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8 is an even number — and I’ve drawn over 70 portraits! You gotta admit, that’s pretty amazing. 😛

I hope everyone is satisfied with their portrait! 😀 If you don’t see yours in there, just tell me in the comments. I’m only taking up to 10 requests this round. The request limit may differ between rounds, but requests made after the quota (10) will be disregarded. Remember, these portraits are Gravatar friendly, and make great Gravatars! 😛 Also, for you fellow designers who would like an extra, transparent (no background or text) copy of your portrait(s), just request in the comments. 🙂

If you are wanting to have your own Poptropican Portrait, I’d be glad to draw one for you if you follow the following criteria:

This is how the system works: you leave requests on the post that has the portraits that were requested last week. I will only take requests that are left on the latest portrait post.
Requests must be made by the owner of the account. I really would like if people would stop requesting portraits for their friends; if the friends really want them enough, they can come on here and request them.
I must have either a username or a link to the Avatar Studio included in the request. Otherwise, I will have to use a low quality photo from somewhere on the web, which makes the colors different from the actual character.
No requesting two times for the same character unless it’s a specialty. Sometimes, I will make another one, because I wasn’t pleased with it. Please tell me in the comments how you liked your portrait! If you are not pleased, I am very sorry.
Keep in mind that I need you to keep the outfit that you want to be drawn from the time that you request it to the time that it is published. Otherwise, I will draw something you may not have been expecting! So please keep that in mind.
I won’t accept glitch accounts anymore if it’s not your main account. I’ll still accept minor accounts, just not if they’re loaded with glitches. They’re difficult to draw, and most of the time the items are from advertisements, which I don’t enjoy drawing…

If you follow these rules, I’d be glad to draw your Poptropican. Thanks! 🙂

-HP

PHB Parties

Recap: PHB Valentine’s Party 2014!

February 15, 2014February 15, 2014 Samwow5

Hello Poptropicans! Even though I was a little late to the party (I had some business to attend to) I still had a lot of fun with everyone! Here’s a post to recap what went down at our Valentine’s fest. 🙂

We had a great showing of guests at the party, eager to meet in Multiverses! We also had several of the PHB authors show up: Samwow5 (me), Shaggy Tornado, HPuterpop, Brave Tomato, Blake and even former author Super Thunder! There were other Poptropica bloggers as well, like Silver Wolf (Wondalfy), and Nameless Undefined (Invisible). We had a ton of fun doodling and partying in Multiverse rooms! Here are some pictures:

According to HP, this was the night of love, dried peas, and super chunky junky monkeys. Hey! WHAT? Is he talking about me? 😛 Also, for those who missed out on the chat or just want to relive the awesomeness, PHC owner Pixel created a video for it (it’s sped up, but feel free to pause):

We hope everyone had a great time, and hopefully we’ll have another party soon! 😀

~SW5~

Monster Carnival Island

Monster Carnival Island — coming next week for members!

February 15, 2014February 15, 2014 HPuterpop

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EDIT: Monster Carnival Island may not be out today, but it’s confirmed to be coming out next week (probably Thursday, if we’re following Poptropica’s usual pattern for island releases)! 😀 But we still don’t have a full trailer, just a teaser…

MCI is not on the map yet, and we don’t know when it’ll be out for non-members, but keep checking back here on the PHB for the latest Poptropica news!

Quick post — check this pic out! Was I almost right about my prediction?? It’s not on the homepage yet… check back for more! 😀 The servers seem very boggy… are they uploading the island right now?

Edit: Turns out it was a false alarm. It’s been changed back to Coming Soon. Until next time. 😛

-HP

Monster Carnival Island

The Monster Carnival Files: Ringmaster Raven

February 13, 2014February 22, 2014 HPuterpop

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This file has been updated to the information from Monster Carnival Island. The red text is the updated info, the black is old.

Up until Monster Carnival is released, I’m going to post a series of “files” that go into detail about certain elements of the island as we know it. The first file will be about Ringmaster Raven; who he is, and what his goal is.

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The Wayback Machine

The Daily Pop above, from February 2011, was the first glimpse we got of a ringmaster playing a role in the mysterious Monster Carnival. Nothing seems suspicious about him; he has a hat, a bowtie, and a staff. He seemed perfectly fine — until the Haunted Amusement Park page was posted on the Creator’s Blog.

