As previous posted on the soon to dissapear secret AQ3D site, I was surfing YouTube after the ArcAttack event in Doomwood and stumbled on this amazing girl's music. When I heard her beautiful voice it shocked me that her video had less than 100 views. I thought... maybe you guys could help her out with that problem?
I liked her music so much that I bought one of her CDs from her website and contacted her about doing the music for love story that I am writing for AQWorlds... which she agreed too... and I just finished the script for 5 minutes ago... and is coming to AQWorlds NEXT week! Anyone else remember when I stated that I was writing a love story and Alina was chuckling because I confidently boasted my story would turn her eyes into waterfalls and "not have zombies"? Well... there will not be any zombies. Nope! *coughs* Ghosts. *coughs* But no zombies! Because I found a far terrifying monster for my love story than any zombie. But you will have to see that with your own eyes! I think the ending is going to be a bit controversial... you will be the final judge if it is beautiful, clever, or a heart felt trainwreck.
A message from One-Eyed Doll
I got a really cool out-of-the-blue message from Kimberly of One-Eyed Doll that gave us kudos and cheers for spotlighting a very fresh, new, indie artist like Mia. When I found out that Kimberly had even posted on Mia's facebook fan page I felt this.. I do not know what to call it... a "warm feeling of community and belonging." It is so cool that whether you are a player, artist, programmer or a special guest... we all stick around and want to help each other. There is something special in what we have here.
Last night, one of our most favorite music bands of all time (and former AQW guest), They Might Be Giants performed on the Conan O'Brian show. For no apparent reason, our online count suddenly jumped. I was told on my twitter that several servers were reporting as FULL. Which was expecially weird for 11pm at night! We where not mentioned anywhere (that we know of)... does anyone have any idea why this happened?
Talking about TMBG, the band is officially on tour! ... and the opening act is Jonathan Coulton (who also appeared in a previous AQW event.) You can see their official tour schedule at the TMBG's official website. Many of us from the lab will be going to their show here in Tampa, FL.
Shhhhh.... secrets.
You have a big release coming tonight in AQWorlds, but first, I would like to share a few things I have secretly been working on. 1.)The AQ3D Project2.) Planet Romero in MechQuest (along side Korin & the MQ Team) 3.) Valentines day "Love Story" for AQWorlds with Mia J. Park (read the Jan 9th, 2012 post here) and 4.) ...well, you know what they say. A picture is worth one-hundred thousand slain undead minions!
Happy Level-up day Voltaire, Captain Rhubarb and Stratos
Today we are playing BirthdayQuest. Your quest is to wish each of today's three mustka-birthday-teers (Voltaire, Captain Rhubarb, and Stratos) a very happy Birthday! Because, today is, in fact, their birthdays!
Wish Stratos Happy Birthday on Twitter (BONUS OBJECTIVE: Because Stratos is the youngest of today's birthday bunch.. be sure to find a way to call him an old man or for even more fun, make up an age "Happy Birthday Captain Stratos." You can have even more fun by putting the age as binary, hexadecimal or using negative or illogical numbers.)
What do you get for doing this?
Thankfully, almost none of you need me to answer this. But for our few friends who expect to get something for everything they do in life, please let me be the first to tell you -- sometimes, you do things for no other reason, other than it is cool. Often you will find in this life, that these are the very best things you ever do.
The card accurately predicted tonight's special event with Voltaire!But, beware, until midnight tonight, the "... on a Friday the 13th" card from the AQWorlds Card Game is EXTREMELY deadly. (and Deady.) If anyone takes advantage of this and destroys their friend in a game with it -- please let us know! As always you can get the AQWorlds card game at our online store www.HeroMart.com or in-store at U.S. based Toys"R"Us stores (in addition to our 2012 calendar and thingies - look for it in the card game isle with yu-gi-oh and magic.)
It is hilarious that to our gaming community, Voltiare has become a greater iconic figure of Friday the 13th than the hockey mask-wearing Jason Voorheese. Ooooooh, I wonder who would win in a supernatural creep-off fight between them? (Oh yes, that is the official Twitter question. It should be assumed that Voltaire has Deady... and probably access to various Star Trek and Star Wars technology.) So NEXT WEEK is Friday the 13th... and we will be summoning Voltiare in-game (probably by standing in a dark room and saying his name three times in front of a mirror) where he will appear and hopefully play his new song "Riding a Black Unicorn Down the Side of an Erupting Volcano While Drinking from a Chalice Filled with the Laughter of Small Children." (Yes, that is really the name of the song.)
