Clarification

OK, so there's not another ASM&G. It looks like there's something else going on, though! Silly, confused me was just thinking about what time of year it is and how there was one about the same time last year.  Hmm... Guess we'll just need to wait and see what's coming!

(Explanation) Let's back up the train just a little bit.  Here's why:  It has come to my attention that some people are concerned with the prospect of another ASM&G. I used that acronym in hopes that the general populous would not remember what I was talking about and would just skip over it and allow for more information to come later.  Our cunning community is much like an elephant, though, and elephants never forget.  That's not the case. Some community members are already groaning about the prospect of being placed on yet another pedestal. There won't be a pedestal this time. Not one created by KingsIsle in an existing housing model nor one created by anyone else. I learned that lesson with the various fiascoes associated with the first one.


There will not be another All-Star Meet and Greet.

I am not hosting the up and coming party, and to allow the host/ess creative freedom I am playing stupid with my posting until a time comes that s/he would like to unveil the full details. Rest assured that the same problems will not be present (unless the house derps like my first party and the port bus can't get in...and there's really no way around that one!).

If you have any questions/moans/groans/complaints/grumbles/comments/etc., my e-mail is linked at the top of the blog and the comments section is always open. Please direct issues my way rather than ranting and raving in closed channels. Lack of communication is what puts our Spiral into turmoil in the first place.  If you have something to comment that you would rather not have published, tell me in the comment and I'll gladly oblige (since comments are so much faster than e-mail, I get it).  (/Explanation)

Your Friend Always,
John Lifeglen

ASM&G Rehashed?

Whaa--?  Did I hear news floating around about another ASM&G??? Hmm...I wonder what's going on, because I'm certainly not planning it! I'll update you all with more information as it comes in!

Your Friend Always,
John Lifeglen

Student Teacher?!?

So, uh...most of you probably knew this before I did, as I wasn't aware that I was on the ballot.  Apparently, I was nominated (and elected) Balance Student Teacher.  I guess this means that I now need to try and magically expand the day into 30 hours.  I'll do my best to get a guide up and mod and this and that and everything else that comes with it, but it'll take some time.  Thank you to all who voted for me and who have stuck with this weary sorcerer through it all.  I'll try and meet with the other student teachers to see if we can't throw something together in the ways of a party soon.  No promises, as I'm sure everyone has busy schedules.  I guess this also means I should be working to legendary a bit faster...oh my what a work load I have just accumulated.  It'll be a fun ride, and I can't wait to work with you all!

Your [Stunned] Friend Always,
John Lifeglen

Stayin' Alive

Hey gang! John here again with a few more updates.

First off, sorry about the extended absence; homework, work, and free time (+SLEEP) don't come easily in college.  This being said, I haven't yet worked on Celestia. 

Main purpose of this post: I have added a Ravenwood Radio countdown as a minor contribution to the community since I cannot be around to give tips or help people myself.  It is located in the right column at the top, along with the Bloggers' Club party one. (We have something in the works right now coming soon...sort of. Give it some time!!)

So, that being said, the black countdown leads to Ravenwood Radio.  Feel free to use the "Get Widget" button and repost it, I will be keeping it updated as best I can and much like Hermione's Magic Galleons or He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named's tattoos, my master countdown will update everyone else's! (In theory...still working out the kinks.)

And now I'm off to math.

Your [Incredibly Overworked] Friend Always,
John Lifeglen

Time Management

Hello Wizards!  John Lifeglen here (at last) with some news.  Not good or bad, just news.  I am still trying to be active, but my class schedule is awful and doesnt allow me much play time.  It doesn't allow for much time for anything, really.  Even this post comes speedily written as I need to get back to reading Descartes Meditations.  It's old, and a bit dull...but I have to read it. 

On another note, don't expect any Test Realm spoilers from me, I haven't bought any crowns lately enough to play there, and I don't plan to get more until CL hits the live game.  Especially not on a college student's budget. 

I'm still playing active chairperson for the Bloggers' Club of course, and if any of you enterprising members want to get out and have a party, let me know so I can hook you up with the proper endorsements, etc.  I'll change the timer for you, write something up, maybe even put it on ConnectX for you.  Just e-mail me through the link above /\ LOOK UP /\ with your Wizard's name, proposed date/time, and theme, and then I'll take care of port bus locations.  We have hit a dry spot recently and we should really be working to do something as a community!

