Category: My Place in Poptropica

This is the My Place in Poptropica story of Lucky Snowball, a frequent commenter within the PHB community. See the bottom of this post for details on sending in your own MPIP!

2013 | Cautious Discovery

One day in third grade, I was playing on Funbrain, and after losing many times on the game Mighty Guy, I was utterly bored. So, as the story goes, I looked around the site and found Poptropica. I was always warned by my parents not to click on ads, so I was cautious for a day or two. Then, finally, I just thought, oh, what the heck, and I clicked on Poptropica.

I made my first avatar, but at the time I was sort of clueless, and I didn’t figure out how to save my game until a month later. In that time, I had made many many accounts (of which none were saved). Finally, I finished Zomberry Island and Early Poptropica, and I really wanted to save my game, because I was happy with my progress. I looked around for a way to save my account and finally made one. I believe my username had something to do with my pet parakeet, but I’m not sure…

Anyway,  I remember nothing about this account. No, wait. I remember, I finished all the islands up to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. (This was quite a while ago, so all the islands were still open to non-members.)

2014 | Boredom Leads The Way

I am sorry to say, that after discovering Poptropica, I became almost completely inactive on Poptropica for about half a year. I got into a new game called Animal Jam that me and all my friends played. By this time, I was in fourth grade. Our school district had chosen our class for a pilot experiment where they gave us all Chromebook laptops. Then, one day, Animal Jam was blocked, and in my boredom, I rediscovered Poptropica.

I convinced some of my friends to do a Multiverse with me. Since I had forgotten my first account, I made a new one, happyhappy760, one of which I still use today. The avatar’s name first came out as Dizzy Lizard, and I thought it was a good name, but not great. Finally, after a million”change all”s, I plunged back into Poptropica as Lucky Snowball.

2015 | Discovering the PHB

By 2015, I was an avid player, and I was pretty smart, so I solved most the islands by myself. But, when I finally attempted Steamworks Island, my mind went blank. So, I looked up guides on the internet, and I found the Poptropica Help Blog. At that point in my life, I really did not understand blogging, so whenever I came across the blog, I would think, This is annoying, why do the pages keep changing? Finally, a friend explained to me how it worked, and I started to really like the PHB.

I also discovered Keith Sammut’s Poptropica glitches blog, which I also really liked. Finally, I decided to make my own blog. It’s called The Poptropican Journalist.

Anyway, I grew to really love the PHB. I found myself checking for new posts twice a day, until finally I restricted myself and said, hey, I’ve got to stop – I’ll check every other day. 😛 Also, thanks to the PHB’s fantastic guides, I’ve finished every island! Basically, the PHB was my one and only guide to Poptropica for a long time (and then I discovered Poptrickia and other blogs, and I got hooked on various Poptropica fansites because of the awesome stories. I was so looking forward to Giant Hawk’s Adventures! 😦 ).

2016 | Today, And Why Things Are the Way They Are…

(That was a long heading!) Today, I still avidly play Poptropica. Middle school, pets, and priorities take up a lot of my time – but, I still find that free time to play (until ten at night), and it (almost) never gets boring.

As for “why things are the way they are”… First, I’ll explain my costume. It sort of looks like a punk-angel pirate. I primarily liked this because it was a fusion of my absolute favorite Poptropica costumes: the Angel, the Biker, and the Skullduggery Pirate. (I find the pirate rather creepy actually, considering the fact it has a weird skull face…)

It also sort of describes myself. I feel like sort of like a devil/angel. I am very nice most of the time, but when things go wrong, I jump in, looking for adventure. (I know that sounds cheesy.) Like, because that’s what a pirate does. Always looking out for things to do. I’m also a part of the Wildfire tribe, which I really like, because of the grand piano in the common room. That’s literally the only reason I joined. 😛

Also, these days, I write lots of stories, about many different things in Poptropica. I wrote about Speedy Sam’s past, Lucky Snowball’s adventures, and my brother Short Eagle’s adventures. That’s about it for My Place in Poptropica!

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Hope you enjoyed this “My Place in Poptropica” story! Feel free to send in your own (please include a minimum of 550 words, type with good spelling and grammar, divide it into labeled sections, and include your username). Look out for more community MPIPs in the future!

