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Showing posts with label AJ Ally. Show all posts
Showing posts with label AJ Ally. Show all posts

March 4, 2021

Copyright Symbols: All AJ Bloggers Need to Know

 Hey jammers! Popcorn here, and welcome to a new post!

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In this post: 

Funny AJ Ally

Gabby's Animal Hospital is in the SS spotlight!

Copyright: What is it and how is it used?

Small-ish blog updates :)
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Let's get straight into the post!

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Hello, jammers! Happy Thursday ^.^ 

Sort of a long post, and not a very long intro, so let's just get started!

To start this post off right, here's an adorable and creative way to get the tiger animal... without getting the tiger animal! xd


Onto the one and only...

Shop Shoutout! YAY! This week's shop in the spotlight...

Gabby's Animal Hospital

Description: Gabby's Animal Hospital is a medical-themed building in Jamaa. It was formerly known as the Medical Center, but a small update replaced it with Gabby's Animal Hospital in September 2013. 

Location: Kimbara Outback

First Released: Although it was introduced when Kimbara Outback was first released (July 2013), it didn't actually open until September 2013. 

Fun Facts: 
  • The letters on the eye chart by the door spell out several names of the alphas!
  • There was a 2 year gap where the hospital had no watchable videos (2014-2016)
  • The coloring table on the lower level of the building once could be clicked and opened to a Print and Play menu, but it is no longer a clickable object
Images: (not my images)



Moving on...

Welcome to the main portion of this post :) 

Now, copyright. It's a very interesting topic that a lot of people tend to get confused by. For instance, adding a copyright symbol doesn't mean that people will get in big trouble if they still your work. Obviously, no one should ever steal someone else's work; it's horrible and wrong. But they won't get extremely penalized. Continue reading to find out what these 3 copyright symbols mean!

© Copyright - Copyright is basically the right you have over the things you create. It's automatically yours when you create photos, drawings, writings, and videos; in other words, you don't need a copyright symbol to have copyright. In the case that someone does steal your work, copyright symbol or not, there's really not much you can do about it.       

™ 
Trademark - Trademark is basically copyright, but is more commonly used with a name or phrase. Similar to the copyright above, you can't really do much of anything if someone copies that name/phrase. The symbol is once again just a reminder; unless you have it registered. Read more below.    
® Registered - This symbol you absolutely cannot used unless you have it registered, meaning you paid money to some government agency to protect your personal work. Using this symbol without paying money is illegal. You can get in a lot of federal trouble, something you shouldn't have to worry about when you're on a free, blogging platform! If you do register a copyright, there are certain registered symbols that you can use on your blog (as mentioned above). 

In the end, you can use the copyright and trademark symbols for free, but you can't really do anything if someone steals your work. The only way to really get someone in trouble for stealing your work is if you have a paid, registered, trademark on your website/blog/work. 

I hope that made sense, and that you'll never have to get in trouble with any federal agency as someone under 18 xd

Finally...


Announcement - Yes, I do have an announcement (that Dogo and Doomy already know xp). I have joined the AJSASS (Animal Jam Special Agents Stopping Scammers), and I have been promoted to gamma! You may or may not see me post in a couple of weeks; my agent name is Blossom, if you ever see me write a post! :) For those wondering, no, I would never leave this blog, and will continue to regularly post on it on the days according to my Blog Schedule!

Popcorn's Art - A possibly temporary installment of mine; I made an "art blog" (completely inspired by Wild), where you can find some of my AJ drawings (like the one I showed you all yesterday :) 

Page in Progress! - The "Links" page I mentioned a couple of posts ago is in the works! I say it may come out in... 3-ish weeks? 

End of Daily News 

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And that will wrap up this post! I hope you enjoyed (and found it somewhat useful)! 

Thanks for reading and happy jamming!

February 18, 2021

Donate Day #1

 Hey jammers! Popcorn here, and welcome to a new post!

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In this post:

*new* Donate Day!

Shop Shoutout

AJ Ally
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Let's get right into the post!

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Happy Thursday, jammers! This post (like many past ones) will be a more relaxed, talk-ish post as well as an introduction to a new exclusive! 

Let's start, shall we?

To start off this post, I though I'd introduce you to a new exclusive I will be adding! Let's welcome...

Donate Day was an idea I got from, well, the Conservation Museum! I've always tried to monthly donate 500-1000 gems to one of the 3 big cats. Since I've actually possessed a lot of unneeded gems from my "arcade phase" *shudders*, I decided to move it weekly and now donate 100-250 gems to one of the big cats (the amount depending on my gem level) We'll see how long it takes for me to go broke... 

