by -Tizzle- September 6, 2005
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by THEYWiLLNEVAHKNOW! June 10, 2005
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A very popular part of the online game, Neopets, Neopets avatars are little squares that appear next to your name on the chat boards (and they are also shown when your username is looked up in the Search bar). They display an image, or an image with text. Most of the time, they are animated. There are many ways to get them: they include equipping your Neopet with a certain weapon, using a Morphing Potion on your Neopet, having a certain item in your inventory, etc. You start out with a group of non-secret avatars, but you can collect "secret" ones around the site using the aforementioned methods. The number of "secret" avatars you have collected will be displayed in your userlookup (or profile), and there is also a high score table where players can earn a trophy and a special "Avatar Collector" avatar for collecting the most "secret" avatars. There is even a special chat board specifically for discussion of avatars and avatar collectors.
While a lot of fun to collect, many players blame the arrival of "secret" avatars for the downfall of the Neopian economy. A formerly-affordable item will rise to hundreds of thousands of Neopoints (the site's currency) just because an avatar was released to go with it. An example is an item known as a "Quadrapus": it was worth 20,000 Neopoints at the start, which is quite cheap. However, now you cannot get one for under 350,000 Neopoints at the time of writing, because it can give you an avatar. This can be very frustrating, as it is difficult for the average user to earn Neopoints on the site, and even more difficult for them to purchase items when sellers get greedy and inflate such items to immense proportions over a square of pixels. Before avatars arrived, many items were more affordable than they are today. One item- 200,000 Neopoints before its avatar was released- has even risen to 30 million Neopoints (at the time of writing)!
While a lot of fun to collect, many players blame the arrival of "secret" avatars for the downfall of the Neopian economy. A formerly-affordable item will rise to hundreds of thousands of Neopoints (the site's currency) just because an avatar was released to go with it. An example is an item known as a "Quadrapus": it was worth 20,000 Neopoints at the start, which is quite cheap. However, now you cannot get one for under 350,000 Neopoints at the time of writing, because it can give you an avatar. This can be very frustrating, as it is difficult for the average user to earn Neopoints on the site, and even more difficult for them to purchase items when sellers get greedy and inflate such items to immense proportions over a square of pixels. Before avatars arrived, many items were more affordable than they are today. One item- 200,000 Neopoints before its avatar was released- has even risen to 30 million Neopoints (at the time of writing)!
Neopets News: "Can you figure out how to unlock this spooky-cute Blorpulous avatar?"
Avatar Collectors: "Look, a new avatar! We must have it!"
Avatar Collector: "Something Has Happened! You are now eligible to use "Blorpulous - Spooky" as an avatar on the Neoboards!"
Avatar Collector: "You need to have a 60-day-old Blorpulous attached to your pet, then view its lookup ^_^"
What will inevitably happen-
Sellers: *buy up all the cheap Blorpulous, then re-list them for 200,000 Neopoints each, effectively preventing your average Neopet user from obtaining one anytime soon due to the demand of avatar collectors who heavily collect Neopets avatars*
Avatar Collectors: "Look, a new avatar! We must have it!"
Avatar Collector: "Something Has Happened! You are now eligible to use "Blorpulous - Spooky" as an avatar on the Neoboards!"
Avatar Collector: "You need to have a 60-day-old Blorpulous attached to your pet, then view its lookup ^_^"
What will inevitably happen-
Sellers: *buy up all the cheap Blorpulous, then re-list them for 200,000 Neopoints each, effectively preventing your average Neopet user from obtaining one anytime soon due to the demand of avatar collectors who heavily collect Neopets avatars*
by LindsWulf October 3, 2005
Get the Neopets avatars mug.A series of characteristics often found in popular RPG-related sites and/or games. Characteristics often include an overabundance of 10 year olds, excessive work for minimal rewards, overly cute characters, excessive hype, and a BBS shat out from the bowels of hell itself. Named after the popular RPG site, neopets.
by Anonymous Bastard November 12, 2003
Get the Neopets Syndrome mug.Neopets is okay for a while, but after a bit you get tired of it and realize how stupid it was of you to spend 16 hours a day trying to change how a 150x150 pixel looks. The games can be fun for killing time, but if you get too carried away with earning neopoints, it takes away the fun.
