Wizard101 Information

The End.

2011-02-23T21:08:00.002-05:00

Hey guys, its David here. As you can tell Dustin has decided to come to the same conclusion. Unfortunately I have decided to stop my membership soon. I have thought a lot about how great the community is, so I have decided to stay with my skype wizzes, and the great people on Twitter. I have to thank all the bloggers, who have given us support and who we in a sense, became to know each other. I hate to leave, but Wizard101 has lost interest, I feel that I am at a roadblock, that has no detours. Furthermore I would like to give my greatest apology to my parents. It was I who ate the last piece of apple pie. I'm not one for dragging out things, so I will end this with a paragraph, and a sentence, and a quote.

Who knows, when Morganth becomes a huge threat to the Spiral, I might just pay her a visit.

"Even if the Morrow is barren of promises, nothing shall forestall my return" (Final Fantasy XII)

Thank you all.

Keep on Casting

David TitanRider

The Beginning

2011-02-20T22:54:00.000-05:00

My fellow Wizards,

It has come to my attention recently that my grandparents, who, up to this point, have been paying for my Wizard101 subscription, will no longer pay for it due to these tough economic times. They have been so amazing about paying for it so that David and I could have interactive communication. But recently, it has just become too much for them. I do not blame them at all for this, yet, and so it is, with much regret, I have to announce that I am leaving.

But before I sign off of here for the foreseeable future, I just have to thank you all. This community solely has made my life a better place to be. When I am a grandfather, I'll tell my grandchildren all about this Wizard101 community, this place where you can be anything, this amazing paradise. I'll tell them about Friendly, and the inspiration he is to us all. About Stephen and Leesha, the dynamic pioneers. Kevin BattleBlood, the experimenter. Cassandra GriffinDreamer, the one who was always optimistic and there. Kestrel ShadowThistle, the thinker. To all you wonderful people who make this place what it is, I applaud you. You guys are like a family to me, and I will always remember you all. I thank you all so very much.

David TitanRider, my cerebral cousin and best friend.

I will keep tabs on you all now and then. Wherever the web may take me, always, I'll be around on Twitter. Wizard101 and all my friends here will be in my always.

Another expansion, another paycheck, who knows. Should there be any chance that I could come back to this community, I'll take it right away. (Donations are accepted *wink*.)

From WandCast to Ravenwood Radio, from The Friendly Necromancer to The Chillanthropologist, from Wizard City to Celestia, this game has changed me for the better.

In the meantime, I will be reviewing books on a new blog of mine called The Feared Bumblebee. I'm starting with "The Hobbit." You can find it here.

This is Dustin MoonCatcher signing off for quite some time. Thank you guys for this opportunity! I promise to keep in touch... You can contact me best on Twitter - @mooncatcher101.

Godspeed.

Grandmaster Gardener

2011-02-11T21:03:00.005-05:00

Yup, Its all in the title. I made the epic title of Grandmaster Gardener, and I almost had no idea it was going to happen! I was talking to Alia Lotuspetal, and then harvested my good ol Trumpet vines, and WHAM! Grandmaster.

Its not gonna be a huge post, but in recap of my past few weeks or so, I havent done much...Beta Testing Rift, and just messing with plants. (I hate you Fly Trap, yes I do).

Have a Good Weekend ALL!!!!!!!!!!!

Exceedingly Tedious Various Updates from Dustin, Abridged.

2011-01-23T19:26:00.000-05:00

Hey all! Dustin here!

It's been a little since I posted, but that's cool. My Bar Mitzvah is all finished up now (it's David's turn next. I can't wait.)

Anyway, I scored an Epic Bundle Gift Card from David for my birthday. Thanks cousin! I've been putting a lot of energy into putting it together, and it's been going really well. I started Gardening as well, and it's going... okay. I'm really not a fan of having to check on the Garden everyday. I think KI really should look into fixing that. Sorry. Kestrel's T Word Theorem is just too prominent here.

What else, what else. Oh! Celestia! David and I recently faced one of the most deadly minions of Morganthe - yet another shark! I'm not sure about the name of the boss, but finishing up a certain instance level (aka dungeon if you're not an old timer) ended with our entry into the Sun Zone of Celestia. Updates coming soon on how that's been!

I'd also like to take a moment to commemorate Luke GoldHorn, a fantastic blogger who is leaving the Wizard community for at least a few years. Luke, you've earned this break, and come back or not, you've been a truly amazing friend to David and me. We both wish you luck in all your future endeavors. Even though we'll be talking to you on Skype now and then ;-)

All right, folks. That's my update... for now.

Signing off with a mighty "EEEPA, EEEPA,"
D. MoonCatcher

Does it work?

2011-01-23T15:40:00.002-05:00

Hey y'all working on having my posts say (Posted by David TitanRider) so this is a test post. :)

Kingsisle Open Chat Change. (PATCHED)

2011-01-18T17:11:00.003-05:00

Ok, for those of you who have realized this, KI has put a restriction of Open Chat to only people who have put in a credit card (aka adults). This was the message from Lydia GrayRose.
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Subject: Update to Open Chat

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Accounts that are NOT currently subscribed with a credit card will no longer have 18+ open chat. Those accounts will revert to Text Chat. Open Chat is a feature for accounts currently subscribed with a valid Credit Card.

We try to offer a full range of player account options (ie. Credit Cards, PayPal, Gift Certificates, Gift Cards, subscriptions, access passes, free trial, etc). Each of these comes with its own set of benefits and limitations.

For instance, as a crowns player, you have lifetime access to areas purchased. As a credit card subscriber, you’re given the option to enable 18+ chat (if you’re 18+ in age of course).

The fact that some accounts were able to retain their 18+ chat ability even when they were no longer subscribed, was a bug. In an effort to keep the player options equitable for all, we fixed the bug.

We thank you for your understanding. Please note, your ability to chat is not gone, your account will retain the filtered chat option.

This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at Jan/18/2011 3:08 pm

". . . with Persistence, Victory is assured"
Lydia Greyrose
Professor of Ice Magic

community@wizard101.com
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This is a pretty sad excuse to get people to be polite on Wizard101. It not only effects those who are following chat rules-(Who are now quitting, or planning on it). It is also affecting people who play with crowns. THIS IS A TEMPORARY FIX FOR PEOPLE WHO JUST WANT TO DISRUPT Wizard101. THEY CAN JUST AS EASILY PUT IN A CREDIT CARD AND RESUME WHAT THEY WERE DOING BEFORE. Kingsisle should change this immediately, for the sake of the community. I know this post is a little one sided, who I suppose I should focus on benefits.
Since the bad things were all posted above.

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Good: It helps to limit people who use vulgar language.
It also requires people to have a credit card to "ensure" adultery behavior.
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I cant think of other reasons, but I once again think of this: THIS IS A TEMPORARY FIX FOR PEOPLE WHO JUST WANT TO DISRUPT Wizard101. THEY CAN JUST AS EASILY PUT IN A CREDIT CARD AND RESUME WHAT THEY WERE DOING BEFORE. Honestly what percentage of people who do say vulgar words actually have they're parents know about this!!!!!!!! KI didnt think very well about this problem, and should reconsider a better course of action.

Thanks for listening to my onesided Rant.

Thanks all- ( and yes it still says Posted By Dustin MoonCatcher- which is annoying)

-David TitanRider

NOTE THIS HAS BEEN PATCHED AND ALL RESPECTIVE PLAYERS HAVE RECEIVED OPEN CHAT BACK ;D

Some Wacky Observations and Experiences

2011-01-03T18:25:00.002-05:00

It's the last day of my winter break, and I've been cramming in all the Wizard101 I can before school picks up and my game time is dramatically shortened. In fact, with my Bar Mitzvah less than two weeks away, a science project underway, and the second semester of school starting, I seriously doubt I'll be playing at all.

With that said, I'd like to share some interesting/funny observations and experiences (hence the title) with you guys.

So David, the lucky little ~~romancer~~ *s'cuse me* Pyromancer, is currently down in Florida chilling in the real Wizarding World. He pretty much forced me before he left to promise that I'd look after his garden for him, a promise I might need to break because of that school thing most of us do.

I haven't gardened much on Dustin yet, so I found this to be a really fun experience... So far. Here's a really neat spell I used...

Neat, right? Love the look of that...

Also, and call me weird, I saw this Pickle plant (I think it's called the Fickle Pickle), that weirdly resembles Paul McCartney. PLEASE tell me you guys know who Paul McCartney is.

Can anyone else see it? In the face? No? Leave a comment!

Oh, yeah, and what the HECK is THIS pet?

Where did that thing come from? It's freaking awesome! Please, leave a comment if you know...

Keep on Casting,
D. MoonCatcher

Signing Off Until The New Year

2010-12-29T22:41:00.000-05:00

After listening to a fabulous new episode of Ravenwood Radio (on which I didn't win a fancy Wizard101 Mantasy Falace), David and I are posting together tonight to conclude the year of 2010.

We've had an amazing year with everyone in the Wizard101 online community. We wish you all a new year full of despair, shame, reluctance, and pity (for the record, just kidding).

Thanks to one and all, especially Luke GoldHorn. And Friendly. And Steve.

Oh, don't get me started. There's just been so many people that have been helping me and David though Wizards.

I know you'll miss us these next few days as we sign off on blogging until the new year.

A huge congratulations to Ashley SeaBreeze, who won the contest on Ravenwood Radio. You are to be praised for snatching an MFP rightly-fully from my grasp ;-)

And now, a word from your loony pyromantic friend, Sir David "The Mango" TitanRider, notably famous for his relation to blogging legend Dustin "The Stapler" MoonCatcher.

(For the record, Dusty's the loony one.)

In a nutshell, or mango peel, pick however you wish to summarize it.

Nutshell-A great year, full of craziness, and magical prowess-60 WOOT!

Mango Peel- Slimy, kinda floppy, and a bit overrated :) lol

(Thats for you Friendly)

"Forget Grammar"-Dustin (as he stares at the screen as I type)-lol

Ok now for safety tips with David!

Mango's are floppy, and rather slimy if you step into a random room with Mango skin carpet.

SOOO Naturally you call the police about a wackjob with mango's on his carpet-xD

I wish you all a good ol happy new year, and (>^.^> KIRBY!

(so off topic)

This is Dustin and David signing off!

FOREVER!!!

( NOT) xD

Keep on Casting! ( or having your mentally deranged cousin (AHEM) hack at you with a giant Nerf Sword-HELP ME-)

We Become Even More Of Legends In Our Own Egos

2010-12-27T23:36:00.001-05:00

I'm not going to go into details, because David just posted them.

We're Legendary. That's all I'm saying. Here's the video of our final moments collecting experience... (Until we get more Levels... If we get more Levels.)

The video here is pretty small - so you can click on it to go to YouTube where you can view it in full HD.

Thank you very much to everyone who has helped us along the way.

Keep on Casting,
D. MoonCatcher

DING! Lvl 60!!!!! :D

2010-12-27T23:01:00.001-05:00

Its official folks, We are LEGENDS! (or even more so ;)
So when Dustin and I were on tonight we had to fight our way deep into the rust covered ship. The Calypso!

Yeah I know, Screen capture +Ninja Jump=PICTURE FAILURE
But hey! Its still a memory.
So after A Efreet, a Leviathan, and a Triton=

Lol I know, epic triton face glitch :D.(or was that there for a reason? ;) )
So after Dusty's and I's battle (grammar fail :( ) We were astounded achieved this!

EPICNESS! good ol Calypso decided to hand over our keys to success-just plain old Glory.
Here's my stats now.

Now all thats left is to plan the rest of our Wandcast Holiday show, and prepare for some epic walrus on the field. ;) I'm sure Kestrel brought the mango's too.
Lol Life=GOOD.

Adios Guys,
Keep on Casting! :)

-David TitanRider (Who it will now show as "Posted By David TitanRider" or something like that below the posts)

Two Way Renovating

2010-12-26T22:22:00.001-05:00

Hey guys! I feel like I've been doing two types of renovating right now, so I'll take you through them...

The first renovation is the Wizard101 Info renovation. I'm having a great time redesigning the blog with the great blogger John SpiritShade from Ambrose 2 Zeke. He's awesome! Anyway, we've got a new header, color scheme, and a little bit more coming for you soon. I just have to give John a huge thank you for helping me out - his graphic design is incredible, and Wizard101 Info will look so good once it's all done. (Any #Twizards reading? Then follow John on Twitter for the latest updates from his blog and Spiral life: @spiritshade101 and @ambrose2zeke.)

Until then, though, all you poor unfortunate readers will be stuck with a classical Blogger template. You're welcome!

The second renovation I've been doing is of my alternate character, who hails from the Myth School. Recently, I took Dustin DuskCatcher into Krokotopia! He finished all Wizard City quests, and is taking the new sandy climate headstrong.

Just today, he hit Level 16 while questing in the early to mid stages of the Pyramid of the Sun. This meant two new spells: the Ether Shield from Myth, and the Tower Shield from Ice. I had MoonCatcher learn Life to Satyr and Death to Feint, so I'm trying a bit more defensive approach with DuskCatcher (Ice to Tower, Death to Feint.) Of course, this includes the mandatory tri-blade tri-trap stuff from Niles, and, eventually, a Celestial school. I'm leaning towards Sun for D.D.M., but it might have to be Star... Or, I could pick and choose from all the Celestial schools like I wish I'd done with Dustin.

Let me know what you think of my plan by leaving a comment on this post...

Well, that's an update on what I've been up too. Check back soon for a new and improved Wizard101 Info!

Keep on Casting,
D. MoonCatcher

Astral Magic Mastered!

2010-12-23T11:53:00.000-05:00

David and I did a whole lot of questing last night with Friendly and Cass. Thanks for the help, guys! It was a bunch of fun.

A highlight of last night was finishing off the Lounging Lizards quest in Celestia. This means that we earned (1) the Celestian Explorer badge and (2) a Training Point.

I thought it was pretty cool, since we were able to learn... Empowerment!

Let me tell you, this spell is great. Get it. If you want.

Leave a comment if you have any questions...

Keep on Casting,
D. MoonCatcher

Early Questing in the Crustacean Empire

2010-12-22T13:03:00.005-05:00

David and I got a little bit of questing done today in the Crustacean Empire. It's been really bothering him how all of the Crabs have speech impediments.
If the Crab's speech impediments are bothersome to you, kindly turn off the voice-overs feature and be done. I like the Crabs. There.

Today was the first time we ran into Thurston Plunkett, the fabled Marleybonian leader of the Celestian expediation.
The dude's pretty short. That's all I'm saying. (Sorry, Professor Balestrom! I had too!)

So that was cool. (Please leave your ridiculing comments on Plunkett's height in the comments section below, but don't tell Professor Balestrom!) ;-)
Soon after the quest where you meet Plunkett, there's a quest to collect sea mold. I put together a guide for you guys since the quest helper doesn't work for this.

Hope this helps anyone who's looking for mold for this quest!

