BlushedRose

I'm on quest level 18 I believe for the Jhudora avatar. Today.. she wants a Baby Cloud Hat.
Guess we are back to level one and I'll get the avatar next month 

"I bet you aren't this slow for the other faeries"
Girl, they aren't asking me for items valued at 2.2 million lol

On 2/10/2018 at 1:08 AM, lojoco49 said:

My failure today is just having missed a Magical Pea Chia Pop on the Money Tree.

I guess not quite as bad as the failure of the person who donated it in the first place because they must not have known it's value! 

OMG, Me. I had a Magical Apple Chia Pop in my SDB for some reason and was half debating donating versus selling stuff since I got the SDB avatar. I chose to sell everything and THANK GOODNESS because I didn't realize the value of some items I had. The first realization was when I price checked the stuff and found out that the Magical Chia Pop wasn't just an average pop, nor could it be sold in my shop. PHEW. Lesson learned 

On 2/25/2018 at 1:48 PM, jellysundae said:

Yeah I honestly don't understand how desert temps swing so extremely between night and day in deserts, I mean . . . how? We need a scientist in here, stat!

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The dramatic temperature range in the southwest is due to low humidity and not as much plant life. The humidity acts almost as an insulator; It protects land in a way from some of the sun and heat during the day but also keeps the heat from escaping during the night (So lower humidity does the opposite). Plants also retain some heat which is why LA doesn't drop AS much as Vegas and Death Valley; Once the sun goes down the humidity and plant life is the only "heater" left so it all pretty much escapes. 

Yeah, just salt there though.  It looks deceiving, especially when its wet and sloshes together. I actually went off the path a little to try some salt, gross I know. It's only a 2 hour-ish drive from Vegas and LA so it's a super cheap and quick road trip to get out of the city and enjoy peace and quiet. It's the largest non-Alaskan national park as well and features one of the darkest areas to star gaze as well as one of the lowest points on earth at 282 ft below sea level. So many cool things to check off the bucket list. Plus playing in sand dunes is always fun until it comes time to empty the shoes. 

I think the desert has a different type of beauty versus the normal green scenes. Its so vast and so much is going on, and you almost realize how small you are versus the gigantic land mass. Every piece of life there is put to the test and has to be super strong and resilient no matter the hardships thrown at it. Everything has such a strong will to adapt and survive and it's inspiring depending on how you look at it. Plus all the geology going on  The mountains carved out by wind and water from years and years ago are gorgeous, especially during sunrise and sunset. I think it's one of those things that can't translate into pictures properly because partly it's the feelings you get. I know a ton of people, me included, from Vegas and LA go out to camp in the desert to recharge and get a break from the busy and loud city. I mean, there's plenty of forests as well nearby, but its an option to visit. It's a super humbling/relaxing break for a day or two lol. Again, I probably have an area bias. 

Had to share as well and insert two photos of the sand dunes and one at Badwater looking back at that mountain.  I only have a video of the puddle though lol. We went to the dunes right as the sun was setting which was pretty.

Had to resize it down so lost some quality lol 

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On 2/21/2018 at 5:06 AM, kayahtik said:

Logically, that would make sense, but it didn't work for me. I spent 1m in a single sitting and still didn't get the avatar. I finally got it a couple weeks later after doing 10 pulls each day as part of my dailies. Overall, I estimate it cost me somewhere around 3m total. 

For Mutant Graveyard of Doom, I don't think it took me that long. I got it in one sitting, although it was A LOT of refreshing. I just held the F5 key down for ~20 seconds at a time and did that over and over again until my count went up. 

Oh my! I do about 10-20 pulls a day, maybe I should try my luck with just sitting and grinding it.

Finally got the Mutant Graveyard of Doom  It took so long lmao, I sat there refreshing while doing other stuff and it finally popped after an hour which seems much longer with you're just refreshing. 

On a side note, I have no room to complain right now. I tried for Dice-A-Roo yesterday, played 5 games total and got the jackpot with 10x multiplier and a silver trophy within 5 minutes. It all balanced out lol 

On 2/20/2018 at 9:12 PM, sunny098 said:

I thought you are from the UK.  Have you visited the states before, especially California? I'm surprised a foreigner has such an interest in the area. Technically I'm a foreigner too, LOL but growing up in the US, I completely forget I'm Chinese. 

I'm surprised at the attention you guys are giving me. HA! Here is a small preview from my past trip to the desert (Badwater Basin in Death Valley). Not the photo from that night, but it is from the same trip. Hehe

When did you take that photo? I was just there on the 15th/16th and actually accidentally stepped in that puddle lol. It was super slippery but got more gritty as you walked out farther. 

Oh thank goodness that there's a new strategy! I've adopted 3+ lupes without being able to get it and just chalked it up as I was doing something wrong or it was broken for now. Will go try and do that then and leave an update if it worked for me.

Edit: Confirmed, I got the avatar by using a Lupe to win against a Chia Clown. Thank you 

I just tried it for the first time. Cannonball!

I must have really lucked out, got the avatar.  

I didn't know I could get it even if I didn't play. My hab was on my old main 

Thanks for the link and info though! Got my chest!

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Maybe we'll meet again someday. A professor is always looking for new and interesting experiements, you know.

Oh how I wish it would come back or something similar. Forever hopeful lol 

12 minutes ago, shoobopper said:

I got it fairly quick at under 10 minutes of constant refreshes. I would refresh without looking for 5 minutes and then check my preferences to see if I got it and BEHOLD! I did. You must just be unlucky, you'll get it eventually  

Yeah I'm horribly unlucky with most random event avatars lol. I still need Tooth Faerie which is the least rare random  Need sloth as well and they both drive me nuts since there isn't anything to improve the odds of getting them.

