfJTXi6TXW1e7BgDWlzAwPYT7cnS_ujMFSf84sUqx9xcbO0AsJ47O0XuKAe6iV/s320/Crocagator.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Yesterday I said I would be posting daily for the remainder of the year so todays topic is about mounts. Mounts are in every day life in Wizard101 and without them we would be in the dark ages of walking everywhere at 2 miles an hour. Yes there is the small stat that is less known in shoes such as the ones in Wizard City that are sold for crowns that have wings. But until mounts that was as fast as we could get +8 MPH? Seriously we were like moving sloths. When the first mounts came out, Dragons, Cats, Brooms and Horses, they were all +50 speed. This improved our game. They only stat that was different was the Meowmedon which at the time was the only one with +40, they changed this for less lag and changed <u>all</u> mounts in game to the +40. Now I find this unfair since mounts are ranged at all different prices, but in all honesty with the exception of the 2 person Hornocerous and Blood Raven they all do the exact same thing just different textures. Why is a pegasus 25 dollars in crowns while a lioness is only 10? They do the same thing? Same speed? Is it just because we like the look of the pegasus better? Perhaps, but is it fair to price it 15 dollars more for speed?<br />
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I think we should have stats based on speed, but have them be customized for each. For example, a Crocagator could move +50% faster in underwater areas such as Crab Alley and the Grotto but then on land move at maybe only +35. I like this concept because I know that at a lot of parties people mount race and it is kind of not smart in the sense that, they all are the same speed but if one cuts a corner then they get the upper advantage? Unfair much? And this is played for crown prizes such as hoards, which is really unfair since its based on stuff like computer speed and how good you are at controling your character. This is why I think each mount should be remastered to have stats in speed, so maybe the hawk in the Hawk Rider Bundle could move at 50% speed instead of the 40%. <br />
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Please comment on what you think? By the way your question of the day is, What is your favorite mount? Leave a comment with your answer and please follow!Nicholas LionRiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794479904829688040noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409129879781729511.post-72141036157585322762012-01-15T15:04:00.000-08:002012-01-15T15:04:34.224-08:00Kangaraugwa<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7J7x55bJq1pGTolJVB__B0ZkEQPwlIZ1u8Cfr7sXW1pjEFE9JQDQvSoGZIiIIvIYkI9LfZNOyF1AaD8l4nSw3FOm2XW8ew5yzVEmny3aLYG59eWUsYlHXJMvUZS5yFjmVpq79iIQlYow/s1600/Kangaraugwa+Poster+Version+1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7J7x55bJq1pGTolJVB__B0ZkEQPwlIZ1u8Cfr7sXW1pjEFE9JQDQvSoGZIiIIvIYkI9LfZNOyF1AaD8l4nSw3FOm2XW8ew5yzVEmny3aLYG59eWUsYlHXJMvUZS5yFjmVpq79iIQlYow/s400/Kangaraugwa+Poster+Version+1.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLV9a92swKnWhhihWDjR_TkVhm_8mSZnuhWpYUTz6IO_wdxtlOW_gaB4FrcqbTgvxvBp_RuVZWcvzs6wMhsN1tREVsOhdYKZSSF2QfXuf5r1wS4Hs5v92O66Dv0lFd90OkFPG-UaMmzBXs/s1600/Kookaburra.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLV9a92swKnWhhihWDjR_TkVhm_8mSZnuhWpYUTz6IO_wdxtlOW_gaB4FrcqbTgvxvBp_RuVZWcvzs6wMhsN1tREVsOhdYKZSSF2QfXuf5r1wS4Hs5v92O66Dv0lFd90OkFPG-UaMmzBXs/s320/Kookaburra.png" width="320" /></a>Yes I know I haven't posted in about a month. With all of my projects I haven't had the time to blog but from now on I want to blog at least once a night for the remainder of the 2012 year. So with Zebrifica being made into Zafaria and all of the new confirmed worlds I decided that I don't want to make a bunch of ideas, art and waste time when I know that in the end it will come out so I said, what world would I personally like. I thought how I really do like exotic wildlife and so what better world inspiration then Australia. I really love the wildlife and the extensive beauty so a side world of this idea would be nice. Now instead of doing a little bit of concept art here and there I will just give you guys about 7 pieces right now. Also the top of my post is my first wallpaper for the world if you would like to download it.<br />
