I have made a mistake.

[chronocoffee]

Hello all, I'm a brand new user here on the forums. Not new to neopets though; between the lost forever childhood account and my old main I've probably been a neopian for 10+ years now, but I've got a terrible habit of playing a lot for about 3-4 weeks and then not playing for 1-2 months at a time. I miss events and plots all the time and it's awful because I also miss out on their exclusive avatars.  :sad01_anim:

 

However, this is not my mistake. The mistake I have made is that I looked up a username I wanted on the site (the username I have across most of my internet accounts) and...it wasn't taken. Flash forward ten minutes and I've made the account, after an hour I'm debating whether this is worth it, and many hours later I've decided to make it my new pet project...a full overhaul and slow, painstaking, uphill transfer from my old main to my new one, followed by the slow, also painstaking journey of trying to reach the level my old account was on.

 

I am suffering, but at least it is by my own choice.

 

Anyway, as for why I'm finally joining the forums after all these years:  I've been a lone player most of this time, and I have some friends in real life that have accounts, but they play very casually...if at all. I feel like it would be kind of nice to have neofriends to talk to and maybe sometimes spoil. Also, just reaching 219 avatars on my own took about five years (again, I play very hard when I play, and then completely walk away for months at a time...) and I've never been lent or traded anything in that time. All my own sweat and tears, and now I get to start all over again. It's exciting! And painful. This decision will probably be referred to as "the incident" for many years to come.

 

Either way, I can't promise to always be around or always be responsive, but I play semi-regularly and collect avatars, so I'm here to help others with that as best I can!

[acmerasta]

Hey! Welcome to TDN and I guess welcome back to Neopets. Good luck with all the transferring and rebuilding. Try to enjoy it and it will be easier.  Also, maybe if you play a little less intensely, you might be able to play more consistently and miss less... but I understand about taking steps back and breaks. I do it too... and miss out on stuff. *sigh* However, most importantly, play hard and have fun!!   :rock:

[phoenixgal]

Welcome back! Good luck with your rebuilding! I've got the habit as well and came back from a 5 year hiatus a few months back. You'll see that come things has changed for better or worse but don't hesitate to ask the TDN community for help, we have your back!  :rambo:

[Duma]

Welcome back to neopets and welcome to the forums! Like everyone said, don't hesitate to ask for help. Everyone here is really friendly.

[charelan]

Yup, that sounds like quite the process! In the end though I'm sure you'll be happy and it's nice sometimes to have a project to focus on!

[fishstick013]

Rebuilding is a horrifying process.

I almost had to do it, actually, but finding my TDN account helped me re-access my main (the one I'm using).  It took me a few months to get into my account without TNT's help.  Hopefully, though, you take satisfaction in a shiny, new account with all the success you're bound to find.

Tons of helpful things make it a lot easier to spiff up an account than it used to be.  You probably won't regret it once you start feeling proud of your av, game, and collecting achievements again.

[kayahtik]

Welcome to the forums, and good luck on transferring your stuff and establishing a new account. It must've been fate, since your chosen username was available :P Anyway, I'm sure it'll be a challenge to start a lot of things over--especially those avatars--but at least it's a project to work on that will keep you coming back to the site regularly! I find that once I feel like I've run out of things to do is when my activity dips down, but that probably won't happen to you anytime soon!