Contests

#PoptropicaArt finalists, Round 1!

Ylimegirl

Heyo readers!

My mid-year resolution is to write more blog posts! …Wait, that’s not a thing? Eh, whatever. Still plan to do it.

Anyways, while my avatar is insanely confused as to how she ended up in formal wear, the first round of the #PoptropicaArt contest finalists have been released!

Art pieces by ANNE14TCO, Colette Lam CL,  Criaha C., Purple Claw, Perfect Sky, our very own SydVC, and Perfect Lightning were featured on the blog post. Check them out!

by Purple Claw
“Betty! Betty! Betty!” by Criaha C.
by Perfect Sky
“Purple Crumb” by Perfect Lightning
“The Chosen Ones Reunited” by ANNE14TCO
by Colette Lam CL
“Chibi Spotted Dragon” by SydVC

Also, due to the large amount of entries received, the Creators are increasing the amount of prizes for the contest! How awesome is that?

Remember, it’s not too late to enter! The contest ends on Labor Day (Monday, September 5th). Hmm, maybe I should submit an entry…

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On second thought, maybe not.

That’s all I’ve got for now!

-Ylimegirl

Contests, Livestreams, PHB Parties, Poppies

Join us for the Poppies 2016 Party and Livestream!

Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropi-ladies and Poptropi-gents,

You’ve nominated, you’ve voted… and very soon, it will be time to reveal the winners of this year’s Poptropica Community Awards, or as we affectionately call them, the Poppies!

Like last year, we’ll be celebrating with a party on the PHC while announcing the winners via a livestream. Everyone’s invited to attend, and here are the details below!

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As detailed in the invitation above, the party is this coming Tuesday, July 26, the date of the PHB’s anniversary – which had the most votes during the voting round!

It’s going to be the PHB’s 8th birthday, so I guess you could say that makes us the PH8 (because 8 looks like a B, get it? ha, ha). But despite our pH level, I promise it’ll be anything but basic.

The party begins at 7pm EST (that’s 6pm CST / 5pm MST / 4pm PST) on our chat, the PHC, and the livestream will also begin at around that time. If you live in a time zone that’s not listed, use a timezone converter to figure out what time that may be in your area (in some places, it may be Wednesday morning). We hope you can make it, or at least pop in at a later time!

The livestream link will be posted on the PHC during the party, so check there when the time comes if you’d like to watch along! Don’t worry about missing it, the video will still be viewable later. The awards presentation will be hosted by us PHB authors, so be sure to check it out if you have the chance!

At the same time, you can also chat with Poptropicans on our Poptropica Help Chat on Discord, meeting up in Multiverse party rooms and having a good time! We’ve seen a lot of awesome Poppies formal outfits from many you guys, and now’s your chance to dazzle everyone on the big day! Dress up your best in tuxes, ties, dresses – and of course, the 8th birthday balloon (if you have it) to celebrate the PHB’s 8th birthday! It’s going to be a poppin’ time, so see you there!

If you have any questions at all, comment below and we’ll answer them for you!

– the Poppies Help Blog –

My Place in Poptropica

My Place in Poptropica: Young Singer

Slanted Fish

This is the My Place in Poptropica story of Young Singer, a young and enthusiastic Poptropican who frequently comments on the PHB. See below for details on sending in your own MPIP!

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Hey, PHB Poptropicans! I’m Young Singer, and my username is NachaaRules! (With the exclamation mark, yes. Don’t judge! 😀 ) Anyway, this is my story. Enjoy! :3

| How I Found Poptropica… and Lost It.

For me, it started when I was talking with a boy at school in kindergarten. He liked a game called Poptropica, while all the other kids liked another game site. Anyway, I decided to try out Poptropica, and… I fell in love with it instantly.

I forgot the username I chose, but I completed 6 Islands on my first account, and I had at least 45 friends on there. I played Poptropica so much that I got in trouble for doing just that!

Then, summer came, and it felt like I was in Poptropica heaven. I completed 14 more Islands! My main costume looked like a normal girl… brown hair… some freckles… blah. I did a lot of “MiniQuests” like Shrink Shot, the Sumo game (Prepare for Impact!), and so on.

However, after a few years, school got harder, and so did finding the time and effort to play, and so… I basically gave up on Poptropica for a while.

| I’m Back! / Finding the PHB

One day in third grade, our teacher let us have “ indoor recess”. I went on the computer, and at that moment, I remembered Poptropica. I decided to make a new account. I loved to sing back then, so my Poptropican’s name became yours truly… Young Singer.

I couldn’t figure out how to beat Spy Island. So, I looked it up online, and I came across something called the “Poptropica Help Blog”. And because of the PHB, I gained my 15th medallion! From then on, I was a fan of the blog.

After half a year of commenting on the PHB with no WordPress account, I made one called Unicornz100 (don’t ask why…). I went by many names… too many, in fact. And that was the beginning of Young Singer. To this day, I still like to comment on the PHB.

Yes, I know this sounds a little like a fairy tale, but who cares? Let’s get on with it!

| Why I Love the PHB

First of all… the PHB staff (authors) are so generous… they always answer your questions and keep you updated on Poptropica news! Then, there’s the commenters. Shout-outs to:

Popular Wolf , Muddy Kid ^_^ , Lucky Wing, Some Guy, and every awesome commenter out there!