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First up is the Saltwater Kroks: A animal that is strong and well known in Australia is the Salt water crocodile, as a spin of of Wizard101 I thought they would look much like their cousins of Krokotopia. Since they aren't Egyptian however I thought living in harsh conditions of Australia they became large, stronger and tougher than those of KT. They have reddish skin which I thought is actually a much better alternative to give the game a little bit more color. I really like this and I hope you enjoy too here is the deadly king of the waters of Australia, the salt water kroks.<br />
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Second is the native species of the island, the Koalas. These small marsupials are really hard to defeat prior to their actual size. They are small and hold spears and their standard Kangaraugwa necklaces. The Koalas can be black, brown, or grey.<br />
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Third is the Tasmanian devils, Tasmanian devils are vicious creatures. They can't speak and are very wild compared to most animals like them in the game.<br />
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Not shown/Coming Soon: Kangaroos, (Possible) Thylacine, and Wallabies <br />
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Deleted character: This species of character is called the Kookaburra Mage, she is very deadly and uses magic and the art of fighting when attacking, you can talk to one of her "good" kind Betta Small claw to train at the moon school to get the olyphant and raven polymorphs.<br />
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Crowns Shop Gear: Emu Mount, Wombat Pet and Thorned lizard pet.<br />
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Glad I could talk to you guys again I know it has been like forever. Post comments telling me what you think and if you would like the renders of each character you see please email me at <a href="mailto:njd525@gmail.com">njd525@gmail.com</a> and don't forget to follow if you want to see more great posts and more artwork. Until then see you in the spiral -Nicholas LionRider</div>Nicholas LionRiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794479904829688040noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409129879781729511.post-79626519466921490872011-12-08T14:16:00.000-08:002011-12-08T14:21:41.377-08:00Proof of new worlds located in CommercialOkay hey guys I know I need to post more but I got big news. Two, count um TWO new world have been discovered. Today Kings Isle released the new commecial on Zafaria and one world with a skull on it (possible death world) and another on top of a giant turtle. I have mulitple ideas and will go into my theory on each. I also would like to give credit to Luke Goldhorn who found the first world I discovered the second and he took pictures of both. Now here they are.<br />
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Skull World: (World name still unknown)<br />
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Theory: This can maybe be the next world after Zafaria but I think it will be after the next world, and will probably be a death world. The death world seems to center around a giant skull and is probably still being created. The idea is nice but I think that we might see future evidence of this world after the next world.<br />
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Turtle-back World: (Name still unknown)<br />
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Video Evidence:<br />
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Theory: My theory is that it will be based off of Native American culture. In Native American legends they tell of the world being brought on the back of a giant turtle. This is a good example of that.<br />
I think that KI is making this world at the moment and it will be followed after Zafaria. I am precise on my dates of release because I am sure that I have them correct. If anyone knows more about native american folkloore please feel free to comment.<br />
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Reasoning behind my dates of release and ideas:<br />
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My ideas come from Morganthes riddle. We thought we solved it with Wintertusk or Wysteria but we were wrong. I now see that it must be the ideas of the next four worlds. My idea is, Zafaria, The native american world, skull world and then a Myth world. Her riddle if you forget was: The mirror will break, the horn will call, from the shadows i'll strike and the sky will fall. Now here are my evidence. By Mirror Morganthe meant Mirror Lake of Zafaria. She destroyed it and left to the next world. The horn will call is our next hint at a new world. Native Americans used horns as alarms in need and so it would make sense that his turtle back world is next. From the shadows i'll strike, perfect example of a death world and a good name for an area, something such as Shadow Crypt Tower. And last the sky will fall. Probably referring to a sky world. A myth world would be good if it took place on Olympus but it could also be a heaven like world. I picture for this world a city on clouds and then maybe Morganthe wants it falling down.Nicholas LionRiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794479904829688040noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409129879781729511.post-70569888942861693422011-10-24T18:07:00.000-07:002011-10-24T18:07:03.678-07:00Down in the Depths, at the top of the world...