Snarkie

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'''snarkie''' was a member of [[The Neopets Team]]. Joining the team on 4 November 2002, she [http://snarkie.tumblr.com/post/99684374715/friends-i-no-longer-work-at-neopets-whomp left] at 1:32 AM on 20 September 2014. She started out as a programmer, then a game designer, then a creative director, which she had described as being ''in charge of making sure [the players are] having fun''. She had been known to appear on the [[NeoBoard|NeoBoards]] on her main account from time to time and was one of the staff members more actively involved in interacting with the players.

==Accounts==
Before being disabled, snarkie's main staff account was snarkie. It was marked with the ''Neopets Programmer'' banner at the bottom. As of August 2011, it had bore the Ninja Faerie layout that she designed and had four pets: Karoshi, Mekkatorque, ninjitsuo, and Smarloe. Both her shop and gallery were generally empty as she would use them for testing. She was a member of the guild Sock Monkey Protection League. On her FAQ page she stated that her username was based on the word ''snarky'' which is Internet slang for sarcastic. She would have chosen the user name snarky but it was never available so she changed the ending to get her name.

Her sloth-themed account, slothpeon is still online, and prior to being cleared had a large collection of Dr. Sloth-themed items including Sloth items, Grundo plushies, and [[Transmogrification Potions]] in its gallery, ''Sloth Memorabilia of Doom''. This account currently holds three pets: DrMiniSloth, Gnorbot, and Spraxle. VanCleef, who had previously housed her FAQ page, now belongs to user. Visitors to the account loookup are greeted in these words: ''Greeting's, puny Neopian. I am slothpeon, minion to the great Dr. Frank Sloth... or as I like to call him,Mr. Happypants. ''

A third account, lunchboxloon, is dedicated to her collection of lunch boxes. The shopkeeper she uses for the gallery was custom designed by staff member [[SoupFaerie]] and is called ''Grundo - Sloth Lunch Box'' in the listing of shopkeepers but was designed specifically to represent her pet, Spraxle, holding snarkie's favorite Sloth Lunch Box. As of August 2011 there are only two pets on this account, LupeSkywalker and _Thermos_.

While she admits that she has another account, she hasn't made public what its username is and claims to use it as her private account where no one knows who she is. It's unknown whether or not she's still active on this account.

==Pets==
On her known accounts, snarkie had up to ten pets as of August 2011:

On the account snarkie:
*''Karoshi'' - A [[Ghost]] [[Lenny]]. His name means "death from overwork" in Japanese. He had a Captive Shadow Wraith petpet with the name kaishi spelled in Japanese hiragana.
*''Mekkatorque'' - A [[Robot]] [[Mynci]] who had been ''cured of the Curse of Flesh'', probably referring to the fact he was a robot pet.
*''ninjitsuo'' - A [[Zombie]] [[Grundo]] who had a [[Black]] [[Spardel]] petpet named Dojo and a petpetpet [[Zytch]].
*''Smarloe'' - A [[Transparent]] Mynci who used to be her lab rat and had a lab ray log on her petpage which hadn't been updated in a long while before snarkie was shut down. Smarloe is supposed to be male, however, as the pet lookup read ''The only thing he doesn't like is when it turns him female. He doesn't like chick flicks.'' She had a petpet [[Snicklebeast]] named Your Ad Here.

On the account slothpeon:
*''DrMiniSloth'' - An unconverted [[Halloween]] [[Moehog]]. The paint job on this pet makes it look like it's wearing a Sloth costume. It has a petpet named ''We do not gnaw on'', a [[Roburg 3T3]], and a petpetpet, a [[Veespa]].
*''Gnorbot'' - A Robot [[Gnorbu]] with a petpet [[Griefer]] named Zorz.
*''Spraxle'' - A [[Sponge]] Grundo with Sprixle the [[Purple]] [[Icklesaur]] petpet and a [[Mootix]] petpetpet. In description of himself, he states: ''Me called Spraxle. Spraxle used to be faerie, but then Spraxle turn spongy. Spraxle like spongy. Spraxle also like cheese, moon rocks, and snarkie. snarkie love Spraxle. :D''
*''VanCleef'' - A Transparent [[Skeith]] with a petpet, MrSmite the [[Swabby]]. He is named after a character from the game World of Warcraft and his petpage is home to snarkie's FAQ. He now belongs to user .

On the account lunchboxloon:
*''LupeSkywalker'' - A Robot [[Lupe]] with petpet ZORZ the [[Wheelie Bot]]. This pet is clearly a tongue-in-cheek reference to the film Star Wars, particularly as ''Lupe'' is pronounced ''loop''.
*''_Thermos_'' - A [[Green]] Lupe. His name is taken from a brand well known for creating hot liquid storage containers common as part of lunch box sets.

==Appearances Around Neopets==
*snarkie appeared in most of the site events that have staff competitions including both the [[Altador Cup]] and [[Daily Dare]].
*snarkie supported [[Virtupets]] in the Altador Cup and has done so in all three Staff Tournaments (2006, 2010, and 2011). In the 2011 tournament she held the position of goalie.
*She also appears in the game [[TNT Staff Smasher]]. Hitting her with the mallet will earn the player 5 points.

==Favourite Stuff==
According to a list on her main account, the following are some of her favorite things:

*Neopet Species - [[Grundo]] & [[Lenny]]
*Petpet Species - [[Spardel]]
*Character - [[Sloth]]
*Item - Sloth, Grundo, and [[Plushie]] items
*Game - [[Super Hasee Bounce]]
*Avatar - The Darkest Faerie ''and others that aren't perfect squares''

She also claims to like:

*Ninjas (she calls herself the ''Ninja Faerie'' and enjoys pretending to be a ninja)
*Red Vines (she likes to eat them for breakfast) and other candies
*The colour blue
*Video games including World of Warcraft
*Playing Dungeons and Dragons with other staff members
* Lunch Boxes

==External Links==
*'''Official Neopets Account:''' [http://www.neopets.com/randomfriend.phtml?user=snarkie snarkie]
*'''snarkie's FAQ type thingy:'''[http://www.neopets.com/~VanCleef VanCleef FAQ]

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