Weekly News Thread: April 15 - April 21

[bettywales]

15th April- Grey Day

* If you own a Hissi, you can now paint it Grey at the Rainbow Pool. *sigh*


* If you stop by the catacombs, you will see some Poems. They shouldn't put you to sleep.

* Now all Neopets can add a bit of grey to their look thanks to the Grooming Parlour.


* There is a new rather grey themed Desktop Background for you to choose.


* Well done neopiaonline0, your course - Breakthrough has just earned you a shiny new Minigolf Spotlight award.

* There are some rather dreary grey themed pictures for you to look at in the Art Gallery.


* If you are feeling a bit grey today you might like this new background or flower...


Why me?

* If you have the energy, you might put your creative writing skills to the test with the new Story Telling competition.

Putting a paw to her forehead, Yvori slowly sat up. All around her, the land was desolate and as grey as the sky above. She almost cried out in shock. Worse than that, though, was the crushing sadness that dropped over her like a heavy velvet cloak. After the joy that the springtime picnic had inspired in her, the sadness felt even more shattering.

* A new Caption Contest has begun.


* If you want you can give your Neopet some of these unappetising looking new foods.


* This week's Pet Spotlight award has been given to a Lutari called OlimFabula.

* Congratulations go out to daydreyan and Burgess75. Each has proven spiffier than the rest in the Customisation Spotlight. Voting for this week's contest has begun. Good luck to this week's entrants.


* Now the Candychan, Filamen, Drackonack and Spyder can be painted grey at the Petpet Puddle. Hoorah.

[bettywales]

16th April - Krawk Day

* If your Krawk has been wanting a change it may be time to visit the Rainbow Pool!


* Congratulations to helmfinland for winning the latest User Lookup of the Week award.

* The Toy Shop has released more Krawk toys.


* The Poetry Gallery has been updated with a new page of Krawk-themed Poems.

* Using one of these new Buddy Icons will let everyone know just how big a Krawk fan you really are.


* jason_pereira_393 deserves a round of applause for winning the Gallery Spotlight with their gallery dedicated to pirates.

* The Krawk petpets can now be painted Electric, Grey, Pirate and Orange at the Petpet Puddle.


* If you participated in this year's Daily Dare you will be very pleased to find out that you can now collect your trophies and prizes! Woohoo!


* New Fun Images are the perfect way to spice up your Petpage.





* The 700th Mystery Pic competition is here! The answer to the last one was Darigan Toys Shopkeeper. 134 people guessed correctly, earning them 14,926 NP each.

* If you are feeling a bit hungry you might check out these dishes from the Food Shop.


* This week's Meridell Castle Spotlight goes to janmichaelmarcos1997 for Tower of Doom!. Well done!

* A new page of art themed especially for Krawk Day has been put on display in the Art Gallery.


* Cap'n Threelegs has decided to give free training to Krawks who visit him on their special day.

* The Krawks have some rather unusual clothes that were created just for them by the Clothing Shop.





Now these clothes are fun!

[smudgeoffudge]

If anyone wants to see a robot krawk without casing, go here:

http://www.neopets.com/petlookup.phtml?pet=Coacoamuffin

They look nice, but their stomach looks gross.

[Alex]

It's a shame I couldn't do the Daily Dare. My wireless connection was so slow at uni that when I *did* have the time to play, I couldn't even get the games to load. This saddens me.

Also, either my mind lives in the gutter (true), or TNT occasionally make images that look very disturbing. Or both.

[bettywales]

17th April

* The Neovian Printing Press has just started publishing more newspapers, magazines etc..


* Many of the TNT are out in our community today helping others. In the spirit of this we are asking you to try to do something nice for someone today.

* The latest Site Spotlight goes to kittycatlvr1220 for their site - Coding Help by Kitty.

* This week's PPL award has been given to the Cubett. Well done Squigly, Conny, Beldar, Pollipop, and all the others.


* Are you brave enought to take on The Bank Manager in this week's Better Than You?

* These new instruments from the Neopian Music Shop have a bit of a muffled sound.


* A new Shop Blog with a spring theme is now available for you to use.

* If you want a chance to have your videos viewed by others on Neopets why not submit them?

* Now you can erase your mistakes with these fun erasers from the School Supplies Shop.


* A new Lenny Conundrum competition has begun. The answer to last week's was Zafara. 2272 people guessed the correct answer earning themselves 881 NP each.

* If you want to know more about Cylara you should take a look at our latest Neopedia.


* Congratulations to New Member, winner of the latest Pirate Cave Of The Week award!

* The Coffee Shop has decided that Pomegranate is a great flavour for tea and coffee.

[Byakuya San]

* Many of the TNT are out in our community today helping others. In the spirit of this we are asking you to try to do something nice for someone today.

Would that be the Neopets community or a real-life community?

[Siniri]

* Many of the TNT are out in our community today helping others. In the spirit of this we are asking you to try to do something nice for someone today.

Would that be the Neopets community or a real-life community?

I think they mean their real-life community, though at first I thought it meant the Neopets one, too -- I was like, wow, come and give me my Megasuperb prize!

Doesn't TNT stand for "The Neopets Team"? If so, then the above sentence reads, "Many of the The Neopets Team..."

[smudgeoffudge]

I want pictures!

Maybe they are doing something at a soup kitchen or habitat for humanity or something. Anyway, it would be nice to see pictures of the team dressed as neopets and being hugged by old people in a nursing home who have no clue what a neopet is, but are glad to see them just the same.

[Ange]

I hope they post pictures, too!

I've done Habitat for Humanity for a few years now and it's a blast. Hopefully they did do something like that

Or maybe an episode of Extreme Home Makeover! :-D

[Shoyru_Lover]

All hail Cylara's awesome pose.

[bettywales]

18th April

* There are some new Hot Dogs for sale at Hubert's Hot Dog Stand.


* There is a new Mystery Piccompetition. The answer to the last one was Volcano Run Game Graveyard Tombstone. 97 people guessed correctly, earning them 20,619 NP each.

* If you need a new Shopkeeperfor you shop you might want to consider on of these Lutari Shopkeepers.




* This week's Neohome Spotlight has been awarded to abcjeanie, proud owner of 65439 Safari Lane, Mystery Island.

* Quintilcs now come in blue, green, yellow and Brown. All that's required is a Petpet Paint Brush and a trip to the Petpet Puddle.


* The Caption Contest is now live - can you think of anything funny for this picture?


* The lucky winner of the Petpet Spotlight is a Alabriss called Lucy.

* If you are looking for a gift that a friend doesn't have the Gift Shop has some new items that might interest you.

[beanmommy]

I'm strangely enamored of this thing:

[bettywales]

19th and 20th April- Lutari Day

* Lutari can now be painted Rainbow and Pirate at the Rainbow Pool!


* There is a new page of Lutari Day Poems in the gallery.

* The Art Gallery has some amazing Lutari art on display.


* This week's Neoadventure Spotlight goes to neozxc20 for The Greatest Treasure.

"After stepping onto the warm sand, you observe the sea. The ocean is calm, and a breezy gale is headed east, toward Mystery Island; a perfect sailing weather. Too bad you don't have a boat! Perhaps you can ask for help..."

* Treat your Neopets with one of these tasty foods from the Food Shop.


* If ye be brave enough, Lutari should visit Cap'n Threelegs fer their free training on Lutari Day.

* There is a new Backgroundfeaturing a Lutari!


* You may have noticed that the Quick Reference page has been updated. It is quite pretty and has some new features that we think you will like!

* Catch up on your reading by visiting the Book Shop.


* The newest issue of the Neopian Times has been released! Keep your eyes open for great stories and adventures like How Do You Feel About Robot Pets? and Don't Let This Be Our Last Adventure.


* Neopets Series 1 collector plush will be retiring soon which are available at your local Target. Watch out for Series 2 Collector plush coming soon! Click here for more information.


* New Fun Images are the perfect way to spice up your Lutari fan page.





* You have another week to enter the current Random Contest! Good luck to all the entrants.

* Any Neopet will enjoy these new Lutari-themed Toys.


* The next round of the Beauty Contest is about to begin! Head on over and vote for your favourite.

* There is a new Sponsor Video Contest that you can enter for a change to win Neopoints!


* Congratulations, ayo_of_the_stars! You have just won this week's Faerie Caves Spotlight thanks to your level - Ayo's Crammed Mind.

* Your Lutari will be thrilled if you buy them some of these fanciful new Clothes.





Shouldn't you be under water?

[smudgeoffudge]

I don't know why the pirate lutari reminds me of a gondolier. Maybe it is the little head band, although gondoliers wear a straw hat with a red ribbon on it. Is there a image of a lutari gondolier anywhere on the site? Well, if they ever release anything such as a "watery Altador street" background and then something such as a long wooden pole staff and a straw hat, you could make a gondolier lutari.

[Shoelace]

I don't know if I should say this, but my instant reaction when seeing this was.....
Lutari have boobs.
...........eeeeewwwww.