Author: Hicoga

Comics, Daily Pop

News from the Daily P(r)OPhet! No… fine.

Hicoga

“What’s happenin’, guys! So most of you guys are saying Hogwarts is being ruled by Severus Poptropica’s down. Well, it’s back up! And with….” ~EL

The Daily Pop, a new edition to Poptropica.

Loud Shark made a video exploring this new exciting feature:

They even changed Poptropica itself by added a new Tab bar and a great new homepage.

Here is a guide to the new Tab bar.

If you click on the Daily Pop you will get to Poptropica’s newest “newspaper of sorts”.

There are three sections in the Daily Pop. There are Comics, Games, and Sneak peaks.

COMICS:

In this section you can look at comics such as one’s like Big Nate and Peanuts. But also others ones that are new to Poptropica, sure to induce your daily pop of laughter (See what I did there? ;-)).

GAMES:

These are not you normal Poptropica games, in fact, you don’t even use your poptropican to play them. Many of you are familiar with the popular online game site miniclip.com, well, all the games are from that site. Sure to induce your daily pop of.. uh. games.. (Yah, that’s getting old.)

SNEAK PEAKS:

This should come in handy a lot in the future. Check out the sneak peak pictures they have on right now! There’s a dude with an iPhone! 😀 (Yup, the best item ever. Believe it.)

“wOOt! Yeah! Go down now and read it! Also, not Poptropica-related, but you guys saw the new harry potter movie?! Me too! Whatever… Poptropica time. 5 stars to whoever thinks the comics are BIG NATE. *wink* Cio!” ~EL

NINJA VANISH!

*poof*

~GA, EL, and HJY

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Poptropica Down

Hicoga

Hey guys, not much news for my first post here.

You know, come to think of it, this news isn’t even good news. Poptropica is down for maintenance.

But to think of bigger questions, why would they be down? It could be just for minor glitches or patches, but if my hunch is correct I’d say it has something to do with Criptids Island. The shutdown was actually to start up the new Daily Pop.

Be Sure to check the meter to get updates on if it’s still down or not.

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Yah, not the best keyboard art I’ve made but oh well. xD

Thanks for being so welcoming in my introduction post guys! 🙂

~GA

Hellos & Goodbyes, Web Development

Please, call me GA.

Hicoga

Trust me, I’ve been a fan of the PHB for just as long as you have and I know exactly what you’re thinking right now.

“Oh great, another new author, who is it THIS time?”

Well I know I will never be as great as Hijuyo, Coderkid, or Codien (people I admire very much.) But I can always try. 🙂

My name is GA. Most people know me as that because my first poptropica name was Golden Axe. But you can also call me Hicoga if you’d like. I will try to keep this blog as updated as possible and make sure that I fill each and every one of my posts will great information and anything else that will make your PHB experience as awesome as possible. I play baseball,  bowling, and golf. Although, my favorite sport is Nascar (But I’m not a hillbilly. :P)

I love Poptropica but also have a liking for Club Penguin.

Now, as mentioned in the previous post, my stay is only temporary, well unless Hijuyo likes me. 😉 ST is going to be gone for 7 months and I’ll take his place while he’s gone.

I just wanted to mention a few people who have helped me or been my friend throughout the years:

  • Krazi
  • Zey
  • Hijuyo
  • GoPacks
  • and ST.

Thanks, I hope you all enjoy my writing and come to like me. 😀

If you ever want to talk to me, I’m always on the PHB’s chatroom! xat.com/thephc

UPDATE: I’ll make sure I reply to all the comments so you guys can get to know me! 😀

Signed, GA

Daily Pop, Sneak Peeks

Do we get moar Coke?

Hicoga

Pop means soda, so we might get soda if this feature will be released in the near future… (JK but still XD)

What is Daily Pop?

I’m not sure, but it’s coming soon!

Oooh! What do you guys think Daily Pop will be? A quest every day? You get something free? Who knows? Let’s hope it’ll be exciting! Comment on what you think this will be!

Update: According to this web article that Neat Tornado shared with us, Poptropica Creator Jess Brallier has big plans for Poptropica:

Poptropica will launch eight books with Penguin in 2012, Mr Brallier says. Poptropica is launching personalised pages, enticing players with daily quizzes and comic strips, and pitching the site as a new platform for comic syndicators, which he says are “petrified” by newspapers’ decline.

That statement has since been removed from the web, but we think that’s what the Daily Pop is going to be about! …AND Poptropica will be writing books and publishing them, for realz! :O But there’s more…

Mr Kinney, who writes scripts for Poptropica with Mr Brallier’s son Max, is working on a Wimpy Kid island, and Mr Brallier says half of the islands on Poptropica may be branded in the next year.

“I want to create the next Disney,” says Jess Brallier. It is an outlandish statement, but in one area, the ebullient Boston-based author has beaten the Burbank entertainment empire.

Poptropica, the “virtual world” Mr Brallier launched in 2007, has passed Club Penguin, a Disney site, to become the largest US children’s destination online, according to Quantcast.

Pretty intense! Wimpy Kid Island? The next Disney? o.O What do you think the future of Poptropica holds??

~Shaggy Tornado and Hijuyo