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Gazek!

August 4, 2009August 5, 2009 Gazek

Hi Guys! I’m Gazek, And I’m a new author on the PHB! I’m going to be posting updates on Poptropica on this Blog, so bear with me, Please! I’ve beat all the Islands, And I’m quite a challenge in Paint War! My Poptropican Name is Speedy Ice, And I like drawing, and graphics designing. So.. Once Again, I’m Gazek (A.K.A Speedy Ice), and you can call me as Gazek, Speedy Ice, SI, Speedy, Or Ice. And thanks for reading my post!

Scary Tomato: Everyone, please give Gazek a nice welcome (and maybe a cookie)! Also, check out the new How to draw a Poptropican page that has just been added in the Cool Stuff section. 🙂

Magazines, PHB Specials, Web Development

Poptropican’s 911: Issue #3

August 3, 2009August 5, 2012 Slanted Fish

[We have updated our blog header – thanks, Codien!]

Sorry for the one-day late post, but yesterday the PHB added the third issue of the Poptropican’s 911 newsletter to the 911 page! This month we have loads of cool stuff loaded onto that 1 page, including TEN stories written by many creative authors! There is also an idea for ”Olympic Island” in there, for those of you who love historical sports, and a comic revealing that an alien working at Pewter Moon’s AstroZone store has been lying to its customers! Go on, you know you have to read August 2009’s newsletter:

The treasures are waiting!

We’ve also updated our monthly Poptropica Poll. This time, the answers are multiple choice – so if more than one answer suits you, choose as many options as you desire! (Keep in mind that because everyone is allowed to vote for more than one answer, it may not total up to exactly 100%.) Our latest question reads, ”Which Poptropica Creator(s) have you met so far?”, and it’s based on which Creators you have been meeting hanging around in the all-new Multiverse or some other Main Street multiplayer room!

July 2009’s poll question was, ”Reality TV Island is coming this summer! I’m most excited about:” Here are the results:

Option | Votes | Percentage
Playing another awesome Poptropica island quest | 268 | 16%
Earning 100 credits to spend at the Poptropica Store | 109 | 7%
Having more possibilities with the Costumizer so I can update my outfit | 54 | 3%
Exploring the whole island to complete another Map | 51 | 3%
Winning the Island Medallion to add to my collection | 41 | 3%
Having another multiplayer room to hang out at | 16 | 1%
All of the above! | 1,050 | 64%
What’s Reality TV Island? | 53 | 3%

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Announcement:
We have changed the ”Poptropica Talk” page to ”Poptropica Chat”. This is because we’ve added a new feature on that page: a chatbox, which we call the Poptropica Help Chatroom! You can also access it here: http://xat.com/Poptropica_Help. 😉

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Yesterday I met some more PHB readers! Golden Eagle invited me to her Multiverse room, where I got to see lots of cool Poptropicans, including Smockers, an awesome author working at this blog! Some other people I saw were Shaggy Tornado, Squeezy Monster, Speedy Hawk (known as Hoppy on PHB), Short Sun, Big Bird (AKA Deathstalker or Seph), Speedy Crown (sometimes called Poptropicalover), Popular Storm, and Dangerous Claw (Johnmoo on PHF). There were a few others as well, but they left before I could get their names. Here’s some photos of us:

Advertisements, Web Development

Racing to Witch Mountain and Multiverse!

August 1, 2009August 5, 2014 Slanted Fish

in this post…

Poptropica brings out a new ad; Walt Disneys: Race To Witch Mountain. An awesome mini adventure about saving two aliens from captivity. We have even provided a video to help you.

Scary Tomato catches up with some new friends in the wickedly new Multiverse.

And we share with you some electrifying new glitches.

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Race to Witch Mountain: advertisement game

There’s currently a new advertisement building for all ages, which you can find on Main Street on any island! This is featuring Walt Disney’s Race to Witch Mountain, and the game in it is pretty simple. Push the boxes onto a colored button (gateway switch), and the color’s gateway will be unlocked. Collect the key inside the gateway (there are 3 of them: red, purple, blue).

Watch out for security guards – try hiding behind the barrels so they won’t see you! A tip is that if you have the jetpack from Early Poptropica or the flying power from Super Power, use it!

The most interesting thing about this advertisement is the items we we recieve. Only one of the 3 cards says that its limited time only. What does this mean? Do we get to keep the costumes?

Here’s a video guide for extra help:

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Multiverse Meet-ups!

Today I met some more people from the PHF chat! Turns out that I missed Dr. Hare’s visit at ASH62, but I still got to meet many others from PHB and PHF. Most of us were doing the jumping glitch on the top floor of the crystal cavern, with Shy Turtle (AKA Anti Super Grape) being the most enthusiastic of all.

Dangerous Claw (known as Johnmoo on PHF) was wearing his Medusa hair. Jumpy Coyote, Moody Skull and I were also crazily hopping about. Tiny Star (Happyflame on the PHF chat) and Bronze Scorpion were our audience, and they supportively stood around to watch.