Sometimes the neopets staff is good, but usually they aren't. I've had an instance where they have been excellent to me. Someone I knew had managed to get into my account and I emailed. After a while, a nice staff member believed me and restored me access to my acount.
The staff seems to be obsessed, however, with freezing and warning. For instance, if you mention any sort of religion you get frozen or warned, even if you just say something like "I don't eat pork, I'm Jewish" or "I'm a Christian."
Overall, neopets can be fun to play, but don't get addicted to it.
Sometimes the neopets staff is good, but usually they aren't. I've had an instance where they have been excellent to me. Someone I knew had managed to get into my account and I emailed. After a while, a nice staff member believed me and restored me access to my acount.
The staff seems to be obsessed, however, with freezing and warning. For instance, if you mention any sort of religion you get frozen or warned, even if you just say something like "I don't eat pork, I'm Jewish" or "I'm a Christian."
Overall, neopets can be fun to play, but don't get addicted to it.
"ME NEOPETS ACCOUNT! *sniffle* ISH FROZEN!!!!!!"
"Dude, deal with it. I've been frozen millions of times."
"BUT I LOST MY SPLIT AISHA!!!! WHAAAAAAAAAA!"
"So? I lost my Fire Draik. I got over it."
"WHO CARES ABOUT YOUR STUPID DRAIK, MY POOR AISHA!!!!!"
"Dude, deal with it. I've been frozen millions of times."
"BUT I LOST MY SPLIT AISHA!!!! WHAAAAAAAAAA!"
"So? I lost my Fire Draik. I got over it."
"WHO CARES ABOUT YOUR STUPID DRAIK, MY POOR AISHA!!!!!"
by A random somebody September 21, 2005
Get the neopets mug.Neopets (n) (ne-o-pets): A site that was made by college students and made for college students. It soon turned into a kids site for kids ages 8+.
Past: Neopets started out as a very fun kid site. There were games, boards, and of course, pets. There were 3 categories of games: Action, Puzzle, and Chance. Each one contained 100+ games at least. And each one was fun to play. It was perfect for kids. And best of all, it wasn't there just for getting money. It was actually a game site where the focus was on having fun, not money.
Present: Neopets has turned from a game site focused on fun to a site focused on money. The games have been enhanced (like by too many levels), the neopets are 3-D like (and look horrible), and is just horrible. Right now it's just horrible. And you get frozen really easy (ex: saying "sucks" gets you in trouble)
It has the NC mall (neocash) and there are two items that I find interesting:
The I Love NC mall flag ($1.50) and the I hate NC mall flag ($50). hm... Anybody have 50 bucks I can borrow?
Future: Oh my gosh, don't think about what's coming up next. It's probably going to turn into ad palooza.
Past: Neopets started out as a very fun kid site. There were games, boards, and of course, pets. There were 3 categories of games: Action, Puzzle, and Chance. Each one contained 100+ games at least. And each one was fun to play. It was perfect for kids. And best of all, it wasn't there just for getting money. It was actually a game site where the focus was on having fun, not money.
Present: Neopets has turned from a game site focused on fun to a site focused on money. The games have been enhanced (like by too many levels), the neopets are 3-D like (and look horrible), and is just horrible. Right now it's just horrible. And you get frozen really easy (ex: saying "sucks" gets you in trouble)
It has the NC mall (neocash) and there are two items that I find interesting:
The I Love NC mall flag ($1.50) and the I hate NC mall flag ($50). hm... Anybody have 50 bucks I can borrow?
Future: Oh my gosh, don't think about what's coming up next. It's probably going to turn into ad palooza.
Neopets was a fun site, but is really dumb now.
The neopets are really dumb now.
NEOPETS SUCKS! uh-oh! My account is frozen X_X
The neopets are really dumb now.
NEOPETS SUCKS! uh-oh! My account is frozen X_X
by camomatt August 5, 2008
Get the Neopets mug.A website that is often "down for maintenance" or generally fucked up by numerous glitches. Instead of admitting their own mistakes they will just freeze you. Neopets use to be cool until they fucked everything up....
by bullshit April 28, 2004
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