Oh well, guess I'll keep refreshing.  Fingers crossed!

What year is your MacBook? I had an early-2011 15 inch MacBook and ended up having to replace it the other month since the graphics cards in those models were doomed. It took a while to fry it, but I started having a lot of screen errors and issues towards the end before it completely became unusable. They replaced it free of charge up to 2015, but I thought mine was fine since I didn't have issues until recently. Now I just have the iMac, but I agree, I hate computer problems. Thankfully they are far and few in between for the most part. 

I added you! I don't really have any neofriends either so I'll add the rest of you as well 

How long did it take you to get the Mutant Graveyard of Doom random avatar? I've been refreshing for quite a bit now and just wondering how long it took everyone on average? Should I be sitting refreshing for hours or days? Lol 

On 2/18/2018 at 9:52 AM, yasha said:

 

Something Has Happened!
	You are now eligible to use 'I Taunt The Pant Devil' as an avatar on the NeoBoards!

 

Finally

Congrats!  What items did you end up getting it with?

1 minute ago, jellysundae said:

Yeah, I wondered at that when it happened, then realised it's because it's an outside link so Neo basically doesn't know it's you yet, lol.

The captcha goes away if you refresh. It's like it's all "OI, WHO ARE YOU! Oh, wait . . . oops. Sorry, carry on! "

OOOOO maybe I'll try refreshing then!!  

Yep, that worked! Thanks for the tip 

Mine is general beverage gallery found Here. 

On 2/14/2018 at 4:04 AM, Nielo said:

That's odd, I don't think your own user lookup should ever show any Captchas, and there are a lot less of them now, in general. If you only look at a few profiles, every once in a while, you shouldn't really run into more than one or two. Maybe you've avoided looking at people's profiles for so long you haven't noticed that they got rid of most of the Captchas?

I just went to test it out. Clicking on my profile from the actual toolbar doesn't make me enter captchas, but if I use links going back to my profile (From TDN Forums, Petpage, Pet Description, Etc) it makes me enter the captcha. I'm getting them still every time I try anyone's userlookup. Not sure why I have to enter it so frequently 

The Captchas get me every time! Even on my own userlookup.  I don't get why it's needed so often because I almost avoid looking at people's profiles if I can help it because I'm too lazy to keep entering them. 

I hate the broken avatars as well since I've been on an avatar hunting spree lately. Especially broken easy clickables 

20 hours ago, shoobopper said:

Every time the lag gets really bad or the site goes down I get really anxious

But realistically, the community is definitely big enough to continue thriving. Though I feel the game could have been bigger than ever if some crucial changes were made and neopets was updated to fit in with the times. borovan said in an ama that they wanted neopets to keep up to date but new management doesn't really feel that way I guess.

It did brighten me up seeing these replies though! I hope neopets lasts much longer, and we all should enjoy it while it does!

Yeah, it's definitely far from dying off thankfully. I feel like there are still way too many devoted users to let it get to that unsavable point. As long as progress keeps getting made I'll be happy! I do miss years ago as a kid when it felt like EVERYONE had a Neopets account lol. I think I'm the only one in RL that still plays Neopets out of everyone I know. I feel the same way, it had potential to be so much more but I guess it's just one of those things. 

I'm probably going to be that person that ends up being 75 still playing as long as its around  That's like 50 years off for me though so let me settle down haha. Can you imagine 50+ year profile trophies? 

Onion and Mustard Pie is one that I thought of almost instantly. Any of the oddly placed condiments are just, ick.  There's definitely a good list of stuff that should be gross food and vice versa. 

Got it! Thank you for the reminder! I had it in my calendar and it was supposed to give me an alert this morning and didn't! I would've been mortified if I missed it just because I didn't get the calendar notification. 

Side Note, gotta love sending love greetings to yourself hahaha. Probably a good 13 years ago I would send neogreetings every weekend to my mom  I should've sent her this one just for nostalgia sake! 

I used the 93 Golden Geraptiku Talismans the other day and got it in probably 4-5 page refreshes. The Pant Devil didn't steal anything when I did it, but I had 94 just in case during refreshing one was taken. It didn't matter since it was near instant. I for that reason wouldn't use expensive items if it's not popping within a few refreshes because I just wouldn't trust it, but if you're ok with losing it as a possibility then by all means.  Good luck!

1 hour ago, shoobopper said:

You're welcome.  There obviously is a correlation. This should be posted as a tip under the avatar websites!

Yes I agree! I couldn't believe it at first when I got it pretty much instantly trying that method after waiting for so long. 

I love the magaral! The clompkins seems to be a tiny bit off with the coloring, but I still think they're cute. I love the magaral eyes 

On 2/11/2018 at 6:05 AM, horse_luvr said:

This worked within minutes! Thanks so much.

I'm going to go try this! I've had him in my inventory for months, no joke. I refresh here and there, but gave up for the most part just hoping it'd happen lol. 

On 2/10/2018 at 9:38 PM, shoobopper said:

This may be from personal experience, but I had a drackonack in between multiple cheeses, and refreshed for hours, to no avail. What worked was getting a second drackonack. As soon as I got another I got it within the minute.

I put Soft White Cheese, Drackonack, Cheese, Drackonack, and Vegan Cheese in that exact order in my inventory. In two refreshes the Drackonack ate the normal cheese. Thank you so much!!

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Definitely NPs for me. I'm collecting Neodeck cards and stamps to rebuild my collection from my old account, but its the same with my NPs and that needs to grow. I'll probably build them up to 10mill before I feel comfier buying things. I invest in the stock market daily but should probably start looking into restocking.