~the Poptropica Help Blog

This is the My Place in Poptropica story of Squeezy Starfish, a Poptropica player who likes the sponsored islands and creating good outfits. See below for details on sending in your own MPIP!

2012 | What’s this?

It was Friday Fun at school. I was in the computer lab, playing around on the running game QWOP. The teacher then told us a few websites we could go on: Sumdog, i-Ready, or Poptropica. The first two I knew were educational game sites, but what was Poptropica? Being the curious person I was, I googled it. I clicked on it and a bunch of characters ran across my screen.

I created a new character for myself, going through the names, not the outfits. I got Squeezy Starfish, which I thought went together pretty well. My beginning outfit was *violent shudder* me with my hair back in a green headband, a heart shirt, and a skirt. As you can assume, I didn’t like it.

But I shrugged and went along, my friend guiding me throughout the entire thing. He taught me about the pop quizzes, and saving your account, and the islands. The first island I wanted to try out was Red Dragon Island since I liked Magic Treehouse, the Wimpy Kid islands being the next since I liked those as well. And oh gee, that was a bad choice. Red Dragon’s actually one of my least favorite islands to this day. Now, I never really knew what I was doing, but I played around and switched islands all the time.

2013 | A Re-Discovery

Boom! After that day, I didn’t play at all. Until a day in 2013 when I was cleaning out my backpack, in small illegible handwriting on a post-it note, there lay my username (cs84910), and my password. At the bottom there were big bubbly letters with the words Poptropica on them. And so I went on my cousin’s computer and started playing.

Oh look, fetus Clare (Clare’s my real name) actually wanted to finish Red Dragon. But oh well, she couldn’t get past the bonsai tree part and still can’t to this day. Oh look, fetus Clare wanted to finish Wimpy Wonderland. But oh well, she couldn’t get past Twisted Wizard and still can’t to this day. You see, I’m not the most committed person. However, I surprisingly got past Wimpy Boardwalk.

I didn’t try out any of the other islands, since I just liked the books and wanted to do only those islands. Also, during this time, I finally got a non-cringey outfit and got rid of the bad hair for a wavy hairdo and a light blue kimono from Red Dragon. Then there was a small period of time that I forgot about Poptropica once more.

2014-2015 | The Year of Poptropica

I had stumbled across a website called the Poptropica Help Blog and remembered about Poptropica. I had also friended a lot of my friends on Poptropica. By this time, I was a *cough* emo nerd who considered herself a rebel… but that doesn’t matter right now. So I looked around the PHB. THESE PEOPLE KNEW HOW TO COMPLETE ALL THE ISLANDS?!?!?!?

From then on, I went on Poptropica as much as I could and tried to complete all the islands. And I almost did. Halfway through my island adventure, BOOM! I forgot about the sponsored islands and now I can’t finish them because I don’t think I really want to be a member. I was disappointed.

Oh, and look, Clare got an outfit that was even less cringey! A blue superhero suit and a blue beret! And… holding her signature fish. Also in this period, I made three more accounts. Cuddly Panda (tylerandjoshdunit), Spotted Fox (bluecrayon410), and one where I used an ASG on Red Lizard (poopyunicorn123). After this, I got an even less cringey outfit. The Hermione Granger costume and the Aqua Hipster costume (from the PHB Costumes page) combined! Yay.

Since Clare is a person who gives up easily, she never finished Red Dragon, Astro-Knights, Skullduggery, or any of the sponsored seven besides Wimpy Boardwalk.

2016 and beyond | ???

If I’m being honest, I think I’ll lose interest pretty soon. But that’s okay! I’ll still visit the PHB for funny posts and try to complete the mentioned islands. If the Creators keep going with islands, I hope they’ll make a Harry Potter one or a Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus one. (Hey Creators, if you decide to do a Heroes of Olympus one, be sure to include my bae Leo – What? I didn’t say that hahaha… *awkwardly slides away*)

Welp, thanks for reading Clare’s MPIP, and – goTTA BLAST!

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Hope you enjoyed this “My Place in Poptropica” story! Feel free to send in your own (please include a minimum of 550 words, type with good spelling and grammar, divide it into labeled sections, and include your username). Look out for more community MPIPs in the future!

~the PHB.

