Month: February 2009

Advertisements, Snapshot Series

Highschool Musical starring Maroon Moon

Codien

Disney has released Highschool Musical 3: Senior Year on Dvd and Bluray, and to celebrate you can get your own graduation caps on Poptropica. This is the 3rd or 4th Advertisement from Disney, which is scary because we all know what happened to Club Penguin.
But don’t fret. The Advertisement is the school from the movie and is pretty cool. Inside there is the movie preview, a HSM Quiz Game, and of course there is the graduation outfits for boys and girls. Also on the top floor there is the stage from the movie. 😛

You can find the Highschool Musical 3 advertisement on Shark Tooth and Super Power Island. On the other islands are the Yogo Club and another Disney adverts.

hsm3

Poptropica Creators Blog have released another Snap Shot Saga. This time Vlad the Viking flys over to Super Power Island to make friends with Maroon Moon. This is his story:

Who was that flying Poptropican? Why did she attack me? I was minding my own business while floating around Super Power Island in the airship when she just zoomed by and blasted me! It destroyed the basket I was sitting in and I fell down onto the roof of a large building (falling from somewhere seems to be a common occurrence for me now).

I made my way inside the structure and found a frantic group of people dressed in colorful costumes competing in games like Star Link and Soup Words.

I hopped up out of the fray and another Poptropican followed me to the printing press and challenged me to a friendly game of Balloons where we were evenly matched!

After our game I was able to snap a portrait of her before she sped off… I think she was on her way to help capture that flying menace and bring her to justice before she blasted anyone else out of the sky! I believe in you Maroon Moon!

Make sure to keep your eyes peeled because you never know when I will drop in! (I hope, however, that my drops aren’t as painful as they have been lately.)

Remember to look at all the other posts and comeback tommorow for another PHB Sneak Peak.

Advertisements, Sneak Peeks, Uncategorized

Crazy Costumes, Yogo Bucks, and… Nate Greenwall!

Slanted Fish

It looks like the Poptropica Creators are using their fashion sense to create some more crazy costumes for Poptropica soon! Here’s their latest sneak peek:

Blog Post Title: New Outfits!
Description: Here are a few examples of some “super-special” outfits we are working on!
Image URL: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gw_QYz_mHpo/SZscBulERtI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/dR6MQo6yUig/s1600-h/specialOutfits.jpg
Image Name: specialOutfits.jpg

Hmm, hmm, hmm – special outfits? What are they for? We don’t know yet. Maybe an advertisement?

Anyway, I’m not sure what they are, but I’ll try to describe them. Going from left to right: a lady with a queen’s robe and some sort of white wig (looks like a lawyer’s wig with jewelry on it), a white-skinned Asian-looking girl with a string instrument and purple dress, a soldier with a big helmet and 2 swords (one in his hand, one on his belt), and a guy in a lion costume, holding a mouse (would that have anything to do with the story, The Lion and the Mouse?). 😛

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yogobucks-copy

Welcome to the Yogo Bucks Club!

It’s the newest advertisement building on Poptropica, one predicted by Codien’s PHB Sneak Peeks. They can be found on Early Poptropica, Shark Tooth, Time Tangled and Nabooti. Thanks for the location names, Shiny Leaf!

To get the special Yogo Bucks Club Suit, you have to win the 3 games around the clubhouse. They are:

  • Money Grab: lower-left part
  • Card Match: lower-right part
  • Find the Hidden Card: upper-right part

Once you beat all 3 games, you will win the Yogo Bucks Club Suit and a special prize – good luck!

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After reading about Jeff Kinney being a Creator, Grumpy Wolf shares about someone named “Nate Greenwall” who also seems to be a Creator:

I’ve also heard of a man named “Nate Greenwall”, whom they are talking about on other blogs, But I’ll look into it.

His website is http://www.nategreenwall.com/ and on his resumé that he’s worked with Pearson Education Inc. and he joined the Poptropica team in ‘07. He is the one who even designed the Poptropica logo!

