Cornflakes Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 What is "purge"? Like, I see people on the neoboards waiting for purge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritzie Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 It's when an account has been unused for a long time, TNT "purges" it, which clears it so it no longer exists. That way, both the names of the pets on the account, and the account name, are available again to be created by anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornflakes Posted January 17, 2011 Author Share Posted January 17, 2011 Ah. So how long does something have to be unused before it is purged? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viridian Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 They didn't actually reveal that, but I assume an account with a lab map and over 100 games played will more likely stay than another account which has nothing on it next to the newbie pack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornflakes Posted January 17, 2011 Author Share Posted January 17, 2011 Eeek. That's kinda scary, but cool also. Mmmkay, now how do people know what accounts/pets are going to be purged? I swear I see them posting on the neoboards that so-and-so is going to be purged. Like I saw this person with a ten-day-old pet named 'Obey' and I got homicidally jealous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritzie Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 I've had my account for 8.5 years. Sometimes, I didn't log into it for 2 years. And I always came back to it in tact. But I had 1.5 million, tons of games played, items, layout, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secre Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 I'm sure I read somewhere that the average was an account that hadn't been used for 2 years. But yeah, I'm sure that an account where a lot of effort has been put in might get a certain amount of lee way...I'm sure I've been absent for more than 2 years, but my gallery and bank account were well established. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrtbrk Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Mmmkay, now how do people know what accounts/pets are going to be purged? I swear I see them posting on the neoboards that so-and-so is going to be purged. Like I saw this person with a ten-day-old pet named 'Obey' and I got homicidally jealous. I can't remember what letter they stated with, but they work their way doing the alphabet (the last I heard). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fever Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Well.. I have an account of six and a half years (redlupe323, lost me PW and stuff). I haven't been on that thing in maybe five years, or six even. And yet, it's still standing. I didn't have very spectacular pets, not too much NP, lame shop, stupid gallery... But then again there isn't an email set up with that account, so maybe it also has something to do with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octopus Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Purge might well be random, or as the posters above said accounts with more stuff on it may be more likely to stay. I have an account that I haven't used for five years and it's still there, while my cousin's was deleted in two. Neither of us had anything significant on our accounts, and the usernames started with the same letter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuroida Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 While we're on this topic. Does anyone know where to find a list of the purged accounts? Or what will be purged? I think my old account was purged but I can't remember the name of it for the life of me :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antiaircraft Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 It appears that accounts that have been frozen for more than 18 months are being purged as well. :yes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domino Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Lulz. The Purge. My addiction. A great way to get names, by the way. Here's some great pages that really answer all questions: http://www.neopets.com/~Cruz http://www.neopets.com/~Ihmzadi http://www.neopets.com/~Hestiia Basically, unused accounts (+18 mos inactivity), either frozen or just abandoned, are deleted by bots in #alpha_ order, and the pets on them as well are deleted. So...the purge boards basically attempt to track the purge, and catch pet names that they like (usually for trading value). But yeah. That's the gist of it. It is currently why I am failing to study at all for finals. :laughingsmiley: Edit: There's no way to know for sure which accounts are going to be purged, but if you look at a UL and it says "Last Seen: A long, long time ago", then there is a chance that it will be purged. However, if TNT deems the account to be "too active", "too young", or whatever reason to be purged, then it will be skipped, and the pets will remain on the account. Hope that helped! Feel free to ask me if you have any more questions. I don't bite. Hard. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlightlyCautious Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Accounts are purged alphabetically. The pets purge with the account, so say if my account purged, and it had the pets a, g, r, and z, they would all purge with G, since that's what my account starts with. Not all accounts that are inactive for a very long time will purge, and there is no way of telling. Accounts with expensive pets/big shop/customized lookups have purged, and some accounts that look like side accounts with no activity at all have not purged. Only TNT knows what accounts will purge. Currently, the purge is at letter S. You can find out where the purge is by looking on the Pound Chat board. The board you will look for is like this: {} Purges & Marker Board (NO CHATTING PLEASE) Board #127 I'd suggest reading the above FAQs, and then looking for some names you would like. If you find a name you like that is on an inactive account, you can watch for it to purge. Names on accounts A-R that have been passed over probably will not purge, and no one knows when the next purge will be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octopus Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Eeek. That's kinda scary, but cool also. Mmmkay, now how do people know what accounts/pets are going to be purged? I swear I see them posting on the neoboards that so-and-so is going to be purged. Like I saw this person with a ten-day-old pet named 'Obey' and I got homicidally jealous. I don't see the point of wanting a recycled name but then again I'm not that into pet trading. I used to envy Kastraliss though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domino Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 I don't see the point of wanting a recycled name but then again I'm not that into pet trading. I used to envy Kastraliss though. This isn't the first purge Neo has done...it's maybe the third or fourth. HOWEVER. This is the first mass purge that they've actually announced in advance (in numerous editorials), instead of just quietly deleting accounts. There's a pretty good chance that many of the "good" names have already been "recycled" in the purge in 2007-area. So I don't really see them as "recycled" per se, although I guess technically they are. It's just a good opportunity to possibly get the names that you've been envying from accounts that are currently unused. And for the traders. Which is why the PC is such a zoo right now. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somekaitlin Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 So when pets are purged on frozen accounts, do they just go away, or are they put into the pound? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrtbrk Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 They're deleted, freeing up the name for other users. If anyone missed the purge the first time around, they've recently started back at "A" so if a name you were after never purged, it may this time around :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbbug132 Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 I wish more websites would purge the way Neopets does. >.< But, at the same time I wonder what TNT does if someone comes back after a long time to find their account gone. I also wonder if you get some sort of notification before/after the account is purged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picky_nut Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 It's fun when you can get a good name for your neopet out of it, but not really when it's your account they choose to delete... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornflakes Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 It's fun when you can get a good name for your neopet out of it, but not really when it's your account they choose to delete... I know, that freaks me out...before Viacom bought Neo, when you signed up for a new account they said that your account and your Neopets would be yours 'forever.' I guess they meant 'forever' as in 'forever until we change our minds.' :sad01_anim: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somekaitlin Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 I had an account I made back in 2001 that got purged - TNT sent me a notification email about 2 weeks before it went away. I couldn't log back in for some reason (maybe I had lied about my birthday...), so it purged anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 I got a warning about my account getting purged a few months ago, which is why I came back after a 6-year (?) hiatus. But for some reason, I didn't get a warning about my two other side accounts (+9 years), and they have both been purged in the most recent purge :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishLiz Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 My original account was purged - it would have been about 9, almost 10 years old. I didn't get a notification. I ended up getting the same name again when I returned to neopets four (?) years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoologynerd Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 well with the side accounts they probably figured youd log onto those too and if you randomly got purged without a notification that stinks but if you really wanted the account you would have kept logging in every so often, even if you werent going to play. if you have even a slight thought that you might return one day and you want your same account, you need to log in like once a month to be super safe id say that it wont get purged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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