This is the My Place in Poptropica story of Bony Catfish, who’s had a lot of fun on her Poptropica journey, particularly within the blogging community, but currently has other priorities in her life. See the bottom of this post for details on sending in your own MPIP!

Hey guys, Bony Catfish aka BC aka Ingrid here. After seeing all the other “My Place in Poptropica” posts, I figured I’d send one in too.

Late 2009 – early 2010 | The Beginning of Bony Catfish

The day I got introduced to the Poptropican world all started when I was in first grade. I was on Funbrain doing the basic first grade math and an ad for Poptropica was there. Six-year-old me was thinking, “What even is that game? Is it a good game or bad?” I was quite the outgoing and curious child back in the day, so I clicked on the flashing Poptropica ad and it led me to the home page.

“This seems so familiar,” I thought. Then I remembered that my friend had told me about it. She was telling me how she completed these islands and had this cool character with a cool hat… blah blah blah. I made a character which lasted for a good two years before forgetting about the game and then my password. Just kidding, I was exaggerating, it was for a couple months, you see little ol’ me couldn’t really remember her Poptropica years as a kid. I can’t even remember my Poptropican’s name (although, I’m pretty sure it got glitched for some weird reason and it’s probably “Undefined Undefined”). My username for my old account is lara1720 by the way! 😉

2011 – 2012 | Actually completing the islands

I was pretty much used to Poptropica and its concept a year after making my account: Explore islands. Collect (ummm, I actually forgot and I still don’t even know what you “collect” in Poptropica to this day. I’m gonna need to talk to Jeff Kinney). Complete islands. You only need half a brain cell in order to figure out what Poptropica really is about.

Anyways, I went backwards (’cause why the heck not) and completed Astro-Knights Island. To be fair I regretted doing that because I didn’t even know what to do or where to even start. I played Poptropica for 30 minutes in the weekends because back then, I had a curfew and I had to finish ALL my homework because education came first… however, there may have been some exceptions at times where I was able to go play Pop. This was also the era where my parents were worried about internet safety so I had to hide my screen whenever they were here.

I didn’t know how to complete the island, so I  explored a little bit, y’know, experimented with stuff, like, figure it out myself. That obviously didn’t work so I called my friend to see if she knew. She actually forgot how she played the island, so I went on YouTube to watch some walkthroughs. I was one of those people who needed to actually see what to do so just listening didn’t work. I watched the video only to realize I was also one of those people who can’t pay attention and needs to watch something again and again.

It took a while to finish the video, but I finally figured it out. I did the exact same steps and before you know it, I got a medallion. That’s how I completed islands from then on, using video guides, and the rest was just me using my brain.

March 2014 | Bloggin’ ’bout Pop

I took a break from Poptropica for a year and a half break (not really, I just forgot about it) but remembered when someone mentioned “Poptropica” in a chatroom. So I went on Poptropica, only to realize I’d forgotten my password. I made a new account with a new username (my current one; add me @ Dr.FunTimesXD ; yes I was a Gravity Falls fanatic) and it kinda stunk that I had to complete all the islands again that I’d already done on my old account, and complete the newer ones on top of that. It took a while, but I was up to date with islands afterwards.

I also read written walkthroughs from that point on, on Poptropica blogs. The thought finally came to me, “What if I made a blog too?” I was one of those people who “made my can’ts into cans and my dreams into plans” and I soon made a blog straight outta WordPress. Again, this is the era where my parents were really cautious about who I talked to online, so I had to be extra careful.

The blog did go through some changes as it grew, from Bony Catfish’s Poptropica Blog, to Poptropica 411, to Poptropica Rewind. The blog wasn’t very pop-ular from the start (see what I did there 😉 ) and so I really had to get my name out there. I commented on people’s posts on other blogs, added blog posts, had people advertise my name, you know, all that jazz. I then realized that blogging is a whole lot of fun and I wouldn’t want to stop from here. I made new friends, found new stuff, some great facts, and saw Pop from a different light.

October 2014 | Not about that Poptropica life

After school was out, I was more busy on Pop and working on the blog. Then because school has to ruin my Pop life, 6th grade came around and I was busier than ever. So busy, I couldn’t even touch the computer. I also went on a three-week trip to Europe (somewhere) to visit my cousins. While I was there, I would still visit the Poptropica blogs here and there to see how things were going, but I was too busy to post. I also didn’t play Pop as frequently as I used to, so I gave up on Pop and blogging altogether because school is my first priority before anything else.

