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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

Hi Gs,

This post is dedicated to release dates of Poptropica… you may find it boring. 😉

I don’t know about you, but I’ve always felt like Poptropica had two teams of people making islands at one point.  In my opinion, back in the olden days (like a couple years ago) when Poptropica was making islands like they were out of style, there was a sort of pattern in the island releases.

It started with Shrink Ray island.  Even though I like it, it still isn’t a great island.  Then Mystery Train (good), Game Show (bad), Ghost Story (good), S.O.S. (bad), Vampire’s Curse (good), Twisted Thicket (bad)… of course, this is purely my opinion.

I’ll stop judging after that, because the pattern is inconsistent afterwards.  What do you think about my theory?

Here’s a nice piece of information: most of the old islands have already been remodeled.  How do I know?  Check out this xml file.  It is a list of all the islands that have been updated: http://static.poptropica.com/game/data/game/game.xml

That’s a lot of islands.  And they’re not all on there, so it isn’t just a list of islands to be updated.  Do you remember my failed prediction that Spy Island would be the next updated?  I made the prediction because the island, as far as I could tell, had already been uploaded.  Basically, what I’m saying is, we might be able to track the Creator’s schedule of releasing these SUIs.

Time Tangled was announced to be the next updated November 20, and was released December 10.  That’s a 30 day period in between there.  Coincidence?  I think not.

Thirty days from the time Mythology Island was announced to be updated would be February 7.  I might be wrong, but expect it to be that day.  And Creators, if you choose to change the date just to prove me wrong, I respect that. 😛

Also, it seems like Poptropica may have a language setting in the future!  Check out the .swf file for the SUI settings menu: http://static.poptropica.com/game/assets/ui/settings/settingsPanel.swf

There are four different language settings to choose from!  From what I can tell, it isn’t a released feature yet, but this sure is cool! 😀

–HP

Hi Gs,

You may have noticed that I did not post the round 4 of Poptropican Portraits last Saturday.  I’m really sorry.  One reason is that I’ve been busy, the other that I procrastinate.  A lot.

I have some of the Poptropican Portraits completed completely, but they all will be posted this Saturday.  I’ve decided to go on leave for a while on these portraits, but expect me to be back doing these in a couple of weeks.  So, don’t bother leaving requests on this post.

I was overwhelmed by the immensity of requests I received last week, and even while I was quite pleased, I was biting off more than I can chew.

I don’t want ANYONE to think that I’m putting them at the end of the waiting list because I’m releasing these today.  These requests today were not done in order, so keep that in mind.  I hope you guys can understand.  I’m terribly sorry.

I also wanna give a warning to everyone, that I might miss a few posting days here and there in the next few months.  I’m getting on a new, stricter schedule than I was doing before, and I’m not going to have as much time on my hands that I had before.  I’m sure you will be able to live without me… 😉

I wanna make it up to you guys, so as a treat, I will be hosting a Hangouts on Air, where you will be able to watch me draw a couple of Poptropican Portraits live!  I hope you can make it! 😀

-HP

Hey, it’s Angry Wing! I’m just here to remind everyone about the fun PHB chat we’ve got right here on the site. In fact, here’s a hello from some party-goers.

Busy day.

Anyway, feel free to check it out anytime. There’s usually always someone online to hang with. If you look up, right below the header, you’ll see the tab that says Chat. (Take all the time you need to find it.) You back? Good. See you there!

~This has been a public service announcement VIP fun tip from Angry Wing (your favorite author, right?)~

Hi Gs,

Traditions are catching, so I’m starting my own! 😀

First, you may have noticed that I have updated my Gravatar.  I whipped up this bad boy last night.  For the New Years spirit, instead of a sign, Messy is holding a balloon!  Such genius. 😛

FYI, I will be making a new Gravatar each year to celebrate!  

As well as the awesomeness of new profile pics, I want to give you my posting schedule that I hope to follow (bold days are posting days):

That equivalents to a total of three posts per week!  Since I am on 3 blogs at the moment, I am setting the viewer on a little scavenger hunt to find all my new content: 1 of the 3 will be a different post and different content than the others.  Be sure to check all the of my blogs! 🙂

-HP