News is up -- 12/20 :)

Mon Dec 20, 2004 11:41 am

20th December - Borovan Day!

Happy Birthday Adam!!!

If you stop by the Art Gallery there are all kinds of Happy Birthday pictures sent in by Number Six fans!

Galgarroth has been added to the Gallery of Heroes.

If you are feeling creative, why not give this week's Story Telling Competition a go? Being a holiday week we will be extending this contest for a little longer than usual.

"Ugh," Mara said, sitting up and rubbing the back of her head, wincing. The red Zafara shook her throbbing head to clear her mind, then took a look around. It was quite dark, though the feel of the cold, cobbled stone floor before her, the dampness of the air, and the smell of mildew confirmed her suspicions that she must be deep underground.

Some of the Wintery Petpets have caught a touch of pirate fever it seems...

The first Pet Spotlight of the week has been awarded to Olivenin the Gelert.

A super large bumper edition of the Neopian Times has just been released. There will not be another issue released this week. Instead look out for a new issue on the 31st!

There are some new Fun Images with an Asparagus theme.

Today's Caption Contest features an Asparagus Chia - how cute!

Last edited by Jasujo on Mon Dec 20, 2004 11:55 am, edited 2 times in total.

Mon Dec 20, 2004 11:49 am

What, no avie?

Mon Dec 20, 2004 11:54 am

there's alreagh an asparagus chia av tho....

Mon Dec 20, 2004 11:58 am

*doesn't find all the asparagus jokes funny anymore* though anyway, happy b-day adam

*looks at pets* oh no... oh no......

Mon Dec 20, 2004 12:03 pm

I DEMAND to know, why were BOTH of my pets changed to asparagus chia's on the 20th of december??? I'm not really complaining as asparagus is a fairly cool veggie but seriously BOTH of my pets without any warning or anything. C'mon what's going on here? - lucifixer
It IS Adam's birthday and we know he is obsessed with asparagus. It must be something to do with him Rest assured, the change is only temporary and your Neopets will be back to normal tomorrow.

Well, that question sure got in fast.

lol

Can you please redo the referral program. Seeing as how you can get a paint brush (approx 20k+ value depending on type) for 10 referrals, but for 20 you only get 2000 np. Doesn't really seem right... What do you think? - sevenofnine14
The referral program is something we have been thinking about re-visiting several times. The prizes were added a long time ago and some of them just dont make sense now. In the New Year we will take a closer look at it and adjust it.

Oh, no! I hope they don't raise the Pb to a higher number. I haven't gotten mine yet.

Would you guys possibly make new room materials to build with? - ashenalar
Hmmm. I don't see why not. It has been ages since we added new ones.

Awesomeness.

I wonder what materials they are going to use? Watch there be a dung option. >.<

Mon Dec 20, 2004 12:25 pm

There's already the Number six avatar and the asparableh avatar ...but ...I was expecting something a little bit more special from todays news.

Hopefully they'll add something later on ...

Mon Dec 20, 2004 12:45 pm

Jasujo wrote:
Can you please redo the referral program. Seeing as how you can get a paint brush (approx 20k+ value depending on type) for 10 referrals, but for 20 you only get 2000 np. Doesn't really seem right... What do you think? - sevenofnine14
The referral program is something we have been thinking about re-visiting several times. The prizes were added a long time ago and some of them just dont make sense now. In the New Year we will take a closer look at it and adjust it.

Oh, no! I hope they don't raise the Pb to a higher number. I haven't gotten mine yet.

Me either, but I'm getting close... *crosses fingers* I sure hope I can make it in time :/

Mon Dec 20, 2004 1:03 pm

Well with the asparagus chias, i doubt garronn40 is too happy considering that he is a lupe:)

Mon Dec 20, 2004 1:19 pm

How exactly is Galgarroth a hero?

Mon Dec 20, 2004 2:20 pm

The white techos do look better, they have more definition on and dont just blend into the white background anymore. Thanks for redoing them - sirius_hp_fan333
No problems, we are almost finished with Techos, then we will be moving on to Quiggles.

WOOHOO! *does a silly little quiggle dance*

Mon Dec 20, 2004 2:31 pm

*Does a little dance.* more asparagus to add to my gallery!!! Woohoo! *loves today* HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADAM!!!

Mon Dec 20, 2004 2:33 pm

What's really odd is that, in addition to putting the editorial into the current issue (170), Donna also went back and put an editorial into issue 169.

(Even after issue 170 went up except for the editorial, 169 still had just an apology. I had looked at it again earlier Sunday, in fact.)

So . . . has Adam's weird sense of humour finally infected Donna? Or is Donna really the mastermind behind Adam's weirdness?

Mon Dec 20, 2004 2:51 pm

Crimsonmon wrote:How exactly is Galgarroth a hero?

because...

A Grarrl of noble spirit, Galgarroth was a trusted friend and advisor to Lord Darigan during the kingdom's more peaceful days. When the citadel invaded Meridell to retrieve their stolen orb, Galgarroth served as second-in-command to Lord Darigan, and commanded his armies.

However, when the power of the orb drove Darigan mad, the Yellow Knight (who had escaped the Darigan Citadel with the aid of Master Vex) was able to convince Galgarroth that his lord had gone insane and become a threat. Along with the aid of both Meridell and Darigan's forces, they were able to destroy the Spectre of Darigan. Later, during the Kass wars, Galgarroth was punished for not giving in to Kass's false lordship over the citadel.

Mon Dec 20, 2004 3:17 pm

interesting:

Last week's editorial wrote:What is the newest neopet? Will you be adding any more types? - Rrdog1
Bori was the latest Neopet to be added. We have plans to add a new one (sort of looks like an otter) early in the new year.

Last week's editorial wrote:We all have a favorite Paint Brush we dream of one day painting our pets--mine happens to be purple. I was so excited when I finally purchased a purple petpet paint brush only to find out my beautiful little companion was going to have ORANGE SPOTS! Can you please explain your reasoning of making the Purple Paint Brushes paint our pets purple AND give them ORANGE spots?! Are you planning on fixing this? - ClumsymangoWell there was a very funny and cool reason why all purple Neopets have orange spots. It was tied into why orange Grundos and purple Grundos had their big rivalry on Kreludor. As we didnt do the Kreludor plot, its doesn't really make sense now. I will talk this over with Adam, maybe we will have a poll on it.

and this isnt true is it? i thought thats where the island pets came from??

Last week's editorial wrote:What Colour did Pets that were painted glass or stone turn in to? (Just Curious!) - crj400
Oh wow that was a long time ago. I can't really remember, I believe they were just turned into one of the four basic colours at random.

Mon Dec 20, 2004 3:19 pm

r4che1 wrote:
Last week's editorial wrote:What Colour did Pets that were painted glass or stone turn in to? (Just Curious!) - crj400
Oh wow that was a long time ago. I can't really remember, I believe they were just turned into one of the four basic colours at random.

Actually, speaking from someone who knows, they were turned Tyrannian if they were glass. I had a prized Glass Quiggle, took a small break from Neopets, and when I came back, he was ugly :cry: