| Hello Poptropicans! There's some exciting things going on right now in Poptropica. First up: the Island Hopper Sweepstakes! They've already been here for 2 weeks (sorry guys, late post again :/), but the contest is going to go on until the end of the year, December 31. If you enter any common room during the contest, you can find a yellow Island Hopper ticket. Each ticket that you have increases your chances of being drawn in raffle to win prizes! Details are available on this official page. Here's a list of the prizes though: |  |
- In addition to the grand drawing at the end of the month, 5 players are drawn every week on Thursday! If you're in these weekly top 5, then you'll win a 1-month Poptropica membership, just in time for Pelican Rock Island (more on that below). So far, only 2 out of 4 have taken place, so there's plenty of time!
- At the end, the winner gets a 30-minute call with Jeff Kinney (sweet!)
- The 10 2nd-place winners get a free 6-month membership (so that should cover early access to 2-3 islands)
- And the 20 runners-up get a Poptropica Toy Blimp (which comes with the Blimp Adventure game) as well as a 1-month membership.
In other news, the Main Street preview for Pelican Rock Island is open to all Poptropicans. If you go to it from the map, you can explore the (still unfinished) Main Street of the upcoming island, and there are a number of free things you can get by walking left and talking to the characters, namely these two:
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That dog's gotta be the funniest and most creative Follower ever in Poptropica :). And last but not least, if you go all the way right on the preview, you can check out the Photo Booth. This is just like the Photo Booth on the Home Island, but with prison-themed items and backgrounds. All this elaborate pre-Island hype, plus the Creators' promise that Pelican Rock is like no other island, is definitely getting me intrigued!
Yes, the fish is as large as the police dog.
Quick interesting aside: many people aren't impressed with Poptropica's new homepage (well, it's almost a year old now, but it's new in relation to the 8 years of the game's history). Yes, it looks great aesthetically, but there's a lot more distracting clutter, links, and ads that you have to load and see before clicking on the Play Now button, which some older players don't like. But there's a way to get the old homepage back!
The following link takes you to a clutter-free "Poptropica Login" page almost like the classic main page. After you log in, things continue the way you're used to. It's at http://www.poptropica.com/play-poptropica.php I don't know how long it'll be here, but might as well bookmark it while it lasts!
| But wait, there's more! (I've got to start making shorter posts more often rather than these mega-posts every month; sorry about that). We've got a winner for the Poptropica Hide & Seek contest! Congratulations to Comical Melon, who correctly guessed the following image:  |  |
If you haven't won the Hide & Seek yet, what are you waiting for? There's a new image and a new challenge up already, go check it out and give it a try! And if you're up for something more like this, check out the Stolen Snapshots game on my friend Slippery Raptor's blog; the format's similar, the games are harder :)
Ever wish there were even more ways to connect with the Poptropica community than Twitter? Well, now there is: HPuterpop and the Poptropica Help Blog team have recently released the new Poptropica subreddit! Older Poptropica players can post and comment on all things Poptropica over on r/poptropicahelp, so come join and help the forum grow!
Anyway, that's all for today! Enjoy the month of holidays, and I hope I'll get an opportunity to post more often; at least once before my traditional New Years' post. :)
