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FreezairForALimitedTime Responsible adult from Planet Claire Since: Jan, 2001
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#26: Oct 11th 2010 at 11:13:08 PM

I had, in order of adoption:

All of them were some color of blue. That was kind of their schtick; I called the the Blue Crew. They all had their little personalities and such.

"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada
BTUltimate Since: Jul, 2010
#27: Oct 12th 2010 at 5:08:28 AM

I remember when I joined one of those groups where you'd adopt Neopets, feed them, train them up with Codestones/Doubloons, and if you were rich enough, paint them, before putting them back into the Pound so they had a better chance of getting adopted for real. Ah, the Video Game Caring Potential. Good times.

edited 12th Oct '10 5:08:42 AM by BTUltimate

spasticgecko Dat Troper from Maryland Since: Oct, 2011
Dat Troper
#28: Oct 12th 2010 at 6:15:49 AM

^^ Faerie?! Man, those cost so much. I always wanted to paint my acara faerie but never could. Also, it took me forever to get used to that spelling.

^^^ Well... you were cheating...

My sister shared my account for a while before she made hers, though which I'm pretty sure was also against the rules. That's a silly rule, though.

edited 12th Oct '10 6:16:43 AM by spasticgecko

Solstace Hexachordal Combinatorial from the Second Viennese School Since: Dec, 1969
Hexachordal Combinatorial
#29: Oct 12th 2010 at 7:28:52 AM

And I have nothing but fond memories of cheating evil grin

^It is a silly rule. They made it to lessen the complaints of people getting accounts stolen and stuff.

edited 12th Oct '10 7:29:24 AM by Solstace

Ecstasy is Sustained Intensity
spasticgecko Dat Troper from Maryland Since: Oct, 2011
Dat Troper
#30: Oct 12th 2010 at 7:47:39 AM

How did you manage that, though?

Solstace Hexachordal Combinatorial from the Second Viennese School Since: Dec, 1969
Hexachordal Combinatorial
#31: Oct 12th 2010 at 9:15:35 AM

It's been 7 years, so I don't remember specifics, but it had something to do with the way they had it programmed. You attach some code to the URL to give it the results you wanted. They have since changed it, because I guess I wasn't the only one who figured that out.

Ecstasy is Sustained Intensity
occono from Ireland. Since: Apr, 2009
#32: Oct 12th 2010 at 10:17:05 AM

I login every once in a while, but only because of a Pen Pal on there who asked me to stay in touch. She can't handle using her Email or Facebook accounts.

Dumbo
FreezairForALimitedTime Responsible adult from Planet Claire Since: Jan, 2001
Responsible adult
#33: Oct 12th 2010 at 1:03:30 PM

@Gecko: I think I was lucky enough to find a Golden Paintbrush (also mega-rare at the time), and I traded that. Or maybe I won something involving that magic pool that changed colorations? I forget how I managed to make her Faerie.

"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada
burinnu Tell me something happy from Someplace Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
Tell me something happy
#34: Oct 12th 2010 at 1:08:05 PM

I, um..............I still sneak on there occasionally. Joined during the Golden Years, you see, and it was MAGICAL...

It's just such a guilty pleasure now, and it shouldn't have to be!

edited 12th Oct '10 1:08:15 PM by burinnu

I'm in your fanfiction, correcting your spelling.
spasticgecko Dat Troper from Maryland Since: Oct, 2011
Dat Troper
#35: Oct 12th 2010 at 3:18:22 PM

^^ I always wanted to get one of those quests. I only found out recently how it actually works, I had always thought you just had to be lucky when you went there.

^ It's not nearly as fun nowadays, though. Games are still nice I guess.

IYellalot READY! from The Flower Kingdom Since: Jul, 2010
READY!
#36: Oct 12th 2010 at 3:35:40 PM

I'm really interested in finding a better virtual pet site. Something similar to the way Neopets was back in 2003.

Anyone know of one?

Discover the rest as the game progresses.
FreezairForALimitedTime Responsible adult from Planet Claire Since: Jan, 2001
Responsible adult
#37: Oct 12th 2010 at 3:36:01 PM

How did the magic pool work? I can't even remember!

"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada
spasticgecko Dat Troper from Maryland Since: Oct, 2011
Dat Troper
#38: Oct 12th 2010 at 3:36:52 PM

You had to get a fountain faerie quest as a random event, I believe.