And with that, Descartes calls.  And math, and public speaking *drowns in piles of paperwork*.

Your [Floundering] Friend Always,
John Lifeglen

Wizard101 All-Star Meet & Greet

Hey there spellcasters!  John Lifeglen here to let you in on a little secret.  The All-Star Meet & Greet is up and running!  I'll let the flier speak for itself.

Props to Cassandra Hexthorn for the amazing graphic as I am graphically challenged ;)

Yep, that's right!  All kinds of heavy hitters will be there!  This party is being hosted at my Watchtower Hall (surprised ya didn't I? Well this party will be to break it in right.  It's been constructed for quite some time now, I just wanted to unveil with a bang.  Attend the event, see the Watchtower-good deal right?).  Port busses will be loading in Golem Court of Unicorn Area One at 8:00 PM CST.  The bus will leave promptly at that time.  Two more busses will run in 15 minute intervals at 8:15 and 8:30.  8:30 is the final bus of the evening.  If you are unable to make the 8:30 bus, please comment on this post as Heather Emeraldflame (our marvelous hostess) is arranging the port bus schedules.  We hope to see you when the stars align!  Please note, the Bloggers' Club Countdown/Timer also leads to this event.  Until the timer triggers, the 1st port bus will not leave.

We hope to see you all there!

Your Friend Always,

John Lifeglen

Fun Times and a Party Tonight!

Well wizards, the weekend is over and now it's back to the grind of the week!  I literally JUST finished a Kensington run using the "Battleblood Method" as I'm going to call it!  We made it out in just over an hour, so it was a pretty good run.  No one got a Seraph or Mechanical spider though :( and no one scored any awesome furniture.  Oh well, snacks drop all over the place in there so I can feed my pets for a while without too much money being spent!

In other news, my weekend was full!  First a wedding, then a wedding dance I had to work.  The dance was a good time.  Then I had a baptism to attend on Sunday, and then we watched another Harry Potter movie with my aunt and grandma.  Oh, and official plans have been made on my vacation present! I'll keep you all in suspense though!

last but nto least, the Bloggers' Club Party is tonight, the countdown will change in only a few short hours to reveal the location of the port bus to the show!  It will be a lot of fun for everyone, and some heavy hitters might even show up! 

Oh right! Celestia has had another creature revealed on the countdown, so be sure to head over and check it out on the Celestia Countdown page!

Your Friend Always,
John Lifeglen

Bloggers' Club Party Review

SO the FIRST EVER Bloggers' Club event took place lastnight as a way to kinda pre-game for Ravenwood Radio!  It was kinda a flop to begin with but then we had some great people show up.  (Again...silly me forgetting the screenshots in all of the excitement >.<)  Anyway, I'd love to make this post my rambling list of friends who decided to drop by but I'm working on the whole "rambling" bit...and there I go again.

It didn't all go in the fashion of sunshine and daisies though, and to say it went without a hitch would just be lying to you.  Our wonderful host Edward was having some, err, connection problems caused by inclement weather and didn't make it on until later in the evening, and even then he ported to say hello and vanished mysteriously again.  Most of the Bloggers' Club members made it over, and we had a good time all in all.  Goodness, even a certain Thomas Lionblood and the beautiful and charming Bailey Skystaff made an appearance!

Ya, you heard me...the Friendlies even showed up.  Hmm...I think the Friendlies are from Percy Jackson and the Olympians...nvm, that's the Kindly Ones.  ANYWAY everyone started to pile on poor Thomas so I whispered to Bailey "port to me in a second" and then ran off to my spider pen.  I let Bailey port in when it was safe to do so and then Thomas made it into the new...uh...I think I called it a VIP Protection Box last night.  I should be considering renovations to add a box to all of my current houses and still maintain the overall themes, that would make future entertaining events more easily ready for the famous community members we need to protect. 

