What was the best MMO launched in 2012?

Hi there!

Welcome to a new year of blogging! My first post of the year is going to be about the game of the year, Pirate101! Pirate101 has received many nominations lately and may not receive the attention it deserves. I'm not saying that in a bad way :) It has so much attention or it wouldn't be nominated. If you don't like Pirate101 after.. lets say 10 levels.. then you've missed out on a lot more. At the moment I have a level 50 Witchdoctor and a level 6 Swashbuckler. I noticed this game is a lot of fun and it will keep you busy :) It has interesting story lines, awesome music, great companions/pets, this list will grow. I can't mention all of the things I love about Pirate101 or there won't even be a post. I'll have to say to anyone who thinks Pirate101 is a bad game, you'll need to try it out! Its the best game ever! For anyone that loves Pirate101 already I have an easy quest for you. Massively has nominated Pirate101 for best MMO launched in 2012. You'll see that we're just about tied with Guild Wars 2, if you vote we could win this along with the Game of the Year(MMORPG). I hope you vote for the best game ever and sorry if this post is confusing-- Tired! Lol Happy New Year everyone :) I hope you had a great night and don't forget to vote, click the link!

CLICK ME TO VOTE PIRATE101

 http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/12/28/the-daily-grind-whats-your-mmo-of-the-year/

BEST MMO LAUNCHED IN 2012! 

2012: The best of Around the Spiral?

Hi there!

Well, this is the last day/ hours of 2012. I've had such a great year with all of you and I can't believe I'm saying it but I'll be gone until 2013. Yeah... Its awhile.. Okay maybe I should say next month, or.. tomorrow! Lol! :) I would never make a post like that. Today I'm going to make a great post of all of my favorite adventures on Around the Spiral and my favorite things about this year in blogging.

The beginning of 2012- Jan-May

I started off at a rough start on Around the Spiral due to personal issues but everything started to get better and I had my first huge contest! If you don't remember, I had my 10x10x10 contest  and that had to be the biggest contest I had this year. I was planning on having another contest which was supposed to be right about now. I decided to reschedule that until the beginning of next year though! I'll explain more in a little.. My other favorite thing about this time period was when Pirate101 was released. I was very excited and I had to start blogging about the announcement and all! I couldn't wait to start playing that. I found out about Pirate101 in April and I had to wait awhile until my ship arrived so I could finally experience my Pirate adventure. Around the Spiral had 150 members/50,000 views during this time period.

Middle Of 2012- June-September

Wow, this was a crazy time period. I loved every single moment of it though! In June I found out about the Pirate101 Fansite submission and was trying for that a few times. August was my favorite month, I couldn't blog about my adventures on Pirate101, but I really loved being accepted to Beta and really thank Kingsisle for that! I always wanted to join Wizard101 beta but I arrived to late and I'm glad I had a chance to participate in Pirate101 Beta! I think its made me a better player and its weird but I think its made me a better player in Pirate101 and Wizard101! Around the Spiral had about 175 members during this time period/ 80,000 views!

*End of 2012- October- December*

Yeah.. This time period.. It had to be the best Around the Spiral has ever had! In October I was trying my best to level and I didn't focus on blogging much. I was trying to figure out what my blog could be like at the end of the year if I made official Pirate101 fansite, this brings me to November 2012. On November 8th I finally made Pirate101 Official Fansite within an hour after submitting my blog. This was the third time and I couldn't believe it. I had a lot of hope that I would make it though :) This was a huge goal accomplished including 100,000 views on blog and 200 members. In December, this month, I had a chance to talk about my Pirate101 character, explain more about myself to my new members. I also had a chance to think about how great 2013 is going to be. I have a lot of goals, and I'm planning on completing them. Maybe I could have some help from you! I hope you stick around with me and continue your adventure Around the Spiral! 

Side Questing with Edward Cringle!

Ahoy Pirates!

A week ago I posted about my new Swashbuckler, Edward Cringle. If this is the first time you've heard of this character, make sure to read my post explaining more about him at this link: Edward Cringle. I hope you enjoy the post, don't forget to read this one after! Now to move on. The last few days I haven't had a chance to quest/ blog much because of the holidays I did have a chance to get a few side quests I noticed in Skull Island though! These quests included experience, gold and nautical experience. I couldn't turn the nautical down because I want to be the right level when I reach certain worlds so I had to do the quests!

Main Quest- the one in the upper left corner
Side Quests- all of the other three!! Yeah that's a lot of side questing :)

Attacking the Batacuda's for a side quest..

Turning Side Quest in:
No Problem! I had a lot of help from my awesome companions :)

My Companion attacking flying fish for two other side quests, I'm not done
so I'll have to make sure I complete these side quests today or tomorrow!

I hope you enjoyed the post, I'll keep you updated on all of the side quests! This brings me to the importance of side questing. Sometimes you may not think its important to side quest but once you think about it, it really is. I noticed that if you side quest you get more experience and you may be a higher level when you enter the next world. That'll be easy with all of the hard bosses you have face in the future of Pirate101. I think that side questing is a lot of fun and can really help. You don't have to side quest unless you feel like you should! I wish you good luck in the Spiral and make sure to keep reading for more posts on Edward Cringle!