Author: HPuterpop

I'm Andrew Wiles, although on this account I'm known as HPuterpop. I've played Poptropica since 2007, the year it started. I play on the users puterpop and puterpoptropica. I'm a graphic designer, editor on the Poptropica Help Blog, and executive manager on the Poptropica Wiki. Check out my links to find out what I'm doing at the moment - I like to stay active in the community and always have a couple projects in the works. Consider subscribing to my YouTube channel and following me on Google+. I would greatly appreciate it. I'd like to stress how easy it is to contact me, so if you do need to, [email protected] is the one to contact. Thanks for reading, I'll see you soon. :) And thanks to Muzzki for my current profile pic!

(¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.-> Hi Gs, <-.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯)

–How do you like my new intro? Tell me in the comments! And now back to the scheduled programming. 😛 —

We all have talent, but most of the time it doesn’t get the right recognition. Not anymore!

Art

I received a little piece of fan art by “StraBurri Cook”. I thought it was so cute (as well as good)!

You have made my stinking day! That is the cutest thing evah! I’ll be changing my Gravatar to this dude for a while. 😀

Spotted Dragon also made an equally awesome pic of me. I’m proud to be creative! 😀

Another amazing artist in the community goes by the name Cool Berry, the Unicorn Cat. She makes fun little pieces that I think we can all enjoy! 😀

Stories

This month, origin stories seem to fit. Sticky Clown has written a little origin story of Dr. Hare, or Harvey Hare in the story. You can find it hosted on the PTFP.

The Return of Binary Bard is an ongoing story with unpredictable plot twists, and a hearty amount of script. Be sure to check it out, hosted on the PTFP.

Blog of the Month

I love to have a community of fellow artists, and Clean Shark is one of the artists who make it possible. Check out his fun blog, Poptropica Fun Blog, for frequent updates, and some quirky art. 😛 (It even has a fanfic of its own! 😉 )

Check out the fun you’ve been missing out on here: http://cleansharkandpoptropica.wordpress.com/

You see me back, so obviously you know that I decided to continue Viewer’s Showcase. Turns out A LOT more people like VS than I expected. Thank you! 😀

Also, I’m thinking about changing my intro! If you can, please tell me which intro you like best in the poll below. 🙂

-HP

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Future Island, stickers, and more

February 4, 2014February 7, 2014 HPuterpop

Hi Gs,

Who likes stickers? Are you questioning where I’m going with this?

This post may seem very uncertain, but please stick with me to the end. Here is the premise: I happened to look up Poptropica Books on Amazon one day perhaps a week ago. All the normal, released books came up until I got to the end of the list. Two new books without any covers sat there. Their names were “Poptropica: Future Island”, and “Ultimate Sticker Collection: Poptropica”.

Now, before you go looking up those books, I have to clarify something: Future Island is no longer there. It disappeared the day that the Creators announced the two new Poptopic books. Sadly, I don’t have anything but a memory of it; and you’ll just have to take my word for it! 😛

But first, about this sticker collection: it’s scheduled to be released July 21, 2014. Here’s the description:

Welcome to the fantastical world of Poptropica® with Ultimate Sticker Collection: Poptropica®! Kids will explore the Islands and meet the colorful characters. They can re-create scenes from their adventures online or create exciting new ones with more than 1,000 full-color fun stickers. Full of fun facts and interesting information about kids’ favorite virtual world, Poptropica, the fun will never end with this new ultimate sticker collection from DK!

Now, back to Future Island — this is the major question; is this going to be an actual island? All I know is that none of the recent SUIs have been made into books. It was scheduled to be released sometime in August, and there was no description. Time Tangled Island already has a section of time dedicated to the future, so this would be a little more than unoriginal. The Creators are rumored to be running out of ideas (Dream Island Contest then Monster Carnival), so is this possible? And could they release a book based on the island the same year the island is released?

Further more, futureisland.com leads to an error page… but it was made in 2007, the same year “poptropica.com” was made. It may be a subdomain of Poptropica that hasn’t been finalized yet. No solid proof, but just something to think about.

So what do you think? Is Future Island an upcoming island? Leave your ideas and theories in the comments. 🙂 And in relation to Fuzzy B’s latest post, could Future Island be about ruin coming to our beloved islands in the future?

-HP

Poptropican Portraits

Poptropican Portraits Round 6

February 2, 2014February 7, 2014 HPuterpop

Edit: Requests are maxed out for this round.

Hi Gs,

What happens when I draw your Poptropican, and give it a flattering title? I think you may know the answer. 😛

I hope everyone is satisfied with their portrait! 😀 If you don’t see yours in there, just tell me in the comments. I’m only taking up to 10 requests this round. The request limit may differentiate with rounds, but for those who request past 10, will be moved on to the next round. 😉 Also, you may notice a difference in the portraits, and it’s because I changed the size of them so they will be “Gravatar friendly” — you won’t have to cut anything off if you make the portrait your Gravatar! I’ll be updating all the past ones I’ve made on this blog to “Gravatar friendly”, so check back on the Poptropican Portraits category, and if yours is in there, please use the updated one. 😉

If you are a wanting to have your own Poptropican Portrait, I’d be glad to draw it for you if you follow the following criteria;

This is how the system works: you leave requests on the post that has the portraits requested last week. I will only take requests that are left on the latest portrait post.
Requests must be made by the owner of the account. I really would like if people would stop requesting portraits for their friends; if the friends really want them enough, they can come on here and request them.
I must have either a username or a link to the avatar studio included in the request. Otherwise, I will have to use a low quality photo from somewhere on the web, which makes the colors different from the actual character.
No requesting two times for the same character unless its a specialty. Sometimes, I will make another one, because I wasn’t pleased with it. Please tell me in the comments how you liked your portrait! If you are not pleased, I am very sorry.
Keep in mind that I need you to keep the outfit that you want to be drawn from the time that you request it to the time that it is published. Otherwise, I will draw something you may not have been expecting! So please keep that in mind.
I won’t accept glitch accounts anymore that are not your main account. I’ll still accept minor accounts, just not if they’re loaded with glitches. It’s difficult to draw, and most of the time it’s for advertising, which I don’t enjoy drawing…

If you follow these rules, I’d be glad to draw your Poptropican. Thanks! 🙂

And don’t forget — Today at 6pm EST, I’ll be doing a Poptropican Portraits Live Stream, where I draw a Poptropican Live! If you want to join me and a special unrevealed guest, go to this link (you have to have a Google Account). Edit: the livestream is now over. Watch the archived livestream below! 🙂

-HP

Advertisements, Glitches

Clip Art, Glitches, and Typos

January 30, 2014 HPuterpop

Hi Gs,

Yes, this will be a mash of a ton of things. Be sure you have the eye protection before viewing this hazardous stew… 😛

I was working on an epic fail compilation, but I think I’m just gonna stick with this. I’m sorry, but I have no idea how to “cick”, unless that’s a misspelling of “kick”, which in that case, I’m gonna have to go to the PopTransport, and teleport to the Kickin It ad, and win the prize, to get the special action of kicking so I can kick that sign. 😛 But seriously, guys, change it. 😛

Next, a couple silly glitches that are likely to be patched soon, are going on right now… first, I officially have a replica of Magic Snowball’s Poptropican. I was trolling around Early Poptropica, and I happened to go inside the Pop Shop. When the page loaded, my character wasn’t there… instead, there was Magic Snowball. Her costume, at least. I made the user “magicsnowball230“… if you know the reason behind this, or you know how to make it happen again, please notify me. 😉

Lastly in glitches, alerted to me by Unicorn Cat, this strange glitch that let’s you costumize Houdini in a very odd place (the Nut Job ad)–

Thanks Unicorn Cat for the gif. I’ve tested it, and it works! Have fun. 😉

I started a new page on my site, Mister Monster. I’m sure that some of you will appreciate it; Poptropica Clip Art! I’m always updating it, and I take requests! It’s always free, and you only have to credit me if you want to. 🙂

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And don’t forget — this Saturday, I’m going to be doing a Poptropican Portraits livestream at 6pm EST time and 5pm CST time. I’ll have a special guest talking with me this time, who is yet to be revealed. Who will I draw? Send in your username to [email protected], and I’ll draw (no pun intended) one name from a hat to see who will be drawn live. I hope you can make it! 😀

-HP

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Behind the Name: HPuterpop

January 28, 2014January 29, 2014 HPuterpop

Hi Gs,

Well, I told you that I would explain my name some time or another; I guess this is the time!

How do you like my logo? I whipped it up recently and added it to my Gravatar. 😉

It all started when my kindergarten teacher sent me a list of cool website links… I am part of an online school; I was back then as well, so getting emails from my teacher wasn’t weird in kindergarten. 😆

On the list was a sprouting website, FunBrain. FunBrain, Poptropica, and Fact Monster all link in together through the Family Education Network, and so logically there were Poptropica links everywhere (There were Fact Monster links too, but I went for the useless stuff. I could tell which was which. 😉 ) I clicked the Poptropica ad, and then took a couple minutes trying to pronounce “Poptropica”. When I finally (didn’t) figure out how to say it, I clicked on the “New Player” butto– I’m not going walk you through everything I did, but instead, here’s a valuable piece of information: I did not know how to read. I was only 5, come on! I had to fabricate my age when creating a character! I guess that just proves that I loved Poptropica even before I could play it. 😛

At the time, I was already way too computer influenced. If ANYONE reading this played Humongous Entertainment games (Pajama Sam, Putt-Putt and Pep) or the Jump-start games when they were younger, tell me in the comments. Poptropica was the new love of my life. The genius who combined the two was no other than… my mom. “Puterpop” was born, and still lives on, also known as Messy Sinker (actually, you can friend me @ “puterpop”. Seriously, go do that. I get really *cough* lonely*cough* (I have no friends (AND a parenthesis in a parenthesis (AND there it is again…))).

But what about the ‘H’ in my name? How did that get there?

I’m getting to that. You see, I was using “Puterpop” for everything I signed up for. But, I started using it a while back, because soon everyone was using ‘Puterpop’. I needed a new and unique username. I first used ‘puterpoptropica’. That wasn’t very unique, was too long, and was also my second Poptropica account… but why did I have a second account? That’s another story for another time. 😉

I don’t know how I came to assumption that HP was HD. That was the reasoning behind me putting the H there. I thought that HP meant high definition (I obviously wasn’t paying attention), and I rocked that username for a long time. Really silly, actually, and I realized it when I was explaining it to my Mom. I was like, “I’m cool now becawz my name means high definition. Get it? HP? High Defin– oh crud.”.

-HP