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq6mFn414CCWWZRFPm6ZaY-KGgLQo_A9TwL6OzLuMCvJWeV3Iw41dfAfZMCOjR2Kuz_jNGkjLkbOcBE86qlH6Yq2HHkBE_yS2rb4vzfBdrlX4WTREJbLyg8ghqPMgtU1AmSQTNpIb44_Wz/s1600/wiz-rb-1021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq6mFn414CCWWZRFPm6ZaY-KGgLQo_A9TwL6OzLuMCvJWeV3Iw41dfAfZMCOjR2Kuz_jNGkjLkbOcBE86qlH6Yq2HHkBE_yS2rb4vzfBdrlX4WTREJbLyg8ghqPMgtU1AmSQTNpIb44_Wz/s320/wiz-rb-1021.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWqWX4vW9jiAed6tPUGrj9qeDuP5nr5YIV-Zdt6jwo1eFVV1ubTH0Hw_EA_UclB4YQbH3WKSP_YVorl-uCy_T4kn0n242oq7iu2l7kknmXnQnFtINETSYIhIGc68okgpwMuu7dAgmeQhEc/s1600/208420.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWqWX4vW9jiAed6tPUGrj9qeDuP5nr5YIV-Zdt6jwo1eFVV1ubTH0Hw_EA_UclB4YQbH3WKSP_YVorl-uCy_T4kn0n242oq7iu2l7kknmXnQnFtINETSYIhIGc68okgpwMuu7dAgmeQhEc/s320/208420.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Well that was the hints we got from the first look at the new world. Which eh hem I predicted :P But either way KI gave us some great pictures and cool messages. Kevin BattleBlood explained what the language was and it turns out its moarse code. Of course I don't know it and so I learned a bit of it. So here is a graph of what each symbol equals.<br />
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Giraffes = /<br />
Lions = -<br />
Spirals = .<br />
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So there you have it if you want look up Morse code and make your own wacky jungle message and show it to your friends. Also with this language we got inside looks at the new creatures. We saw a little bit of the tribes in the Sun Palace but we didn't see all of them. According to the photos the Elephants will be making a appearance as what seems to be bad guys. Very cool looking ones but they seem to be more possessed than just plain evil. So just theory crafting here but I think that the Elephant men (Not calling them Helephants or Oni) are nice characters who got possessed by a powerful evil, perhaps Morganthe, or a new kind of bad guy we haven't seen yet. The second photo shows a bunch of gorilla men. They weren't in the original house that we assumed had all the tribes but I guess there are more to be discovered. These seem to be powerful creatures and look pretty cool. In the background you can see the king which you know is king because of his higher class attire and helm. Along with this you notice that the guard like apes are grey almost white, with Mohawks. Now if that doesn't make you think these guys are cool who are you. I predict that since the next message will be a few days it will have either lions or zebra creatures. Perhaps we might see this new world out in let's say Christmas but since KI said they would put out these hints near its release, maybe this thanksgiving we are going on Safari. So grab your rifles, cameras and swords because this Winter will be a real WILD one.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc0ZGILV5pwLvljyS7dXoOVq1SRyxIj-AzlLL2-rszdyWpjmUXP8O5whHrLTdVLLu1ItZStI5BeYMWOssXh3bu4ON_3sXsRYU6UAgNgw3-PZDNmGEGuQbwVWQwaTbGpc0VjtAK96HnoADa/s1600/duck.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc0ZGILV5pwLvljyS7dXoOVq1SRyxIj-AzlLL2-rszdyWpjmUXP8O5whHrLTdVLLu1ItZStI5BeYMWOssXh3bu4ON_3sXsRYU6UAgNgw3-PZDNmGEGuQbwVWQwaTbGpc0VjtAK96HnoADa/s640/duck.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Nicholas LionRiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794479904829688040noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409129879781729511.post-63294897979937624142011-10-11T17:40:00.000-07:002011-10-11T17:40:42.780-07:00The Horse's Hoard<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz2L7_QZKT0pIsfbC3KBxUDcu4PjHANInumhqkkMZhbqvhQNnjdaPWBZRJYyYgC2-V6K9lnaSnN1Xb2jzlWB4W-fyO4-_fXt0s97IfdYNwlKT9QYR6D0c_DcAXZhDgEoknnOCrlNzphg2G/s1600/Horses+Hoard.