Voltaire says he wrote this song after he asked his fans on Facebook how to describe his music. One person responded, "Your music is like Riding a Black Unicorn Down the Side of an Erupting Volcano While Drinking from a Chalice Filled with the Laughter of Small Children!" Voltaire had one of those "YES!!!!!!" moments... and named his new album and hit song after it. Note: All of the songs in Voltaire's new album, except for the 3 we are using for the upcoming event, are strictly for fans age 15+. However.... fans of all ages can get his special, um, "dark, funny and all age appropriate" album, Spooky Songs for Creepy Kids... read some reviews.
Voltaire was not the only person to create a Unicorn-themed song based on recommendations from his fans. In fact, the artist who made the song in the next video has the EXACT same story. But our Friday the 13th would be a whole lot creepier if this rising youtube starappeared in it O_O
Galanoth: Why would you post that? Artix: Um... someone posted it on Voltaires wall. I thought it was funny. Galanoth: You are going to upset all the anti-bronies. Artix: ... Galanoth: In fact, posting that may have actually moved the end of the world up from December 22nd! Artix: LOL! OK, you are right. I will take it down. Artix: Um... ok, I cannot figure out how to remove a youtube video from a post.? Artix: OH MAN... IT IS STUCK ON AUTO LOOP! Artix: ZHOOOOOOOOOOOM! HELP!!!!!!!!!!! Rolith: *laughs in the distance*
The new Friday the 13th event is next Friday (only 8 days away.) All of the holiday mega releases really crunched us. We have never had this little time to do an event - so it is going to be a real challenge to see what we can do. Cysero, I talked with Voltaire last night and got a concept. Alina is writing the script now. This event will most likely be three segments long. But you can bet your bottom gold coin that we will be riding a Black Unicorn down the side of an Erupting Volcano! (Wait... or will we?) AQWorlds is so unpredictable.
Robina: Wait, the year of Chaos? Artix: Yeah! Chaos! Robina: I thought 2012 was year of the Dragon. Galanoth: Maybe it is year of the Chaos Dragon! Artix & Robina: ... Robina (whispering to Artix): *sigh* Dragonslayers.... Artix: Yeah! Maybe it is an UNDEAD CHAOS DRAGON! Artix & Galanoth: YEAH!!!!!!| Robina: /facepalm
Thank you so much for an amazing year! I wrote you a SUPER LONG New Years post that was sooooooo big that it would obliterate the design notes if we tried to post it on here.Includes the brand new AQWorlds commercial video and more. Read on and BATTLE ON!
Congratulations once again to Akidz and FallenPaladin, the winners of the 1st round of the CAN I HAS MOD contest! This weekend, I had the honor of adventuring with both of these awesome players. I was very proud of both of them for making selfless wishes that benefited all of you, and not just themselves. Therefore, I did something very special for each of them. I hope future winners of the contest are as cool, fun and awesome as these two players are!
Akidz, Winner #1
As a long time player... Akidz was completely shocked to find out he had won the contest. Mostly because, he did not think he had entered! His little sister was playing his account and got the Golden Cheezburger.
"How about we create a special photo album for all of my undead friends out there?"
Played AE Games since - The original AdventureQuest Logins - 3,884 Wish - A non-member pet themed after billy the Kid (The golden Cheezburger magically transformed into this item.) From us: For his selfless wish that made so many players happy, and because he is the 1st ever winner... We bought him 1 Million AdventureCoins. He is now the first, and to my knowledge, only "AdventureCoin-ion-aire" with a total of 1,000,366 ACs. Our adventure: He is undead.... so, um, as his sworn assistant he took me around the game making a special photo album for all of the other undead players out there to.. um... enjoy!
First we visited undead battlefields.
Then, in anticipation of Frostvale, he fed the Ice Dragons.
Then, he helped me identify all of my weaknesses and allergies to specific colors.
Then we played a very special version of Punt Twilly. (Hey, I can see my house from here!)
... it went on for hours. And hours. O_O. (Any healers in the house?)
FallenPaladin, Winner #2
When it came time for FallenPaladin to make his wish... he asked you for help on the forums. He made a very bold and controversial wish that revealed Wish List: How to use #2!
"Uh oh... here comes the Genie Wish Lawyer! "
Wish List: How to use #2
In the event that a wish will break fundamental game play, upset a player or group of players, or in any way result in problems or complications for the staff or game... a Genie Lawyer will be summoned from the forbidden plane of litigious wishes. If the wish was made with good intentions, the Genie will begin to negotiate a wish that will benefit the wish maker. If the wish was made out of spite, hate, greed or bad intentions, the Genie is allowed to use their powers of “wish legalese” to re-interpret the wish. If the genie is “unclear” on a certain part of the wish… even if it makes perfect sense to everyone else, the Genie is allowed to ask random players online questions and replace parts of the original wish with their answer.
