belldam

Hi all thank you for the replies xoxo <3
You're lucky things are mellow now haha! Although I feel like if I saw drama on any of these sites now I'd just find it really funny, back in the day everything was S e r i o u s
Glad to know it's active and that new people are still joining (In fact a lot of you seem pretty new here or joined in like the last 2/3 years)
Well if the people want drama I am here 2 provide ;o Yeah most people are probably in their 20s now, seeming as when I was younger people were in their teens? The stark difference in my age from now to when I first joined must be an indicator lol
Oh buddy the stuff I said yesterday is embarrassing to me yikes
Oh boy I would get back into Neopets but I don't think there's anything left for me there I prefer The Old Days :///

Welcome back! My experience here has been pretty chill. I never was on here when I was a kid; I just made this account this month. I only remembered it because I used TDN for my dailies as a kid. Anyway, I think most of the people on here nowadays are adults? I could be wrong but everyone I've spoken to seems to be in their twenties at least so maaybe we've all outgrown drama? Unless you're here to bring it back, I suppose. 

Welcome back! My experience here has been pretty chill. I never was on here when I was a kid; I just made this account this month. I only remembered it because I used TDN for my dailies as a kid. Anyway, I think most of the people on here nowadays are adults? I could be wrong but everyone I've spoken to seems to be in their twenties at least so maaybe we've all outgrown drama? Unless you're here to bring it back, I suppose. 

I do remember Habitarium, @rntracy1 but it's been a loong time since I played it, so I actually didn't realize at first that it was gone. And I will say, it is the change that keeps me coming back. I forget what reminded me of neopets this time, but I did log in specifically to see what had changed. I keep hoping they'll add another new area to the map, although it seems pretty filled out now....oh well. I definitely don't hate the change! I think it's just regular nostalgia haha. Btw, I'm very heartened to see your long list of hobbies AND your high avatar count! Gives me hope that I can get there someday AND still have a life. XD

I do remember Habitarium, @rntracy1 but it's been a loong time since I played it, so I actually didn't realize at first that it was gone. And I will say, it is the change that keeps me coming back. I forget what reminded me of neopets this time, but I did log in specifically to see what had changed. I keep hoping they'll add another new area to the map, although it seems pretty filled out now....oh well. I definitely don't hate the change! I think it's just regular nostalgia haha. Btw, I'm very heartened to see your long list of hobbies AND your high avatar count! Gives me hope that I can get there someday AND still have a life. XD

Got those avocado socks today!! Super cute on my draik.  For some reason I can't get them to show up on my shoyru, though!

Regarding the "free" np from Trudy every day, I wondered if this daily was introduced to make up for losing Habi?
Welcome back! I too am a returner, used to play as a kid and left for over ten years. There seem to be quite a few of us around now, which I think is heartening.

Hello!! I've had this neopets account for like five years (and, you know, various accounts over the last...fifteen years) and I remember it about every two years lol. I didn't play for very long last time I picked it back up so it's a little like having been away for five years. Anyway I'm back now and slowly grinding toward those secret avatars. I've used TDN to count avatars for like five years but this time I thought I'd check out the forums, talk to some other Neopets (and avatar) enthusiasts!! Right now I'm very excited because I fulfilled 12 year old Belldam's dream of having a draik (baby me wanted any limited/difficult/expensive pet and last week I was like "draik. I'm getting a draik." and I did and I love her). 
If anyone else has been around a while, and especially been gone for a while and come back, I need people to process Neopian culture shock with. Like, remember when the Shenkuu didn't even exist? Remember when KRELUDOR was new?? Remember when Trudy's Surprise didn't just hand you 20,000 np and you had to play games for an hour to scrape together that much??? I feel like some kind of Neopian grandparent wandering around like "back in my day....."! (Funny how being 25 on neopets makes me feel like a grandparent.)
Anyway, that's me: Longwinded Neopian grandparent just trying to earn some avatars. 

Flooding the market to promote NC seems very possible. Either way it's fun to plot new and exciting ways they are trying to get you to throw your cash at them. 

I totally didn't realize how cheap it was to get the pirate draik poition/egg.  How did I not know this? Brb, going to the trading post right now.