When did we all start to hate neopets? I'm not saying that we all hate neopets it's just that I guess I'm voicing my own personal views. It's so depressing; neopets compared to the origanal beginning game which I joined is so different. Restock is just plain stoooooopid to someone like me who can't even refresh fast enought to grab an easy item and the boards are just full of noobs.... Just a little rant to basically say: I miss the old neopets... I miss the fact I used to enjoy playing games instead of viewing everything a chore.... Heck I don't even know who owns neopets anymore!!! OK :end of rant: Sorry guys
I completely agree that is starting to seem like a chore... i have gradually stopped playing over the last few months... now i am down to going on for the lab...
I personally started disliking the site about a month after viacom took over... Tnt is too strict now, they freeze people for pointless reasons, then they just give warnings and suspensions to people who scam, swear, etc. Also, the lack of events disappoints me. Mainly the fact that there are no more wars... those were something I personally (and many others) really enjoyed about the site.
i liked the site events too, specially the wars (curse of maraqua was and always will be my favorite war). how long has it been since the last site event/plot? anyway i started hating neo the moment they changed the layout and only gave spotlights to those who bought NC items.
Neopets has gone downhill since 2006. Massively. We've gone from having wars, to plots, to nothing. The only thing that comes close is game master challenges - which are woeful with weak prizes. There needs to be another war, with a massive boss again like sceptre of lord darigan, or mayor thumburt, to re instill my faith in neopets.
..or they could make the sequel to The Darkest Faerie Plot... and make her the boss... they've already built the storyline... I'd like to see all the cities get tainted like the ones on the TCGs.
Adam's plots were epic. I quit Neo during the midst of the Lost Desert Plot (although I now really wish I'd finished at least the Tablet section for the avatar...>.<); now with Viacom, the few plots there seem to have been seem like they were rather lame. :/ At first when Neo was sold to Viacom, a lot of people were like "OMG, WHAT'S GOING ON!?", but there weren't too many major changes. Since I quit during the re-formatting of the site, the redraw, et cetera, I didn't adapt to (/hate ) the changes as they occurred. For me rejoining was just like starting the game for the first time, but with an old account. The boards are full of noobs begging in their own way, depending on the board (AC="PLZ LOAN ME MSPP 4 FREE PLOX!", PC="I REALLY WANT A DRAIK! ANYONE HAVE ONE UFA THEY'LL GIVE ME?!?!", etc.) Having some new, nice plots, cutting back on the excessive NC...ah, well, not going to happen any time soon. Neo has gone from a game founded for bored college students to a franchise.
Aw, bless thanks you guysss. I was just having my rant feeling all lonelyfied and you made me feel all included Yeah, I miss the plots - whatever having the that grey faerie thing? Also, yeah... I get almost NO random events... Really, not even "A ghost has stolen 3NP" How depressing; I'm upset that my money isn't being stolen EDIT: Will, Just spend like 3mins watching your siggy. It certainly rocks
Yep...Neopets has really gone down hill since 2006... 1) same occurring site events. They need to get rid of GMC since its really nothing and replace it with a plot. 2) The boards are filled with obnoxious noobs now. They always ask the same questions, they beg which is really annoying, they spam, and they corrupt the BD chat. Its just so annoying...but TNT is to blame with their promotions of the McDonald's and Burger King...etc. 3) Plots- WHERE THE HELL ARE THEY!!! Seriously, its been like a whole year without a decent plot. Every body considered that Petpet Park as a damn mini-plot which its really not a plot since they didn't award an avvie, trophy, or any prizes except for some stupid hat that will be used for the Petpet Park. Something that I plan not to use at all. Petpet Park can bite my *ss and I hope all the current noobs will move from the neopets site to play that interactive 3d game. We also need a war. When I registered, I missed the signups for the CoM war and was unable to participate. But I think it was over in May, which is when I registered for the site. So, nothing I can really do. Then I miss the LD plot. Prizes have suck. Think the most decent prize that has been release was Y-Blaster...but other then that, prizes have been really lame. 4) Avvies- well, TNT said that they were going to make a comeback. But we'll see. 5) News/Editorial: These have really suck. The editorial is the same repetition of questions asked in different ways. They don't really answer anything new. The news have really sucked. Nothing to look really forward to. 6) Battledome- the forgotten area on the site now. This needs to be upgraded. They need new BD opponents. The last one released was Lady Frostbite, and after that...nothing. They also gave up on the DoN 2 series ending at measly 4 missions. Was that their intent? Weapons have been downgraded so much, its ridiculous. I could add more details, but their is one last area that I want to speak about. 7) Inflation: Yep, inflation. Ever since the implement of Key Quest, all items have started to inflate like crazy due to all the neopoints in the economy. Sure, TNT activated the tax random events, but it still doesn't take much out of the economy since players tend to deposit their neopoints. Now its easy to make a 100k in a single day. I've seen items that stock a lot in the shops that have been inflating like crazy: such as Medicinal Soap and Herbal Scrambled Eggs...its so annoying. Even Draik Eggs have inflate rapidly. I mean, they used to be like 4million and now they have risen to like 10-11 million in a span of a year. And the eggs stock about 2-3 a day...sometimes. Just too much neopoints in the economy. A lot easier to make the neopoints compared to 2005
On the subject of Draik eggs, when I came back from quitting I found out that supposedly, they've inflated 8mil in a year. And suddenly, courtesy of KeyQuest (which I've never played), there are so many buyable PBs being deflated at insanely rapid rates, whilst others shoot upwards at ridiculous rates.
It's all turned into a: "We're a corporation called Viacom! Now we own Neopets and have turned into a fun place for you, kids! Nevermind the ads on the top, sides, bottom, and center of your screen, just play the games we've designed specifically for you. Oh! And don't forget to ask your mummies and daddies for NeoCash Cards and all the fun merchandise now available at your local Target, 7-11, or Walmart." For goodness sake o.o
Of course we love Neopets o_0 We're just saying how it's getting a little annoying now. Well, that's what I was saying xD
The site is so huge and the updates so few!! More actually usable BD stuff, put some items in the cover, make a war, DO SOMETHING THAT ISNT FOR PROFIT PLS TNT!!!!!!!!!! :<
If by "stable playing base", you actually mean people leaving and not coming back due to the stupid things that TNT does... The flashing adverts get extremely annoying :>
Things like BDers, collectors etc. will stop gradually playing if there is no updates to their interests and the player base will dwindle, as will the profit. Obviously they are focused at making profit but they should at least indicate that they are working on something that might interest players who don't want to dress their pet up. :|