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==History== | ==History== | ||
[[Image:Dfm screen.png|right|The "Down for Maintenance" screen features a Red Pteri.<small> [http://pinkpt.com/neodex/images/1/14/Dfm_screen.png See bigger]</small>|thumb]] | [[Image:Dfm screen.png|right|The "Down for Maintenance" screen features a Red Pteri.<small> [http://pinkpt.com/neodex/images/1/14/Dfm_screen.png See bigger]</small>|thumb]] | ||
For many years, the screen that is displayed when the | For many years, the screen that is displayed when the Neopets website is unavailable has included generic, crying Red Pteri. After awhile, users began to associate this Red Pteri with the frustration of not being able to access the website. In [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=146 Editorial #146] of the [[Neopian Times]], Neopets user [http://www.neopets.com/userlookup.phtml?user=tonya1982 Tonya1982] asked [[TNT]] to make the "Neopets is Down For Maintenance Pteri" into a Battledome challenger so that Neopets users could "take their frustrations out on him". [[TNT]] granted this request, and on July 27, 2004, the Down for Maintenance Pteri was released as an official Battledome challenger.<br style="clear:both"/> | ||
==Random Event== | ==Random Event== | ||
The Down for Maintenance Pteri is featured in one Random Event. After receiving this Random Event, the user will unlock the Down for Maintenance Pteri as a challenger in the Battledome: | The Down for Maintenance Pteri is featured in one [[Random Event]]. After receiving this Random Event, the user will unlock the Down for Maintenance Pteri as a challenger in the Battledome: | ||
{{RandomEvent|[[Image:pteridown.gif]]|An ominous looking Red Pteri flies by. "I hope you didn't want to actually do anything on the site today." *BRAAWWKK* | {{RandomEvent|[[Image:pteridown.gif]]|An ominous looking Red Pteri flies by. "I hope you didn't want to actually do anything on the site today." *BRAAWWKK* | ||
}} | }} | ||