Year 2

Year 2
Neopian year:	Year 2
Real year:	2000
Neopets' Age:	1

Recently launched just the year before in 1999, Neopets.com enters it's first full year of operation, known as Year 2. This year, Neopets would introduce a variety of iconic features and pets, move it's offices to California, and celebrate it's first birthday on November 15th, 2000.

Outline

With it's launch behind it, Neopets.com would begin to blossom into the site it is now with many features, games, and content still seen today.

January

New Features

10th. Neopets.com introduces it's New Features section with a news post introducing staff member Doug Hill.

A Yellow Fleye.

Fleye, Lupe, Elephante

11th. - A new pet "Fleye" (Now known as Buzz) is introduced.

12th. - A temporary feature "Custom Shopkeepers" is implemented.

13th. - The Lupe and Elephante are introduced to the site.

Faeries & Trading Cards

14th. - Faeries are spotted in Neopia, and begin to give out Faerie Quests.

21st. - The iconic Neopets Logo was was created.

24th. - Trading Cards have been added to site after users submitted their card ideas.

Polypup & Neopian Times

25th.

• The first issue of the Neopian Times is released.
• A new pet known as 'Polypup' (Now Gelert) is introduced.

February

Fighting Area, Peophin, Filters

8th. - First word of the "Fighting Arena" is spoken, which would later become the Battledome.

10th. - Peophins are introduced as the first of then limited edition pets.

18th. - Block function is added to site, along with word filters to prevent profanity and swearing.

Beauty Expo & SDB

21st. - Neopets launches the 'Beauty Expo' (Beauty Contest) site feature.

29th.

• The Treasure Map Game is introduced.
• The National Neopian begins to supply Neopians with Safety Deposit Boxes.

March

'The Light Faerie' Fyora.

Wishing, Badeek Seek & Tower of the Light Faerie

8th.

• The Wishing Well appears and begins to grant wishes to eight lucky Neopians everyday.
• Badeek Seek (Now known as Kacheek Seek) is introduced after a demand to bring back a sponsor game with a similar function.
• The Soup Kitchen opens for business.

16th. - The majestic Light Faerie (Fyora) opens the 'The Tower of the Light Faerie' (Hidden Tower).

Guilds, Loans, and Police

21st.

• The Neopian Hospital begins to help ill Neopians find cures after an outbreak of disease.
• The now-scrapped popular site feature 'Police Department' is launched.
• The National Neopian begins to give out loans!

23rd. - Guilds begin to appear in Neopia, and users can create or join one if they please.

April

When Adam and Donna left their former office, it became a Pub.

Welcome to Glendale

13th.

• Adam and Donna relocate their office from the United Kingdom to Glendale California.
• Users now have the ability to own four pets rather than two.

15th. - The Easter Cybunny first appears on the site, and begins to randomly hand out Neggs to users.

16th. - Adam and Donna begin to search for other staff members to help keep up the site, and Sweets is hired.

The Neocam

19th. - The FrogStomp (Now Quiggle) is introduced after user Iriss won the "Create a pet" competition.

20th.

• The Shoyru is introduced in Neopia.
• Despite protest from fellow staff, Donna successfully adds the Neocam to the site.

Tigren

27th. - Neopets.com won an award for best site in Australia.

28th.

• New pet Tigren (Now Acara) was added.
• New game 'The Great Neopet Hunt' was released.

May

Colours & 500,000 Users

1st. - The Caption Competition goes live.

3rd. - Adam adds a warning system to the site.

9th. - Neo Comics, the precursor to The Neopian Times user-submitted comics appear.

10th.

• Paintbrushes and the Rainbow Pool appear onsite.
• Neopets.com celebrates it's 500,000th user.

Misc. & TNT

16th. - Kiko Match is added to the site.

21st. - The Neopets.com staff refer to themselves as The Neopets Team for the first time.

25th. - The Zafara and Blumaroo appear in Neopia.

June

7th. - A new pet, Techo is introduced.

22nd - Flotsam and Jetsam receive makeovers.