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz2L7_QZKT0pIsfbC3KBxUDcu4PjHANInumhqkkMZhbqvhQNnjdaPWBZRJYyYgC2-V6K9lnaSnN1Xb2jzlWB4W-fyO4-_fXt0s97IfdYNwlKT9QYR6D0c_DcAXZhDgEoknnOCrlNzphg2G/s320/Horses+Hoard.png" width="320" /></a></div>Now first off your gonna be thinking like my friend Talon ThunderBlade when I say this, Has Nick lost his mind? Well yes I have thank you for asking :P, but no really me and Talon were having one of our creative talks about what my next project should be, so I have done Gift cards, I've done a world, I recreated Wizard101 inside another game (btw MC101 1.0 will be out shortly some time this week) and so now I will be working on hoards. I have my first one done that we both thought wouldn't work and was just a joke then we thought about it and thought, O_O you know that just might work. So this idea actually started when we thought you know the Dragons Hoard and Wyverns hoard have kinda been more man packs and we needed a girl one. For a first idea we were like ok easy Fairy Hoard, but then I remember how girls were kinda getting tired of being pictured as little perfect princesses such as the MFP gear and pet for the Gear-a-Palooza contest. And so I go "Why not a horse hoard." Talon laughed and then I did but then we thought that might work and went over some ideas so here is a list of items it can drop and a picture of what it looks like.<br />
List of Items<br />
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- 7 Day Chestnut Pony Rental<br />
- 7 Day White Mare Rental<br />
- 7 Day Black Stallion Rental<br />
- 7 Day Moonlight Pony Rental <br />
- 7 Day Starlight Pony Rental<br />
- 7 Day Sunshine Pony Rental<br />
- 7 Day Starshine Pony Rental<br />
- 7 Day Spritely Seahorse Rental<br />
- 7 Day Rugged Seahorse Rental<br />
- Permanent Unicorn Mount<br />
- Permanent NightFlame Pegasus (Super Rare)<br />
- Permanent Skyracer Pegasus (Super Rare)<br />
- Permanent Spritely Seahorse<br />
- Permanent Rugged Seahorse<br />
- Permanent Chestnut Pony<br />
- Permanent White Mare<br />
- Permanent Black Stallion<br />
- Permanent Moonlight Pony<br />
- Permanent Starlight Pony<br />
- Permanent Sunshine Pony<br />
- Permanent Starshine Pony<br />
* Permanent Sunshine Pegasus (Extremely Rare)<br />
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Gear<br />
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-Stallions Staff of Spirit<br />
-Clydesdale's Cape of Courage<br />
-Hoofed Walkers<br />
-Helm of the Pegasai<br />
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Pets<br />
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-Nightmare<br />
-Unicorn<br />
-Fog Unicorn<br />
-Grove Unicorn<br />
-Imp<br />
-Royal Dragon<br />
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Housing Items<br />
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-Teleporters (Assorted Colors)<br />
-Large Hedge<br />
-Unicorn Statue<br />
-Carousel (Very Rare)<br />
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Reagents, Plants and Pet Snacks<br />
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-Diamond (Reagent)<br />
-Black Lotus (Reagent)<br />
-Mist Wood (Reagent)<br />
-Ruby (Reagent)<br />
-Trumpet Vine (Plant)<br />
-Helephant Ears (Plant)<br />
-Pink Dandelion (Plant)<br />
-Laugh-o-Dill<br />
-Pink Laugh-o-Dill<br />
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And that's pretty much it let me know what you think.Nicholas LionRiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794479904829688040noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409129879781729511.post-33877261200310118642011-10-09T08:22:00.000-07:002011-10-09T08:30:26.162-07:00Nick's Weekly, Super Epic Bloggy Post: Spookybob and Super Prizes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKkXiDSnA7IpPZE70iQU0JFFs5AU_fz6iGj6Zy8HaP8s5ADHVKfazrneuOggjl8JD8vbfNpzrYD1Yo8aQ-gU1cYHacwUtbtYWm1IGfpyXQepwiyYOEvNmnexacQ1mn4_VmbAhxx-HlTamk/s1600/Nick%2527s+Weekly%252C+Super+Epic+Bloggy+Post+Two.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKkXiDSnA7IpPZE70iQU0JFFs5AU_fz6iGj6Zy8HaP8s5ADHVKfazrneuOggjl8JD8vbfNpzrYD1Yo8aQ-gU1cYHacwUtbtYWm1IGfpyXQepwiyYOEvNmnexacQ1mn4_VmbAhxx-HlTamk/s320/Nick%2527s+Weekly%252C+Super+Epic+Bloggy+Post+Two.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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This week we got <strong>tons</strong> of updates but we made due. Lots of history this week and a lot more so just sit down as I walk you through this weeks Spiral news.<br />
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<u>Halloween:<br />