Wish Result: SPECIAL SHOP THIS WEDNESDAY!
The armor he wished for is one of the most challenging items in the game to obtain. The Wish Genie felt it would be unfair to the players who worked so hard for it if it was given away. Also, the detail and animation on the original armor creates a great amount of graphics lag. So instead, a new, different version of the armor will be created in FallenPaladin's honor. It will be available for 24 hours only starting this Wednesday.
Played AE Games since - The original AdventureQuest ID#: 89,145 (Woah! Super low! He was a Beta tester) Wish - A special re-crafted and different "wish" variant of Dage's Undead Legend armor will be released on Wednesday, non-member, 0g, for all players. This will be available through an NPC version of FallenPaladin which will be located in Dage's room in ShadowFall for 24 hours only starting Wednesday. From us: For making a selfess wish that benefits all players, FallenPaladin is granted the title of Ambassador of Evil and will be giving you the item personally from Dage's room in ShadowFall on Wednesday. As Ambassador, he gets full access to Dage's arsenal. (Note: The bonus from us, if we give it, will be different for each player.) Our adventure: We battled monsters across the world with other players and mods! ...and I got to battle my mirror image, Super Undead Artix!
One-Eyed Doll
The band is currently on tour. This weekend, former special musical guest, One-Eyed Doll, had a concert not too far from the Secret Underground Lab. They stopped by to visit. Kimberly signed 25 of our "The NPC's: Critical Hits" CDs (One Eyed Doll sang the 1st track on the CD "Battle on!") 2 of them are being mailed to the winners of the contest and 20 are being put up for sale on www.HeroMart.com . We gave the band a bunch of goodies including the new Artix Entertainment T-shirt. So.......... later that night we went to the show and were SHOCKED when Kimberly came out on stage wearing the T-shirt we gave her. She had rock-ripped-shredded-awesome-a-fied it into a heavy metal stage dress. She dedicated a song to us and actually played "Battle On!" in front of the 1,500 person St. Petersburgh State Theater audience! There is something... unforgettable.... about witnessing an out of control mosh pit rage on to our all-age's game community's theme song... O_O
"Screenshot or it did not happen!"
If you want one of the 20 signed copies of NPC's Critical Hits CDs that Kimberly from One-Eyed Doll signed or the new Artix Entertainment T-shirt, hurry to www.HeroMart.com before we run out.
THIS FRIDAY! New Contest, Frostvale, and CHAOS LORD
The next 13 months of AQWorlds are going to be crazy!!! Starting with this weekend... when we at long last go up against the Bloodtusk Ravin's Chaos Lord! Also, our wintery, holiday Frostvale event returns, giving everyone a chance to catch up before we expand it this year. Meanwhile, Cysero has been working on new mid-week releases. Talking about Cysero, he is up NEXT as the prize for the I CAN HAS MOD contest. A brand new golden cheezburger will appear in shops on Friday with the release.
Forum/Twitter/Facebook Question: How many Chaos Lord have you personally defeated? ... and how many can you SOLO? Tweet or Book it!
This is so exciting! Our very first winner of the I CAN HAS MOD contest is Akidz. Check out Akidz' character page. A long time player of AQWorlds who has played since 2009 with 3,858 logins. He is a HUGE fan of the legendary outlaw, Billy the Kid. So his selfless wish was for a non-member pet themed after his gun-twirling idol. This is where things get interesting... because now you will learn rules #3 and #5 from the Wish List: How to use. (Sorta like the DeathNote, but more... wishy!)
Wish List Rules
#1: Unknown #2: Unknown #3: Any wish for an item will turn ALL Golden Cheezburgers in the game into the item that was wished for. #4: Unknown #5: If a wish is made for something that does not exist, it will be created as long as it is original. If it is a selfless wish, it will be created with love and care. If it is a greedy or hurtful wish, another randomly selected player will be chosen to make a counter wish, which may produce unexpected and unfortunately results upon the original wisher. #6: Unknown #7: Unknown #8: Unknown #9: Unknown #10: Unknown, and oh man, this one is 100% insane. Please never unlock it.
Akidz the Kid
Wish granted! All Golden Cheezburgers in the game have been converted to the non-member pet, Akidz the Kid, worth 100,000 gold (Sell back value of 9,900 gold) . It is really cool that Akidz has a part of himself immortalized in the game now. But honestly, I am both impressed and surprised that his 1st wish was not something that would have revealed rule #1.... it will be exciting to see what future winners of this contest wish for. What will you wish for? (Of course, if you posted on Twitter, I already know.) I am looking forward to adventuring with Akidz this week! Be sure to tell him congratulations. I will post screenshots. But oh yes.... we had 2 winners.
