Officially Moved out of Florida

Greetings,
We have officially moved out of the state of Florida and are now located in Maryland. It has been some time getting everything moved up here and set up.  We are starting to get back to a routine, thank you for being patient.  There will be some changes coming due to commitments and time constraints.  One of the biggest changes is that the pow wow calendar page on the dot com is no longer going to be updated.  I wrestled with this a few years ago, and I just don't have the information coming in like it used to for the events.  I also do not have time to search for all the pow wows that people are asking about and writing for information on.   
I intend on decorating for Halloween for the first time in many many years, and enjoying one of my favorite holidays.  I will begin to list certain trade goods on eBay and run some clearance sales in the online shops on Artfire, So check back often ;)  
We have been adopted by an elder woman, to take care of her for the rest of her days.  This is the most important change to our schedule, and will take priority over many smaller tasks.  A woman we knew from the pow wow trail came to us for assistance 2 years ago, we accepted the challenge and haven't looked back.  

We have quite a bit of inventory all in one place for the first time in many years.  So stay tuned for some Unique Trade Goods, and Quality Handcrafted Gifts.  Thank you all for your support over the years, Please stay in touch.
Much Love and Many Prayers,
Celeste Spiderwrulf & Ken Cloudwalker

Creating Your Own Success ~ Mic Jordan

Greetings,

This video is a little long, 13 minutes, but it is well worth the watch AND Listen... a lot of you may not understand or care for hip hop, however I challenge you to watch this through to the end.  His final words on the video say it all.  
If it touched you as much as it did me on this Gloomy, Rainy, Migraine day for me... AGAIN, I challenge you:
Everyone can FWD, Share, and Inundate our email boxes with all these prayers, story's, Meme's, and tear jerker "make you think" kinda things that they expect you to Share/Post/FWD...
DARE you to Share this one, it might INSPIRE a someone TODAY... and YOU will be the Catalyst!

"Please Don't fail at creating your success by living someone else's success story" 

I have NO REGRETS for taking the Leap of Faith I did or Living the Life I do.  We may not always have the means to do things like others do, yet we always seem to have what we NEED, and not always what we WANT which keeps us Strong on our path to "Creating Our Own Success" 

Much Love and many prayers

~wrulf

**** Thank you Mic Jordan, and the props to Biggie Smalls hit my heart.  Keep it Strong Brother!

ps ~ Buy something from my shop Y'all!-------------->>>>>>

and keep me "Creating my own Success"

Peace

Native American Cherokee Trail River Festival

Greetings,

This pow wow in South Carolina was cancelled, back in October, due to bad flooding from storms.  I have just been notified that the pow wow will be this weekend, Come on out if you're in that 'neck of the woods'.  

Tlaltlacayolotl

October 10 - 11, 2015 

Native American Cherokee Trail River Festival

1800 12th Street Ext. - Cayce, SC 29033

Circle of Native Americans Hosts Native American Cherokee Trail River Festival; Fun Festival for the entire family. Public is invited, FREE Admission; 10am - 5pm; Grand Entry 12 noon; Native American Dancers in Regalia; History of the Cherokee Trail and Demonstrators; Story Telling, Children Activities; Craft Vendors, Food Vendors; Host Hotel Knights Inn Airport West Columbia, SC ** $32.99 ** ask for the special pow wow rate 803-794-0222; For more pow wow info Contact Laura Bailey 803-366-1705 or email circleofnativeamericans@gmail.com 

Edisto River Singers

• Native American Dancers in Regalia
• History of the Cherokee Trail
• Story Telling
• Children's Activities
• Craft Vendors - Food Vendors
• Head Lady: Barbara MorningStar Paul
• Head Male: John Wakinyan
• AD: GT Martinez
• MC: Joey Jordan
• Host Drum: Edisto River Singers
• Soulful Echos
• Special Guest: Chief Steve Silverheels, son of Jay Silverheels, 'Tonto'
• Native Nations Museum
• Robert Redhawk, bringing History to Life
• Aztec Dancers: Tlaltlacayolotl which means Earth, Heart, and Man

Making Halloween This Weekend!

Greetings,

We will be away all weekend starting 30 October through 2 November, we are celebrating the Holiday with a home Haunt and some other Festivities.

  NOTE** Any purchases made, or questions emailed, will be taken care of on Monday.  

Thank You 

Celeste Spiderwrulf

Where's the Pow Wow?

