Captain Ditto and Crew face Scorpion Rock!!
Hot on the trail of Marco Pollo’s map, Captain Ditto and crew head into the caves under Scorpion Rock and find… scorpions!! Lots and lots of scorpions! Ditto and crew have to defeat lots of scorpions to make their way deeper into the cave, searching for the piece of Marco Pollo’s map!
Ditto’s Wizard101 Friendship Festival Contest!
It’s finally here, Ditto’s Friendship Festival contest!! Ditto wanted to celebrate the Friendship Festival with one of his favorite Valentines traditions – those cute little cards we used to give people in school, with pictures of our favorite characters and silly, pun-filled sayings, like this:
You Moooove Me!
Ditto Returns to Avalon!!
It’s been a while, but Digby Hexcrafter is back in Avalon! Ditto has completed WinterTusk, made level 75, got some cool new gear, new spells, and is finally back in Avalon!
Ditto meets with Steward Kay in Caer Lyon, looking for a map of the Weirwood. Of course, Steward Kay isn’t very organized, and can’t really remember where he put the map. So while Steward Kay is searching for the map, he asks Ditto to fight some HobGoblins. Not ‘Why don’t you sit here and have some pie while I find your map’ or even ‘Hey, can you help me find this map?’ – right away it’s ‘hey can you risk life and limb to fight these rank 11 hobgoblins to retrieve my friends armor and shield?’. I think folks in Avalon are rude…
Captain Ditto is searching for Marco Pollo’s map in Pirate101
Captain Ditto and crew are back in Pirate101 and looking for fragments of Marco Pollos’ map! Legend has it, there’s a piece located at Scorpion Rock, so that’s where Captain Ditto is heading. And as a bonus – Scorpion Rock kind of looks like a scorpion! Isn’t that neat? 🙂
Ditto playing the ‘Broken Age’ intro
So, Ditto has been paying an interesting game lately, called’ Broken Age‘ from Double Fine Adventures. for anyone who doesn’t know, Double Fine made big news a while back as one of the first really big ‘Kickstarter’ stories, a game asking for $400,000 in funding that was able to get over 3 million pledged through Kickstarter. Ditto was one of those 87,142 backers and he finally has the game and has been playing it, and wants to show you a little bit of how it looks.
This video is basically the introduction – the controls are very simple, and at first it looks like the ‘adventures’ are very simple and risk-free… but not everything is as it seems, and your character soon realizes they are in the middle of quite the mystery… It’s pretty fascinating, and it looks great – I’ll post more about it as I progress through the game. I hope you enjoy!
Ditto finishes WinterTusk!
Ditto really wanted to get some more videos in WinterTusk, because it was a GREAT world and the quests and mythology were wonderful, but I’ve had trouble getting time to record videos lately and I really wanted to get through to the end – I was very wrapped up in the story!
I finally beat the Coven and all their naughtiness and once again saved a world in The Spiral, ensuring the great frost giant Ymir remained asleep! What a great story!
Ditto with Ymir the Frost Giant, sleeping soundly!
Finishing the story was great, but getting there was an amazing ride, too! The Coven wants to awaken Ymir, the frost giant – a VERY big guy – and basically end the world. To stop him, Ditto needed to travel the different realms in WinterTusk and win golden seals, get dragon’s teeth, brew potions, and my favorite – mystically transform into a raven to sneak through a dragon skull gate!!
Ditto disguised as a raven inside the Dragon Gate!
Overall it was a great, fun time, and a wonderful storyline that was really engaging! If you haven’t done WinterTusk I highly recommend it!!
Ditto in WinterTusk – facing down Ormand the Surly!
Ditto faces down ‘Ormand the Surly’ to get a mythical shovel, and ponders just how someone would get a name like ‘surly’… it turns out he was definitely quite surly!
After that, Ditto brings the pick and the shovel to Kettil and has to break through a big icy barrier wall – so cool! (Get it? cool…) Then for fun, Ditto plays a rousing game of Shock-A-Lock!! It’s probably the easiest game of Shock-A-Lock ever played, I think…
Finally, Ditto talks to Thyra Brightspell, a friend of Grandmother Ravens’, and learns of the dreaded ‘Dragon Gate’…
Ditto introduces Stephen LifeSinger!
As many people know, Ditto has been playing an alt – Stephen LifeSinger, a newbie Life/Myth wizard – isn’t he cute? Alts can be a lot of fun, and it’s really amazing how much different it is playing the game as Life versus Fire – such fun!!
