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Ditto faces Avernus Skyway on his way to Valencia!

Ditto defeats Royal Navy ships until the Queen gives us the paperwork needed to get through the Stormgate to Avernus…  My doom is mine to seal!  Ditto heads through the Stormgate to the scariest skyway he’s ever seen – Avernus is terrifying!!


Ditto helps out the resistance in Monquista on his way to Valencia!

To sneak into Valencia, Ditto needs to get documents to slip him into the stormgate to Avernus, a ‘back door’ to Valencia – but apparently that’s a bad place?  Seems like folks don’t think it’s a good idea for me to go there, but I’m not afraid!! Yet…    To get the documents, though, Ditto needs to defeat a bunch of Royal Navy ships – there’s a pretty good sea battle here as I start taking out the bad guys for my old pal Gorty…


Ditto is making his way to Valencia!!

Ditto has gotten the Skystone for Valencia, and now needs to go get travel papers so that he can slip through the blockade and make his way through the stormgate!  Ditto is sailing to see the Queen, but gets attacks by some scarykeets, focing Ditto and his crew to battle their way out!


Contest Winners for ‘My Favorite Pirate101 memory’ – Pirate101 Birthday contest!

So here they are, the winners for Ditto’s ‘Favorite Pirate101 Memory‘ contest!!  As I said in the contest, the grand prize winner and three second place winners are chosen by me and are shared below, and the rest of the prizes will be given out by random draw.  Thanks to everyone who entered, there were some truly great memories here, and picking the winners was VERY hard!!

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New Contest – It’s a Pirate101 Birthday Celebration!!!

Well it’s Party Time in Pirate101!!  Can you believe it’s been a year already?  And what a year it has been!  New islands, housing, PVP, Henchmen, and more ships than you can shake a sword at!!  It’s VERY exciting, Ditto has had so much fun, and he cannot WAIT to see what’s coming next!!

To celebrate this very special occasion Ditto is having a brand new contest, with some great, Halloween-themed prizes!!  For this contest, I want you to tell me your favorite Pirate101 memory!  Was it your first character, your first big quest, getting a friend into the game, or maybe getting your first ship and getting out onto the skyways?  Send me an email at dittopirate@gmail.com with the subject ‘Pirate101 Memories‘ and tell me your favorite memory.  Please keep it to around a paragraph (I DO have to read them all) and make sure to include your pirate name!  The contest runs from now until Friday, October 25th at midnight EST, and prizes will be awarded during that weekend (Probably Saturday, but no promises).

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Ditto’s Pirate101 Pirate Dictionary contest winners!!

Congratulations to the grand prize winner – Perilous Sergio Zabra!!  Sergio came up with a great word and definition that is unique, fun, and fits well within the game world – I love it!!

Twirly:  When you move your ship in a circle around an enemy ship while attacking.
 

Yarrrr, Cap’n Ditto’s Pirate Dictionary Contest!!

So it be the world-famous ‘Talk Like A Pirate’ day, and Captain Ditto and his trusty crew want to celebrate too!  Unfortunately, while Ditto is very good at talking like a monster, he gets confused easily when trying to talk like a pirate, and that’s where you can help!  Ditto needs a Pirate – to – English dictionary to help me translate all this great piratey fun!

To enter this contest, you need to send Ditto a pirate word, like ‘Yarrr’ or ‘Dubloon’ or ‘Scallawag’, and give me a fun definition for it, tell me what you think it means.  These can be totally made up words, too – as always, I want you to have fun with it!  Send your entry to dittopirate@gmail.com with the subject ‘Pirate Dictionary’ and make sure you include your pirate name with it, that’s important.   (more…)


Ditto’s Arrrgust Pirate101 prize winners!!!

Wow, this was a tough contest to judge!  As you know, Ditto is personally choosing the grand prize winner, and then randomly picking all the rest of the winners for the other prizes.  There were SO MANY great entries and ideas, and Ditto really appreciates all the hard work you all put into this fun contest!  I wish I could give everyone a grand prize, I really do.  Here are the winners!

Grand Prize – Alicia Dodger – Interactive Funny Parrot  I loved this entry – it’s simple and fun and very piratey.  I love the fact that it tells jokes, too!  Alicia wins 1 Random Class House + Pack O Porters + 10k Crowns!!!

