I recently started playing Neopets after a friend suggested that I try it out...I have played many of online games in the past most of which I Beta Tested. In a large number of those games you seem to have after an extended period of time, a level of unfairness that is to be expected. I had the feeling when signing up to Neopets that this would be the case, but to my surprise it is not! What I have witnessed since signing up is an out right shame and should be the main concern to the staff of Neopets! Before signing up I had spent a good amount of time watching my friend on Neopets and the things she went through to collect a simple avatar is a shame and what makes that worse is she buys Neopets products often from Walmart and many other sources, only to log on here and spend countless hours searching for something that spawns in a shop only to watch it vanish within ten seconds or less after spawning in the shop! The staff has talked about Macros and other illegal programs often but has not stopped them! Now you may ask your self how could I possibly know that a Macro or some other program is behind this? Well, I use to make them for Sony Online Entertainment when their game EverQuest started having the same problems. We tested countless hours to try and correct the problem only to have upper management close the project due to the rate at which people where closing accounts because of the problem. The game is now only a few thousand strong if that and most of them are the reason it is not popular anymore! Now, you can say that it's your computer that is too slow or that you’re not fast enough but I know from experience that to say that is false! I suggest that the Neopets Team look into this matter before they lose accounts at a rate that will only cause Neopets to fall into the hands of Hackers and Marcos. Also, keep in mind that I could not buy or see anything in any shop after I spent close to an hour manually refreshing in order to obtain something of value. The suspension lasted almost three days! This is unfair at many levels nothing that I was doing was illegal or wrong. Now, I don't mind earning something but to fight with cheaters without cheating my self is a war that cannot be won! Many Neopians agree with what I am writing here but most of them don't have the drive to do anything about it! I will continue this fight until something is done about this for the sake of Neopets and the people who enjoy this game for what it really is! I am both disgusted and angry that nothing is being done about this! I have hope that if we continue pushing them that something will be done and this will be a distant memory to Neopians of all levels. I will be posting this on any and all boards related to Neopets in order for this to spread. We must remember that when we cheat we are not only cheating others but also ourselves. Good luck to TNT and if use a macro please don't use them on a game that is intended for fun, NOT GREED!
Is Neopets Unfair? Article Submitited To The Neopian Times
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I recently started playing Neopets after a friend suggested that I try it out...I have played many of online games in the past most of which I Beta Tested. In a large number of those games you seem to have after an extended period of time, a level of unfairness that is to be expected. I had the feeling when signing up to Neopets that this would be the case, but to my surprise it is not! What I have witnessed since signing up is an out right shame and should be the main concern to the staff of Neopets! Before signing up I had spent a good amount of time watching my friend on Neopets and the things she went through to collect a simple avatar is a shame and what makes that worse is she buys Neopets products often from Walmart and many other sources, only to log on here and spend countless hours searching for something that spawns in a shop only to watch it vanish within ten seconds or less after spawning in the shop! The staff has talked about Macros and other illegal programs often but has not stopped them! Now you may ask your self how could I possibly know that a Macro or some other program is behind this? Well, I use to make them for Sony Online Entertainment when their game EverQuest started having the same problems. We tested countless hours to try and correct the problem only to have upper management close the project due to the rate at which people where closing accounts because of the problem. The game is now only a few thousand strong if that and most of them are the reason it is not popular anymore! Now, you can say that it's your computer that is too slow or that you’re not fast enough but I know from experience that to say that is false! I suggest that the Neopets Team look into this matter before they lose accounts at a rate that will only cause Neopets to fall into the hands of Hackers and Marcos. Also, keep in mind that I could not buy or see anything in any shop after I spent close to an hour manually refreshing in order to obtain something of value. The suspension lasted almost three days! This is unfair at many levels nothing that I was doing was illegal or wrong. Now, I don't mind earning something but to fight with cheaters without cheating my self is a war that cannot be won! Many Neopians agree with what I am writing here but most of them don't have the drive to do anything about it! I will continue this fight until something is done about this for the sake of Neopets and the people who enjoy this game for what it really is! I am both disgusted and angry that nothing is being done about this! I have hope that if we continue pushing them that something will be done and this will be a distant memory to Neopians of all levels. I will be posting this on any and all boards related to Neopets in order for this to spread. We must remember that when we cheat we are not only cheating others but also ourselves. Good luck to TNT and if use a macro please don't use them on a game that is intended for fun, NOT GREED!
-- A Concerned Neopian