Winner #2 is: FallenPaladin!
Check out Fallen Paladin's character page. Wow, both of these winners are really in the spirit of Black Friday. FallenPaladin, please check your email for a message from me! I am looking forward to meeting you in game and hearing what your wish is. Perhaps your fellow players can help you come up with an interesting idea!
New Contest and your chance to be next.... starts soon!
The next contest will begin shortly. Our burger moglins are currently cooking up a whole new batch of Golden Cheezburgers which will be released at the start of the next contest. Hope you are the next winner!
Prepare your swords and spells as this week we will face the Chaos Beast of the Bloodtusk Ravine. Alina posted details on the Chaos Beast last night and will be posting the skills for the two new classes later today so be sure to check back. Also, Beleen just posted the 2011 Cookie Contest below! Meanwhile, the question overwhelming my Facebook and Twitter is about the....
Contest Winner... wait... WINNERS!?
All day yesterday, the staff hovered over the game servers like stealthed rogue archers with deadly aim waiting for the moment the winner would come online. So, naturally, the moment we shut down our computers and left the lab to drive home... BOTH WINNERS suddenly came online. O_O
Now, it should be noted that in most contests like this that are run by other organizations, you never hear what happens until after the entire contest is completely done. They just post pictures of what had happened and craft a good "marketing" story to tell. But we do things differently here at AE. We tell you everything. And we tell you as it is happening. So as of right now, here is what is happening:
The original winner emailed us back. We have not received an email from the 2nd winner. Which means it is possible that, for whatever reason, they have not gotten it, and may not know they won. Although both have indeed logged into the game within the last 24 hours. So I am going to do what I suspect you would do if you were in my plate-covered shoes. *nods* We are going to have two winners! Two wishes. Two chances for unbelievably embarrasing online stories that will haunt me for the rest of my gaming life. (Why is everyone smiling after that last comment?) So here is what will happen next....
"Fake pic" created by the player Dragon from Twitter (Note: Dragon is not the winner nor a mod, but the image he made really made me laugh!)
Once the 1st winner makes their wish... we will announce both winners. (Which may be how the second winner finds out who they are.) I cannot say this strongly enough: Do not get rid of your golden cheezburger!
Twitter/Forum Question: Do you put your shirt or pants on first?
Yesterday, we all waited on the end of our seats to see who this mysterious winner was. Unfortunately, the winner our random algorithym picked yesterday did not log on nor respond to the email I sent him. It is a shame, because this player was as a member, had a few refills on AdventureCoins, logged into AQWorlds over 3,000 times, and in total had 30 chances to win in this contest. However, it was also very probable that the winner could have been a brand new player with only 1 chance to win. That is how the random system works! As promised, it is noon and we are now running the process to select the next winner. Good luck everyone! (You did hold onto your Golden Cheezburger, right?)
"Zhoom... pull the lever again, please."
*The sound of a virtual lever is heard in cyberspace*
NEW WINNER SELECTED!
P.S. The reason we are not announcing the name of the winner is to prevent hacking attempts, greifing, spoofing of the winner. We can see when any player is logged into the game, and the last time you played. So we sent the new winner an email and are actively sitting, watching for the winner to log into AQWorlds. Like last time, this winner has 24 hours. The name of the winner will be announced after they make their wish. Either way, be sure to hold onto those Golden Cheezburgers!
We just removed the Golden Cheezburger from the shop and ran the super big crazy database query to create the list and randomly selected a winner. I am very proud to say that this contest was conducted extremely fairly. Important: Do not remove the Golden Cheezburger from your inventory. 36,134 players have a Golden Cheezburger in their inventory and are participating in this contest. We are attempting to contact the winner now (by all means possible including email)... the wait is killing us all O_O. The winner will be announced AFTER they make their wish... as it may have awesome, or interesting and/or unexpected results for everyone possessing a Golden Cheeseburger. Trust me, you DO NOT want to get rid of the Golden Cheezburger out of your inventory. If we are unable to contact the winner in 24 hours, we will have to select another. See the I CAN HAS MOD Contest Page
The Golden Cheezburger's News!
The description on the item suddenly changed: "WHAT!? This item is pulsing and glowing with a strange magic energy. Something is going to happen...."
This week in AQWorlds!
Coming this Friday.... The Bloodtusk Ravine Chaos Beast and 2 new classes: Hork Evader and Troll Spell Smith. Also, we will be premiering the NEW AQWorlds TV commercial "Rawr".
Concepts for the new classes by Dage
Update: Winner Announced at Noon
Alina here to let you know that we're planning on announcing the winner tomorrow at 12PM server time! We want the winner to be the first to know how just how excited we are to hang out with them! Once THEY know, and they make their wish, then YOU guys will get to see just what's in store... for them AND for you! (Remember to KEEP your Golden Cheezburgers!)
Everyone goes bonkers fighting over the crazy deals that pop up on Black Friday. Fighting over swag is a pretty extreme at ye ol' online shop at HeroMart. Faith just posted a Ultimate Fan Bundle for a CRAZY 50% off discount for this Black Friday weekend ONLY. After you watch the video, check it out. Also, please let me know what you think of our cheesy, campy, live action videos! (This was so much fun to make.)
NEXT WEEK - The premiere of the new AQWorlds TV Commercial will happen IN GAME!
A player from the U.S. messaged me on Twitter last night saying that they went to their local Toys"R"Us and was told that they did not have our card game or mod packs. So, I googled the store at his location and called it up on the phone! Shockingly, they told me it was not in the system. O_O But I know for a fact that EVERY Toys"R"Us in the states now has our card games. So I asked them to go to the area with the Pokemon and Baseball cards. Sure enough... there were 3 card games and 11 mod packs were there. Weird! So, if you are looking for the cards, head to the baseball card isle. Some players have told me that in some stores, the game is up near the cashiers, too.
Oh... and the 2012 Calendar is now starting to appear in Toys"R"Us stores across the U.S., too. There is very limited supply... possibly only 3 to 5 per store! (It will be in the card game section, too!)
What if I live outside of the U.S.?
The card game and mod packs are available now and shipping anywhere in the world at www.HeroMart.com . (We are working on getting in international locations, but it will be a year at least - so HeroMart is your best option right now!)
Before tonight's brand new AQWorlds release with Trolls, Horcs, Quibble Coinbiter and one of the most wicked armors ever to be seen in the game.... I would love to tell you a little about what has been going on behind the scenes*. Specifically we are starting to use "cloud computing" for parts of our game network. Which is sorta funny.. because, from your perspective your AE games and characters already live in a "cloud" which can be accessed from anywhere you go in the world.
* Like making Sushi with a longsword? (Facebook link)
The HOURLY pushup clock
As you know we moved to Secret Underground Lab #4 a few weeks ago. There is a GIANT bell that rings and plays songs every hour (Including a tune from the Godfather and the soap opera "The Young and the Restless." - I WISH I was maiking this up.) So, Thyton decided that EVERY hour of the day, when the bell rings, we all go into the hall and do pushups, situps, and whatever crazy workout he announces**. In fact.. it JUST went off... BRB. <pause> Back! Each day the workout has become more... um, intense. We started using weights. But some people do not have weights. So we use the heavy boxes full of the AQ Novels from HeroMart and started lifting those. How badly do you want me to post a video of this for you next week***?
** If Thyton keeps this up we will have to change our slogan to "Our game developers can beat up your game developers." *** Not to be confused with the video of me waking up in the morning that I accidentally linked instead of Twitter a few minutes ago (Embarrassing! Fixed!)
Did I really change the name on EVERY CARD?
It is a random trivia fact that Miko & I used photoshop to create the cards that are now available in U.S. based Target and CVS stores. Some people believe crazy marketing experts create all of the stuff hanging on store shelves... nope... just us. (We do everything ourselves, even our TV commercials.) But, LOL, each time we made a new card we changed the name on it! It started with AdventureQuest, then AdventureQuest Worlds, then BattleOn Games, then Artix Entertainment. There are now 8 versions of the cards floating around out there in stores! The last version with Artix Entertainment is going to be our final one. (Seriously!) But we wanted you to know that literally all of the different cards now work with ANY and ALL of our games. Each card will work with any game, even if the game is not listed on the card. Including AQWorlds! So, if you happen to be writing a letter to Santa or some other magical gift-delivery expert, you should probably phrase it like this: "Dear INSERT NAME HERE, I would like a pre-paid card from a store that says either AdventureQuest, AdventureQuest Worlds, BattleOn Games, Artix Entertainment or um... or is in any way usable with AE games." Be sure to say please and leave milk and cookies out. (Bear trap is optional.)
Forum/Twitter/FaceBook Question: Have you ever seen one of our cards in a store? (Bonus points if you used the card as a clever way to meet a cute girl/guy "Oh yeah.. I know the guy who made this. I message him online all the time. Hey... you know what, we should totally go slay the Red Dragon together some time.)
Not long ago, a large mysterious portal appeared in town. Nobody knew what it was or what would happen when it opened. You will have to verify this with your own eyes.. but it appears to be a gateway to the plane of dragons. The actions you take when you enter, will likelyDEFINITELY change OUR world forever. Battle on, Hero!