Anyways, this week's Donate Day big cat was... the cheetah! 

Edit: Funny story, it actually took me about 3 tries to actually successfully get this recording uploaded and not accidentally trashed, so I ended up donating about 3000 gems to the cheetah off-camera :l 

Yay, cheetahs! Here's the recording :P

Next up...

Shop Shoutout! Today's Shop Shoutout is quite an interesting one if I'm completely honest, and seems to also get pretty overlooked. Introducing...

The Adventure Shop

Description: The Adventure Shop is the shop in Adventure Base Camp. Though not many people know much about it, it's overall a pretty great shop and sells a variety of phantom cages and enclosures. 

Location: The right corner of Adventure Base Camp (which is the first tab in the "Parties" category)

First Released: September 2013

Fun Facts: 
  • There is a pattern where the iron items (Phantom Cage, Phantom Lockbox, etc.) are 400 gems less than their wood variants
  • Before the shop was released, jammers thought that the shop would let them obtain phantoms and "adventure powerups". However, that was eventually proven wrong following the shop's release
Images: 



Finally onto AJ Ally :)

This AJ Ally was quite an interesting one. Not sure if this was coincidental or not, but I would say it's a mix of creepy and cool :')


*shudders*

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And that will wrap up this Thursday's post! Yes, I know, I know, my posts keep getting shorter and shorter. Don't worry, there is an explanation which will be coming shortly (once I actually work out the details and logistics of it)

But like always,

Thanks for reading and happy jamming!

(new signature may be in the works X)

February 4, 2021

Unreleased Items + Shop Shoutout

 Hey jammers! Popcorn here, and welcome to a new post!

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In this post: 

Announcement-ish - Just something I want to clarify :)

Shop Shoutout - Shoutout a shop in Jamaa

AJ Ally - We've got a funny and positive AJ Ally today CX

Unreleased Items - Let's take a look at a few unreleased items (that I honestly think are very fascinating)
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Let's get straight into the post!

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To start off today's post I just want to clarify a tiny little thing! 

So, recently something happened with my Google account which I use to run this blog. It was hacked, or glitched but nothing major and it didn't affect any personal account things. 

Fortunately, my dad has a Google account as well, so that's what I'm currently using. Unfortunately, whenever I try to follow a blog it publicly shows his name and email which is only used for his work. That means that I currently can't follow any blogs right now (but you all don't know how much I would like to xd). I do follow them privately, but they don't display so it doesn't look like I do! 

I just wanted to clear that up, in case you were wondering why I would always comment on your blogs but never follow or anything X) 

Anyways, moving on :)

Next up, we have Shop Shoutout! The special shop getting a shoutout today is... 

Temple of the Ancients

Basic Info

Description: The Temple of the Ancients is a shop in Balloosh that can be accessed through 2 temple doors. There is blue, glowing water running through it and a large Juno statue up 2 stairwells.

Location: Up the first set of stairs you see in Balloosh

First Released: March 2018

Fun Facts:

  • There is a shop next to the Juno statue that sells Juno armor
  • Little messages from the Alphas are scattered throughout the temple!
Images: 



Onto the AJ Ally!

Today's AJ Ally was actually one started by me! I decided to document it because it was the events after that deserved a spot onto the AJ Ally. 

Anyways, today while I was praising ol' hero Juno (read left to right) --->


After I "finished" xD, I saw a little fennec fox in the corner doing the little sad emote. I asked them why they were "crying", and they said it was because they didn't have any friends. A wolf (the one that said "bows" in the last picture) came over to them and said "I'll be your friend! Do you have a play wild account? We can buddy you there too!" The fennec fox then did the little smile emote. I actually ended up becoming friends with both of them :) 

That might've sounded kinda cringey, but it was the kindness from that wolf that sprouted a friendship between 2 jammers and made someone's day :') 

Go wolf! XP

Finally, onto

Some of my favorite Unreleased Items! I got this idea from Graciepopstar91 and her blog, The Animal Jam Friendship Community! Credit goes to her :)

(Images and information are from Animal Jam Wiki)

1. Ostrich


The first thing that caught my eye was the unreleased Ostrich animal. It was recorded in a poll for what jammers would like to see in Jamaa but lost. It was among 2 other options, the Falcon and the Sloth (both currently in the game)
This is a nice animal honestly! It may look a bit weird when players use it; it looks a bit clunky and tall. But I don't think this would've been a bad item, especially since the Falcon and Eagle look almost identical.
Rating: ★★★★☆

2. Speedo Sands 


Whoa. This looks like a pretty small version of Crystal Sands, don't you think? The things that really caught my eye here are probably the rope climb in the left corner and the cool little rocky pathway leading up to the top waterslide. It definitely would've been cool if there was an extra room beyond that little cave opening ^-^ For me, this land is bit too simple, even though the certain aspects in the land are pretty cool.
Rating: ★★★☆☆

3. Greely Plushie 


Ooh! Now this is a plushie I'm a fan of. The detail and resemblance of Greely himself looks really clean! This wasn't technically a released item, but was seen in one of AJHQ's Epic Dens. 
Rating: ★★★★★
Oop! What's that? Oh right! A 5 star rating! That means that the Greely Plushie gets a...
Coming soon!

4. Giraffe Coin


Next up is the Giraffe Coin! Now we've all maybe seen a couple of coins scattered through people's trade lists here and there. I think over my 5 1/2 years of playing AJ I've seen a coin on someone's trade twice. Twice. These coins are very hard to come across, and the obtainers of them really up the worth, as there is no official worth stated. I LOVE giraffes, but I do not like how they made it a coin. I literally hate the coins. 
So, unfortunately my rating is going to have to be a
Rating: ★★☆☆☆ 
(Sorry giraffe, it's nothing personal)

5. Gem Tree 


Ah, the Gem Tree. Whether or not you've seen it in a post quite like this one, or just simply heard of it, the Gem Tree has caused quite a discussion. What would it look like in-game? What would happen if you place it in your den? I think this has the potential to be a cool item, especially maybe if it's used similarly to the eco items? Instead of credits, you get gems maybe? I don't know, but that would be a really cool item.
Question for the comments: What would you want to happen if you inherited a Gem Tree?
Rating: ★★★★☆

6. Pet Donut Hut

The final item I found today that I thought was pretty interesting was none other than... a Pet Donut Hut! Similar to the Pet Smoothie Hut, the Pet Donut was likely redeemed from an upcoming Jazwares Toy (according to Animal Jam Wiki). This makes 5 of the unofficial Pet Hut Collection, and honestly? I'm here for it! This is a cool item that I definitely think should be released. You already have a Donut Tray den item! Why not continue the trend?
Rating: ★★★★☆

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And that will wrap up today's post! Let me know in the comments if you would like a part 2 to this! It was very fun to investigate the mysterious and unreleased items ovo 

Thanks for reading and happy jamming!

February 1, 2021

A Marshmallow Polar Bear?

 Hey jammers! Popcorn here, and happy Monday! Yay! Where I live, we actually got a decent amount of snow! School got cancelled, so I had a lot of free time to write this post and Tuesday/Wednesdays post :) But anyways. Onto the post!

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In this post: 

Movie Monday - Let's take a look at what's playing in Sarepia Theater!

RIM - What's the new RIM today? Keep reading to find out!

AJ Ally - Shoutout jammers or events that positively reflect AJ and it's community :)
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Let's get right into the post!

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I thought we'd start off today's post with the one and only...

Movie Monday! The movie featured here is:

It Wasn't Me


My Thoughts: I actually really liked this movie! The music matched up perfectly with both of the animals' emotions which added to the storyline nicely. 

Movie Review: ★★★★★

Oop! A 5 star rating means that this movie gets a...
This award only goes out to a handful of things and jammers in Jamaa! Congratulations It Wasn't Me for earning a spot into the Popcorn Award Hall of Fame! (Coming soon to your local sidebar!)

Moving on!

Next up on today's post agenda: 

The RIM! 

Today's RIM was non other than...

A Rare Knight Helmet!

Some basic info:
  • Price: 550 gems
  • Members only? NO!
  • Location: Jam Mart Clothing, Jamaa Township
You guys. We finally got a NM RIM! Thank you, Animal Jam, this is all I asked for xD It's a pretty neat helmet. I mean, it's a helmet. There's not really much else to it. But I'm honestly just thankful we got a NM RIM. 

Overall, I think it deserves a ⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of 5 stars :)

Finally, onto the highlight of my day...

Today's AJ Allies! I found 2 absolutely hilarious AJ Allies while walking the streets of Jamaa Township, and I hope you enjoy them as much as I did xD


Honestly, I should go to the Aldan server much more frequently. 