LizardBite Shameless Self-Promoter from Two Galaxies Over Since: Jan, 2001
#39: Oct 12th 2010 at 3:50:48 PM

All I remember of this site is my first experience with forums  *

and how pissed I was at TNT deciding to drop that Dr. Sloth Returns plot they started up, instead opting for another medieval war that fucked the continuity, a pirate war that concluded a plot arc they aborted years before, and some stupid desert thing. I left before the Lost Desert plot could finish.

spasticgecko Dat Troper from Maryland Since: Oct, 2011
Dat Troper
#40: Oct 12th 2010 at 4:03:01 PM

The lost desert plot was kind of interesting once you let other people do the figuring out and you did the cool logicky things. I do wish they'd gone on with the Dr. Sloth plot, though. Do they even have plots anymore?

FreezairForALimitedTime Responsible adult from Planet Claire Since: Jan, 2001
Responsible adult
#41: Oct 12th 2010 at 4:21:58 PM

I think the plot nonsense is why I eventually became more attached to one of their competitors, AMZ. Of course, they suffered from a bad case of serverdeath, and while they've been resurrected recently, it's a They Changed It, Now It Sucks! thing bigtime.

"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada
spasticgecko Dat Troper from Maryland Since: Oct, 2011
Dat Troper
#42: Oct 12th 2010 at 5:11:29 PM

Aww, I liked the plots.

FreezairForALimitedTime Responsible adult from Planet Claire Since: Jan, 2001
Responsible adult
#43: Oct 12th 2010 at 5:42:01 PM

I think they annoyed me because they were so arcane. And the "Boss Battles" were ultimately only rewarding to the person who actually beat the boss, and everyone else got diddly.

"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada
IYellalot READY! from The Flower Kingdom Since: Jul, 2010
READY!
#44: Oct 12th 2010 at 6:25:04 PM

I do still kinda like the battledome.

Fun fact: There's an item called the "Amulet of Inevitable Betrayal."

Go look at the item description. Seriously, go look at it.

Discover the rest as the game progresses.
spasticgecko Dat Troper from Maryland Since: Oct, 2011
Dat Troper
#45: Oct 12th 2010 at 6:27:10 PM

Awesome. Wasn't there another Firefly reference in the site somewhere?

edited 12th Oct '10 6:27:21 PM by spasticgecko

Blueeyedrat Since: Oct, 2010
#46: Oct 12th 2010 at 7:46:38 PM

By the way, they actually went through with the Return of Dr. Sloth plot a year or two ago.

Miijhal Since: Jul, 2011
#47: Oct 12th 2010 at 7:48:43 PM

Any fond memories I have of that site are tainted by me having been a child back then.

Though it still amuses me that there was an item called 'taco hotdog,' because I still have the emotional maturity of a 3 year old.

edited 12th Oct '10 7:50:04 PM by Miijhal

LizardBite Shameless Self-Promoter from Two Galaxies Over Since: Jan, 2001
#48: Oct 12th 2010 at 7:52:52 PM

By the way, they actually went through with the Return of Dr. Sloth plot a year or two ago.

Roughly 4 years after I left the site? Fuck them.

FreezairForALimitedTime Responsible adult from Planet Claire Since: Jan, 2001
Responsible adult
#49: Oct 12th 2010 at 8:27:12 PM

I tried to write a Neopets/Metroid crossover involving Dr. Sloth once.

...

...

...Don't ask.

"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada
frog753 Non-Action Guy from CT and/or MA Since: Jul, 2009
#50: Oct 13th 2010 at 1:19:13 PM

Neopets was, essentially, the first internet community I was ever involved in. And I never even used the forum!

I belonged to it for several years, as did my cousin. And yes, it was sometime around 2003.

Then I progressed to Runescape (as did my cousin) for a few years, attracted by the real-time nature of it.

Then to Nation States, (which my cousin also followed me into) which attracted me with the depth written roleplaying afforded. That was also my introduction to internet forums.

The regions I was in kept dying despite repeated efforts to revive them. And I was running out of ideas for advancing my nations. So I dropped NS and committed full-time to this forum, and have been here ever since!

Flora Segunda | World Made By Hand | Monster Blood Tattoo ^You should read these series.

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