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Contents
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Featured Article
Chat Room Etiquette: How to get what you want/need without getting
yelled at.
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General News
Neopets
seemed to be suffering from some sort of glitch that caused warnings to pop
up any time someone tries to post on the chat unless they did one of the following:
- Delete their user profile and
default neoHTML. (Note: copy and paste it into a Word Doc first so you don’t
have to redo it.)
- Use something with a “[“
in their posts to bypass their default neoHTML (such as [b] or “:[“
).
Hopefully
this will be fixed soon. (August 5, 2002)
The Tyrannian Concert
Hall is proud to announce the arrival of Neopia's loudest punk band
- Moehawk! Check
out the video, here. (August 7, 2002)
Sewage Surfer was released today. Help Matt the Wocky repair Neopia's crumbling sewage
systems by installing the right pipes. Click Here to give
it a go…and be sure to bring an air filter, phew! (August 14, 2002)
Neopets’
has realeased another product placement game, based on the film Return to Neverland.
It's a jigsaw puzzle, piece together scenes from the film while racing against
the clock. (August 22, 2002)
There
is a new Neopedia article about Remnok the Weapons
Shopkeeper. (August 22, 2002)
Meridell
has a new activity, called Pick Your Own.
Once a day you can pay Neopoints to go around Merri Acres farm and try to
find berries for your Neopet to eat. (August 23, 2002)
As a result
of the recent web server change you can now play NeoQuest
all day. (August 25, 2002) Note: Not only is NeoQuest now available 24-7,
it now gives out NP when you go up a level, and when you defeat a boss. (August
28, 2002)
PLUSHIE TYCOON
has finished its testing period and is now live. (August 26, 2002)
Turdle Racing
is the latest game to hit Meridell. Choose your lucky Turdle and see if you
are lucky enough to win. (August 27, 2002)
Mika and Carassa have so much junk in their attic,
it’s quite scary. In this new game you control Mika, and its up to you
to catch the stuff Carassa drops without smashing it so they can stock it
in their never-ending Garage Sale. (August 28, 2002)
The second
map out of four has been launched today. You can now visit Meri Acres Farm
by clicking the farm image from the main Meridell map.
All the farm games will be on this map from now on. (August 29, 2002)
Another
new game has been released. Travel back to Meri Acres farm for our latest
game, TOWER
OF TURNIPS. (August 29, 2002)
Speaking
of new maps, they have added a few more things to the Haunted Woods map.
Nothing new, just stuff that was supposed to be on it. Also the Back
To School shop has been added to the main shops map. (August 29, 2002)
Monsters Inc. Canister Collector is the newest product
placement game to hit Neopets. (August
30, 2002)
Special
Days for this month were:
- Aug 8th - Blumaroo Day
- Aug 18th - Meerca Day (Celebrated early because it fell
on a weekend)
- Aug 20th - Annual Usuki Doll Convention
- Aug 24th - Grundo Independence Day-to celebrate the
overthrow of Dr. Sloth
- Aug 29th - Kyrii Day
Pet Changes
v Now you can paint your Draik Shadow. (August 1, 2002)
v More baby madness: You can now paint your Kau and Kyrii with the Baby Paintbrush. (August 5, 2002)
v Good news for Buzz owners, now you can paint your Buzz FIRE…and it looks better than the larvae stage from the Baby one. (August 7, 2002)
v It seems you can now paint your Blumaroo ISLAND and ELECTRIC just in time for Blumaroo Day (August 8, 2002)
v Tonus can now be painted with a Cloud Paint Brush. (August 9, 2002)
v Still not enough babies on the site? Bruces now have the option of using the Baby Paintbrush. (August 9, 2002)
v If you own a Pteri, you can now paint it ELECTRIC or RAINBOW. (August 13, 2002)
v You can now paint your Ixi with an Island Paint Brush. (August 13, 2002)
v If you own a Draik you can paint it STARRY. (August 14, 2002)
v If you are the owner of a Skeith, you can now paint them with a Cloud Paint Brush. (August 14, 2002)
v Get your hands on a Brown paint brush and you can now paint your Kyrii. (August 15, 2002)
v You can now paint your Meerca SPOTTED and ISLAND. (August 16, 2002)
v Grarrls can now be painted Purple (August 19, 2002)
v Kacheeks can be painted Pirate (August 19, 2002)
v ROBOT Draiks are now available. (August 21, 2002)
v Now ye can turn ye Meerca into a swashbuckling PIRATE. (August 26, 2002)
v You can now get a Faerie Ixi. (August 27, 2002)
v Myncis can now be painted PURPLE. (August 27, 2002)
v The Baby Gelert is now available. (August 27, 2002)
v Kyriis now come in Spotted or STARRY. (August 29, 2002)
v The Baby Wocky and the Robot Buzz are now here. (August 30, 2002)
PetPet Changes
q If you happen to own a Neotrak or two, you can now paint them Blue, Black or Cloud at the Petpet Puddle. (August 1, 2002)
q If you are the lucky owner of a Horus, you can turn them Purple, Blue, Green or Cloud at the Petpet Puddle. (August 7, 2002)
q Take your Fungree to the Petpet Puddle and you can turn it Purple, Green or Blue. (August 14, 2002)
q If you own a Triffin, you can now paint it Green, Purple or Red.