2016 | You’re gonna miss me when I’m gone

I’m busy with a lot of things right now. As a 7th grader, I’ve lost my interest and time with Poptropica. I do other things (such as band, my phone, social media, softball, etc) and don’t even touch Pop. I was lucky enough to find a weekend to write this up, because on other weekends, I’m just so tired from school and use the time to hang out with my irl friends and a bunch of other things.

I still go on the PHC (the PHB’s chat) to reconnect with my Pop and blogging friends. When they talk about Poptropica, I miss out on a lot and it makes me want to go on Poptropica because of every update after update. You won’t really find me blogging but you’ll find me chatting at the PHC. If you remember me, remember to stop by to say hi to me, I’ll most likely remember you.

To all new and current Poptropicans: I wish you the best of luck. You might be overwhelmed with all the new updates and islands Poptropica has for you, but I hope you make as much of a difference as I did. It’s not about completing islands, it’s about having fun in the Poptropica world. And someday you may become bloggers like I was, and have fun with that too.

Love, Much luck,

Ingrid

This is the My Place in Poptropica story of TeenArachnid, aka Happy Panda, who enjoys participating within the PHB community. See the bottom of this post for details on sending in your own MPIP!

Hello Poptropicans! It is I, Teen Arachnid (previously known as Happy Panda)! This is my MPIP post. My name is Teen Arachnid, but my PHB account is teenarachnidpoptropica. Anyway, I love Poptropica, Flipline, Marvel, DC Comics, and Lego. Oh yeah, and I love the PHB! Also, I am not the actual Teen Arachnid from PoptropiCon Island. Well, here we go:

2009-2010 | The Discovery

For me, it started when I was in my gifted class during kindergarten. Some fifth graders introduced me to the Duck Song, Duck Life, and… POPTROPICA! Now really quickly, I want to thank them for showing it to me, or I wouldn’t be on Poptropica today. Now where was I, oh yes! I created a weird account, with a weird username I can’t remember. But for a 6 year old, I kicked butt while playing Poptropica!

2011-2012 | The Crappy Computer

Since I couldn’t remember my username, I created a new account. I was still in love with Poptropica at this age, but sadly, I could hardly play it at that time. My parents had a very old computer, and if I was on Poptropica for 10 minutes, the computer would freeze up and stop working for an hour. I could only play it for about 30 minutes a week, which is very little time for me. So in that time, I played games that didn’t make my computer crash: games from Flipline Studios. I highly recommend that gaming site to you.

2013-2014 | New Computer, New Accounts, and the Best Discovery

Fortunately, my parents eventually fixed the computer so I could play Poptropica longer than I could previously. I created four accounts, but right now I can only remember the usernames and passwords for two of them. But anyway, during this time, I was able to complete many islands.

One day, I was stuck on Time Tangled Island. So I got online, and after a quick search, I found what I considered one of my best discoveries: the Poptropica Help Blog! I created a WordPress account (to comment on blogs like the PHB) called Jugger Kid, and if you look in the PHB archives from 2013-14, you may find some comments from me!

2015 | PHB Fanboy

I began to love the PHB so much that I would find myself on the PHB about ten times a day. For a while I commented under the name Blazeberry Comma, but after a while I decided I didn’t like it so much. So I renamed myself Happy Panda, my Poptropican’s name.

During the PHB’s first ever Poppies event, I got a couple mentions on the Poppies broadcast. Also, I was that one guy who put whoopee cushions all of the Multiverse Room during the Poptropica party! I also got one of my stories in the PHB’s Popcorn magazine (issue #25, if you’d like to see it), which was a huge honor for me. Finally, I contributed a picture to the PHB’s Escape From Pelican Rock Guide (the one with the bar that told you where the cop was while you were in your cell).

2016 – beyond | So Far This Year, and Future Dreams

So far this year, I got my Poptropican in a PMFM post (Round 9, to be exact)!

So yeah. Also, if you want to add me, my current account name is >jagger< . If you want to add my previous accounts, they are: toto11623, paul11623, canhe99, and toycan. Right now, I comment on the PHB under a couple of names: Teen Arachnid (for home) and Happy Panda (for other places).

