AMD, The Puppet Shows, and Mooshu!

Beta.

We all want Beta Keys.

Except for me because I am already in Beta..

I know you want some though!

AMD now has a daily Facebook giveaway, each day giving away 40 closed beta keys for a total of 200 keys given away by the end of this week!

You can find their giveaway right over here:

https://www.facebook.com/AMDGaming/app_209248032537766

Do not frown like a Monquistan who just lost a banana! No, no, no! You musn't do that because I am a Captain of the Pirate101 Twitter Watching for Cool News and have found this from one of my favorite Pirate101 Fansites, Stormgate Pirates!

So Stormgate Pirates, Legends of the Spiral, and Pirate101 Skyways are teaming up to make an ultimate Beta Key Treasure Hunt?

Interesting! I definitely can't wait to see this!

Next up, we have the Pirate101 Puppet Shows!

Pirate101 Puppet Shows are to help explain things along your way in the Spiral! They are funny and interesting.... and VERY funny!

Here is just one so I don't fill up this whole page with Puppet Pictures!

A Monquistan with a banana! Favorite Puppet Show yet!

You can find more Puppet Show pictures over here:

https://www.pirate101.com/free_game/puppet_shows

Third on our list is the new Mooshu Concept Art!

Let me show you my favorites:

This is Wan Mo! A monk in Mooshu who seeks perfection and enlightenment.

Here is a rich Noble Lady Goat! I would love to see some female Pirates wearing those clothes.. although that would be a bit difficult to battle in.

 Egg Fo Yung! One of the Pirate lords of the Spiral, who has retired but some wonder if he didn't meet a darker fate.

He looks very angry in this picture! Angry bird! With huge sandals!

Alright that's all Pirates! I hope to see you all in Beta and

REMEMBER 

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~NDA~

NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT.

Please do not ask Beta Players about Pirate101 because we will not (we should not) say anything about it until it is officially released to the general public! Beta Players, remember to not discuss, upload pictures or videos of Pirate101.

Legal action could occur!

Happy Skyway Sailing! Remember to take the Windlane, just to be safe!

Closed Beta is here!

Now I hope you are all as excited as I am! Closed Beta is finally here, and invitations are being sent all around the Spiral!

Make sure to keep a very close eye on the Pirate101 Facebook Page and the AMD Pirate101 blog for chances to get closed beta keys!

Also make sure to keep constantly checking your emails for invites! Remember to not say anything about Closed Beta if you are selected and playing!

Good luck to all! 

Yo Ho Yo Ho Combat is what I see!

Avast me hearties!

Mr. Coleman over on Facehook.... I mean Facebook uploaded some new combat images for our enjoyment!

First let's start with a non-combat image!

*Click on image to enlarge it*

It looks like your ordinary average Pirate with a Subodai companion about to talk to Sergeant Shepherd, a Marleybonian pirate!

Quest helper is indicating they are in the Temple of Gloom! Guessing from their environment, they are in Skull Island and not Valencia.

Now let's see those combat images!

Bonnie Anne is just looking pretty at the side while Subodai and Egg Fu Chen are battling those cutthroats like nobody's business! Sadly, Subodai's attack was blocked. Well, let's see how this turns out!

Subodai strikes back with a powerful attack causing the Cutthroats health to weaken greatly! Is it just me, or does not that look like an ordinary attack. Something is special about it!

Bonnie Anne decided to stop standing there and look pretty, and to go out to fight a Cutthroat! Now if you haven't noticed already, all of the Cutthroats have their own individual names. I have a feeling all monsters in Pirate101 will as well.

Bonnie Anne shouts with a monstrous sort of storm strike from her gun doing 15 damage! Has the Cutthroat been defeated?! We don't quite know yet, since Mr. Coleman hasn't released the next images of this wondrous battle! 

Oh the Pirating vibes that go through me when I explain these epic battles in Pirate101! It just makes me even more excited for what is to come! 

Thanks for reading Pirates!

Be careful on those skyways! Pick the windlane if ya know what's best for you! :)

Let's Talk Companions! A Pirate's Best Friend!

Basic Information:
Companions are your "sidekicks". They help you with your battles. They range in appearance and they have all have different, unique fighting styles!