And if you emerge victorious from freeing Desoloth, you will earn a character page achievement so that all your friends and fellow players will know of your success!
EPIC Gear from Beyond the Portal
Rare and wonderour treasures lie beyond the Portal, but we have a sneak peek ready to entice you, Hero! Get ready for amazing armors and incredible equips... but remember, if you want this wicked gear, you will have to BATTLE ON to get it!
Zellare Armor
By assuming the form of a fire dragon minion, you take on the fury of a dragon's fiery breath and the wisdom of the wyrm's ancient age.
Only the wisest and strongest of Heroes are able to /equip this armor and wield this weapon... but we know YOU are up to the challenge!
Elementalist and Storm Runner Armors
Stand tall, defiant, in the face of the elements! Face down the fury of a storm of dragons ready to devour you! With courage and unshakeable confidence, these armors and items will see you through any challenge Lore can throw at you!
Azure Armor
Water is life - by turns pure, calm, and destructive. Harness the power of the flood in this Azure Armor and you will command not only the ocean, but a tidal wave of allies as you face off against the armies that wish to destroy you and all of Lore!
But that's not all we have for you tonight:
TWO member-only BATTLE PETS drop from the dragons!
Four Elemental Chakra weapons
Four Elemental Septaxe weapons
The "Wet Look" and "Hot Head" helms
And SO MUCH more!
The AC shop will be going RARE, including the Member items (so get your gear while it is still here)!
New Feature: Auto Quality Selector
We want you to experience AQWorlds at its best, but also at a level that is best for YOU! This week we are introducing an automatic frame-rate detector which will set your game to the best quality for your computer.
Do not worry! You will still have the option of controlling what quality you play AQW at; if you want to play on High quality, then you can set that in your Options menu.
Epic Duel Available in Portuguese!
The Epic Duel team is excited to offer much of the game in Portuguese! Log in at Epic Duel to see all of the exciting changes they've made to make the game more accessible to our Portuguese-speaking players!
HeroMart Gear! (Available to Villains, too!)
Do not forget that if you are an adventurer with a need for epic real-life equips, then HeroMart is the swag store for you! We have our 2012 AQWorlds Calendar on sale right now! (Comes with the ChronoChaorruptor Class - but hurry, supplies and time are limited!)
And our BattleOn BattleCards MOD PACKS are still at HeroMart! Pick up your DoomWood and Chaos Mod Packs while they are still in stock! Crits, Chaos, and Card-CRAZINESS in every pack! And when you buy both, you will gain access to the EPIC Paladin Slayer Class!
BIG NEWS! Today only in honor of the date, HeroMart is having an 11% off sale! Get your gear at HeroMart!
History in the Making
Tonight is 11-11-11 and you see what happened! A whole new realm of draconic mayhem and might and some of our most awesome armors and gear! After you have battled your hardest and stowed away all the loot you earned, take a moment to think:
A giant portal appeared in the sky behind the town of Battleon. We have no idea what it is, where it came from or what is going to happen when it opens. At the top of the portal reads 11-11-11*. We believe this is date. More specifically, we believe this is the date the portal will open**. It just so happens that 11-11-11 is THIS FRIDAY! Special events are happening in many of our games... read below and prepare yourself for WHATEVER happens friends!
* Fun computer-y fact: 111111 in Binary = 64 ** Or it could be a complete coincidence and nothing happens. THE SUSPENSE IS KILLING ME! O_O
Happening this week!
2012 Calendar with Chronocorruptor class at HeroMart (Tuesday... tomorrow!)
Thank you and congratulations to everyone who is getting the 3rd Upholder badge and starsword today! Actually, you should have already received it, except Zhoom accidently wrote his database update query backwards. So instead of giving 100,000 players 1 Starsword, he accidentaly gave.... 1 player (Leon25) 100,000 Starswords. Now that is one heavy and full backpack! All 3rd upholders should have their perks after tonight's release!
Tonight's Bloodtusk Ravine release!
The main storyline continues... and things are about to get crazy. While Cysero and Alina have strictly forbid me from giving away what is about to happen next, I am allowed to tell you there will be hint at the worlds new Chaos Lord tonight. Also, the Treasure Chest is getting an update with new items by Dage.
Level 45 SpitFire Enhancement!
The Spitfire Enhancement goes into your weapon and gives a chance for every attack to hurl a fireball at your enemy. We are adding a level 45 version of it tonight to both of the Collector fights the Enhancement shop in Battleon! Thank you for your understanding as took a lot longer than expected to get it in. For lower level players we are adding a Level 1 Fire Sword (member) tonight that has spitfire built into it. It will be located in the weapons shop where you load in BattleOn and in the newbie zone. Yurami (coder) would like to add more enhancements with special effects... if you have ideas, please let us know! (Freeze? Wind - blow your opponent to the other side of the screen? % chance immunity to stun?)