</u> The spiral this week has been going crazy over that jolly old, candy filled holiday (though not a real one) called Halloween. Kings Isle also keeps up with the news by decorating all of Wizard City in a spooky matter. You will find cardboard cutout monsters, jack-o-lanterns and the occasional ghost flying by. But the big news that Halloween brings are the new items and quests. Sadly the quests are the same as the last two years and so if you beat them last year or the year before you kinda miss out. But with every year, they allow brave wizards and witches to test their skill by doing one of three towers in Ravenwood. These can be a bit hard and so I don't recommend doing them alone. The last but not least news is the new pets. These pets are the Ghost Dragon, Zombie Piggle and Nightmare. Now the Nightmare we have seen in the past but this one is remastered and can be bought instead of hatching. Along with these new pets our returning little companion feline, the Black Cat, makes it's third appearance into the Spiral to be sold for 1500 crowns, but it's value is priceless. Along with these large changes Halloween has brought a few new items such as pumpkin hats and other assorted gear which you can also buy from Spooky Bob in the Shopping District.<br />
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<u>Test Realm: Mess up?</u><br />
A little after last week's release of the Test realm lot's of wizards found a very important mess up inside the update. This is the sneak peek that KI didn't want us to see of the new Multiplayer mounts. If you go to the help page of your book, you will see a new mount tab, this tab doesn't give you any information on single player mounts, mostly because they are pretty simple to use, but tons of information on how you would equip them, have people join you and tons of other neat things so if you want check that out on the test realm, you'll be glad you did.<br />
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<u>Gear-a-Palooza:<br />
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</u> This update has been great for anyone looking for any great gear or items in the crowns shop. We had Pet-a-Palozza, Mount-a-Palooza, House-a-Palooza and now Gear-a-Palooza. How the name hasn't gotten old by now is beyond me. But everyone who enters in the promotion code on their website gets a Barbarian Helmet this week, next week the robe and the week after the boots. So after Halloween is over you will have a Barbarian costume for all those parties coming up. The only other basic information on this special is each set of gear is 50% off. So go buy some crowns and get that Baconator costume you have been wanting the whole year.<br />
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<strong><u>Community News:</u></strong><br />
<u>Ambrose2Zeke: The final Stretch:</u><br />
Ambrose2Zeke has been testing wizards throughout the summer, competing to fight the Queen of Blight. This week is the last challenge. The only ones that remain are me, and a few others. We will know our last challenge some time this afternoon and we will all try and beat it. But Blight has some fierce compitition. So I would watch it Blight.<br />
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<u>New Academy Founded:<br />
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</u> We have had many wizard made academies such as The Nightstone Academy and Sultans Academy but with all of these Blaze and I decided to make our own academy. This would be called ShadowRider Academy. Many of the classes include your basic classes (Fire, Ice, Storm, Death, ect.) but many new ones including Spiral History, and Basic Magic 1 and Basic Magic 2 will also be included. Also with this academy we have released Electives. That's right a fun class to look forward to during the day. This could be PvP, Gardening, Crafting or Pet Training (with housing as a possiblity.) The school will start very soon and will be at a Sultans Palace with a Myth House to fit the classes and students. Until then more news soon.<br />
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<u>Ravenwood Radio History:</u><br />
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Although I ususally save Ravenwood Radio for the rest of the podcast section, since they hit episode 50! I am going to do a little extra info. Ravenwood Radio had their two year aniversary on Wenesday and got everyone very excited. They gave out 50! Prizes which is extremely epic and so congrats to them, now for more detail on the actual show.<br />
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<u><strong>Today's Latest Podcasts:<br />
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</strong>Ravenwood Radio Episode 50 Special:<br />
