You know what? I really like this idea. A big massive destructive war which would decimate the shops pages. And wile the war rages on, the shop owners take refuge in other worlds and sell their products there, so that way there is no loss of shops. Just a bit of moving around. This will also give TNT an excuse to revamp Neopia Central as well.
I mean, in RL wars, some of the biggest targets are economic and military superpowers and cities. I mean, a big bad guy would rather target a military base, or Wall Street instead of a random shack lying in the middle of nowhere.
Neopia Central should face a big crisis, and maybe *is hopeful* most of the big bad guys could join together Kindom Hearts style and work against the good guys (Hannah, Jeran, etc). I mean, mutual gain would bring the enemies together and a common cause would unite all the good guys. That is of course, after the users are split apart into a massive civil war.
I can just imagine it now-
May 4th 2006
Various distrurbances have been noted around the Neopia Central area. For your own safety we advise all Neopets to avoid the area after dark
May 6th 2006
More news of distrurbances are being recorded areound the Neopia Central area. Chia Police are now patrolling the streets and everyone is advised to travel in groups of two or more.
(some new Neopia-Central-only random events could come out as well, such as "A passing Chia Police officer looks at you suspiciously then says "Move along now, hurry up. No loitering allowed!")
May 9th 2006
Plot part one comes out. Probably featuring some random neopets (one super rich and one super strong) getting into an argument or a fight.
May 10th 2006
(suspenceful build up) As violence builds up in Neopia Central mayor whatshisname asks neighboring cities and countries for aid. Mystery Island and Terror Mountain hear his call and send some of their Police Force to Neopia Central in a bid to try and calm the maddness that is beginning to arise.
May 12th 2006
Plot part two comes out. Features various neopets from other worlds reading about the violence in NC. Some fearful, others muttering and shaking their heads. All the while, fights continue to break out all the time in NC and the Hospital begins to get crowded. The Hospital asks for help and sends some of it's patients overseas to other worlds in a hope that they might be able to ease the strain on the hospital's capicity.
May 13th 2006
Plot Part three comes out. Features the enemies of Neopia uniting in light of the conflicts that have come up in NC.
May 15th 2006
Plot part four comes out. Features the baddies encouraging the fights in NC and ultimately causing the war.
May 17th 2006
War breaks out. Three different factions are created.
The Dominion Faction - those that seek power and strength at all costs.
The Substance Faction - those that seek riches and reputation beyond measure
and finally
The Hoard Faction - those that work together to prove that strength is measured in numbers
Each faction is gathering followers and now it is time for you to decide which faction you wish to join. Choose wisely as once you make your decision, you will NOT be able to change your mind.
This way, there are no 'bad guys' or 'good guys' yet. Only when this civil war reaches it's climax do all the baddies of the Neopian World unite to attack whilst Neopia is at it's weakest. Then the factions, united by a common cause, join together to fight all manner of clones, mutants, Icy Skeleton things, whatever. And every once in a while, the commander of a certain force might jump in ("Lord Kass [Who somehow manages to come back to life] joins in the fray to aid his troops. He must be stopped!) and when the commander 'dies' his troops disband and thats one enemy gone. The final enemy could be Sloth since he's like the ultimate bad guy to end all bad guys.
Meanwhile, whilst the war wages on, all the different worlds of Neopia work together to try and stop the force that's attacking their main economic centre. All the shop owners of Neopia have scattered in light of the war that has broken out. Each of the shop owners has moved away to a different land and set up a mini shop there. To aid war efforts, all shop owners might give 10% discounts on their goods or something.
Wow, but to do something like that TNT would need to really sit down, stop work on everything else and work on making this one heck of a plot. It would have to last for ages though. I just wrote down those dates so close together because I don't know how long TNT would want to make the plot. I would love a plot that lasts for along time though. I mean, months. Really immersive stuff.