Category: Editorials

If I was superstitious, I would say three million is a dangerous amount of neopoints for me to cross. The first time I lost my account was due to a hacker. I logged into a fake login page. This was before Neopets had a contingency for fake login pages; and, if you typed in your password it was your responsibility. A Neopets technician and I watched my account be looted. During this time period in Neopets history, random events were common. It was easy to get a job. Neopets was more than generous. You could always get something from the Snowager. There were specific times to go to Coltzan’s Shrize to receive a particular item or ability. You always got “something” from Tombola and the Fruit Machine (it could be “a booby prize sort of thing”, it could be outstanding!). The Neopets tech and other techs worked hard to save my account. I was watching from my daughter’s account. At that time I had Multiples of all the petpets, utility pets, nekmids, codestones, dubloons, medicines for all the diseases, rare battledome items, all the promotional items, all the scratchcards, pages of morphing potions, rare items and nearly every negg among my many other items. My safety deposit box was full. Back then, my shop was considered large. I lost everything, neopoints, items in my shop, my inventory, my NeoHome and safety deposit box, my up to date with the latest stamps album, my stocks, my card deck, and my equipped items. Eventually, it was determined that my password had been changed and made invisible. I was never reimbursed for any of my losses. Disheartened, I took a break from Neopets.
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When I was a puppy I entertained you with my antics and made you laugh. You called me your child and despite a number of chewed shoes and a couple of murdered throw pillows, I became your best friend. Whenever I was “bad,” you’d shake your finger at me and ask “How could you?” – but then you’d relent and roll me over for a bellyrub.

My housetraining took a little longer than expected, because you were terribly busy, but we worked on that together. I remember those nights of nuzzling you in bed, listening to your confidences and secret dreams, and I believed that life could not be any more perfect. We went for long walks and runs in the park, car rides, stops for ice cream (I only got the cone because “ice cream is bad for dogs,” you said), and I took long naps in the sun waiting for you to come home at the end of the day.
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