MOD PACKS & Paladin Slayer Class & Artix T-shirt
Thank you so much for the great reviews and comments on the new cards! Faith has shipping lots of boxes to players all over the world (literally) from HeroMart (now located in a HUGE room here at Secrret Underground Lab #4) A lot of you told us that your local Toys"R"Us did not have them in stock yet... even though they were supposed to as of last Friday. If you U.S. based Toys"R"Us store does not have them out yet, please ask a manager to check to see if they got them but have not put them on the floor yet (this is what we keep finding.) Also if you see the packs or the full card game box hidden in the back of a rack *whispers* it would be super awesome of you to move them to the front. (I always do that at book stores for "Z is for Zombies" which is done by Johnny Atomic, the same guy that helped us make the MechQuest Artbook" Get the ModPacks and AE shirt at HeroMart
Pumpkin Carving Contest
Everyone did an incredible job this year. The Pumpkin Carving Contest has been judged! Read Samba's post below to see this years' winning pumpkins.
Turning 13
As you know AQworlds is a game for players of all ages. Happy Birthday to AQWorlds player who turned 13 today... and sent me a Tweet on Twitter saying that even though he was 13 he still could not use chat. (Age 13 is our cut-off for chat date) Turns out we were checking the data with a ">" greater than instead of a ">=" greater than or equal to. Zhoom just fixed it... so for all of the players celebrating their 13th birthday today or soon, CHAT ON!
Mogloween & TMBG Items
This weekend is your LAST chance to get the rare and seasonal rare items from the special event shops. By player request we are extending the TMBG item shop until Monday. Be sure to get the ones you once because once they are gone... there is NO WAY to get them again! TMBG event page
Myterious 11-11-11 Portal
We have no idea what the ominious giant portal is... or what will happen on 11-11-11. Will it open? Will we go into it? Will something... come out of it? There are no legends about this. In fact, nothing like this has ever been seen before in the history of our world. It is a complete mystery. All that we do know, is that 11-11-11 is NEXT FRIDAY!
Lots of things going on... what are you the most excited about? Let us know on the Forums, FaceBook or Twitter!
This has always been my favorite holiday. The combination of cool weather and dark moonlit nights goes perfectly with hordes of roaming zombies and monsters going house to house in search of caaaandy. Tonight is, in real life... all hallows' eve or as it is better known "Halloween." Most of the team showed up to the lab dressed in costume! Are you dressing up today? If so, what as? (in real life or in game) We would love to hear, please let us know on the Forums, Twitter and Facebook :-) On behalf of the entire AE team, we wish you a fun, safe and extra frightening time tonight.
P.S. The Pumpkin Carving Contest ends tonight! Good luck to everyone who is competing. Also, HeroSmash's costume drawing contest ended last Wednesday and the winners are to be announced tonight. Finally, do not forget, this week is your last chance to get 3rd Upholder and the They Might Be Giants rare items. P.P.S. Rumors are spreading by townsfolk that there is a strange portal-like structure with the numbers 11-11-11 carved into it... what could it mean?
This is an urgent message to all Artix Entertainment personnel. EbilCorp has learned the location of our the secret underground lab. The self destruct sequence has been activated.... we have 3 days before it kabooms. The explosion will be pretty big, so please time your game releases this week so that immediately after you make the release live, we run out and jump with the explosion cinematically exploding behind us. That would look really cool. On Monday, you will all report to our new upgraded base of operations. This is not a drill. The self destruct sequence cannot be stopped. Secret Underground Lab #3's last release will be this Friday.... then, NEXT WEEK, we will be releasing updates for ALL GAMES from our NEW and improved secret base! Below are responsibilities and duties for the evacuation... Battle on!
Galanoth & Faith: Coordinate the move. Mark all of the experimental bio-nueral implants as fragile. (Means made in France, right?) Alina: Feed the server hamsters Thyton: Transport the cyborg laser sharks. Remember, Chippy needs his vitamins at 6am, NOT 8am. Cysero: Keep rocking on the TMBG Part 2 this week... it looks like a really big release! Please remember to add a few level 45 enhancements to go along with that new class! Korin: Can we use your bag to pack stuff? Beleen & Yergen: Can you rig the new elavator in lab #4 to play the elevator music from Portal? (I am being dead serious.)