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And that will wrap up today's post! Quick apology for skipping the last "Black Friyay" addition! I got held up with finishing homework for the end of the semester, and I didn't have time for a post :( 

Thanks for reading and happy jamming! 🐻 (pretend that's a polar bear) + ⚪ (pretend that's a marshmallow)

January 23, 2021

Fun Items to Collect :)

 Hey jammers! Popcorn here, and welcome to a bonus Saturday post! 

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In this post:

AJ Ally - Showcase a jammer/event that positively reflects AJ and it's community!

Eye Glitch - Is the 71 returning? 😮

Fun Items to Collect - Want to start a collection? Here's a fun list of items you can collect!
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Let's get right into the post!

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Today, I found a great AJ Ally while walking around Jamaa! 


Huge shoutout to Baroness Spookypuppy for making Animal Jam a better place :) It's always nice to see jammers do non-stressful, carefree "giveaways" with unwanted items! 

Moving on...

I've also decided to start a new little series: 
Glitch Corner will basically become an archive of all of the glitches I find in Jamaa. This won't be a weekly thing, because I can't promise I'll find glitches every week! But honestly? From the amount I found today, this series should go on for a pretty long time xD

I'll add a page to the sidebar soon! 

Today's glitch was rather a mysterious one... 

While in Crystal Sands, I found a jammer with these eyes. 
Everything else about the jammer was normal, though. The normal distinguishes of the face are clearly shown, and the seal body is normal. But the eyes have a horizontal line through them with shadow-y looks on the top and bottom of them. 

This was a similar glitch from a long time ago, and the item was called "71". It was a magenta glitched "eye" item and made the jammer have no distinguishing features on the eye itself (The pupil, white parts, and other features of the eye would turn completely magenta). The white was replaced with the magenta item. For a result, when a jammer wore it, it would change the color of their eyes to completely magenta. (Picture of item)


Anyways, I asked the jammer "Whoa, what's up with your eyes?" (I was hoping I didn't sound too mean xD) and they respond with, "I do weird stuff, don't mind it". Eesh. I hopped as fast as I could away from that jammer. *Disclaimer: the username I blocked out because they weren't affectively doing something wrong/affecting the game itself. Yes, it could be a hacker. But there was really no reason to report them. (Please don't try and hunt this jammer down either :) 

Welp. Interesting issue of Glitch Corner today X)

Next topic! 

Finally, it's time for the body of this post: Fun Items to Collect!

Now, if you know me well I'm a huge collector of plushies, with my plushie collection dating all the way back to 2015 (when I started). But, if plushies aren't really your thing, check out this list:

AJ Birthday Cakes - Why not collect the whole collection of AJ birthday cakes? Not only are they fun to display, they can be worth a lot, too. If you'd like to see the worth of each, here's an "article" from the Animal Jam Worth Wiki!

Wood Items - These items are one of my favorite sets in Animal Jam. Some of the items in the set are Rare Wood Fence (basically my favorite item in the game), Wooden Step Latter, Wood Lawn Chair, etc. These plus the wood floor in a den are so cool and put a modern spin on a log cabin-ish den! 

Fireworks - Fireworks are great for collections and I'll tell you why: They are super inexpensive, and you can easily buy a couple at one of the daily birthday parties in Animal Jam. Also, they just look really cool if  you put a whole bunch of them together and rapidly click so they all go off at sort of the same time! 

Claw Machines - Not into plushies? That's ok! Claw Machines can be really fun to play regardless, and if you don't want the plushies, go ahead and give them to some buddies! 

Clouds - Now, clouds might sound like a weird item to collect. BUT. I promise they aren't. There are almost 18 variations of clouds you can collect, and all of them together would be so cool! They are also very easy to find, and the Diamond Cloud is currently in the Diamond Shop for 3 diamonds! 

Toys - If you think toys are the same as plushies, LET ME STOP YOU RIGHT THERE because you're wrong :) Toys can be won by playing Phantom Invasion in the arcade! 

Picture from Animal Jam Wiki :)

And that will wrap up this Saturday's post! 

Thanks for reading and happy jamming!

January 17, 2021

Rating Famous Jammers' Dens! & Blog Updates

 Hey jammers! Popcorn here, and welcome to a new post! 

In this post: 

Rating Famous Jammers' Dens! - Go to some of the most famous jammers' dens and rate them! (This idea was from nafaria9 and her blog, the Animal Jam Whip! Here's her post

AJ Ally - Showcase some of the jammers/events that positively reflect AJ and it's community!

Blog Updates - New pages, TMR, and currently-working-on pages :)

Let's get right into the post!

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I thought that we would start off today's post with Rating Famous Jammers' Den! Small disclaimer: Please don't come at me if I'm too harsh xD I'm only judging their current den (because I can't see the others) and I'm sure that a lot of their dens are super epic. Let's start off the list with...

Bepper

Welp. Moving on!

Appari

AAAA so many dens are locked D:

WisteriaMoon


Ooh I like this den! It looked like she used the normal Small House and added tons of decorations xD It kind of looks like a pink garden/birthday party rolled into one. 
Rating: 8/10

Shopking
We can all probably guess why I couldn't show any pictures :l 🔒

Julian2


It looks like Julian2 went for a more... classic den, with a couple of fire pits and pet houses. We also can't forget Julian2's meme of SpinnyBoiz and today, I actually got to meet 2 in real life! Wow, the things you see. Overall, I kind of like the simplicity of this den. 
Rating: 6/10 

Snowyclaw


Snowyclaw's den was actually really cool. It looked like a medieval castle on the inside, but outside was a pretty garden! The lag was insanely bad xD but I liked this den overall!
Rating: 9/10

Chocolate4froggy


Their den was filled with, well you guessed it, masterpieces! What I did like was that they put the little collections of plushies together (the Kit plushies in the bottom picture, and the teddy bears in the first one) 
Rating: 7 and a half/10

Scooter (chocolate4050)


Some may consider Scooter a famous jammer, some may not, but I consider him as one :) (or at least his blog) He is the author of the Animal Jam Sky Blog, for those who didn't know, and I was actually loving his den! The inside was super creative and fun, while the outside had a mysterious, garden, phantom-y feel X) *Also, I wanted to see how long it had been since he last logged on and you know, I was expecting 30+ days like a lot of the famous jammers. But it said 24! Who knows? Will we expect a Scooter return?? 
Rating: 9 and a half/10 

Onto the next topic!

Next, I thought I would share with you some new current blog updates! (I know I seem to do this a lot XP Let me know if it's not interesting and content worthy) 

Anyways, I'm currently working on a lot of new pages (and I completed a new page today!) that I want to share with you! 

In Progress: 
  • Animal Jam Dictionary - I like to use abbreviations for Animal Jam when I post, and for new jammers that could be confusing. So I'm currently working on the master list of the places in Jamaa, abbreviations (NM, RIM, etc.), shops, and things like that :) 

  • Minigame Guide - I'm also working on making a minigame guide as well! For each minigame (maybe not every, we'll see how far I get until I lose motivation xd), I'll put basic information like the achievements for the game, tips on how to win/score higher, etc. 

  • New Jammer Starter Guide - I also want to start making a New Jammer Starter Guide; basically a whole page dedicated to Animal Jam how tos and rules and stuff like that. 

  • Diamond Guide update - If you've checked out my Diamond Shop Guide on the sidebar, you'll probably notice it only goes over the main building. I want to expand on this and list how to get diamonds, and what you can buy with diamonds, etc. (Inspired by nafaria9's Diamond Guide)

  • New Header - I'm fidgeting with the header, too. I can't seem to make it bigger than the required size for some reason. You see how the current header looks kind of smushed? I'm trying to figure out how I can make the height and width bigger... (if anyone can help me in the comments, that would be great :) )
New Pages: 
  • Plaque Guide - I just finished up a new guide! The plaque guide! I'm very fascinated in the AJ plaques, and I think that's what sparked this motivation. 
Announcements: 
  • January TMR Release Date: TMR (The Mira Report) has been set to release on Janurary 30th! I'll post future announcements when the time is closer, but for now let's just hope I finish in time xD

  • Kitten the Kangaroo: Part 2 coming this weekend: Yep! You should expect a new issue today or tomorrow! Stay tuned ;)
Moving on to the last topic...

Today, I actually found a pretty memorable AJ Ally! (Shoutout to Dogo for showing me it!) What da ya know? It's a dance party in Balloosh! It was actually really fun, and it was nice seeing a party in Balloosh for a change! I feel like it's a very underrated land in Jamaa but it's so calming and peaceful :) I really recommend visiting there next when you're in Jamaa! Here are some pictures from the dance party!

And that, lady jammers and gentleman jammers, will wrap up today's post! 
Question for the comments: What's your favorite land in Jamaa? 

Thanks for reading and happy jamming!

~popcorn