Slanted Fish

What’s been going on?

November 20, 2010November 21, 2010 Slanted Fish

Hey guys! Some Poptropica Help Blog news updates you might be interested in:

Thanks to Bluorang for creating this dazzling winter header for the PHB, which the blog will be sporting this frosty season!

Former PHB author Gazek recently posted a comment on the About page saying, “Wow, the PHB looks better than ever! Seriously, man, I’m starting to rethink quitting Poptropica.” Great to hear from old-timers coming back for a visit. 🙂
PHB author Shaggy Tornado will be on a temporary hiatus, which means that he won’t be able to post while he’s gone. He’s on a trip in Washington, DC which he has been looking forward to, but as part of the deal, he won’t be able to come on the PHB for 7 months. In the meantime, another author will be joining the PHB in his place until he returns. Enjoy your trip, ST! 😉
Just wanted to say that this past Monday, I (Hijuyo) celebrated my 14th birthday on November 15th. 😀
Look out for the upcoming Thanksgiving Special of the epic awesome dialogue show Party With Hobos!
The winners of the Poptropica Help Blog’s Second Annual Halloween Costume Contest have been announced, but people have been curious about the exact placements of each of the ten finalists (who all did excellent jobs to make it into the top ten!). So here are the poll results, and thanks to those who participated!

Finalist | Votes | Percentage of votes
Clubpenguin750 | 180 | 15%
Moony* | 175 | 15%
Sleigh | 174 | 15%
ForceCrystal | 131 | 11%
Aks5dragon | 131 | 11%
iceuni2 | 106 | 9%
GulpinTheKing | 82 | 7%
Doglover49 | 74 | 6%
Anton220 | 70 | 6%
Colin1259 | 61 | 5%

Congrats to all of the finalists – all of them had over 50 people like their costume enough to vote for them, which is definitely something to be proud of! Read about the winners here, the finalists here, the contest itself here, and of course, remember that you can always look back at the great finalists’ costumes on the Costumes page!

GO GO POPTROPICA!

~Hijuyo

Hanging on a cliff

November 16, 2010November 16, 2010 Slanted Fish

Atop a cliff in a snowy, unheard of corner of Poptropica sits a creature more reclusive than Hazmat Hermit himself. When the hermit hears of this, he immediately goes to investigate. But partly up that cliff, still hanging onto some rope, Hazmat Hermit wishes he hadn’t come.

Why? Must be some creature if even a tough hermit in his hazmat suit is afraid of it. We don’t even get a look at whatever it is, but the surroundings hint that it could be a yeti, a very reclusive cryptid. Now that’s a dramatic cliffhanger.

Contests

The midnight hour is close at hand…

October 31, 2010October 12, 2011 Slanted Fish

It’s close to midnight.

Something evil’s lurkin’ from the dark, under the moonlight. You see a sight that almost stops your heart.

You try to scream. But terror takes the sound before you make it.

You start to freeze, as terror looks you right between your eyes.

You’re paralyzed.

‘Cause this is thriller
…thriller NIGHT. (:<

The results are in for the Poptropica Help Blog’s Second Annual Halloween Costume Contest!

In THIRD PLACE we have…

Sleigh, the monster submitted by Angry Wing!

https://poptropi.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sleigh.png — Hide your kids. Hide your wife. And hide your husband, 'cause I'm something TO BE FEARED.

The next runner-up, for SECOND PLACE, is…

Moony*, dressed as Emily from Corpse Bride, submitted by contestant Moony! Nicely done!

https://poptropi.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/moony.png — Oh hello. I'm completely harmless, yes I am. Trust me. >;)

Which leaves FIRST PLACE. The grand prize winner is…

wait for it…

I SAID, WAIT FOR IT!

Just then, you hear the door slam… and realize there’s nowhere left to run. You feel the cold hand and wonder if you’ll ever see the sun. You close your eyes and hope that this is just imagination, but all the while, you hear a creature creepin’ up behind. You’re outta time…

‘Cause you’ve just come face-to-face with… a VAMPIRATE! *all gasp* O:

Let’s give it up for Clubpenguin750, the vampire pirate submitted by Bony Laser. Congrats!

https://poptropi.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/clubpenguin750.png — Yeahhh. Look who just stole the show. 🙂

Thanks to EVERYONE for being a part of this contest, whether you’re simply just reading this, to those who entered as contestants, or became finalists, or won something special!

Credits: Enclosed Lightning (host and judge), Hijuyo (organizer and judge), Shaggy Tornado (judge), Zey-shomi (judge)

Prizes will be sent soon - courtesy of Enclosed Lightning. Please be patient with us.

Bonus Items, Cryptids Island, Sneak Peeks

Replay Castle!

October 21, 2010August 2, 2018 Slanted Fish

If you visit your inventory, you may notice that your island medallions have more than just the “Put On” button – a new “Replay Island” button was added to every medallion card! When you click on it, it will ask you to confirm whether you really do want to lose all your items and progress for the island.

Unfortunately, nothing happened when I clicked “Yes.” Maybe they’re working on it, but this could be a cool feature we can be looking forward to! (thanks, Blueshield)

Update: The Replay button is gone! 😮

Also, here’s a sneak peek of the next Poptropica island:

Not exactly the mightiest castle out there. What’s up with the bucket attached to a flagpole by roof? Construction of this fortress in the fog looks only half-finished. What do you think might be involved in this one?

According to reader Maximum Ride, the flag is Scotland’s. Could this have anything to do with the “French” island sneak peeks from before? Maybe we’re not just getting a France-like island, maybe it’s Europe-themed! Who knows. 😛

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Furry monster… carnival?

October 19, 2010January 2, 2013 Slanted Fish

Justly named Furry Monsters 1-4 (see above pic; 1-4 are in order left to right), these new [and so far, unannounced] releases to the Poptropica Store mean you can now get what used to be ultra-rare leaked costume parts (wings, horns, fur bodies) for only 75 credits per costume! Here’s what they say:

Furry Monster 1: “Monster is the new black.”
Furry Monster 2: “Don’t hate me because I’m spooky.”
Furry Monster 3: “Be a hit at the next monster bash!”
Furry Monster 4: “Guaranteed to shock and frighten!”

And apparently, the available furry monsters are actually different by your gender! So there’s actually more of a variety available, and the good news is, they’re all AWESOME!

These creatures resemble the leaked costumes of “Monster Carnival Island”, the unreleased island that appeared on the Poptropica Map in early 2008 and mysteriously never went live. (Instead, as older players may recall, it was replaced by 24 Carrot.) As far as the Creators are showing us, they probably won’t be releasing this Monster Carnival Island.

For reference: The Poptropica Help Blog has given away 13 of these epic monster-type costumes back when they were unobtainable. You can read all about our PHB 1 Million Monster Competition by clicking here.

So these monster costumes aren’t very rare any more, now that anyone can obtain them… but they’re still cool! Don’t you just love those critter bits? 😀

What do you think of being able to easily access what were once known as ultra-rare Poptropica clothing?

Ad building news according to Sunset1624: “There’s also a new ad for girls (I found it on my 12 year old account) called Barbie Girls Halloween Bash. You help Barbie pick out a good costume for the party, and when you pick out a costume she likes (it could be any) you get a cat costume for yourself and you get to go to the Halloween party. You can’t costumize any of the good costumes though. The only costumes you can costumize are the costumes of the same people from the Haunted House.”