And according to Johnmoo on the PHF chat, Dr. Hare had been seen earlier today carrying different items such as a fishing rod, toilet plunger, flower, and some Store items, but he kept disappearing from the room.

I was also informed by Anon8348 and Lazy Feather that the caterpillar in the Shark Tooth dungeon has returned! If you’re a fan of this creepy crawlie, why not go pay a visit? 😛

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Electrify glitches!

Dark Purple Electrify

Golden Eagle recently informed us of a ”Dark Purple Electrifier” glitch, which you can get using the following steps:

Put on the Gothic Cheerleader outfit on ENTIRELY (mouth, bangs, everything).
Put on any colored Electrify. (Bought at the Poptropica Store for 250 credits!)
Click on the Save and Quit button (log out).
Log back in. You should have dark purple Electrifier!

Note: If you change your outfit, save and come back later, it will still be there. It will disappear if you change Electrifier colors, use Phantom, etc. Golden Eagle said that she once saw dark green Electrify, but doesn’t know how to get it at the moment.

Sparks

Moody Skull and Magic Storm also mentioned a ”Electrify Glitch” where the sparks do not have color!

Use the ‘Electrify’ item.
Land on the Ice Planet on Astro-Knights. (Coordinates are 73, 83)
Jump into the water.
Now you should have Electrify sparks without color!

Black Electrify

Young Skunk told us this: “I (Young Skunk), was just having a fun Poptropica day (partying) when after a while I logged off, now later I’m back on, & I’m electrified black!”

She sent us some photos of her partying in her friends’ Multiverse rooms, in which she was wearing the light green Electrify. The photo on the right shows what happened when she logs back in – black Electrifier?! Here’s a pic:

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Btw: The August 2009 issue of the PHB’s Poptropican’s 911 newsletter will be out tomorrow!

Store, Web Development

The Store is restocking!

July 31, 2009August 1, 2009 Slanted Fish

The Poptropica Creators will be releasing new items for the Poptropica Store every week during this summer! Incredible Fish got some cool pictures of the new Astronaut outfit that is currently in the Store for 75 credits:

The helmet’s lights will light up when you press the space bar. This is what the astronaut looks like when the lights are off (see left Poptropican)…

…and when it’s on! (Image below is from the Poptropica Creators’ Blog.)

Blog Post Title: Summer Store Fun!
Description: We will be releasing new store items every week during the summer!
For this week we’ve added two new items: Multiverse and a new Astronaut outfit.
As many of you know the Creators visted some or your Multiverse rooms. It was really cool chatting and battling with many of you, but sadly a few of you totally destroyed us at some of the games…Ouch!
Image URL: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gw_QYz_mHpo/SnG2TgEGMWI/AAAAAAAAAPs/V7qJnVtIaGA/s1600-h/astronaut.png
Image Name: astronaut.png
Posted by: Shark Boy

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Check out the post below to learn more about the Multiverse, a new dimension of Poptropica. Once again, I visited some more Multiverse rooms from PHB and PHF users! In Graham’s (Spotted Bubbles’s) Enchanted Forest room, I met Spotted Bubbles (Graham), and Curious Fang (known as Trusty Hawk on PHB). Graham left after awhile, but Curious Fang and I were still chatting with eachother when Dr. Hare, a Poptropica Creator, showed up!

Dr. Hare is the first Creator I’ve met so far, and I’m hoping to meet the rest soon enough! Hare has a 4-star battle ranking, and according to Curious Fang (who was dressed up in Binary Bard’s jester outfit but carrying a sword), Dr. Hare beat her in Soupwords and Paint War (but she beat him in Sudoku twice!). When I tried to Costumize him, it turned out only his teeth (with the big tooth sticking out) could be copied.We also chatted with the Creator, and he in turn asked us some questions. After some time, Dr. Hare Curious Fang had to leave.

Soon, however, someone else came in. I got to meet Green Seal (known as Sparkle Star on PHB and on her Poptropica Updates Blog!), and we had fun chatting and playing games like Paint War, which she won. Congratulations! When we met, Green Seal was wearing her pink Electrify, which you can recognize in the photos I compiled from my Enchanted Forest Multiverse adventure here:

I also met some other guys from the PHF chatroom in some Crystal Cavern Multiverses. (One of the pics below shows Graham, Curious Fang, and I in his Enchanted Forest, which I mentioned above.) Yesterday, I saw Zany Glove, Lucky Spider (MonkeyTacoz), Squeezy Monster (and his clone, Skinny Chicken). Maroon Fly, another one of Monkey’s accounts, also joined in later, and so did a jovial fellow named Happy Spider. (I also found out that Invisible Bean, who I mentioned in the post below, was also another one of Taco’s accounts!)

