Editing Neopies

[[Image:275 host neopies.gif|frame|The Neopies have been presented by Ellsworth since 2009.]]

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The '''Neopies''' is an annual awards ceremony held in January to celebrate the best of the last year. The ceremony was first hosted in 2009. Every day while the ceremony is in progress, four nominees are selected for a Neopies award category (e.g. ''Best Villain'' or ''Best News Days''). Users (referred to as ''attendees'') can then vote on which of four nominees they would like to win the award, and are given prizes of their own for taking the time to vote.

Since 2009, the ceremony has been hosted by a [[Blue]] [[Elephante]] called [[Ellsworth]]. The Neopies themselves are gold statuettes in the form of a [[Faerie]]. The name ''Neopies'' is a play on real-life award shows such as the [[Wikipedia:Grammy Awards|Grammies]] or the [[Wikipedia:Emmy Award|Emmies]]. 

==The First Annual Neopies==
[[Image:BestOf2008.png|left|frame|The logo for the first Neopies.]]

The first Neopies ceremony - called just ''The Neopies'' - was held in 2009. The categories and nominees are below, winners are highlighted. 

{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0 auto; text-align:center; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: inherit; width: 90%;" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="4"
!style="background-color: #dddddd; color: inherit;"|Day
!style="background-color: #dddddd; color: inherit;"|Category
!style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|Winner
!style="background-color: #dddddd; color: inherit;" colspan="3"|Runners up
|-
|1
|Best [[Neopoint]] Item
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Bikiwan]] (51%)
|[[Mutant]] [[Chia]] Gnome
|[[Pink]] Coral in a Shell Pot
|[[Red]] Toadstool
|-
|2
|Best [[Neocash]] Item
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|Gift Mystery Capsule (31%)
|Dark Princess Wings
|Floating [[Bree]] [[Faerie]] Doll
|Nutcracker Music Track
|-
|3
|Best News Day
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|5th February - [[Jhudora]] Day (36%)
|2nd April - [[Shoyru]] Day
|15th January - [[Dr. Frank Sloth|Sloth]] Day
|16th April - [[Krawk]] Day
|-
|4
|Best [[Game]]
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Super Hasee Bounce]] (51%)
|[[Let It Slide]]
|[[Smug Bug Smite]]
|[[Spacerocked!]]
|-
|5
|Best Site Event
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Games Master Challenge]] (36%)
|[[Altador Cup III]]
|[[Daily Dare]]
|[[The Return of Dr. Sloth]]
|-
|6
|Best [[Hero]]
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Cylara]] (38%)	
|[[Commander Valka]]
|[[Gorix]]
|[[Scout]]
|-
|7
|Best [[Villain]]
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Ylana Skyfire]] (39%)
|[[Commander Gormos]]
|[[Parlax]]
|[[Roothless]]
|-
|9
|Best [[Advent Calendar|Advent]] Animation
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|December 9, 2008 (38%)
|December 4, 2008
|December 21, 2008
|December 27, 2008
|-
|10
|Best Place to Live
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Faerieland]] (31%)
|[[Haunted Woods]]
|[[Neopia Central]]
|[[Shenkuu]]
|-
|11
|Best Smile
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Rufus]] (49%)
|Commander Gormos
|[[Dr Death|Dr. Death]]
|Dr. Sloth
|}

==The Second Annual Neopies==

The Second Annual Neopies ceremony was held in 2010. These were the first awards to be hosted by Ellsworth. The categories and nominees are below, winners are highlighted: 

{| style="margin: 0 auto; text-align:center; background-color: #ffffff; color: inherit; width: 90%;" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="4" class="wikitable"
!Day
!Category
!colspan="4" style="width:75%"|Nominees (<span style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;">Winner</span>)
|-
|1
|Best New Neopet Colour
|[[Maraquan]] [[Usul]] (20%)
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Royal|Royalboy]] [[Kacheek]] (38%)
|[[Snot]] [[Shoyru]] (11%)
|[[Zombie]] [[Draik]] (31%)
|- style="background-color: #ddddff; color: inherit;"
|2
|Best New Game
|[[Snot Splatter]] (20%)
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"5th February - |[[Spinacles]] (41%)
|[[Top Chop]] (29%)
|[[Wheeler's Wild Ride]] (10%)
|-
|3
|Best Mystery Capsule
|Creepy Halloween Skull Mystery Capsule (20%)
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|Enchanted Valentines Mystery Capsule (49%)
|Fall Pumpkin Patch Mystery Capsule (19%)
|[[NC Mall]] 2nd Birthday Mystery Capsule (9%)
|- style="background-color: #ddddff; color: inherit;"
|4
|Best New Key Quest Token
|[[Abigail]] (9%)
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Baby]] [[Gelert]] (55%)
|Ferocious [[Negg]] (23%)
|[[Silver]] [[Lupe]] (12%)
|-
|5
|Best [[Advent Calendar]] Image
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|Day 7 - [[Moltara]] Tree (45%)
|Day 13 - Dancing [[Rosie]](18%)
|Day 15 - Top Chop Comic (22%)
|Day 16 - [[Barf Boat]] (15%)
|- style="background-color: #ddddff; color: inherit;"
|6 
|Best News Day
|April 1st - April Fool's Day (9%)
|August 5th - Artists Take the Day Off (15%)
|November 13th - Moltara is revealed! (29%)
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|November 15th - Neopets turns 10! (47%)
|-
|7
|Best New [[Petpet]]
|[[Adagio]] (9%)
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Hoggir]] (40%)
|[[Naleap]] (27%)
|[[Xampher]] (24%)
|- style="background-color: #ddddff; color: inherit;"
|8
|Best New Character
|Captain Arf (13%)
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Clara Chatham|Clara]] (54%)
|[[Lulu]] (15%)
|Rosie (17%)
|-
|9
|Best Neopoint Wearable
|10 Year Celebration Shield Background (15%)
|Beware of [[Meepit]]s Sign (20%)
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|Charred Steam Wings (50%)
|Novelty Blue Blumaroo Slippers (14%)
|- style="background-color: #ddddff; color: inherit;"
|10
|Best NC Mall Wearable
|[[Fyora]]s Collector Staff (18%)
|Spiffy Black Leather Jacket (21%)
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|Stained Glass Wings (50%)
|Woodland Archer Wig (11%)
|- 
|11
|Best Piece of User Generated Content
|Pet Spotlight - snowbloom48 (13%)
|Random Contest - Robot Weewoo by spongeboblover2456 (30%)
|User Gallery - Pumpkin Patch by mcabre_2nd_gallery (19%)
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|User Lookup - sassofrasso (38%)
|- style="background-color: #ddddff; color: inherit;"
|12
|Best New Avatar
|10th Birthday (23%)
|Carnival of Terror (10%)
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|Discarded Plushie (55%)
|Mutant Graveyard (12%)
|-
|13
|Best New [[Key Quest]] Mini-Game
|Berry Blast (17%)
|Fruit Picker (20%)
|Neogarden Grow (21%)
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|Petpet Pamper (42%)
|- style="background-color: #ddddff; color: inherit;"
|14
|Best NC Challenge Event
|Altador Cup NC Challenge (17%)
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Atlas of the Ancients]] NC Challenge (39%)
|Daily Dare NC Challenge (26%)
|Games Master Challenge NC Challenge (19%)
|-
|15
|Best Site Event
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|10th Birthday Celebration (48%)
|Atlas of the Ancients [[Plot]] (21%)
|Daily Dare (19%)
|Games Master Challenge (13%)
|}