Greetings,
We are trying to get the pow wow page updated with events so please visit:
http://www.sixdirectionstraders.com/calendar.html

If you know of an event that is not listed, please send info and/or Flyer.  Due to being removed from Facecrook, I no longer have the FREE access to Pow Wow Flyers, Information, Gatherings, and Festivals.  I am listing events that are email submitted to me on the pow wow page as they come in, but there is no time to search for events.  

It has truly been the Lost Summer for me, some health issues and working through the possessions of my deceased siblings has taken a Lot of my time.  I am doing the best I can to keep the pow wow page going and posting flyers on my Google+ Please feel free to attach to me there if you want to keep contact as I am trying to post 'goings on' there.  

I have been working on the online shops as well, trying to get them beefed up for the Holidays, so if you have a special order please get it in soon... as the orders are already flowing in. Visit the shop at: Six Directions Traders 

Thank you to all my supporters and followers, please feel free to email me at: Spiderwrulf@SixDirectionsTraders.com 

Much Love and many prayers
spiderwrulf

Bullied By Facebook, Harassment Continues

Greetings,
I have Contact information for the registrar of the Facebook domain, If you are being Bullied or Harassed by Facebook I suggest you keep trying to contact them.  I have sent Yet another email explaining that I need ALL my pages shut down and will let y'all know how that goes.  Here is the information:

We suggest you contact the registrant of the domain to resolve your complaint.  Complaints can be addressed to:

Registrant Name: Domain Administrator

Registrant Organization: Facebook, Inc.

Registrant Street: 1601 Willow Road,

Registrant City: Menlo Park

Registrant State/Province: CA

Registrant Postal Code: 94025

Registrant Country: US

Registrant Phone: +1.6505434800

Registrant Phone Ext:

Registrant Fax: +1.6505434800

Registrant Fax Ext:

Registrant Email: domain@fb.com

 

Following is the letter I sent them:

Greetings,

I want to file a complaint about your website Facebook.com.   I understand the policy that caused Facebook to lock out my personal account because I would not provide my personal identification such as Birth Record.  I feel that I am being Bullied by an alleged FREE Social Media Corporation, because I will not upload personal information for my own personal security .  I chose NOT to upload this information, therefore I am ok with them removing my personal profile.  I do, however, need my business pages taken down, they are still sitting idle with no way for me to communicate what happened, to my customers.  I am also getting Inundated with notifications from Facebook in my email inbox.  This needs to stop, if my account is locked out and deactivated, I should no longer be harassed by this site .  It is over 2 weeks and I have no way to contact them to make them removed it all.  My pages are now in jeopardy of being Hacked or Slandered by sitting there idle with no moderator.  The pages and what is contained on them are still MY property and uphold MY reputation and business established  for 13 years.   ALL people know me by my stage name Celeste Spiderwrulf and that is how they FIND me.  The pages that need to be shut down are Six Directions Traders, SpiderwrulfNDNsupplies, and Beware Alibaba.com.  I am pleading with you to make them do something, this is effecting my business, and is flooding my inbox with correspondence that I can not respond to.  I did have some communication with someone named Phoebe, but all she did was tell me how to start a business page on  Facebook.  I intend on publicly spreading the word about Your company, Facebook, and Mark Zuckerberg until I get resolution.  My next step is hiring a Lawyer to help me get this taken care of.  I await your response.

Always,

Celeste Spiderwrulf

#MyNameIs ~ Many people going through what happened to me on Facebook

It Looks as if the protesters swayed Facebook to change the requirements to only needing a magazine subscription, Library Card or piece of mail with the "authentic name" on it.  However, my personal account is now so Locked up it is deactivated... and my Business "Pages" are all still out there sitting Idle :{
Take a look at the article and video: #MyNameIs

June Bug ~ Summer is Upon Us ~

Greetings,

Well here we are into June, Happy Summer Y'all!  The kids are all starting to get done with school for the year, I won't say the weather is getting HOT... in FL the weather is always HOT :)

One thing that there isn't many of, is Pow Wow's in FL in the summer.  You talk about the heat, but also... it's Hurricane Season too!  So, the state pretty much takes the summer off and some dancers or vendors may travel north to other circuits to continue the "Pow Wow" thang :}

Our wonderful children are aging quite rapidly before our very eyes (80's now), therefore I regret to inform our Northern family that the dogs and I will be staying the summer right where we are on the ranch this year.  We had constructed a wooden ramp for them to get in and out of the camper and had toted all around with us for a couple years now.  Well, we owe them a break, they have both been so Awesome in all our travels from 2004 to present.  The least we could do for our furry chillen. 

BIG Changes abound on the internet, as we see from previous posts on this blogg.  My online shop has a change that begins TODAY!  The fee structure, of course, is involved and I am still evaluating how this will work out.  Nevertheless, Please contact me directly, if you are in need of anything... if it is not listed in the shop I can list it, or just send a Paypal invoice which is the safest way anyway.  I am still working on a few special orders, there are a few in the cue to start transaction/production phase, and I am still trying to keep the veterans honor necklaces re-stocked.  I say it all the time, and here goes "There are NEVER enough hours in a day".

Please stay in touch,
Love one another,
and don't be consumed so much,
by the rush of everyday life,
for the curtain may close,
in the fleeting second that,
you did not take,
 to LOOK at that rose,
let alone take the time to smell it <3
~wrulf

Much Love and many prayers,
Spiderwrulf

Please SHARE, Alert everyone who is on Facebook

Greetings,

I keep getting notifications for my Celeste Spiderwrulf Facebook account.  I need Facebook to shut it down and stop harassing my email inbox with notifications.  Facebook is not letting me even notify my friends, groups, and business page followers that they have done this to me.  I want Facebook to completely Shut down ALL my pages as well as my personal account that they have Locked me out of; SpiderwrulfNDNsupplies, SixDirectionsTraders, and "Beware Alibaba.com has Vendors who steal  Artisans Crafts".  Facebook is now jeopardizing my personal internet security by allowing those profiles and pages to sit idle.  That is a Hackers delight, like when a person dies but their Facebook account still sits there... eventually a robot will take over and spam out the dead person's contact list.  I am documenting everything and will be contacting and posting to Media, Lawyers, local law enforcement, and anyone else who will listen.  It is going on 2 weeks that my personal account has been locked out, and I want it shut down or reinstated Immediately. 

I, Celeste Spiderwrulf, understand that all I need to do is upload my personal identification (such as birth records) to Facebook, to verify "my real name"... and I choose NOT to do so, as I feel this violates my personal security online.  I am being held hostage by this corporation, and for what?  And Who is Next? I think I have the right to stay somewhat anonymous online to protect MY Identity, Livelihood, Business, Reputation and just plain Personal AMERICAN FREEDOM. 

​Much Love and many prayers,

#MyNameIs Celeste Spiderwrulf​

Over a week Locked out of my Facebook page, still being Harassed

It has been over a week, and I still have my Facebook business page in Limbo, and my personal page Locked out.  They closed my case after the inittal contact I made, this is what I uploaded as Identification to them: #MyNameIs

and now I see it re-opened, here is the correspondence so far:

Hi, Thanks for contacting us. At this time, we can't verify your name. It might be because it doesn't follow our name standards and has: - Symbols, numbers, unusual capitalization, repeating characters or punctuation - Characters from multiple languages - Titles of any kind (ex: professional, religious)- More than one person’s name, because Facebook accounts are for individual use Facebook is a place where people use their authentic identities, and we want to make sure you can use yours. If this is the name you are known by in everyday life, please help us verify it by attaching a copy of an ID that shows your name, photo and date of birth in a reply to this email. We accept the following types of documentation:https://www.facebook.com/help/www/159096464162185/?ref=cr


 Thanks, Phoebe Community Operations Facebook


This case is NOT Closed. I want all of the pages shut down, I want all of
the notifications stopped, my email inbox is inundated with all my friends
posts, comments, updates and such. MAKE IT STOP! You are NOT getting my
personal Identification, NOW this is becoming Harassing. I have been
Celeste Spiderwrulf for more years than I have been on Facebook. I am in
fear that someone will hack my account now, anyone can upload an ID to you
and take over my account and business pages. I can be slandered, stolen
from, my customers have no idea what is going on, and why I am not
responding to them. NOW, I am looking into a lawyer. This can not be
allowed!?! YOU are harassing me by filling my inbox with notifications that
I can not respond to. You are holding me hostage by my business and
putting my reputation at jeopardy now. ​
SHUT IT ALL DOWN OR reinstate it:
Six Directions Traders
SpiderwrulfNDNsupplies
Celeste Spiderwrulf


Hi,

A musician, public figure, business, or other organization can create Facebook Pages to share information, interact with their fans, and create a highly engaging presence plugged into Facebook’s social graph. These Pages are distinct presences, separate from users’ Timelines, and optimized for these presences’ needs to communicate, distribute information/content, engage their fans, and capture new audiences virally through their fans’ recommendations to their friends. Facebook Pages are designed to be a media rich, valuable presence solution for any figure, business, or brand that can be integrated seamlessly into the user experience with socially-relevant applications.

To create a Page, please visit http://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php or simply click on the ‘Create a page for your business’ link at the bottom of any Page.

Let me know if you have any further questions.


Thanks,

Phoebe
Community Operations
Facebook




Did you read what I wrote to you? They shut my personal profile down and
now I can not access my business page. I will not provide ID so I forfeit
my accounts, however I want it All shut down. Quit with the robot
responses and Do something Phoebe!

I can't unsubscribe to all the notifications sent to me. SHUT MY PAGES
DOWN! Shut it all off, I am being harassed now, make it stop. I can not
access my pages, you shut my personal profile down, so shut the pages down
and STOP ALL notifications!
Celeste SPiderwrulf
Six Directions Traders
SpiderwrulfNDNsupplies​


I just don't know what to do, I keep getting TONS of notifications in my email about all my friends posts, pictures, comments and groups and such.  It is becoming harassing and has taken up much of my time.  I am being held Hostage by Facebook until I upload my actual birth records, photo ID and such.  SHUT IT DOWN! I will NOT send you my personal identification, you are NOT Paypal and have NO business knowing that information.  I have been Celeste Spiderwrulf since the turn of the millennia ALL my pages, shops and such show it. 

WHAT CAN I DO?? A Lawyer? Media Outlet? Does anyone even care that it could happen to them?  DO most people just give them what they want because they MUST be on facebook that bad?!?!

Facebook Locked me out for #MyNameIs

Greetings,
As of this morning I, Celeste Spiderwrulf, have been locked out of my personal Facebook profile account.  I have been called this name, associated with my shop, Six Directions Traders since 2001.  My business page on Facebook seems to still be up and running, however I can not access it.  There seems to be no way to contact the Facebook Corporation as they just refer you to the help center robot stuff.  I am posting out to everyone that knows me so that they can be aware of how sudden this can happen to anyone apparently. 






Facebook wants me to upload personal Identification documents, such as Birth records, to them so that they can review and see if this is my authentic name.  Please take a look at the following link to see what Facebook is asking me for and decide for yourself...  Would you upload this information to save your Social Media Facebook account?  https://www.facebook.com/help/159096464162185








I refuse to send my personal information like that to a Corporation, all they are doing is bullying me.  I would not "PAY to Play" (pay money to boost the posts from my business page to get more views and traffic) with my Six Directions Traders page there... So, they cut my postings to my followers, who did not get to see the posts that Facebook decided they could not see of mine.  I would not give them my phone number, "in case you get locked out of your account"... Hmmmmm?!?!! wonder how they knew that would happen?  NOW, my personal profile page (which is the name in question) is deactivated, from what I can tell.  The BUSINESS page is still showing and I have no access to it.  Everything on there is Still MY Intellectual property, in my Opinion.  There is NO easily obtainable way to contact facebook,  I tried to tell them to just deactivate all my pages as well. 




I have spent much of the day posting things on ALL my social pages and profiles that are (AND HAVE BEEN) connected to Celeste Spiderwrulf and Six Directions Traders, including but NOT Limited to www.SixDIrectionsTraders.com ; SpiderwrulfNDNsupplies ; BadPennyCurioz ; and any association with ANY of my dot com email address: Spiderwrulf@SixDirectionsTraders.com 
ALL these things I do are connected, anyone who doesn't know me can plainly see this.  I want my account and business page BACK or I want it all REMOVED!  I think I have the right to stay somewhat anonymous online to protect MY Identity, Livelihood, Business, Reputation and just plain Personal AMERICAN FREEDOM. 


Just a heads up Y'all, you may be next
Much Love and many prayers,
Celeste Spiderwrulf

Setting up shop in Mount Dora, Florida

Greetings,
It has been a couple crazy years for us, accidents, surgeries, multiple deaths in the family... Trying to get back on our feet and caught up with the pow wow page, the online shops, and the special orders. 

Looks like we are gonna hunker down for a bit here in Mount Dora, Florida and set up shop at Renninger's Twin Market's We will be liquidating all kinds of estate items that we have collected over the year.  We'll be able to have people in to teach beading techniques and such.  Local Central Florida Dancers, Friends, and Followers... please let us know if there is anything in particular you would need for me to stock and I will do my best to provide it.  Along with SpiderwrulfNDNsupplies shop for components, beadz, featherz, and such... Six Directions Traders will introduce another division of the shop called Bad Penny Curioz. 


The online venue for this will be through Blujay, which is transitioning to eBluejay and is in Beta at the moment.  I have not used this venue yet to process a sale, so it is all new to me.  The payments are safest and secure through Paypal, which has come a long way in the past 13 years or so that I have been using them.  You no longer have to sign up through Paypal, you can make a payment through them with your credit or debit card as you would any other merchant.  I am the one that incurs the fee, but for me it is a convenience I pay for, to make it easier on the customer.  Mail Order payments are also accepted, communication on that can be done through the checkout, or prior to multiple purchase, or combined shipping orders. 



**Follow us to see what the dog does next, when she realizes I took a picture





http://www.sixdirectionstraders.com/calendar.html 

Submit Pow wow info for the pow wow page to spiderwrulf@gmail.com  If you send an electronic flyer it will be posted on Facebook as well.  Feel free to use the above banner if you would like to link back to the pow wow page. 

Thank you all for your continued support, working on getting some techniques and tutorials I can post to help some folks out. 
Much Love and many prayers,
~wrulf

2015 Thundering Spirit Pow Wow ~ Mount Dora, Florida

 

2015 Thundering Spirit Pow Wow

*Peace & Unity for All Nations*

February 27 - 28, March 1, 2015

Renninger's Twin Markets

20651 New Highway 441 Mount Dora, Florida 32757

 

Friday February 27th 2015, Grand Entry at 7:00pm

Saturday February 28th 2015, Grand Entry at 1:00pm & 7:00pm

Sunday March 1st 2015 Grand Entry at 1:00pm

Gates Open at 10:00am Daily

Friday February 27th is Children's Day from 9:00am - 2:00pm with special Demonstrations, Games, etc.

Please join us for Traditional Native American Culture Including: Drumming, Dancing, Crafts, and Food.

Bring the whole Family and spend the day,  Don't forget to bring Chairs and/or Blankets to sit on

Admission ~ Required Donation: Adults $5.00 Children Under 12 FREE

Active, Retired or Service Persons Admitted FREE

 

 

 

Award-winning Violinist, Flutist, Story Teller, and Recording Artist: Arvel Bird

Grammy Award-winning Recording Artist: Joanne Shenandoah

Flutist: Mark Barfoot

Aztec Dancers: Tlaltlacayolotl ~ Earth, Heart, Man

Guest Elder: Kashka - Tlingit Legend Keeper - Storyteller

 

 

Host Hotel: E.com Lodge

E.Com Lodge ~ 18730 U.S. Highway 441 ~ Mount Dora, FL 32757

 

 

For additional Information or to sponsor

Call Tony Ledford at: 352 636-4271 or 352 589-0045

ThunderSpiritFam@yahoo.com

or write: PO BOX 1141 ~ Eustis, FL 32727

 

 

 

 

 

Wrede’s Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, Inc.

4820 Wilderness Trail

Sebring, Florida 33875

863-385-2770

 

 

Tlaltlacayolotl ~ Earth, Heart, Man

Tlaltlacayolotl means earth, heart, man. We are descendants of the Aztec Tribe, from the center of Mexico where the Aztecs constructed their empire called Teotihucan. It has been more than 500 years since first European contact. We are a culture that have studied nature and the cosmos for centuries. Our dances reflect the cosmic universe and all that exists within mother earth. Our group is a family of four: father, mother, son, and daughter. Our dances and our culture have been passed down and learned through the generations. Our work is that the cultures of all the indigenous peoples are always together. In that way, we learn more of other cultures and each know of their own beauty. The indigenous world and we wish to teach that still, in this 21st century, one can learn of our culture. We teach the culture of Mexica. We do presentations at festivals, schools, and various events. With pre-hispanic music, pre-hispanic dance and explanations we teach of our culture. The presentations can be from 30 minutes up to 2 hours.