This is the My Place in Poptropica story of Shaky Skunk, an on-again, off-again Poptropican who now runs her own fansite. See below for details on sending in your own MPIP!

Hey, guys. I decided to write a My Place in Poptropica story, since a lot of members in the community are doing it, and I thought it would be fun, since I’ve been playing Poptropica for ages. So yeah, here’s My Place in Poptropica, Shaky Skunk Edition! 😀

Before 2008 | Prior to Poptropica

Before I discovered Poptropica, I would go on websites like Boombang, Barbie, Polly Pocket and other stuff for little girls. I was only seven years old, and had to use a crummy old desktop, so I was only on it after school and on weekends, and I also had to share using it with my sister! It was pretty lame, until one day…

2008 | Funbrain

One weekend, we were on the computer, and my sister introduced me to Funbrain. It was a little popular at school, and the kids would play it in free computer time.

I remember playing all of the games in the Funbrain Playground and even reading the book they had there. Until my sister pointed out an ad.

“Hey, what’s Poptropica?” she said, clicking the link.

She created her character, Mighty Skunk, or “MiniMindfreakCasey”, and started playing Early Poptropica and Shark Tooth Island. I watched her play in amazement. I thought it was a really cool game.

Eventually, my sister let me play. Since I was a weird little kid, I entered the username “BigYummyCandyApple”, cause why not? I started changing the name until a got a name that I liked and would stick forever: Shaky Skunk. My character had brown hair and a pink shirt.

Once I had finished Early Poptropica and some other islands, I spent my credits on the Followers: Classic Pack and the Classic PopGum. Soon, the entire class had been introduced to Poptropica. (I honestly have no idea how I remember all of this. 😂)

Eventually, I had finished all of the islands. I completed all the islands, with the help of the PHB and some other blogs, and wore my medallions in pride. After that, I would waste my time in the common rooms battling in games and watching my sister play, until they would release more islands.

2010 | Poptropica at School

It was third grade. Everyone on the computers had Poptropica open, getting stuck on Ghost Story Island, and I was reminded of that amazing game. I started playing the oldies, like Reality TV Island.

At home, I kept replaying my favourites, which had to be the sponsored islands.

2012 | Membership and the PHB Stalking

It was fifth grade. I had completely forgotten about Poptropica, and spent my time on Boombang and made mediocre drawings of cats on DeviantArt.

For some reason, the name Poptropica popped into my head. I went online and played most of the islands. My brother saw that I was obsessed with this game and bought me a month of membership.

With my membership, I got all of the members only and regular cards. Soon, my character was this weird hybrid of a goth and a dog. I was really happy, because I also got early access to Wimpy Boardwalk, and played the members only bonus quests. (Except for that horrid Wimpy Boardwalk one. 😡)

Since I needed help with like, two-thirds of the islands, I rediscovered the PHB. I would stalk it every day. I even added the mermaid and green girl costumes to my closet.

2013 | A Fresh Start

It was sixth grade. I was getting a little bored of my Poptropica account, so I made a new one. I entered the username “AdelaideQueen”, and my name was something like “Red Fox”. I can’t remember.

After replaying the islands, and discovering the HORRORS of sound updated islands, I was starting to get sick of playing Poptropica.

Occasionally, I would check Poptropica and replay my favourite islands, but I only did that about once or twice a year.

2016 | Rejoining the Community and Blogging

By now, I’m in ninth grade. It was January, and I wondered how Poptropica was going. I logged on to my BigYummyCandyApple account, and the memories came flooding back.

I wanted to replay all of the islands, but then I remembered the PHB. I decided to make my own blog, Poptropica Skunk Blog. I soon discovered the Poptropica community, chat rooms, and joined two other blogs. So, yeah, I’m still playing Poptropica to this day.

Hopefully in the future, I will still be a fan of Poptropica. I hope the game, islands and ad placements are improved in the future. Cause right now, the ads are just like the ones in Mocktropica.

That’s the end of my adventure. I hope you enjoyed reading it!

-Shaky Skunk 🐼

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Hope you enjoyed this “My Place in Poptropica” story! Feel free to send in your own (please include a minimum of 550 words, type with good spelling and grammar, divide it into labeled sections, and include your username). Look out for more community MPIPs in the future!

~the PHB.