PMFM (Poptropican Meme Face Mondays)

Poptropican Meme Face Mondays: Round 40

Heyyo Poptropicans, it’s Ultimate iPad Expert here.

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Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the memeing, memeing. Charley and Harvey, his dad!
Barley and parsley, how rad! One, none, pun, son. Lookin’ forward to the memeing! Welcome to round forty of PMFM (Poptropican Meme Face Mondays)!

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The lucky meme-faced Poptropicans this week are Ezdeath, our very own Lucky Joker, and EnricFP! And here are the memes:

Feel free to click on the images to view them in their full glory. 😛

 

Want your own meme face?

Well, it’s simple. Comment on the most recent PMFM post (just choose the top one of the list, here). Be sure to follow the criteria below:

  • Very crucial: Wear the outfit you want to have in the meme face on Poptropica and keep it on for at least a week.
  • As mentioned, find the most recent PMFM post (it will be at the top of this list)
  • Include your Poptropican username in a comment.
  • Include the meme face you would like on your Poptropican in your comment (a link to an image of the meme is very preferred).
  • Post your comment and wait! (PMFM is operated on a first come-first serve basis, so your meme face will come after all of the ones before are released).
  • Just a note: You do not need to re-comment on newer posts if you haven’t gotten yours yet. Once I reply to your comment mentioning “You being added to the list,” then I have seen your comment and added it to my literal list, so yours will be made after each one before is made.

This completes round forty of meme faces. Tune in next Monday for the next Poptropican Meme Face Mondays!

What do you think about this week’s meme faces? Comment below.

Meme King out. 👑

• Ultimate iPad Expert •

Contests, Stolen Snapshots

Error 904: Snapshot not found (Search Party September!)

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Smile! Hey guys, Slip here.

Are you ready? Man, it’s already Snap-tember! We’re on our way down to the end of 2016! I hope there are more surprises for us to discover!

Speaking of surprises – Stolen Snapshots is back! I’ve got a crazy awesome announcement for all of you. There won’t be any snapshots in this post. Wait, what? Yep, no snapshots in this post.

I know you’re wondering there, but let me introduce you this month’s PHB event… by posting it in the GIF below!

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My Place in Poptropica

My Place in Poptropica: Big Crumb

This is the My Place in Poptropica story of Big Crumb, a Poptropican who learned to appreciate Poptropica’s progress and still loves the game. See below for details on sending in your own MPIP!

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Hello, fellow Poptropicans! This is Big Crumb, and my username is lazylady19. I wrote this MPIP because I thought it was fun to do! Hope you enjoy!

2011-2012 | An Amazing Discovery!

I made my amazing discovery of Poptropica back when I was in third grade, and it was the teacher who suggested it. Since I didn’t know how to spell it back then, I was quiet about it for a while. Until one day, while I was on Funbrain, I saw a Poptropica advertisement and I thought it would be fun to take a look, because of my teacher’s suggestion.

Of course, being the little stupid kid I was back then, I was very uncreative with usernames and I made a really random one like “lazylady19” [cringes] But I loved Poptropica. I played with my best friend at the time, who helped me solve islands. She also played a little part in my finding of Poptropica.

Like I said before, I LOVED Poptropica. Every day I would make myself a Poptropica goal and say “I’m going to complete this island today!” and sometimes I did… though most of the time I didn’t.

One year in, by 2012, I was literally obsessed with Poptropica! I had about 18 medallions (with the help of my friend of course) and I went on every day to see what was different and what new features had been added.

2013 | PHB Discovery

The islands seemed to get harder as I progressed through the game. I needed a walkthrough (especially for *cough cough* Skullduggery *cough*) I searched up some walkthroughs, but really wasn’t interested because it was all in video format.

But then I discovered a written walkthrough here on the Poptropica Help Blog, which gave me all the details on how to beat the islands! (I also made a WordPress account for this website!) I loved it a LOT. ❤ Love you PHB!

2014 | The Golden Age

Poptropica really improved around this time, and I was very, very interested. I didn’t play as much, but when I did, I cherished it. That was because there were many new islands that I thought were amazing and drastically better than before! The new islands also had demos for non-members, which made me want them to be released sooner, since I couldn’t play the full island as a non-member until after the members’ Early Access period.

