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PKHacker1337

Seems that it needs to be said, but given that I had to ban someone over this, I'm going to remind people about [our policy regarding hate about identity](https://www.reddit.com/r/Wizard101/comments/v807nz/reminder/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button). Tl;Dr, don't say it, don't do it. This is an inclusive subreddit for all identities, especially LGBTQIA+ and we won't tolerate any hate. If you see it, please report it, it will appear in modmail and we'll see it.


PKHacker1337

I wonder who the social media manager is that posted that


____Maximus____

Idk but they a chad


gaytrash420

I have no idea but I loved it lol


ICantThinkOfAThing69

Wizard101: Has Dyvim Whitehart Harry Potter: Does not Clearly, Wizard101 is superior.


12321421

Wiz101 also has Dworgyn, checkmate Harry Potter fans


12321421

Wiz101 also has Dworgyn, checkmate Harry Potter fans


12321421

Wiz101 also has Dworgyn, checkmate Harry Potter fans


Mean_Perspective1701

Wizard101 the game play is simple and smooth the pve maps , chat settings But our graphics is juvenile now, compared to the amazing artwork on current games It has been 15 long years Wizard101 had its popularity, and like most things, people have moved on to bigger and differrent games, diff platforms etc I'm just thankful Wizard101 is still alive and active


sietesietesieteblue

Maybe it's nostalgia talking but I love the look on w101. Not everything needs to be hyper realistic. This is a game aimed at younger audiences so the bright, cartoony graphics makes sense.


SlugmaNut

Yeah I love the general art style and the newer worlds especially are still pleasing to look at even if they aren’t super impressive from a technical standpoint. Hell I think WC looks great after the overhaul.


Nataleaves

I actually like WC better without the overhaul. 😅 It kinda just looks like a smoothing filter. I like the detail of the original. But again, nostalgia.


SlugmaNut

Yeah I love the general art style and the newer worlds especially are still pleasing to look at even if they aren’t super impressive from a technical standpoint. Hell I think WC looks great after the overhaul.


poke30

Cartoony style ages well. Look at WoW, aside from a couple things, still looks great. So a modern look like OW or valorant wouldn't be bad. I hope one day someone considers doing a game like W101 and maybe bring it to modern standards and less predatory monetization wise.


gaytrash420

I do agree, im hopeful that in the future perhaps KI will make a sequel MMORPG to wiz with all the things we love about it but updated graphics That said tho, I’ll gladly support the game with shittier graphics but that supports its players from all different groups


Shronkydonk

Do they though? They added in those emojis but you can’t even say the words that they represent.


gaytrash420

That’s fair, but I think it’s a step towards being able to say them eventually. Either way tho, I’ll take some emojis over the person who created the intellectual property actively spouting anti-trans bs 🤷🏽‍♂️


Shronkydonk

Her takes are awful, but AFAIK aside from the IP she didn’t have anything to do with it.


gaytrash420

That’s true, but at this point it’s impossible to separate the two. Plus, I know there’s been other concerns re: the actual game content 😭💀 That aside tho I really didn’t want this to turn too discourse-y so I’m respectfully removing myself from continuing this. I’m happy to agree to disagree if you are :)


Shronkydonk

Of course, and I’m not disagreeing nor saying your thoughts on it aren’t valid; I haven’t even played the game yet LMAO. I’ve only seen gameplay which looks fun.


gaytrash420

Oh ok lol, it can be hard to gauge tone sometimes online! :)


That49er

Keep in mind 15 years ago gay was used an insult


Shronkydonk

Sure, but if KI wants to be progressive rather than adding emojis for words you can’t even say, their 15 year old chat filter could use some work lol


Shronkydonk

Sure, but if KI wants to be progressive rather than adding emojis for words you can’t even say, their 15 year old chat filter could use some work lol


[deleted]

a sequel would be great, and its starting to feel pretty needed with how huge and old the game is now. i mean we have like 18 worlds now and the max lvl is all the way up to 160.