Alicia Dodger's Winning Item

Alicia Dodger’s Winning Item

This interactive furniture item is a talking pirate parrot that sits in a bird perch called “The Pirate’s Parrot”. Here’s how it works, first you place the item (lol)… And then you can interact with the funny Parrot anytime you like! Whenever interacted, the Parrot will give useful tips and tricks (and sometimes jokes) with a funny twist!

Additional Random Draw Winners:

5K Crowns & Pack O ‘Porters

  • Belgrim Laverne
  • Merciless Felicity Nightingale
  • Little Harmony
  • Kevin Moonleaf

2500 Crowns

  • Ruthless Destiny
  • Victor Hawkins
  • Practical Evelyn Lewis
  • Fearless Morgan
  • Justin Ironside
  • (Captain) Robert Stevenson
  • Hunter
  • Virtuous Anne Radcliffe

Congratulations to all the winners, and thanks to everyone who entered!!  This was a fun contest – I can’t wait for the next one!!


It’s Arrrgust in Pirate101 – So let’s design a cool housing item!

OK, my apologies to One Eye’d Jack and Captain Avery on this one, Ditto is about a week late on this contest due to a number of furry monster related things, but it’s still Arrrgust and Ditto has prizes to give away, so hopefully they won’t make me walk the plank!

So I sent out a request to my fans for good contest ideas, and I got some great ones, I”m sure I’ll use them all eventually.  For Arrrgust, though, there was one that made the most sense – so thanks to Jose  on Twitter I’ve got a fun idea for a great design contest – design an interactive housing item.

Interactive Cannon in Swashbuckler House

Interactive Cannon in Swashbuckler House

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Captain Ditto in the Summer Palace

Captain Ditto and his trusty crew make it through the underground tunnels and out to the Summer Palace – but the gate is locked, and somehow a fierce crew of pirates can’t hop a short iron fence, so we have to fight the Monquistan guards, steal the key, and make it into the courtyard. Yarrrrr.


Captain Ditto finds the HIdden Entrance in Monquista

Captain Ditto and his crew are back, and have found the secret entrance to the Summer Palace, home of exiled ex-queen Catherine.  The secret entrance isn’t very nice – in fact, it’s infested with crabby crawlies!!  You know how Captain Ditto hates crabs… and for good reason; they seem to be tougher than the Monquistan soldiers!!


Captain Ditto and the Legend of Zenda, part 2!

Captain Ditto and his crew finally reach Zenda prison to deliver Gortez, and they definitely do NOT get a warm welcome!  The King and Queen have told the guards to ‘eliminate’ Gortez – AND Captain Ditto!  Yikes!!  There’s quite a battle – can Captain Ditto and his crew make it through?


Captain Ditto and The Legend of Zenda – Pirate101

Captain Ditto and his crew are headed to Zenda to deliver Gortez to the prison there, but Captain Dito thirsts for battle! Ditto and his crew engage a fierce ship to ship battle in which Ditto and his crew fail miserably – we did so poorly Ditto may have forgotten to load the cannons, really…  Pretty embarrassing overall.
Finally, after bravely running away from the vicious combat, Ditto reaches Zenda with his captive, Gortez…


Captain Ditto finally makes to Monquista!

Ditto FINALLY makes it through the stormgate to Monquista (It sure took e long enough!)  -the storm gates are really cool, and you can even navigate a bit inside them!
Oh – and Phil shows up to check out the storm gate too…
So Ditto finally makes it to Monquista and heads to the Royal Palace to meet the king and queen!  They are NOT nice monkeys, they are very naughty monkeys.  They thank Ditto for finding Gortez – sort of – and the send Ditto to take Gortez to Zenda, the Monquistan prizon, for a ‘rest’… So next up, apparently, are ‘The Adventures of Zenda’.


Ditto and friends defeat Gortez!!

And here it is – the final battle against the dreaded Gortez!  This is a great fight, where we need to fight minions, activate idols, and then battle the massive monkey madman himself!!   Stubborn Duncan Freeman, Wicked Kelly Morris, and Merciless Alex Nichols joined me and the team worked great together – we were able to capture the massive monkey Gortez without losing a single man!


Captain Ditto and Friends take on the Gold Monkey Dungeon!

A good captain knows when to call for backup, and Ditto’s instincts told him that Gortez’s Gold Monkey Dungeon was more than Ditto and his intrepid crew could handle, so I called in some re-enforcements! Stubborn Duncan Freeman, Wicked Kelly Morris, and Merciless Alex Nichols joined me for this adventure, and they were a huge help getting me through the dungeon.
Of course we did have a bit of technical difficulties in the form of another kitten attack… but we got through it pretty much unscathed 🙂


Where’s Captain Ditto? Daily winners!! Pirate101!!

