So, according to the editorial this week there's going to be a purge of old accounts and the pets on them, meaning there'll be nice rw/rn names creatable again But it occured to me reading past editorials TNT go back on their word a lot (baby krawks, closet search being implemended SOON, etc etc) so what are your thoughts on this? Am I (as well as half of neopets) getting excited for nothing? I've got a list of about 100 names to stalk, but I'll be bumed if they don't purge or only purge in 6 months or something.
I don't think they'll be going back on their word about purging accounts. But they said to watch for it in the "next few months" so it's hard to tell when it's really going to happen. I'd LOVE to be able to snag an amazing name when it happens.. but i don't have the patience to monitor it that closely. XD By the time I realize they purged... the pet I want will probably already be a few days old lol. Good Luck to all those who will be watching for it! I hope it happens sooner than later <3
I'm looking forward to this, I'll be able to get my old account name back. I should also start planning some cool names I want to have. Several years back I was able to make the username "Monoceraptor" but TNT froze it, for literally no reason.
My list is about 200 names so far. Any chance of getting a pet creating program? Just load the names in, run it a few times a day or something, to see if names are taken, and make the pets if they arent... Just a thought. I would buy it for sure with the purge maybe coming sooner than we think. The froze pound_release, so Im guessing it will just be an automatic dump of all of the inactive accounts, or at least most of them. once the dump is over, Im hoping they'll unice pound_release because I was stalking quite a few pets on there as well.
Good you don't think they'll go back. I'll be REALLY pissed at them if i found out I've wasted half an hour a day stalking names for nothing So, how many names are ya'll stalking? I've got about a hundred I stalk daily and about another couple of hundred I don't really care about. The people on the legit neoboards seemed to normally have 10ish being the average, so I don't know whether my huge list and ninjitzumaster's just a cheater's greed or something
When it happens, it should be all at once. Why bother checking through 100 a day? After checking just a few it should be obvious that the purge hasn't happened yet.
Really? I heard from the PC that it was a bit like pound_release, and that it would delete a few every day over months. Can somebody who was there for previous purges give more info?
I hope they purge them all at the same time I've got a few names I've always wanted.... they're on two different accounts that look like they haven't been active for years... any idea how long an account has to be inactive before they purge it? ^_^ So I'll be stalking... 5 names We've got to keep track of this!
Isn't it stated somewhere that they can delete your account for being inactive for at least two years? Or something like that. If they go by their own time limit, that'll be a lot of accounts!
I've never had a problem coming up with awesome names. I'll just be sad when they delete my old neopets so I can't reminisce in the lookup bar I wouldn't want to remake them either, that would just be an insult to their memory. but then, so would letting other people use the names you can tell why I quit after I got frozen lol but I already have quite a few names that I love and was surprised they were free
I have been looking at some really amazing names. I'm excited haha. Do you think they will clear out load of accounts at once, or like just a few a day?
Names aren't everything for me and I simply don't have the time to sit around waiting for it - but the only reason for me to do it is to get a great name = krawk = selling it. But too little profit for me to want to do it xD
Same here! Getting an awesome RN or something would be cool.. but it's not worth my time to stalk them. Especially since it could be months before the purge actually happens. That'd just be torture to watch it for so long and then possibly even miss it :O I'd rather not put myself through it.
ZOMG I so remember that. http://www.neopets.com/neoschool/class_info.phtml Haha. But yeah, I'm going to be stalking names. They'll be even more valuable soon
My guess is that they will release some every few days. I made a list of about 100 names I want, however it isn't /that/ big of a deal to me, so I'll hardly monitor them close enough...
I'd assume it's almost going to be all at once. They aren't doing this to give us cool names, they are doing this to remove clutter on their servers. I remember they did it before and it was all at once, anyway.