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 Post subject: Weekly News Thread: 18 March - 24 March
PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 3:06 am 
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18th March - Illusen Day

* These Illusen-themed instruments are sure to be a big hit your next rehearsal!
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* A new page of Illusen-themed Poems is now up in the gallery.

* Think of something witty for this latest Caption Contest and you'll make Illusen so proud.
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* Congratulations to pikpakpok for winning this week's Minigolf Spotlight award! Well done.

* As on every Illusen Day, the Art Gallery has been updated with some new art, all featuring Illusen, of course.
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We are sure you have seen that the frontpage of the site has changed. With that you may have noticed the Daily Puzzle and the Random Poll are missing. Don't worry, we are looking for place to put them and we will announce in news when they are relaunched so you can enjoy those activities again! :)

* The Bakery has four very delicious goodies on sale.
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* A new set of Buddy Icons are available if you're looking for a change in your chat window.
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* This week's Story Telling competition has begun!

Princess Amira sighed as she stared out her window at the rolling golden sand dunes and brilliant blue sky. Another day of listening to citizens' petitions and having meetings with her various advisors stretched out before her, as seemingly endless as the sand outside. What she would have given to be out there on the dunes, with Sakhmet at her back, riding off toward adventure!

* Congratulations go out to gotenk62 and Sn0wBunnie! Each has proven spiffier than the rest in the Customisation Spotlight. Voting for this week's contest has begun. Good luck to this week's entrants!
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* Kedalt the Lupe is quite an avid reader. If you'd like to read more about Kedalt, why not read their Pet Spotlight winning entry?

* Read all about Illusen by picking up one of these new Books!
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 Post subject: Re: Weekly News Thread: 10 March - 16 March
PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:13 pm 
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19th March

* Today's random theme is Walking Carpets!

* If you own, or are thinking about adopting a Walking Carpet the Grooming Parlour has some supplies that you might want.
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* acidique is the winner of this week's User Lookup of the Week for their rather stylish Illusen lookup.

* An adorable new Sketch Background is now available!
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* indulgences is the recipient of the latest Gallery Spotlight with their gallery - Oh, The Merry Pranks They Play!.

* Walking Carpets can now be painted Red, Blue, Mutant and Faerie at the Petpet Puddle!
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* There is a new Mystery Pic competition. The answer to the last one was Symol Day 2005 Background. 211 people guessed correctly, earning them 9,479 NP each.

* These Walking Carpets sure are having some Fun!
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* aleatory is this week's Meridell Castle Spotlight winner with their level - What Its Worth.

* These new sweets are the perfect treat for today from the Chocolate Factory.
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 Post subject: Re: Weekly News Thread: 10 March - 16 March
PostPosted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:05 am 
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I've always thought walking carpets have overly short stubby arms, too short to actually hold anything, but the ones in the fun images look about right, and this:

bettywales wrote:


is just so cute...it looks like its scratching its tummy with a brush!


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 Post subject: Re: Weekly News Thread: 10 March - 16 March
PostPosted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:34 am 
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Sometimes I find random themed days annoying, today however was adorable. I love all of the items and I actually really like those fun images. The standard walking carpet's art does nothing for me personally, but OHMYGOSH at the mutant one. It is so cute; if it were real I would so give it a hug, although I have a feeling it would stick something nasty in my hair. :) I want one.


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 Post subject: Re: Weekly News Thread: 10 March - 16 March
PostPosted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:49 pm 
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Sometimes I find random themed days annoying, today however was adorable. I love all of the items and I actually really like those fun images. The standard walking carpet's art does nothing for me personally, but OHMYGOSH at the mutant one. It is so cute; if it were real I would so give it a hug, although I have a feeling it would stick something nasty in my hair. :) I want one.


IT'S SO CUTE! :hug:

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o______________o Hilarious, no?


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 Post subject: Re: Weekly News Thread: 10 March - 16 March
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20th March

* Now Neopets can learn all about design with these new books from the Book Shop.
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* We have a new Site Spotlight award winner - Illusen's Glade: A Guide by Sefiriah. Well done theicequeen and sefiriah!

