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Behind the Name: Samwow5

January 30, 2014December 16, 2015 Samwow5

Hello everyone! Recently, I saw a post HP did about his name, and I thought well, I have a pretty unique story of my name too. So I asked HP if I can make a post about this, and he’s like sure, so here it is everyone! When I started playing Poptropica, I was using my brother’s account for a year, and it all started when I made an account with the user called Samwow5……

Samwow5pic

In 2010-2011 they had this commercial on TV called the “Shamwow Towel” It will clean anything food stain or spilt mess up. My parents made fun of it saying “Samwow the Great” xD, Then after a month or two, I thought about making a Poptropica account with the name “Samwow”. I went to Poptropica and the name Samwow wasn’t available to use, so I picked 5 (because it was one of my favorite numbers, and still is today) Then I put 5 after Samwow and I got Samwow5!

In the name section, I was picking a name like “Fast Lightning” or something, and I was about to click save and my computer shut off for some reason. I don’t know if it was fate or something, but the first name that popped up after that was “Tough Icicle”. It was the perfect match, I loved that name so I saved it and started playing Poptropica on that account, and soon after that I started blogging….. 😀

~SW5~

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Behind the Name: HPuterpop

January 28, 2014January 29, 2014 HPuterpop

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

Labs (Land)

Mind Blow (Poptropica Labs)

January 27, 2014January 28, 2014 HPuterpop

Hi Gs,

I recently wrote a review on the new feature, Poptropica Labs, where I failed at houses… then the Creators posted some spectacular examples, including this:

*turns green with envy*

You see, I guess this was what the Creators were looking for. Instead of fail houses like what I made, this stuff IS like actual islands. The only problem is that there is no actual story to build, no NPCs to make. I’ve wrote a list of things Lands needs.

An undo button.
A delete item button.
Make the ground pile less bumpy.
Make the pillars a part of the background — not something you can’t walk past.
A birds eye view feature.

And those are just a few of the things that need to be done. Otherwise, I’m not using Lands. I’m just not. Do you agree? 😛

I tried once more to create something. I failed. Miserably. ~~Guess in the comments what you think it is.~~ Yes, it is indeed a rabbot — or a lower half of one anyway… 😛 I ran out of space. >.<

-HP

Cloudy with 2 chances of ads

January 26, 2014 Slanted Fish

The forecast today calls for a double serving of ads for the animated movie Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2! On islands such as Poptropolis Games, you might find an ad building where you can go inside and talk to the boy (Flint Lockwood) to begin a game.

entrance

You’ll be in a boat and must make your way across the river safely. The red bar shows how much health you have and the green bar shows how much progress you’ve made. All you have to do is click the yellow button every time you see one of the “foodimals” in your way! When you reach the end, you’ll receive two prizes: Steve (monkey worn on your back) & Bacon Cheespider (worn on your head).

river

On other islands (such as Mocktropica), you might find just a video ad instead. Watching the trailer will award you with a straw-Barry Costume at the end of the video.

video

In other news, be sure to send in your Poptropica stories, island ideas, fan art, and more to [email protected] so we can start compiling them for the next issue of our magazine coming out in the second week of March! Take a look at our Magazines page for more info. We would love to publish your creative Poptropica fan work for other Poptropicans to enjoy, so don’t be afraid to submit an entry or two! 🙂

Poptropican Portraits

Poptropican Portraits Round 5

January 25, 2014January 28, 2014 HPuterpop

Edit: Requests are maxed out on this round.

Hi Gs,

Poptropican Portraits is back! 🙂 (How do you like the new logo?)

I hope everyone is satisfied with their portrait! 😀 If you don’t see yours in there, just tell me in the comments. Also, I’m only taking up to 15 requests this round. The request limit may differentiate with rounds, but for those who request past 15, will be moved on to the next round. 😉

And yes, I’m taking requests again (Although I don’t think you guys got the memo that I wasn’t taking them last round. 😛 ). The criteria follows, with new rules:

This is how the system works: you leave requests on the post that has the portraits 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 its 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 that are not your main account. I’ll still accept minor accounts, just not if they’re loaded with glitches. It’s difficult to draw, and most of the time it’s for advertising, which I don’t enjoy drawing…