Wizard101: Important Twitter Poll

Hello Wizards!

I hope you're having a great start of the weekend. This is actually my last weekend before my Fall classes start! I'm going to have a Back To School event with Autumn Dreamwalker - where we get together and interact before the next major event in October. If you would like to attend that event, we'll be meeting TODAY in The Commons, Greyrose Realm at 2:00 pm CST. Now back to the Halloween Run in October.. I have an important poll that I want you to answer:

If you click on the image above, you can access that poll by logging into your Twitter account and voting the appropriate time for the Halloween Run itself. Keep in mind that we'll have a Schedule of Halloween Run Day activities. The poll above is only asking what time you think we should have the Official Halloween Run, not the other activities that will take place. The entire event will be an all day event, but the Halloween Run will take place at a certain time during the day. I'd like you to pick that time! 

The Official Halloween Run Schedule will be released on Monday, August 28th!

Events Are Great For The Community

Hi there!

Lately there has been a comparison of events here in the community. I'm here to say that no matter who throws an event, it is special for the community because it brings people together. This should matter a lot more than popularity. There are many people in the community that put a lot of work into events just for the community, and all, are great community leaders for putting them together!

I recently attended Lail and Taylor's awesome Fall-themed event. This event was another one of many amazing events that brought people together from all over the world. I must say it was nice attending to only interact and not host. Hosting is a tough job, but the result of bringing people together is a wonderful thing. I want to send a major thank you to Lail and Taylor for putting this event together for us!

Skelemystyk has also thrown many great parties. These parties are always tough to put together so I also must thank Skele for putting on such amazing parties for the community. I can't tell you how much I appreciate each community event. Nobody must throw these events at all, but they decide to and that's awesome! I really appreciate every event in the community.

We also have events for the community. No matter who's celebrating an event in the community, always show support. There are many great people in the community who have events such as Tara DawnBreaker who has unique events to collect money to donate for endangered animals. We also have people such as Heather and Val who host events for the LGBT community. There are so many amazing events that occur in the community with one common purpose: Bringing people together to do something good. There is a lot of bad going on in the world today; but seeing events like these, no matter who they're from remind me that there is a lot more good! We're all capable of bringing people together, but it starts with taking the step to do so. Thank you to everyone who throws events! You know who you are! Also, thank you all for reading. Until next time, I'll see you around the spiral.

You Are Capable Of Doing Anything You Put Your Mind To!

Opinion: Kingsisle Needs To Focus On Their Main Games!

Ahoy Pirates!

It's been a few months since I've last made a post. I apologize! Today, I decided to make a post about a topic that has been discussed from pirates everywhere in the community: The lack of Pirate101 Updates.

A Shrinking Community

Let me start off and say that I love Kingsisle and Pirate101, but the Pirate101 community has shrunk drastically since the last major release of Marleybone and Aquila in 2013. Keep in mind that these worlds were released nearly FIVE years ago.. This make you wonder what exactly is happening at the Kingsisle studios. Well, we already know what's happening. Mobile Games. Some of these games, like Everclicker, are awesome games. However, Kingsisle has shifted focus to only focus on Wizard101 and Mobile Games. This shift has led to a shrinkage of not just Pirate101's main base of players, but also the Pirate101 community. 

Games like Everclicker have potential of reaching many players outside of the Kingsisle fanbase. However, there has been a focus on many mobile games. It does get confusing when so many mobile games are released when Pirate101 would most likely make more money if it got the attention it should have gotten in the past 5 years. Kingsisle had a reduction of force last year, which makes sense that they did lose money since the very start of the company. This doesn't mean the company itself is dying though. #Pirate101Lives ONLY if they give focus on their MMO Games. I can't imagine multitasking that much. It makes sense now to see why Pirate101 didn't get the attention it deserved, but it cost them millions of players by doing that. I love their company, but I will say that was the largest mistake they could ever make. The loss of players led to a shrinking Pirate101 community.

Focus On Your Main Games, Kingsisle!

I think we can all agree when I say that Kingsisle needs to focus on their main games: Wizard101, Pirate101 and if we include a mobile game, EverClicker! When you focus on 100 different things, you'll lose track of your priorities. I don't know the reasoning behind the lack of focus on Pirate101 - but this game had and still has potential. Many people love this game and I say it deserves something special.. We all probably had this in mind when I say something special:

UPDATES

New Worlds

New Ships

New Companions

New Bundles

New Packs

New Commercials

Copying things from Wizard101 is sometimes awesome, but I don't think people want to buy the same thing over again if they already have it in Wizard101. Please listen to your players when I say this in the most kind way possible.. Please update your main games. If you can pull it off and bring Pirate101 back, don't stop another five years. I know I'm a fansite owner, but even those who support you until the end must say something. Listen to your Pirate101 players when they say we deserve an update. This update shouldn't be rushed! Valencia 2 was awesome, but I couldn't believe the bugs (even in Test Realm) that came with it. I've played Wizard101 8 years and Pirate101 for 5 years and that Test Realm was the buggiest Test Realm I've ever seen. There are still bugs that haven't been fixed. We love your games, but please, put more work into them. It's not that you never do because we know you can do better. I'll always support your games until the end, but I hope you all at least listen to us in return. I believe Pirate101 has more potential than you think!