I hope you're having an amazing Friday! My day has been amazing because I've got to relax and play one of my favorite games, Wizard101. Today, I mostly focused on leveling my pets. My main goal is to have new pets for all of my wizards that I plan on questing through Empyrea Part Two. I started leveling my fire wizard's raging bull pet today since he'll be the first wizard to start questing in EP2.
As you can tell from the video playing above, I'm not really good at the pet games in the Pet Pavilion. My poor pet! Now, even though I sent him flying through the air, above the target and nearly through a building - he still gave me the talents that I've been looking for! I actually used the Pet Kiosk and hatched with another Raging Bull pet to try it out for a blog post. Unfortunately, I was unable to make the blog post at the time, but at least I have a perfect pet (so far). I've always wanted a pet that casts unicorn, and my first talent at teen was "May Cast Unicorn" which was amazing to see! As you can see below, I also got "Energizing Battery" and "Defender". These will be very useful to me in EP2. It may not be the perfect pet to many, but it certainly is perfect for me. :D
Today I leveled my pet all the way to ancient with various snacks. These snacks were not from the Mega Snack Pack or Gardening, so it took a while to level it up. I will say that I think it's time I finally get into gardening. I remember when Kingsisle released it, but I never got into it. This year, I want to try new things out in Wizard101. Gardening for Mega Snack Packs is one of those things! Don't tell anyone, but I've probably deleted at least 100 seeds that are known to drop mega snacks. :P Okay, now I'm going to stop typing and get back to leveling my pet. I think I'm going to level Shaggy Marley up with Grub Guardian. Thanks all for reading and wish me the best of luck on my other talents. Until next time, I'll see you around the spiral.
I love this pet! Now, I'll need to take a picture here again when they update the DS graphics. ;)
It's been about a year since I've last made an online safety post so I thought that it's about time that I make another one of these posts. Staying safe online is very important when you're playing Wizard101, interacting on social media, or visiting websites. So let's talk about the various ways you can stay safe online!
Staying Safe Online: Kingsisle Games
Wizard101 and Pirate101 are family-friendly games, but you will still come across people who have an alternative motive. There are people who may say they're going to give you gifts (such as crowns or memberships) in return of your password. Others may ask you for your personal information because they say that they're your friends. The best thing to do if you're facing this situation is to use the Ignore option in-game. If it comes to harassment, you can use the report option.
The Wizard101 Ignore Option
The Pirate101 Ignore Option
Did you know that Kingsisle employees are also impersonated in-game? Someone in-game may say that they or a relative of theirs work at KI when that's not factual. Most of the reasons people say that is to get personal information from you. If someone says that they're a KI employee in-game, ask them for their badge. If they don't show you their badge, report that player. You should see a badge called "Kingsisle Support" under their name if they indeed work for the games.
Staying Safe Online: Social Media
My advice for staying safe on social media really relates to the games. You should remember to never give away personal information to anyone no matter what. There are ways to ignore and report people on social media. Check out the images below to see how to ignore/report on social media. Remember to report only when it's required such as someone pretending to be a Kingsisle employee, harassment, etc - depending on the rules of the site you're reporting the person from. Scroll over the Hyperlinks below to access guides on how to report someone on each social media network listed:
Speaking of social media, Kingsisle does have official social media accounts, including email. If someone emails you from a random email or message from someone asking you for your password to your account - they do not work at Kingsisle. Ignore any emails/messages like that! Kingsisle has an official list of emails that you can contact them by. They will never ask you for your password:
There are many different types of KI-game related sites out there. It's best to keep a close eye out there for scammers. They can also ask for personal information in return for "gifts". If they do, it's best to avoid or even report the site to Kingsisle. If they're asking for your personal information, you should not pay any attention to them. There are fansites out there that you can get stuff from when they have contests, in which the codes are provided by Kingsisle. If you would like to see a list of trustworthy websites, you can click on the hyperlinks below to access the Wizard101 and Pirate101 fansites.
There have been times in the past where people have made websites that looked like official websites from Kingsisle, but they were not. As I've stated above, report any website that's not official Kingsisle websites to Kingsisle. There are several official Kingsisle websites. Most of these websites are linked from their main websites. If you would like to access these websites, scroll over and click on the images below:
Wizard101 Website
Pirate101 Website
Keep in mind that there are different versions of Wizard101 based on language/area. For example, Wizard101 UK is a different version of Wizard101 based in the United Kingdom from Gameforge. For a full list of these websites, you can view the image below. You can also click on the image to access this list at the bottom of the Fansites list!
Online Safety Tips: The Main Message
I have already shared so much with you, but there's actually a lot more than you should know. The main message I'd like you to get out of this post is to NEVER give away any personal information with anyone. Whether it's where you live, your password, or billing information. It's called personal information for a reason. Please keep it personal and continue to stay safe online. Although this is mostly focused around Wizard101 and Pirate101, it really goes beyond the games. This is an internet safety post. Please continue to stay safe online! If you would like more online safety tips beyond this post (including links that provide nice online safety tips), please click on the link below! Thank you so much for reading! Until next time, I'll see you around the spiral.
Happy Arrrgust! I hope you're having a wonderful first day of Arrrgust. Today is a very special day for me because it's officially been six years since I joined Pirate101. P101 opened around October of 2012, but I was lucky enough to be invited to be apart of the last few days of P101 Alpha! I created a Privateer during the last days of Alpha. A few days later, I officially joined Beta and created a Buccaneer.
I have so many amazing memories from trying out P101 for the first time. I was placed under an NDA so I couldn't share anything about the game until a certain day. But this made time for hundreds of different screenshots. I had a chance to take a few amazing screenshots during my gameplay during Beta and compile it into a slideshow for a video spoiler for those who couldn't access Beta. Codes were given away by Official Fansites, but many thousands were wanting to try it out. Around Mid-August, Kingsisle allowed us to share spoilers of the game.
Pirate101 was officially released to the public on October 15th, 2012. I created a witchdoctor this time around! Witchdoctor then became my favorite school because it reminds me of wizards, but way more awesome! I definitely recommend to the wizards reading this post to create a witchdoctor first. You'll feel more at home, but you'll notice an amazing difference. Kingsisle did an amazing job on this school and all other schools. I've enjoyed my time as a pirate and I look forward to more time as one! Thank you, Kingsisle, for creating an amazing game with a whole lot of potential. Thank you for allowing me to try out your games, KI. If you ever want me to try anything else, reach out to me. ;)
