News, News, and More News...

It's been 9 days since my last post; sorry about that. My computer was internet-less for a little more than a week. But worry not, for The Spirit Keeper is back...again! So what's new in the Spiral? Well, let's see:

Wizard101 Central's 2nd Birthday is in 2 days. If you haven't already, make sure you check out their Birthday Contest, "A Day in the Life of a Wizard!" Submissions are due by August 31th, 9pm CST.
Speaking of birthdays, today is Fallon Shadowblade's 33rd Birthday. Make sure you wish her a happy one either on Diary of a Wizard, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, or in person.
On a lesser note, KingsIsle is testing updates to the log in server. "So login, log out, log back in to the Test Realm and really stress out our new login servers to the fullest. With your help, we'll be able to make logging in faster for everyone!" So what're waiting for, go have a party in the Test Realm already!

A new abracadoodle is out. You can check that out here.

Wizard101 Producer Leah Ruben aka Dalia Falmea has written a letter to the Wizard101 community. Along with her thoughts and tips, Professor Falmea provides a pic of an awesome new mount, pet, or monster for Celestia?! You can view the entire letter here. On this note, check out my latest poll: "Piggles or Ninja Pigs?" in the sidebar to the right.

Pet of the Day in The Spirit Keep has been changed to Pet of the Week, so stay tuned...

In other news, I made 2 new videos with some footage I just had lying around. The first video is a Runescape Recruitment Video for The Lords, a faction of the Triumverate(Massive clan split into 3 parts). The footage is like a year old since its from when I played Runescape, another MMORPG. But it's in HD, so if you're into Runescape, and are thinking of joining the Triumverate, check it out. The other video is a Wizard101 PvP Tribute, also in HD. I had a lot of PvP footage, unused songs, no internet, and time on my hands. Neverthelesss, the video came out nicely. You can view both videos below.

Post your comments, questions, issues about anything below in the comments section. I look forward to hearing from you!

-The Spirit Keeper-

I'm Back...and More!

As you may or may not have noticed I've been AFK for a little less than a week. I've been busy with visiting relatives, but now their gone and I'm back. So what's new in the Spiral since I last posted, let's see:

Wizard101 Central's 2nd Birthday is on August 13th. Happy Birthday Wizard101 Central!

To commemorate their birthday, they are holding the Contest of All Contests which opened yesterday. You can find all you need to know about the contest here.

While farming in the Spiral I found 2 new pets! But instead of telling you who they are, I'm starting a new chain post called Pet of the Day! Everyday I'll feature one of my pets with its name, picture, short biography, any special abilities it might have, and where I found it. So stay tuned.

I've stitched my Grandmaster Gear. These are my before and after pictures:

Can't think of anything else. Oh yeah, I've added a list of all the blogs I follow to the side bar so feel free to check those out. There's been quite a few good posts in the past week. That abot wraps it up, stay tuned for my next post: The First Ever Pet of the Day.

-The Spirit Keeper-

Last of the T-Shirt Designs: Fire /T-Shirt Deign Poll

This is my last T-Shirt design. I think it is the second best design(after Life) that I made. The design resembles a bal of fire which I have to admit looks pretty sick(good sick, not bad sick). Tell me what you think: likes, dislikes, comments. I'll also be holding a poll, for best T-Shirt Design. So make sure you vote for your favorite Shirt in the sidebar to the right>.
You can find all the T-Shirt designs with the individual Logos on my W101 Central page here.

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Unlease your Inner Shakespeare!

Over at Wizard101 Central, Hanamana started a cool contest, A Picture Paints a 1000(scratch that) 1750 Words Writing Contest, with amazing prizes. I know prizes is what you're really after so here they are:

The contest involves writing a story(1250-1750 words) featuring this scene(see below) in your story. So basically the sky's the limit.

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The deadine is August 8th at 8:59pm CST. All the rules can be found here, and entries can be submitted here. So you still have time to write your story and enter! And yes, I just finished my entry. You can read my story here, and tell me what you think. Any and all criticisms are appreciated.

P.S. Is it just me, or do I have a thing for contests?

My T-Shirt Designs!

As promised, here is the design for the T-Shirt I submitted to KingsIsle T-Shirt Design Contest. Let me know what you think about it, especially if you would buy it. On that note, Loremaster Johnist has started a new contest along the same lines. So if you made more T-Shirt deigns, feel free to check out his contest: Artisitic Shirts- The Reshuffle. I'll post the rest of my designs after Loremaster Johnist makes the entry thread for his contest. So stay tuned!

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Zazzle T-Shirt Contest: Deadline Tomorrow!

The deadline for KingsIsle's Zazzle T-Shirt Contest is tomorrow, July 15th! So if you haven't already submitted a T-Shirt design, now's your chance.

The 1st place prize is 10,000 crowns and your shirt could be featured in the Zazzle Store!

You can enter the contest here, and view the Official Rules here.

I've already designed a Life T-Shirt and entered it into the contest. After the contest I'll post a picture of my design. I enjoyed designing the Life T-Shirt so much, that I also designed T-Shirts for all the Schools! I'll post pictures of those too, after the contest.

Best Little Dorm Contest Winners!

This Saturday, Paige MoonShade officially announced the winners for the Best Little Dorm in Wizard City Contest.
The "Grand Goldfish" winner was AshleyS, having won a Storm School house, a 1 month paid subscription, 2500 crowns, a Starlight Pony (Permanent) and an Umbra Sword! Congratulations!

There were also a bunch of other winners in different categories. You can find out who they are and see their winning rooms by clicking here.
I was among the lucky few who won (1 of 4) in the "Judge's Jellyfish" category; Thanks to the anonymous Judge #4. I won a Shardtail Dragon pet, a 1 month subscription and 2500 crowns. , my Shardtail Dragon is enjoying the company of my other dragon pets at my Life House, I'm enjoying the 1 month subscription finishing up my GH and Crafting quests, and my little brother is enjoying the 2500 crowns (I owed him). If you haven't seen my dorm already, you can view it by reading my post here.

Thanks Paige, the judges(especially Judge #4), and KingsIsle for holding the contest! It was so much fun decorating my dorm. Can't wait for the next one!

Late News: Best Little Dorm Entry

I know the deadline for entries to the Best Little Dorm in Wizard City Contest has passed and the judges are in the midst of choosing potential winners. But since I did spend some time decorating my dorm for the contest and I'm sure I have a pretty good chance of winning in at least one of the categories(fingers crossed), I think it deserves its own blog post.

For those of you who don't know, the contest is looking for those wizards and witches, who can best decorate their dorm rooms in a Celestia theme.

At first I was going to decorate my dorm in a half submarine/underwater theme. However, when I was done, there was just a lot of stuff everywhere and I can honestly say it wasn't pleasing to look at. I don't know what it is about messy rooms but I hate seeing dorms, and homes where stuff is just all over the place. For me order and simplicity are a priority. And so I gutted the dorm and started from scratch. After a few hours of moving furniture around, and exploiting my skill for defying Newton's Law of Gravity I came up with this:

Tell me what you think in a comment either below or on Youtube, either will do.
Thanks for reading!