Is The Future Of Pirate101 Gone?

With the release of test realm as of today (the 17th of March, 2016) @W101Spoilers had obtained new information regarding a future bundle that possibly links with a new world in the files of the test realm. This world has possibly news of heartbroken, let down, and every other emotion that falls into the category when you hear the words that...

*WIZARD101 SPOILERS WARNING* Spring Update 2016

I would like to say this now, (if not evident from the title) that there are spoilers* ahead for the Spring, if not, Summer** update this year that I am too cover. This post is only for those that wish to see what there is to offer in Wizard101 in the future and if you do not agree with showing spoilers or do not wish to see them, you can just skip over this post. If not then continue on in the post for the content leaked in the past 24 hours.

*Please note that the pictures shown in the post are also posted on the Twitter account @W101Spoilers.
**Majority are not confirmed and could be live in the game anything in the future.

?¿?¿The Blog Is Dead?¿?¿

Hi. I understand that this blog has always been minor compared to the other blogs in the community so our absence hasn't effected many of you. But I'd like you all to know that we haven't given up on this blog yet, at least I haven't.

Once I start getting my schedule together I'll try and focus on this blog. I'd like to make a return to the blogging community. And when I do I'll begin posting little updates on certain things. Hopefully by then there's a decent amount of things to talk about. But I won't just talk about games and such. No I plan to do what I imagined from the start.

I'd like to talk about things going on in my life. This way you guys can get my personal views on things, and it gives me something to write about during those dry months where there's no content. As well, I hope that my stories can connect with others and that we can have nice little chats in the Comments Section on said topics. Think of this blog as one of those YouTube Vlogs, but instead with writing ((Thus making it a Blog)), pictures, and a chance for me to improve my writing skills.

OH! And lastly, I know in the past I've mentioned that I'd like to update the look on the blog. And I'm serious. I've just always put it off because I can never stay focused on one thing for to long. But hopefully this Summer I'll finally put my mind to fixing up this blog. And if I forget or get distracted I'll need you guys to help me get back on track. :P

Anyways, goodnight/good morning and I'm looking forward to seeing some of you reading my future posts.

Update 01: I've decided to start working on a new "project" which I'm calling Shadow 2.0 for now. I'll let you guys now more about it in the future.

~Sincerely Umbra . . .  

Why exactly are Myth wizards called conjurers? Well, the answer is simple; the main focus of the school is to create. According to the Wizard101 website, "The Myth School will train its student wizards to summon minions." Our ability to "conjure" minions is supposedly what sets us apart from the other schools, we don't get massive damage, resist, or critical, we don't get heals, or drains, we get the ability to turn our hard earned pips into a useless pest for you to kill in one turn. Undoubtedly the least popular school in the second arc, Myth has steadily lost the throne it held in the Malistaire saga with each new world release. How is it possible that a school who used to dominate PvP, with its signature spell "Medusa," could become as helpless as they are today in 40 short levels? Kindly click "read on" to join the discussion.

~ Getting Excited for Play2Crush ~

It was on January 25th, just last year when Todd J. Coleman announced he'd be leaving KingsIsle to pursue his own course. He had envisioned a new game, a game that will set high standards for future MMORPGs. And throughout the course of the year he's kept us updated with his progress. To the right of this paragraph you can see Coleman's "Mystery Artist" at work. 

Just the other day Coleman released the teaser site of his new game. And featured right on it is the moto of ArtCraft which you can view right here:

Where did we go wrong?

There was a time when our industry took CHANCES.
Our games didn’t have to appeal to everyone, and we didn’t judge ourselves solely on mass market success.
With amusement park games, it’s impossible to lose. With sandbox games, it’s impossible to win.
If you can’t win and you can’t lose, then. . .

What's the point of playing?

I don’t want to kill more rats, fill another experience point bar or collect another meaningless badge.
I want to play a GAME, against PLAYERS where my actions, my decisions and my SKILL will determine if I win or lose.
Allies. Enemies. Alliances. Betrayal. Risk. Conquest. To compete with THOUSANDS of other players for a chance to claim the THRONE.
Even if I lose, the experience won’t feel hollow. I don’t want another worthless trophy.

I WANT TO PLAY TO CRUSH!

With the little link right above you can sign up for the Beta stage which will be here in only 63 days. So sign up, and Play2Crush! I hope to see you there! 
 

For more information on this check out Swordroll's Blog Post and MMORPG's News Update. 

Play2Crush Beta Sign Up

            TOTAL DAYS LEFT UNTIL PLAY2CRUSH BETA: 63

In a world where game developers have been using the same format for a decade, two game developers set off to make a new game not like any other game.