I'll keep you guys posted on our questing... Until then...

Keep on Casting,

D. MoonCatcher

Back In Business - Grand Re-Opening!

2010-12-22T11:54:00.000-05:00

Before I begin, please allow me to define "nostalgia" for you.

"nostalgia:" a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal association

Yeah, folks, I'm feeling really nostalgic. I wanna be back with you all here on Wizard 101 Info, and not over at the Musings!

Friends, and wizards, please allow me to officially announce... what we were planning on announcing months from now... but what I will announce now...

THE GRAND RE-OPENING OF WIZARD 101 INFO!

Because although you guys have been great and haven't complained too much, we know that we've been really bad bloggers for the past 4 months. We know it, yo.

So we're back in business! If you've been keeping up with my Musings blog, which I'm putting on hold for a bit to come back here, you'll know that David and I are now Level 59 and and playing in the sun zones of Celestia.

Stay closely tuned, Wizards! We'll be back soon with a new design for the blog as well as hopefully an abundance of posts.

I wish I could give you all codes for the Epic Gift card to show you how awesome you guys are. But I am broke. So I can't.

Keep on Casting,
D. MoonCatcher

Untitled

2010-12-14T12:33:00.000-05:00

Man, I haven't posted in a WHILE. A LONG time. A VERY LONG time. I hope you guys don't hate me to much.

You probably do. I knew I shouldn't have started the Musings blog.

Well, you guys will be happy to know that the holiday season is giving me loads of nostalgia. The holiday season is also giving you a brand new, renewed, vibed up, Wizard 101 Info!

Keep on checking this blog, guys, because David and I are working behind the scenes to get a special event going with a couple of blogging buddies.

Stay tuned, guys! Keep on checking here... and my Musings blog :P

Keep on Casting,

D. MoonCatcher

Celestia, Gardening, lvl 56, and Treant Polymorphing!

2010-11-24T12:45:00.000-05:00

Hey guys David here, with a few updates for the few people still looking at this blog. For those of you who havent been on the test realm yet, then GO! We got Farming :) What I discovered was that the growth bar when you inspect it was to show when it would grow into the NEXT stage, not when it was harvest able. Also Me and Dustin dinged 56! I didnt know I was going to be posting about this, so I don't have a screen shot. Celestia, so far has been good to me, we are in the Portico, after easily gliding through the Storm Lords Palace! (or Temple?)Next is POLYMORPHING!!!! I used my lvl 55 training point to learn Treant. It is an amazing polymorph, which gives some attacks and a lot of healing and shielding advantages! I would highly recommend you learn this polymorph at Stormriven from this dude! ULANTOR STARMIST! -Sry Everyone the Blogspot is not allowing me to upload screen captures of Stormriven.-

So yeah, no screen captures :(

Ill try to upload them into a different post afterward.

Keep on Casting!

-David TitanRider

Dustin MoonCatcher's Musings: Side Project.

2010-11-08T18:39:00.000-05:00

Hey folks,
Check out my new blog and/or side project I made recently called Dustin MoonCatcher's Musings. It's a Tumblr blog that I'll be using as Wizard101Info slowly sheds away, folks :(

Please add it to your blogrolls or whatever!

dustinmooncatcher.tumblr.com

Keep on Casting,
D. MoonCatcher

Celestian Diaries, Number 2 (Rant Included!)

2010-10-30T15:40:00.000-04:00

At least I'm not the only blogger who's found it hard to balance blogging and Wizard101 lately. It seems that Friendly is yet again realizing that "less talkee, more playee" is quite important.

However, it's been a few days since Celestia's launch, and David and I aren't even Level 51 yet! Yep, that's right. We're taking it extremely slow - not even out of the Grotto!

I would have pictures for all of you... But I've been so immersed in game play that it's just not happening. Sorry, Print Screen...

Well, not necessarily Print Screen. Folks, it's time I broke it to you. Something has been seriously frustrating me... Besides the fact that KingsIsle took out two very excellent Solar Spells because of PvP imbalance rather than just banning them in PvP.

All right, let's face it: the Mac destroys the PC any day. The Mac has better software, better hardware, and is downright better than a PC. I KNOW, I know, the PC is "a better gaming computer". I must say, though, that the PC is only a better gaming computer right now because the industry makes it so.

Let's take Wizard101 (a game) and Livestream (a great tool for gamers and online communities) for example, here.

Wizard101 is only compatible on the PC currently. Why is this? Only the people at KingsIsle will really know why Wizard101 only runs on PC's. Now, I've gotten Wizard101 to run on my Mac through fairly expensive software. Even then, the game doesn't run the way I want it to. It glitches often, and is not compatible with software like...

Livestream. An excellent tool for gamers who want to share their experience in games without the toil of creating a blog or a podcast. All you have to do is press "Go Live", and you're broadcasting your game to the world... On a PC. On Mac, however, there is no version of Procaster (Livestream software) that allows the user to specifically broadcast a game they play. I would, then, after having to go through all the trouble of using pretty annoying third party software, be disappointed because Livestream for Mac will not recognize games. This means desktop broadcasting, which is entirely different than game broadcasting, because it usually takes much less to power. If you try to broadcast a game with desktop broadcasting software, you will not be as successful as you might have been otherwise.

Here is my point: Why do people not make PC and Mac equal on software and hardware? Honestly. Why won't Livestream recognize games on Mac, and why won't KingsIsle pull out a Mac version of Wizard101?

Think about it from a business perspective: You have several million PC user's playing your game... There's several million Mac users out there who would love your game, too, KingsIsle! They'd buy subscriptions and Crowns and Mega Snack Packs and with those Crowns and so it all unfolds and comes back down to-

Money. It's what makes the world go 'round, folks.

And that's my rant of the day! Enjoy Celestia! (Coming to your Mac soon? Oh, I wish.)

Oh, right, and before I sign off, I might as well notify everyone that my Livestream channel is up and running: The Dustin MoonCatcher Network. I know, I've got a gigantic ego and have been renaming it a bunch of crap names every other minute, but it's here to stay now just a channel. David and I might be broadcasting some Celestia on it later tonight. Check it out (click here) and STAY TUNED!

Keep on Casting,
D. MoonCatcher

Celestia Diaries, Number One

2010-10-27T16:18:00.002-04:00

Celestia hit the Live Realm this morning! It's my blogging duty to document this incredible event... And so I will.

(If you're new to what's what in the Celestia Expansion, here's the update notes for you. Enjoy!)

Let's kick this off! As soon as the evil patcher finished updating Wizard101, I began!

So Diego gave me a hat, too. Yeah, even though it gives Critical bonus and great health, it's just not like the Grand Gear...

Then, it was off to Merle for THE QUEST.

Took you long enough, hasn't it, Ambrose? Well, anyway, I took his quest, and then made my way to Wizard City's Spiral Chamber.

It was wonderful to see Celestia on the roster. When the patching patcher was finally FINITE with patching, this amazing vista greeted me in Celestia.

It's awesome to finally be in Celestia LIVE!

Well, uh, that's all I've got today. I really wanna get some actual playing in... So see you guys under the sea!

I'll hopefully be back in a day or two with more pics and info!

Keep on Casting, THOSE MIGHTY MIGHTY ASTRAL SPELLS!

D. MoonCatcher

Auras... Well, I Called It!

2010-10-26T16:58:00.001-04:00

Hey there, Wizards! How's everyone doing? Hopefully good!

As Bailey (Friendly's uber wife) reminded me last night, I have the bragging rights on what the Astral School is all about! I'm sure plenty of people like myself won't remember, but I totally called Auras in Wizard101 Astral Magic. It was on a WandCast discussion, and I'm so shocked that I actually called something that I'm considering learning Stars. I did say how awesome that would be... It's a really nice school.

Oh yeah, and the big news! KingsIsle dropped the bomb on us this morning, to general intakes of breath and heart-attacks! Well, here you go, the big news!

Out great old pal Stormzilla is having his neck fixed when... Celestia goes live tomorrow.

Yup, folks so that's the awesome news! That's righto, no announcements about Celestia hitting the Live Realm tomorrow or anything like that!

Boy, I'm sure glad they're fixing Stormzilla. It was starting to really annoy me that we hadn't seen a fix in his neck yet.

See you guys tomorrow! TweetFeed is sure to be explosive when Stormzilla gets his neck fixed. 'Cause that's all the news there is.

Keep on Casting,

D. MoonCatcher

Another Fanfic, in Dustin's View!

2010-10-16T21:26:00.001-04:00

Dustin POV.

Magic swirled around diviner as the myth wizard threw Cyclops after Cyclops on his weakening wall of shields. Thinking fast our intrepid hero grabs the nearest Cyclops, pinning him down and knuckle busting its helmet. His trusty pet Louie shrank away under his owner’s cape as the earthy smell of myth filled the area. A jet of green flew past his ear as a life wizard threw wand spells at him. Dustin felt his power surge as his helephant amulet filled him with a fury of devouring flame on wood. “noooooo!” Said the voice, high and cracking as the magical dagger flew from Dustin’s hand in an arching movement. Dustin stopped a few inches from the life wizard’s nose. He was, in a sense appearing to be a person down in his luck, and lost. Louie, curious as ever, stuck his head around Dustin’s leg and stared balefully down at the wizard who lay at his master’s feet. Sensing this, Dustin stuck the dagger in his boot and held his hand out toward the myth wizard. “I’m Dustin, who are you?”

“Michael, Michael RainHammer.” Stammered the puzzled wizard

“Nice to see you, now follow me.” Dustin said, rather boldly

“b-but why?” the even more confused wizard pursued, but the Diviner had already turned into a nearby tunnel.

“Well, something reminds you of me Michael, and be grateful that’s what’s keeping you alive now!” Dustin said grinning slightly despite himself.

As the Life Wizard followed Dustin into the cave, Dustin unconsciously pressed his hand onto the molten rock medallion that David had given him so long ago……..

Bad?

Not that bad?

Horrible?

Awesome?

Read/Review I guess.

Thanks,
-David

David's Fanfiction.

2010-10-16T19:23:00.000-04:00

Hiya! I got kinda bored and had an "eh" idea in my head from a book I read called "The Warrior Heir."

Plz Comment and Review I guess --1-10-- 10 Being BEST!

(OVERVIEW)

Wizard Society was done. The whole system of school, level, and friendship was destroyed, all that mattered was power. The remaining wizards were mainly in hiding, living among in shattered buildings, and using whatever they could. Over the years, some “hierarchy” as you could call it had formed, that’s when Pvp really took a new spin. Each aspiring wizard donned their chosen colors and flew into a battle where, no circle existed and spells were always flying around. This is where I come in, simply because of when a winner is decided after the whole tournament, they get power over everything, and that is the reason I’m still going, and haven’t given up. I’m going to make a change….

WHAM! A nearby boulder where I had taken cover by had exploded into nothingness as a stampeding Stormzilla stepped on it. Leaning around my hiding place, I braced by battle armor for a hit, threw up a shield and charged. Immediately A nearby ice wizard started throwing out glowing ice wyverns-Treasure Card Wyverns- , who streaked like their lizard counterparts toward where I was running. My blood ran cold as I saw the little ground between us. Diving to avoid the sharp claws of the four creatures, I gripped my scimitar style Cerulean Edge and swung into a startled wyvern coming around the bend. Gritting my teeth against the burst of freezing ice magic that flowed into the air from the disappearing wyverns’ corpse, I turned on a dime, almost tripping on the protective cloak by my feet and felt the little hope of survival disappear as the Frost Giant glared into my eyes. I gripped the Storm insignia triton necklace hanging frozen in the air, and felt a spark of hope, a surge of lightning in my heart.

Peace!

(The Storm part might be a bit confuzzling, but it shall come to you all later.)

Celestia Is Here, And So Am I!

2010-10-09T16:27:00.000-04:00

Hey, everyone! It's Dustin here, and I can't even express how awesome it is to be blogging again.

Allow me to recap - I've had to stop blogging weekly/daily because of my band, my upcoming Bar Mitzvah, and homework.

But hey, guys, look: Celestia is up on the Test Realm right now as I type this, which is just uber cool! You can read about what's up with all the new updates here (that's the Wizard101 Update Notes page).

Anyway, I'm back on Wizard101 Info because Celestia needs me to blog about it. No more questions asked. You'll be seeing hopefully a bit more of me once Celestia actually comes on the Live Realm.

I'm going to make a real effort to keep this blog updated - so please keep checking back here, but I can't promise top-notch posts everyday.

Thank you very much to everyone who's stuck with me and David for so long. We can't wait to blog about our adventures in Celestia together.

Keep on Casting,
D. MoonCatcher

Homework, you stink.......

2010-09-30T20:04:00.000-04:00

Title says it all. :( I got Algebra 1 homework, and a bunch of tests-Spanish, English etc.

And I havent had a whole lot of time recently to do stuff. This could be nearing the end of Wiz101info ...?? Hopefully not.!!!!!!! Anyway, I gotta Study for my quiz tomorrow :(

Peace.

-David

Sorry Guys... I Have to Take a Stop for a BIT!

2010-09-16T16:00:00.001-04:00

Well, since school has started for me. And I've got a ton of work. And I can't blog anymore (for now!) because of this.

First of all, I've started at a private school this year. And I feel morally more obliged to the school work because we're paying $$$ for me to go to this school.

Anyway, I'll still be doing the Broadsheet and SOMETIMES checkin' in here at Wizard101 Info. Also, I'll definitely still be in-game.

Thanks for understanding guys.

Been Busy, Very Busy

2010-09-10T18:41:00.000-04:00

David Here, just want to make a post while I have the chance. Life has been so CRAZY, with Algebra I and Life Science, Spanish and Reading Homework is just piling higher and higher. Well, (Google This) Como Te llamo? and I suppose write up a comment. :/ Been so bored and busy :( ah well,

Peace! (and still waiting for Celestia!) (KI, Selena Gomez? Really?!?!?????)

lol, anyway Bye!

-David TitanRider

WandCast… Well, It's Finished.

2010-09-10T15:27:00.001-04:00

Since David, Kestrel, and I have been discussing this for the past week or so, I thought it was time to let the community know what's what.

Well… WandCast. We've decided to stop making it.

Our reasons? We don't think it's really worth it anymore (and we don't mean that not enough people come to shows or anything). I have had absolutely no blog time this week with school starting again, and I don't think that Kestrel has either. That's reason one.

The other reason is, as I said, that we don't really feel like it's worth doing. WandCast isn't a huge hit, and it takes so much time to do. We see no more real reason to keep up with it.

To all the loyal fans of this ten episode show - thank you. You've kept us ticking, and we thank you so much for being dedicated and coming out to every live show we've ever done.

So what's the next step for Wizard101 Info? Well, we're just going to stay how we've always been. A blog. Just a Wizard101 blog.

Thanks guys!

Keep on Casting,

D. MoonCatcher

The Bartleby Broadsheet, August 2010 Edition!

2010-09-01T07:02:00.001-04:00

Well, folks, it's time I break the ice about my latest project to you all.

(This isn't the one with IcyWiz; that one is going to be a lot bigger and way more tedious to complete. So don't expect it to soon.)

This project, which I release the first edition of today, is called The Bartleby Broadsheet. It is a Wizard101 newspaper.

And the first ever edition, for August 2010, is available right now as long as you click this. I really hope that you enjoy reading this paper, and you can expect the next edition on October 1. And thanks for everyone who helped me write this one! (I'm not really explaining anything/much in the post about the newspaper, because it's really all explained inside. . .)

So what're you waiting for? Click here and download the first ever Wizard101 newspaper in PDF format! WOOT!

Keep on Casting,

D. MoonCatcher

Dusky Hits Krokotopia!

2010-08-27T08:13:00.000-04:00

Last night, with help from Haley MoonCatcher, my little Conjurer (Dustin DuskCatcher) finished off Wizard City and received his MythBlade spell. Picture time!

Dusky chillin' in the Myth School

Dusky's current deck setup. Note the Sideboard ;)

Lil' Dustin's stats. Pretty nice, for his level. Note gold amount (Wayfinder Scheme FTW!).

Bubba REALLY saves the day here. Note my current health situation X_X

So yeah, that's all pretty awesome. I pretty much really mad at David because he's been telling me my whole Wizard101 career that Myth is the school for me. Up until now, I really couldn't believe that because I'd never played it before. (Unless you count me getting a Conjurer to Level 5 on he first day I ever played :P)

Could little Dusky possibly rival MoonCatcher as mains'? Find out next time, on. . . Wait, this isn't Ditto's segment ;)

Keep on Casting,

D. ~~MoonCatcher~~ DuskCatcher?

Wayfinder Hats Put On No Auction

2010-08-25T10:46:00.000-04:00

Yep. KingsIsle made those great Wayfinder Hats un-auctionable.

So what does this mean? For everyone who's been hatching on a daily basis, the fun's over. For everyone who's been shared banking their Wayfinder's over to their alts, the fun's over. Basically, for me and a bunch of other people, the fun's over.

But hey, it's not like it's been coming as a big surprise. David has been telling me for a week now that KingsIsle is bound to change this thing. I secretly had to agree with him, because this whole thing has been very unbalancing to the game. But hey, as Kevin BattleBlood and Heather Raven both pointed out to me, "It's honest money!" and "Since they made their system like that, they should suffer the consequences." I can't help but agree with both of them. Especially since. . .

Yeah, I spent a bunch of gold on this Red Dragon Mount. David is going to be mad. But that's all cool.

Keep on Casting,

D. MoonCatcher

What I'm Doin'.

2010-08-24T19:47:00.000-04:00

Okay, so I've made up my mind about what I'm going to do about my current dilemma. (Just read that post I linked to remember my position.)

I have decided first off to let you know about what I'm going to do regarding WandCast. I'm really sad to say this, but I just have to take a hiatus from it for an episode or two. It's been pretty stressful being the only one on the show who actually has to do technical stuff (no offense at all to my "co-workers"). Every show, I've got to broadcast the whole thing while recording it while doing the Skype call. Then, afterward, I'm the one who has to edit it (which means re-listening to the whole show pretty much sentence by sentence and cutting out all the junk David says *wink*) Why? Maybe it's just because I'm good at it. But during my hiatus, Kestrel and David will need to step up to the tasks themselves, and I'm interested in seeing how they do. Maybe, after I get back, we can split up the responsibilities a bit more evenly. Also, the reason you haven't seen WandCast 10 out yet is because we (well, since I'm on a hiatus, David and Kestrel) are thinking about re-shooting it due to technical problems and an overall not-good-enough problem.

Alright, so now I'm moving on. I've decided to keep up with Wizard101 Info full time. It was my first ever connection to this fabulous community, and it's going to get better and better as we get closer (and when) to Celestia's release. Yes, this means that I will be picking up with posts again. (I'm really sorry about the lack of 'em! I've actually got a lot to talk about with you guys.)

And finally, I've got a huge new project coming out. If you are a good writer and would be willing to write, email me (wizard101stuff@gmail.com). That's all I'm sayin'.

Well, guys, lemme know what you think of my decision! This is King Boom signing off.

Keep on Casting,
D. MoonCatcher

WandCast 10 LIVE Tonight (8-19-10)!

2010-08-19T09:24:00.000-04:00

Come on out to our chatroom tonight at 8:30 pm Eastern to witness an incredible event... WandCast,
"The Big One Oh".

It's going to be awesome! Here's the times for ya:

8:30 pm Eastern
7:30 pm Central
6:30 pm Mountain
5:30 pm Pacific

Can't wait to see you all there!

Keep on Casting,
D. MoonCatcher

WandCast 9 is Available For Download!

2010-08-12T13:18:00.000-04:00

WandCast 9, which I'm calling "Planet GonnaGetcha" (you'll see when you listen ;)) is available for download right now! Friendly is on this one guys, and thanks to him. It's a great show.

Click here to download the show!

Click here to read about the contest we announce on it!

Also, I've tried something a little different with this episode - I took out the musical fade in and outs in between parts. Let me know what you think of it this way...

WandCast 10 will be recording live in the Podcast WandCast chatroom on August 19, 2010, at 8:30 pm Eastern.

See you then!

Keep on Casting,
D. MoonCatcher

Big Scheduled Maintenance

2010-08-11T19:47:00.000-04:00

Title says it all folks!

Scheduled Extended Wizard101 Maintenance
As part of our ongoing effort to improve Wizard101, we will be performing maintenance on the game servers starting tonight starting from 10pm Central US Time.
Wizard101 will be offline for approximately 8 hours. During this time, players will be unable to log in to the game.
Thank you for your continued patience while we improve the game service for all players.

8 hours!

Thats quite a long time for Maintenanence, following me? Get what I'm saying /wink. You dont?

1 word people, no wait, people isnt the word, uh

lol, just read the underlined text below, not above,

CELESTIA.???????

Who knows? KI! well I dont have the power to read minds, oh well.

Only time shall tell, and time is SLOOOOOOOW. :) /wink

Bye all!

-David TitanRider

Decisions?

2010-08-10T18:22:00.001-04:00

As you can obviously tell, I've been posting less. This is due simply to the fact that my Real Life is taking over. And although it's making me very sad to think about it, there's going to be a lot of decisions I'm going to making pretty soon (as in the coming school year).

It's summer, and my whole Real Life is just taking off. I've been busy with a lot of band stuff. My band is really prominent in the area where I live, as is punk rock music (which we play). We played just last night at a huge venue that I'd LOVE to mention because if you know music, you'd know the venue. And then you'd think I'm cool. But I can't, because it would give away my top secret location. Anyway, it's really taking off for us (with a second CD in the process of being recorded and mixed), and we're pretty much getting shows left and right, and the demand for writing more and more songs is getting higher. On top of that, I've been semi-forced to set up a blog for the band/myself that has nothing to do with Wizard101, as well as a Twitter account. It's all for the goal of getting better connections in my area, which is very important.

So my band is taking up a huge amount of my time, and I'm happy! However, it's going to be more and more time consuming as the year progresses. But I'm worried that more things (like, oh, I dunno... SCHOOLWORK) is going to take up even more time. As you might know because I've blogged it before, I'm going to a private school next year. It's not that geeky of a school, actually, but the workload is going to be much more than I am used to. I'm going to need to really be on top of it... which brings me to decisions.

As I'm sure you all know, guys, I really don't want to quit this blog. And I don't want to quit WandCast either. But I think I'm going to have to pick one or do one more than the other.

Here is what I'm thinking right now: I think that I should semi-leave the blog, give it mostly to David, but have him let me post whenever I can without feeling completely obliged. I love WandCast just as much as Wizard 101 Info, and I think that I'm a vital part in making it the show that it is. I think it makes sense also to lean more heavily on WandCast because I'm a huge technical part of it. Anyway, whatever I decide to do, I can promise you that I'm still going to be an active community member whether it's blogging or podcasting, or a little bit of both.

Well? Let me know what you think of my idea to cut down on the blog a bit/ a lot and roll with the WandCast.

Thank you very much, guys.

Keep on Casting,
D. MoonCatcher

Sorry, I'm a Bit Late. But a Contest Has Been Announced!

2010-08-09T11:48:00.000-04:00

Yeah, er, I know. There's bit really no action here on Wizard101 Info the past week... or two. I'm sorry. It's summer, and the Real Life is blossoming, so I've figured that it's probably best to just... You know. Enjoy the weather rather than sit around and blog/play video games.

Anyway, I'm here to announce that a contest was announced on WandCast 9 which I haven't released yet. Due to the fact that it might not be out for listening until the end of this week, I think it makes sense to tell everyone who didn't hear the live show what we were saying the broadcast.

Okay, so here's the contest:

To enter our contest, you have to email us with a poem about the ghosts of Wizard101. Make sure that your poem has a pretty obvious theme that you execute well (i.e. funny, sad, death, etc.) We will be reading all of your poems and picking the one that we think does the best with it's theme/mood. Make sure you use descriptive words and that your poem is good! LOL! Send your entries to wizard101stuff@gmail.com. Winners will be announced on WandCast 10, which will be recording live on August 19 at 8:30 pm Eastern in our chatroom. The prize is a Pale Maiden pet that can *manifest Feint*.

Alright, guys, see you in the Spiral!

Keep on Casting,
D. MoonCatcher

WandCast 9 LIVE Tonight on August 5th!

2010-08-05T17:41:00.000-04:00

That's right, guys, we're going LIVE tonight with THE FRIENDLY! Come out to the Podcast WandCast chatroom at 8:30 pm Eastern Time (7:30 Central, 6:30 Mountain, and 5:30 Pacific).

It's going to be a good show tonight, guys.

Behold the Mighty SHARK!

2010-08-04T15:15:00.000-04:00

Kinda a Jaws shark going on here, and of course credit to Friendly for just being so on top of things :) This mean whitish blue fighting machine here is the general term of a shark, yes a shark. so for the ecosystem here we have the squid, the shark, and more to come! /face palm shoot i didn't even show the picture yet!

I think i would name my shark........Chumley. /shrug i am on a inspiration block :I

Also Samantha ThunderDust of the Fearless Fire wizard, has recently finished comic #9 ! viewable on her blog site!

http://www.thefearlessfirewizard.blogspot.com/

And soon, us Wiz101 info kids are joining in on the comic mayhem!!!! (Remember Sam, me name is not TitanBLADE.....LOL)

Well thats all for now :D

Peace out,

David (Dave) TitanRider

Happy Birthday to those wizards out there! /wink, wink, nudge, nudge,

The Struggle between the 2(and more) worlds.....

2010-08-03T22:00:00.001-04:00

David here, while I am here typing loudly and fastly on this laptop, i am forcefully compelled to write about recent events in W101. Today, I got cursed at. /shrug oh well, it tends to happen, so us wizards have to leave with they're heads held high, and buzzing clouds of hate forming ideas in your brain. Also(totally different subject) I FINALLY got to Disc 2 on Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope! Its pretty fun and addictive, just google it, and get a game idea. (NTF(Note to Friendly: How far have you gotten through FF13?)) Anyways, the world of wizard101 is a fun, but dangerous place full of scams, traps, and inappropriate content for children before the age of 9/10. I am at the beach condo and am forced to take my break of the Xbox360 for a while :-( but I can wait. I hope dearly that I can get off of this planet Roak and onto EnII, lol, I feel geeky now. Anyway.... life is goooooooood, and today i went fishing and caught a.......eel. yep a EEL. It was slimy gross and all around AWESOME!!!!!! :) I gotta start practicing for multiple stuff, Bar Mitzvah among other things, and finishing up summer school work. :( But I should stop ranting now, THATS Dustin's job jk :D :P Its a good reassurance that i at least have good friends on wiz101 :-) so thanks, and Congratz to Donna Spellthorn on crafting a Mannequin. I should be going so peace out everyone!!!!!!

-David TitanRider

And... Real Life Wins!

2010-08-02T21:15:00.000-04:00

What with recording a CD with my band in Real Life, working on lyrics for the same band, practicing for a huge show we have coming up at a venue (which I unfortunately can't boast about on here because it would give away to much about my Real Life), and practicing for my upcoming Bar Mitzvah, I've found it a bit difficult to blog.

Anyway, it is summer, so I suppose it's a good thing that I haven't been glued to the computer too much.

I thought I'd let you all know that I simply haven't had time to blog these past few days, and until the end of the week, it's going to stay the same. Hopefully David will get some posts in while I'm busy IRL, right ol' pal?

I also thought that I would remind you all that WandCast 9 will be going LIVE on Thursday, August 5 2010 at 8:30 pm Eastern Time. The show is being held right in the Podcast WandCast chatroom, and we would be ever grateful and appreciative if you would kindly drop by our show if you've got time. I hasten to announce that we will be joined by none other than The Friendly Necromancer himself on this broadcast on WandCast! Friendly will be with us for, I hope, the entire show, giving his witty and wacky opinions and whatnot on Wizard101.

Well, everyone, this is Dustin signing off for most of the week! I'm expecting Celestia to be announced sometime this week *DING DING THEORYCRAFTIN'*, so if that happens, I'll most definitely be blogging for a bit about it.

Until then...

Keep on Casting,
D. MoonCatcher

KingsIsle Announces Wizard101 "Personas" for Firefox

2010-07-31T14:02:00.000-04:00

This just in (actually, it was announced on Thursday but nobody really posted about it)!

KingsIsle announced that they created specialized Wizard 101 "personas" (basically, themes) for the web browser Firefox! These are really super cool if you use Firefox and are a die hard Wizard 101 fan. Being a Mac, I'm a Safari fan, but I downloaded Firefox for Mac (I'm one of the only wizards I know that uses their Mac to play Wizard101) just to try out these themes.

That's the Storm School one. I tried the Storm School Spells one out, but I couldn't see me favorites.

If you use Firefox, these themes are a must. Click here to get the list of the ones released so far!

Keep on Casting,
D. MoonCatcher

This idea definitely came from a Storm Wizard.

2010-07-29T12:41:00.000-04:00

To start this off, I'd like to sincerely apologize to Stephen and Leesha of Ravenwood Radio. I was a little shocked last night when Ravenwood Radio yet again received triple digit amounts of listeners. I felt bitter that Ravenwood Radio received 125 listeners, and WandCast only gets 25. Apart from that, there's been few controversies between me and the Ravenwood Radio cast and crew and me. I'd like to again wholeheartedly say, "I'm sorry."

All right, on a lighter note, I had a "Eureka Moment" last night as I was going to bed. It was semi-inspired by Friendly's epic "Theorycrafting" segment on Ravenwood Radio. Allow me to explain it to you guys.

Is everyone clear on what an Aura is? They are more commonly known as "bubbles", "circles", and other things like that. Here is an example of an Aura card, Darkwind.