==The Third Annual Neopies==

The Third Annual Neopies will began at midnight on 11 January 2010. The categories and nominees are below, winners are highlighted:

{| style="margin: 0 auto; text-align:center; background-color: #ffffff; color: inherit; width: 90%;" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="4" class="wikitable"
!Day
!Category
!colspan="4" style="width:75%"|Nominees (<span style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;">Winner</span>)
|-
|1
|Best New Paint Brush
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Maractite]] (48%)
|[[Relic]] (11%)
|[[Transparent]] (19%)
|[[Woodland]] (22%)
|- style="background-color: #ddddff; color: inherit;"
|2
|Best New Game
|[[Hannah and the Kreludor Caves]] (20%)
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Jumpin' Gem Heist]] (36%)
|[[Kookia]] (24%)
|[[Neopian Battlefield Legends]] (20%)
|-
|3
|Best Neocash Wearable Item
|Icy Blue Eyes (18%)
|Lavender [[Faerie]]tale Dress (26%)
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|Stormy Night Background (35%)
|Valentine Tree of Lights (21%)
|- style="background-color: #ddddff; color: inherit;"
|4
|Best Caption Image
|[[Caption Contest]] [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=1076 1076] (19%)
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|Caption Contest [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=1107 1107] (39%)
|Caption Contest [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=1138 1138] (23%)
|Caption Contest [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=1161 1161] (19%)
|-
|5
|Best Site Event
|[[Altador Cup]] (26%)
|[[Daily Dare]] (27%)
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|Festival of [[Neggs]] (40%)
|[[Save the Wheels]] (7%)
|- style="background-color: #ddddff; color: inherit;"
|6
|Best NC Mall Event
|[[Castle Nox]] - Corridor of Chance Access (16%)
|The Mystery Capsule Quest for Knowledge (13%)
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|Neggstravaganza Surprise (45%)
|Stocking Stufftacular (26%)
|-
|7
|Best Species-Specific Wearables
|[[Bori]] (11%)
|[[Hissi]] (34%)
|[[Jetsam]] (17%)
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Kacheek]] (38%)
|- style="background-color: #ddddff; color: inherit;"
|8
|Best Avatar
|Dark Lurker (24%)
|Festival of Neggs Y12 - Quester (17%)
|[[Stamp]] Collector - The [[Battledome]] (9%)
|style="background-color: #bbddff; color: inherit;"|[[Wishing Well]] (50%)
|-
|9
|Best Cameo Appearance in a Plot
|[[Captain Rourke]]
|[[Kanrik]]
|[[King Altador]]
|[[Jazan|King Jazan]]
|- style="background-color: #ddddff; color: inherit;"
|10
|Best Neopoint Item
|[[Apple Bobbing|Imposter Apple]]
|[[Nightsteed]] Mace
|Shrubbery
|[[Zombie]] Petpet Paint Brush
|-
|11
|Best Neocash Item
|Faerie Cloud Racer Collectors Background
|[[Jeran]] Collectors Sword
|[[Princess Amira]] Collectors Arm Cuffs
|[[Princess Lunara]] Collectors Parasol
|}

==Trivia==
*The nominees are selected by "a super secret committee known only as The Nomination Team" - a play on [[The Neopets Team]], who in reality choose the nominees.

==External links==
*'''Neopedia:''' [http://www.neopets.com/neopedia.phtml?neopedia_id=275 Neopies]
*[http://www.neopets.com/neopies/1st/ Best of 2008]
*[http://www.neopets.com/neopies/2nd/ Best of 2009]
*[http://www.neopets.com/neopies/3rd/ Best of 2010]

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