NeoDex - User contributions [en]

Ski Lodge Murder Mystery

2006-07-14T06:52:38Z

71.101.180.95: /* Murders */

[[The Neopets Team]] is yet again in peril as one of their own is killing them off one by one.

==Plot==

{{spoiler}}

The original idea for the plot has long since been lost to time, but it served as a very interesting, rather dark, and fairly egotistical outing, as many plots were back in the earlier days. TNT wished to vacation at the Terror Mountain Ski Lodge around the time Terror Mountain was originally created (rather, around the time the peak became available to the public; it was possibly this plot that gave rise to the name, or this name that gave rise to the plot). However, the idyllic mountain retreat soon proved to be the scene of many gruesome murders as the staff members found themselves dropping like flies in varied and somewhat disturbing modes of murder.

Over the course of sixteen weeks, the Neopets staff were murdered, on average of two per week, until the final standoff came when the only two remaining were [[Beader]] and [[Maverick]]; Beader, having found Maverick's hidden laboratory below the Ski Lodge, watched as [[Number Six]] was killed by being dropped off of a cliff, whereupon Maverick planned on killing Beader to finish his plans. Beader happened upon a lever which conveniently dropped a cage on Maverick, ending his reign of terror far too late.

Maverick was carried away by the police Chia force, but unexpectadly exploded, revealing himself to be a robot duplicate. The command was issued by a green skinned figure (no doubt [[Dr. Sloth]], and this plot may have been one of the earliest uses of this particular villain)

==Murders==
The murder victims, in order of death:
*[[Electric Blue Monkey]]: Week one, Thursday; pushed down stairs
*[[Black Widow]]: Week two, Monday; asphyxiation/strangulation
*[[Bubbles]]: Week two, Thursday; blunt force trauma (beaten with a candlestick, ala the board game Clue)
*[[Cookie]]: Week three; crushed by a loaded shelf of kitchen utensils
*[[Cupcake]]: Week four, Monday; impaled by spears
*[[Jasmine]]: Week four, Thursday; blunt trauma to the head
*[[Scarlet O'Lara]]: Week five, Monday; drowned
*[[Snowflake]]: Week five, Thursday; asphyxiation (stuffed headfirst in one of the pipes draining into the indoor pool; the image works as a fairly shocking contrast to the thus-far 'passive' death scenes)
*[[Pop Tart]]: Week six, Tuesday; incinerated (by Exploding Potions)
*[[Sweet]]: Week six, Thursday; crushed by a falling anvil (ala older cartoons)
*[[Mr. Plaid]]: Week seven, Tuesday; assumed asphyxiation (his head was stuffed into a filled pot of food, and it has been scientifically proven that under these specific conditions it becomes very difficult to breathe)
*[[Dr. Thor]]: Week seven, Friday; frozen
*[[Bye-Gon Jinx]]: Week eight, Tuesday; severed midway up the torso (presumably in a lightsabre battle). This marks the start of the more 'gruesome' deaths (though the earlier deaths were fully illustrated, the only standout in the crowd as a shock moment was seeing Snowflake's head shoved into a drainage pipe; the others were fairly nonchalant)
*[[Snot]]: Week eight, Firday; consumed by Utility Fish
*[[J. Boogie]]: Week nine, Monday; impaled by lightsabre
*[[Monster Boy]]: Week nine, Friday; crushed by a large Easter Island head statue
*[[Shankly]]: Week ten, Monday; hanged
*[[Mr. Insane]]: Week ten, Thursday; poisoned
*[[Lazarus]]: Week eleven, Monday; overheated
*[[Mister Pickles]]: Week eleven, Thursday; decapitated
*[[Dom]]: Week twelve, Monday; electrocuted and preserved in fermaldehyde
*[[Dave Scorcheski]]: Week twelve, Thursday; cleaved through the cranium
*[[Mr. Roboto]]: Week thirteen, Monday; trisected
*[[Rhiannon]]: Week thirteen, Thursday; fell from a cliff
*[[Tiger Catcher]]: Week fourteen, Monday; sucked down the drain
*[[Jimmy James]]: Week fourteen, Thursday; crushed by a shelf stacked with wine
*[[Mr. Black]]: Week fifteen, Monday; assumed beating (although it's not quite clear)
*[[The Big Spender]]: Week fifteen, Thursday; unknown (possible strangulation, but this is purely conjecture based on the presence of the boy near the white chalk outline)
*[[Mr. Shankly]]: Week sixteen; cooked
*[[Number Six]]: 'Cliffhanger' and 'Finale'; dropped from cliff
*[[Maverick]]: 'Finale'; destructed by Sloth

The Beader was the only remaining staff member after the ordeal was complete.

==Prizes==

Prizes were awarded depending on how early you guessed who the killer was; guessing on the first week would net you a much higher prize than guessing on the fifteenth. However, the nature of these prizes and their exact correlation to the gime of guesswork are unknown.

==External Links==

*Plot Info: [http://www.neopets.com/winter/skilodge.phtml Ski Lodge Murder Mystery]

[[category: TNT]]
[[category: plots]]
{{stub}}

Ski Lodge Murder Mystery

2006-07-14T06:51:41Z

71.101.180.95:

[[The Neopets Team]] is yet again in peril as one of their own is killing them off one by one.

==Plot==

{{spoiler}}

The original idea for the plot has long since been lost to time, but it served as a very interesting, rather dark, and fairly egotistical outing, as many plots were back in the earlier days. TNT wished to vacation at the Terror Mountain Ski Lodge around the time Terror Mountain was originally created (rather, around the time the peak became available to the public; it was possibly this plot that gave rise to the name, or this name that gave rise to the plot). However, the idyllic mountain retreat soon proved to be the scene of many gruesome murders as the staff members found themselves dropping like flies in varied and somewhat disturbing modes of murder.

Over the course of sixteen weeks, the Neopets staff were murdered, on average of two per week, until the final standoff came when the only two remaining were [[Beader]] and [[Maverick]]; Beader, having found Maverick's hidden laboratory below the Ski Lodge, watched as [[Number Six]] was killed by being dropped off of a cliff, whereupon Maverick planned on killing Beader to finish his plans. Beader happened upon a lever which conveniently dropped a cage on Maverick, ending his reign of terror far too late.

Maverick was carried away by the police Chia force, but unexpectadly exploded, revealing himself to be a robot duplicate. The command was issued by a green skinned figure (no doubt [[Dr. Sloth]], and this plot may have been one of the earliest uses of this particular villain)

==Murders==
The murder victims, in order of death:
*'[[Electric Blue Monkey]]: Week one, Thursday; pushed down stairs
*'[[Black Widow]]: Week two, Monday; asphyxiation/strangulation
*'[[Bubbles]]: Week two, Thursday; blunt force trauma (beaten with a candlestick, ala the board game Clue)
*'[[Cookie]]: Week three; crushed by a loaded shelf of kitchen utensils
*'[[Cupcake]]: Week four, Monday; impaled by spears
*'[[Jasmine]]: Week four, Thursday; blunt trauma to the head
*'[[Scarlet O'Lara]]: Week five, Monday; drowned
*'[[Snowflake]]: Week five, Thursday; asphyxiation (stuffed headfirst in one of the pipes draining into the indoor pool; the image works as a fairly shocking contrast to the thus-far 'passive' death scenes)
*'[[Pop Tart]]: Week six, Tuesday; incinerated (by Exploding Potions)
*'[[Sweet]]: Week six, Thursday; crushed by a falling anvil (ala older cartoons)
*'[[Mr. Plaid]]: Week seven, Tuesday; assumed asphyxiation (his head was stuffed into a filled pot of food, and it has been scientifically proven that under these specific conditions it becomes very difficult to breathe)
*'[[Dr. Thor]]: Week seven, Friday; frozen
*'[[Bye-Gon Jinx]]: Week eight, Tuesday; severed midway up the torso (presumably in a lightsabre battle). This marks the start of the more 'gruesome' deaths (though the earlier deaths were fully illustrated, the only standout in the crowd as a shock moment was seeing Snowflake's head shoved into a drainage pipe; the others were fairly nonchalant)
*'[[Snot]]: Week eight, Firday; consumed by Utility Fish
*'[[J. Boogie]]: Week nine, Monday; impaled by lightsabre
*'[[Monster Boy]]: Week nine, Friday; crushed by a large Easter Island head statue
*'[[Shankly]]: Week ten, Monday; hanged
*'[[Mr. Insane]]: Week ten, Thursday; poisoned
*'[[Lazarus]]: Week eleven, Monday; overheated
*'[[Mister Pickles]]: Week eleven, Thursday; decapitated
*'[[Dom]]: Week twelve, Monday; electrocuted and preserved in fermaldehyde
*'[[Dave Scorcheski]]: Week twelve, Thursday; cleaved through the cranium
*'[[Mr. Roboto]]: Week thirteen, Monday; trisected
*'[[Rhiannon]]: Week thirteen, Thursday; fell from a cliff
*'[[Tiger Catcher]]: Week fourteen, Monday; sucked down the drain
*'[[Jimmy James]]: Week fourteen, Thursday; crushed by a shelf stacked with wine
*'[[Mr. Black]]: Week fifteen, Monday; assumed beating (although it's not quite clear)
*'[[The Big Spender]]: Week fifteen, Thursday; unknown (possible strangulation, but this is purely conjecture based on the presence of the boy near the white chalk outline)
*'[[Mr. Shankly]]: Week sixteen; cooked
*'[[Number Six]]: 'Cliffhanger' and 'Finale'; dropped from cliff
*'[[Maverick]]: 'Finale'; destructed by Sloth

The Beader was the only remaining staff member after the ordeal was complete.

==Prizes==

Prizes were awarded depending on how early you guessed who the killer was; guessing on the first week would net you a much higher prize than guessing on the fifteenth. However, the nature of these prizes and their exact correlation to the gime of guesswork are unknown.

==External Links==

*Plot Info: [http://www.neopets.com/winter/skilodge.phtml Ski Lodge Murder Mystery]

[[category: TNT]]
[[category: plots]]
{{stub}}

Arrival of Virtupets

2006-07-14T06:02:15Z

71.101.180.95:

''Everything here is debatable, including the name of the plot, as all information about this plot is so old and unavailable we can't tell what to say about it. If you were there during this time frame or know something, please add to the article--[[User:Jacob|Jacob]] 21:13, 12 Mar 2006 (CST)''

The [[plot]] showing the origin of [[Dr. Sloth]]. Began on August 15, 2000, although a trailer said it would begin on August 17th. However, an image of a [[Mutant]] [[Grundo]] and the [[Space Faerie]] appeared on the 15th, with [[The Neopets Team]] warning users to be wary of the large Grundo. Finished August 25, 2000.

The plot revolved around the appearance of the Virtupets Space Station and Dr. Sloth. While the details are sketchy due to the removal of the online comic that it was originally formatted as (rather than being one of Neopet's now commonly used flash comics), the basic plot concerned Dr. Sloth bringing the Virtupets Space Station into orbit around Neopia in order to fire his mutation ray and transform all species of Neopets into hideous monsters, thus allowing the advent of his Virtupets. He held Grundos in order to practice experiments on them, and Neopets players were encouraged to adopt enough Grundos to ensure that the operation would fail.

The Space Faerie attempted to stop him, but she was captured and held by Sloth. One of the Neopian locals (possibly Kauvara) discovered a coded message that had been relayed by Sloth, and this marked the initial creation and use of Codestones (never mind the origin of their name); by collecting and donating enough of these items, the message would be decoded and Sloth's nefarious plot could be thwarted. Distribution of Codestones was much higher during this period of time than any other (thus allowing for more of them to be used to finish the plot) and many of these Codestones were sacrificed in order to free the Space Faerie, who then counteracted Sloth's diabolical machine and saved Neopia.

==Trivia==

*After Sloth was defeated, [[Moehog]]s were found in the detention level the Space Station, being held captive. They were released, making them available to adopt.
*Codestones were officially released to the public as part of the plot, although their use as training items would not be cemented until the release of the Battledome.
*For part of the time this plot was running, a website known as Virtupets was up as a contrary to Neopets; designs for the Virtupets monsters were made available through this outlet.

==External Links==

(some links may not be working anymore)

* http://www.neopets.com/space/spacetrailer.phtml
* http://www.neopets.com/space/spaceplot.phtml
* http://www.neopets.com/space/newsflash.phtml
* http://www.neopets.com/space/faerieplea.phtml
* http://www.neopets.com/space/asksloth.phtml
* http://www.neopets.com/space/codedmessage.phtml
* http://www.neopets.com/space/verybadthings.phtml
* http://www.neopets.com/space/transformation.phtml
* http://www.neopets.com/space/launchpad.phtml
* http://www.neopets.com/space/spacefaerie2.phtml
* http://www.neopets.com/space/comic.phtml
* http://www.neopets.com/space/spacefaeriemiss.phtml
* http://www.neopets.com/space/finalcomic.phtml
* http://www.neopets.com/space/explode.phtml

[[category: Plots]]