Ok, enough with the cheesy prologue I made at 12:01 AM because I am so excited so let me get to the point and write the 4858 page summary on it now. Play2Crush is a new game, like it says in the title, that doesn't use the same format other games have been using for a decade. Play2Crush is made by 2 well known game developers, J Todd Coleman (Shadowbane, Wizard101, Pirate101) and Gordon Walton (Ultima Online, Star Wars: Galaxies, Star Wars: the Old Republic) who have combined. Well, I won't spoil the rest. I would read everything you can on the link down below under the group numbers for everyone on the blog has gotten accepted so far:                                        

     Jace - Group #1
     Cass - Group #2

http://www.play2crush.com/

 

Hidden Lands and Glowbug Shine

By now the majority of us, if not all know the ending words Old Cob had told us in Khrysalis. Two of those names we do not know much about, only the fact that there are giant speculations that The Broken Shores is that world floating around in the Spiral we see when going through some stormgates to other worlds in Pirate101. What about the Hidden Lands though? The only place we do not know of.

Hidden Lands

For a long time we have waited for a swamp world. We have wanted to know where Mr. Lincoln comes from, where frogs come from, what this "Out East" place the storks in Cool Ranch talk of. Well, we possibly know now, this isn't definite but this is my theory on the Hidden Lands.

Swamps are usually places were alligators and other animals lurk. Sometimes swamps are hidden by think fog so why not call a swamp themed world Hidden Lands? It just means the place is hard to get to. How it fits in with the story? Well, my guess is we come here to stop Old Cob from doing something shadow related. Maybe it is where we end him or somewhere in the middle or close to the end. It has something to do with shadow magic and we will possibly get shadow magic here.

Another idea is using the new shadow infused storm spell, Glowbug Squall, to help put this together. Just by looking at the image above we can tell this spell originates from a swamp environment and from the name of the spell. We can also see that this world is at night giving it a more mysterious and shadow look to it. What I don't understand is what the green smoke is in the picture but probably just the smoke of the world.

Conclusion

What do you all think about the new spell and the environment it casts off? Comment below "Shine bright like a diamond!" if you have read the whole post and thank you to Edward RubyRunner for letting me use this picture he took of the Glowbug Squall spell in action.

¡Hola!

     You may remember me from all the way back to the first post. Well, I'm back to cause trouble! >:D Joking about that, the real reason I am back is to just blog and what better than to blog about my favorite app right now, Celtic Heroes. I will still be doing Wizard101 and Pirate101 posts every now and then but I want to help broaden your horizons to more games but let's stop talking about that poop.

     As you all know by now if you are on Twitter my name is Cass Lifeblossom. I have 6 pirates and wizards using only 3 of my pirates, Cass Underwood, a max level swashbuckler; Ryan Underwood, a witchdoctor in Cool Ranch, and my musketeer that just started his way into Valencia. On Wizard101 I use my main, Cass Lifeblossom, an Exalted Theurgist and Kyle, a Grandmaster Pyromancer in Celestia.

    Whelp, byez I guess. I got nothing else to talk about. Be prepared for the first blog post of many for Celtic Heroes next weekend. If you finished reading comment: I have a pet monkey named Robert.

~ My Boring Weekend (Reflection) ~

 So as this weekend comes to a close I'm looking back at it with annoyance. I wasn't really productive at all and I completely forgot about this catering event that I wanted to do. So yea. I wanted to write something today so I decided to write out this short blog post. 

 Basically right now I'm listening to some music with a million things on my mind of things that I WOULD like to do but can't. While also waiting for this cool MOBA game Smite to finish updating. Once it does I think I'm going to try to get Nox or Nyx depending on how you've heard the name. She's a brand new character in the game and she seems really cool. 

Anyways, aside from barely being productive I did write out a new blog post and brought two new members to the blog. So far Chase has written out his post and Cass should have his done soon (hopefully). I also updated the blog's header for November and there should be a new background up soon. (Again), Anyways. What did you guys/gals do this weekend and what are you looking forward to the most on the Test Realm?

(Ps): We're only 20 days away from the release of Pokemon OR/AS! :D

 ~ With the Test Realm for Wizard101's Fall Update on the horizon KingsIsle has been delivering teasers to their community. Based on what we've seen makes it sort of hard to speculate as to what is to come. So far we've seen concept art for what looks like a Shaolin "Temple", a Mooshu (Or Grizzlehiem) "Boar Boss", a "Royal Hall" of Marleybone, and a collection of pieces of what we all assume to be Darkmoor. And this post will be dedicated to deducing these teasers and hopefully gathering speculations from others. ~