 

 

 

Endangered Animal Rescue Sanctuary

EARS Inc. is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization. Endangered Animal Rescue Sanctuary P.O. BOX 3686 Ocala, FL 34478

 

 

Hope to see Y'all out at the pow wow this year, there will be entertainment starting at 10am daily.  Dancers Luck of the Draw Daily. Great Food, Great People, Great Fun!

Much Love and many prayers,

~wrulf

Brooksville Native American Festival

 

February 7 - 8, 2015 ~ Brooksville Native American Festival

Florida Classic Park ~ 5360 Lockhart Road ~ Brooksville, Florida 34601

Featured performers will be Little Big Mountain Dancers, Shelley Morningsong and Chipa Wolfe. There will be dance and drumming presentations, primitive skills and Native horsemanship demonstrations and Native food, arts and crafts. Admission is $7.00 for adults $4.00 for kids 5-12.  Saturday 10am - 6pm, Sunday 10am - 5pm; More Info 352-797-7886

Looking forward to getting here this weekend, Hope to see y'all out there.
~wrulf

CannibalCarrots on Wattpad

Greetings,
I am writing about Wattpad today, a site where storytellers can write and be seen.  The way they put it: Wattpad is a place to discover and share stories: a social platform that connects people through words. It is a community that spans borders, interests, languages. With Wattpad, anyone can read or write on any device: phone, tablet, or computer.  Wattpad stories are free. Whether you’re online or off, use the devices you already own to carry an entire library wherever you go.

A dear friend of ours is writing there and I have begun following, Andi a.k.a. CannibalCarrots, is a wonderful weaver of tales.  I am working through Lullaby at the moment.  I am an extremely slow reader, but with books and stories being available more conveniently now-a-days... I do more reading than I ever did! 

This website is Made in Canada, their blog is here: http://blog.wattpad.com/  They have a Haiku contest going at the moment.  I suggest you take a look at what they have to offer, if you are a writer of stories, or just and avid reader. 
Enjoy
~wrulf

2014 Thundering Spirit Pow Wow ~ Mt Dora, FL

 

Greetings, we are getting ready for the family pow wow coming up in 9 short days!   We have a wonderful lineup of entertainers including Arvel Bird, Joanne Shenandoah, the Aztec Family Dancers and much more.  The guys put the signs out this weekend to guide everyone in the surrounding area, a 90 mile trip!  Please visit our website for more detailed information on artisans, performers, special exhibits, head staff and the like....

Thundering Spirit Pow Wow

 

 

 

Thunder the American Bald Eagle will be there, as always.  Along with other animal friends from Wrede's Wildlife Rehabilitation.  There will be a village encampment with all sorts of things to see, learn, and participate in.  Come on out and bring the entire family.

 

 

 

If you are on facebook, share and invite your friends here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/721329187901266/?source=1 



****UPDATE**** Million Players Sanctiond over Free Housing item "exploit"

Well, if the people of the United States would come together as these millions of game players did, perhaps we could turn things around in this government too.  Here is a post from the Boycott Wizard page:
I have sent the petition signatures and comments to the Board of Directors, CEO AND COO of Kingsisle Entertainment. The fact that no one seems to be banned for the exploitation any more leaves us little room for legal recourse. Saying that, we have had a win! Those accounts that would have been banned are no longer banned. We have also shown KI that we will not accept unfair treatment. We will continue to show KI that they cannot bully us. Although many of us love the game, KI will understand that justice is more important to us than the game. Well done everyone! ~Gaff

It appears that my brother's ban has been changed to a suspension, although they never did email him.  These suspended days have given us time to shop for another game and rethink how these MMORPG's have unregulated power that NO Corporation should have. 

Big Thanks to all the supporters, and to Wizard101 for meeting us in the middle and understanding that it was not really a good idea to cut off that many paying customers.  We use Wizard to visit with one another across the country, so I will continue to do that, as I have sunk plenty of money into it and have the entire game open.  I seriously doubt they will get anymore of our money after this though. 

Wizard101.com game Entraps Players and waits until After the Holiday "Cash Cow" to Ban Tens of Thousands

Greetings,
I have not blogged in a year due to major health issues, which I will not go into detail at the moment.  In lieu of this Downtime, I was introduced to a MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) Wizard101.  This game was so Very therapeutically important to me, I was able to visit with Family and Friends across the country every day.  It kept me going, and gave my mind exercise being as my physical exercise was limited.  We could play this game, chat and catch up on a daily basis.  I loved seeing my brother every morning before he left for work, to tell him "I Love you and have a great day".  When I would see his texts in game, I could hear his voice speaking these words to me, it was very special and kept me going through the pain difficult times I had.  Like any good online game, you need to spend money in order to help the game continue to function.  We had no problem investing some extra curricular money into a diversion so Dynamic, with animations that made you "star in your own cartoon".   It is extremely Kid friendly and therefore his young daughter was enjoying it with us.  There are so many aspects to this game, you can never get bored of it, and the things it can teach a young person are absolutely amazing.  The value of money, priorities, teamwork, strategy, Math, spelling, social interaction, manners and much more.  For safety they have a menu chat for children under 13, they can only "speak" certain premade phrases and can only "see" these phrases spoken back to them... such as "Please may I join?"  "Would you like some help?"  "Thanks" "You're Welcome" and game specific phrases.  For those 13 - 18 years old, the open chat would show yellow as you typed a word incorrectly and would not show that word in public... if you typed the correct spelling you would see it in white and it would be displayed in your text.  Rather ingenious we thought, and so approved of this entire concept, we shared with other friends and got them "hooked" on it as well, because as you gain higher levels you need teams to defeat the difficult dungeons. 

Which brings me to the subject of the Blog post, in the level 90 world of this game, over the holidays, we discovered four specific housing items that could be collected within the game.  No big deal, throughout the game there are many items you discover that you can pick up and either display in your wizards house or sell for gold, or even feed to your pet for it to gain experience.  However, these particular items in Azteca (a level 90 world) would give you an infinite amount of these items, you could fill your backpack.  We thought surely this was a gift from KingsIsle so that we could make some extra gold (in game currency, used to purchase in game items, with no real monetary value) and that surely we were not the first and only people to find this.  Well, KingsIsle waited until after the holidays, when all their players spent extra money on Crowns (in game currency to purchase Special in game items that cost real money) game pack bundles, gift cards, and all the special holiday sales on things we do spend our real money on to have fun in the game; to drop the hammer and suspend and permanently ban Tens of Thousands of players stating that we exploited a bug.  Without warning we could no longer play the game, the email sent to us said that we violated their terms of use  and they referred us to this post about Account Sanctions for Game Exploitation .  Which, as you can see they got so much feedback that first 24 hours from ALL the people impacted by this, that they added another post revealing that they had changed their minds on SOME and "reduced the sentence" of some that had been suspended, some that had been banned were now only suspended, and yet some were still permanently banned without reply to their  query's.  In normal instances of Permanent Banning, they allow an appeal, HOWEVER they are not allowing ANY appeal in this situation, it is their determination and you have no say.

Upon further investigation, this particular "bug" has been in the game for approximately a year and posts on the forum discussing it on December 25th 2013  had been removed (found in Google cache) There was No warning or explanation of why these items were left in the game so long, only immediate execution of at least 10% of their paying customers.  Now many of us have money sitting in our accounts that we will never be able to use again, and they will not refund or provide an explanation of the specific Terms of Use that were violated.  Here is the link for their Facebook post, and please take a look at the comments if you have time.  I would like to get a census of all the players that this has impacted by being suspended or permanently banned to get a grip on the true number, Please leave a comment if You have been a part of this Entrapment Corporate Greed Scam.

As of this writing my brother still has had no response to his query and has not had a "reduced sentence" to being suspended.  At the very least they will never get another penny from me, and if they do not reinstate my brother's account I will most likely give up the game entirely, as I have had only a suspension.  Thank you all for listening, I really hope the National Media Outlets pick this up because it is the Biggest case of Bullying I have ever seen, which is also one thing that KingsIsle says they do not tolerate.  How Ironic
Much Love and many prayers
wrulf

In memory of: Iridian Wyrmflame, Logan Runner, Allan Bearwalker, and all our brother and sister wizards that have been cut short of their life in the Spiral.

We as fee paying members of Kingsisle Entertainment's game Wizard101 are shocked and appalled to have our accounts banned because we took more than one free offer in the game, a free offer that the game allowed us to take! Do not punish us for your programming incompetence! We are your source of income, don't treat us like idiots! Restore all sanctioned accounts!
If you would Please also participate in the Petition that is available here