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Wizard 101

Week 2 Wizard101 Contest Winners!

Here they are, the grand prize winners of my Week 2 Haunted House contest!!  I LOVED all the ideas people had for my Halloween costume, they were so fun!  Thanks to everyone who entered!

  • Richard Stormblade  –  Darth Vader
  • Shanna Shadowwalker  –  The Headless Horseman

They have already been notified via email, and each win a Death house, all three decorating packs, and 5,000 crowns!

The next contest will be announced tomorrow.


Ditto faces the Fire Lion Ravagers

After fixing some fences and watchtowers and I think waxing someone’s car and doing a few loads of laundry, Ditto is sent out to fight Fire Lion Ravagers, which are scary and awesome!  The Lions are fire and the lionesses are death, a scary combination, so Ditto re-tools his deck a bit for the fight.

I have to say, once again I love the design of these enemies; the blue fire effect is pretty awesome, and they were a really good fight.


Ditto P. Monster, Savanna Handyman!

Ditto has rounded up a lot of sticks to help fix a fence, and then had to go fix a watchtower that had been knocked over in an attack. In Zafaria it seems like Ditto has suddenly traded in his wand and amazing pyromancer’s skills for a hammer and some heavy lifting… but it’s all to help people, and Ditto is always happy to help!


Ditto Finds Another Student in the Savanna

After Ditto found all the biltong for Chief Hakuna Matata, the chief let Ditto know that one of the missing students was there in the village, trying to help them grow some plants.  So Ditto has found another student, and has a new quest too!


Ditto’s October Scare Fest, Week 2!

Congratulations to the week one winners; Iridian Firegem who came up with ‘The Rocky Horror Ditto Show’, and Marlon Redhunter, who came up with ‘The Blair Ditto Project’.  They both won a Death House, all three decorating packs, and 5000 crowns!!

For my second contest, Ditto needs help.  I am a furry orange monster, and a very cute one at that, but I am having trouble coming up with a Halloween costume.  For this contest, tell Ditto what he should be for Halloween.  Is it a vampire, a witch, a mummy, or something totally unique?

It's Bat Ditto

To enter, send me an email at dittocontest@gmail.com and tell me what I should be – you can even send me a picture (but you don’t have to)!  Also include your wizard name, so I can congratulate you!  You have until next Saturday to send in your entry!  I can’t wait to see what everyone comes up with!!

Play Safe!!

Ditto P. Monster


Ditto get into a Food Fight!

After many, MANY fights with the Ikea guys, Ditto got the six spears he needed and gave them to the chief. Unfortunately, while Ditto was gone some other tribes came in and stole some food.  Well, Ditto will not abide people stealing food, even if it’s not pie, so he headed into battle to get the food back…


Ditto Battles Striped Iklaws

Ditto is on a quest for one of the tribal chiefs of the savanna, Chief Kakuta. Ditto has to defeat Striped Iklaws to win spears, so Chief Kakuta’s tribe can defend themselves. I’m thinking that maybe if I take all the spears from the Iklaws and not give them to Chief Kakuta’s tribe, then nobody will have spears and I can RULE THE WORLD WITH MAGIC!!! Um, I mean, I can make everyone sit down and talk and be peaceful…

This is a pretty textbook display of Pyromancer awesomeness – blade, blade, Fire Dragon, VICTORY!


Ditto Learns about Life in The Savanna

Ditto talks to Chief Kakuta, one of the chiefs of the various warring tribes out on the savanna. It turns out they’re really just trying to mind their own business, and these other tribes keep stealing their stuff. It seems unfair. The Chief wants Ditto to go fight some striped iklaws and get his spears back… apparently he’s having trouble getting his point across…

Get it? Point? Well, Carl laughed.


Ditto’s October Scare-Fest!!

October is finally here, and Monsters LOVE Halloween! We have so much fun during this whole month, with the spooky and the creepy and the CANDY!!! Ditto is always excited for Halloween, but this year he’s even MORE excited, because KingsIsle and Wizard101 have given the fan sites all KINDS of great prizes to give out all through the month!!

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Ditto explores the Savanna. He’s got his work cut out for him…

Ditto has finally made it out of Baobab and into the savanna.  Out in the savanna Ditto gets word from Tik Tik Snaketongue that there are all kinds of problems between the various tribes, there’s a serious lack of food, and there’s not a single Starbucks.  It sounds worse than Dragonspyre…. Ditto needs to go out and help the locals in order to find out what happened to the students.  Lots of daring adventure and thrilling battles on their way out here…


New Video – Ditto Still Looking for Permission #wizard101

So ditto has defeated bandits, gotten maps, done all the favors he could… and STILL he is not allowed to go out into the Savannah to look for the missing students! Now he has to convince one more official, but he’s gone, so now I have to talk to his lackey, Vir Goodheart, and see what HE needs done…

Oh – and 5 points to anyone who got the subtle Babylon 5 reference….


More Zafarian Politics…. Where’s Jar Jar?

So after defeating the scary shadow bug thingys, Ditto is still trying to convince the Zafarian council to let him out onto the Savannah to look for the missing students.  Zafaria is kinda starting to feel like Star Wars Episode 1 – there’s a bunch of political stuff going on, and there’s some cool fights stuck in between the politics…  I should be able to get out to the Savannah soon, to search for the missing Ravenwood students…


Big Bad Bossy Bugs in the Baobab!