It’s contest time again on the high seas!  Ditto has prize codes good for 2,500 crowns and the ‘Heroic Anchor’, which is a brand new piece of Aquila ship equipment that has not yet been released in the Crown Shop!  Ditto will be giving one of these out DAILY* for the next two weeks!, from June 1st to June 15th!

But that’s not all!!  Ditto also has a GRAND PRIZE of a new, amazing, unreleased Aquila Crown Shop ship and 10,000 Crowns!!  I’ll be giving that away on Sunday, June 16th, to one lucky winner!  (more…)


Captain Ditto defeats Optimus Prime!!

Well it’s possible I got his name wrong, but Ditto and his crew must do battle with the Armada captain (who’s name is Optimus something, but I wasn’t paying attention while he was shooting at me!!

The fight is a good one, with Ditto and crew in fine form until the unthinkable happens – respawn!! The Armada captain and his crew somehow revived their mechanical innards and we had to do battle again!! Madness!


Captain Ditto fighting more Armada troops!

Ditto had some trouble with WordPress for a few days, so it took a bit longer to get this out. Sorry about that – the joys of technology.

Captain Ditto and his trusty crew forge deeper into the spooky tunnels, battling The Armada deep within the Isle of Doooom!!  Some good fights against this mechanical menace!!


Captain Ditto faces The Armada on The Isle of Dooooom!!

Captain Ditto is deep in the Isle of Dooom, still looking for Gortez and the fabled gold money thingy.  However, when we get to a dark spooky temple, The Armada is there – dun dun dunnnnn!!   Ditto and his crew must battle the dreaded Armada to reach the next goal of their deep jungle quest!!!

These are some pretty intense fights – The Armada doesn’t mess around!!


Ditto’s Pirates De Mayo Contest Winners!!

For Pirates De Mayo, Ditto asked how your pirate captain and crew celebrated this fun holiday, and I got lots of really great answers!!  I’ve chosen the winners and sent their codes for 2500 Crowns and the Gobbler Pinata!  Also, I ended up having more codes than expected, so I’ve awarded codes to even more winners!!  Here they are:

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New Video – Captain Ditto picking flowers in the jungle… #pirate101

So to get further into the jungle, into the very heart of darkness, Ditto must get past… bees.  So after fighting warships and troggies and all kinds of nasty stuff, Ditto’s quest is blocked by small stinging insects.  Maybe the crew is allergic, who knows.  So after collecting – of all things – troggy slime, Ditto now needs to pick special flowers and mix them all together to make bee repellent.  This stuff is repellent alright..

Of course the troggies just don’t play nice, and Ditto ends up getting into another troggy fight.  Nothing his more or less adequate crew can’t handle…


Contest – Happy Pirates De Mayo!!

It’s May, and that means it’s time for Pirates De Mayo!! For the pirates of The Spiral, this is a very special celebration filled with fun and games and pie! Ok, maybe I added the part about pie… But the rest is totally true! And to celebrate, Ditto has a fun and exciting contest!!

In the spirit of this wonderful holiday, tell Ditto what your pirate and crew do to celebrate Pirates De Mayo! Send an email to dittopirate@gmail.com with the subject ‘Pirates De Mayo’, tell me what Pirates De Mayo tradition your captain has, and make sure you include your captain’s name. On Sunday, May 5th after 6pm EST, I will select 15 winners to receive special Pirates De Mayo codes that include 2500 crowns and the exclusive Gobbler Piñata!

Gobbler Pinata!

Gobbler Pinata!

Please only one entry per person, to keep it fair, and these codes can only redeemed once per account, so if you win a code from another fansite, you can’t redeem Ditto’s code for more crowns and another Gobbler Piñata on the same account – but you can use it on a different account, give it to a friend, etc…

Have fun, good luck in the contest, and as always, Play Safe!!!


Captain Ditto faces the Temple of Sacrifice on the Island of Dooooom!

Captain Ditto and his faithful crew have tracked Criado to ‘The Temple of Sacrifice’ – which doesn’t sound like a very nice place!  They have to explore this deep, dark, creepy temple and find the evil Troggies, then save Criado from a fate worse than death!  This fight was extra challenging because the evil Troggy chieftain had a really nasty trick – he could suck the health out of his own men – um, frogs – and replenish his own health!  It was scary, but a really good fight!!