Today I met Shoeless Runner, Silly Owl (known as Incredible Fish), Short Sun (or Technonerd), Shy Turtle (”Anti SG”), and a few others at Incredible Fish’s Multiverse. Maroon Fly wandered in again, this time dressed as Pinocchio. We later all met up at the top floor to take a jumping snapshot – speaking of which, did you know there’s a glitch up there which lets you jump up and down nonstop? Try it!

Update: A few hours later, I met some more PHB readers in Skinny Snowball’s Enchanted Forest room! Congratulations to Speedy Hawk (who also tried to Costumize me!), Moody Wolf, Young Skunk, Trusty Bubbles, Green Sword (known as Bashful Octo on the PHB), Zany Thunder (also known as Poptropicalthunder), Dangerous Shark (accidentally got covered in the first picture, but I left some space for you on the side!), Friendly Hopper, Skinny Snowball (owner of this Multiverse room), and Nice Turtle! Here’s everyone I saw gathered at the cool room:

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Also, the bottom part of the Poptropica.com homepage has gotten a makeover! Thanks for the news, Lazy Feather. And apparently, Reality TV Island is missing from the game’s map now! Some think that the island is being abandoned like Monster Carnival Island was, and others think it means that RTV is close to completion, which would mean that this is temporary. We still don’t know for sure what’s up, but we all hope for the second option!

But part of the homepage update shows that instead of the RTV hippie asking you to sign up to be informed of TV Island’s release, it just says ”next Poptropica island”, and the picture has changed to an envelope. It looks like the Creators are ignoring the existence of Reality TV Island, which had been set to come out in summer 2009. What do you think is going on?

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There has recently been a rumor about the caterpillar on Shark Tooth Island being gone. (For those who have completed the island’s quest, you’ll know what ‘caterpillar’ I’m talking about.) This caterpillar was formerly on one of the statues in the Temple Dungeon, and if you bumped into it, it would knock you over.

We can now confirm that this obstacle has been removed from the game, making it much easier to finish the island. Our Shark Tooth Guide has been updated to suit this change.

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You may have noticed a change in one of our Poptropica Help Blog sidebar widgets. The ”Recent Comments” section has been updated, and now it will show the Wavatar of the commenter. We’re hoping that this feature will make it easier to recognize the person, since you might often remember a blog commenter by their picture. A Wavatar is the WordPress avatar of a commenter here, and it is usually randomly generated.

In other news: The competition for Grumpy Wolf’s Poptropica account will be hosted soon. More details will soon follow. By the way, we might be making a Multiverse room for the PHB!

Store

The New Dimension

July 29, 2009July 31, 2009 Codien

The latest and one of the greatest updates is the new Multiverse item.

What is the Multiverse. The Multiverse is an item card that lets you create your own Multiplayer room where you can invite friends to join by sending them a special 5 letter code.The Multiverse card can be purchased from the Poptropica Store for 350 credits.

: This is a preview of how you access rooms with codes. ^The code is just a sample.

If you buy a multiverse card you will be able choose from many different themes for your room.
Big Brain Factory, Enchanted Forest, Techno Room, Sweet Tooth, Crystal Cavern.

Also there have been many reports of Creators such as Dr. Hare, Vlad the Viking, Binary Bard and Shark Boy roaming the new rooms. How awesome! Except we can’t customize any of the clothing but i would love to see one of them.

Keep in mind that the codes do not ”expire”. When the owner of a Multiverse room leaves his or her room, the room is no longer available to others until the owner returns to it.

I’ve been thinking and maybe The PHB can have a party in its own room. We could try get the creators to join.

So without futher adiue,

Creators. If you are viewing this post we would like to invite you to one of our rooms or your rooms to party and play games. I’d love to take some pics with you guys.

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*Scary Tomato takes over the second half of the post*

With the release of this awesome feature, I spent the day hanging out with many good friends from both the PHB and PHF! First, Codien (Massive Eel) and I visited Blue Bee in his Sweet Tooth room. We were also at the PHF chatroom at the same time, and Lazy Feather and MonkeyTacoz (Lucky Spider) invited us to a Techno Room. Lazy Feather tried to make his head look half Codien-like and half-ST (Scary Tomato)-like! We were going to make a group picture of everyone jumping, but it was too tricky to manage. After a while, we found Shy Turtle lurking in the room. He was, apparently, also known as the evil ”Anti SG”!

Super Grape (SG) soon joined in with us, where he found his ‘other self’, Anti SG. Anti SG stayed, and SG thought it was best to exit. We also met a friendly green-skinned guy by the name of Dizzy Catfish jumping here and there, making our eyes go dizzy. Creepy Kid and Invisible Bean dropped by (thanks for letting me Costumize your whiskers, Invisible Bean!).

After some time, we headed over to an enchanted forest, full of translucent glowing butterflies fluttering by. There we met a very fast-moving Poptropican carrying a sword and wearing a nice jacket, Speedy Ice. Everyone who was left grouped together for a photo on the top branch. Later on, we moved into yet another green Techno room where I met Incredible Fish. Take a look at the big picture below to see all I’ve gathered: