New Features in Neopia

Siniri · **Posted:** Tue Jul 18, 2017 4:49 pm

Yeah, the timing was completely off; the entry window needs to be open for at least 24 hours, and even if they can't read every single caption, they should randomize which they read, making sure they draw from the entire sample of selections so that everyone is in with the same chance (entering soon after the competition was announced often increased your chances, as it seems to have done again this time).

Worse, they've added new captions since last night. They need to upload all the selections at the same time.

And apparently the voting will last two weeks?! At least that's what I heard. (Which mitigates the last problem I mentioned, since there will be more time to earn votes.)

Votes aren't necessarily cheated/botted. There are people in very large guilds/fan sites who can gain a lot of votes quickly.

I hope the prize script doesn't create the same lag issues that caused the CC to be suspended in the first place. Speaking of which, I never did get my prizes for the last few contests because they had to suspend the script... Oh, well.

Pickles · **Posted:** Tue Jul 18, 2017 5:09 pm

I submitted 4 entries right after they added the second set of captions. I hope they add a few more, but if not, they should at least close down the entries.

And yes, voting is until the 1st this time, I believe. I don't know if that means it's going to be every other week, or what. A little clarification on posting entires/voting, and how long the contests will be from here on out would be nice...but I'm just glad to see it back!

Daze · **Posted:** Sat Jul 22, 2017 6:18 am

Scrappy made an appearance on the boards and answered some questions. Jellyneo have done a very nice wrap-up.

Siniri, although almost all cc entrants are not cheating, I can absolutely say with 100% certainty that a few do use bots for votes. By being able to see how many votes you have, the botters only need to make sure they are winning by a few votes, which makes it harder to spot.

A 'famous' botter mysteriously disappeared when the CC was shut down after a very weird competiton where hundreds of votes were being made on the first 5 or so places.

ETA (21/07) From Editorial

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CAPTION CONTEST ANNOUCEMENT:
Alright guys, a lots going on here so here's the deal. The one was kinda thrown off since we published it later in the month and we still wanted everyone to vote. SO, Sunday will be last day for submissions! Cut off will be Noon PST. Then the voting will remain open for the rest of July and winners will be announced.

Now, from now on that is not how things will be going. From August forward, we will release a new image on the 1st of every month. Submissions will be allowed the first week (7 days) in every month. Then the captions will be released and voting will be open for the last three weeks of each month! I know I know this is an avatar round but I'm also going to make an Avatar round every 10 contests so it will be about once a year! (Also I might add a special one in whenever I'm feeling generous)

Also, so all of you Neopians can take a breather...I'm making August an Avatar round as well so those that felt cheated in this round have a fair chance of winning...don't waste it

Also, Caption Contest will be monthly instead of weekly! Now, as for the rules - they are remaining the same as previous Caption Contest's, for the most part. This means the only advertising that will be allowed from this moment forward is through your Neoboard Signature. (Yes on any board, not just the charter board) However, NO BOARDS DEDICATED TO ADVERTISING YOUR CAPTION ARE ALLOWED. The monitors have been informed of this rule, so please keep the advertising strictly to your signature!

Okay friends, I thinks that all I have on that. Love you all, remember to breath. All will be okay

The BIG change here: advertising that will be allowed from this moment forward is through your Neoboard Signature. (Yes on any board, not just the charter board) However, NO BOARDS DEDICATED TO ADVERTISING YOUR CAPTION ARE ALLOWED.

Pickles · **Posted:** Sat Jul 22, 2017 11:14 pm

Apparently there was also a Q&A on the premium neoboards. JN summed it up here.

Also, there were some other things of note in the editorial:

Honestly, Scrappy has been more communicative than I think we've had anyone from any version of TNT or TJNT in AGES. Clearly she at least is watching the neoboards, and things submitted to the editorial, and paying attention and responding when she's able (or allowed) to. This is a huge step in the right direction, I think.

Daze · **Posted:** Sun Aug 20, 2017 4:45 pm

The 'special' Editorial was released on the 18th.

It features FYORA & XARTHAB.

Besides being 2 of the most unlikeliest duos, it does seem the editorial is pointing towards a faerieland/space themed plot/event.

Quote:

.......And can there be a faerie plot?
As for your last question, I sure hope not! I don't think Faerieland needs anymore mischief! Although, we do have something quite special coming up... (Don't tell Scrappy, I might've forgotten to tell her...)

Although it says, no to the plot question, it is saying there will be something.

Siniri · **Posted:** Mon Aug 21, 2017 2:49 am

Well, the annual faerie festival is supposed to start soon, so maybe they're tweaking it? Or maybe just hinting at it?

I could see them re-levitating Faerieland as a small branch-off event, maybe to test some coding/their ability to run a plot-like mini-thing before trying an actual real plot. Then again, I'm probably giving JS too much credit - and anyway, Scrappy gave hints about raising FL in the editorial, so context clues imply that I'm way off base.

Daze · **Posted:** Mon Aug 21, 2017 12:25 pm

It does sound reasonable to have a faerie event and redo the map. Afterall, Faeries aren't meant to be grounded. I would love to see them back up in the clouds.

Maybe it is the start of the HTML5 do-over?

Pickles · **Posted:** Mon Aug 21, 2017 5:26 pm

It'd be pretty cool if they did raise the faeries back into the clouds in time for the Faerie Festival. However, I'm hoping this doesn't happen until after labor day (or any event for that matter). It's going to be hard enough to have time to do dailies for the next two weeks!

Daze · **Posted:** Fri Sep 22, 2017 10:29 pm

I have just been checking the page source of the Faerie Festival, and it contains urls for a Toy Charity Drive.

Also something called Adopt A Neopian.

It seems strange that they store future urls in a page that isn't been used for it.

Get those toys save up my friends!!

Pickles · **Posted:** Sat Sep 23, 2017 12:12 am

Very interesting finds, Daze!! I definitely just stocked up on some R90+ toys/plushies that were under 3k. Hopefully it was a good investment - I spent around 500k on it. If it turns out to be toys/plushies, though, as indicated by the info you found, those will be selling at like, 20k+ during the event, so who knows?

I've been pretty consistent with doing all my dailies and battling, but I've slacked off in the last few weeks (hm, I wonder why?) so I guess it's time to get back to it!

Daze · **Posted:** Sat Sep 23, 2017 2:49 am

Oh boy! Sorry Pickles, but I may be wrong. :oops:

I just checked up on the last toy charity corner (I wasn't here for that one), and that had 'Adopt a Neopian', so I think that the code hasn't been taken down and is a remnant of the 2014 CC.

Sorry to get your hopes up!

The only good thing, is that toys have been a feature in 2 of the charity corners, so hopefully your investment wont go to waste.

Pickles · **Posted:** Thu Oct 19, 2017 2:51 am

Fri Sep 22, 2017 10:54 pm:

Daze wrote:

I just checked up on the last toy charity corner (I wasn't here for that one), and that had 'Adopt a Neopian', so I think that the code hasn't been taken down and is a remnant of the 2014 CC.

Sorry to get your hopes up!

Haha, it's OK. I figure whenever they do another CC, it'll have been worth it one way or the other.

ETA Oct 18, 2017:
In case anyone hasn't noticed yet, this was in the news today:

Quote:

BIG changes have taken Neopia by storm, and for you that means that starting today you can create, customize, and care for 5 Neopets per account! That’s right... 1… 2… 3… 4… 5!

This also mean that Premium members now have a 6th slot to add to their growing brood of Neopets! So whether it be a fiery Shoyru or a cute Uni, which of the 55 species will you choose to join you on your next adventure?

Premium users also received this neomail:

Quote:

Hello,

Thanks for being a Premium User! As you might've heard, we have knocked down some walls and made some extra space for all to have an extra Neopet.
As a Premium subscriber you can now adopt a 6th pet of your very own!

On a day like today, we just want to show you how much we appreciate you being a part of the Neopets Community!

Please enjoy this Goodie Bag that we've placed in your inventory!

- The Neopets Team

A

Premium Rewards Goodie Bag is now in my inventory.

User lookups have been updated, so now there's a scroll on the Neopets section. There's also a scroll section in the battledome.

...what am I going to do with my 6th slot, I wonder? <toddles off to ponder this>

Blue · **Posted:** Thu Oct 19, 2017 5:26 am

Hmmm. A 5th pet? If only I did not forget the details on my first side account, I would pull back a pet. Ah well, I might need to pull over my recent side pet with a familiar name

Daze · **Posted:** Thu Nov 16, 2017 5:24 am

Coming Soon page has been updated!!

Coming Soon

* Plenty of Things to Wear
* A Battle Against Darkness
* Neopets Birthday Celebration
* Games Master Challenge Returns
* Patapult Update

~~~~~

EDIT 15th Nov

reCAPTURES have been removed and we now have this:

Our meepits are diligently (or so they say) working to connect you to your page...

(Which then connects you straight to the page).

Pickles · **Posted:** Sat Jan 13, 2018 8:29 pm

A very informative editorial this week.

I left off a couple of questions, though they were informative, too. But raising the user shop NP limit would be AWESOME.

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