Cool – there are now 3 known ways of contacting the Poptropica Creators:

  • Vlad the Viking: Send him a message on his YouTube channel page, one of his videos, or via private messaging. This requires you to have your own YouTube account, and you must be at least 13 to have one. The link is http://youtube.com/user/vladtheviking/.
  • Jeff Kinney: Send him an E-mail. This requires you to have your own E-mail address. Jeff’s E-mail address is [email protected].
  • Nate Greenwall: Contact Nate. Visit his website, http://www.nategreenwall.com/, and click on “Contact” on the left. This requires you to have your own E-mail address. On the contact form, fill in your name, E-mail address, and what you want to say to him.

Check out the post below to learn more about Jeff Kinney, see an Astro Island sneak peek, and discover that the PHB has had its first half a million views!
https://poptropica.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/our-first-half-million-jeff-kinney-and-shining-crystals/

Astro-Knights Island, Sneak Peeks, Uncategorized

Our first half-million, Jeff Kinney, and Shining Crystals!

Slanted Fish

Yes!! Poptropica Help Blog has reached 500,000 hits – that’s half of a million! 😯

Special First Posts!:
Scary Tomato’s first post (joined July 26, 2008.)
Smockers’s first post (joined October 6, 2008.)
Codien’s first post (joined October 20, 2008.)

The PHB was created on July 26, 2008. Today is February 17, 2009. That means it took only around 6 months, 3 weeks, and a day! That was quick! 😀

To celebrate with a bit of confetti, check out this funny website:
http://producten.hema.nl/

The language written there is Dutch, but don’t worry, you don’t need to know Dutch to watch the cool video there! Oh, and turn on the volume for extra effects, too! 😛

Or…

  • opens the cookie jar*
  • munches*

Let’s add some milk to that, too! Cheers! :mrgreen:

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Many of you might know Jeff Kinney. In case you don’t, he’s the author of the bestselling series, Diary of a Wimpy Kid! If you want to read Diary of a Wimpy Kid, you can see it online for free on Funbrain: http://www.funbrain.com/journal/Journal.html?ThisJournalDay=1&ThisPage=1.

Anyway, Grey Flame recently discovered on Jeff’s website that Jeff Kinney himself is one of Poptropica’s Creators! Thanks for sharing, Grey Flame!

For proof, visit Mr. Kinney’s website at: http://wimpykid.com/

Click on “Author Interview” at the left side. Under the second Q-and-A that shows up, click on “Next”. On the next page find where it says “Q: Are you a full time writer?” “A:“, the answer, says: “No. I work full-time as a virtual world designer, and I created Poptropica.com. I’m also a full-time dad, so things are very busy for me right now!”

The big news is, there’s now another known way to contact the Poptropica Creators! On Mr. Kinney’s website, click on “Contact” at the left. At the top, it says:

Jeff Kinney
[email protected]

Please note: Because of the amount of E-mail Jeff receives, it’s not possible for him to respond quickly. It might take a few months for Jeff to get your E-mail.

We might be able to ask Jeff Kinney about Poptropica questions by sending E-mails to him! However, as the note says on his website, it might take quite a while before he replies (if he even does at all!).

If any of you send him an E-mail, and he replies, tell us about it! You can forward it to us at [email protected]. If it’s really interesting we can share it with everyone else on Poptropica Help Blog, and give you credit, of course!

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Anyone here like pink? Then this next Astro-Knights sneak peek is for you!

Thanks Zany Moon for the alert. Adorned all over this image we see are a many shiny pink crystals. Here’s the picture and information:

Blog Post Title: Far Far Far Away
Description: I’ve found some really unique places within the vast world of Poptropica. This place was really special with its many glistening and glowing pink crystals. I couldn’t help but pick one up and examine its beauty.
Image URL: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_q9BePaDQLzI/SZmP51ndHoI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Gx0istNg42c/s1600-h/crystals.jpg
Image Name: crystals.jpg

Maybe we’ll get to hold these crystals on Astro-Knights, since that’s what Comic Kid is doing in the picture! 😉

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More Recent News
PHB Sneak Peeks: Monkeying Around
Happy Valentine’s Day to Hyper Snowball and all other Poptropicans!
Big Nate: Island and Guide ONLINE!

