This is theย Myย Place in Poptropica story of Fierce Flyer, who has his own Pop blog at Fierce Flyer Adventuresย and once won a Poptropica contest.ย See belowย for how to sendย in your own MPIP!

Hello guys, Fierce Flyer here with a My Place in Poptropica story! This was originally posted on my blog, Fierce Flyer Adventures, as a Monthly Memory story. If you like this story, check outย my last oneย – it’sย a story about whenย I got my entire class to play Poptropica.ย Alright, letโs go!
Early Oct 2016 | Getting Acquainted with #PoptropicaArt
I had been playing Poptropica for a while, but myย entrance into the communityย started about half a year ago, in October. One day I randomlyย opened up MSย Paint and thoughtย hmm, maybe I should draw a Poptropican.ย I’d never done fan art of Poptropica before. Ever. But hey, Youโve got to start somewhere, right?
Well, in case youโre wondering, it wasโฆ bad… so bad that Iโm actually having second thoughts on showing youโฆ but heck, here it is:

The cringe! (I’ll probablyย do a redraw of this garbageย art someday.) Heh. Anyway, around that time, I remembered seeing an art contest for Poptropica somewhere – it was the #PoptropicaArt contest. Time was running out to enter, soย I thought I would submit this piece. And itย sparked something inย me.
I submitted two more pictures for the contest and hoped for the best, although, unfortunately,ย Iย didn’t win.ย Of course, I felt deflated, because I had put a lot of effort and time into the three pictures I entered, and not seeing them even place was disappointing.ย However, looking back at this, I realize just how far Iโve comeย in my art.
Late Oct 2016 | The Halloween Photo Booth Challenge
With the art contest over,ย I had no more use for the Facebook account I’d created to enter the contest, so I ditched it. Untilโฆ a new contest aroseย from the ashes!
I read the post on the Creatorsโ Blog, only to find that you had to submit entries usingย either Twitter or Instagram. But no Facebook! Yes! (Honestly, I dislike Facebook, with the way they keep notifying me every two minutes with “Do you know this person?” So, I was thrilled to switch to Twitter! You can follow me @MWare55.)
Anywho, the contest being held was the Halloween Photo Booth Challenge, and I was #ready! So, I submitted tons of entries (at the time I had no idea that winners would beย randomly selected) and even made a comic! And yes, I still have it. Check it:

Not bad, am I right? I teamed up with my brother Sporty Boa, and together we submitted over 10 entries! And we won – oh wow!
When I fount out,ย I literally ran around the house in triumph pumping my fist. (I also had the same reaction when Poptropica followed me on Twitter.) I was finally going to have a membership! So I direct-messaged Poptropica, waiting for the 1-month membership, and a couple days later, they got back to me. Now, I had wanted for my brother SB to get in on the membership too, but this is what they wrote to meย word-for-word:
Hey there, Your membership was applied to your account yesterday. Your name was randomly picked for the membership and we can only award the membership to the actual users whose names were picked. Have your brother enter the new #MyPoptropicaCostume contest!!!
Although my brother didnโt get a membership, he was okay with it. He said I deserved it. SB, you the real MVP.
So I went on my account butโฆ I still didnโt have a membership. So, that was a bummer, but I didnโt get back to Poptropica about it, because I didn’t feel like I needed itย (besides, I donโt blame them for not getting my super long username). I didnโt mind not having a membership, but I bet itโd be awesome if I did.
Anyway, after thatย contest was over, a new one came up: the #MyPoptropicaCostume contest.ย As most of you know I didnโt participate in that one, but my bro did, and that was probably the beginning of his Pop community adventure.
December 2016 |ย Fierce Flyer Adventures
So I was browsing Twitterย one day when I came uponย another Poptropican Twitter account, Purple Claw’sย (@Donatloul).ย I’d heard of him before, but not much until that day. I decided to check out theย blogย he had linked to in his Twiter bio. Iโm pretty sure it made me go โwoah!โ
It was amazing to see news and all this cool stuff on a Poptropica fan blog, but I didnโt start my own blog right away. I decided Iย needed to study and learn more about different bloggers in the community first. Thus the search began! I studied and read and read and went non-stopโฆ
It was the day after my birthday that the thought came to me to actually start my own blog, and so I createdย Fierce Flyer Adventures!! I made a welcome post first, and the very first person to comment on it was Purple Claw! Just seeing his name had me jumping from my couch and running around the living room four times before I came back to see what he had commented: โWelcome to the blogging world!โ
I beamed with joy. Today, I’m still writing on my Poptropica blog, Fierce Flyer Adventures, and you can friend me with usernameย muuuuuuuuuuu4.
As always,

and Iโll see you next time. Fierce Flyer out!
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