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I can't wait until Key Quest comes back :P it'll be my first time playing the game

Thanks, I am excited too! I think I will! :) the bad part though is that I'm trying to reduce my addiction to neopets & this will probably be counterproductive :(

I just create a 2 player game and play whoever shows up! Last week I rolled a 6, which would have gotten me through the door the person said *waves*
I move a space
"Bye-Bye"
another space
"Bye!" game ends....their account was a day old :shiftyeyes_anim:
I think in the times I've actually looked after being quit on they do tend to be younger accounts, but I don't check first.
 
As for NC tokens, when someone shows up with one of those my first thought is honestly "aww, dang it", because I think I might lose. :laughingsmiley: I have exactly zero interest in getting one for myself.
 
I've gotten almost 3000 keys (yikes!), and I think I'm pretty good at spotting intentionally quitting vs computer problems. I reported someone ONCE, because they took sooo long to quit on me and wasted my time.
 
That's exciting!! I'm excited! I love key quest!! Hopefully, you'll love it too :woot: :woot:

I don't know...I wouldn't even consider them all to be a sign of loyalty necessarily, considering someone could have signed up, played for like 6 months and gotten one of those avatars if they happened to be there at the right time. I've been playing basically since the site was launched and just used the site like a kid would - played games, bought toys for my pets, etc, not realizing there would be stuff that would only exist for so long and then be unavailable forever. Not that I knew how long I'd still be using the site anyway...
 
I'm still annoyed about some of the retired ones, because TNT froze me "for my own protection" and didn't respond to the multiple tickets I sent in for over a year and a half and I missed out on I think 3 of them.
 
I personally like the idea of some avatars being really rare or hard to get, but you could if you put in the work. That's loyalty, too. Or, if they were going to make them available for just a short window, they could do it more than once, on rare occasions, rather than just a few days then they're gone forever.

Nice, way to go!
 
I still haven't gotten the evil coconut one! :(
 
 
SO CRAZY - like 2 seconds after posting this I got the symol avatar!!!!

I'm happy about it, even though I already had the avatar. There was another post about re-releasing retired avatars and the popular opinion seemed to be NO.
I like it. Nobody comes on neopets and stays for years so that they can play Kass Basher over and over again. The fun stuff are the collections, whatever it is - battledome stuff, stamps, avatars, whatever. That's why people come back and play and enjoy the site. There's already a massive list of impossible avatars, retired items that cost millions and millions, etc. I think the loyalty perks are honestly, a bit excessive. I certainly wouldn't want to be a new player on the site now.
 
The avatar was handed out for basically the same reason, so they used the same avatar. It was available for a day, and now, 2 years later, will be available for another 2 days or so. 3-4 days of having the option to get it, out of almost 15 years of the site, that's not a huge window. I think making things achievable makes the site more fun.
 
A new avatar would have just been another couple days of getting it and then *poof* gone forever. Personally, I think the list of barely achievable, or downright impossible stuff on the site is long enough, but clearly I'm in the minority on that one.
 
Besides - we got our beloved site back!! YES!!
 
 
I believe they said Sunday

i like it when avatars are special, but i also don't see a problem with every once in a (long) while, they re-release something. it doesn't hurt me when someone else gets something i already have. as long as they don't overdo it and re-release an old avatar every other month, i'm perfectly happy sharing the wealth. after all, they already re-release retired stamps in auctions, and while those aren't free, the frequency of their release is quite reasonable in order to help bridge the very large gap between old and new accounts while still keeping these items/avatars special.

I do agree with you - I'm on the fence & sometimes I feel like having retired avatars staying retired will keep neopets & avatars how they should be: easy on the surface, but a LOT harder as soon as you commit to it.
 
However, I don't think the avatar collecting community wouldn't participate in new events if they "re-released" avatars like it works something like this: on the 5 year aniversary of it being originally attainable (or going retired) it's given a "memorial" where you can access it.
 
No one is going to not bother with an event because 5 years later they might be able to get it.

I'm happy about it, even though I already had the avatar. There was another post about re-releasing retired avatars and the popular opinion seemed to be NO.
I like it. Nobody comes on neopets and stays for years so that they can play Kass Basher over and over again. The fun stuff are the collections, whatever it is - battledome stuff, stamps, avatars, whatever. That's why people come back and play and enjoy the site. There's already a massive list of impossible avatars, retired items that cost millions and millions, etc. I think the loyalty perks are honestly, a bit excessive. I certainly wouldn't want to be a new player on the site now.
 
The avatar was handed out for basically the same reason, so they used the same avatar. It was available for a day, and now, 2 years later, will be available for another 2 days or so. 3-4 days of having the option to get it, out of almost 15 years of the site, that's not a huge window. I think making things achievable makes the site more fun.
 
A new avatar would have just been another couple days of getting it and then *poof* gone forever. Personally, I think the list of barely achievable, or downright impossible stuff on the site is long enough, but clearly I'm in the minority on that one.
 
Besides - we got our beloved site back!! YES!!
 
 
I believe they said Sunday

I'm happy about it, even though I already had the avatar. There was another post about re-releasing retired avatars and the popular opinion seemed to be NO.
I like it. Nobody comes on neopets and stays for years so that they can play Kass Basher over and over again. The fun stuff are the collections, whatever it is - battledome stuff, stamps, avatars, whatever. That's why people come back and play and enjoy the site. There's already a massive list of impossible avatars, retired items that cost millions and millions, etc. I think the loyalty perks are honestly, a bit excessive. I certainly wouldn't want to be a new player on the site now.
 
The avatar was handed out for basically the same reason, so they used the same avatar. It was available for a day, and now, 2 years later, will be available for another 2 days or so. 3-4 days of having the option to get it, out of almost 15 years of the site, that's not a huge window. I think making things achievable makes the site more fun.
 
A new avatar would have just been another couple days of getting it and then *poof* gone forever. Personally, I think the list of barely achievable, or downright impossible stuff on the site is long enough, but clearly I'm in the minority on that one.
 
Besides - we got our beloved site back!! YES!!
 
 
I believe they said Sunday

Checking on google/tumblr to see what Seth Macfarlane has been up to. No I can/will not explain this.
My occasional compulsions to listen to certain music, mainly that I liked when I was a kid (Hanson, Bangles, ABBA), sometimes I just can't help myself...
That or current pop songs I get stuck in my head
 
This too!!
Do you remember blind date? To me that was like the trashiest of trashy TV shows and one of the first garbage dating shows I can remember. It was so cheesy...so bad...and I thought it was hilarious! I also liked those MTV ones - Date my mom, room raiders. I watch the Bachelor now, they try to make it seem "classier", it's not. If you put yourself on national TV, I get to make fun of you when you cry or act like an idiot :)
 
I would also say neopets, except I have no problems admitting to and defending my obsession with it.

I don't know...I wouldn't even consider them all to be a sign of loyalty necessarily, considering someone could have signed up, played for like 6 months and gotten one of those avatars if they happened to be there at the right time. I've been playing basically since the site was launched and just used the site like a kid would - played games, bought toys for my pets, etc, not realizing there would be stuff that would only exist for so long and then be unavailable forever. Not that I knew how long I'd still be using the site anyway...
 
I'm still annoyed about some of the retired ones, because TNT froze me "for my own protection" and didn't respond to the multiple tickets I sent in for over a year and a half and I missed out on I think 3 of them.
 
I personally like the idea of some avatars being really rare or hard to get, but you could if you put in the work. That's loyalty, too. Or, if they were going to make them available for just a short window, they could do it more than once, on rare occasions, rather than just a few days then they're gone forever.

I don't know, I'm not huge into Avatar collecting so I don't feel especially strongly about this subject but I do feel like they should rerelease most of the retired Avies, not all at once, but in stages and only for limited time. Still make them a challenge to get of course, but in the current state of Neopets we need to get new members and keep them, and having this huge section of something very popular (avatar collecting) be unreachable for reasons out of the user's control isn't going to help with that.
 
I mean it's not like you can sell your Avatars, I mean if that were the case I understand why you wouldn't want them to be more easily attainable, but they are more for bragging rights than anything else if I understand it correctly.

It's just been sooo long I can hardly even remember....almost 12 hours now...
 
Ok, kidding...my SDB is largely junk that I have no good reason to keep. I basically pile up stuff in my inventory and then quickstock it all into my SDB. I only take stuff out if I'm going to use it or sell it, otherwise pretty much everything I get around the site just sits in there. I have old advent calendar prizes, daily dare prizes, lots of jelly, underwater fishing "prizes", yeah, everything.
 
Maybe eventually I'll do a big discard or 1 NP item sale at my shop, but I don't know, it can just be in there, it doesn't bother me - I'm pretty good at just ignoring 90% of it and getting to my codestones/restocking stuff/valuables

It's just been sooo long I can hardly even remember....almost 12 hours now...
 
Ok, kidding...my SDB is largely junk that I have no good reason to keep. I basically pile up stuff in my inventory and then quickstock it all into my SDB. I only take stuff out if I'm going to use it or sell it, otherwise pretty much everything I get around the site just sits in there. I have old advent calendar prizes, daily dare prizes, lots of jelly, underwater fishing "prizes", yeah, everything.
 
Maybe eventually I'll do a big discard or 1 NP item sale at my shop, but I don't know, it can just be in there, it doesn't bother me - I'm pretty good at just ignoring 90% of it and getting to my codestones/restocking stuff/valuables

So I've been brainstorming this post since we heard about the transition, and I've decided to start it now so that it's ready to go by tomorrow morning when the site goes down!
Here's how it works:
- You get to choose up to 3 dailies - lab ray excluded - once a day and post them here.
- I will try to keep up as best I can, posing as Elvin the Kiko, Coltzan, the Snowager, etc., and I'll tell you what you "won" for your daily!
- You can keep your sanity, pretending that everything is normal and the website isn't down ^-^

(If this is a totally loony idea then feel free to tell me, "Missuninvited, that's a totally loony idea and you're weird and need to go back to sitting in the corner". If it's not, then I look forward to seeing you tomorrow morning!)

EDIT: Just realized that I probably should have posted this in the "Dailies" sub - sorry about that!

Yea, I leave habi open at night, then in the morning go to load another page thinking..."Are we dead?"
 
Not end of days though, a new beginning! I'm hoping for good things.

The ray is fired at Trixaraz...
... and he gains 2 defence points!!!
... and he changes gender!!!

YESSSS! Funny thing is, I was complaining about him/her (oh man) being an orange buzz, so when I got another lab ray cookie I got more zaps:

... and she changes into a Red Lenny!!

Well, it's not a buzz at least!

The best event I have ever got from the Random Events Machine is an Aboogala that I traded for 400k and recently my battle pet Leonirus' hit points were increased by 5. :D I always do that daily as long as I already have the items he asks for and/or the items aren't outrageously expensive. That crazy Lutari doesn't have the most entertaining daily, but it sure is worthwhile to try that machine of his, some prizes are great after all. :)

I saw cake coffee the other day and wanted it so bad. It would be interesting to see what the berries taste like. I probably couldn't bring myself to eat any of the foods made with the meat of a neopet, like mynci brain sandwhich. So sad! And gross.
 
I wonder what a negg tastes like

I saw cake coffee the other day and wanted it so bad. It would be interesting to see what the berries taste like. I probably couldn't bring myself to eat any of the foods made with the meat of a neopet, like mynci brain sandwhich. So sad! And gross.
 
I wonder what a negg tastes like

SOUND OF MUSIC oh my goodness how did I forget that movie. One of my all time favorites. Maybe I'm biased because I was named after Maria von Trapp.... nah ;)
 
Also love Monty Python, hilarious and an essential for comedy.

Hi ya'll!
 
Here is yet another one of my epically long posts! (You know you love em' though!)
 
I'm in a really good mood because my favorite season is among us. The Fall/Autumn season has always been my favorite. I love everything about it. The cooler weather, the changing and falling leaves, the hay bales, the pumpkins, the hot and cold apple cider, the hot cocoa, the bonfires, the fairs, the festivals, the sights and smells... everything.
 
And not just because Halloween is coming (also known as Samhain, the new year!), there are many reasons why I just love this time of year. October is my favorite month. It's the best month on tv (as you know, I am a horror movie junkie and a strange/scary/paranormal show aficionado.) It takes a lot to scare me, so I like the kinds of things that make others uncomfortable.
 
The food seems better. The decorations are fun. Hay rides and corn mazes are fun. Haunted houses are fun (except the one I got kicked out of for being too scary!) and so are all the folklore, urban legends, and documentaries.
 