PHB Sneak Peeks, PHB Specials

PHB Sneak Peaks: Monkeying Around

Codien

February 15th, 2009 #4

[-!CLASSIFIED!-]


-Poptropica Help Blog Sneak Peaks-

Welcome to another wonderful week of ‘Poptropica Help Blog Sneak Peaks’. These posts are posted every week on Sundays. In every new post there will be stories that only we have. And only we post them. These stories are classified and are very secret.
This week’s story is “Monkeying Around”, i’m sorry im not posting an astro-knights sneak peak this week, i thought you might like this more.


-Monkeying Around-
When i say you’re acting like a monkey i mean you are a monkey.

After an exciting adventure with his good pal Big Nate. Codien decided to have a relaxing holiday on the sun backed land of Nabooti. After a quick flight Codien landed on the red hot sand in front of a historic museum. He picked up a map, took a quick tour of the African Tribes, and was ready for a ride around the island. The first destination on Codien’s list was the safari ride, but soon Codien was going to find out he didn’t have to go anywhere to see the wildlife. The wildlife was going to come to him.

those damn monkeys

Finding lots of banana skins lying around the tree house was the first thing he found strange coming out of the museum. Looking up Codien got the shock of his life. Above him, and around him were many monkeys. Jumping and shouting, eating bananas. Hanging by there tails. It was mayhem.
I don’t know if you have ever been around monkeys before but, monkeys tend to like to throw their own ‘poop’ around the place.  Codien did not know of this disgusting habit and copped a face full of monkey feces. It was not a pretty sight.
Getting out of there as quick as possible, Codien raced down the tree, dodging poo and bananas along the way, ran up to the aeroplane. Grabbed the pilots helmet and flew out of there leaving behind the crazy monkeys (and an angry pilot).
It didn’t look like Codien would be returning any time soon.

He will always love Monkeys, even if they did chuck their own filth at him. But do you love Monkeys?

Ah, you’ve got to love monkeys. And you should because Poptropica will be bringing out a new advertisement (I think) filled with monkeys and other secret animals that i will show you next week. Iv’e never been this excited about Monkeys since i saw them at the zoo yesterday. 😛

Also, if any of you have spotted this out, i was wrong about the new diving game with the gold scuba suit. It was for the new island “Big Nate”. DOH! You can view that post here.
You can check out Poptropica Help Blogs other sneaks peaks here:
+3. -‘The New Knights of Poptropica’-
+2. -‘Land Ahoy, Yogo Bucks’-
+1. -‘Pirates have Landed’-

So that’s my Sneak Peaks this week. Next week I’ll have more sneak peaks on the upcoming island Astro-Knights.
See you next week.

TaTa

[MESSAGE WILL BE COVERED IN CEMEnt-CeMe-Ce-…POO IN 3 SECONDS…]
[!DARN MONKEYS!]

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If you need help on Big Nate click here:
https://poptropica.wordpress.com/island-help/big-nate-island/big-nate-guide/
Enjoy, and comment on the guide page if you need further help! )

Remember to look at all the other posts below, too!

Snapshot Series, Web Development

Happy Valentine’s Day to Hyper Snowball and all other Poptropicans!

Codien

valentines
Because on Poptropica, we share the love too.

Happy Valentine’s Day! Enjoy the new header at the top –  a special edition only for this weekend, designed by Codien! 

Poptropica released another Snapshot Saga, this time Vlad has ventured over to the new island “Big Nate”. Thanks Shiny Leaf! This is his interview with his latest pal, Hyper Snowball:

Yesterday was a big day! I was marveling over the Future Machine inside Pendulum’s Lab when one of the assistants burst through the door excitedly. All I heard from the anxious scientist was something about a new island being discovered and I bolted outside! I was almost too late to board the airship as it began to float away, but I was able to grab the rope that dangled from the basket before it could soar out of reach.

I arrived swiftly with tired arms and raw hands, and was greeted by an unfriendly bird that knocked me from the rope. Why do I always have such difficult travels?

I soon found my way into Cap’n Salty’s, where I made friends with Hyper Snowball! Here is a snapshot of us in the kitchen looking for the cook. We were both very hungry, but couldn’t find anything to eat!

Keep looking for me as you travel the world of Poptropica, and you might be the next person featured in Snapshot Sagas!

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If you need help on Big Nate click here:
https://poptropica.wordpress.com/island-help/big-nate-island/big-nate-guide/
Enjoy, and comment on the guide page if you need further help! )

Remember to look at all the other posts below, too!