Each time you gain a level, you gain special training points to level your companion which will make them stronger and look even cooler!

Now for the facts:

1. Your First Companion is Unique to your Pirate's Story.

From some articles on the web about Pirate101, there have been quite a few that said when you are taking your character quiz in the beginning to determine what class you will be, it also asks you a bit about your Pirate's background!

2. Addition Companions can be earned through main AND side quests.

Now on Stormgate Pirates, there is a quiz and there is a true or false question that states:

Additional Companions can be earned only through main quests.
That is....

FALSE!

Since we know additional companions can be earned through side quests, it gives us a bigger boost to do side quests! In Wizard101, most people only do side quests for extra exp to level up.

3. You can choose your favorite or most powerful companion to be your sidekick.

4. You can order your companions to pick who is most likely to help you during a battle.

Now it seems that we will be having some sort of Companion chart in which you can move around your companions, see their stats, etc.
Maybe you can order your companions to have more than one helping you in battle!

5. Companions have special powers and abilities.

6. Companions can be trained and promoted.

To promote your companion, it says there are special Companion Promotion quests. My guess is that the more you want to promote a companion, the difficult the quest will become.

So from all of this, Companions seem to be quite interesting. They help you in a battle, they look cool, they are a Pirate's best friend!

Now, what do we already know is a companion?

First let's check out the Companion Slideshow!

First slide:

Goose... Ninja.. what....?

Maybe Captain Avery can help out!

Captain? Captain Avery?

It looks like he might be doing some laundry on the ship...

Let's check his Twitter!

Scrolling.... scrolling.... GOTCHA!

Goose Student Companion, Egg Shen!

If you go to Pirate101 Central, there is a similar name..:

Egg Fu Yen.

Oh here's another picture:

And another!

They are so... eggy! 

Next!

Now this is quite an interesting companion!

Look at him. All tough looking with his mustache.

In fact, it somewhat reminds me of a Kirin. The Unicorns with mustaches!

This companion is a part of the race: The Amber Horde

The Amber Horde are very brave fighters! You can find them in Mooshu.

One Amber Horde is named Subodai! He is exiled from the Amber Hordes but he is the strongest and mightiest companions out there! Yes, I said Companion!

There is a very high percent chance that this female Pirate's companion is the great Subodai! 

Next Companion!

Oh how perfect! A Monquistan Companion! It will be mine hopefully.

It looks like a Monquistan monk, probably from the city of Puerto Mico.

All Companions have certain attributes. Here are a list of them:

That's all for now!

The question for you Pirates is:

What Pirate Companion would you want?

Zhu Ro and the Water Moles!

Ahoy Pirates!

Recently, J. Todd Coleman is just loving to tease us with some Pirate101 pictures to get us 10 times more excited for the game than we already are.

That's fine though.

It gives us Pirate101 bloggers to post about, to help you understand these images a bit more!

*Click Image to Enlarge*

Well, what do we have here?

Engaging in a battle with a Monquistador Ship named Dona Isabella!

At the bottom left hand corner, there seems to be 5 buttons around the health bubble. One of them is a skull, which probably is for the Pirate stats? Then there is a ship button which I believe could be to customize or see the stats of  the ships.

Then there is a home button! Maybe it will take us to some Ship room!

Then there is a map.. which is a map.

Then finally, there is a blue potion. 4 of them. Well, there is definitely no mana in this game, so I wonder what the blue potion does? Well I know, but I won't say anything :)

Now, at the bottom right hand corner, we can see how the ship is doing. Still confused on some of those, but Swordroll has an amazing idea on what it can be!

The quest helper is pointing to find Zhu Ru's Teahouse in Hamimitsu Garden. Well that definitely looks like it's' in Mooshu! Below is your and the Ship's experience bar. 

When a ship engages into battle with another ship, there seems to be a PvP Icon to indicate who you are in battle with!

There are some green squares on the ship.... wonder what they are...

Next on our list, we have some concept art!

Wow. Those are some big Water Moles.

The designs of these Water Moles are amazing. Maybe their stripes indicate what Water Mole Clan they are in (Nui or Waponi).

That is all for now Pirates!

Happy Sailing whether it's in a Skyway or Windlane! 

Let's Learn Combat and our Contest Winners!