Auras are very useful in that they affect everyone on your team as long as they are up. They're not so useful in that they affect everyone on your opponents team. Many Wizards have mixed feelings about Auras for this precise reason; if you put up a Darkwind, it's going to give a +25% Storm Damage to all the Storm Damage spells that are cast by ANYONE in your duel circle. For example, if you cast a Storm Shark (a Storm Damage spell) with this Aura up, it's going to add 25% of that Storm Shark's damage to the damage that the Storm Shark actually does. If your enemy does the same, however, the boost from the Aura will still occur!

Self Auras! You hear me right, folks! Little bubbles on only your character that affect ONLY you when it comes to damage being outputted. In affect, a mini-Darkwind. Auras are useful in that you don't need to use blades, you can just go on and attack like normal! But when you do, you remember, "Hey, there's an Aura up!" And you do more damage. It allows you to wear the wand of your school, and yet still be able to functionally remove de-buffs like Weakness and Black Mantle.

Let me know if you like my idea.

Keep on Casting,

D. MoonCatcher

Yeppers!

2010-07-27T09:59:00.000-04:00

heheh, Remember Rachel? YEPPERS PEPPERS!!!!!!!

Anyways, Its nice to get comments like the ones that Rachel WindTalon told me yesterday, during the BRUTAL (for us) Warehouse Battle, SHOUT OUT: For Tarlac and Kieran!!!!!!!!!

Good ol friends.

anyway, 48 FOLLOWERS!!!!!!!!!!

Fuzzy Feeling......

Anywho, Good luck to Benjamin FairyDust, Cassandra LifeCaster, and Malorn WillowSmith!!

Here is a motivational picture I found on Google Images!

LOL, well Good Luck to ya guys!

Moving on........Thats it.

Yeppers, thats it

Bye all

-David TitanRider

A whole bunch of old memories.......

2010-07-27T09:47:00.000-04:00

It all started, when i checked my houses in me bank.

Sigh, the memories....... (Dustin, is that Google Group still there?)

I checked around the place. Incoming pictures.....3......2.....1.....FISH!

LOL, :) anyway. Think that ice cream is still good? Its been there for about 3 1/2 months, give or take....

We need to give friendly a lot of credit for the posts he writes, writing HUGE posts takes like 30-45 minutes, well at least to me/Dustin. Maybe we just dont type fast enough?

Anyway, peoples, NM to report :I so Happy Summer.

NTS:Blog Birthday on December 18th

Bye!

-David TitanRider

A OMG moment, courtesy of M.W.S.

2010-07-26T19:37:00.000-04:00

So yea, OMG. If you havent recieved the latest newsline, Wiz101Central is celebrating its....2nd Anniversary! (Sry for typos, using laptop, kinda tricky) and I went to check it out, and I was like OMG!

LOL,sorry but here's the News, with David TitanRider....

To celebrate our 2nd year in the spiral, we've asked Paige Moonshade to hold "The mother of all contests" for us! Details on the contest will be released on August 1, 2010. SO BE SURE TO CHECK BACK!
Thanks to Kingsisle, we literally have a TON of prizes to give away! Woot!

1 - One year subscription

5 - One month Subscriptions

1 - 5,000 crown code

20 - 2,500 crown codes

6 - 3 in 1 mount codes - A horse, a dragon and a broom-OMG

2 - Storm houses

6 - Ianthine Spectres-OMG

5 - Friendly Dragons

5 - Death Scarabs-COOL!

10 - Umbra Swords-OOH THE POWER

5 - Starlight Ponys-(Inside Joke: OMG I WANTS IT!)

5 - Lightning Bats-Neat, for Dustin, and maybe me

5 - Summer Dragons

*All mounts are permanent

Check back here on August 1st, 2010 to enter!!!

The Link for entering is: http://www.wizard101central.com/forums/showthread.php?p=928204

SWEET!

Ty Malorn,

Bye Everyone!-Power Outage, Soccer tryouts, School Summer projects :(, ETC-

Bye all

-David TitanRider

WandCast 8 Available for Download!

2010-07-24T23:19:00.000-04:00

That's definitely right, people! Episode 8 is available for download tonight!

Click here to download the show! It's a good one folks, but without Kestrel... She was understandably unable to attend! There's always next time, Kestrel :)

Alright, I've really gotta get to sleep! See you guys in the Spiral tomorrow!

Keep on Casting,
D. MoonCatcher

New Beckett Stuff!

2010-07-24T21:54:00.000-04:00

We've got some new Beckett stuff, everyone. This stuff doesn't really disappoint. (Click here for the official Beckett page on Wizard 101.com)

Click on that to read it close up.

Anyway, I've been off the blog for a bit because I've been playing with Haley MoonCatcher and I've had a friend over for the past day and a half. ALSO, in the midst of that, WandCast 8 had to be edited! I'm sure I'll get back into the juicy posts when more of Celestia is released.

Alright, guys. I'll be back hopefully tonight with WandCast 8!

Keep on Casting,

D. MoonCatcher

WandCast Episode 8 LIVE TONIGHT!

2010-07-22T20:18:00.002-04:00

Everyone, come on down in about... 10 minutes to WandCast 8 LIVE!

It'll be going live at around 8:30 Eastern! Click here to listen in!

We want to get a bunch of listeners again haha!

The Wizard 101 Bloggers Club All-Star Meet & Greet Announcement!

2010-07-21T22:08:00.000-04:00

Hey guys. My apologies for not posting for a few days. I guess that my philosophy behind a lack of posts is that once Celestia is actually fully released, I'm going to have enough to blog about.

For now, I'd rather enjoy the game until new quests come ;)

I'm here to announce a really special event; The Wizard 101 Blogger's Club All-Star Meet & Greet!

Here's the official announcement from John LifeGlen, the founder of the Wizard 101 Blogger's Club.

Thanks, Luke, for adding me in that list. Here's the info on the party if you can't read parts of the handwriting.

Date: July 29, 2010

Time: 9:00 pm ET, 8:00 CT, 7:00 MT, 6:00 PT (British time coming soon!)

Location: Golem Court (teleport bus)

Realm: Unicorn

Area: 1

Guys, this event is going to be really awesome, so please come on out to it!

In other news, WandCast 8 is going to be recording live in our chatroom tomorrow at 8 pm Eastern. It's going to be an awesome show, with mixed intro music I think is really funny. Let's just say that Stephen and Leesha are going to like it.

Alright, PLOX!

Keep on Casting,

D. MoonCatcher

Haley the Journeyman & Bubba the Mythzilla

2010-07-18T13:24:00.001-04:00

This morning I helped Haley MoonCatcher, my young Diviner sister, venture deep into the Pyramid of the Sun. Haley is doing really well, and she's really discovering herself as a Journeyman Diviner along the way.

It was a bunch of fun to help her out because I absolutely loved adjusting my deck to look like this.

It rocked being able to one hit so many bosses with a Storm Shark, and filling Haley's health completely with a single Sprite.

As I was saying, Haley is really discovering herself as a young Diviner. She's quickly found her "signature spell" for now, which is the Storm Beetle. It's so funny because whenever she casts it, the pet does a proc, and Haley can't it over how cool that is.

Pssh... Kids.

I've got to admit, the effects on that spell are "wicked". The lightning on the beetle as she (in our case, Princess Daisy) sticks the opponent with her piercing horns is epic. Truly epic.

It's been a blast helping Haley out recently. Be sure to check out her blog, The Legend of Haley MoonCatcher, for her own personal story on Wizard 101. It doesn't have that many posts on it right now because Haley has been away at camp for three weeks, but I'm sure she'll get right back in the swing of things any day now... When I remind her she's got a blog to update ;)

In other AWESOME news, I hatched a Mythzilla on my first try! I'd like to thank Heather EmeraldFlame for hatching with me. Remember to check out her blog here.

Even though I wasn't hoping for a Mythzilla *I wanted a Tempest Hound/Storm Orthrus*, I really can't help but be happy about this hybrid. He's so cool!

Bubba's stats, however, are another story.

He only has one Epic ability accross his Talents AND Derby Powers. Not good... Therefore, Bubba becomes a cosmetic pet.

OKAY, and lastly, I've got a clue for all of you what my secret project with Icywiz and David is all about... Are you ready?

LBGO FO HTE AMTSRES.

Let's see if you can figure that out :)

Keep on Casting,

D. MoonCatcher

A Celestia Reveal on National Blogger's Day!

2010-07-16T10:47:00.001-04:00

Hey folks! As Friendly would put it... This is just in from the newswire.

I can only guess at what a newswire is. shrug/

click to enlarge

So today we have a sort of... Shakespearean-garb Marleybone (female, I think), holding a wrench. Next to her is a red gobbler pet... But since I got this picture off of the Friendly Necromancer, he might have added that :)

Also, be sure to come on out to the National Blogger's Day event! Just be in the Wizard City Commons-Vampire Area 1- between 5:30 pm and 10:00 pm Eastern. That's not to hard to translate, right? Just subtract... LOL.

See some of you all there!

Keep on Casting,

D. MoonCatcher

WandCast 7 Available for Download!

2010-07-14T13:06:00.000-04:00

Click here to download WandCast 7!

Click here to read about the contest we announce on it!

WandCast 8 will be recording live on July 22, 2010, at 8:30 pm EDT in the WandCast chatroom.

See you all there!

Keep on Casting,
D. MoonCatcher

A closer examination of the Update Notes!

2010-07-13T09:26:00.001-04:00

PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL BE TYPO'S:

Hey All, David here. I only have a coupla minutes so I am gonna write a Big ol' Post for you. In the Update Notes shown Below there are some kinda sorta interesting "Tidbits" I read. Most of you probably just said "Celestia WOOT" and went along to play, leaving the Update notes to rot. :D
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Mr Lincoln will review this poll every Friday, and alter the pets accordingly the following week. If more information is needed about your pet, he will contact you through the email address you used when you registered for Wizard101.

Below is a "Poll" from Mr.Lincoln about..."If you obtained your School Specific pet from the level 48 quest, between May 25 2010 and July 8th 2010 it will not have the Power Pip chance talent.

If you would LIKE this talent on your pet, please fill out this form.
Mr Lincoln will review this poll every Friday, and alter the pets accordingly the following week. If more information is needed about your pet, he will contact you through the email address you used when you registered for Wizard101."

1. Wizard101 Login Username (!not the password!)

2. Character's Name (who holds the pet)

3. Pet Type (select one)Stormzilla (Storm)Colossus (Ice)Wraith (Death)Satyr (Life)Helephant (Fire)Orthrus (Myth)Hydra (Balance)

4. Pet Name:

Which the Link for is in the Ravenwood Bulletin on the Wizard101 login Desktop Icon.

*Ahem*, To differentiate the Colors- not to confuse anyone- Soooo, Who WOULDNT want to have that 5% Power pip Boost!. *Ahem* So Really Answer These Questions 1-4.

Back to black writing!. Its kinda interesting because there was a couple typo's from KI,*ponders why*

*Ahem* Here it is! "Cyrus has been using his red corrector pen to address minor spelling errors." Well Cyrus ol Buddy you must just be a little bit mad about how Halestrom Balestrom took he top spot for Celestia. And Therefor left this sentence a bit undone. "1. Wizard101 Login Username (!not the password!)" anyone else see the prob?

Ok so done poking fun at Cyrus (for now...) and lets just get to some other important stuff we havent really noticed because well, for us GM we dont really visit DS anymore.

"the health of many creatures has decreased
the experience rewards have been increased
fewer creatures will need to be defeated to meet quest requirements
fewer items will need to be collected to meet quest requirements
several of the gauntlets have fewer rooms"

Isnt that just dandy!

Unfortunate that the overlooked that when me, Dustin, and a WHOLE bunch of GM's were lighting the place up! Anyways. So I suppose most of you are thinking WAHOO!

Pets! I have good news and BAD news for you all!

Good:

The prices for Hatching pets have been adjusted.
The process of pet Hatching now has a confirmation window to ensure both parties agree to the transaction.
All new level 48 quest reward pets will receive the Power Pip talent. (EXCEPT FOR THE ONE'S RECIEVED DURING THE TIME PD SHOWN ABOVE!)

Life pets such as the EarthWalker will have life boosts, not Myth like some currently give

BAD:

IceZilla is now only available through the hatching process. (AWWWW)

Anywho's enough sobbing over that. I should Probably stop before I BORE YOU ALL TO TEARS, if I havent already..?

NOOBS BEWARE!
There are now privacy options to only allow your Friends (but not their friends) to teleport to your home. Look for this in the Privacy Tab when you press ESC in the game.

The owner of a house can send guests away with the "Send Away" option. Just click on a Wizard in your Home and the Friends panel will appear, where you will see the option to "Send Away". The Wizard that was sent away will receive the message "The owner asked you to leave."

MUAHAHAHA!

Peace!

-David

Featured Wizard 101 Blogger: Duncan D. of Necromancy of Ice

2010-07-12T16:58:00.001-04:00

I'd been feeling lately like it was time for a spot light on someone in the community that's awesome; someone who's blog might need a boost up of hits!

And, today, the candidate is: Duncan D. from Necromancy of Ice!

Duncan and I go back pretty far; about two months ;)

Anyway, ever since I met him, I always get this message from him when I log on: "was sup man".

Duncan, your blog is fantastic and to the point. Here's a post I particularly enjoy of his; it's got nothing to do with the fact that I'm mentioned, of course :P Hey, I've got a big head. Kill me.

Everyone, go check out Duncan's blog, Necromancy of Ice (formerly known as Necromancer Nation), here. Enjoy!

Keep on Casting,
D. MoonCatcher

Contest On WandCast 7!

2010-07-12T11:42:00.000-04:00

Since WandCast 7 isn't going to be released (recorded/edited version) until maybe Wednesday or Thursday, I think it's right to announce the contest that's announced on there on HERE in case you didn't listen to the live recording last Thursday... so that everyone has enough time to get it done!

So here's the info on the contest!

To enter our contest, you have to send in a doodle/drawing (using your computer, crayons, canvas, etc.) of Kestrel, David, or Dustin (please say which Wizard) and email it to wizard101stuff@gmail.com. Then you're in! We're going to pick the doodle that we like most, so make sure that your doodle is aesthetically pleasing (that means good to look at), has originality, style, skill, humor/realistic, etc. We will only choose 1 winner. Choose who you're going to draw carefully! It can be a cartoon or a realistic drawing, ANYTHING, as long as you think we'll like it!

Well, you could send something you don't think we'll like, but... I digress.

What can you win, EH? Well, you'll be able to choose between the Ascendant Staff, Phosphorescent Maul, the Celestian Trident, the Celestian Sword *NEW*, or the Cerulean Edge! If you'd like to see what all of these wands stats are, check them out in the Crowns Shop in the upper left hand corner of your screen.

The winners will be announced on WandCast 8, which will be recording live in our chatroom on July 22 (a Thursday), 2010, at 8:30 pm EDT.

We hope to see a lot of entries!