* This week's PPL award has been given to the Dofrey. Well done Momo, Winslow, Puffly, Walnut , and all the others.
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* Can you beat Eamann's score in this week's Better Than You?

* If you decide to use one of these Shopkeepers you might want to keep an eye on them.
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* If you want a chance to have your videos viewed by others on Neopets why not submit them?

* Neopets will have a great time getting together with friends to play with these new jacks sets from the Toy Shop!
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* A new Lenny Conundrum competition has begun. The answer to last week's was though. 728 people guessed the correct answer earning themselves 2748 NP each.

* A cold wind is blowing and lucky for you, there are some new Colouring Pages!
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* Arrr... sterni740's Pirate Cave Of The Week be mighty dangerous!

* After a long day or play your Neopet might be craving one of these new beverages from Kiko Lake Treats.
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 Post subject: Re: Weekly News Thread: 10 March - 16 March
PostPosted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:42 pm 
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Those shop keepers make me wonder if some of the Neovian clothing is ever going to be wearable. I'd really like to make an Old Miserly looking pet.


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 Post subject: Re: Weekly News Thread: 10 March - 16 March
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21st March

* This new background from Mystical Surroundings really is rubbish...
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What is that smell?

* A new page of Poems is available for you to read.

* Let off some stress and have a bit of fun while you are writing with these fun new punching pens from the Back to School Shop.
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* There is a new Mystery Pic competition. The answer to the last one was Individual Digs from Tale of Woe - Player Stats. 80 people guessed correctly, earning them 25,000 NP each.

* Geraptiku has inspired three new Colouring Pages!
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* Are AAA and Abigail ok? The story continues...
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* This week's Neohome Spotlight goes to bigbird_is_the_best at Bigbirds Resort.

* These Petpets seem to be having fun in this Caption Contest.
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* MrSniffles the Pink Snuffly is quite talkative and would like you to read their Petpet Spotlight.

* These golden Instruments are sure to please any musician.
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 Post subject: Re: Weekly News Thread: 18 March - 24 March
PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:48 am 
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This week's editorial:

Neopian Times wrote:
Dear TNT, why did you take the Daily Puzzle away? Even though there is no gaping hole in the front page, I feel its absence every time I visit Neopets.com. Nothing can replace the spot the Daily Puzzle had in my heart. Please explain why you removed such a happy part of the site! ~elanorgarner
We removed the Daily Puzzle from the front page for the new layout, but we plan to add it back to the site as soon as we can. We are sorry for your sadness. :(

TNT, hey! What's up? Okay whatever, I don't really care (no offense). Anyway, uh, is it okay that I sold the gold Shoyru yo-yo that I got from buying a plush in real life? Please tell me. I'm not sure and I'm afraid my account will be frozen if I do it again, so please let me know if it's okay. (P.S.: if it's wrong, please don't freeze me... I didn't know.) ~shadowpaws
It's just fine! You can stop worrying. It is perfectly fine to sell items that are received from virtual prize codes and the like. These items are our gift to you for your enthusiasm and support, and you can do what you like with them.

I searched for a Zei Codestone in the Shop Wizard, and one came up for 4,000 Neopoints. I clicked the shop and then clicked onto the item. It then said that the item wasn't in the shop. They didn't take my Neopoints and it wasn't in my inventory. I then went back to the shop and the item wasn't there anymore. Is this just a glitch? Please answer this question because it's really bugging me! ~paige_1994_hi6
Seems like someone beat you to a good deal! What happened was that, during the time between you loading the shop page and clicking on the item to purchase it, someone else had already bought it. So even though you could still see it on your screen, it was actually already gone.

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Help me, I've been resold 5 times today. /sob

Last week you announced that players would be able to enter Neopets on side accounts into the Beauty Contest starting April 4th. If someone did this, would it be okay for them to advertise their entry from their main account? Couldn't this be mistaken for advertising someone else's entry? ~velvette
No, please only advertise entries on the accounts that the Neopet belongs to.