My favorite things come out in the Fall season: I stock up on the scents of the season - cranberry, pumpkin, cinnamon, vanilla, gingerbread, pecan pie, mulled apple cider, fresh baked cookies, cinnamon buns, candied maple, apple cinnamon, mulberry, pumpkin pie, caramel apple... all of those are candle scents by the way! My favorite pumpkin snacky cakes come out (in apple and pumpkin this year!) and my favorite seasonal soda comes out. Let's not forget the apple festival my town is famous for and all of the fairs happening at the fairgrounds!
 
There's just so many things that make me happy. Which really is something because I'm pretty down most of the time. Where I live (in western South Carolina, near the Georgia state line) is no exception to the Fall fever. My small town is quiet... almost sleepy even, with not a lot of crime, and lots of natural beauty, and my county truly shines during this season.
 
I thought to gather some pictures* I found that was taken of the sites around my county (Oconee) to show you how truly beautiful it is here.
 
* These pictures are not my own. I do not claim them, they are only shown for observational purposes only.
 
Now, on with the pictures!
 
My county has three major lakes: Jocassee, Hartwell, and Keowee. All of which are gorgeous any time of the year.
 
This lake is known as Lake Jocassee.
 

 
 
This lake is the grand Lake Hartwell.
 
 

 
Here is a morning mist floating over Lake Keowee.
 

 
Here is one of the largest lakes in the area, Lake Keowee, in the day time!
 

 
Something else about where I live: my county has over 25 waterfalls! Half of them are near where I live! I've been to a few of them, and let me tell you, they are gorgeous up close! Here's a few for you to see:
 
Here's the beautiful Chauga River, where each year, our townsfolk go white water rafting!


 
The Chauga River goes into the Chauga Narrows, which is the picture below.
 

 
This waterfall, called Long Creek Falls has to be my favorite out of all the waterfalls here.
 

 
This waterfall, called Lower Whitewater Falls, gets a lot of attention, especially in the Fall/Autumn months. I think you can see why.
 

 
Not only do we have great lakes, waterfalls, and foliage, we have gorgeous mountains too! The Blue Ridge Mountains to be specific:
 

 
Where there's mountains, there's foliage!
 

 
And where there are mountain foliage, there's usually a secluded mountain lake as well.
 

 
As if that weren't enough, we have many, many farmer's markets around town, with fresh fruits, vegetables, and grass fed meats for sale. There are many farms around obviously, but some of the best sells organic milk and handmade cheese! There's a farm (called Chattooga Belle Farm) that's around 12 miles (19.3 km) from my place that is almost too beautiful to be real! You can pick your own fruit there, and you can shuck corn, pet the farm animals, go on hayrides, play disc golf (whatever that is), visit the barn or the farm store, or even eat lunch at their bistro! You can visit the fields, and try the cider (and the six housemade wines if you're old enough!) There's a farm store, a lake you could go to, a cabin you could rent (if you could afford it), and something called the Lomax Circle, where you could sit your telescope on a clear night and possibly see Venus!
 
Here's a look at one of the fields at Chattooga Belle Farm.
 

 
Fresh picked, plump, sweet, and juicy farm berries? Yes please! And no dung like in Meridell!
 

 
After lunch at Chattooga Belle Farm's bistro, you can sit out side on the porch in the rocking chairs. Lunch AND a spectacular view... there's nothing quite like the beauty you could see here.
 

 
If you're really lucky, you'll get see a beautiful rainbow, where at the end, you will see the great barn!
 

 
Where I live seems to really come alive in the Fall/Autumn months, much like myself. There's so much beauty everywhere you look. And at most places, you could visit them for free!
 
So bring on September, October, and November! Bring on the changes and the longer nights. I'm more than ready!
 
*Just as a warning, Monday will have another long post from me! My Sydney Bear's second birthday is on Sept. 15, and I hope to share that with you all then!*
 
I hope you enjoyed these pictures I chose for you to see. Tell me what your favorite season is and why! Include pictures if you want to.
 
Thanks for reading! :)

Hopefully this will bring good change towards neopets. As in TNT finds a way to fix the restock system so you wont have to pay 300 m for a r99 stamp. And also icing the cheaters without the legit players :(

I didn't even think about the PPP daily... :( And yeah, as much money as adver-video could potentially make me I'm a) too lazy to watch them all and b) unable to play stuff half the time anyway