Keep on Casting,
D. MoonCatcher

P.S. If you don't know how to scan drawings into your computer through your printer, you could ask a parent how. If that is also unhelpful, take a picture of your drawing and upload that to your computer.

Stuff, and Waiting

2010-07-11T20:43:00.000-04:00

Soooooo, Later on, Me, Dusty, Kev, and Lastly the great Healer herself, Kestrel. Where was I again?

Oh Right, THE TOWER!

We beat it LOL.

So we wait, and wait

I am eating pickles right now, Tastes kinda bad.

Oh well.

*Mimes Gagging*

I'll stuff em down somehow.

YO YO YO!

Feeling Kinda spunky.

(>^.^>

*Gets Slapped by Non-Huggers*

Ouch.

PEACE OUT YO!

-David

Stuff You Already Knew, But Maybe Didn't.

2010-07-10T01:12:00.001-04:00

So, as you just have to know already, all of the Celestia pre-quests, Grizzleheim updates (crafting, housing), Dragonspyre updates (making it easier *wink*), "proc"ing updates (when using an innate card from a certain pet, the pet will proc and cast the card using a proc), etc., etc.

I've been enjoying all of this stuff so much, there's been no posting here on the wonderful Wizard 101 Info blog run by the Info Kids themselves!

Tonight I beat through all of the Celestia pre-quests expect the Warehouse. When it came around to that, I ran it with Leesha DarkHeart (or is it DarkHart?), Taji34 (Luke DragonTamer), and David. You all know who David it. Anyway, due to my general-stupidity-and-arrogance-in-the-final-boss-fight, David's-stupid-new-disfunctional-Celestian-sword-which-he-bought-with-Crowns-oh-curses, we died on the last floor of the tower! I really do hope Leesha doesn't hate me too much now, especially after I nagged her to get on Skype ;)

Leesha, you rock < flattery. Please accept my friend request on Diary of a Wizard ConnectX!

*ahem*

WandCast 7 Live went great! The only problem is that since I'm enjoying my vacation here at the beach, the show is going to take longer to edit than usual. I'm a little upset that we talked about the Test Realm news when the Live stuff came out the next day... Whatever. If you wanna listen to uncut Episode 7, click here and scroll through the chatroom video-on-demand archives until you find it.

I've got the sudden urge to explain to you all how to do that, but you're all smart and I've got a little bit of obsessive compulsive disorder in my along with my rapid time syndrome ;), so it's all good.

The turnout for our after-party after the show. A ton of fun!

Jacob ThunderSword with his newly won Swiftshadow Wings.

Congratulations on winning the Swiftshadows', Jacob!

I hope to have WandCast 7 out by Wednesday or Thursday. Sorry! Try and bare with me, okay everyone :D?

See you all ITS tomorrow to do some more Celestia stuff... and maybe give the Warehouse another go!

Lastly, if David had an alter ego, his name would be Goliath MidgetRider.

Keep on Casting,

D. MoonCatcher

WandCast 7 LIVE Tonight at 8:30 pm ET!

2010-07-08T11:00:00.000-04:00

That's right, everyone! Be sure to come on down to our very own chatroom (livestream.com/podcastwandcast) to witness an amazing episode of WandCast!

We're having a special guest star segment, a bunch of stuff about Celestia, pet updates, pet TRIVIA, and we're announcing the winner of the Swiftshadow Wings contest (CLOSED.)

We are all so excited for tonight! Here's the times in different zones:

8:30 pm Eastern
7:30 pm Central
6:30 pm Mountain
5:30 pm Pacific
1:30 am (woah) Western European Time (England) (WE LOVE YOU, CASSANDRA!)

See you all tonight for a GREAT show! We hope to maybe have more than 20 people in the chartroom this time!

Keep on Casting,
The WandCast Crew

Dustin's Newest Robe and a Minotaur of Life!

2010-07-05T13:08:00.000-04:00

So I was helping Kestrel's alt with Katz. Lab, (skips all the gritty details about the run) and we came to the secret boss Smogger. You know, the one who is only accessible if you get all those planks of wood and make the bridge through the secret exit from Katz. Lab? I mean, the actual Lab?

Anyway, guess what I got while farming him... a Storm Seal robe! Here's a picture of me wearing it:

That's the robe, my friends! Isn't it cool? Now to David: Don't tell me I can't wear that thing because it's the same robe you have except Stormified. I warn you now; don't ask me to take it off. It's awesome. And thanks, Stephen S., for saying it's slick. That Swashbuckler hat you've got is slick, too. Rock on.

Okay, so while farming for the Life Minotaur with Andrew ThunderFlame, a friend of mine IRL who took a 5 month sabbatical from the game. He came back when he heard about Celestia. Apparently David freaked out when he saw Andrew again.

Anyway, I got the Life Minotaur for Michael RainHeart! I'm so excited to level him UP.

I hope I can put Madame Marley to good use. Madame Marley is a good name... especially when it's the original name of the pet. Rock on, Mike!

Keep on Casting,

D. MoonCatcher

Mac Users Across the Spiral, Rejoice!

2010-07-03T22:04:00.000-04:00

Well, I can officially say to you all today that there's an easy and efficient way to get Wizard 101 on your Mac. It's hinted in the July edition of the Ravenwood Bulletin.

My goodness, I can't believe I was able to say that. Wizard 101 works on Mac, and I am proud!

*pinches self*

But wait, folks! Before you start loading up your Mac and download Wizard 101, I've gotta tell you something important.

Wizard 101 isn't officially supported on Mac. The only way to get Wizard 101 on your Mac is through an easy to use, not-to-expensive third party software called... CrossOver Games!

All you've gotta do to get Wizard 101 on your Mac is download CrossOver Games. Once this is done, have the CrossOver Games application open on your computer and proceed to download the Wizard 101 game as you would normally do on a PC. CrossOver Games automatically converts the download to a Mac download, then converting the game to a Mac game. To access Wizard 101 once it has been downloaded, find the CrossOver Games folder in your Finder (usually under Applications, but try searching CrossOver Games in Spotlight if you can't find it). From here, you'll be able to access all the games you "CrossedOver" seamlessly to Mac OSX.

You know why I love screenshots? They can tell the truth... Unless you're Friendly, of course. (Note to Friendly: Link me in your post about how Wizard 101 can now run on a Mac! There is no post like this, you say? Make one, you silly Necromantic friendly Necromancer, MAKE ONE *winks*.) Two hours of Skeletal Warrior farming from Tumok ring a bell, David?

click to enlarge

That, my friends, is the first time I ever saw Dustin on the screen of an Apple computer.

*wipes tear from eye*

Anyway, this is a fantastic third party feature that really does work seamlessly. I'm definitely going to make the most of my free trial with CrossOver Games and then invest in a copy of it for permanent use!

Hope this helps... I think it will... *wink wink*

Oh, and I hear Stephen, Leesha, and Icywiz beat the Warehouse with the help of the almighty and awesome Kevin BattleBlood, blogger, podcaster, and artist extraordinaré.

Keep on Casting,

D. MoonCatcher

Dustin Beats The Warehouse... On Tape!

2010-07-03T11:35:00.001-04:00

Thanks to Kevin BattleBlood and his Warehouse crushing cronies, I beat the Warehouse!

Special thanks to Christina IceDreamer for giving me her spot in the run. Icy, you're truly the Queen of Cold.

Anyway, Kevin was cool enough to Livestream the whole thing. We had Stephen and Leesha from Ravenwood Radio, David, Arlen DawnSinger, and Alric RavenEyes all in the chatroom cheering us on. Thanks a bunch!

And since it was on Livestream - it's recorded! Here's the video of my run. The actual run starts at aprox. 46 minutes in. Awesomeness. Thanks Kevin!

Watch live streaming video from kevinbattleblood at livestream.com

Also, sorry for the posts being scarce the past few days. I've been busy in the Test Realm.

OH, and David and I did a hatching experiment in the Test Realm last night. Stormzilla + Helephant.

I can't wait to see what it is!

Anyway, our Warehouse run is very informative on how to adjust your deck, etc., in that dungeon. Watch it!

Thanks again to Kevin.

Keep on Casting,
D. MoonCatcher

Important Time Change Message for WandCast Episode 7

2010-06-30T20:35:00.000-04:00

The time for WandCast Episode 7, which is still being recorded live on July 8 in the WandCast chatroom, will be pushed an hour and a half later to 8:30 pm EDT.

The time for WandCast Episode 7, which is still being recorded live on July 8 in the WandCast chatroom, will be pushed an hour and a half later to 8:30 pm EDT.'

The time for WandCast Episode 7, which is still being recorded live on July 8 in the WandCast chatroom, will be pushed an hour and a half later to 8:30 pm EDT.

Okay, I think that get's the message across pretty well. If you've got a Twitter feed, could you all help out by Tweeting the new time?

Keep on Casting,

D. MoonCatcher

Celestia Pre-Quest Documentary, Part 1

2010-06-28T23:41:00.000-04:00

It's here! I recorded it just about an hour ago. Click here to watch my hour long tour of the Test Realm! You can watch all of the soon to come live updates up until the Warehouse.

podcastwandcast on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free

Enjoy! Remember, WandCast 7 is on Thursday July 8th, at 7 pm EDT. BE THERE!

Keep on Casting,
D. MoonCatcher

Celestia Pre-Quests Arrives on the Test Realm Plus a Date for WandCast 7!

2010-06-28T21:37:00.000-04:00

Well, I don't need to explain much about the whole Celestia pre-quests thing because KingsIsle does it pretty well right here; the update notes for the Test Realm release.

What I'm planning to do instead of taking a 100 screenshots is taking movies of my time in the Test Realm, right from the first time I log on. Sort of like a documentary. Anyway, I might get to lazy to make them... As my duty as a blogger, though, I think I'll get to it. I'm patching right now.

Ooh, I've got a single resolution for the pre-quests and Celestia itself. My resolution: Dustin, do not rush through the quests! Read thoroughly through each and every quest, and fully understand the storyline etc.

(It's important that I do this so I don't get a heart attack. It happens when I'm so excited ;))

Before I sign off of Blogger and sign IN to the Test Realm, I just need to tell all you guys the finally final date for WandCast 7! Please be in our chatroom on July 8, 2010 at 7 pm EDT. Need help with time zones? Here's a great site that'll help you out. It's going to be a great show! Remember to enter the Swiftshadow Wings Contest!

Celestia is on Test

2010-06-28T19:04:00.003-04:00

The Starting quests are on TEST! ahem

BYE!

-D.T.

Dates, David, and Dastardly Deeds

2010-06-25T16:29:00.001-04:00

What guy doesn't love alliteration with D's? Just ask Milo Barker.

Anyway, my apologies for not posting ~~much~~ (who'm I kiddin') at all the past few days.

But hey. Want more could you fiesty readers want? What's that? The pretty much possible date for Episode 7 of the wonderful Wizard 101 podcast, WandCast? You've come to the right blogger! I'm sure that Friendly might have been able to give you this info, but only AFTER I've posted it. (Hint for Friendly: Once we finalize this date, please let the rest of the community know about it by posting about it, my Necromantic friend.) Friendly and I are good like that, so I can "hint" to him I'd like a post, and then you see it on TFN ;) Actually, I'm really the one who's written The Friendly Necromancer all along ;) Muahaha! And it's not like I'm plotting to take him down with Autumn D., or anything along those lines.

I'm a bit to stupid to be a conspirator, according to Senor Davido. shrug/

After much frustration, we've maybe even got a MAYBE date for the supposed-to-be-yesterday-(KESTREL) WandCast 7. The MAYBE (but smart-to-mark-down-in-your-calender) date for the supposed-to-be-yesterday-(KESTREL) WandCast 7 IS...

July 8th at 7 pm EDT! Voila! I know, a little late on (and when we were supposed to have WandCast 8 [KESTREL]), but it'll do, me thinks. Plus, it'll get us back on the Thursdays thing we were supposed to have down pat by now. You just HAD to get banned, huh good, dear Ketzel? Nah, it's no big deal. We here at Wizard 101 Info are very intellectually advanced children, you know. Kestrel, you're one cool Theurgist.

Oh, I almost forgot how I completely enraged David the other night!

*sigh* I actually feel really bad about this one, even though there's nothing really to feel bad about because IT WASN'T MY FAULT, OKAY?!?

So I was farming the Skeletal Pirate pet from Viktor "Vikie" SnowCrusher on David and Dustin at the same time. I was basically just farming the dang thing for David's character because the Ianthine Spector place was full on pretty much every Realm I checked. I only ported Dustin into the fight at the last minute (the fight with Vikie), so I didn't really expect me to get any good drops.

And so, as luck of the stormish would have it, I got the Skeletal Pirate after not laying a trident on Viktor and after only being in the duel for about three minutes.

Anyway, sorry David, ol' chap. I'll work on that farming later tonight. Maybe I'll even get a spot with the Spector... That's a hard gig to get.

Keep on Casting,
D. MoonCatcher

Haley MoonCatcher's Contest

2010-06-22T20:45:00.000-04:00

My little bloggin' sister, Haley MoonCatcher, is creating a new contest that will be held once a month. I've decided to promote her contest here because it seems that not many people are checking out her blog, The Legend of Haley MoonCatcher. Be sure to check it out! Now, take it away, Haley!

Hello, everyone! Haley MoonCatcher here. I just wanted to say that I'm very excited for the new contest I'm having on my blog, the Wizard of the Month contest. The Wizard of the Month contest is a contest that happens every month and awards an excellent Wizard each month. To enter the random drawing for the Wizard of the Month, please email wizard101stuff@gmail.com with your Wizard's name. The winner of the drawing will receive a pack of cards from the Crowns Shop: The Eye of Bartleby! The winner of the June Wizard will be announced on July 2nd.

So that's the deal from Haley MoonCatcher! I hope to see a bunch of entires for my little sis, okay?

*wink* *wink*

Keep on Casting,
D. MoonCatcher

A Huge Breakthrough for Diviners Across the Spiral

2010-06-22T20:43:00.000-04:00

As a Diviner, I've constantly been faced with a problem. Accuracy. It's easily the biggest problem Diviners face. Not low health. Low health is a problem, but not like accuracy.

The reason I post this is because I feel that I have made a really incredible breakthrough for everyone in the School of Storm. I've brought even some more honor to the School of Storm.

What if, ladies and gentlemen, I told you that I have 89% accuracy on all of my Storm attacks? With not a single treasure card?

Well, I do. That's 1 accuracy down from all Life attacks. I've had an extra 15% for a while now, but I got the extra 4% for Louie getting to Ancient.

They call me King Boom for a reason, you know.

Keep on Casting,
D. MoonCatcher

Celestia Dude REVEALED-Celestial Clothing

2010-06-21T21:16:00.000-04:00

Celestia guy is once again revealed.

He is like a robot.

Boss?

Only Time shall tell.....

Before hand.

I thought a bit about how the clothing will be in Celestia.

Look at the spear wielding Shark, and those crabs.....

crabs......*Licks Lips*

Sorry, Had some crabs for dinner.

