The reason I am blogging about my cat? Well KI just made my day with the release of the Permanent Panther mount in the Crown Shop!
Now I can have my Charmer at home AND in the Spiral! I am one happy wizard!
Until next time, be well!
Thursday, October 27, 2011
I can haz "Charmer"?
The reason I am blogging about my cat? Well KI just made my day with the release of the Permanent Panther mount in the Crown Shop!
Now I can have my Charmer at home AND in the Spiral! I am one happy wizard!
Until next time, be well!
Defeat ...
Defeat may be a stepping-stone or a stumbling block depending on whether your attitude is positive or negative. Anon.
I ran across this quote today and it got me to thinking of many things.
First of all PvP came to mind. ;) That doesn't surprise us all TOO much does it?
Once upon a time I saw PvP and those who were in the Arena as stumbling blocks to my enjoyment of Wizard101. If I dared to set foot inside the doors Diego was guarding I was liable to be assaulted with an onslaught of badness -- language, attitude, you name it, it was there and I was outta there! so fast I would make the pixels on your head spin!
Things in the Arena have started to change, slowly, but change it has. Defeat is no longer the end of the world for some people but instead is a learning experience. And THAT my friends is a darn GOOD thing! LEARNING how to deal with defeat is NEVER an easy thing, but we can't always all be winners. LEARNING that you can overcome a strategy you thought was unbeatable, now THAT'S priceless.
The second thing that came to mind was KingsIsle. Last year they were defeated in the GDCO Audience Choice award, but this year they emerged victorious! Woot woot! Way to go KI!! The were kind enough to "bribe" their audience, as League of Legends did the previous year ;) I LIKE my Yellow Elf! It is a FIRST generation pet after all! I know many people are "complaining" that "it's a hybrid", it'd "nothing new", yadda yadda yadda. Ya know what folks? It's free! KI certainly didnt have to GIVE us anything. They choose to award us with a free pet in honor of their winning. I for one, think it's a very nice thing! Now I just need to train it up and see if I want to make it an Uber pet!
Until next time, be well!
I ran across this quote today and it got me to thinking of many things.
Once upon a time I saw PvP and those who were in the Arena as stumbling blocks to my enjoyment of Wizard101. If I dared to set foot inside the doors Diego was guarding I was liable to be assaulted with an onslaught of badness -- language, attitude, you name it, it was there and I was outta there! so fast I would make the pixels on your head spin!
Things in the Arena have started to change, slowly, but change it has. Defeat is no longer the end of the world for some people but instead is a learning experience. And THAT my friends is a darn GOOD thing! LEARNING how to deal with defeat is NEVER an easy thing, but we can't always all be winners. LEARNING that you can overcome a strategy you thought was unbeatable, now THAT'S priceless.
The second thing that came to mind was KingsIsle. Last year they were defeated in the GDCO Audience Choice award, but this year they emerged victorious! Woot woot! Way to go KI!! The were kind enough to "bribe" their audience, as League of Legends did the previous year ;) I LIKE my Yellow Elf! It is a FIRST generation pet after all! I know many people are "complaining" that "it's a hybrid", it'd "nothing new", yadda yadda yadda. Ya know what folks? It's free! KI certainly didnt have to GIVE us anything. They choose to award us with a free pet in honor of their winning. I for one, think it's a very nice thing! Now I just need to train it up and see if I want to make it an Uber pet!
Until next time, be well!
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Inquiring minds want to know ...
is there any interest out there for another 4v4 Legendary tourney? I sent this out via twitter and got 2 responses ... not quite enough for me to start planning. So let me know you if are interested either via comment, email or a tweet!
Friday, October 7, 2011
PvP and Winston Churchill?
War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can. Winston Churchill
I ran across this quote while surfing the interwebz and it reminds me quite a bit of PvP.
TPC took part in Katherine Light's the More the Moneyer Midlevel Mayhem Tournament over the past few weeks. One of the MANY reasons I haven't posted in a while, but we wont go there ;)
Katherine or (KK as I call her) was nice enough to drum up some prizes for participants based on things other than winning. One of those was a Good Sportsmanship award that she gave in my honor. Thanks KK! And that is how the above quote by Winston Churchill and PvP merged in my mind.
Cassandra StarDreamer was the winner of this award, and to quote KK: She was kind to both teams and spectators before the match, and wished even her competitors good luck. After their team lost she complimented her opponents, wished them luck in the future, and was very happy just to have been able to play a clean, fun mid level match, whether her team won or lost.
And THAT is what makes a good sportsman and the quote SO appropriate. PvP is a form of war against another team, but it doesn't mean you can't smile and have a good time while battling. As y'all know my personal opinion of PvP changed quite a bit from when I first encountered Wizard101 to now. I absolutely AND completely HATED PvP with a passion bordering on obsession! It was not the thought of PvP, but the Trolls inhabiting the Arena that turned me away. If more people had Cassandra StarDreamer's attitude I think many more would be willing to try their hand at PvP.
If you are a "hardened" Arena RAT or just a sometime player remember that we were all new to Wiz AND the Arena at one point and treat your opponents with respect.
Until next time,
Be well
I ran across this quote while surfing the interwebz and it reminds me quite a bit of PvP.
TPC took part in Katherine Light's the More the Moneyer Midlevel Mayhem Tournament over the past few weeks. One of the MANY reasons I haven't posted in a while, but we wont go there ;)
Katherine or (KK as I call her) was nice enough to drum up some prizes for participants based on things other than winning. One of those was a Good Sportsmanship award that she gave in my honor. Thanks KK! And that is how the above quote by Winston Churchill and PvP merged in my mind.
Cassandra StarDreamer was the winner of this award, and to quote KK: She was kind to both teams and spectators before the match, and wished even her competitors good luck. After their team lost she complimented her opponents, wished them luck in the future, and was very happy just to have been able to play a clean, fun mid level match, whether her team won or lost.
And THAT is what makes a good sportsman and the quote SO appropriate. PvP is a form of war against another team, but it doesn't mean you can't smile and have a good time while battling. As y'all know my personal opinion of PvP changed quite a bit from when I first encountered Wizard101 to now. I absolutely AND completely HATED PvP with a passion bordering on obsession! It was not the thought of PvP, but the Trolls inhabiting the Arena that turned me away. If more people had Cassandra StarDreamer's attitude I think many more would be willing to try their hand at PvP.
If you are a "hardened" Arena RAT or just a sometime player remember that we were all new to Wiz AND the Arena at one point and treat your opponents with respect.
Until next time,
Be well
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