While Ditto was searching for a map in the student dorms high up in the great Baobab, he is confronted by a rank 10 boss fight!  Ditto is faced with a nasty big bug boss and a shadow-web minion – and these guys mean business!  Really high health and they hit me with big spells first tun – it took all of Ditto’s considerable Pyromancer’s skills to win this one!  It seems Zafaria might be a bit more difficult than I thought…


Ditto Explores Baobab Crossroads, Sings like an Ewok

Ditto is back and adventuring in the heart of Zafaria – well, more like the outskirts of Zafaria, in Baobab crossroads. I speak to some zebras, like you do…, learned about Zafarian politics, and then found a terrifying surprise in the heart of the Baobab! Plus, Ditto sings like an Ewok.

I do love the fact that the design of Zafaria is so different from Celestia (the last world, obviously) and has a life and depth all its own. I loved the design and story of Celestia, with the ancient ruins and gears and magical glowy stuff, but Zafaria is a wonderful new style and experience totally unique. I do think KingsIsle has really improved on their environment design, the visuals and the flow here are just beautiful!


New Video Bloggy Thingy – Ditto is back online! Yay!!

Ditto is finally back online!  Yes, Ditto had some internet gremlins this week that kept me off the internet and, sadly, off Wizard101 and Pirate 101.  I also missed Ravenwood Radio and getting my Daring Adventures of Ditto out, which was sad 😦

One positive thing did come out of this – while my laptop was not working, I got to try a new game (well, new to me) called Skylanders, which is a lot of fun! I might have to try to get a video of me playing that one…


Ditto Begins his Adventures in Zafaria!!

Ditto is finally in Zafaria, searching for lost students for Professor Falmea.  It is a rugged and wild land, full of big trees and zebras and… stuff… yes, lets and lots of stuff.  Ditto talked to a zebra and a lion, and has made a startling discovery – no matter where you are in the spiral, if a wizard walks up to a random person on the street, that person will undoubtedly have a job or quest for the wizard…  It’s like they’re rooted to the spot and can’t even walk across the street to talk to someone themselves!


And here’s where Ditto gets REALLY confused…

The is the last video in Ditto’s ‘Doing the wrong quest’ series – Ditto finally confronts Professor Balestrom about the weird quests he’s been on, and it turns out that Ditto has NOT been questing towards Zafaria as he thought, but questing to get to Celestia… AGAIN.  Ditto decides to talk to Headmaster Ambrose and see what’s going on…  Next, Ditto returns to Zafaria!


Ditto still on the path of Mystery… In Krokotopia!!

Still following the mysterious path Professor Balestrom set Ditto on, we travel to Krokotopia to seek out a mysterious stone that will help him translate the mysterious language heard on the audio-transmitter-thingy.  It’s so exciting – even though it’s not really the quest I thought I was on, it’s really cool, so I’ll finish it up…  (more…)


Ditto is confused by Professor Balestrom

Once Ditto completed the Trial of The Spheres, he talked to Professor Balestrom in the Storm School.  Unfortunately, Professor Balestrom talks fast and kind of has an accent, and so Ditto got confused and started doing this quest that he THOUGHT was the quest to get to Zafaria.  It took him a while to figure out he wasn’t actually headed to Zafaria here… but I figured I would share the videos anyway, since they are still fun, and even funnier when you think that I have no idea what I’m doing here… (more…)


Ditto Enters Zafaria!

So after battling his way through Celestia and completing the Trial of The Spheres, Ditto is called to Headmaster Ambrose’s office – it seems there’s a student exchange program to Zafaria, and apparently the students are missing!  And so Ditto begins his exploration of Zafaria, world of mystery!!

And yes, Ditto did most of Professor Balestrom’s quest for Celestia before figuring out he was not on the Zafaria quest… that’s why I say ‘Oh, there’s Zafaria’ when Headmaster Ambrose gives it to me…


Ditto and Paige Moonshade battle Mithraya in Trial of The Spheres!

I’m back from vacation!!  We had a good time, but it’s nice to be back – lots more videos coming soon, including Pirate 101 stuff!!

Today I have another exciting battle in Trial of The Spheres – Paige Moonshade and Ditto face Mithraya, the final Trial of The Spheres boss (Really this time) who casts smoke on everyone unless there are blades and traps present.  I do hire a life henchman mid-fight as the damage is getting pretty severe.  Together we’re able to take out this impressive adversary.  She looks fantastic too – the character model here is really outstanding!


Ditto and the Trial of The Spheres Part 5 – Mirror, Mirror

In this room, Ditto has to reposition mirrors, just like in ‘The Mummy’, to get through the next room. Ditto has to be careful to avoid fights – but gets caught in two anyway. So much for being careful. Once the mirrors are arranged, we’re ready to head to the next room, and the next boss… So exciting!!


Ditto and the Trial of The Spheres, Part 4 – Ptolemos!

Ditto and his team face another major boss, Ptolemos – Again, silly Ditto thinks this is the last boss… Oh how wrong he is!! For this boss, we can only use blades, no traps – apparently if you use traps bad things happen, so we didn’t even try it. It’s another great fight and the team of Ditto, Paige, Mark, and Wolf are working well together…


Ditto and he Trial of The Spheres Part 3 – The Moon Puzzle and fighting Stellar Protectors

Ditto and the team have to set all phases of the moon to make progress in the amazing Trial of The Spheres, then battle rooms full of Stellar Protectors. Even though it wasn’t a boss fight, it was intense, and the puzzle of the moons was really cool. It looked amazing.