*Thousands of Celestians Scream in rage*

Sorry Sorry!

So I kinda thought that Celestia Garb would be like Greek or Roman style armor, with a modern touch.

like with Chestplates and shoulder pads.........

Anyone!???

*Crickets Chirp*

*Crickets walk away*

erm ok.....

Such as these Wonderful stylish.....Tasty, Buttery, wonderful....Oh SHOOT!

*Celestians cry for vengeance*

Darn it......

Well PEACE!

*Runs out*

-David TitanRider

Luke DragonTamer's Fanfic

2010-06-21T20:56:00.001-04:00

You Might be wondering exactly...Why?

cause

A. its awesome!

B. Creative

C. Me, Dustin, AND Kestrel are in it too!

POV: Luke Himself!

The Dragontamer Chronicles Prologue:

We ran up to our foe; wands at the ready. Just the four of us; Kestrel, David, Dustin, and Myself.

“You four will not stop will you?” said our foe. He pulled out his wand and muttered something, suddenly we were in darkness. I felt cold. It was almost like dying.

“Guys? You there?” I asked. There was silence for a second, I began to worry. If I was alone I was going to be defeated. I was just a trained Assistance Wizard. Not a Battle Wizard. Even If my spells were correct they wouldn’t do much without the right training.

“Yeah we’re all here,” replied David. Then as if he read my mind he started a fire that hovered in front of him. Everyone was here. We all looked deathly scared. What type of magic was this? None off us had seen anything like it. We heard a noise and got ready to fight. We didn’t know where we were. Then we heard it again. A wraith. It was somewhere in the darkness. We waited . . . nothing happened. We started to relax. Then it attacked.

“Look out!” Dustin yelled. It grabbed me and started to suck my health out of me. I was waiting for it to stop like usual, but it wasn’t stopping. This wasn’t any normal wraith. All my strength was being taken away. I struggled to get free, but I was too weak. Then it was finished. I fell to the floor.

“Luke!” exclaimed Kestrel. I began to black out. The last thing I saw was Kestrel casting a life spell.

Well I guess you are wondering who I am, who our foe is, why we are fighting, etc. You will know soon enough, but you have to be patient. First, let’s start with introductions. I’m Luke Dragontamer. I am a balance wizard and a rank 10 assistance wizard. Kestrel Shadowthistle is a life wizard and our rank 10 healing wizard, Dustin Mooncatcher is a storm wizard and our rank 10 battle wizard, and finally David Titanrider is a fire wizard and our rank 10 strategy wizard. We are all in a special wizard forces team. Now you may be thinking what are you talking about? What does all this rank stuff mean? I was asking myself the same thing only a week ago. Let us start from the beginning . . .

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(My Section break LOL)

That is awesome!

I am grinning like a MANIAC

Its totally awesome!

Cant wait for the next part!

Great Job Luke, and that Celestian Trident should be on the way soon!

Keep on typing!

:)

Peace to the spiral yall!

-David TitanRider

WandCast Episode 7 Officially Canceled

2010-06-21T19:30:00.000-04:00

Hey, everyone.

After having a quick chat with Kestrel on Skype, we decided it might be best to cancel WandCast Episode 7 for this Thursday. The reason is because (1) Kestrel is banned from the computer and (2) she conveniently scheduled a backpacking trip for the exact night we had planned to record the show on.

Kestrel, don't worry. It's no big deal, and I'm taking it easy.

WandCast Episode 7 will most likely be pushed to the date when we were going to have Episode 8, July 8th. The time will be 7 pm EDT. Thanks for your cooperation everyone, and I'd just like to announce that Taji34 will be doing a great segment on the show. (Taji34- email me.)

The winner of the Swiftshadow Wings will be announced on Episode 7, which will be shot on the 8th.

Thanks again.

Keep on Casting,
D. MoonCatcher

Why, Kestrel, WHY?

2010-06-21T11:46:00.000-04:00

Kestrel got banned from using the computer for the rest of this week. *sigh* Seriously, Kestrel, WHY? I hope she can persuade her parents to at least let her come to WandCast 7. I've got little hope, though. I'll announce on Thursday (the date we're supposed to have WandCast 7) if WandCast 7 is on or not.

If it's off, we'll most likely bump all of the shows. For example, Episode 8 would become Episode 7, etc.

Why, Kestrel, WHY?

I'm really sad. We had a great show planned!

Anyway, check back here for updates. Dustin's got all the latest updates on WandCast!

Keep on Casting,
D. MoonCatcher

TWO new pets!

2010-06-20T18:27:00.000-04:00

sooooo. *ahem* well uh the title, kinda gives it away.

*awkward silence*

erm *starts sweating* Screenshots

yeah....

My Glitched up egg!

(Remember Dustin....)

Oddly enough this is the same name of Dustin's Glitched egg

                                                 My very hard worked for ADULT fire Serpent.

                                                            (Still gotta get to ancient for spell)

Ice Bird! (Gotta get to Adult)

All in All

A pretty good day

A Fancy Rant of Fanciness

2010-06-20T13:08:00.001-04:00

I must admit to have fallen into the wonderful world of "Less Talkee, More Playee" and did the Friendly Necromancer. It's really nice to take short breaks from posting about Wizard 101, where you can actually play the game you claim you are an expert at.

Not like I'm not an expert. I am ;)

So, what is good ol' Dustin going to talk about today? Well I'm first going to remind you that WandCast Episode 7 will be recorded live on June 24th, in the year 2010! If you want the word on when to be at the WandCast chatroom, be 110% sure to check out this post that I graciously posted upon the request that I post it from a Miss Kestrel "The Walrus" ShadowThistle. Speaking of Kestrel, she still hasn't sent me the dang show notes for Episode 7! I'm such a nagger. Sorry for being a nagger! Just send 'em along when you're ready "Ketzel" (-David's brother trying to say her name xD).

For those of you who don't know but should know, we're setting biweekly dates for WandCast over the summer! Thoroughly read this post, where we go through the information on Summer Standardization.

And LASTLY (about WANDCAST, that is), remember to enter the Swiftshadow Wings Contest we're having on the show! All you've got to do is send us a measly lil' email that contains the answer to this 'ere question: What is your favorite spell from the Death School, and why is your favorite spell from the Death School your favorite spell from the Death School?!? Easy as cheesecake (that's for you, Heather R.)! We're having one winner, who will win the new Swiftshadow Wings that ANYONE who's ANYONE wants. So you WANT to enter this contest. LET'S WIN SOME WINGS FROM WANDCAST!

I know, I said lastly. But there's just ONE more thing I just HAVE to say before the rant! I now have a title! During the recording of Ravenwood Radio Episode 18, I asked Leesha if all student teachers got the title Overlord. According to Leesha, they each get a separate title. Leesha, you know your stuff, so I'm trusting you on this one! Thanks to Sierra StarSong for helping me figure out what my title was going to be. We settled on "King Boom"! I know, it's raw, and it's awesome. So now I'm King Boom MoonCatcher, and I'm loving life!

Right, onto the rant. The rant that I promised you all. And it's pretty fancy, as promised.

*cue rant*

I'm going to explain to you how farming works with my cousin, David TitanRider.

Say you set out to farm the Crazed Forest Spirit in the Ancient Burial Grounds for the Crabling, and David tags along. You fight a few times, and then you (you meaning ME, Dustin MoonCatcher), rolls a 100.

You get the Crabling.

And then David has something to say. "Look, man, you owe me. You owe me that Crabling. You are in a DEBT to me, dude. You will farm all day and night until a Crabling sits proudly in my backpack, or I will stick this pencil in your head!" (See WandCast 6 for the pencil thing, because it's real.)

So I'm now in a debt to David. I didn't even say anything except that I'd get him that Spector, and yet I am in debt because I got the drop we were farming for. Interesting phenomenon, no?

Ah David, you know I'm just messing you, but that's what farming with you is like. Erm... Farming with ME probably isn't that different, butcha know.

*awkward silence*
*everyone stares at Dustin, who begins to sweat*

Money doesn't grow on trees, OKAY?! GAH! I'M CAUGHT! shrug/

SORRY, that was pretty spontaneous. But that's what the art of the rant is like, cuz! SPONTANEOUS.

Get used to it ;) I'm going to sign off with some pictures that'll probably annoy David ;) He's a cool guy- Wait, no- he's a firey guy, and a good cousin. Thanks for all the farming we've done together, cuz.

I've got a Crabling!

Rusty's first day of pre-school. I hope he fits in!

Michael RainHeart's latest outfit.

It's really sad when you see that quest in the booklet of a Level 36 Wizard. Michael RainHeart was conveniently unavailable for comment when this was discovered. Reporters assume that he is now lazy as well as cocky and overconfident.

Keep on Casting,

D. MoonCatcher

Standardizing WandCast for the Summer!

2010-06-17T11:21:00.000-04:00

Here's the latest news from us WandCasters!

Summer Standardization:

During the summer of 2010, live WandCast episodes will be set at standardized times. This will be taken into affect after the Episode 7 show on June 24th. (It's a lot like how Ravenwood Radio works, expect we do every other Thursday, the week that Ravenwood Radio isn't playing.) So here's some of the dates when we'll have shows, and I'll update this list later. Does everyone understand how this is biweekly?

June 24- Episode 7

July 8- Episode 8

July 22- Episode 9

August 5- Episode 10

Got any questions about how this will work? Let me know! Do these dates work for all of the WandCasters as well? Let me know! WandCast all the way!

Read more about WandCast and Summer Standardization on the WandCast page right here on Wizard 101 Info!

Keep on Casting,

D. MoonCatcher

A Therapeutic Solution, I Guess...

2010-06-17T10:57:00.001-04:00

Some good thinking on David and my part lead to the creation of this little fellow.

(Click on him to enlarge.) Yup, that's 100% correct! Dustin TitanRider. An Apprentice Pyromancer, ready to take on all of the challenges the Spiral has to throw at him. Of course, I didn't create this guy without having David do something along the same lines... Let's just say you'll probably see a post come along later today that has a dashing male wizard, David MoonCatcher, in it.

It might seem like we created our polar opposites for fun, but that's just one aspect of it. David and I constantly bicker about which school is better; Fire or Storm. (Kestrel is usually the peace-maker if we're on WandCast.) Today, David and I decided to actually create Storm and Fire alts so we can literally live in each other's shoes. Isn't it smart? We are really convinced that this is going to help us gain respect for each other's schools, and might even ease the bickering! Plus, it's fun to play a noob.

David'll post later about this in his way, so I'll sign off now.

Keep on Casting,

D. MoonCatcher

Life Tower Glitch

2010-06-16T22:20:00.000-04:00

My good ol Pal Lucas SoulHunter, told me about this awesome spider-manish glitch!

Check it out yo!

That is cool!

More screenshots follow

This is where i was staring from. (Marked Spot)

(Harry Potterness) Charge between the post straight at that beam!

And Land RIGHT here

Pretty Neat huh?

A glitch, That hopefully Kingsisle WONT fix

Cause its awesome!

Peace to the Spiral

-David TitanRider

A Final Date for WandCast Episode 7

2010-06-16T06:42:00.000-04:00

The final date and time for WandCast Episode 7 is the following:

Date: June 24, 2010
Time: 7:00 pm EDT
   6:00 pm CST
   5:00 pm MST
   4:00 pm PDT
   12:00 pm Western Europe Time (Comedy Theurgists, is this right?)
Where to Be: All you gotta do is go to http://livestream.com/podcastwandcast on the night of the show!

Remember to enter our contest to win Swiftshadow Wings by sending us an email (to wizard101stuff@gmail.com) telling us what is your favorite Death spell and why.

Keep on Casting,
D. MoonCatcher

WandCast Episode 6 is Available for Download!

2010-06-15T17:59:00.000-04:00

Phew! After about 2 hours of editing, I give you... WandCast Episode 6! Click here to download it.

A few things...
1) The date for WandCast Episode 7 is still being decided. Here more about this on the show, at the end.
2) Since the show is really long (about 1 hour and 10 minutes) I've made the decision to post the contest winners (Green Cat Thug Contest) here. The winners are... Amber DeathSong and Amber StarGem! Listen to the show for more information! We'll contact you guys later for meetup times, etc.
3) There's a contest announced on this show, so BE SURE to listen. It's reward is one many desire!

Otherwise, enjoy the show! PLEASE, stay tuned for more information on the date for WandCast Episode 7!
(Note: The final date IS NOT June 17th. That's the date we were going to use, but we AREN'T using this date.)

Keep on Casting,
D. MoonCatcher

Jaw-Dropping and Incredible Stuff!

2010-06-14T18:52:00.002-04:00

Dustin here. And I'm really excited to post, for once! Italy tied with Paraguay (1:1) in the World Cup today. Come on, Italians, couldn't you have just push it a little further? I'm part Italian, so if they could've dominated, it would have made me really happy. Alas, no.

Just kidding. It's always a blast to post stuff for you folks. Who likes the new header that I so cleverly created? Personally, I think it is just awesome. I encourage you to leave comments restating how awesome it is so that I can bask in glory.

Louie, my Damp Demon buddy, unlocked a really nice ability when I leveled him to Adult today. I was all like, "Louie, you're actually going to be useful?!?" It's so nice when they grow up... and yet so sad. The uber ability is...

Blade ~~Furry~~ Flurry (Thanks Samantha)! (click to enlarge)

This goes to my sideboard in my deck. It's great, although it doesn't stack onto my Storm Blade and Elemental Blade for some reason. Friendly, should it stack? I don't thin we've seen an Amulet or Athame that gives a card before. We want answers, or we'll mob you, Friendly! Just kidding. But answers would be nice!

After I was done fiddling around with Louie, David and I decided to mess around and see how much it would cost for some different pet combos that we have. Here's the results. I must say, you're gonna go "NO FREAKING WAY!" when you see how much gold this could cost. (The total price is in the far bottom left-hand corner). Also in parenthesis ;-), (click to enlarge).

That's not even a funny amount of gold to spend. Not even funny. I'm going to have to call of my deal with Heather Raven, me thinks. Tip: For everyone who is considering hatching, look at those prices. Say you hatch. Say you've then got zip gold left. Zip gold isn't gonna buy you the awesome new gear that's a comin' in Celestia. Keep that in mind.

By the way, I'm still working on WandCast Episode 6's editing. It's going to take me a bit, but it is an excellent show, so PLEASE don't get discouraged with WandCast. It's going to be great. There's just one thing I need to tell you about it though. The next WandCast is going to be most likely a week after the 17th. After the show a week after the 17th, we'll get into the rhythm of doing shows every other Thursday. Stay tuned for more info, and thanks for sticking with us in these tough economic times :P

Keep on Casting,

D. MoonCatcher

Egg Glitch

2010-06-13T21:03:00.001-04:00

I was in the Pet shop in the Pet Pavilion. when this dude had a egg pet!

BTW There is a Seraph pet.

BUT. Its in Kensington Park.-GOOD LUCK FARMING FOR THAT!

so HERE's EGGY!

Wouldnt it be cool to have a egg pet! and then slowly feet would come out and walk next to you?

eh what do i know. (Dont Comment I'm warning you Jessica!) :P

Peace to the spiral yo

-D. TitanRider

Wizard"101" Info's 101st Post

2010-06-11T15:06:00.001-04:00

Yep, its ironic.

Soooooo *ahem*

*clears throat*

MY HELEPHANT IS ANCIENT!
Thank you.

This uncommon move is AWESOME.

Imagine your pet running behind me in another lane or the same lane, AND WHAM.

THIS HAPPENS.

NO NOT THAT!

THIS.

For those who cant see that.....

I CAN DROPS BOMBSES! IN EVERY LANE

so image that bomber move, x4

SWEET.

Peace to the spiral yo!

(A very Suger hyper)

-David TitanRider

WOOT! A couple Main points to Share

2010-06-10T20:17:00.000-04:00

A. I GOT MY NEW DESKTOP COMPUTER!

B. THIS IS THE "NEW" WIZARD101Info's 100'th POST

Its good to be Back. Thanks to EVERYONE who gave me welcome back gifts.... YOU ROCK!

So yea.... Shipped today.

Erm That it.

and erm

bye?

Peace to the spiral yo!

David TitanRider

Homework in a Graveyard Party Announcement!

2010-06-10T17:27:00.001-04:00

Taji34 (Luke DragonTamer) is hosting a party in honor of Homework in a Graveyard. Here's the info:

(Yes, I know, it's rather late at night.)

Here's what Taji34 says there's going to be at the party:

"Details:

Host: Taji34 of Sorcerer’s Corner
When: Saturday, June 12th, 2010, 8:00PM CST – 10:00PM CST
Where: Death Tower, Nightside,
Realm: Dworgyn, Area 1
Who’s invited: EVERYONE!

Events:

Best dressed contest
Pet Derby Tournament (Practice derby races)
Sunken city runs
Hatchery time
Dancing!
And many other things (to be determined during the party)

Please if you have already posted this on your blog please make a new post stating the new date and time, also if you have a blog and you haven’t posted this please do! It is my first event and i want a good turn out! Thank you!

And remember, Tenure for Dworgyn!"

Sounds like fun! Be there or be square!

Keep on Casting,
D. MoonCatcher

Blogger Spotlight: "On Spell Cards and Monsters: A Wizard 101 Blog"

2010-06-10T06:39:00.000-04:00

I just thought that I'd give a shout out to Wolf WinterStaff, because I think that his blog is one of the best I've seen in a while. He's got really rich posts, is completely aware of grammar, and is an excellent blogger. He knows what he's doing. Anyway, please check out his blog, "On Spell Cards and Monsters: A Wizard 101 Blog". I love that name, which is partly why I gave him the blogger shout out.

You rock, Wolf!

Keep on Casting,
D. MoonCatcher

David, I'm Coming Through For You.

2010-06-09T15:42:00.001-04:00

I've just read the post that David made about his frustration with Wizard 101. It's a serious problem that he can't get into Wizard 101 with his achy old dinosaur computer. The reason it's such a problem is because up until Wizard 101 (and a bit of Pirates Online) David and I didn't communicate to often. True, emails were sent, but we never got the full experience of playing side by side in an interactive way. Wizard 101 has been our one big chance at that, and I am not going to let David quit. I have a master plan.

If I know David TitanRider, I know that he isn't going to quit if he has something nice to come back to. Here's what would be a huge letdown for him; coming back to Wizard 101 after a ton of time and finding out that everyone is ahead of him and that his Helephant is a Teen and that he doesn't have the Ianthine Spector. If I can get all of these things for him and make sure he doesn't fall behind, he'll come back to the game once he gets his computer, and he won't abandon the wonderful W101 community during his tedious wait.

I propose that I, Dustin MoonCatcher, will make David's time out of the Spiral as enjoyable as possible by (1) getting him the Ianthine Spector pet, (2) leveling his Helephant to Adult, and (3) giving him some great messages from the community.

Alric RavenSinger and friends, this is to you. All of you artists out there in the Spiral, this is your time to shine. Send me a card for David with a nice message or something about Wizard 101. Be it a tip, get well soon, or a code for 60,000 Crowns which I'm sure my cousin wouldn't refuse, send it. I'll pass it on to him. You can contact me with @mooncatcher101 on Twitter and by email at wizard101stuff@gmail.com. Please, let's help David feel better!

Because right now I'm logging on to Wizard 101 using David TitanRider. And I'm proud of it. Join the cause.

Keep on Casting,

D. MoonCatcher

The Frustration and Horrible thoughts.....

2010-06-09T14:49:00.000-04:00

Frustration. Its all in my head. Think about it..... Dustin is so ahead in the pet thing and I can even play. Next Amber (SMOCK!) Stargem is gone too. So i am so BORED and annoyed how everyone else is at ancient and adult, and guess what!.... My Helephant is a teen.

So yea here is my thoughts. "Should I quit?"

I had that question buzzing around my head for the last week.

I hope Dustin pulls through and gets me that Ianthine Spectre when i rejoin. Hopefully. he hasnt tried much but idk. More thoughts.......

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Well my new Desktop is coming soon. but for the next 7 MONTHS, no allowance. so yea. "Should I quit?" no...... "Should I quit?" NO.... "Should I quit?" SHUT UP ALREADY "How can i shut up, I'm you...." Just Shut up! "Fine, have fun telling yourself to shut up" well "Should I??"

Peace to da Spiral,

A very Bored

David TitanRider

Dustin Knows Best!

2010-06-07T20:28:00.002-04:00

Before I kick off this post, let me tell you something that I've already told Kevin BattleBlood :) Let us call it my personal "tippy tippy" from me to you.

Don't buy a Mega Snack Pack unless you have money. This means don't even look at it in the Crowns Shop and say, "Gee, that looks mighty fine!" Don't even do that. Just take a deep breath and resist temptation. Unless, of course, you really wanna buy it. =

I decided to tell this to all of you because the Mega Snack Pack is even more addicting than I conceived when I first heard about it. Seriously, it's so nice. You watch your pet FLY through the levels. Once a Mega Snack player, always a Mega Snack player. I'm already trying to convince my mom that I just NEED $10 worth of Crowns to unlock a new level for my pet. That's right; I got Lord Zeus halfway to Ancient-town with a single Mega Snack Pack. That's some serious unfiltered awesomeness.

I've also decided who's going to get trained after Lord Zeus gets to Ancient. And the winner is...

Click to enlarge.

My trusty old companion, Sir Jake! He's getting trained because of the potential he's got. Check out all those Epic abilities he's able to unlock. Man, oh MAN! Not to mention he's got the COOLEST running animation of all the pets in the Derby, and the highest pedigree I've seen yet. That's got to do with his potential, so yup.

Click to enlarge.

For those who don't know about it, the iPhone 4 came out today! Gonna buy it, Friendly??? I linked it so you can check it out. Have fun daydreaming, everyone!

During my quest for the Storm Snowman pet, I achieved my highest damage points EVA. Here's the thing. I was in so much shock I didn't even snap a screenshot with the amount of damage I did. This is what I got:

Click to enlarge.

Stupid Kraken.

Click to enlarge.

Anyway, I'm going to send KingsIsle a message seeing if they can go back and see the amount of damage I got there. I know it was around 22,000, but a solid number would be quite awesome.

I'd like to take a moment to say a little farewell to Amber StarGem, the Myth Master, who is leaving her blog today. She was the original Myth Rep in the GWC, and she's always got a room at Dustin's house should she need it, with a purple Mander waiting on her hand and foot. You hear that, Amber? Don't lose touch! We really really like you! My other message to you: Don't delete the Myth Master. I know, you say you're quitting forever, but from experience I know that a time might come where you wish you hadn't deleted your blog. Trust me. Let it stand as a testimony to the awesomeness of you, Amber. Rock on.

Keep on Casting,

D. MoonCatcher

KingsIsle Hits Home-Run with the Addictive Mega Snack Pack

2010-06-06T19:52:00.000-04:00

I haven't even used one of these new packs on my pet yet, and I already know I'm going to have to buy one. JUST one pack...

That's what I'll be saying when I've got Lord Zeus to Epic off of Mega Snack Packs. *sigh*

Let me tell you, KingsIsle was really smart as a business with this one. They make the system to level your pet incredibly slow, and then just when the community is screaming for a solution, they release a (for lack of a better word) cheat that lets you level your pet with incredible ease. Really smart on their part. Especially since these things cost 5 bucks a pop.

Anyway, that's just my take on the Mega Snack Pack. I'll be getting some Crowns pretty soon and Lord Zeus is going to get to Ancient... Hey, maybe if I spend 10 more bucks I'll get Lord Zeus to Epic... Then again, that's exactly what KingsIsle wants me to think...

Before I sign off, let me apologize for not being around to post for about 3 days. My weekend has been incredibly busy. This is my last full week of school, and then I have 3 days until summer. My school's out on the 16th, so I'll be coming to that Ravenwood Radio episode :) Stephen knows how excited I am, don't you, Steve? Maybe little Dustin can do a segment on all the awesome stuff we might get during this summer because I'm SO EXCITED!?!? Just kidding...

Keep on Casting,
D. MoonCatcher

Lord Zeus Becomes One With the Force!

2010-06-03T20:42:00.002-04:00

Geez, I really have no reason for titling this post "Lord Zeus Becomes One With The Force!". It sort of just occurred to me while I was figuring out a reasonable title. The becoming one with the Force part just sounds so cool. Ian aka Stormywiz, this is for you-

And this ought to scare all my fellow Star Wars fans out there-

Who doesn't love Darth Yoda? Awesome sauce!

Okay, sorry about that. I let my inner Star Wars geek take over. Back to Lord Zeus...

Let me start with the Cannon Game glitch. I was about 10 XP points away from Adult with Lord Zeus when the glitch came into my virtual world yet again. I was thinking, "NO way. 10 points away from "Hatchability", and I'm unable to play my favorite mini-game?" KingsIsle has to fix this thing soon.

Anyway, this left me able to play the only other Pet mini-game I'm decent at, the Maze Game. Here's how close I got (click to enlarge)-

I have no doubt that everyone can feel the frustration that coursed through me when I saw this. 1 point away! And then, THIS, as it was meant to be all along (click to enlarge)-

I've got an Adult Pet now! Good thing those stressful teenage years are over ;-) I look forward to using these cool new abilities in the Derby and fights from now on!

I must also add these two things (click to enlarge)-

That right there is my new highest hit record in Wizard 101; 17020 damage!

There you can see Nathaniel FireEyes (an IRL friend of mine) finishing the Father Drake tower and unlocking the quest to Malistaire! Nice work, Nathaniel.

Okay! Thanks for reading, folks! Be sure to donate to the buy David an awesome laptop fund so he can get himself an Adult Helephant to go along with good ol' Lord Zeus who just bought a condo in Triton Avenue to celebrate his independence from his controlling father, me.

Keep on Casting,

D. MoonCatcher

A Rant & The June Ravenwood Bulletin

2010-06-02T20:01:00.000-04:00

Some exciting news came with the June edition of the Ravenwood Bulletin! As Fallon said, "Here's the most noteworthy":

I'm so psyched! And did everyone see the special on Wizard 101 that KVUE did? You can click here to watch it. You get giant sneak peeks at the visuals of Celestia, so it's worth watching a hundred times.

Just kidding. But it's a great video.

If anyone wants to read the whole Ravenwood Bulletin (which I suggest you do because it has a special write-up from Todd J. Coleman about trading enhanced Treasure Cards), please, click here!

Ravenwood Radio is tonight as well! Be in the chatroom at 8 or 8:30 PM (be safe and go at 8). Unfortunately, I'm unable to attend yet again due to a condition I've told myself I have that I am calling rapid time disorder. Basically, I've got this problem where I feel like I don't have enough time to get ready for school in the morning (it happens with other stuff too), so I get up at 5:37 (the waking up at weird times like the 37 is part of it, too) just so I don't freak out. I know, it's completely irrational, but I have serious panic attacks (like stomach goes nuts, head hurts, REALLY freaks out) if I don't have at least 1 hour and 25 minutes to get done everything I've got to do in the morning. This is also the answer to why I've decided that it's healthiest for me to go to bed at a maximum time of 8:45 PM EST, no exceptions. So yup... This is part of the reason I'm going to a new school next year, though, so that's about it. I'll be a regular all summer long and a lot of next school year for Ravenwood Radio, though!

Thanks for reading the rant and the Ravenwood Bulletin!

Keep on Casting,
D. MoonCatcher

Holy Celestia!

2010-06-02T17:56:00.000-04:00

CELESTIA IS TOTALLY GONNA BE AWESOME!

There is this AWESOME vid that shows a bit of Celestia, and what I saw was AWESOME

Do you want the link?

Now?

really?

ok ok ok

Here it is!

(Its also on the Wizard101 Ravenwood Bulletin)

http://www.kvue.com/home/Austin-gaming-company-focuses-on-family-fun-95410219.html

It Looks so sick awesome!

Tech Problems. EXPENSIVE Tech Problems

2010-06-01T19:28:00.000-04:00

Ok so I have this AWESOME XPS 410 gaming computer i've had for since Wizard101. and a coupla days ago...... IT TOTALLY CRASHED AND BURNED. Like the Hardrive is fried, and I gotta buy a new cpu for my computer. You might be wondering "How are you typing this now?" well that my friends, is because of a OLD computer thingy I had in the basement. Still works all right but slow as a poor noob without a mount. (No offense intended to those without mounts) cause mounts dont make people great, having a fast computer with wicked gaming skills DOES.

:)

Oh yea. EXPENSIVENESS.

A new XPS 410 computer costs........

erm well lets just say over $$$$$1,000

And, I am not the kind of kid who has 1k in his wallet.

So *ahem* in case none of you are following me.

I DONT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY!

Also, as Cassandra GriffenDreamer Puts it best.

"YOU'RE ALL LUCKY!"

Peace to da Spiral

(a rather depressed)

-David TitanRider

The Volcanic Duo Chronicles, Introduction

2010-05-31T17:25:00.000-04:00

It's finally my time to try my hand at fan writing. I've read many of the stories on wizard101.com, but I never actually wrote one because I felt that it would promote me to a new level of geekiness :-) Of course, I mean no offense to those who've written fan stories about Wizard 101. The stories are excellent! That's why my conscious has finally won over. My story is called the Volcanic Duo Chronicles. Okay, time for me to start writing...

