I'm sure you all have had some interesting experiences while playing Neopets, ranging from days with crazy hacking going on to major bugs to just plain weirdness. I thought it might be fun to stretch the imagination and come up with scenarios that range from the possible to the unlikely to the impossible and look at what side effects (obvious or not) might occur as a result. For example: Scenario 1 What if?... Neopets allowed Neopoints/items/pets/anything to be traded for out of game stuff (ie. money) Side Effects Hmmm, maybe more players? Definately more Abers SSer's and general cheating. Probably create a mass divide in the population between 'gold farmers' and actual players. Lose some of the big names (as they sell their stuff lol). The price per million would probably fall from $3 to maybe $2 or less. Activity in many boards will drop other than TC. And Finally LESS FREEZINGS!
Taking your scenario, everything would become worthless because people would AB something and want to sell it right away for more NP, so they would go 20% lower and then the next one goes lower and so on and so forth. Once items become easy to get at low prices NP becomes worth more, because it becomes harder to get, the rich get richer and the poor stay poor. The game would crash soon after.
Ive always wondered what would happen if they messed with the pets again. For example, either they A) Auto converted all of the rest of the UC pets because they are almost impossible to obtain, and it isnt fair to new players. Or B ) Released a potion of some sort that turns a pet back to UC. I have like 5 UC pets myself, ranging from very high level to an uc faerie... If they auto converted, I would quit. No doubt it my mind. At that point, neo would be just too shitty for me to handle anymore. I think bringing in an 'UC Morphing potion' would generate more activity on the site, becasue people would finally be able to get their "dream pets." A lot of people say that this would devalue the UCs, and it would, but the percentage of UC owners is tiny compared to the percentage of people that want them. I know theyve already said they wont, but if they made an NC mall item out of it, that thing would make them a ton of money. And probably wipe out a good portion of the underground UC trading, since it really would make them worth a lot less if they're easy to obtain.
I think the price per million would RISE while it's true that there would probably be more sellers, there would be a lot more buyers because it's allowed I agree there'd be more RSers/ABers, but I reckon TNT would change their restock system I've also often considered what would happen if they released a UC potion (for NC) - and I think that would turn of a lot of the successful PCers, while encouraging the unsuccessful PCers to buy NC
if that happens, well i'd be a damn rich person in RL already. I just set a few accounts to AB and i'll get $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $.$
What if?.. Neopets allowed betting/gambling/wagers on 2p BD fights? (imagine if the winner got to take one weapon from the losers set xP) Would make wars between guilds alot more interesting, when I think about it though only the contestants would be able to bet cause people could throw games. Lab rats/maps and some weapons would skyrocket in value. BD chat would dominate. If the winner of the match got to take one item from the losers set consumables and fragiles (like scroll of freezing) would skyrocket in value (ie. in a match up you would rather use a thick smoke bomb than a t-tear). TNT would probably set it up so that people could spectate on fights (maybe even charge a small entry fee that goes to both contestants lol). Could possibly lead to 2v2 or more team fights could be implemented (with more weapons introduced that did aoe damage or special effects) which would probably invigorate Neopets in general (but then Neo would turn into a pet fighting game a la pokemon). Then again it might not be popular at all lol.
What if neopets had an market where you could sell/ buy/nps,pets,services, items, etc. "legally"? Sites like this would go down........... and the money transfer would also be much easier.