Wallpapers, Web Development

Moon magic

Slanted Fish

That’s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind. –Neil Armstrong

It’s been 40 years since the first man has landed on the moon! To show Neil’s great achievement for all humans, the Poptropica Creators have put together an awesome ”Moon Scene” wallpaper. To set it as your desktop wallpaper, right-click on the image below and select the ‘Set as background’ option. To see the wallpaper in full size, click here. Thanks for the update, Cool Wing.

moonScene

Like what you see above? The Creators are also going to be adding an astronaut costume (probably like the one you see in the picture) to the Poptropica Store next week, so have your credits ready! It’s not likely, but I hope the ”special action” for this costume will be flying! And maybe when you fly, you’ll have that white streak following behind you, as seen in the wallpaper.

Speaking of the awesome powers of the moon, did anyone hear about or see the sun eclipse?

Sun Eclipse

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Also, Poptropica Help Blog is almost going to celebrate our one-year anniversary, which will be on July 26! Last year on July 26, 2008, Scary Tomato created this blog to help others with the game Poptropica. PHB is now nearly one year old, so get ready for an awesome celebration of cookies!

In other news, the good old WordPress smilies are back! Thanks to Shaggy Tornado for spotting this. Head on over to our Typing Tricks page if you need help with using smilies in your comments!

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However, yesterday we suffered the loss of one extremely helpful and kind staff member, Grumpy Wolf. He has retired from writing on the PHB and from playing Poptropica. His Poptropica account will be given out in a contest hosted by the Poptropica Help Blog, which we are going to do soon. Thanks for all your great contributions, Wolf!

In GW’s last post, which spoke of his resignation, there has been some confusion for why he is leaving. In truth, Grumpy Wolf told the PHB on Gmail that he would be leaving the PHB and Poptropica. He says he’s not sure why exactly, but some part of his mind just wants to. As Angry Berry said, ”He doesn’t have to tell. Let’s give him privacy.” Click here for more information.

According to a PHB commenter, x aka moody skull, people had been making fun of some PHB staff for being inactive in the Poptropica Help Forum chatroom. The PHF chatroom was not made for this reason, and if anyone is seen being rude to other people, or making mean comments there, they will be blocked from using the chatroom.

What Moody Skull saw has been confirmed by a post on another Poptropica blog, which says:

We’ve recently received shocking news that says that Grumpy Wolf  hasn’t been very active on the PHB lately! Some people are saying, and I qoute, “R.I.P Grumpy Wolf “. I am here at the PHF chatbox to investigate. Here I am with 2 anonymous members and I asked both of them “Do anyone of you think that Grumpy Wolf  is leaving the PHB?” They both said yes! So there you have it folks. If you want to see for yourself then ask around or ask Grumpy Wolf yourself.

Apparently, Drummer3290 was the one who had ”thought of this first”, according to Drummer’s comment on that blog’s post, which you can read by clicking here. The people who made fun of our staff may have been anonymous users, but making impolite and unkind comments will not be tolerated anywhere.

Another rumor spotted by x aka moody skull was about a user in the chatroom named ”GrumpyWolf”, who claimed that he would come back next year. As much as we’d like for this to happen, the so-called ”GrumpyWolf” was most likely an impersonater, or someone who is faking (a fraud). Impersonation of another person can lead you into serious trouble, so please don’t try it.

We hope that this clears up some of the confusion about our great friend Grumpy Wolf. Grumpy Wolf, we’ll miss you, but we wish you a happy life! 🙂

Hellos & Goodbyes, Web Development

Resignation Note of Grumpy Wolf

Grumpy Wolf

Yes, it’s true. Grumpy Wolf is resigning. It’s been a good run here on the PHB. I posted only few things here as a blogger, but as a commenter, I’m sure many. I’m very sorry I have to leave the Blog. I wish you can have fun without me here. I’m also leaving Poptropica itself for good to. But there, is good news, as there will be a contest to see who gets my Poptropica username and password! Well, I bid many a good day to all of you guys, including Scary Tomato, Smockers, and Codien.  Farewell commenters!

~Grumpy Wolf~

Reality TV Island, Sneak Peeks, Store

Pretty bugs in the forest

Slanted Fish

🙂 Well, that was fast! Poptropica Help Blog now has 1,500,000 (1.5 million) hits! In the time of just 5 months, we’ve gained one million hits. Click here to read about our first 500,000 milestone! Bright, glowing, magical cookies for all! 🙂

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Comic Kid not only likes comics and taking/drawing pictures, he also collects bugs! Thanks for the update, Obiwan2324. That is one awesome and sparkling butterfly in the strange enchanted forest! Look at Comic Kid oohing and waving his hands excitedly in this sneak peek:

Blog Post Title: Bug Collecting
Description: While I’m traveling the world of Poptropica taking pictures and drawing cartoons, I also search for rare bugs to add to my bug collection.
Image URL: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_q9BePaDQLzI/Sl-ltRKNRVI/AAAAAAAAAFE/AMXW9auebLk/s1600-h/forest.jpg
Image Name: forest.jpg
Posted by: Comic Kid

Notice how the butterfly seems to be slightly transparent – maybe it has the Phantom power from the Poptropica Store! Speaking of the Pop Store, the prices have gone back down to normal, as noted by Lazy Feather, who also took the following pictures shown below. All items have gone back to their original prices (a look at the post below would show that earlier, the prices had skyrocketed up to 75 more credits than before)! Sweet!

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In other news, we’re still evaluating the winners for the ”Poptropica’s Best Dressed” contest. According to Incredible Fish, Macey909’s family made PHF accounts to vote for her, so they may not have been her own accounts. However, Shaggy Tornado and many others are still unsure, so no prizes have been sent yet. Motionman95, host of the competition, is considering just randomly picking the winners. More news will follow soon!

Sneak Peeks, Store

Financial crisis hits Poptropica

Slanted Fish
Inflation
Now more expensive!

All the prices at the Poptropica Store have just been raised by 75 more credits! (Thanks for the update, Green Seal and Cool Wing.) Costumes used to be 75 credits each, but are now being sold for 150; while items from the ”Cool Stuff” section used to be 250 each, but are now worth 325 credits. Many Poptropica players at the PHF and PHB are saying that this is a rip-off and a big tragedy!

The reason that prices have risen is most likely because the Poptropica Creators want/need to make more money, and to get people to spend their cash on Poptropica Credits in order to help pay for their jobs. Although it may seem unfair to the players, don’t worry: it’s not the end of the world!

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Also, Motionman95 and Codien seem to have secretly found a way to view item SWF cards in full form, but they’re not saying how to do this for now. The ”Party Room” that many players had earlier discovered is called Multiverse, discovered by Codien and shown by Incredible Fish on our forum. Motionman95 shares a card for an unreleased ”Quiz Game” and ”Teleporter Fuse” he’d found. Maybe they’ll tell us more in the near future!

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SWF link: http://static.poptropica.com/items/item3024.swf

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SWF link: http://static.poptropica.com/items/item38.swf

Spy fuse
SWF link: http://static.poptropica.com/items/item67.swf

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In other news, the voting for the ”Poptropica’s Best Dressed Contest” has ended. Check the forums to find out who the winners are! (We regret to inform you that there was some cheating involved, and one clever winner was not a winner after all.)