Yeah, i'm missing the Steam valve/cap thingy. Hand drew my map and was sure i missed something, so opened photoshop and plotted the map that way, have all the screens, 24 on one path and 2 on other and no valve. So frustrating.
My argh! map http://konseptual.com/neo/maze1.jpg
Just my opinion, but with scores prolly being in the thousands (tens of tousands?) i can't imagine there being any ties between teams. I really don't think scores will matter. They especially won't matter when Virtupets stomps the competition by so many points.
hmmm.. in the booktastic club, 31 is still high. I'm not sure if neo hasn't added them to rs database or if they're of a high rarity. neoitems hasn't been updated, so we'll have to wait and see.
UPDATE: well, they're out, but i haven't seen any yet...
but are they actually showing equal respect by inspecting every case?
not really, first i think of neopets as less of game and more of a business; of which we are all patrons. for us it can be fun, sometimes challenging and silly, for them its a fun money making venture.
one thing not mentioned: click on a blob right as your last toy enters the tube thing and right before the whistle blows, make sure the blob falls in the correct color vat.
on the next screen with the PROCEED button, click proceed before the blob falls, and even if that vat was full, the blob ...
well the Neoquest II prizes were given out a few days after the images showed up and the same day as the news was released.. i think before the news was released.
as far as the NQ II prizes as a rip off, i disagree. i finished insane a couple weeks after it was released and got the race trophy ...