Wizard101: Valentine's Art Contest Winners!

Hello Wizards!

Today I'm happy to announce the winners of my recent Art Contest. I'd like to thank our awesome community manager for giving me codes to giveaway to the winners of this contest. Congratulations to all three winners - and thank you all for putting so much hard work into your art.

1st Prize: Sophia Dreamcrafter

15,000 Crowns + Lovely Leopard Pet

2nd Prize: Sofia Firewalker

10,000 Crowns + Lovely Leopard Pet

3rd Prize: Kaitlyn Miststone

5,000 Crowns + Lovely Leopard Pet

Congratulations to the three winners above! You did an amazing job. Thank you for following the rules of including a well-drawn drawing + sharing your love for the game & community. Thank you all for putting so much work into your drawings. We truly have amazing artists in the community. I hope all of you a Happy Valentine's Day! Until next time, I'll see you around the spiral.

Check Back Tomorrow (2/10/19) for a Video Of Honorable Mentions

Wizard101: Group Questing In Dragonspyre - Week 2

Hello Wizards!

I apologize for not posting as many group questing updates as I have in previous months. Today I have a new group questing update for all of you. We have recently started questing through Dragonspyre! I must say after the past few weeks, it was nice to stream & quest again!

As of late, we've made our way through the first few areas in Dragonspyre - The Tower of Archives, Plaza of Conquests, The Grand Chasm, and we've just started questing through The Drake Hatchery! It's crazy to think that we're nearing the end of the first story arc. It has truly been a lot of fun questing with this group - and having new friends join us on our adventures as we continue to progress through each world.

I look forward to continuing these streams throughout this year. It's going to be awesome to see how far we get by the end of the year. My guess is that we'll be at least level 90 by the end of the year if we continue questing like we have been. Anyway, let's talk about where we ended up this week and the next time you can join us on our questing adventures.

Quest: "Enter The Dragon Rider" in The Drake Hatchery

Optional Tasks: Complete All Side Quests

Our Next Questing Stream

Tuesday, March 5th

6:00 pm Central / 7:00 pm Eastern

https://www.twitch.tv/spiralvision

We hope to see you at one of our future questing streams. I'll keep all of you updated as we continue to make our way through each world. Feel free to join us whether you're near the same level or max. Everyone is welcome to join. Thank you all so much for reading this group questing update post! Until next time, I'll see you around the spiral. :)

My Original Roots

Hi there!

Today I was thinking about this website. Years ago, Around the Spiral was the go-to place if I had something on my mind. I remember days when I was sick & I'd announce it here. From there, I'd post about the various things I did throughout the day - such as watching Wizard Weekly or farming for a pet that I thought looked cool. These days were actually my favorite blogging days. :D

The years since then have flown by! With time, this website also changed. I actually remember making blog posts but not knowing how to take a screenshot. Fun Fact: It took me nearly two years to figure out how to take a screenshot in-game. I had no use for screenshots for my first year because I never had a blog. After asking around, I finally figured out how to take a screenshot. I remember taking my first one in the Massively Fantasy Palace on my death wizard, Edward Deathgem. Sadly I've since lost my screenshots in time. However, shortly after, I started posting screenshots of the game on this blog for a place to collect all of my memories.

Some of these screenshots included pictures of the Diary of a Wizard events (you can see the one above from June 25, 2011). Diary of a Wizard was an old fansite that would host an event with other fansite owners to bring many thousands of people together for a time to celebrate both their Birthday and the community. These were actually my favorite type of memories up until our group questing streams. I made new friends during these & started posting about our group questing adventures in September of last year. 

So I'm sure many of you are wondering what the point of this post is. I'm kinda wondering the same thing! Really, I just wanted to thank all of you for letting me make so many memories. While there are crazy times, they really can't compete with the good times that I've had & will continue to have. I look forward to making so many new blog posts this year. Who knows, maybe I'll post when I'm sick again & make random blog posts throughout the day. Wait... Okay, now watch me get sick. :P I better not! Well, I guess you'll be the first to know if I do. Anyway, thank you all so much for supporting the sites, events, streams, and everything. It truly means the world to me & I look forward to making this year the best year yet! Thanks all for reading. Until next time, I'll see you around the spiral.