Weekly News Thread: June 10 - June 16

[May]

10th June

* Now you can learn How to Draw your very own Goldy in just eight easy steps!



* A selection of Poems are now available to read.

* Head over to Exquisite Ambrosia to pick up one of these new dishes!



* dramyc thinks you'll be quite frustrated while trying to complete their Minigolf Spotlight level, Land of Lava.

* We're quite sure you can think of something silly to submit for this latest Caption Contest.



* For a change of scenery in your chat window, why not use one of these new magical Buddy Icons?



* A new Story Telling competition has begun!

"Ugh, do we have to go this way?" Rayza groaned. The Poogle halted in the middle of the street, lifted one of her paws to her eyes, and peered around suspiciously. "It's the fastest way back to my house," Pinton said with a shrug. The Tonu shifted the heavy packages in his arms and looked at his friend impatiently. "Why, what's wrong?"

* Maybe these new jigsaw puzzles from the Toy Shop will give your Neopet something to think about.



* quiggle_puff the Quiggle is quite the lucky Neopet to have won the latest Pet Spotlight!

* Congratulations go out to Heists and phoofykins! 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!

[May]

11th June

* Today is randomly themed: Orange!

* Start your day off with one of these sweet bonbons from the Chocolate Factory!



* vousaimer has mastered the art of user lookups, as evidenced by the new User Lookup of the Week trophy in their cabinet.

* Add a bit of colour to your chat with one of these new Buddy Icons.



* There is a new Mystery Pic competition. The answer to the last one was Shoyru Scout Neopedia. 349 people guessed correctly, earning them 5,731 NP each.

* In the distance a gate creaks, you hear an eerie howl and somewhere a baby starts to cry... Another game has been dragged screaming into the Game Graveyard...



* Orange takes the spotlight in little_pip_squeak's Gallery Spotlight winning gallery, Citrus Sams Orange Parade.

* Yay! The Naalala, Meekins, Kateil and Snowickle can now all be painted orange at the Petpet Puddle.



* pet_keeping_geek has won this week's Meridell Castle Spotlight with their level The Asylum.

* Your Neopet is sure to learn something new in one of these new Books.

[May]

12th June

* Perfect! The Grooming Parlour now has a mirror for each season!



* Congratulatins to joshua17th and csconcept for wininng the Site Spotlight award with their site Weapon Icons.

* This week's PPL award has been given to the Melvie. Well done Gorbie, Melonie, Fuzzy, Shylar, and all the others.



* Dr. Sloth is the latest challenger to beat in this week's Better Than You competition.

* There are four different Fun Images available and all of them with a swimming theme!




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

* These Buddy Icons are evidence that you can have fun with hats.



* A new Lenny Conundrum competition has begun. The answer to last week's was 436. 4151 people guessed the correct answer earning themselves 482 NP each.

* Bored of your Tiled Background? Then why not switch it up with a new pirate background!



* bart_justin wins the latest Pirate Cave Of The Week with their level - Twizted.

* Yummy. Grundos Cafe has some tasty new foods for sale!

[May]

13th June - Quiggle Day

* Quiggles can now be painted Camouflage or Sketch at the Rainbow Pool!



* There are some new Poems in the gallery.

* Hurry to the Toy Shop and you could get one of these new Quiguki items!



* There is a new Mystery Pic competition. The answer to the last one was Count On Me Neogreeting. 246 people guessed correctly, earning them 8,131 NP each.

* There is a new page of Quiggle themed picturs on display in the Art Gallery. Why not take a look?



* Altador Cup team sign-ups start today! Make sure you sign-up for your favourite team soon so that you can start practicing for your first Altador Cup III match!



* This week's Neohome Spotlight award goes to sartracker, owner of 422232 Market Square, Neopia Central.

* Some tasty cupcakes have just been released in the Bakery. You can choose from four flavours!



* There are lots of new Quiggle Fun Images to brighten up your shop or webpage.




* The Altador Cup Board is now live, so have fun talking about your favourite teams, players, and games!

* Quiggles will be looking quite nice after they freshen up with these new items from the Grooming Parlour[/b].