29th

• Neopets.com celebrates it's 1-millionth member.
• Dice-a-roo opens for business.

30th. - The Neopets Team releases an article on 'The Pets That Never Made It'.

July

Weddings & Cybunnies

4th - The Neopets Team promises a feature allowing Pet Engagements and Weddings, though this never happens.

7th - The Neopets Team announces their plans for a live Neocam after they paint a Neopets Mural in their office.

10th

• The Cybunny is introduced.
• The Alien Vending Machine opens in Neopia.

13th. - The Scorchio gets a makeover.

The Poogle, Evolution

14th. - Poogles appear in Neopia.

18th. - NeoCircles launch.

19th. - The Polypup becomes a Gelert and the Tigren becomes an Acara.

24th. - The Fleye becomes a Buzz.

25th. - The FrogStomp becomes a Quiggle.

26th.

• The Macy Gray becomes a Kau.
• Neopets.com celebrates 2,000,000 Neopets created.

Flash Game

28th. - The first ever flash game, Techo Says is launched.

August

Stock Market

2nd. - The Stock Market goes into alpha testing.

3rd.

• Mystery Island is discovered.
• Mystery Island pet poll is held.

'Customize', Reviews & Kougra

9th.

• NeoWardrobe goes live.
• Neopets.com begins it's short lived Movie, Music and Book review page.
• The 'Tiger Cub' (Kougra) wins the Mystery Island pet poll.

11th. - Theme Parks open.

16th.

• The Space Faerie arrives.
• Dr. Sloth appears, and kidnaps The space Faerie beginning the Arrival of Virtupets plot.

Mumbo Pango, JubJub, Grundo

18th.

• Neopets.com celebrates 2,000,000 users.
• Sacrificers begins.

23rd. - The JibJib becomes a JubJub.

24th.

• Grundos become available for adoption.
• The Stock Market launches.
• Neopets.com celebrates 3,000,000 Neopets created.

Moehog, Usul, Cooking Pot

29th

• Moehogs become available in Neopia.
• Usuls get a makeover.

31st - The Magical Cooking Pot launches.

September

More Faeries, Gallery of Evil & Ice Cream

6th. - Uber Faeries appear on site.

12th. - The Gallery of Evil opens.

14th. - Ice Cream Blitz (Now Ice Cream Machine) appears on site.

Gormball, Trading, and Petpets

23rd. - Gormball launches.

25th.

• Discount Cards are announced.
• The Trading Post launches into open beta.

26th. - The Nimmo is re designed.

27th. - Petpets make their debut.

October

The Battledome & Koi

1st.

• The Hunt for the Battledome begins.
• The Mystery Island Training School opens for business.

6th. - The Koi are discovered in Maraqua.

10th. - The Britannica Robot Challenge and Sub Game were temporarily launched.

12th. - Neopets.com updated it's Terms & Conditions.

Halloween World

18th. - The 'Halloween World' (Haunted Woods) is discovered.

19th. - The Brain Tree and Esophagor appear.

26th. - Neopets.com celebrates 5,000,000 created Neopets.

31st. - The Acara receives another makeover.

November

Zafara & Pokémon, Secret Lab

1st. - The Zafara receives a makeover.

8th. - Neopets.com boasts the addition of two new Pokémon games, Pika Seek and Pokémon Match.

9th. - New Guild competition arrives.

10th. - Sacrificers ends, and Donna wins.

13th. - The Secret Laboratory Map is released.

One Year Old

15th.

• Neopets.com celebrates it's first birthday.
• New Christmas game, Techo Says: Grinch Addition is released.
• The Wocky receives a makeover.

Campfire, Six Million, Winter World & Merchandise

17th. - The Neopian Camp Fire (Story Telling Competition) opens.

23rd. - Neopets.com celebrates 6,000,000 created Neopets.

24th. - Winter World (Happy Valley, Ice Caves and Terror Mountain) opens.

29th. - The Battledome goes into Alpha Testing.

30th. - The Neopets Team runs a poll asking if users would buy real-life merchandise, which proves to be successful.

December

Morphing, Neggs & NST

5th. - The first ever Morphing Potion appears onsite.

6th. - The Neggery and Negg Faerie appear.

7th. - The Neopets Team establishes NST, Neopian Standard Time.

Donna, 1 Billion Neopoints & Adam

10th. - Donna celebrates her 22nd birthday.

18th. - The Neopets Team celebrates a successful year with a 1 Billion Neopoint giveaway.

19th. - Neopets.com celebrates 5 Million registered users.

20th. - Adam celebrates his birthday.

30th. - The One Billion Neopoint Giveaway is completed.

Recap

This year saw Neopets.com establish it's foundation and become what it is today. The first Plots and Paint Brushes appeared, The Neopets Team settled in Glendale California, and numerous site features were implemented that still exist today.

New Pets

17 new species were discovered this year, with 14 occurrences of pets receiving makeovers/name changes.

Pet Name	Release	Pet Name	Release
'Fleye' (Buzz)	11th January	Lupe	13th January
Elephante	13th January	'Polypup' (Gelert)	25th January
Peophin	10th February	'FrogStomp' (Quiggle)	19th April
Shoyru	20th April	'Tigren' (Acara)	28th April
Zafara	25th May	Blumaroo	25th May
Techo	7th June	(Makeover) Flotsam	22nd June
(Makeover) Jetsam	22nd June	Cybunny	10th July
(Makeover) Scorchio	13th Junel	Poogle	14th July
(Makeover) Polypup becomes Gelert	19th July	Tigren becomes Acara	19th July
(Makeover) Fleye becomes Buzz	24th July	FrogStomp becomes Quiggle	25th July
(Makeover) Macy Gray becomes Kau	26th July	'Tiger Cub' Kougra	9th August
JibJib becomes JubJub	23rd August	Grundo	24th August
Moehog	29th August	(Makeover) Usul	29th August
(Makeover) Nimmo	26th September	Koi	6th October
(Makeover) Acara	31st October	(Makeover) Zafara	1st November
(Makeover) Wocky	15th November

New Games & Features

X Games & General Site Features were founded this year.

Name	Release
Faerie Quests	14th January
Trading Card Collecting	24th January
Neopain Times	25th January
Beauty Contest	21st February
Treasure Map Game	29th January
Safety Deposit Box	29th January
Wishing Well	8th March
Kacheek Seek	8th March
Soup Kitchen	8th March
Guilds	23rd March
The Great Neopet Hunt	28th March
Caption Competition	1st May
Rainbow Pool	10th May
Kiko Match	16th May
Dice-a-roo	29th June
Alien Aisha Vending Machine	10th July
NeoCircles	18th July
Techo Says	28th July
Stock Market	2nd August
NeoWardobe	9th August
Theme Parks	11th August
Magical Cooking Pot	29th August
Ice Cream Machine	14th September
Gormball	23rd September
Trading Post	25th September
Petpets	27th September
Mystery Island Training School	1st October
Britannica Robot Challenge	10th October
Sub Game	10th October
Brain Tree & Esophagor	10th October
Pika Seek	9th November
Pokémon Match	9th November
Grinch Says	15th November
Story Telling Competition	17th November
Battledome Alpha	29th November
Morphing Potions	5th December
Neggery	6th December
NST	7th December

Characters, Worlds & Events

Name	Date
Soup Faerie	8th March
'Light Faerie' (Fyora)	16th March
Easter Cybunny	15th April
King Roo	29th June
Nigel	2nd August
Jhuidah	3rd August
Space Faerie	16th August
Dr. Sloth	16th August
Arrival of Virtupets	16th August
Sacrificers	18th August
Gormball Crew	23rd September
Professor Chesterpot	1st October
The Hunt for the Battledome	1st October
Haunted Woods	18th October
Brain Tree	18th October
Esophagor	18th October
Terror Mountain	24th November
Negg Faerie	6th December

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Timeline

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