All the support is amazing, I can always count on you guys to help us. I can’t start chants, but I’ll do it anyway. PHB! PHB! PHB! No? Fine…

And lastly, I love the art! The PHB’s DeviantArt collection is amazing!

| Present Time: Who I Am

Now, I’m just a random commenter on the PHB, someone you probably have no idea about.

Until now, as you read this. So… I am 11 and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE art, food, and Poptropica.

I also like to make jokes. Sometimes. Mostly, they’re jokes about myself… I cri everitiem. (poetry book falls from the sky, into my hands) {reads} “I cri everitiem ~ Young Singer” Wow. They make books about EVERYTHING. That’s why I love ’em!

I’m about to move on to middle school. Oh, wait! I’m not! I’m getting homeschooled until high school. Yay me. I’m also a book freak. Once a book is in my face, it STAYS in my face. Seriously. I think I have a few pages up my nose. The doctors call it “a cold”. I think not. Too far? I can keep going. I also love cooking, but so far, all I can make is scrambled eggs and PB&J. I’m learning how to make a cake, thanks to Mom. I also am a big anime lover. Naruto, Attack on Titan, you name it! I used to play a game called “Animal Jam” when I forgot about Poptropica. Until… I got hacked on that game.

Well, it’s time to say goodbye. So… here it goes…

Farewell, Poptropicans! (bows as flowers hurdle towards me)

“AHH! ROSES! THORNS!”  (runs offstage)

(mic drop)

Stay poppin’, Poptropicans!

–

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

Advertisements, Graphic Novels

Cats and graphic novels are out of the bag!

Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans! 🐠

Before we get into the Poptropica news, there’s a quick announcement I’d like to make – over the next couple of days, as we prepare for something, there may be (temporary) difficulties in loading our site – if this happens, please use our poptropica.wordpress.com URL instead. Thanks for your patience!

Anyway, let’s pop in to see what’s new on Poptropica! There’s currently a new ad on Main Streets for the upcoming movie Nine Lives, and in it you can watch a trailer and play a game where you have to run away from this cat, Mr. Fuzzypants, who’s chasing you.

At the end, a cat whisperer takes care of Mr. Fuzzypants, and you’ll win a Mr. Fuzzypants Follower and Cake Toss power (press spacebar to shoot cakes on other Poptropicans). Also, after the mini-game, your Poptropican will have cat ears that only show up in the Nine Lives ad room. (Thanks to Friendly Foot for the update and Koi and Yujo for the ad pictures below!)

Over on Home Island, the Mystery of the Map Photo Booth from before has returned, this time to encourage sales instead of pre-orders! (See this PHB post for more about this Photo Booth!)

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In other news, it looks like Poptropica – well, its graphic novel series at least – has a spot in the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con! (If any PHB readers are going, let us know!)

According to this publisher’s tweet, Mitch Krpata, Pop Creator and author of Poptropica: The Lost Expedition (the second Pop graphic novel after Mystery of the Map), will be at SDCC’s Booth #1216, where you can get a copy of the book before it’s officially released on August 16th.

Lastly, voting for the 2016 Poppies is now closed. Stay tuned to the PHB for details about the Poppies party and livestream, coming soon! 🙂

Popspiracy Theories

Poptropica: A Symbolic Meaning

Spencer

Hoi, I’m Koi.

Poptropica has a recurring sci-fi theme. The only two things that connect them all usually is space and… the symbols. Why I deemed it necessary to say usually is because Zomberry was science fiction, but really had nothing to do with this in the grand scheme of things. Let’s begin!

Nabooti

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The first time we encountered these alien scribblings was while we were on a scavenger hunt all through Africa! If you don’t know what I’m talking about, they were imbedded into the Nabooti jewels. When they were all put into the correct order into a wooden totem, it became alive. Then, it thanked us, and returned back to it’s home planet.

Astro-Knights

The second time we encounter the galactic gibberish is on Astro-Knights.

Now listen, there’s no way to confirm that the writing is absolutely the same language. But, I do have a weird theory. The totem on Nabooti was activated by the writing. When the UFO was getting activated, it went from English to what you can see above. I think the language acts as a power source. Everywhere else on the island, any space signs or books are in English.

Mission Atlantis

The symbols once more act as some kind of space fuel. Also, notice how uncanny these letters compare to Astro-Knights… hm.

Monkey Wrench

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While these don’t exactly work as a source of power, they are a language. There’s no way to confirm if these are all the same one, but here’s my Popspiracy:

Poptropicans descended from aliens.

Really, it does make a fair share of sense. While the aliens we’ve seen are on the Pewter moon, they may not have derived from that planet. They can clearly space travel, mind the rockets. It’s possible that they speak English, but write it in a different way. It’s also possible they crash landed, or purposely chose Poptropica. Then, their skin pigments adapted to the environment, their hair adapted to the heat, but one thing that always stayed was their instinct to write in their chicken scratch / extra-terrestrial hieroglyphics.

It’s also logical how when we go to the Pewter moon, the aliens speak to us in our language, and any island in space’s signs and messenges are in English. It’s perfectly possible that English is the prominent communication of the universe, as an extension to my earlier thought.

I understand it’s a game, and the Aliens not speaking English would be hard for kids and anyone for that matter to really understand the story and the game. Though, theoretical does it not only make sense – with what I’ve provided, it also is logical, and better than anything as of now. 😛

What do y’alls think? Are Monktropicans, Poptropicans, and Aliens linked?

-Koi (◑‿◐)