I realize that earning Neopoints on a side is a freezable offense, but this particular question has been bugging me. If your main account gets RS banned, would it be against the rules to transfer your Neopoints to a side account to restock, as long as you send the items you've bought back to your main to sell? ~prae
This is absolutely against the rules. The restock ban is there to limit your restocking activity to keep things balanced, not as an annoyance to flush you into another account.

Didn't Neoquest I once have a soundtrack? I could've sworn it did. ~[username removed]
Yep, it still does. You can turn it on (or off) in the options area of Neoquest.

I was browsing in the Second Hand Shoppe and happened to see a Fire Background. Upon looking at the name of the donor I saw that it said "Princess Amira." Is she a charitable Aisha, or were my eyes deceiving me? ~cherry85
Nope! Some of the most charitable donors to the Second Hand Shoppe are Neopian characters themselves.

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I'm just *that* nice.

Not to be rude in any way, shape, or form, but it seems to me that MOST of those who win the User Lookup of the Week, Gallery Spotlight, or Neohome Spotlight, etc. seem to be premium members. Is it just a coincidence that most of these "premium members" win almost ALL of the contests, or is it simply planned as part of the "secret deal" when you become a premium member?~numberoneprincess
Not at all. Being premium does not affect your chances of being chosen. Generally, checking the account of someone is the very last step we perform before granting them winner status. (We do this to make sure there is no inappropriate material on a UL we're about to bring a lot of attention to via the news.) Therefore, them being premium is often a surprise for us. Also, for example, one could make the argument that we choose female winners over male winners because more females win on average, when in actuality, there could just be more quality entries by females. It's the same thing, just more attention is drawn to it because of the whole premium/non-premium thing. :-/

I was wondering if you have to only get AAA's score or if you have to go over his score to be credited with beating him, because when I got 500 points in Ugga Smash and submitted I couldn't claim my prize 3=. This was very disappointing for me because I had been trying to get that score for a while. ~puppy1121
Oof, that stinks. Alas, you need to beat his score to be victorious over AAA, not just equal it. :(

How many questions do you receive every week? Hundreds? Thousands? Hundreds of thousands? ~mr_zest
Hmm... B. Thousands.

One time, I went in search of some chocolate milk for Jhudora. So, I went to the Shop Wizard to look for the cheapest price. When I searched, however, it said Terror Mountain Chocolate Milk Glass (try narrowing your query with more exact words!). That made me so mad! I had to refresh a lot before I finally found the chocolate milk! Please fix this! ~wwe_addict_4_4_4
The Shop Wizard has a handy-dandy drop down that allows you to select either "containing my phrase" or "identical to my phrase." We suggest using the second option before attempting another fast-paced Shop Wiz experience.

Is it possible to get a paint brush or any other such highly coveted items from Tarla's Shop of Mystery? Not that I'm not happy with the items I've gotten there so far or anything... *kicks red kazoo.* ~carra2727
If memory serves, yes, it is possible to get a paint brush. The chances of this happening are very, very low, though.

Hello TNT, I just saw that my Neopet measures 54cm and weighs 134 lbs. How is this possible? Is my Neopet made of steel o.O? ~x_xtheearthx_x
Maybe he just needs more exercise.

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 Post subject: Re: Weekly News Thread: 18 March - 24 March
PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:01 am 
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There is a Neohome board now!

This may seen random but rumor is that Neopets is working on

Neohomes Version 2!

But I don't know what will happen to current neohomes. How can they convert them over to the new system, or will they?

or will our current neohome go kaput?

I don't know how it will work. I don't have millions spent on version one, so I won't be too upset if it went kaput, or if a new version came out.

But I wonder what to think about those who spent lots of money on a neohome just to have it be obsolete.

Probably everyone is going to have two neohomes now, which is weird.