Today, I want to talk about Pirate101 Combat!

In the beginning, it will most likely be very difficult to master, but you'll get used to it in time!

This is how a basic Pirate101 Battle Board looks like:

Battles begin with a planning phase! You have to select "squares" on the board to move or attack your enemy.

Enemies have a red background.
Your character and companion are fully under your control.
Inanimate objects have a brown background.
Other player's companions and characters will have a background unique to them.

In the picture above, it seems to be a Witchdoctor fighting against 2 Troggy Warriors. One of them seems to be named, "Roop".

At the top left hand corner, it is shows "Defeat All Enemies". This is what you must do to win this battle!

There are many other types of Victory Conditions such as:

Victory Conditions should always be appearing at the top left hand corner of the Combat Board.

If you win a battle, your enemies may drop treasure chests! If you see one, grab the loot within it! For more treasure, try teaming up with other players. 

You can use powers in combat!

Powers and Skills will probably appear on the lower part of the screen.

To use a power, click on the icon and select the enemy you would like to use the power against.

What happens if you are defeated? 

When you go into a zone, you are bound to something called a "Life Fountain" that is located in that current area. If you are defeated, you will appear back near the fountain to regenerate health.

I hope this lesson made it easier for you to understand Pirate101 Combat!

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In further news, congratulations to:

Jacob Legendheart

and

CountryGamer

for winning 2,500 crowns from my raffle!

Your codes will be sent via email.

New Pirate101 Pictures!

Ahoy Pirates~
New Pirate101 Pictures have been released!

I am so glad they have released so many pictures in one day!

There are 4 pictures that were posted by One-Eyed Jack on Pirate101 Central!
You can view them here:
http://pirate101.centralforums.com/forums/showthread.php?2262-Cool-Look-at-the-game!-PICTURE!/page2&p=30442#post30442

The next picture is from Mr. Coleman:

This is part of the Pirate101 Character Making progress, picking your gender. This is a picture of Boochbeard asking "Hard to say. You, there! You're standing on my blind side. Are ye a boy, or a girl?"

Well. It certainly is better than Merle's way of putting it!

From her clothes, I believe she is a swashbuckler or a buccaneer.

Now to talk about the pictures on Pirate101 Central~

The first picture is of a ship sailing through the skyway. It seems to be this pirate's first time flying!
Like Wizard101, there is the quest helper, but I wonder if "Skull" and "Island" should be spaced out... well this is in alpha after all so I am pretty sure it will be different in beta!

The second picture is with a Pirate standing in Captain Avery's office! You can actually see some items from the Emperor's Attic Pack!

The third picture shows a drop down of the Pirate's stats and information such as it's backpack, powers, companions and more! Oh, did I mention that he seems to have a Goat Monk companion?

The fourth picture is in Monquista. How do I know this? I just know. It is showing a level 35 musketeer's stats, and the quest helper is pointing to talk to Skinny Pete. The clothing this musketeer is wearing definitely looks like it's coming from Mooshu. Oh... and he has 999,999 crowns!

Lucky.....

Alright, that seems to be it! I can just feel beta is nearing, I say it will hopefully be coming sometime in Mid-August, but I might be wrong!

My Trip to San Diego and a Contest!

I went to San Diego to play Pirate101 Alpha and hopefully get a code to get into Closed Beta.

How did my trip go?

First I went into Belo, the club in which Pirate101 Alpha was located. There was one person instead of me who was playing, and I became friends with her. 

We met Fred Howard and Ben Conrad from Kingsisle! Ben was the one that we talked to the most, he always seemed to start the conversations though :)

He asked us for feedback about our Pirate101 gameplay. I said it was awesome and that it was way better than I expected it to be (and I expected it to be really good!).

Ben also gave us 2 Wizard101 mini-cards for 2,500 crowns which is valid for both Wizard and Pirate101 which I shall be using for a contest (keep reading!).

The combat in Pirate101 Alpha is a bit difficult at first, but you get used to it. The skyways were magnificent, especially in Valencia!

The environment actually has a lot of items from Wizard101! I saw many items from the Emperor's Attic Pack :)

The character selection looks really cool, and the quiz in which you take in the beginning to figure out what class you will be is hilarious! 

