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

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 LIVE Tonight on August 5th!

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.

And... Real Life Wins!

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

WandCast Episode 8 LIVE TONIGHT!

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!

Contest On WandCast 7!

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.

WandCast 7 LIVE Tonight at 8:30 pm ET!

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

Important Time Change Message for WandCast Episode 7

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

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!

Why, Kestrel, WHY?

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

Standardizing WandCast for the Summer!

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 Final Date for WandCast Episode 7

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
      

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

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

Short n' Sweet: I'm Back!

How's it going, all you Wizards out there? Good? Great! Well, as you may have been able to guess, I'm back from the break that I announced a few posts ago when I was all sad about WandCast.

Since I'm on the topic of WandCast, allow me to elaborate. Remember how I said I was going to use Livestream's built in recorder from now on? Well, I'm sure everything would work super fine if Livestream worked fine. I set the stinking thing to record the broadcast... and what do you know. Lemme give you a hint: You tell a person not to look and they look. Livestream is like that person; unreliable in many ways, and a huge source of frustration. So yes, Livestream did not record WandCast,Episode 5. Should I rejoice or not? It's not like there was anything so great about it... But no, I just HAD to have a backup plan. I recorded WandCast as a backup on my Mac which was just sitting there recording the whole thing. However, I relied on hardware to do the work and so the sound quality, volume level, etc. aren't gonna be to great when I can finally force myself to release the fifth episode.

*sigh* & shrug/ (does the / come before or after the shrug?).

I appreciate the whole community for giving me support when I've been pretty upset about WandCast. It rocks. Special thanks to Cassandra LifeCaster of Comedy Theurgists (I think David is never going to shut up about how cool it was to hear someone who was actually British :-)), Heather Raven of The Wandering Conjurer, Bailey of the Friendly Family (The Friendly Necromancer), and Taji34 (Luke DragonTamer) of the Sorcerer's Corner. All of their blogs are available in the Other Wizard 101 Bloggers section on the right side of your screen, perhaps a little down.

Oh, yeah, and thanks to... Oh, out with it already! David TitanRider. Goodness, that took some effort. I'll probably regret putting his name in the smallest font size when he's yelling at me on Skype in a few hours. Cousins, I

Also, I've got a new outfit. Special thanks to Reed GiantPetal for all the great advice. Yes, and you too Kestrel!

What do you all think of it? I still have my other robe because I have two Level 50 Robes for Storm.

Here's pictures from the Live Coven Run. That thing was so much fun! Especially the raid on the Kraken while we were all transformed into Fire Elves. *ahem*

Awesome sauce at the LEAST. If anyone wants to watch what I am calling "The Raid on the Kraken", upon here you shall clicketh. That's Elizabethan English for CLICK ME NOW, DANG IT! 

Keep on Casting,

D. MoonCatcher

WandCast, Episode 5 is Going Live Today (5/15/10)!

Yeppers, right after the Live Coven Run (which I was stupid enough not to record xD) we've decided to hand out a bit more wackiness with WandCast Episode 5! Don't worry folks: I'm going to record it just in-case Livestream's recorder doesn't cooperate. I think it will. Here's the times:

Eastern: 7:00 PM
Central: 6:00 PM
Mountain: 5:00 PM
Pacific: 4:00 PM

I'm sure the show is going to rock! Remember- we're going to announce the winner of the Poster Contest and we're gonna chat about the new Pets thing. Not that it's a big deal ;-) Also, we hope to be joined by Reed GiantPetal for a special segment on how Wizard 101 Central works. You know, the nuts and bolts.

WandCast, Epiosde 5 will be recorded in our Livestream chatroom (click here). Come back here and click that link when the time is right!

I've got a feeling this show will be good, or lucky. I've also just noticed that the date of the show, 5/15/10, are all multiples of 5, the number of the episode of WandCast. And I'm not math geek... didn't think I'd see that one :D

Yesterday, I worked with Cody on our outfit's for the Ravenwood Ball. I know, I had one, but I really started to get annoyed with the pink (I'm SORRY, Cassandra) and so now I think it looks a lot better. I'll post back with more info later today.