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 Post subject: Re: Weekly News Thread: 18 March - 24 March
PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:05 am 
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22nd and 23rd March - Chomby Carnival

* Some Chombies might be feeling a bit more Royal today.
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* This week's Neoadventure Spotlightgoes to zaroigo2 for The Pant Devil's Takeover.

"When you arrive at the haunted woods, it is strangely quiet. Of course, the woods are always quiet, but there's always wind blowing or a werelupe howling. This was eerie silence..."

* Mmmm... The Food Shop has four new varieties of Chomby Crisps.
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* A new Random Contest has begun! Good luck to all the entrants, and congratulations to last week's winners.

* The newest issue of the Neopian Times has been released! Keep your eyes open for great stories and adventures like Having a Dinner Party... IN SPACE! and Never Doubt Your Owner.
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* The next round of the Beauty Contest is about to begin! Head on over and vote for your favourite.

* Want to see how you did in the Sloth plot? The Player Stats page is now available! Find out your rank and just exactly how many singularities you were able to find. (Don't worry, the Prize Shop is coming soon!)

* The Plushie Palace has some new Chomby plushies on sale!
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* The Gallery has a wonderful new display of Chomby Poems.

* Four new Buddy Icons have just been added!
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* If you want a chance to have your videos viewed by others on Neopets why not submit them?

* There is a new page of Chomby pictures in the Art Gallery.
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* Cap'n Threelegs is giving all young Chombies free training for the whole day!

* Wish your friends a happy Chomby day with some of these Greetings.
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* leeteh should be incredibly happy, their level Jungle Ruins has just won this week's Faerie Caves Spotlight award.

* Chombies will be looking forward to getting some of these new Clothes.
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Ummm... are you supposed to wear all of those?

* If you are looking for a game to play you might consider our latest sponsor game KCA Race to the Stage!
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 Post subject: Re: Weekly News Thread: 18 March - 24 March
PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:17 am 
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I wonder if this neohome changing is going to be to outdo the webkinz or ever how you spell that...

I think their homes are more 3 dimensional and pets can walk around inside.

I think neopets is finally realizing that the competition is catching up.

I don't play that other site but some elements of other sites are really better than neopets. So it is about time they work on new neohomes.


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 Post subject: Re: Weekly News Thread: 18 March - 24 March
PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:23 am 
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I think you might be right, smudgeoffudge. They're probably going to do them up a bit, 'cause competition like Webkinz *shudder*, Subeta, etc. are catching up fast. It's strange to visit the other sites because they're so similar, yet different. o_0

Edit: I love the caption on the Chomby Day banner - "Limited Edition, Unlimited Excitement!" I found it pretty cute. <3


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 Post subject: Re: Weekly News Thread: 18 March - 24 March
PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:09 pm 
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People at the neoboards are saying that they may start selling furniture in the mall! Well, probably they will.

What I imagine:

Ok, imagine that each room of your neohome is like the background on your neopet.

Now for each room, you would get like: Chocolate-walled background, Jelly-walled background, Wood-walled background...whatever.

Now the furniture would be in the picture instead of your pet, so instead of your pet loading on the background, it would just be furniture there.

People who have tons and tons of furniture stacked on furniture may find their new neohome is too crowded. They'd have to limit how much loads into each background.

So I think the new neohome will be like backgrounds, trinkets, and things, just minus your pet.

But if your pet visits a room, then you can get a picture of your pet in the room. So if your pet is "Home" then you can use "Home" as your background. So I guess if you are chatting on the boards people can see a bit of your home and stuff if your pet is using that as his background.

But I just don't see how there is going to be enough room to be really creative. The view will change, so probably people who have tons of stuff in each room are going to have to remove everything but a bed and lamp and a few things.


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 Post subject: Re: Weekly News Thread: 18 March - 24 March
PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:14 pm 
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Hm, good speculations. I'm guessing it will also mean that stuff one wall won't make a difference, 'cause the view is as if you're looking through a wall / window in the wall.
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