Protectosaur Meetings Tomorrow - Tuesday

February 8th, 2010

Hey gang! Tomorrow we have another round of Protectosaur meetings. If you aren’t familiar, we encourage our Protectosaurs to meet up as a group once a week to discuss issues on the island and other items of interest. However, the meetings aren’t closed off to only Pros - they are more like Town Hall style meetings for everyone to discuss island business. Everyone has an equal stake in Webosaurs and we would love to hear what is on your mind. Come by and chat, but please remember to be respectful as we try to run our meetings in an organized fashion!

Where: Rolling Hills Chamber

When: Tuesday, February 9th - 12:00 WST and 16:00 WST

Server: Cretaceous

New Pros: Eeddaann and Chiliberg

-Rex

Daily Dino Fact: Ank the Tank

February 8th, 2010
Ankylosaur stares down a group of dinos that pose absolutely no threat to him. Illustration by Phil Wilson.

Ankylosaur stares down a group of dinos that pose absolutely no threat to him. Illustration by Phil Wilson.

Q: Who is dinosaur that have the most horns/spikes? -Irvine

A: Good question! Dinosaurs are famous for their armor. There are a rich variety of dinos with all kinds of crazy plates, spikes and horns to keep them safe from predators. However, nothing was quite as tank-like as the ancient Ankylosaur. This guy was a walking armored truck and had a few different ways of keeping safe from the many predators it would have encountered.

I’m not kidding you, an ankylosaur would have been an incredibly tough snack to bring down even for a T-Rex. Research shows that they developed stronger and stronger armor over the years. Their armor became so tough that it would have been bulletproof. Not to mention the fact they had a massive ball of thick bone at the end of their tails. Try taking one of those to the gut!

-Rex

Note: This Daily Dino Fact has appeared previously on the blog. Keep those questions coming!

Find the Mod All Afternoon!

February 8th, 2010

It’s time for another all-afternoon session of FIND THE MOD!

The afternoon mods will be logging in as “Findmeosaur” to conduct the Find the Mod hunts. Be warned, that account will not be accepting friend requests to make the Find the Mod hunts fair for everyone.

Meet Findmeosaur at the Croc Peninsula Treefort at the following times today (Monday) in the Jurassic server. (WST = Webosaurs Standard Time = Central Time)

15:00 WST

16:30 WST

18:00 WST

19:30 WST

21:00 WST

The winner of each Find the Mod hunt will win 400 coins!!! Once you meet up with Findmeosaur, they will hide anywhere on the island (besides caves) and you have to track them down first! You have to find them and call them out from their hiding spot.

Happy hunting!

-Rex

Horns in a Tutu contest winners

February 7th, 2010

Congratulations to everyone who entered in the Horns in a Tutu contest. As you can see from the entries, everyone did an incredible job. Draktter really cleaned up, earning an overwhelming win for his Horns facepalm picture. Drak, if you’re reading this you should tell us how you pulled that off. Wow.

That being said, everyone did a really great job and the rest of the voting was very, very close. Thanks for all the time you put into your art.

1st Place - Draktter

1st Place - Draktter

2nd Place- Rikodou

2nd Place- Rikodou

3rd Place- Mekaro

3rd Place- Mekaro

Enjoy your trophies! Great job everyone.

-Rex

Brand New Webosode - Ostriches

February 5th, 2010
"Awww. Who's a pretty dino-bird? You're a pretty dino bird!!!"

"Awww. Who's a pretty dino-bird? You're a pretty dino-bird! Yes you are!"

Hey everyone! We were just digging through our files and found an uncovered Nigel Marven webosode! We just released this awesome webosode starring Nigel Marven and a flock of ostriches.

Check out this brand new webosode now at the Prairie Pool. Learn just how closely related to dinosaurs ostriches really are. It’s so interesting just looking at them, you can almost see how certain dinosaurs might have moved and behaved. They’re like feathered versions of Gallimimus. I won’t ruin the rest for you, so just head over to the Prairie Pool to find out for yourself.

-Rex

Science Party with Pterry - Saturday

February 5th, 2010

So you think you love science as much as Pterry does? Test your knowledge this Saturday at Buckland’s Peak with Pterry and a Science Quiz Party! The format is pretty simple, just like the Quiz Parties we have Primary Games. Except this time instead of dinos, Pterry will be quizzing you on different science questions to see what you know!

When: 11:00 WST

Server: Jurassic

While he won’t be unveiling all of the questions he’s asking quite yet, you can find about half of them on PERcY’s Webosaurs Blog located at this post.

The other questions will be a surprise so come prepared! We’ll be giving out WeboPedia trophies, so if you haven’t gotten one already now would be your time to do so!