We got to put our emails in for a 10 closed beta code raffles! Since there were only 10 people who wrote down their emails... we all get closed beta codes which will be emailed to use when closed beta is announced and has started.

Here is a picture of a Madame Vadima at Comic-Con that I took myself:

It was very enjoyable to play Pirate101. I can't wait for beta :)

Since I am extra happy, I will be giving away 2,500 crowns to 2 winners! All you have to do is enter...

a Rafflecopter giveaway

New Concept Art & Pirate101 Alpha in San Diego!

Today Mr. Coleman released a new concept art of a Valencian Duelist:

What do we know about Valencians? Well they are from the world of Valencia, they are unicorns and most of them are scholars. Valencia is a center of arts and learning, but it seems to be "guarded" by the Armada.

Above it shows Valencian duelists. Awesome hats, really cool armor (liking the rose on the shoulder), and they have not one, but TWO swords. I would be a bit scared to go against these unicorns..


In other news, I am going to San Diego on Friday (tomorrow) to see and play Pirate101 in alpha!! I am very excited, it's going to be a 1 hour and a half drive for me, but I'll withstand it to see this awesome game. Plus, I might be a lucky winner of a beta code! They are giving out ten of them, and if they start having Pirate101 trivia for it... well let's just say I'm going to be a bit competitive. Of course they could always come with the raffle approach.

If I can take pictures and video (which I doubt) I will post them on my blog for you all to see! If I can't, I will explain the game in very... very great detail.

Interview with Cody Ghostcatcher from Stormgate Pirates

Cody Ghostcatcher (a.k.a Red Beard a.k.a Legends) has recently become an official Pirate101 fansite owner. I know  Cody Ghostcatcher quite well, in fact one could even say I work with him... 

I got the chance to interview with him! Look:

Me: What was your reaction when you found out your site was becoming official?

Cody Ghostcatcher : I was pretty excited, I went through it before when LOTS become official for Wizard101, but I was super excited to be able to branch out to Pirate101 as well.


Me: What Pirate101 class are you aiming to be?

Cody Ghostcatcher :  I am planning on starting out with the Witchdoctor class. Having played as a Death wizard in W101 I think that it will be a good fit for me, but I plan to test the other classes out as well.

Me: What are you going to do differently in Pirate101 that you did or didn't do in Wizard101?

Cody Ghostcatcher: I think many people answer this question the same way, I am going to take it slow and really try to enjoy the story line. With W101 I would take any and every quest I came across and work them in parallel, which levels you up quicker, but you sacrifice the story line when trying to follow too many at once. I will definitely try to immerse myself in the Pirate101 universe and savor every second of gameplay.

Me: What are you most excited about Pirate101?

Cody Ghostcatcher:  Oh, goodness, there is no way I could limit it to just one thing. I am super excited about the new combat system. I love strategy and from what I have seen about the combat systems Pirate101 will have multiple levels of strategy that can be employed during battles. I also love the idea of the Pirate Ships. Growing up, everything I played on turned into a pirate ship, so its going to be awesome to see that come alive in a computer game

Me: Ok, I really hope you felt this question coming. 

Are.

You.

Obsessed.

With.

Monquistans? 

In anyway?

Cody Ghostcatcher: Of course, who doesn't love a good Monquistan hunt every now and then. Those little critters will make great target practice. But really, I would rather kick back on Skull Island with a nice tall glass of Root Beer.

H-h-h-h-hunting M-m-m-m-monquistans?

No.

Well that ends my interview with Red Beard! 

You can check out Stormgate Pirates at:

http://www.stormgatepirates.com

Water Mole Pirates

Now we should all know the Water Moles from Celestia in the Floating Land. Well, they're in Pirate101 to!

The Water Moles consist of two tribes

The water moles of the Nui tribe are peaceful and are great traders..

The water moles of the Waponi are rude, worship a fire god, have silver hair, and hate the Nui Tribe. 

.....typical water moles.
It somewhat reminds me of Monquistans

Except Monquistans are so much better. :)

I can't wait to see how they are going to turn out!

They might even be companions for us! If so, I'd definitely want one from the Nui tribe...

Pirate101 Character Profiles: Boochbeard

Name: Boochbeard

Class: Musketeer?

