🦋 Be Still 🦋

Hello there,

I've officially deleted my Twitter accounts after 14 years. The chaos created by people who say they love everyone and are very accepting was way too much. From "Lets Get Him" to "Nobody Likes You" to straight up name-calling and death wishes. This clearly isn't the place to be if you are a Conservative.

The community has grown to be Toxic towards people of different beliefs. If you don't agree 101% with them, you are targeted. Instead of stating "I don't agree with you on this, and this is why you're wrong" they create Unfollow and Targeted Harassment campaigns. In addition, the majority of these people are supposed to be Kingsisle Representatives aka Community Leaders. While I strongly disagree with the Woke Mindset, I will not go down their same path of targeted verbal bullying. When I say Woke, that means a Political Movement. It's just like calling me a Conservative.

I stand by my remarks that KI should focus on improving PvP and PvE. No Modern Day USA politics - whether it be liberal or conservative - should be implemented into the game. Unlike the many who messaged me, I don't need validation of my conservative or religious beliefs from KI or anyone else because they aren't shaky. Jesus is Right and Real. We're living in the days the Bible mentioned that good would become bad and bad would become good. The best thing to do is to Be Still and Know that He Is God. 

Being still meant to delete my accounts, and to pray for all of these people. I stand by Jesus, 100%. The entire world could hate me and I won't ever abandon Jesus - the one showing me that what the world is doing is wrong. I do apologize for offending people with the 2 gender tweet out of anger, but I'll never apologize to the world's ways. This is no way to say I'm perfect or special just because I believe in and follow Him. It's to show that I recognize that I am a sinner in need of His grace. He has already won and everyone will see that one day soon. 

Thank you to all of those people who supported me these past 15 years. Around the Spiral turns 15 years old on May 10th, 2025. While I had a certain type of blog post planned, I'm instead going to share the good moments from my experience in the community. While the world around us is chaotic, there is still Hope in Him. Always Remember that. 

🥳 Happy 14th Birthday, Around The Spiral 🥳

Hi there!

Today marks 14 years since I created this website. A lot sure has happened over the past 14 years - from it taking me 8 years to become an official Wizard101 Fansite & Pirate101 Fansite, to no longer being one, to hosting dozens of in-game events, making YouTube videos, creating another website, and so on! The question is... what do I have planned for the future?

It's not a secret that the future certainly holds new in-game events. I'd like to promote them more and to a new audience. Our real world is very chaotic and divisive. Despite this, I want to offer the community a place to come to escape all of that.  There is a community within the Wizard101 community where everyone is welcome at our events regardless of their sexuality, political affiliation, religion, etc. 

I joined Wizard101 in 2009 to escape the real world for a bit each day. I'd like to provide that same escape to everyone here. If you want to hang out with a truly diverse and lovely group of people, I welcome you to attend our in-game events. I want to work with Kingsisle to bring our events to a much larger audience - not to promote my name, but to promote a truly diverse community.

One other thing I hope to do is to make new YouTube videos - specifically Spiral News Season 3. I've wanted to do that for quite some time and will look into it. Regardless, I'd like to share my opinions on the game. I promise I'm not a Kingsisle hater - per my nearly 15 years of playing their game and being involved in their community for nearly as long. I want to share my thoughts on how they can improve their game.

As of late, I've been very proud of Kingsisle - with their creation of Ravenwood Academy (releasing later this year), listening to players on PvE, and the generous gifts to the community through the Fansite Festival which celebrated its 10th year. There is much to appreciate. I've defended and criticized Kingsisle - that's what true fans do. A fake fan would only share hate or only share love about the game. 

Other than that, I'm happy to finally be back and provide more to the community than I have these past few years. It's been very tough. I've lost family and friends. My dad passed away from Covid this past September, but I thank Jesus, family, and friends for helping me get through this tough time. I've had my ups and downs, and sometimes so far down where I am where the Helephant appears from. 

My support system has helped me get through one of the toughest times in my life to do things I haven't done before. Kingsisle, Wizard101, Pirate101, and the community have been in a special place in my heart for nearly half of my life. Blogging certainly is of the past, but I'm using Around The Spiral to transcend blogging. 

I'd like to thank you all for 14 wonderful years of Around The Spiral. I hope we can have another 14 - but I'll be almost 45. Lol. I'm not going to rush time. Thank you all so much for your support. I hope to see you Around the Spiral. I also hope y'all will join us at this year's Pride Run event to meet our community within the community. 

🏳️‍🌈 The Wizard101 Pride Run - Saturday, June 29th 🏳️‍🌈

Hello Wizards!

I'm happy to announce that I'll be hosting an in-game Wizard101 Pride event. Like Pride Parades, we'll have our own parade around Wizard City. You do not need a membership or mounts to participate in this event. All you need to do is wear a pride color (or colors) that best represent you. If you're an ally, wear all of the colors you can! Here's more information about this event:

When: Saturday, June 29 @ 3pm Central / 4pm Eastern

Where: The Commons, Wu Realm

Livestream: www.twitch.tv/AroundTheSpiral

Please share the link to this post with your friends - I hope to promote this event so everyone knows there is a community of love and support. I'm hosting this to let everyone in the community know they are loved and accepted no matter their sexuality, political ideology, religion, race, etc. As a fellow gay man, I'm thankful I got to come out to such a large accepting part of the community. I'm paying the love back by hosting in-game events such as this. I hope you can attend - the picture below is from 2023!