Anyway – I’m not going to record lots with him, but I wanted to do a quick video to introduce him. Any hints or tips folks can give on playing a life wizard? Gear, alternate spells, deck hints? I’d love to hear them!
Ditto in WinterTusk, dueling with Marek The Lean
Ditto is in WinterTusk – I’ve been working on getting through WinterTusk because I know I missed a bunch of good stuff and some spells. Here I’m working towards getting the Golden Seals, and I need to defeat Marek the Lean for his magical pick! It’s a good duel and lots of fun – I like going back through and doing the WinterTusk quests!
Sorry if the video is kind of dark – it was a very dark day and even with the lights on it seems kind of dark.
Captain Ditto heads to Elder Bluff
Once Captain Ditto made it out of the Bison Burial Grounds, he headed to Elder Bluff to speak to the Bison guys about their stolen artifacts. Of course, the Bison aren’t really all that talkative, so Ditto and his trusty first mate had to clash with the top Bison warriors before the chief would even speak to them. Ditto is really stressed by all this fighting… I think my fur is singed a bit.
Bison Burial Ground Part 2 – Ghost of a Chance!!
After Captain Ditto and crew defeated the angry Bison warriors in the burial ground, things got worse – much worse. The Bison shaman guy did some crazy mojo and rose up the ghosts of ancient Bison Spirit Shaman! And once THEY were defeated, things just got weird with an attack of – get this – Ghost Jackalopes! And they were not just silly – they were viscous!!
Captain Ditto in the Bison Burial Ground, Part 1
This is the start of a pretty intense set of battles, each one weirder than the last! It all starts with the cries of Nurse Quinn, Medicine Chicken, who had been taken captive by some Bison. Captain Ditto has to face down the angry Bison warriors in a tough battle, but once that was done, our furry orange hero on his crew were apparently just getting started…
Captain Ditto loses a Merriweather…. and half his crew!
Cool Ranch is already starting to concern Ditto a lot. Searching for Merriweather Clark, Ditto has to seek out Professor Murgatroyd. Unfortunately, there is a nest of scorpions between Ditto and his goal, and a huge fight ensues… these scorpions must have been mutant scorpions or something like that, because they were TOUGH and took out most of my crew – I had to hire some higher level henchmen to help me out here – it was scary! I made it through though, and talked to Professor Murgatroyd about the whereabouts of Mister Clark. He wasn’t there, naturally, but I managed to get out of his camp without fighting those monster scorpions again.
Ditto’s Furry Look Back at 2013!!
So 2013 has come to a close, and 2014 has started – on a Wednesday. Camels around the world must be THRILLED about that… Ditto had a REALLY good 2013, and was so happy to share it all with my awesome fans, friends, and followers! So how did Ditto do in 2013?
Ditto high above the PAX Floor – so many people!
Just looking at the numbers, pretty great! Ditto posted 131 new posts, with 121 pictures and 108 videos posted throughout the year!! There were also 18 contests – that’s nearly 2 a month! That’s a lot of blogging for one furry monster, that’s for sure, and people appreciated it – Ditto had over 57,000 visitors here in 2013!! That’s more people than would fit in Fenway Park or Yankee Stadium! Wow! (more…)
Captain Ditto makes it to Cool Ranch!! Pirate101
Ditto is finally making some fun new gameplay videos, and I’m starting out with Pirate101, since I haven’t played or done a video in a while. So Ditto and his crew make their way to Cool Ranch, where there unfortunately learn that their contact Christopher Clark is no longer available due to a slight case of being dead. Fortunately, Clark had a son named Merriweather who may be able to help… if we can find him.
I have a sneaking suspicion that I know exactly what’s going to happen next, and it is related to a lot of sailing, searching, and fighting.
And Ditto’s new monster is named….
After going through all the entries – some of them multiple times – my new monster has made his decision and picked our winners! The new name he chose is: Horatio Yahto!!
- Say Hello to Horatio Yahto!!
Ditto’s Christmas Surprise! Pirate101
When Ditto came downstairs this morning there was a big present right in the middle of the floor, and it said ‘To Ditto’ on the tag…
A present for Ditto?
Ditto’s Yearly Tradition – ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
Here it is again, Ditto’s yearly tradition of one of my favorites – ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’!
Happy Holidays from Ditto and Friends!!