[b]* As always kind old Cap'n Threelegs is offering FREE training to all Quiggles that pay him a visit on their special day.

* Today's Caption Contest has a bit of a Quiggle theme.



* This week's Petpet Spotlight award goes to Muffin the Purple Eizzil.

* Ah perfect. These fun new clothes from the Clothing Shop will have Quiggles quite pleased.




I think you have something on your pyjamas...

* You might want to take a moment today for our latest sponsor game Seek Your Personality.

[May]

14th and 15th June - Nimmo Day

* Today Nimmos will be dressing up with clothes from the Clothing Shop to celebrate Nimmo Day!




What are you dressed up as?

* This week's Neoadventure Spotlight goes to plutoplus1 for Space Flight.

Arcadia the Poogle hardly felt the bump of the space ship departing from Station Platform 24. Off in the distance out of her window, she could see Kreludor..."

* There are four more Nimmo themed Buddy Icons for you to use.



* All Nimmos who pay Cap'n Threelegs a visit, will be able to claim their free training all day long.

* The Art Gallery is going to have a showing of Nimmo themed pictures on Monday. Please remember to submit your pictures before then!

b]*[/b] There is a new Tiled Background featuring a Nimmo that you might want to use.



* The Random Contest is continuing for another week! Good luck to all the entrants.

* Nimmos will be ready for school or work with these fun Supplies.



* 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 Maraqua's Plea for Help and Memoirs of a Reluctant Villain.



* There is a new page of Nimmo themed Poems for you to read.

* These Exotic Foods are sure to impress your Neopet.



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

* If you are looking for a more regal colour to paint your Nimmo, you will be pleased to hear that Nimmos can now be painted Royal at the Rainbow Pool!



* Well done giggle_chum_1993. Your challenging level - Stages Of Death has just earned you this week's Faerie Caves Spotlight.

* The Neopian Music Shop is getting into the fun of Nimmo Day with these new instruments.

[May]

This week's editorial:

I just sniped a codestone on the Super Shop Wizard (from Premium) for 1,000 NP. I resold it after buying. Soon after the person who sold the codestone Neomailed me saying something like, "I accidentally priced the Codestone for 1,000 NP instead of 10,000, I forgot a zero." I replied explaining that that's what a sniper does, and that I had already resold the codestone. I'm afraid they might report me or something. Would I get in trouble for this? It's been bothering me for a while. ~alexajt1881
Nope, this is fine. You did nothing to try and trick the person so you could rip them off. While it's always good karma to have mercy on someone who made a mistake like that, it's in no way expected.

Hi TNT! Are we allowed to play the games in the Altador Cup on our side accounts? THANKS! ~taco___cat
No.

Okay, so here is another question from me: I really need some help with this new trading thing. =P If someone sends me a Neopet through the transfer option and I reject the Neopet, will I have used my transfer for that month? ~exsploding
Yes, that will use your transfer for that month. This is explained in the Complete Rules section at the bottom of the transfer page.

*Throws everyone milk and cookies* Dear TNT, my question is simple, but will your answer be as simple? :* Well, it's easy... as you all know, albino people or pets usually have red eyes. Therefore, why don't the white Petpets have red eyes as well? ~babydodo2006
Because they are painted white, not albino.

Every time I put an item up for auction, I always wonder if it can be stolen by the Pant Devil or something else... can it? ~pride_and_arrogance
Nope! Items that are being traded, auctioned, or are from the NC Mall cannot be stolen. Just be careful, though, because the moment they are out of trades or auctions Random Events can snatch them up!


I'll be waiting!

Dear TNT, will we ever be able to organize our shop the way that we would like to? I expressed this to my Neofriends and they all agreed. Can we have control of our shops? ~jfh79
We are not sure why you can't currently organise your shop. We are looking into the possibility.

Who gets to decide the Neopets plots? (i.e. Altador/Darkest Faerie, Lost Desert/Coltzan's Crown, Maraqua, etc.) Is it a staff-only privilege or can users submit ideas? ~waterphoenix05
Our creative staff comes up with the plots. While we appreciate the creativity of all our users, we prefer that you use your own stories for things like The Neopian Times.