-Rex

Horns in a Tutu Contest - Vote Now!

February 4th, 2010

Wow! We had some incredible entries for the Horns in a Tutu Contest. So good that every one that was sent in deserves to be a finalist. Yes, this is going to be a very long blog post. We’re letting YOU decided the winner though so take a look through the pics.

Laugh away at poor Horns in his pretty pink tutu and then decide which one you like the best. Boy, I hope Horns doesn’t find out about this or there is a another game of “Pass the Rock” waiting for me. EEP!

Finalist A

Finalist A

Finalist B

Finalist B

Finalist C

Finalist C

Finalist D

Finalist D

Finalist E

Finalist E

Finalist F

Finalist F

Finalist G

Finalist G

Finalist H

Finalist H

Finalist I

Finalist I

Finalist J

Finalist J

Finalist K

Finalist K

Finalist L

Finalist L

Finalist M

Finalist M

Finalist N

Finalist N

Finalist O

Finalist O

Finalist P

Finalist P

Finalist Q

Finalist Q

Finalist R

Finalist R

What do you guys think? Vote for your favorite here. Top 3 vote getters will win cheesey trophies! Once we’re done with voting, we’ll make a gallery in the pages with everyone’s name. Please don’t reveal your names in the comments so the voting is fair. Good luck to everyone!

Which picture of Horns in a tutu is the best?

  • Finalist A (27.0%, 88 Votes)
  • Finalist K (9.0%, 29 Votes)
  • Finalist E (8.0%, 25 Votes)
  • Finalist H (7.0%, 24 Votes)
  • Finalist F (7.0%, 24 Votes)
  • Finalist I (6.0%, 20 Votes)
  • Finalist N (5.0%, 18 Votes)
  • Finalist Q (5.0%, 18 Votes)
  • Finalist D (4.0%, 14 Votes)
  • Finalist L (4.0%, 14 Votes)
  • Finalist M (4.0%, 13 Votes)
  • Finalist R (3.0%, 10 Votes)
  • Finalist B (2.0%, 7 Votes)
  • Finalist C (2.0%, 6 Votes)
  • Finalist O (2.0%, 6 Votes)
  • Finalist J (2.0%, 6 Votes)
  • Finalist G (2.0%, 5 Votes)
  • Finalist P (1.0%, 2 Votes)

Total Voters: 329

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This poll will close Saturday at midnight

-Rex

Daily Dino Fact: The Unicorn Dinosaur

February 3rd, 2010

Unicornosaur?

Unicornosaur?

Q: Which dinosaur most closely resembled a unicorn? -Unicornosaur

A: LOL, what a great question! Honestly, I didn’t think I was going to be able to answer this one (though I certainly wanted to). Turns out there is actually a dinosaur whose nickname is “The Unicorn Dinosaur.” The dinos name is Tsintaosaurus, a hadrosaur found in China.

Tsintosaurus was one of the strangest dinosaurs ever found. Unlike other hadrosaurs that had a long crest protruding backward, Tsintosaurus had a long, blunt horn sticking straight out of the forehead. No one knows what it was used for and the theories about it vary widely. What we do know is that it had very powerful jaws and teeth and could have eaten from the toughest of trees.

Unfortunately, Tsintaosaurus lived during the Late Cretaceous. Liopleurodons lived during the Middle Jurassic which means you couldn’t name a Tsintaosaurus “Charlie” and have it meet a “Magical Liopleurodon.”

High five to anyone who gets that reference.

-Rex

Reader’s Choice Awards 2010

February 3rd, 2010

Hi everyone!

We’re proud to announce that WEBOSAURS has made it to the Top 5 of About.com’s Reader’s Choice Awards: Best Virtual World for Kids.

There were over 40 different submissions for virtual worlds but you guys made it happen. Thank you so much for all the kind words we saw when nominations were being made. We’re honored to have made it to the Top 5.

Click the link above or click right here to vote for your favorite virtual world. Just click on the links on that page to vote,

A giant thank you to all who have voted Webosaurs so far. You guys are the best.

-Rex

Storytelling night this Friday at Jungle Beach

February 2nd, 2010

Less than a year ago, a group of dinosaurs were stranded on what is now known as Webosaurs Island. Our four characters ventured off into their new home to embark on some crazy adventures. You know a few of them already, we want to know your stories.

This week is National Storytelling Week and we’ll be hosting a special Storytelling Night on Friday at 16:00 WST at the Jungle Beach in the Jurassic server.

Here’s how to enter. Write a short story, however you want to, and submit it in the comments below. We want you to add to the stories of Webosaurs Island (since, you know, you rule the Earth here). We’ll pick as many as we can and have the mods read them out loud at Storytelling Night around the campfire.

See you then!

-Rex