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Heck yes!  I got the sloth avatar!  Woo!
 

I kind of rage-spun the wheel after another minor annoyance on the site, then when I saw the wheel approaching this wedge, I said (out loud in the quiet of my empty apartment), "Holy $#!&, stop!" And then it did. And then I just stared, stunned.

I kind of rage-spun the wheel after another minor annoyance on the site, then when I saw the wheel approaching this wedge, I said (out loud in the quiet of my empty apartment), "Holy $#!&, stop!" And then it did. And then I just stared, stunned.

I don't even know what to do now. This has been my goal since I first joined Neopets nearly 20 years ago. Ummmmmmmm...

I don't even know what to do now. This has been my goal since I first joined Neopets nearly 20 years ago. Ummmmmmmm...

My Kacheek lab rat turned Silver today! I like it, even though I honestly liked Swap Gas. Time to customize again.

I don't even know what to do now. This has been my goal since I first joined Neopets nearly 20 years ago. Ummmmmmmm...

Lol I failed at this screenshot, BUT! I was not expecting this one today, so that's kind of nice. Almost makes up for the fact that I totally forgot February 1st happened and missed playing any games that day for a shot at trophies. O well.

Lol I failed at this screenshot, BUT! I was not expecting this one today, so that's kind of nice. Almost makes up for the fact that I totally forgot February 1st happened and missed playing any games that day for a shot at trophies. O well.

Lol I failed at this screenshot, BUT! I was not expecting this one today, so that's kind of nice. Almost makes up for the fact that I totally forgot February 1st happened and missed playing any games that day for a shot at trophies. O well.

ya lets go with the majority this go - round and see if we can Sway the odds in our favor

First ever non-stat or gender change! I'm super excited. I need to recustomize, because the cutesy outfit really no longer works.

Eenie meenie miney mae, close your eyes and pick The Sway.

First ever non-stat or gender change! I'm super excited. I need to recustomize, because the cutesy outfit really no longer works.

Since posting the last time, I have a few highlights:
+ Neopian Times Writer, Avatar Collector
(:
i'm so happy
i hit it before 20 months, too, which i think is a pretty neat achievement
neopian times star is the last avatar on my list before i decide to stop collecting actively, i think; from here i'll probably shift my focus to restocking to save up for another stamp avatar but i don't think i'll go for the last game/non-random avatars i need anytime soon

Eyyyy, got my Jub Zambra avatar today and it brought me to a round 200.

Lol I failed at this screenshot, BUT! I was not expecting this one today, so that's kind of nice. Almost makes up for the fact that I totally forgot February 1st happened and missed playing any games that day for a shot at trophies. O well.

That's awesome! And is pretty consistent with my experience too.
Based on my observations, interest groups composed predominantly of women are generally much more cooperative, respectful, celebratory, supportive, and community-oriented: a rising tide lifts all boats. Of course lots and lots of men play Neopets, but I'd wager the player base at this point is majority female, and probably by a lot.
Since I picked up Neopets again, I've spent almost no time in HearthStone because, like ... yeah, toxic. The feel of the Neopets community honestly reminds me a lot of that amazing decade I spent deeply entrenched in the Harry Potter and Merlin fandoms, back in the days of LiveJournal before Tumblr came and ruined everything (meddling kids / get off my lawn / etc). Neopets is still nicer, though, maybe because we're mostly all just dressing up our wee animal paper dolls, and who really wants to go from combing their anthropomorphized dust bunny and feeding their dinosaur to ... well, what we've all seen in Twitch chat. 
Idk why this became a novel, but apparently I have thoughts on the topic.

In all my years, I have never seen this one.

In all my years, I have never seen this one.

...
*slips teprometo a well-stuffed envelope when no-one's looking*

I don't even want to know how many hours I put into this. Luckily I got paid for the time, since it is SLOOOOOOWWWW at work. I never want to quest a neo, ever again. Except Monday when I'm sure I'll start NeoQuest II. Sigh.

Lol no.
I remember actually reading the first 4 pages or so and then thinking to myself, "Wow, this really isn't ever going to become interesting, is it?" The click-click-click-click of vapid dialogue with no way to interact with it, no scavenger hunts, just ... eye-glazing nonsense. Astonishingly phoned in, and then they can't even bother to keep up with it. Just. What? Why even bother?

Different corners of the internet, I suppose. Don’t get me wrong—I’ve had some deeply nasty experiences with women in fandom—but the overall vibe of female-majority spaces has felt, to me, less toxic (which also means different things to different people, which I probably shouldn’t get into on a Neopets fan site).
The last time I saw any Neopets user base demographics was probably 3 years ago, so my info could well be outdated and/or misremembered. I try to think of everyone on the internet as gender-neutral until they tell me otherwise, but I do notice myself skewing towards assuming Neopets folks are women more often than I assume they’re men, since I haven’t been able to break my brain of those gender schemas that really dug their claws in during my early childhood development. That’s probably more about me and my own problematic brain than it is about anyone else, and this is excellent insight. Heyyyyy I learned something about myself today.

It will be back i'm sure they're just extremely busy with those other major things... Also I actually did forget about it ? because its really boring soooo.