Alright, let's just get this straight: Neopets Team rocks! Now, moving along to the question. *Ahem* I was doing my usual lurking when I came to a User Lookup. In the hobbies category they had made up their own. Some people say that putting a code in the URL will let you do your own. I'm just inquiring to find out if this could cause you to get frozen, since many Neopians do so and I'm not sure if it's alright. For example, having "Hobbies: Eating socks, Jumping up and down, Eating (yes eating) coffee, etc." instead of the scroll down list of hobbies. Thank you for your time, and keep up the good... no, great, work! ~neobrandon19952
We're aware of this and how it works, and (while we don't usually encourage such things) as long as there is no inappropriate material in your personalised hobbies listing it's just fine.

Hiya TNT. I used to have five accounts (one main and four sides), but I recently self-froze one so I could create another without breaking the rules. However, when I tried to enter my email address, it said that I'd already created 5 accounts using it, so I could not add another one. Would it be possible to make it so that, when an account is self-frozen, it frees up its space on that particular email address? ~crossfire_rulz
We understand where you're coming from, but we do need to keep track of these things for account investigation purposes, so we guess the most direct answer is no. Sorry. Thank you for following the rules, though, and you're more than welcome to create that new account with a fresh email address.

Well, since users have been allowed to trade their Neopets =[ site players have been trading Neopets and offering an expensive Petpet to come with the Neopet (clearly stating it with the offer of their Neopet), so that it's kind of like they're buying the Neopet. Shouldn't this be against the rules and banned? It seems unfair. ~exsploding
If you see anyone trying to skirt the rules of the 1:1 Neopet trade by sticking in an expensive Petpet to basically buy their way into a nicer trade, please report them. This does not mean you should report everyone who is trading a Neopet with a Petpet attached, but rather we'd appreciate it if you kept an eye out for people who are obviously trying to cheat the system and bring down harsher rules on the heads of everyone who is dealing fairly.

Hiya TNT! *Is polite and hands you a cookie* Why can't zapped Krawk Petpets become real Krawks? I would think this to be okay, because you spend a lot of Neopoints for the Lab Ray plus the Petpet Lab Ray. I wouldn't normally think this to happen. (Please remove my name) Thank you for listening, TNT. I know you care about us! ~[username removed]
Yes, we do care. We're sorry, though, the Lab Ray is not meant to be a way of making Neopoints. It is meant to be a device that saves you Neopoints by avoiding training and painting costs. We're not planning on changing this.


And endless amusement of course.

I have noticed that in past Editorials (I mean the REALLY old ones), the person answering the questions occasionally used pronouns like "I" instead of "we." Also, in many Editorials, all the answers are short sentences, like the person writing them was too sleepy to write more. Is this because there is only ONE person answering these and just using words like "we" to cover it up? Or did you all get tired on the same day, or took a cookie break and ran out of time for in-depth answers? Or are the Meepits getting to me?! JUST HOW MANY OF THERE ARE YOOOOOU?!?!?!?! x@ ~cha_ching__shiny
With so many questions spanning so many different areas of Neopets these days, it's almost impossible for one person to be able to answer the entire variety of questions about the site. We really need to rely on each other to give you all the best answers possible. That's why we say "we" in the Editorial. We're a team.

Erm... I'm pretty sure that this question has been answered, but I've forgotten. Out of curiosity, is tipping people for coding things like Petpages against the rules? I know you can't demand tips, but what if you offered them? ~garrulousness
No, tipping is not allowed, even if it is not requested.

[metalmario]

Once AGAIN they ignored the very serious trading post bug, as well as those of us who completed the Megasuperb challenge and got shafted. And answered more side account questions, a stupid white!=albino question, tipping question... either stuff that doesn't matter or could be answered 50 times on the Help Board.

I should stop reading Editorials, they just make me angry.

[May]

I agree that the editorial is becoming a waste of time and space. I even sent in a question about the Megasupurb prize for the Daily Dare, and I wasn't even eligible for that prize.