News - February 17 and 18 - Chocolate Chia Day
Sat Feb 17, 2007 4:00 am
17th February - Chocolate Chia Day
* Yay! Neopets is on holiday Monday! We will be back with more New Features on Tuesday, though.
* Awww what adorable Chia Fun Images!
* We have uploaded a page of Chia Day Poems!
* Give your Chia a fun new look. You now have the choice of Pink or Ice at the Rainbow Pool.
* This week's Neoadventure Spotlight goes to shortstop666 for Super Explorer's Treasure Hunting Adventure.
"You cautiously test the temperature of the water with your toes and then decide to dive right in. You swim along the carved path of the river being careful not to crash into any stationed boulders in the river..."
* If you celebrate Chinese New Year, we have some new Greetings for you to send to family and friends.
* Make sure you get the most out of Chia Day, as a special treat Cap'n Threelegs will be giving training to Chias all weekend.
* The Food Shop has a new Chia-themed food for you to try.
* A new Random Contest has begun! Good luck to all the entrants, and congratulations to last week's winners.
* The Art Gallery seems to be overrun with Chia Day pictures.
* The next round of the Beauty Contest is about to begin! Head on over and vote for your favourite.
* The newest issue of the Neopian Times has been released! Keep your eyes open for great stories and adventures like Interpreting the Battledome Screen and Where Do Owners Come From?.
* Well done drama_quen101. Your level - pirates cave has just won this week's Faerie Caves Spotlight award.
* The Garden Centre has come up with some fun new Neogarden decorations.
Congratulations to Ginger and any other PPT members who are in the art gallery!
And the new Chia Pop is Black Cherry!
* Yay! Neopets is on holiday Monday! We will be back with more New Features on Tuesday, though.
* Awww what adorable Chia Fun Images!
* We have uploaded a page of Chia Day Poems!
* Give your Chia a fun new look. You now have the choice of Pink or Ice at the Rainbow Pool.
* This week's Neoadventure Spotlight goes to shortstop666 for Super Explorer's Treasure Hunting Adventure.
"You cautiously test the temperature of the water with your toes and then decide to dive right in. You swim along the carved path of the river being careful not to crash into any stationed boulders in the river..."
* If you celebrate Chinese New Year, we have some new Greetings for you to send to family and friends.
* Make sure you get the most out of Chia Day, as a special treat Cap'n Threelegs will be giving training to Chias all weekend.
* The Food Shop has a new Chia-themed food for you to try.
* A new Random Contest has begun! Good luck to all the entrants, and congratulations to last week's winners.
* The Art Gallery seems to be overrun with Chia Day pictures.
* The next round of the Beauty Contest is about to begin! Head on over and vote for your favourite.
* The newest issue of the Neopian Times has been released! Keep your eyes open for great stories and adventures like Interpreting the Battledome Screen and Where Do Owners Come From?.
* Well done drama_quen101. Your level - pirates cave has just won this week's Faerie Caves Spotlight award.
* The Garden Centre has come up with some fun new Neogarden decorations.
Congratulations to Ginger and any other PPT members who are in the art gallery!
And the new Chia Pop is Black Cherry!
Sat Feb 17, 2007 4:15 am
Is it magical?
Sat Feb 17, 2007 4:19 am
Remember when pet days would come around, and new avatars would be released in celebration? Yeah, that was cool.
I always get so jealous when pet days fall on a weekend and TNT gives pet owners a whole weekend for training. :/
I always get so jealous when pet days fall on a weekend and TNT gives pet owners a whole weekend for training. :/
Sat Feb 17, 2007 4:30 am
And when they'd make new weapons, books, and food. Normal chias are hideous, but this is one of the worst pet days yet. I'd hate to be a fan and check the news to see this. I doubt the chia pop is magical. If it were, they would have posted a picture of a black cherry chia along with it.
Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:54 am
Huggles wrote:And when they'd make new weapons, books, and food. Normal chias are hideous, but this is one of the worst pet days yet. I'd hate to be a fan and check the news to see this. I doubt the chia pop is magical. If it were, they would have posted a picture of a black cherry chia along with it.
Oh my gosh, YES. What happened to new weapons, books, and food!?!?!?
Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:54 am
The Chia Pop doesn't seem to be released yet... It's not searchable?
Also... Chia Pops are sold in the Super Happy Icy Fun Snow Shop, not the Food Shop!
Also... Chia Pops are sold in the Super Happy Icy Fun Snow Shop, not the Food Shop!
Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:42 am
Something mentioned in the news hasn't been released. SHOCK!!!
Grrrr I wish they'd actually release things when they announce them, it's what used to make owning a gallery fun - checking the news for new items etc. There's not much point if you don't know if you'll be able to buy it in the near future.
And how ugly is the pink chia? Seriously.
Grrrr I wish they'd actually release things when they announce them, it's what used to make owning a gallery fun - checking the news for new items etc. There's not much point if you don't know if you'll be able to buy it in the near future.
And how ugly is the pink chia? Seriously.
Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:50 am
Erm, for chocolate chia day... there's not much chocolate in the news...
Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:12 pm
Rayen wrote:Erm, for chocolate chia day... there's not much chocolate in the news...
It's just called that. XD; Kind of like how other pets have 'fancier' sounding days.
Neopian Times Editorial wrote:Yes, we have been going through and updating old images. Perhaps you've seen some revamped plushies? They are quite cute. It's slow going, but we're doing what we can. As for the strange potion, it was made so long ago that no one really remembers why it's so plain.
I think it was because it used to be called 'sex potion' or whatever, and had male/female signs on it. Then the site became all kid-friendly and 'sex' was a taboo word. XD;
Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:27 pm
Yeah, this day is really poop. 5 new items. Gnomes of that. A Chia pop that'll probably be never released.
But alas! Do not fret!
There's enough fun images for all!
*sings The Smurfs theme tune*
But alas! Do not fret!
There's enough fun images for all!
*sings The Smurfs theme tune*
Sat Feb 17, 2007 2:22 pm
The news just keeps losing its appeal.
Reallly... nothing exciting. No new releases, no nothing. And even a horrible artist like I can color a Chia outline pink and spike the edges and say it's ice. Horrible colors, horrible items,
and almost 90 days since the last avatar release, iirc.
Reallly... nothing exciting. No new releases, no nothing. And even a horrible artist like I can color a Chia outline pink and spike the edges and say it's ice. Horrible colors, horrible items,
and almost 90 days since the last avatar release, iirc.
Sat Feb 17, 2007 2:51 pm
The last avatar was back in... october, was it?
They used to do an avatar every day or so. I suppose they're not for half-measures, like an avatar a week.
Most interesting thing are the neogreetings.
They used to do an avatar every day or so. I suppose they're not for half-measures, like an avatar a week.
Most interesting thing are the neogreetings.
Sat Feb 17, 2007 2:57 pm
Hmmmn... since they changed ownership I wonder just how much has changed behind the scenes. Could be that there is a new team in charge who just didn't follow the game closely to see how is used to run. Could be that corporate doesn't want to shell extra money into something that is already generating income.
It makes me wonder what the player stats have become. Are they the same as they were this time last year? Or have Neopets gained/lost players? If they've GAINED players, I doubt much will change. They're doing less, paying out less, and making more. If they've lost players, I wonder how long the trend of meager updates will last before they wake up and start fixing their errors.
It makes me wonder what the player stats have become. Are they the same as they were this time last year? Or have Neopets gained/lost players? If they've GAINED players, I doubt much will change. They're doing less, paying out less, and making more. If they've lost players, I wonder how long the trend of meager updates will last before they wake up and start fixing their errors.
Sat Feb 17, 2007 3:52 pm
Wind wrote:Most interesting thing are the neogreetings.
And that's a worrying state of affairs... after nearly getting fired over the ToW plot (not being able to resist playing when I should have been working) I'm actaully fairly glad that there is no longer anything to tempt me onto neo.
But only a little bit.
Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:30 pm
Make sure you get the most out of Chia Day, as a special treat Cap'n Threelegs will be giving training to Chias all weekend.
So... it's one of my Chia's free training days, and I'm still being asked to pay for his training.
Why?