We all moved over to Kymma's (that's Kestrel's alt if you didn't know) house later, it was GREAT.  A rug High-dive to the pool and then a rug path to the roof of her house, it was amazing.  I found a great little bug where you can drop off of the roof, run a little ways, and end up on the ramp.  This was a Krokotopian mansion btw.  And then we headed off to Ravenwood Radio.  Excellent show last night.  Myth Study Hall was fantastic lastnight with Lisa Jonte from A Mythspent Youth.  That's an excellent blog to visit for games to play and interesting insight to our wonderful game.  The after party was fun too, Nightside certainly was hoppin'.  Quite a few heavy hitters were there.  Sometimes I feel sorry for them, seeing as they get dog piled everywhere they go :(  Oh well! Nothing I can do about it.  And now I'm logging in.

Your Friend Always,
John Lifeglen

W101 Bloggers' Club Taking Off!

Hellooooooo Spiral fans, how are you all?

I have some excellent news for you all, Malorn Willowsmith called a Bloggers' Meeting earlier today and that led to an expansion of the Bloggers' Club.  If anyone was at the meeting and needs the buttons please e-mail me HERE.  If you missed the meeting and would like to join also click there. 

Bloggers' Club is going ot be a ton of fun.  I'm already thinking about the potential for a pet farming event, and I think someone had mentioned a magic show with a certain rat magician!  Things are really shaping up well.  Submissions for future event host can be sent to my Twitter account via DM or e-mailed through the link up there. 

Everyone at the meeting was great today and I myself had a lot of fun.  I would love to mention everyone but I don't think I can remember who all was there, and being new to this I have yet to remember to "click" first and ask questions later lol.  No screenshots for this one!

Finally, I would like to remind everyone to keep an eye on the Countdown at the top.  Location will not be given until then, and asking a member won't do you any good because they don't even know :p.  This will not be another Ravenwood Ball where no one can get to the realm or area lol.  That was a lot of fun too though!

I hope to see you all Wednesday, as that is when the countdown leads to if you haven't figured that out yet.  Later :D

Your Friend Always,
John Lifeglen

PS.  A friend and I are running Kensington and it looks like those evil clockworks have been slowed down as well!  This should make Kensington a much easier farm.  Let me know what you think about this change.  I will be posting a poll on the side soon.

PARTAY = FLOP

I don't think Noon was the best time to throw a party to meet the community...DOH...what was I thinking?  I was thinking that everyone just got out of school a week ago like I did and that everyone would be online.  FAIL.  Oh well, Angela showed up for a while and we chatted, and then a bunch of Wizard City inhabitants crashed and told us we should be in a tower lol.

All in all, it was a good time for me to catch up with Angela.  Other than that, the connection problems *grumbles about weather* kept me out of commission for most of the party.  Oh well, maybe I'll hold another party soon, and maybe this one can be when people are actually at their home computers. 

Thanks to all who attended, oh and here is a screenshot I took near the end:

 This party would have been so much cooler in my pet house on test.  I can't wait for that to go live, then the real party can get sstarted...I really need to buy those crown pets soon! 

Your Friend Always,
John Lifeglen

PARTAY!!!

So in honor of this blog, I've decided to host a little party and get to know people in the community.  I'm really hoping this turns out well so I'm not terribly bored.  Lol.  I think it's high time I make my mark on the Wizard101 community as a social butterfly.  I'm going to be hosting some small get togethers where I answer questions, accept ideas for this blog, and generally rekindle the spark in my heart for this amazing game.  It's been getting a bit bland lately (thank goodness updates are pending!!!) so this is my way of staying attached.  Drop me a line sometime soon. 

Lol there I go rambling...if nothing else that will be what my reputation is for.  Oh, and speaking of blog ideas, I have a few good ones and I need more :).

Before I forget lol.  That party I mentioned will be held tomorrow from around noon central time to...eh...whenever.  Probably a good 2-3 hours all connection problems aside.  We'll (I'll) be in Ravenwood on Unicorn Area One, and I'll be on my Bengal Tiger dressed like I am in the header up there /\.  If I get a lot of people we might just adjourn to my house!  Just mention something to me to get the party started!  If I don't have any hits I'll probably just end the party after 30ish minutes.

Your friend always,
John Lifeglen