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I remember I used to spend a ton of time on the Neoboards, probably more than I should have, haha. I did use to play some of the games when I first joined, but that was when Neopets was in it's early days, so most of the games were really low quality and weren't that great. However, there were a few that I was decent at (can't think of which ones they were), and I managed to get a high score on a couple games. As for avatars and rare items, I did have some of the now-retired avatars which might be considered rare nowadays (Coco Roll, I Saved Mystery Island, the Battle for Meridell avatars, etc.,) but other than that I would just end up accidentally getting avatars while going through the site, lol. For items, I did have a shop where I sold semi-valuable things like paintbrushes, but I also sold things I found cool like motes and food. So to answer your question, the Neoboards were probably my favorite thing to do, and if not that it was collecting paintbrushes and other cool items.
 
One change I've noticed would be how much this game grew in popularity even after I stopped playing. I would have definitely thought Neopet's prime would have been 11-12 years ago, but as far as I've seen, the game grew tremendously within the past 7/8 years. It's honestly crazy to see a game I played so long ago still be active. One thing I've noticed is how the graphics have changed. When I joined, all of the Neopets looked like terrible Microsoft Paint drawings, some pets even being humans. I specifically remember the Bruce species used to just be a real photograph of some man which was pretty strange. The site layout has changed a lot too since I've last played, hopefully it's a lot better now. I might make a new account just for the fun of it, haha.

I remember I used to spend a ton of time on the Neoboards, probably more than I should have, haha. I did use to play some of the games when I first joined, but that was when Neopets was in it's early days, so most of the games were really low quality and weren't that great. However, there were a few that I was decent at (can't think of which ones they were), and I managed to get a high score on a couple games. As for avatars and rare items, I did have some of the now-retired avatars which might be considered rare nowadays (Coco Roll, I Saved Mystery Island, the Battle for Meridell avatars, etc.,) but other than that I would just end up accidentally getting avatars while going through the site, lol. For items, I did have a shop where I sold semi-valuable things like paintbrushes, but I also sold things I found cool like motes and food. So to answer your question, the Neoboards were probably my favorite thing to do, and if not that it was collecting paintbrushes and other cool items.
 
One change I've noticed would be how much this game grew in popularity even after I stopped playing. I would have definitely thought Neopet's prime would have been 11-12 years ago, but as far as I've seen, the game grew tremendously within the past 7/8 years. It's honestly crazy to see a game I played so long ago still be active. One thing I've noticed is how the graphics have changed. When I joined, all of the Neopets looked like terrible Microsoft Paint drawings, some pets even being humans. I specifically remember the Bruce species used to just be a real photograph of some man which was pretty strange. The site layout has changed a lot too since I've last played, hopefully it's a lot better now. I might make a new account just for the fun of it, haha.