12.5 years if you go by account age.. But Ive only been playing actively for perhaps 5-6 of those years if Im honest x)
Let's see... I stared playing back when I was 9 years old (2000). I'm turning 22 this May (2013). That's about 13 years. HOWEVER there was a huge span of years wherein I never logged in once to Neo, that was about 5/6 years. Still, my total net years is a pretty long time. If I still have my first main, I wonder what it's user shield would be.
I started my first neopets account about 7-8 years ago maybe, but then I stopped playing after about a year. I just started up a new account a month ago and I still love it.
13 years My "newest account" is 80 months I kept forgetting words when I just started and cheated with multiple accounts xD Ah well I was 8, my accounts where worthless and my pets where awfully named.. I had some accounts after that but mehh. The last account is the one I really use. The other accounts where I use programs on are only used at my mothers house so it won't get my account in trouble.
A lot of 10 year + players on here, very cool! I made my first account when I was 12 (I'm 24 now)... seems so long ago. I've been playing on and off since then... honestly, this site has kept me interesting in playing neopets longer than I ever would have been without it... if it wasn't for neofriends I probably would rarely ever go on neopets anymore. I'm just too lazy to legit restock
8 years. Geeze I can't believe I've been playing so long. Obviously they've been doing something right to keep people staying and coming back.
A little over 7 years ago. It doesn't feel like that long though. I usually get really into it for a few months and then stop playing for a while.
Off and on for 9 years. I'll play for a long time, then quit or get frozen, come back a few months later. In total I have about 5 years play time.
About 9 - 10 years here too, but my total playing time is about 3.5 years. I quit once for about 5 years and another time for a year.