2015 | Loss of Interest

Many more upgrades have caught my interest in Poptropica, but in 2015, I barely noticed those changes because I never played. Sometimes, I completely forgot about it. I didn’t play for 4 months since school started, since I was occupied with that.

I checked Poptropica to answer those pop quizzes, but I never actually played. Then one day, I decided to check Poptropica again, and noticed that some of the islands had gotten quite upgraded, plus there were new episodic islands! After all that time, I really didn’t think about how Poptropica could have progressed, but it sure proved that it had!

2016 | Starting to grow on me again!

Yes, Poptropica is starting to grow on me again. Probably not as much as when I started 5 years ago, but it is definitely growing on me again. I’m going into 9th grade and I love checking the PHB, going on Poptropica to complete islands again and again, and I love Poptropica! ❤ It’s been a very interesting trip for me, and I probably left out many, many details, but this is all I can remember for now. After all, it has been five years!

–Big Crumb
(lazylady19) <—– friend meh!

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

Books, Contests

#PoptropicaArt Instagram finalists and Mitch Krpata meetup!

Hello, everyone!

It’s Lucky Joker, with more art to showcase. This time, from the Poptropica community!

The #PoptropicaArt contest will soon be ending, but it’s not over yet! The third selection of finalists have been announced – this time, coming from Instagram.

Here we see the pieces of aquaticaquarius (two pieces), ccashew4, copicsandcupcakes, giuli_checkers, ii_tamcat_ii, katyainthemoonlight, neat_comet, smileyfaceorg and the.blue.vulpix! Great job to the artists of Instagram!

If you want to submit art, you still have a little time left. The contest closes Monday, September 5th, 12:00 am (midnight) EST. They’ll be featuring pieces from Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Find out how to enter by reading this post on the Creators’ blog.

Also, check out the first and second group of finalists’ creations!

Further news: Mitch Krpata, author of Poptropica graphic novel The Lost Expedition, will be in Dedham, MA on September 24 from 2:00-3:00 pm, available for meetup! Talk with Mitch at Blue Bunny Books and Toys.

As announced earlier, he’ll also be in Plainville, MA on September 14 at 4pm to promote the Poptropica book. That event will be at Jeff Kinney’s bookstore, An Unlikely Story.

Well, that about wraps everything up for current events! Pop on folks!

– Lucky Joker :luckyjoker~1:

Creators, PHB Specials, Poptropica Portfolio

Poptropica Portfolio: Lance Fry

Hello everyone!

It’s Lucky Joker here, featuring another Poptropica Portfolio! (We’ve already shown the works of Abraham Tena, Chris Goodwin, Nate Greenwall and Jordan Leary, and they’re pretty awesome.)

lance fryThis time around, the featured artist is Lance Fry, a former Poptropica Creator. He currently works for StoryArc Media as a senior artist, where he’s helped with drawing and animating an app I’m sure we’re all familiar with, Adventure Pig. (Go ahead and download it. It’s great! Still unsure? Check out this app review.) Anyway, let’s get into that portfolio! (Thanks to idk for the tip!)

The most notable piece is this logo for Crisis Caverns Island, indicating once again that there were serious plans to bring the island to life (and who knows, maybe there still are?).

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Since his Logos and Signage gallery on Behance was uploaded very recently (this week), it’s possible Crisis Caverns is still being considered. You can also find this amazing collection of signs seen around Poptropica in the gallery (can you figure out where each of them are found in-game?):

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In addition to signs and logos, he’s even made some background art, character designs, and concept art, as stated on his Behance page. Here are a few of his background and scenic pieces. Of course, you can view them all in his Behance background gallery.

All in all, Lance Fry has done a ton for Poptropica when it comes to art. Many of the backgrounds and logos we see in various islands were created by Fry. I think they all look amazing and deserve some recognition.

To learn more about Lance, pop on over to his LinkedIn page. To see more of his artwork (unrelated to Poptropica), view his website or Behance page. The artwork displayed is incredible.

A big thanks to Lance for all of the amazing work and effort he has put into the game. I hope he succeeds in all of his future endeavors!

I hope you took a liking to my first official post here on the PHB. Pop on!

– Lucky Joker :luckyjoker~1: