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About Blue Trident
In 2005, a bored 17 year-old girl called Christine decided
to start a fan website for the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, so
she
e-mailed author Rick Riordan to ask his permission. Mr. Riordan gave his permission and
she
got to work building the website. Unfortunately it didn't turn out too
well so she deleted it and put the idea to the back of her mind. After the
second book in the series was released she decided to try again (plus she
needed something to keep her occupied seeing as her 'A' level exams had
finished). So, on the 12th July 2006, Blue Trident was uploaded for the
first time onto the Internet for all to see... And it's still going strong
today.
Timeline
12th July 2006: Blue Trident goes online for the first time!
August 2006: Blue Trident: The Forum added.
December 2008: Forum changes provider and becomes "v2.0".
26th November 2009: Christine nearly retires as webmistress due to
personal problems but doesn't go through with it. Staff positions advertised.
12th January 2010: New staff team - Jarrod, Jay, Sterling, Christine R,
Martha, Kelsey and Lauren - begin working on the site.
Did you know?
All donations greatly appreciated, no matter how small.
About the Staff
Name: Christine S.
Positions: Founder, owner, webmistress, senior editor
Age: 21
Birthday: 13th March
Country: England
Occupation: University student (Bachelor of Science degree in
Ecology) and webmistress
Favourite Percy Book / Story: The Lightning Thief
Favourite Characters: Annabeth Chase and George the caduceus snake
How I got into Percy Jackson and the Olympians in the first place:
"I was on a bus reading a free newspaper called The Metro when I saw a
review for The Lightning Thief. I decided to go and buy it when it came
out, but unfortunately I forgot the title and the author's name: all I
remembered was 'Zeus', 'lightning bolt' and 'thief', so entered them into
the Yahoo! search engine and found out the title again. I then went to go
to the town centre to buy it from Waterstones and I really got into it."
Favourite Music Genres: Pop, cheesy pop, disco, rock, metal, J-pop,
classical, synthpop, electronic, video game, instrumentals, soundtracks, Disney,
Eurovision
Favourite Bands/Singers: ABBA, The Black Mages, Girls Aloud, The
Seekers, Kim Wilde, Ladyhawke, Paramore
Name: Lauren, Daughter of Athena
Positions: News reporter and editor
Age: 13
Birthday: April 2nd
Country: United States of America
Occupation: Student
Favorite Percy Jackson books: The Lightning Thief and The Last
Olympian
Favorite Characters: Annabeth Chase and Thalia Grace
How I got into Percy Jackson and the Olympians in the first place: I
had just gotten done reading the Harry Potter series and had nothing to
read. So my friend made a deal with me, he said that if I read this
amazing series called Percy Jackson and the Olympians, that he would read
the Harry Potter series. So I started reading the Lightning Thief. In the
beginning of the book (first few pages) I was sarcastically saying, "okay
then..." in my mind. But after the first chapter, I fell in love with the
series and became the dedicated Percy Jackson fan I am now. :)
Favorite Music: I love listening to Pop and Rock! But sometimes I
like to listen to slower music. :)
Favorite Movie(s): I really love the movie, Meet the Robinsons!
Another favorite of mine, is National Treasure.
Favorite School Subject: I really love Social Studies and I have
learned to like Math a lot.
Hobbies: Singing, acting, writing, and reading
Name: Sterling (my screen name is Apollo so please call me that)
Position: News reporter
Age: 13
Occupation: Student :(
Favorite Percy Books: The Last Olympian, Titan's Curse, Battle of
the Labyrinth....oh who am I kidding!? I love all of them!
Favorite Characters: Annabeth, Percy, Grover, Poseidon
How I got into Percy Jackson and the Olympians in the first place:
Well I was in Fifth grade book club so we started to read the Lightning
Thief and I totally loved it! I was like "Oh my gods this is total
awesomeness!" And I became totally obsessed. I know the movie is going to
suck but I want to see it anyway (just like when I go to see the Harry
Potter movies)
Favorite Music: I love music! I like rock. My favorite band is
Skillet.
Other notes on me: I have a weird sense of humor I was going to
write this in Greek but the I realized no one was going to be able to read
Greek.
Name: Jarrod
Positions: Graphic designer, coder and news reporter
Age: 21
Birthday: July 3rd
Country: USA
Occupation: Full Time Student (Major in Computer Science with an
emphasis in Art/Graphic Design)
Favourite Percy Book / Story: The Titan's Curse
Favourite Characters: Percy, Annabeth, and The Stoll Brothers
How I got into Percy Jackson and the Olympians in the first place:
My wife told me I should check out this new series and from the very
beginning I was hooked.
Favorite Music: Just make it rock!
Favorite Movies: Shawshank Redemption, The Dark Knight, and Miracle
Name: Kelsey
Position: Editor
Age: 15 and three quarters
Country: United States
Occupation: Over achiever
Favourite Percy Book / Story: The Titan's Curse
Favourite Characters: Thalia and Luke
How I got into Percy Jackson and the Olympians in the first place:
My brother recommended them to me. Who knew he had good taste?!
Favorite Bands/Singers: Something Corporate, Jack's
Mannequin, The Beatles, Cheap Trick, Bob Dylan, The Fray, The Canon Logic,
and The Kooks.
Favorite Books (besides PJO): Harry Potter, To Kill A
Mockingbird, Peter Pan, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, and The
Casson Family Series.
Name: Martha
Bio coming soon...
Name: Jay
Bio coming soon...
Name: Christine R.
Contact:
Bio coming soon...
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Q. Can you give me
Rick Riordan's real e-mail address?
A. No I can't. See About Rick
Riordan for information on how to contact him.
Being Safe Online - Some Tips
- Never give out your postal address online! Not even to people you
know personally. Likewise, never give out your home telephone number or mobile
telephone number.
- If you want to give out your real name, use your first name only,
never post your family name/surname.
- If your parents/carers want to know what your doing online, they're not
being nosey (honestly!), they just want to make sure you're safe. The same is
true if they won't let you join a discussion forum or let you participate on a
chatbox or sign up for newsletters, etc. - they want to make sure you won't
come to any harm.
- If you want to exchange contact details, only exchange e-mail addresses or
instant messaging names/numbers/addresses. This way, if you think someone
isn't who they claim to be, you can simply block them or, if worst comes to
worse, delete or abandon the account and create a new one so they can't
contact you anymore.
- Be aware - make sure that who you are communicating with is who you
they claim to be. Often strangers use other people's accounts, either with the
owner's consent (for example, their brother, sister or a friend) or without
(for example, someone they don't know may have stolen their password) If you
need to, ask them a question that only they will know the answer to, like
what's the name of their pet.
- If you're talking to people on a forum you're obviously going to make
friends with some of them. However this doesn't mean that they're all nice
people. Take time to get to know them as well as possible, either by having
conversations in topics/threads or by exchanging messages over the Private
Message system (if the forum has it), then you can make an informed decision
as to whether you want to give out your e-mail address or instant messaging
information.
- Never arrange to meet someone you met on the Internet! Only meet up
with people who gave you their contact details in person, like friends from
school.
- Use your common sense and instincts: if something doesn't feel right stop
doing whatever you're doing and tell your parents/carers.
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