Companion: Mr. Gandry

Rank in Pirate World: "A Pirate Legend"

Above you can see Boochbeard, long white beard that goes down to his chest, green eye, wavy looking mustache, seems to be a musketeer at glance.

Apparently he's a very clumsy pirate, always around important events, but very popular!

His expoits are legend in every corner of the Spiral. He has been said to be the luckiest and unluckiest pirate alive!

Pirates of Mooshu call him a Flying Sloth...

Huh.....

The children of Santo Pollo in Cool Ranch (I think) sing songs for him called the "El Boocho".

I have a feeling that without Mr. Gandry by Boochbeard's side... Boochbeard would be a failure.

"Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of Yum"! -Boochbeard's Pirate Crew

The Frogfather's Syndicate and the Yum-Yum Yummity Yum Yummers Fruits!

The Frogfather's Syndicate Pirates are a secret organization of smugglers, Pirates, and criminals that transport Yum and Yum-Yum fruit from Mooshu to the rest of the spiral. The Frogfather is fiercely loyal to his captains and terrible to his enemies.

So this Frogfather really knows how to smuggle. Yum-Yum fruit... yum-yum fruit.... yum-yum fruit?

Hmm.... I thought I saw something that looked like a fruit in the Pirate101 video tr-AACHOO

Now that I look at these more closely, they don't like mini ships! They look like fruit... with wings!

Although I could be wrong. I might have gone bananas for Monquistans who might eat bananas and just thought of this on a whim, but they are starting to look like fruit to me!

Oh.. notice how they are blue and red... 

Mana Wisp. Health Wisp.

Why do I have a feeling that those are not yum-yum fruit? Maybe they are just regular wisps....

Remember to eat your fruits! They are healthy for you!

The Desert of Cool Ranch! Chicken Wings!

Well howdy! Welcome to my blog post about the Cool Ranch! Don't you click that "X" button at the right hand top of the screen (Did you see what I did there?)! Stay here and read as we take an adventure through a desert of chicken rangers, buffaloes, and more! 

Cool Ranch. Yes indeed it is a Ranch that is cool, but it is not cool weather-wise. In fact it looks like it's really hot out there..

It truly does look like a wonderful place to live in... well for chicken rangers, Wild Bill Peacock, bison, etc.

AHA! What do we have here. Two wonderful skyways above the rocky deserts.... and the horse with the two guns! (The Stallion are distant cousins of the unicorns in Valencia, but they don't look as intelligent as them.)

The skyways over the river and the waterfall, how majestic! 

What in the name of Captain Avery's parrot is that! A buffalo with wings? CHICKEN WINGS? No it can't be chicken wings because that is not a chicken. It is a buffalo with wings. I am very interested to see if that is a mount...

Now we have a fourth world that has been announced to be in Pirate101 (although we knew about Cool Ranch but we didn't know any information about it).

You can read more about Cool Ranch right over here:

https://www.pirate101.com/free_game/worlds/cool_ranch

Interview with the Star of the Spiral: Kelsey Fireheart

Kelsey Fireheart has recently become an official Pirate101 fansite owner. I got the chance to interview her and become very good friends with her! Here's the interview, enjoy!


Me: What was your reaction when you found out your site was becoming official?
Kelsey: Incredibly excited and thrilled, because I felt like my work is validated especially when I poured all of my heart into it
and of course I couldn't wait to help even more people which is my main goal every day. :)

Me: What class are you going to be in Pirate101?
Kelsey: Oh I like the Swashbuckler class. It seems to suit me well. I'm a very well rounded person.. Hope I turn out to be right lol

Me: What are you going to do differently in Pirate101 that you did or didn't do in Wizard101?
Kelsey: Hmm, good question. I am hoping to push the limits of what I can do and challenge myself more. I think I'll probably focus
on fewer characters this time. Qualitity than quantity lol Take it slower too, enjoy it more. Here, I feel like I'm always rushing. I don't
want to do that in Pirate101

Me: What are you most excited about Pirate101?
New challenges. I want to find new ways to make myself think and broaden what I can do. Without challenges, I do get
bored easily. So I'm really excited about learning new things.

Now everyone this is the most important question you can ask a person:
Me: Are. you. obsessed. with. the. Monquistans?..!
Kelsey: LOL.........
No, not really.