Ditto and his friends took a special holiday picture this year! Ditto wants to wish all of his friends and fans a very happy, safe, and fun holiday! Ditto started this website almost four years ago as a way to talk about his favorite game, Wizard101. In the years since, Ditto has found the most wonderful community of fans and friends a furry monster could ever hope for! Thank you everyone for being so wonderful!!
Happy Holidays from Ditto and Friends!!
From Left: Carl the Camera-Bear, Edgar Dragon, Chip, Ditto with ??? monster, Greenly Monster with Susan the cat.
Name That Monster contest! Pirate101
So Ditto’s fun December contests are not yet over!! Ditto has some GREAT prizes to give away for Pirate101 now, and he has a fun new contest idea that just kind of… wandered into his house and sat on the couch…
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- Say Hello to Horatio Yahto!!
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- Ditto and Monster
Ditto’s ‘Make a Difference in December’ Contest Winners!!
I tried something very different for my December contest, and I’ll admit – I was a little worried that folks wouldn’t be into it. I shouldn’t have worried though, because Ditto’s fans are awesome! The response I got from this contest was almost overwhelming, and I am so happy with all the wonderful letters and drawings that people sent in, thank you SO MUCH! Chip, Greenly and I are printing the letters out and getting them ready for Operation Gratitude, and we’ll send them out on Monday.
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- Ditto, Chip, and Greenly
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- Ditto and Chip compare notes
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- Ditto addressing envelopes
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- Greenly folding letters
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- Chip reading a really good letter to the troops
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- Chip, Greenly and Ditto working on the letters
Ditto Heads to Avalon Part 2 – Morganthe Strikes!!
Ditto completes his quest in Mooshu and heads back to Wizard City to Headmaster Ambrose. As they’re having a little chat, the whole building shakes and Morganthe appears! To once again save The Spiral, Ditto finally gets the key to Avalon!!
Ditto’s Video Bloggy Thingy (a few days late)
So I recorded this and put it up over the weekend, but for some odd reason it never posted publicly. Weird.
Transcript:
Hello everybody, it is the Ditto, and it’s time for another Video Bloggy Thingy! Sorry it’s been so long, but Ditto has been having so much fun in-game, sometimes he forgets to do these…
So to start off, the Twitter report – Ditto is up to 1675 followers! Wow! Ditto also has 1,195 YouTube subscribers, and 1,282 followers on Facebook – that is so cool!! Thanks everyone who follows Ditto, it makes a furry orange monster very happy!!
For games, Ditto has been playing a lot of both Pirate101 and Wizard101 lately! For Pirate101, Ditto finished his first set of Valencia quests and is now in Cool Ranch – All I Can think of is doritos now. Mmmm. For Wizard101, I’m doing well in Avalon, but it is VERY hard – lots of huge boss fights and very challenging battles! My third battle was against a huge dragon – it was so tough!!
In order to build myself up a bit more, Ditto actually took a bit of a break and headed to WinterTusk – I hadn’t finished that yet, and it seems like there’s a few spells that I missed, so I’m going back and re-doing that. It’s fun to go back to do older content – after spending time in Avalon, Wintertusk is much less stressful!!
Outside the game, Ditto and Miss Narrator are working on ‘Spiral Wars’ for Spiral Radio 101 – it’s a fun project and we hope people are enjoying it as much as we are. We’re planning something special coming up, too. Stay tuned for that.
And while Ditto did not have any contests in November, December will be a very different story – I’ll have some pretty great stuff coming up, with lots of prizes, so stay tuned for that!
That’s about all for now – thanks for watching and as always, have fun and play safe!!
Wizard101 Contest – Make a Difference in December!
It’s December in The Spiral, and that means more contests, presents, prizes, and fun!! December is such a fun month for so many reasons, and it’s definitely one of Ditto’s favorite times of year! I get to be with family and friends and enjoy their company and friendship and great food, sparkly lights, and bright wrapping paper! It’s just great! I love brightly colored wrapping paper 🙂
During the holidays, Ditto also thinks a lot about people who can’t be with their family and friends, like military folks who are out on deployment. For this December contest, I want folks to write a letter or draw a picture for a deployed US military person. At then end of the contest I’ll print your letters out and get them all sent to military members via ‘Operation Gratitude‘, a great organization that sends letters to deployed military all around the world.
Ditto Monster's Bloggy Thingy 