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The Volcanic Duo Chronicles, Introduction

a Wizard 101 fan story by Dustin MoonCatcher

There was only one time before when David TitanRider had felt the power of a storm of such magnitude. He didn't talk about that time, because it was before the Order had fallen, and any time before the Order had fallen wasn't good for discussion with the... current circumstances. The name, he thought, don't let yourself think about it now... They're at the height of their power now, don't think of it now! But he was. He couldn't help himself. Thoughts of the days when he had walked Wizard City with pride, having just discovered the world of Celestia... If only he had known what horror it would bring... Everything could have been prevented. It was of no matter, however, because the storm that had generated this flashback in David's mind was stirring even more persistently in the distance. And quite an amazing site the storm was. It was simple a column of vibrant yellow lighting, booming powerful thunder, and rain pounding like glass, all swirling around the center of the storm. Something important was in the center of the storm; David's pyromantic sense for thrills could feel it.

And as he stood on his porch, with trees wildly whipping towards the ground, the sky darkened. David's hair was suddenly whipped back from his face as the column drew closer, leaving behind it smaller storms that were expanding to consume the entire fields that surrounded David's place of residence for miles and miles in every direction. To describe the storm further would be impossible, expect for adding that where ever the storm hadn't passed was blossoming with pure Life. Beautiful blue skies, completely cloudless without a worry. Blissful blue. However, if what he suspected was in the center of the storm was really... well... in the center of the storm, than all of his dreams since the purge would have come true.

The storm was very close now, coming up the rolling hills close to the house. In the distance, David saw a flock of piggles poke their heads out of the trees, and seeing the uncontrollable storm, made an inaudible squeak and darted pack into the forests. The storm roared. The fields around the single house were not visible due to the storm eating away. David's house was the chocolate center and the hills around it were the cookie. The storm was the mouth munching away. Even due to the potential peril of his situation, David leaned against the column that started the steps down to the front walkway and laughed, thinking of the Gobblers he and his faithful cousin, Dustin MoonCatcher, had utterly demolished. Dustin had laughed and called David and him the "Volcanic Duo" as the Gobbler King had grabbed a chicken leg and floated away into the unknown areas of the Spiral that David would one day help discover.

And that was the moment when David realized that what is in the center of the ravenous storm was not a foe, but a friend. He sprinted down the steps, his hair whipping around his Fire-symbol beret. Looking up at the storm, he noticed that it was starting to become skinner to fit the narrow path of trees that marked the entrance to the walkway of David's walkway. Not only skinner, but smaller and more condense, fading away more and more as the cylinder column got closer. Smaller, smaller, smaller, smaller, until David could make out a hat with a feather sticking out of the right side.The lightning sizzled to a stop, and the thunder gave one last threatening boom, as the column of pure storm came to a halt, finally shrinking in on itself so it almost no longer existed. Standing on the last little shred of cloud was none other than his best pal, Dustin MoonCatcher.

As the cloud puffed and was extinguished, Dustin hopped to the ground and shook a speck of lint from the shoulder of his flawlessly made robes. "Hey there, cuz," Dustin exclaimed pompously to David while extending his hand, "Long time, no see! I trust you've discovered another world, eh? We do need one, more than ever, as I will inform you... Troubling things are occurring. And I've gotten the academy up and running as well! But what's your story? What have you been up to the past 2 years?"

"Didn't we agree that you opening a school would cause Ravenwood to burn to the ground?" David said grimly while shaking Dustin's hand.

"That sounds so much like you, man! Anyway, come on inside for debriefing. 2 years on this little island definitely would put a fellow behind quite some bit..."

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Well, that's the introduction! I hope everyone liked it! If you've got any feedback, PLEASE leave a comment for me, and not to mention a rating as well!

Keep on Casting,

D. MoonCatcher

Summer 2010 Student Teacher Elections Results!

2010-05-31T08:49:00.001-04:00

It's here! We finally know who won the elections! Here's the list that Wolf (who I haven't seen in-game for a while) made (click to enlarge)-

Thanks to everybody for voting and supporting MoonCatcher! I'm sure that David will run and win next time, and I STILL support TITANRIDER. Plus, in the fall when I'm not running, I can devote my campaign fully to David.

Keep on Casting,

D. MoonCatcher

"What Did I Tell You!"; Luck of the Stormish & Haley's New Garb

2010-05-30T17:41:00.000-04:00

Remember way back here when I ranted on the old Wizard 101 Info that Diviners had the most luck of any of the Schools? I'm starting to get even more proof of the theory!

The Ravenwood Ball! What a blast! Guess what though? My computer was running so slow that I was stupid enough to not take any screenshots to share with all of you! My apologies. And although I hate to admit it, I left the ball when it was maybe halfway over because it was just making Dustin walk at a footstep per five seconds.I'd like to give a special thanks to Fallon ShadowBlade for creating Diary of a Wizard and the Connect X. Also, thanks Stephen and Leesha for the Red Gobbler Pet... You guys want me to expand?

I know, I'm sure nobody wants to listen to me ranting about how I won the Red Gobbler Pet during the Ravenwood Ball. Guess what, folks. I'm going to write about it anyway!

Please, friends, allow me to set the scene. A frenzied chatroom full of Wizards, the number of which add up to something near 65. Everyone is on a sugar high with the cookies Christina IceDreamer has grabbed from the Gobblers (not to mention snuck under Mindy PixieCrown's weirdly shaped nose). They've just listened to Leesha announce that she's going to release a Red Gobbler Code into the chatroom. And I'd be willing to bet a fair amount of cash that only a few of them had actually opened up the Wizard 101 website, logged in really fast, and had opened up the Redeem Code panel as Leesha was talking. All except a dashingly big-headed MasterMind who went (and goes by the same today) by MoonCatcher. Dustin MoonCatcher. And as soon as that code was released, all this Student of Storm had to do was to click upon a single Internet tab. The deed was done. Here's a pic of a bunch of friends and I around the newly named Teddy, the Red Gobblers (click to enlarge)-

Well, that's that. I also had a great time today hanging with Haley MoonCatcher, who just got to Level 15 and managed to get her hands on some Crowns. She's stitched to some cool gear, bought a White Mare mount, and got an Ascendant's Staff! I'm so proud of her. Here's two screen shots I took with her. (click to enlarge)-

Trust me, when I tell you what she's named the horse, you're gonna crack up. So just get ready...

P. Lea! That's Princess Lea in shortened version! Keep on rocking, Haley! I'll keep everyone updated on her progress in Krokotopia when she lets me know how things have been going.

Oh! One last thing! You all have to see what this funny girl Lauren ThunderBlood said to me when I was fiddling around with the arrow keys in the Wizard City Robe Shop. (click to enlarge)-

LOL. She was worried about me because she thought I was lost. I told her to check on Wizard 101 Info later (she'd never heard of it before) to get a bit of a nice surprise. We'll see how that turns out.

Did anyone laugh at my "Luck of the Stormish" pun? Didn't think so :-)

Keep on Casting,

D. MoonCatcher

The Ravenwood Ball Is Tonight (5/29/10)!

2010-05-29T12:41:00.002-04:00

Be sure to come on out to the super fantastic Ravenwood Ball tonight! It should definitely be a total blast with all the uber (thanks for the word, Friendly) Wizards out there. I look forward to meeting some new bloggers, Wizard 101 Central members, etc. Here's the info on the Ball:

Date: March 29, 2010 (today :P)
Time: 7:00 PM EST, 6:00 PM CST, 5:00 MST, 4:00 PST, (and for our Comedy Theurgists) 2:00 AM WET
Location: Ravenwood Campus
Realm: Vampire
Area: 1

I strongly recommend coming if you can get the chance. However, I believe that you have to be a member of the Diary of a Wizard Connect X. I don't know how they're actually going to check this though. There's going to be most likely a ton of people that show up. I just can't see somebody going around with an invite list and checking to make sure that there's nobody there who isn't from the group. Also, they can't really say that people who aren't members can't come, unless they're in an agreement with KingsIsle. Can't anyone just walk into Ravenwood? You can't really tell them to leave because they're not a member of a certain group... Well, you ~~can~~ ~~tell them, but they might not listen... You guys get the idea.~~

[***UPDATE*** The being a member thing to attend is wrong. Anybody can show up! However, you have to be a member of Diary of a Wizard Connect X to join in the the contest which is explained here. You don't need to be a member to enter the Pet Master's contest, which you can find the information on here. You really don't have much time left to enter, so if you're going to, get cracking. The Ball is tonight! ***UPDATE***]

Ravenwood Radio's Stephen & Leesha will be doing live "red carpet commentary" during the event. Click here to access their chatroom when the time is right.

See you all tonight!

Keep on Casting,
D. MoonCatcher

KingsIsle Semi-Addresses the Cannon Game Glitch

2010-05-28T19:52:00.001-04:00

The annoyance has been extreme, but KingsIsle has pretty much come through for us once more!

Everyone remember the Cannon Game glitch? Here; this screenshot ought to refresh your memory-

The reason that this glitch was so frustrating was because after you shot your three totally hopeless shots at the target, you would have a decrease in your Pet Energy. I wouldn't be complaining if when you missed it counted as a shot. That would be a glitch worth having around, especially if you haven't always been good at the Cannon Game like this one Storm Wizard I know all to well. *ahem*

Anyway, KingsIsle has just announced that if you're having problems with this glitch, just press escape on your keyboard and you'll be taken straight out of the mini-game without having any Pet Energy deducted. They also would like to mention that they're working on getting the glitch all worked out!

Thanks, KingsIsle, for trying to make the game as good as possible. We all look forward to when the Cannon Game is fixed for good.

Also, what does everyone think of the new template? Good or awful?

Keep on Casting,
D. MoonCatcher

Unleash The Pets!

2010-05-28T01:05:00.000-04:00

So, my friends, the Pet Update has arrived, bringing with it immense fun for all and a great new experience in the world of Wizard 101! After my first one or days with this new edition, I thought I'd share what I've been up to. Doesn't sound like a bad idea, does it?

My Stormzilla, Lord Zeus, has been my big focus for pet grinding in these past few days.

I've got to say that the Emerald Champion badge for completing every quest in Mooshu is really nice. And some may notice that I've been using my old Dustin robes lately. That's because I'm sorta torn. But that's the story for another post! Right, about Lord Zeus... I've been grinding him as best as I can so that if I ever get on the good side of Amber StarGem or can convince Heather Raven, I can have Lord Zeus mate with an Orthrus. That would turn out quite nicely, but I would need 80,000 Gold, I think.

That thing is so sick. Just so insane!

Well, until I can achieve that, there is perhaps another cool (not as cool as THAT) pet that I got with this new update. I have a Lightning Bat! (Heh, heh, heh, Friendly!)

That's Sir Sebastian, the latest edition to the MoonCatcher family of pets! He's got nothing special yet so stay tuned! Unless you consider his shockingly awesome looks and Lightning Bat card not special as I do... Nah, Sir Sebastian is cool.

Oh, yes, and FRIENDLY, call the glitch dog! *here, GLITCHY GLITCHY!*

Can anyone tell me what is WRONG with this picture?

Thanks to David's expertise training, I've finally gotten the hang of the Cannon Game. However, when I hit a Bull's Eye, I'd appreciate it if it counted instead of saying that I didn't hit.

Just a thought. It might make sense ;-)

Here's the stats on Lord Zeus as of May 28 in-case anyone wants to know.

And a great screenshot of me on my Bengal Tiger. What a great shot!

Look forward to seeing everyone in Spiral!

Keep on Casting,

D. MoonCatcher

Pets Go Live Today (5.26.10)!

2010-05-26T06:32:00.001-04:00

In roughly an hour and a half (it's 6:25 AM EST right now) the entire Wizard 101 community (unless you're at school :() will be able to hop on the game, type in their username & password, press login, and begin a download.

The Pet Update goes LIVE REALM today, May 26!

Behold!

One word, folks, just ONE word:

w00t!

Keep on Casting,

D. MoonCatcher

Wizard101 Information

The End.

The Beginning

Grandmaster Gardener

Exceedingly Tedious Various Updates from Dustin, Abridged.

Does it work?

Kingsisle Open Chat Change. (****PATCHED****)

Some Wacky Observations and Experiences

Signing Off Until The New Year

We Become Even More Of Legends In Our Own Egos

DING! Lvl 60!!!!! :D

Two Way Renovating

Astral Magic Mastered!

Early Questing in the Crustacean Empire

Back In Business - Grand Re-Opening!

Untitled

Celestia, Gardening, lvl 56, and Treant Polymorphing!

Dustin MoonCatcher's Musings: Side Project.

Celestian Diaries, Number 2 (Rant Included!)

Celestia Diaries, Number One

Auras... Well, I Called It!

Another Fanfic, in Dustin's View!

David's Fanfiction.

Celestia Is Here, And So Am I!

Homework, you stink.......

Sorry Guys... I Have to Take a Stop for a BIT!

Been Busy, Very Busy

WandCast… Well, It's Finished.

The Bartleby Broadsheet, August 2010 Edition!

Dusky Hits Krokotopia!

Wayfinder Hats Put On No Auction

What I'm Doin'.

WandCast 10 LIVE Tonight (8-19-10)!

WandCast 9 is Available For Download!

Big Scheduled Maintenance

Decisions?

Sorry, I'm a Bit Late. But a Contest Has Been Announced!

WandCast 9 LIVE Tonight on August 5th!

Behold the Mighty SHARK!

The Struggle between the 2(and more) worlds.....

And... Real Life Wins!

KingsIsle Announces Wizard101 "Personas" for Firefox

This idea definitely came from a Storm Wizard.

Yeppers!

A whole bunch of old memories.......

A OMG moment, courtesy of M.W.S.

WandCast 8 Available for Download!

New Beckett Stuff!

WandCast Episode 8 LIVE TONIGHT!

The Wizard 101 Bloggers Club All-Star Meet & Greet Announcement!

Haley the Journeyman & Bubba the Mythzilla

A Celestia Reveal on National Blogger's Day!

WandCast 7 Available for Download!

A closer examination of the Update Notes!

Featured Wizard 101 Blogger: Duncan D. of Necromancy of Ice

Contest On WandCast 7!

Stuff, and Waiting

Stuff You Already Knew, But Maybe Didn't.

WandCast 7 LIVE Tonight at 8:30 pm ET!

Dustin's Newest Robe and a Minotaur of Life!

Mac Users Across the Spiral, Rejoice!

Dustin Beats The Warehouse... On Tape!

Important Time Change Message for WandCast Episode 7

Celestia Pre-Quest Documentary, Part 1

Celestia Pre-Quests Arrives on the Test Realm Plus a Date for WandCast 7!

Celestia is on Test

Dates, David, and Dastardly Deeds

Haley MoonCatcher's Contest

A Huge Breakthrough for Diviners Across the Spiral

Celestia Dude REVEALED-Celestial Clothing

Luke DragonTamer's Fanfic

WandCast Episode 7 Officially Canceled

Why, Kestrel, WHY?

TWO new pets!

A Fancy Rant of Fanciness

Standardizing WandCast for the Summer!

A Therapeutic Solution, I Guess...

Life Tower Glitch

A Final Date for WandCast Episode 7

WandCast Episode 6 is Available for Download!

Kingsisle Open Chat Change. (PATCHED)