Come to WandCast!

-D. MoonCatcher

P.S. Yes, Kestrel and David will most definitely be there this time... AND on time!

Live Run Of The Coven Is TOMORROW (5.14)!

Okay, folks, haven't been on here in a bit! Had some homework (annotating "Macbeth"; Lady Macbeth is easily my favorite character), etc., etc. I'm really looking forward to finishing up Grizzleheim, and having all the devoted Wizard 101 Info and WandCast followers there to witness it!

The time and date are as follows:

Time: 8:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (United States)
Date: May 14, 2010

And come to our Livestream page! Come back and click here tomorrow so you can tune in!

WandCast, Episode 5 is going to be on Saturday (5/15) at 7PM EST. I will make a full post on that tomorrow.

Keep on Listening (and watching Dustin finish GH)-

D. MoonCatcher

WandCast 5 LIVE!

Okay, so after MUCH preparation, we have pretty much a final date for WC Episode 5! Here you go:

Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 7:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (United States)

And yes, folks, we're doing this one live! Be sure to be at our Livestream page. The show is going to be much more... sophisticated  then Episode 4. It should be awesome. Again, we really need somebody who can guest star on this episode. For more information on guest starring to do a specific segment on how Wizard 101 Central works, click here. Sounds great!

Also, we're (David, Kestrel, and I) are planning to do a live run of the Coven in Grizzleheim. We really need a 4th teammate, though! Here's when we have scheduled to do the run:

Date: May 14, 2010
Time: 8:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (United States)

If you think you've got what it takes to duel alongside us as we take on the Coven, email us at wizard101stuff@gmail.com. I don't mean to burst anybody's bubble, but we are not going to be taking any Storm, Fire, or Life wizards along with us because... well... that's our forte, if you will. This means that if you have an Ice, Death, or Myth wizard (let's keep them rather high leveled, please... like 40-50) then email us! Also, you must have a working account on Skype with a microphone. No video will be allowed. Just a microphone. That's all you need besides your parent or guardian's permission.

We look forward to rockin' the chatroom with you guys!

-Dustin

P.S. Alex DeathShade will be the chatroom moderator for these events.

And So It Was Decided!

Okay, I take it that everyone is okay with the idea of WandCast unedited and straight from Livestream!

Right?

The date of the next show will be posted soon. It might be in a week or two, but that's just how life is; unfair ;)

Thanks for giving your opinion on the previous post of this matter and we'll get back to you all soon with the date of WandCast 5... it'll be live!

*hehe... I rhymed!*

-Dusty (as I am called by Chase)

Eureka! An Idea! Would You Mind?

Would you guys mind if we tried something a bit new with WandCast? I've been thinking long and hard about it, and decided that the best way to do live shows for you guys would be to leave the raw version untouched, and available to be listened to at any time after the recording, which would be live. 

Let me explain. The way I had to do it with Episode 4 was to be streaming to the chatroom at the same time I was recording. Nothing was actually recorded by the software Livestream gives me. It was all recorded by this thing called Audio Hijack Pro, which is a good recorded, but it only lets me record for 5 consistent minutes before all the noise gets overlaid.

Yea, I know. shrug/

So what I've been thinking is this. I can record DIRECTLY what the live episode is using the software that Livestream  gives me. However, I don't know how I would be able to then edit it, so WandCast would have to be pretty darn good on the initial run. Does that make sense? Then, I could just post a link to the recorded broadcast and viola. We wouldn't have to do all the music in the middle of the segments, which would be nice, but we would have to just GOOO, and not do so much talking and stuff.

Personally, I think that it would make the show better, AND then we would do every show live. 

Let us know what you think by leaving a comment! Be sure to check out the WandCast page for previous episodes, updates, and info about the show! 

-Dustin 

Live Kensington Park Video Available!

Well, the video of the run has actually been available for quite a while. Anyway, I just went on Livestream and I remembered that I hadn't ever posted the video here on Wizard 101 Info. Well, here you go. This was recorded on 28th of March. Um, it's around 2 1/2 hours long, so you might wanna grab a nice soda, or whatever.

Click here!

-Dustin