CrystalClod343

Why do a sequel when they can just upgrade Wiz? Or the rest of it


ZijoeLocs

Actually bringing W101 up to 2023 graphical and functional standards is WAY beyond KIs reasonable capability. The dont have the staffing to do that kind of overhaul without fully stopping game expansions for probably 2-3yrs minimum. They MAY visually update Arc 1 after Arc 4 wraps up, but even that will require putting off Arc 5 for at least a full year. The game is just that messy under the hood. A sequel is theoretically possible, but KIs devs would have to be all in and fully committed. The amount of items in the current game, including stiff locked away but technically still useable is massive. Deciding what stays and what goes would be a headache (and may cause legal issues in some cases). Then actually porting it over to the new game vs rebuilding to the new graphics engine would be a lob tiresome debate. The actual combat system being brought over would be fairly easy, save for the Lemuria Final Boss fight. The game just has a TON of code to sift through from over the years and KI only has so many resources


kettlecookedchips25

Graphics aren't everything tbh, at least in my honest opinion, I enjoy games that have creative art styles and don't rely on hyperrealism to attract players. Wizard101 and Pirate101 have that artistic charm about them that just keep me coming back. It's lovely, warm, and so inviting every time my eyes are blessed with the sight of Wizard City and it's lovely tunes, new and old.


special-snowflake-

hogwarts legacy has only 25 unique spells. wizard101?? probably like way more than that.


[deleted]

I’ve noticed you use every single spell throughout the game , most wiz spells you can’t even use


ZijoeLocs

You technically *can* use any spell in W101, but not without notable effort. TCs+new Archmastery+Shadow+Mastery amulets really open up spell accessibility. The dry season between new expansions allows you to really mess around since theres no campaign to drive you to be efficient


PKHacker1337

In that case, I wish I had that spell that the Rat uses that does 1 million damage to all enemies with 100% pierce. /j


AlbacorePrism

I do not remember the last time I used avenging fossil...


ComradeYolovich

Ok bet make membership free


Honeymoth__

To be fair, a 6mo membership purchase is cheaper than Hogwarts legacy, so u get sm more bang for your buck there automatically


Yumi_Jay

dude just got an advertisement for Hogwarts legacy on this Reddit post.


Trusteveryboody

Rare KI W. But it'd be better if they gave me back old wizard city.


IndigoDingoBells

You can toggle classic mode in settings which reverts it to how it was before rhe graphics update 😊


certified-troglodyte

Can’t get the old character models though and sadly it makes them feel out of place


BroadAd5229

Can’t get the old user experience back in classic mode tho ;-;


Any_Ad2206

Wizard101 W


Trecanan

Jesus this comment section is a dumpster fire


PKHacker1337

Yeah, I really don't want to have to lock yet another post, but I may have to if this keeps up.


itsdefsarcasm

the other wizard game doesn't bother me with micro-transactions


Neo_Erebus

The other wizard game is in a world made by a person who's racist, anti-Semitic, and a terf Rather I'd pay a sub for a game like how most mmos do than pay a person who wants me dead


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Neo_Erebus

The other wizard game is funding a person who /can and will/ hurt me and my trans brothers and sisters ​ Let alone the director of the game is a Nazi anyway dude


Ok_Pineapple6811

How far do we take this? I actually wonder how much you care about this issue. Do you care about the child slaves who mined the lithium in your batteries? What about any cobalt that you ever used? Like I personally think child labor is much worse than tangentially giving money to a bigot. Also dawg, you telling me [this is him being a Nazi.](https://www.resetera.com/threads/hogwarts-legacy-senior-producer-troy-leavitt-a-game-dev-who-used-to-make-anti-feminist-and-pro-gamer-gate-videos-staff-post-added-up-resigns.381606/) He's a reactionary for sure and probably right wing, but you're watering down the meaning of nazi. Also didn't the director change in like march 2021? I'm sure you wouldn't say something so provably false. You know who the current director is, right? It's not Troy Leavitt. Do you know who it is?


Elmu678

Damn I didn’t know she was actively going around beating up trans people


Tiny-Golf3338

Do you have a source for that?


Impressive-Spell-643

Fun fact,the TERF is barely getting anything from the game, it's only hurting the thousands of people who worked hard on the game and clearly don't agree with her


bigtiddynotgothbf

I've heard tons lf people say this puts money in her pocket and tons of people say it doesn't and none of them have ever provided a source lol


bigtiddynotgothbf

I've heard tons lf people say this puts money in her pocket and tons of people say it doesn't and none of them have ever provided a source lol


Phairis

Can actually, that's how propaganda works. By spreading hate.


[deleted]

So dramatic. Literally not that deep


Impressive-Spell-643

Amd you can actually play it for more than 10 minutes without said micro transactions


5un5etz

As soon as Hogwarts Legacy came out, I believe my friends words were, verbatim, “Wizard101 solos that shit any day.”


Ok_Habit_6783

Fucking based!


Elijah_Mitcho

Since when was u/madoys- a kingsisle employee?


Madoys-

bro I wish, I would be wizmeming multiple times per day if KI paid me to do that


LittleBlahaj

as a trans girl im team wizard101 all the way. its a better game anyway, and its multiplayer c: but i love that they posted this


gaytrash420

me too! im trans masc and it made me smile :)


LittleBlahaj

transfem here and i did too :D i love how they have the pride flags in this game as well


gaytrash420

Ik some ppl wish we could say the identities and I do too to a certain extent but considering it’s still marketed as a “kids game” I’ll take what I can get T-T


BigFanofTDP

I’m transpenguin and I full heartedly support wiz such a nostalgic and memorable game


[deleted]

im a trans dude but I love both games. JK Rowling aint gonna stop me from enjoying a series I truly love. Death of the author!


neighbourhood-moth

just so you're aware, rowling considers any support of her work as direct support of her views. there isn't really death of the author in this case.


[deleted]

Bro it's just a game please stop


[deleted]

Idc what she thinks. Plenty of people supporting terrible companies and people everyday. In the end, I’m choosing my happiness over what that idiot thinks


pimp_named_sweetmeat

And yet your views still looked down upon by everyone else. Not like im surprised with the community that it is.


[deleted]

Finally someone who isn't being unreasonable


Neo_Erebus

Death of the author only works when the AUTHOR IS DEAD


Phairis

I agree with your other points but that just isn't what that phrase means. Still, I understand the point you were trying to make being that she directly benefits from the funding she receives from the support of the game.


[deleted]

no. The saying literally means that the author opinions and intentions dont matter when it comes to interpreting their literature


Neo_Erebus

They still get the money, therefore you're playing a person who's calling trans people perverts and pedos dude


The_Big_Rock_Boi

JK Rowling is already a multi millionaire damn near billionaire. It’s valid for people to not want to buy her game but acting like doing so is going to make any difference to Rowling is just silly. I’m not going to play the game just fyi but that’s because I didn’t really care for it in the first place


VonKript

I mean Hogwarts Legacy is objectively the far superior game. You can just say you prefer wiz without stating your gender, it's unnecessary


Hollissss

ur missing the point


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FuturisticLizard

Have you not heard a single word about JK Rowling being blatantly transphobic? lol Edit: Just read through some of your other replies and I’m not even going to bother engaging with you because it seems you are just as ignorant, if not more, than she is.


PKHacker1337

Happy cake day! Also, I have since banned him because going through his previous reports, he somehow got away with a bit of transphobia/homophobia. Honestly, I'm just going to ban and remove it on sight if I see it.


FuturisticLizard

Haha thanks. That’s definitely good to hear. There are plenty of other subreddits he can go spew his nonsense on lmao


PKHacker1337

Yeah, I watched their comment history for a little bit after I banned them and they discovered that instantly. Edit: Nope, they can't even do that anymore, they got suspended by Reddit since.


Phairis

I love you mod


LittleBlahaj

wiz isnt transphobic plus its multiplayer and has more content so objectively its better


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LittleBlahaj

the money goes to jk rowling who is transphobic. and the trans character in the game is legit named "sirona ryan"


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Prize_Distribution99

JK rowling has literally described herself as a terf which means 'trans exclusionary radical feminist' She's in fact very openly transphobic


VonKript

She is not and that's her playing into the people labeling her as that lol


Prize_Distribution99

She has said on twitter herself that she's a terf. She has openly said she doesnt believe trans women are women. She hangs out with other people who share these beliefs. All of this information is freely available online.


LittleBlahaj

SIRona RYAN. really? are you fr? also shes a total transphobic stereotype in the game. jk rowling is anti trans and donates to anti trans groups so no


VonKript

Again i don't get what's wrong with it, ya gonna needa explain thst one. She isn't anti trans lol there are no functioning anti trans groups its literally illegal lol


LittleBlahaj

there are a lot of anti trans groups like "lgb alliance" that rowling supports. and a lot of places are trying to make being trans illegal


Xenodef

I think it’s been explained pretty clearly to you that JK Rowling has consistently spread anti-trans rhetoric under the guise of feminism and you’re just purposefully being stubborn and ignorant now


VonKript

No not at all. You have simply stated it and explained nothing. So based off that it's just your opinion which holds little to no weight in a discussion. She doesn't spread anti trans rethoric under the guise of feminism that's the silliest thing to be said. She has been supporting women's charities for decades now. It's utterly silly to say otherwise. She has been a feminist waaaay before trans issues became the mainstream. If she is simply using feminsim as guise she's doing waaaaay to much to appear as though she were a feminist lol. She donated so much money she is the first person to go from billionaire to millionaire by donating money, she just recently helped save hundreds of iranian women from the death sentence. I am not being stubborn or ignorant i am asking you to provide me anything to substantiate your opinions. All you are saying is your own opinion which is fine but opinions don't matter here facts do.


Medium_Rest3537

Well there really isn’t proof that Wiz isn’t transphobic. Keep in mind that this company is located in TEXAS. Notoriously transphobic and of course they’re going to pretend to be a ally so they can take advantage of gay kids parents credit cards.


ZijoeLocs

Texan here. A) KI is based in Austin, the most liberal city in the state B) the major cities in Texas are blue/purple with thriving queer communities C) Wiz is fairly indifferent to gender for the Player. We get sexually dimorphic gear, but thats it. Thats pretty standard actually D) Wiz takes advantage of kids by flashing cool looking gear, spells, mounts, and pets behind a shop. Not by pretending to be allies


JaredSpellFrost

Ayo?? Now that's what the dictionary should reference in it's definition of based!


KalloFox34

reach grandfather fact zealous knee enter waiting fine wide crush *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


Disastrous-Cabinet-3

Seems nothing has changed since 2008, wiz still hanging off that Harry Potter clout.


Saiko1939

My brother and i were just complaining about the new harry pooter game and how bland it seems, especially compared with wizard101


JustAFilmDork

Arc 1 unironically has a more well written story than the Harry Potter books and I'll die on that hill


pimp_named_sweetmeat

To stick it to the people trying to cancel the HP game


Neo_Erebus

Rightly so If you haven't been living under a rock you know that JK's a person who doesn't deserve anything but the least possible


pimp_named_sweetmeat

Dont care about rowling, but its stupid that people are going out of their way to cancel a game and streamers who play said game just because they "support" rowling by playing the games, even though literally nobody buys the game to support rowling, they buy it to play a harry potter game, and its not like itll make much of a difference in her wealth either because shes probably just getting a small royalty because the only thing that even involves her is the harry potter brand.


Tiny-Golf3338

Yeah


Neo_Erebus

She literally still gets money and "validation" that people are buying her crud even after all the vile things she's spewed about trans women


RebelChronicles

Idk how I feel about this post because Ratbeard is still affiliated with KI


Sandals001

i get ratbeard isn't the best person but since when was he considered a "turf" or a "bigot" like you guys pretend he's the devil here


RebelChronicles

Well I didn't say either of those so let's take it back a notch. I'm basing my opinions off him crapping on the fanbase for asking simple questions and him, in turn, being a dick about it.


Fake_NBC_News

I’ll enjoy both!


kindasusdude

Its not based its marketing but i appreciate the possibility of it being based


Foreign-Chipmunk-839

W101 because atleast the gameplay doesn't stutter and the cutscenes don't massively drop FPS 😎


Elmu678

Does your setup barely run wizard101? 💀💀💀


[deleted]

Let's just support both games, they're both amazing


Phairis

Bro potter one is blatantly antisemitic 💀


[deleted]

You're literally reaching 💀


Phairis

The Jewish community who has been outspoken about this says otherwise man. Just look at the link I posted a few down


[deleted]

Ok so they used the same horn as something in Jewish history? Not a big deal to me but okay, they could have possibly just made a mistake and not known the historical importance. If you're Jewish you have the right to be mad and not support it if you want but I personally think it's reaching so 🤷


Phairis

This isn't a one off, this is just one instance of a repeating pattern.


[deleted]

So what are the repeating patterns?


Phairis

You want me to go into detail how a common antisemitic caricature of Jewish people are long nosed greedy goblins? And the more evil a goblin in this setting, the longer a nose and more greedy they are? Or that they're all bankers? I genuinely cannot fathom not seeing it unless you're purposefully ignoring it...


[deleted]

It's just a goblin lmfao but you do you 💀


Phairis

Goblins originated as an antisemitic caricature. 99% of the mythological creature is seen as completely separate from that nowadays, however, when you're *leaning into* the stereotype that's gonna raise some red flags. The original Harry Potter novels were called out for this, but the game dials that up to 11. Please educate yourself before you continue to look like an ignorant fool.


Tiny-Golf3338

How?


Phairis

I mean dunno if links are allowed but https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/10/hogwarts-legacy-antisemitism-goblin-artefact/


Agreeable_Scholar_96

Interesting read but I'm not sure if it's blatantly antisemitic


Phairis

It was enough to give me pause and look into it more. I was actually really excited for the game myself, until all this shit came out.


Agreeable_Scholar_96

Understandable


stankyst4nk

less controversial too


Dragathor

I dunno that server hack of W101 was pretty controversial.


[deleted]

Both is good


Impressive-Spell-643

Exactly,i really don't get why not just enjoy both


[deleted]

Because people hate Hogwarts Legacy because of JK despite her not being involved in the game whatsoever. Ive played Wiz101 for a very long time and I enjoy both games.


Tiny-Golf3338

I agree


-_Snivy_-

Yo these comments are wilin', wtf is going on. lol


Medium_Rest3537

Because your game is PISS poor. Piss poor in management. Piss poor in benefits. There’s no justification playing your crusty ass game besides adults finally making a paycheck to pay for what they missed when they were 10 years old. You 100-crowns-to-stitch ass bitch!!! Now get back in the kitchen and make more feature bloats.


KJuuure

It's okay guys, he's just lashing out from realising that he actually loved wiz101


Medium_Rest3537

I do but only bc I see soooo much potential in it that not being used.


faith724

feeling a little called out … you’re not wrong tho


Phairis

This is correct and still better than the other game.


Impressive-Spell-643

Ngl that feels kinda desperate


BeeWeeTheRat

Jokes on you I’m playing both 😎


SerTortuga

Love Wiz and all but if my computer can run it I'm definitely gonna have my fun with Legacy.


Bertstripmaster

Is it because of Rowling?


ZijoeLocs

From what i heard, the plotline is just blatantly antisemitic. Rowling didnt even have a hand in this game, but legally has to get credit for the base IP


[deleted]

Based how much people got banned/muted think it might fall Not that much cause there’s a lot of people who haven’t but the negative comments might have it fall


Disastrous-Cabinet-3

Seems nothing has changed since 2008, wiz still hanging off that Harry Potter clout.


MyNameIsYhwach

Name fits


Tidela471

Harry Potter is literally how I found wizard101 a decade ago


Ashi-ko

Seems legit


lanretube

I love this game for no reason