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</u> Although an epic episode I think it was very over hiped as far as How great it would be. Great plot but I think their was just too many guest hosts and lots of issues. They got cut a few times and it was very late so a lot of kids had to go to bed. This causing their record breaking 110 viewers to go down to about 80-85. Kevin Battleblood promised it would be back up but we waited a few minutes and I had to leave so I am not sure if it got back up. So overall the prizes might have saved it but I am going to have to give this week's Ravenwood Radio a 4/5. Worth watching if you were there live. But other then that great show so I hope you guys have 100 more. :D<br />
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<u>Spiral Live Episode 5 Review:</u><br />
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Spiral Live was our best ever this week. I am not giving it a 5/5 though because toward the end we did have a very bad connection and so that was an issue, but best show ever. We gave away a ton of prizes such as a 10$ giftcard, a mega snack pack and two lucky winners got Wyvern Hoards. I hope they use them to their fullest and hope they get their mounts. Our guys night with our guests Justin ShadowBlade and Talon ThunderBlade went great. Got a few laughs did they show good and had a good time. We have a special episode six coming up with a Halloween special so stay tuned in for the 22nd for that. But this week with the problems but epic show I give us a 4/5. So nice job to make up for the 1/5 last week.<br />
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<u>Wizard Weekly Episode 26:<br />
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Wizard Weekly was good. But kinda fast. But since the huge updates I kinda understand. And not sure if it was my volume but Fallon sounded a bit wierd like she was sick, but it's ok its flu season :P Btw EPIC housing glitch this week :)<br />
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Until next time wizards I will keep you updated. So see you in the Spiral :)<br />
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<u><strong>Links:</strong></u><br />
Spiral Live Livestream: <a href="http://www.livestream.com/spirallive?t=570765">http://www.livestream.com/spirallive?t=570765</a><br />
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Wizard Weekly Episode 26 Youtube: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bWlaNkpCQw&feature=feedu">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bWlaNkpCQw&feature=feedu</a><br />
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Ravenwood Radio Livestream: <a href="http://www.livestream.com/ravenwoodradio">http://www.livestream.com/ravenwoodradio</a><br />
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Ambrose2Zeke.com: <a href="http://ambrose2zeke.blogspot.com/">http://ambrose2zeke.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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ShadowRider Academy: <a href="http://shadowrideracademy.blogspot.com/">http://shadowrideracademy.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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Gear-a-Palozza Page on Wizard101.com: <a href="https://www.wizard101.com/game/gear-a-palooza">https://www.wizard101.com/game/gear-a-palooza</a><br />
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Halloween Page on Wizard101.com: <a href="https://www.wizard101.com/game/halloween">https://www.wizard101.com/game/halloween</a>Nicholas LionRiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794479904829688040noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409129879781729511.post-37790204755672772782011-09-28T14:07:00.000-07:002011-09-28T14:07:45.144-07:00Nick's Weekly, Super Epic Bloggy Post: Signs and Songs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2wFkNshzNFmMi-7xi5Z1Yu9jXIH55gv9jWi_Oai1k7JRTR5AjxtWYpOFgcAoU-VxPloeGAYS3iYNTMCisOSrwdau5WKP10s2PSDBzTuAQLj_p84bI4Qeo7UtBE9nrTuTg4JVWnpt1ptu/s1600/Super+Epic+Bloggy+Photo+One.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2wFkNshzNFmMi-7xi5Z1Yu9jXIH55gv9jWi_Oai1k7JRTR5AjxtWYpOFgcAoU-VxPloeGAYS3iYNTMCisOSrwdau5WKP10s2PSDBzTuAQLj_p84bI4Qeo7UtBE9nrTuTg4JVWnpt1ptu/s320/Super+Epic+Bloggy+Photo+One.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Hello, now although a few days ago I posted saying I would make a weekly gaming update post well here it is! It's a new thing that I like to call Nick's Weekly, Super Epic Bloggy Post. This week I will be talking about the news. In game and in my adventures. So let's start us off with our topics.<br />