Rolith says, "Um, Artix. Why does the new Secret Underground Lab look like the Guardian Tower? ... and the area around it looks exactly like the town of Battleon in real life.... right down to the fountain!" Artix replies, "I was wondering when someone was going to notice. Ok... so our new home might be more of a... Secret Above Ground Guardian Stronghold. Do you think we could get that Carrabba's (Itallian restaurant) to change it's name to Yulgar's inn?"
Thank you so much for coming and we truly hope you enjoy PART 1 of the two part event tonight. Check ot the Play-By-Play on the homepage. I will give you all the insider details I can as we lead up to the release of the event. Battle on!
I have a distant cousin in Pennslyvania who shoots TV commercials*. Yesterday he happened to be filming a boy at a computer for an ad, and being cautious of what he is legally allowed to film on the computer screen he said, "Oh... I know something safe. We'll just use my cousin's game." And he typed in www.AQ.com and fired up the game. The boy exclaimed, "WHAT!? I PLAY THIS! ADVENTUREQUEST IS YOUR COUSIN'S GAME!?!?!?!" Apparently the boy was a player. So AQW got a cameo in a TV commercial for it's birthday! This was not the first time AQWorlds was on TV... not counting our commercials**.... we were featured on several gaming shows and even appeared as a central plot element of an episode of EndGamE Game (A Canadian TV show that was cancelled immediately after our episode was aired... LOL, our Chaos Lords cause havok wherever they go.) Also - Happy Birthday Rolith!
* How do you get them on TV if you shoot them full of holes? I will never understand the creative industry! ** Commercials!? We need new AQW commercials! Do you have any funny/epic ideas for a 30 second spot? I promise we will not record the voice acting in my bathroom this time. I wonder if They Might Be Giants will let us use one of the songs they are making for us in a 30 second spot?
But first, I would like to talk about the AQWorlds team. Actually, I would like to say a number. 156. Yes, one hundred and fifty six. What is that number? That is the minimum number of weekly releases the AQW team has created since the game went live. (Of course, as you know the real number is closer to 200) Every single week for three years, starting on Monday and completed by Friday, the AQWorlds team has written, drawn, animated, and released brand new content for you and your fellow players to enjoy. To date the team has created 390 areas, 714 monsters, 9,391 items, and 1,315 quests. When we started, they said it was impossible to do weekly updates on a MMO like we did on a single player game... *dramatic pause* But you believed in us and supported us... so, this week we celebrate our 3rd year of our favorite weekly-updated, web based MMO! I would like to give credit, congratulations and praise to developers, moderators and support staff who make AQWorld's releases possible each and every week! I hope you will join me in this by raising your weapon, spellbook, or dangerously clawed were-arm in a war-cheer of "Battle on!" on The BattleOn Forums, FaceBook and Twitter.
Again, we would like to thank you. Whether you supported us by upgrading your account (3rd upholder is now available), clicking on an ad, or helped us improve the game with your suggestions... we are eternally grateful for the opportunity to continue making AQWorlds better for you each week. Thank you!
Tonight, as it has in Octobers past, a path will appear within the mist. Those who dare to venture into it will find themselves in the haunted town of Mystcroft. It only appears once per year for a short time... at the end of the month the path will begin to dematerialize. So be careful! Anyone trapped within the mists when the town disappears will be lost there for another full year. But that will not happen for a few weeks... so make the best of your time and get caught up on all of the quests within. Especially since a brand new Mogloween will begin on Friday, October 28th.
Also in October... ModPacks!
The AQWorlds Card Game Mod Packs are coming! There are two stand-alone packs (DoomWood and Chaos) that you can get and mix into your deck to make the card game even more crazy and fun. Each comes with an exclusive item and one-half of PaladinSlayer class. Combine them to form the full PaladinSlayer Class. Wait... why am I promoting PaladinSlayer? O_O
The Faxtron 3000 just recieved the signed piece is paper that makes our event for AQWorld's 3rd Birthday... OFFICIALLY ON! The band joining us this year is going to surprise players of many different ages. They are by far our biggest celebrity guests yet, but at the same time I would not be surprised if some of our younger players do not know them.... well, at least not yet (But, we would be very surprised if you have not heard many of their songs from the Radio, TV, and other media!) So, here is your AQWorlds lineup for October!
Coming this OCTOBER!
This week (Sept 30th) SkyGuard "Lore Under Attack" Next week (Oct 7th) The path to Mystcroft re-opens: Mogloween 2011 begins! Then (Oct 14th) SPECIAL EVENT! Part 1 w/ Special Guest Then (Oct 21st) SPECIAL EVENT! Part 2 w/ Special Guest OMG... then (Oct 28th) BRAND NEW Mogloween special, super spooky release!
The Special Event will introduce a terrifying new villain to the world of Lore, and reveal things about our worlds past that will likely change... everything!