This idea page is obviously for Monster Carnival Island — they changed the name sometime after. The page plainly reads “Ringmaster has cursed/enslaved zombie carnival workers“. It also says that the ringmaster has lost his prized possession — a bullhorn. Very strange. Remember that this was in the early days of Poptropica, and elaborate stories were not going to happen in a long time — so a simple story about a ringmaster that has lost his horn is understandable.

The bullhorn is a very specific item, and may be used to hypnotize his zombie slaves. Of course, the zombie plot will not be used on the upcoming island, since they already released Zomberry Island. Ringmaster Raven does not have a bull horn in the new island.

The teaser trailer that was released along with the initial announcement of Monster Carnival shows a raven-like man with a top hat appearing out of nowhere. Most of us assumed that he was the ringmaster. We did not know just yet that his name was Ringmaster Raven.

The first time his name was released was on a extra poster on the Island Tour of Monster Carnival. The poster says “Featuring Ringmaster Raven’s Circus of the Bizarre”.

When we look at some of the Daily Pops we had been pondering about, we now understand the reason why ravens appeared so much in them!

In the island, the ravens are not turned against him — in fact, they are monsterizing machines!

On February 8 2014, the members only item Ringmaster Costume was added to the Store. It features a costume similar to Ringmaster Raven’s, with a feathery (and sinister) design.

The other two members only cards are somewhat connected to Ringmaster Raven as well — hypno power and raven swarm! Perhaps hypnotism will be a part of the island after all! 😀 The island does feature some hypnotism. It does not feature zombies, however. 😛

~~Ringmaster Raven’s origins are unknown as of now, but this post will be updated after the island comes out, so check back when that happens to get the full story. 🙂~~

You are here for the full story of Ringmaster Raven, right? Well, here it is:

Many years ago, the Circus of Bizarre had come through the very same parts that they are in at the time in the island. It had a very strange attraction featured with it — the Bird Boy. He was a mutant; half boy and half raven. Or perhaps it was just because he had an odd nose (a nose for that matter 😛 ). When the circus left the town, they forgot Bird Boy, and he was orphaned there. The towns people hated Bird Boy because he didn’t fit in. Then, soon after Bird Boy had been in the town, an auto repair store burnt down. The supposed culprit was Bird Boy. There were other suspects, some more likely to have done it, but the townspeople wanted Bird Boy gone. So they drove him out of town.

Years later, the carnival comes back to town, this time with a new ringmaster. This carnival seems… different than before. It turns out that Ringmaster Raven is actually Bird Boy tryin to get revenge on the town by hypnotizing all of them, and turning them into monsters, like him.

At the final battle, you hypnotize him into a chicken using mirrors. The carnival now has a new attraction — the chicken man!

-HP

Mocktropica Island, Monster Carnival Island

It’s time to ride the monstrous roller coaster rid- Okay, so I’m not good at song parodies. Why are you reading this anyway? ON WITH THE POST!

February 12, 2014February 13, 2014 Blake

Um, “what’s popping, Poptropicans…?” Blake’s out running errands, so he asked me, Timmy, to cover 2 new pieces of Poptropica news. So let’s move on with the post!

So anyway, first off, the Mocktropica guide is now up for the Poptropica walkthrough iOS app thing (I don’t know what it’s called, Blake never lets me use his iPhone… Hmm, he left it behind. Let me try something I’ve been wondering about..)

*TWO HOURS LATER*

Timmy: *playing Flappy Bird* this is so fascinating and addictive I don’t think I’ll eat or sleep in a week. Oh, right. So yeah, according to this app, the Mocktropica walkthrough is now up! Let’s hope there aren’t any bugs in the walkthrough… but if you can’t be bothered to open the app, just use the PHB’s Mocktropica Island Guide!

And in other news, if you check out Jeff Heim’s Poptropica Soundcloud, you may have heard… *puts on reading glasses* …what sounds like it’ll be a track for Monster Carnival. Thanks for that, Jeff Heim. Your tracks are always wonderful. *gives thumbs-up, tries to gain publicity like HP did because I’m a fame-hungry type of guy* You can listen to this wonderful track at his Soundcloud.

So it seems like that’s it for now in Poptropica. As always, stay popping, Poptropicans.

“TIMMY, I’M BACK! Wait, why are you doing the post for this week? I specifically told you NOT TO!”

SORRY!