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<u>Test Realm: Maps and Signs</u><br />
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If you haven't heard already the test realm is open. Now this isn't a large change into the game but it is just as important as the teleporters. First off we have a new mount. The Black Panther. This mount is just like the free one we got to try for 15 days a few months back, but now can be sold for 5000 crowns which is cheap for a permanent mount. Also in test realm we have seen that their are new features added into the game. These would be signs. Signs are a great new aspect to the game because now anyone who enters your house could see a sign or message saying who's house it is, what a certain part in the house is supposed to be, or just a welcome to my castle sign. Either way they are a great new item to be in your castle or land. The ones available now are the Marleybone, Grizzleheim, Wizard City and a one that you can hang on your wall. Each is set at a different crowns price (do to the different designs) but at a fairly reasonable one such as the 500 crowns Wizard City one. Now the only thing that isn't so great about these is that instead of writing your own message, you must choose from a pre-made list that KI provides. This reminds us a lot of menu chat. The last change in the test realm was the updated maps. Maps in different worlds have sometimes missed, crafting and reagent vendors, new shops, and the occasional missed character or part of the world. The new ones are a little glitchy but I am sure KI will get right to them immediately. <br />
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<u>New Pets in Live Realm:<br />
</u> Just like the test realm the live realm has been crazy too. With new furry and slimy creatures. The new pets are cool new addition into the game because they give you some pretty cool abilities and cards if trained and are just fun to look at. The five that are out are the Burning Pixie, Muscled Cat, Pink Jellyfish, Primal Wildclaw, and Skeletal Knight. Each is very unique with its look, talent and price. All are availible with crowns though it may cost you a few dollars. The pets can range between 1750-6500+ crowns. Now this might only a few dollars but for a pet it can be expensive. Luckily some of the better looking ones such as the Cat and Wildclaw can be sold for a cheap price around 2000 crowns. So if you would like you can find these in live realm and if you can't afford them but have a subscription check them out on test realm and see for youself what your missing. <br />
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<strong><u>Community News:</u></strong><br />
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<u>Ambrose2Zeke Challenge Five:<br />
</u> With the challenges coming to a close many warriors including me, Amber RosePetal and Diana Wildheart continue to fight to destroy the evil that is the Queen of Blight. After solving a puzzle, destroying 200 sharks, 500 spiders and a extremely hard riddle that took almost a week to solve finally we continue our journey by crafting a chair for a large iceling to sit down on. After this challenge we will have two more until we get the grand prize of 5000 crowns and to be put into the Ambrose2Zeke Hall of Fame. I will keep you updated next week on this exciting conclusion. <br />
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<u>Spiral Live Music Page:<br />
</u> Spiral Live started a new project called SLB or Spiral Live Beats which is going actually good. Blaze ShadowHorn (my co-host) already wrote the first two songs which are called "Everyday Routine" and "Anything". Both are excelent songs and now I am going to be writing the next two. So be expect the Ravenwood Song and the Lazers song very soon!<br />
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<u><strong>Today's Latest Podcasts:<br />
</strong>Spiral Live Episode Four Review:<br />
</u> Episode Four wasn't the greatest episode at all. Although it was ok. We weren't there half the time. Between Blaze leaving and Wi-Fi Problems we lost conection about 4 or five times. Due to this I give Episode four a 1/5 for this week.<br />
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<u>Wizard Weekly Episode Twenty Four Review:<br />
</u> There was a lot of things I liked about Wizard Weekly this week. Brought lots of detail to the community and had a couple of laughs here and there. Wizard101 Central does a great job with the show and surprisingly some of the bloopers and mess ups are very funny. With all the great information, funny comments and tons of great intresting topics I give this weeks Wizard Weekly a 5/5 Good work Fallon and Wizard101 Central.<br />
