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Poptropica Fools!

April 2, 2009March 31, 2020 Codien

April Fools Day, 2009

April Fools day. A day for foolery and miscious. And PHB had a go at it.

The logo used in the PHB April Fools, 2009 Prank.

For 3 days before, during, and after Aprils Fools day, the PHB team changed the whole site to appear as if it was now serving another online game called “Club Penguin”. And boy did PHB fool alot of people!

Crying, thrashing, tearing, yelling, “WE WANT PHB BE BACK! WE WANT PHB BACK!”. We got dozens of comments and emails of pure panic that the site had mysteriously changed over night.

Not only was it the readers that got fooled but the Poptropica Creators Blog (PCB) got fooled too:

Rest In Peace – Help Blog

We wanted to acknowledge a certain “Help Blog” for Poptropica that recently changed formats. They had a lot of talent, and we’ll miss them terribly. Good luck guys.

Whether or not this was the creators just joining in on the foolery, or maybe they were just completly fooled, or maybe they were just talking about another site (unlikely 😉 ).

So what on earth did we do to make it look so much like we had changed.

First off Codien designed the header, making it as real as possible as if we were really a help blog serving Club Penguin.

Now we had to write the posts and pages. We were stuck. We had to write lots of posts and pages in less then 3 days. We couldn’t do it. So we emailed a very good friend of ours and asked her if we could use her posts for the prank.

This person was Happy Pippi – Happy Pippi owns a wonderful, amazing, well organized blog involving Club Penguin. Her blogged is filled with amazing posts and pages.

When we asked she was very happy in letting us use her posts (Suggesting the name 😉 ).

We would like everybody to give a very big thanks to Happy Pippi. THANKS HAPPY PIPPI!

Please visit her amazing site by clicking on this link: http://happypippi.wordpress.com/
Or you can access it by clicking on the link button saying Happy Pippi in the right hand bar.

We will add more stuff to this latter. With a more detailed explanation and behind the scenes work.

April Fools!

-PHB Team-

Scary Tomato
Smockers
Codien

PHB Sneak Peeks, Web Development

The Missing Sneak Peak and Updates

March 30, 2009April 2, 2009 Codien

I’m sorry but the post is not missing.

The PHB Sneak Peaks have been cancelled. This is due to an overload of work i have to do.

Maybe in the next couple weeks i can make a post with all the sneak peaks in one dedicating everything that has happened in the past 10 weeks. I will also tell you if it came true or not. The PHB Sneak Peaks will be no longer. They have retired. But don’t panic. Something even better will be happening.

Well after that sad news i have some great things to tell you. Well you can call them PHB Sneak Peaks if you want :P.
But these sneak peaks are for our site.

In the future we will be updating the costume section, a faster way for you to communicate and receive updates.

A HUGE thing will be happening in the near future. Also we have decided that every month we will be posting something BIG. It will be like PHB Sneak Peaks. But only BIGGER. Involving you.

Hope you enjoy the future with Poptropica Help Blog.

Scary Tomato, Smockers and Codien
The PHB Crew.

Astro-Knights Island, Sneak Peeks, Web Development

The Dragon of Dangers

March 27, 2009April 2, 2009 Slanted Fish

Thank you Grumpy Wolf for all the updates and news below.

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Roooaarrrrrrrr.

What was that? “That, little knight, was the sound of the great metallic creature, the Dragon of Dangers,” a mysterious voice echoed in the misty red background of what appeared to be the dragon’s lair. The red knight jumped in surprise, and found himself face-to-face with a large, scary-looking green-and-brown dragon made of metal. Its glowing red eyes seemed to glare at him. “Yikes!” The knight gulped, and, in great fear, fainted to the ground.

Will you have the courage to face strong opponents on Astro-Knights Island? Here’s a piece of advice: Don’t be like the little red knight, but instead use your logic to bypass even the scariest monsters.

Blog Post Title: Here there be Dragons.
Description: Astro-Knights Island can be a dangerous place!
Image URL: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fyUhortwA8M/ScvJE-mnlVI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rvZ95oDArS8/s1600-h/dragon.jpg
Image Name: dragon.jpg

Does that knight look familiar to you? Yep, it was shown in PHB Sneak Peek #3: The New Knights of Poptropica. And that’s a good example of why PHB Sneak Peeks are real! 😀

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Hazmat Hermit
Looks like there’s another new kid on the Poptropica Creators’ Blog: Hazmat Hermit, who first appeared on March 26, 2009 to show us the sneak peek shown above. He is an NPC (non-player character) at the County Prison of Main Street, Super Power Island. If you want to visit him, he’s the one standing on top of the meteor and wearing the Hazmat suit. This is what the name “Hazmat Hermit” means:

Hazmat: an abbreviation for ‘hazardous material’
Hermit: a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place; any person living in seclusion
Taken from Dictionary.com

An isolated being wearing dangerous clothing?! Maybe we should keep away from him, then…

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New PHB Poll
Grumpy Wolf has helpfully reminded us that our poll about Big Nate Island is starting to ‘collect dust’. Therefore the PHB has decided that it’s time for… a new poll! Check it out: look for the widget on the right side titled “Blog Poll” and submit your vote! The question reads, “Advertisements in Poptropica: what’s your favorite section?”

These were the results of the previous poll, “What do you think of Big Nate Island?”

Option | Number of Votes | Percentage
It’s pretty easy. I finished really quickly! | 1,809 | 48.6682808717%
I’d say it was just right. Cool! | 938 | 25.2354048964%
Arrgh! So hard and challenging! | 447 | 12.0258272801%
I haven’t done it yet. / Not finished. | 438 | 11.7836965295%
Big Nate Island? What’s that? | 85 | 2.28679042238%

Total votes: 3,717
Total percentage: 100%

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Meet the scarecrow… I mean, winner!

March 26, 2009April 2, 2009 Slanted Fish

🙂 Poptropica Help Blog has reached the 700,000 hits milestone! 🙂

throws cookies in your direction*

Wait, did you like the flavor? We’ve got jam ones too… or do you prefer peanut butter?

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Shark Boy, the host of the Poptropica Popularity Contests, congratulates everyone who voted and participated:

The results are in and the winner is…the secret agent from Spy Island! Congrats and thanks to all those who voted! We will be putting together a couple T-shirt designs of this character and will allow you to vote on your favorite design.

Cool! Be on guard for new T-shirt designs at Poptropica’s online store (after we vote for it, of course)! 🙂

Here’s Mr. Spy Guy standing proudly on the podium:

There is a small problem, though. Vince Graves and Medicine Man sure looks upset! Let’s just hope they don’t go seeking revenge… maybe we should go read a Goosebumps book instead…

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Ready for some Goosebumps? Take the blimp to any of the 8 islands and run to the right edge of Main Street, and you should find something like this:

Enter if you dare…

You dared, didn’t you? I’ll explain what’s inside so you don’t get lost and scared… 😉

Floor | Side | Function
Bottom Left: Clickable Poster for ordering online
Middle Left: Scarecrow costume
Middle Right: Pale-green mummy costume
Middlish-Top Right: Clickable Poster for ordering online
Middle Middle: Goosebumps Quiz Game
Top Right: About the DVD (Return of the Mummy)
Top Left: About the DVD (The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight)
Top Middle: DVD Trailer Video

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Want to jump higher on Poptropica? Check out Director Lion‘s newly discovered cheat, now updated for the Cheat Codes page! 🙂

Uncategorized, Web Development

New cheat and Creator identity discovered!

March 23, 2009April 2, 2009 Slanted Fish

This just in: A new Poptropica cheat and another Creator’s real identity has been discovered! Read on for more information.

The New Cheat: Hold a Cup!

Is your Poptropican in need of a cool handheld item? Then this cheat is for you! Fearless Paw has found a way to hold a cup of black liquid, and generously informed us via E-mail to [email protected]. If you’d like to know how, head over to our Cheat Codes page, or check out this quick guide:

Travel on the Blimp to 24 Carrot Island.
Enter the Carrot King Diner.
Go to the “Change Your Hair Color” Section of the Diner. Click on it, which will open up a screen with various colors in containers.
Fill the cup with white.
As your Poptropican drinks it, press down on Ctrl+Shift+S.
Your mouse should become a swirl. Close down the tab.
Re-enter your account. Your Poptropican should be holding a cup with black liquid in it!

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Creator’s Indentity Revealed: Jess M. Brallier

One of PHB’s readers, Oumer26, was so helpful as to do some Poptropica research and has been sending [email protected], the blog’s E-mail address, updates on his findings so far. Recently, he has made a huge breakthrough: he discovered someone named Jess M. Brallier, who is one of Poptropica’s Creators! Thanks, Oumer!

Jess M. Brallier is the publisher, Family Education Network, developer of Poptropica. For proof, visit this website:
http://fun.familyeducation.com/page/61557.html

Also, take a look at this site that Oumer found, which talks about Mr. Brallier:
http://www.ourwhitehouse.org/contribbios/brailler.html

By the way, if you have some of Jeff Kinney’s (creator of Poptropica) bestselling books, the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, you may have noticed that Jess Brallier is mentioned in the Acknowledgments at the back. Here are 2 examples:

Diary of a Wimpy Kid
“… Jess Brallier, who understands the power and potential of online publishing, and helped Greg Heffley reach the masses for the first time. Thanks especially for your friendship and mentorship. …”

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
“… Thanks to Jess Brallier for bringing Greg Heffley to the world on Funbrain.com. …”

Because we know Jeff Kinney is also a Poptropica Creator, his book is on Funbrain.com, Poptropica (the game he created) is also on Funbrain.com, and now we know that Jess B. helped put Diary of a Wimpy Kid on Funbrain, it’s quite likely that Jess M. Brallier is a real Poptropica Creator too!

Note: Unfortunately, we could not find a way to contact Jess. If you do know, however, feel free to let us know!

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