Neopies 2021

[Siniri]

Yeah. Go vote. (Sorry, not going to do a cool spoilers list of categories and prizes and stuff. Feel free to edit if you can and put it here if you want to.)

[Blue]

Thanks, Siniri! I would have missed this...

Burlap Meerca for me. It's ugly awesome.

I got a donut for voting...

Chocolate Orange Doughnut

[Siniri]

Round 2: Cheese and Onion Korbat Sandwich

Round 3: They messed up matching the pictures with the words. It's not that hard to have someone double check. (The hover text matches the words.) Christmas Day's animation rankles me just as much today as it did then. I'm voting for the 26th. The thought of the Slushie Slinger taking a break and speed-racing through an entire book, a painting, and 4 simultaneous chess matches on her 10-minute break cracks me up. (I don't remember the darblat one at all... I think that might have been my last-minute round when I had one minute to do that and Trudy...) Prize: Bronze Dress

Edit: Nope. I claimed the prize at 7:42 pm. There were weird Negg-related prizes that day. And Blue grumbled about the "close" sign. None of us commented on what the Darblats were heading towards - we probably assumed it would carry over to the next day. Nope. Apparently the mom and chick managed to find their way "back" to the Darblat Migration. Whatever that is. I guess they were "close" all along, Blue!

[Blue]

Round 2: Oasis Eyrie.
Received: Cup of Green Tea

Round 3: Darblat - it was the worst of them all for so many reasons... but Darblats are cute. And do not need to make sense. I suppose it was the most memorable, but not in a good way. Then again, I was not even "close"
Received: Cybit

Round 4: The Gift of the Xweetok - Because The Gift of the Magi is a great story...
Received: Bronze Dress

Round 5: Wraith Encounters in the Haunted Woods - because it is a book and looks awesome. Then again, a peppermint shake sounds amazingly good right now. So hungry... Ok. Changed my vote (and clicked submit) for the Peppermint Slushie. Darned hunger. Then again, I'm batting zero so far (through round 2)
Received: Crude Map of Haunted Houses

[Siniri]

Cheesy Pencil and Cloud Muffin for my next two bonuses.

I'm also 0 for 2 and fully expect to get less than half "correct." But I voted for the ones I wanted, so really, I got them all right, right?

Oasis Eyrie because it's blue (though I think the forest sage is the best drawn, it's not my style)

Zombie Bruce because of the detailing, though I concur that the Meerca Burlap was very cute (it was the button eyes that did it for me, though. Thinking about customizing it did me in, and I couldn't vote for it.) The Maraquan Lutari was blargh (i.e. too much pink for me - though if you like pink, I'm sure it's lovely).

For round 4 I also voted for the gift of the Xweetok. I voted on my phone and couldn't rewatch them, and I remember finding at least part of that one nice. I don't think I followed any of the series, anyway.

I ended up voting for the darblat because cute! I considered the book and stamp, but neither's art were all that appealing to me.

Edit: Now 0 for 3. At least day 25 came in last.

Oooh, touch decision today! Sea glass or sandcastle? There's already a jail foreground. And I think a slushie one? Going with sea glass because there are other sandcastles, and the details on the sea glass are nice. And I got a book: All About Rare Stamps

It'd be fun to actually manage to not pick any of the popular ones this year. I might have already blown that today.

[Blue]

I feel like a lemming today. Sea Glass for me, too. Hopefully I get a book... Nope. Sunny Background Frame for me.

Still batting zero

ETA: Potion Master Cloak for me today.
Received: Bony Bracers

Still holding at zero of four. Hanso? Really?

[Siniri]

Blue bori plushie today. I voted for the potion master cloak, of course!

Zero for four as well.

[Blue]

Hmm...
Altador Cup XV -- Meh.
Saving Dacardia - What was this one? I forget. I suppose this is the only unique event of 2020 listed...
Festival of Neggs - Always fun
Faerie Quests - Ditto.

So, Considering that only one of these was unique last year... no - going from XIV to XV does not make the AC unique. I shall vote for... Faerie Quests. Just because I like the Faeries.
Received: Babaa Pencil Case

Zero for Five...

[Siniri]

Saving Dacardia was the Charity Corner. A complete debacle, Blue! You forgot it for a reason...

(To be fair, I forgot it was called that, too, until I hovered and saw Granny Hobgoblin.)

So I voted for the AC. Because at least they made some improvements to it.

And I got a Celestial Salad.

I'm also still 5 for 5 on avoiding the most popular. I think tomorrow's results will ruin my streak, though - the sea glass was by far the best NP foreground of our choices.

[Pickles]

I've managed to get all my votes in (somehow). No clue what prizes I've gotten. So far, only 1 was most popular. Tally-ho.

[Blue]

Ugh. A NC category. I have no dog in this fight... Let's see. Crafting Faerie looks kinda cool, but is really annoying during the Faerie Quest events... But, with a refresh quest boon, it's super useful. Charity corner is buggy and awful. No idea what the Luxury Sky Box is (AC Something?). That sounds good, but nope. Doctor Neggistential's Workshop sounds too drug-fueled. LOL. JK.

Going with the Faeries Rule theme...
Received a Chocolate Frame

Dagnabit... Sea Glass Foreground did win. Shoot. There goes my perfect score.

[Pickles]

Aaaaand totally forgot to vote yesterday. *headdesk* Sigh. So much for my day of bonus. I think this is the first time I've ever missed something before. I shouldn't be surprised, with how things have been lately.

[Siniri]

Bummer, Pickles.

I managed to pick. I told you that sea glass would break my streak! The potion master cloak and AC both lost, so I'm still at only 1 popular pick. Let's see... my picks awaiting results are luxury sky box lounge (prettiest picture), jubjub power bounce briefcase because it had the most detailed image, and petpets in a basket because I just wanted to vote and it looked interesting, but I didn't actually look at all of them and maybe should have voted for the minimalist meal, but I was lazy and didn't look up the whole pictures and who actually cares?

*sigh* I've barely been able to get through my "basic basic" dailies because the old pages + ABP have a memory leak (loading endless ads). I even disabled ABP, but to no avail. A friend recommended a different ad blocker, but I at least was able to get through the basic dailies today without the issue. Time to try to get some battles in!

[Blue]

Bummer Pickles! If it makes you feel any better, I blew it on Saturday as well (not to be confused with Blue it )

Completely spaced it. I managed ~12 battles on Saturday, collected interest, spun Trudy... but forgot the Neopies. Ah well, I did get my vote in ahead of the deadline, and also claimed the prize for doing so.

Sadly, I have now picked 2 winners out of 9. Further spoiling my zero streak. Faerie Quests also won.

Getting current on votes...

NC Mall 13th Birthday Jukebox Mystery Capsule - received Green Origami Buzz Toy
A Minimalist Meal - received Cheese and Onion Korbat Sandwich
Peaceful Park in Spring - received Cheesy Pencil

Each because I liked them best over the others....

[Pickles]

I'm finally at 2 matching the "majority." Still kinda bummed I missed.