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<u>Ravenwood Radio Episode 49 Review:<br />
</u> I didn't get to see this weeks Ravenwood Radio but from what I have heard it was a good show so I will just have to give it the middle rating of 3/5.<br />
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Well I hope you liked this weeks episode of Nick's Weekly, Super Epic Bloggy Post and stay tuned next week for more news. I am also going to continue posting smaller posts during the week so stay tuned for those as well.<br />
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Links:<br />
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Spiral Live Livestream: <a href="http://www.livestream.com/spirallive?t=754567">http://www.livestream.com/spirallive?t=754567</a><br />
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Ravenwood Radio Livestream: <a href="http://www.livestream.com/ravenwoodradio">http://www.livestream.com/ravenwoodradio</a><br />
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Wizard Weekly Episode Twenty Four: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdbW9yNsta4">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdbW9yNsta4</a><br />
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Ambrose2Zeke.com: <a href="http://ambrose2zeke.blogspot.com/">http://ambrose2zeke.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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Spiral Live Music Page: <a href="http://spirallivepodcast.blogspot.com/p/music.html">http://spirallivepodcast.blogspot.com/p/music.html</a><br />
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Wizard101 Pet's Page: <a href="https://www.wizard101.com/game/crownshop#newitems">https://www.wizard101.com/game/crownshop#newitems</a>Nicholas LionRiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794479904829688040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409129879781729511.post-41684154850315663772011-09-20T18:13:00.000-07:002011-09-20T18:14:14.029-07:00Zebrifica: Progress Update Post Number 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9iduCo21vYkxhP_9XDXAe__jq3-HYVnrceVSnnI2xUDb9IDBgQ85UR4lill-6MyGrmoXmTrQyQtfkKaCFtVeagD5x6Qd49nI55eWK5Q73DMVYb0cM7HQi7AYj2o-8sU6vWn1yIYYqVxBc/s1600/Map+of+ZW.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" closure_uid_41szml="4" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9iduCo21vYkxhP_9XDXAe__jq3-HYVnrceVSnnI2xUDb9IDBgQ85UR4lill-6MyGrmoXmTrQyQtfkKaCFtVeagD5x6Qd49nI55eWK5Q73DMVYb0cM7HQi7AYj2o-8sU6vWn1yIYYqVxBc/s400/Map+of+ZW.png" width="400" /></a></div>This is excelent news for the progress of Zebrifica I finished the map of the world. Though it took a few days I finished and it looks great so here it is. It includes the main places of the Wastelands behind the Waterhole. The Waterhole Dead center. The Ape Overlord Jungle is the floating island that you get through from the Waterhole main hub. The Oni Kingdom which is located also on the eastern side of the Waterhole. The Grasslands which is in the North Eastern of the map. Filled with the towns and stuff. Then the coolest one I think which is the Horned Warriors Kingdom which is filled with volcanic rock and giant animal skeletons. And of course I have the orginal picture I drew of Sir Wiggly Tusk the Porter if you missed it already. Stay tuned for more art, videos, news or maybe music *Wink, wink* If you like it please comment on my latest post.<br />
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You can find that post in the Zebrifica page to the right. Its really cool and if you want the latest news on concept art or anything you will find it there. I am hoping to get at least a new thing up every day or every other day so stay tuned. This week we had two. The map which was posted today and Sir Wiggly Tusk the Porter which was two days ago. If you would like to see his concept art he will be at the bottom. Also if you like the map and want more from this just demand it in the comments or just compliment me if you liked it. It was a lot of work but I am planning on making the music for the Water hole this week. I have the actual tune in my head I just need to get it all recorded. I hope you like it and enjoy this ugly looking pig in a little suit :P <br />
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So this is something that Allan NightStone is making me do. It was a card I made for a tutorial for him and he made me post it so here it is. PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON!<br />
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