Me: Noooooooooooooo!!!!!


Well that ends my fun interview with Kelsey Fireheart! Check out her absolutely wonderful site right over here:
http://www.starsofthespiral.com/pirate101skyways.htm

Pirate101 Character Profiles: Amber Horde

Doesn't he look awesome! I might get obsessed with these scary Mooshu horses soon, but I do believe Monquistans have me wrapped in their tails for now.

The horse you see above is from the race, The Amber Horde, that usually live in Mooshu. They are said to be very fierce warriors, perfect companions for buccanners!

There is an Amber Horde named Subodai who has been said to be a companion for us pirates!

Here's a picture of a Pirate with an Amber Horde Companion (Maybe Subodai)

and here:

Would you want to have an Amber Horde Horse as a companion in the future?

Pirate101 Sneak Peak!

J. Todd Coleman just released a HUGE Pirate101 in-game sneak peak on Facebook!

This is a question that will most likely be asked to determine what your Pirate101 class is. Where have we heard Sky Squid from before?

Empyria!

Now Pirates, the question for you:

Were your parents eaten by a sky squid?

The Prisoner of Zenda

Zenda. The dreadful prison in Monquista.

Prisoners here seem to vanish or at least be "corrected" by the tender mercies of the Monquisition.

What is this prison based off?

That's right. There is a book called "The Prisoner of Zenda".

In this book though, Zenda is not a prison, but a small town. The king in this book was sent to Zenda and was trapped there.

Will King Fernando be trapped in Zenda? I hope so, and I really hope Queen Isadore is trapped with him!

Pirate101 Character Profile: Mr. Gandry

The Monquistan you see here is the famous Mr. Gandry. He was a born commander (A Privateer) and was a rising star in the Monquistan army.

He gained a thick Polarian accent (Polaris has accents... I wonder what they sound like!) and received the rank: Captain.

Mr. Gandry has teamed up with Boochbeard

but many say that Mr. Gandry is actually the brains behind all of Boochbeard's plans.

Mr. Gandry is Boochbeard's companion:

Boochbeard is being a scaredy-cat Pirate and running away while the brave Mr. Gandry destroys the snake!

It seems that they are in a dangerous ruin in Skull Island.

Aren't Monquistans wonderful? 

Monquistan Fever!

I have Monquistan Fever!

I love the world Monquista so much! I don't know why, I don't know how, but I just love it!

It's the monkeys. It has to be, it's the monkeys. OH. MY. GOODNESS.

It is the monkeys!!!!

The monkeys are just to awesome. Monkeys with manners! But they are rude.... but they have manners!
And Zenda, the prison of Monquista, it does not sound like a prison! It sounds like a name! I wonder if they named Zenda after a pirate..

The monkeys of Monquista can also be companions! Do you know who is getting a monkey for a companion? Me! That's right.

I, Len Aeros Monquistan Monquistador will get a monkey companion if it is the last thing I do!

Viva la Monquista!!!

That will be mine.

Congratulations!

Congratulations Pirate101 Skyways:
http://www.starsofthespiral.com/

and Paige Moonshade
http://www.paigemoonshade.com/search/label/Pirate101

for having Official Pirate101 fansites!

They both have wonderful fansites and I am very glad to see them have their sites official!

Congratulations :)

The Ship Origins

If you haven't noticed already....

www.swashbucklingtravels.com

Ok, now you notice!

Anyways, I am making a new quiz and I hope you will all like it!

Now on to Pirate101 things~

Ships

I would like you all to take a look at this ship:

The symbols on this ship look very similar to the Monquistan symbol, so my guess is that this is a Monquistan ship that is about to enter a Stormgate!

Now look at this ship:

Octopi on the flags and this ship is in Valencia. I actually think this is a ship from Mooshu, the dragon and symbols on the ship look like it would come from Mooshu. If you can, please notice the green skyway that is at the back of the ship! I can't tell if this ship is on a skyway or not....

Now look at this ship!

There aren't any symbols that show what this ship is, but from it's structure it looks like a Marleybonian ship!

Now look at this ship!

....

........

...........

Boochbeard's ship! It has to be Boochbeard, and it looks to me that Boochbear is a buccaneer!

That is all for now. Happy Sailing! :)