q Turtums can now be painted Pink, Green and Blue at the Petpet Puddle. (August 21, 2002)
q Walking Carpets now come in shades of Cloud, Pink, Green, and Yellow. (August 22, 2002)
q If you have managed to get your hands on a super rare Symol, you can now paint it Pink, Green or Blue at the Petpet Puddle. (August 26, 2002)
q Look what happens when you paint your Pet Rock Halloween at the Petpet Puddle! You now can have your very own tombstone… (August 27, 2002)
q You can now learn to draw Petpets with our new Petpet How To Draw section. The first to be added are Noil, Cobrall, Slorg and Snorkle. (August 28, 2002)
q Now you can paint Mortogs Red, Brown, Purple or SPOTTED. (August 28, 2002)
q
Crokabeks
can now be painted Pink, Blue, white or Cloud at the Petpet Puddle! (August
30, 2002)
TNE News
Last, we are hoping to have our own domain name set up by this time next month. The portal page design is almost finished and most of the work for the new layout has been started.
Featured Article
Chat Room Etiquette: How to get what you want/need
without getting yelled at.
Ever posted a message in one of the chat rooms and found
you getting flamed? Ever wanted to flame someone for "doing something
stupid" on the chat? If you can answer no to both of those, you either
spend almost no time on the chats or are incredibly lucky. As with so many
things in life, there are certain "rules" that you are expected
to follow, but everyone expects you to know them before you get started. These
rules are referred to as "etiquette" or "manners". Following
these rules can help stop the flames and make your overall chatting experience
more pleasant.
Before you post anything, you should first decide which chat
would be the best one for what you want to say. Neopets has divided them for
a reason, and spamming (posting on the wrong board or posting the same thing
over and over and over and...) will only cause you problems later. In fact,
persistent spammers can be frozen according to the TOS. If you need help or have questions, drop by
the Help Chat
or the Newbie Chat.
You can also do some general chatting here as long as you don't try to take
over the boards. If you have items you are trying to get rid of, drop a note
on the Trading/Auctions
or the Shop Ads
boards. If you want to promote your guild, post an ad for it on the Guild Chat.
If you have entered your pet in the Beauty Contest, please post on the Beauty Contest Chat.
Specialized chats, such as Battledome,
Role Play,
and Neoquest,
should only be used for their specific purposes. Once you have decided what
board to post in, think carefully about what you want to say. Being rude,
annoying, or spamming is only going to cause others to ignore or flame you.
Again, you risk being reported and frozen, too.
Listed below are TNE's Ten Commandments for Chatting:
- Thou
shalt post on the appropriate board. (Do not advertise your guild, shop,
or Beauty Contest entry on the general or help boards.)
- Thou
shalt not post the same thing over and over again, even if it is on the
right board. (i.e., don't flood the BC Chat
with an advertisement for your pet.) This leads to people flaming you because
they are tired of seeing it...and since it violates the TOS, you may be frozen.
- Thou
shalt not ask a question and then say “neomail me”. If it’s
not important enough for you to spend a minute waiting for an answer, it
is not important enough to ask others to spend their time looking up the
answer.
- Thou
shalt not create boards with misleading titles. For example, don't post
a board begging for people to vote for your BC entry or buy from your shop
and give it a bold title saying: Please! I need your HELP!!!! People
will click there thinking you need someone to look something up or have
a question answered; only to find out you lied to them. When this happens,
they tend to get "cranky" and you'll get all sorts of negative
posts on your board. Also, they will ignore your posts later...when you
may really need help.
- Thou
shalt not beg. EVER. As in life, nobody "owes" you something just
because you want it and/or they have been there longer than you. Asking
for help is one thing (since it's free), but asking someone (often users
you've never even chatted with before) to spend np on things that they will
not benefit from is wrong. I’m not saying that asking to trade for
items is wrong…I’m referring to certain users who show up on the
chats demanding or pleading that someone send them a Hidden Tower item just
because they want it.
- Thou
shalt post the answers to questions you know, or post one of the help/fan
sites where the user might find the answer. Remember that all legitimate
information is available for free somewhere. Charging for information is
simply dishonest and may get your account frozen.
- Thou
shalt not simply post "SCAM" on a board. It is important to put
why it is a scam so that other users can recognize
that scam in the future. If several others have already posted a warning,
move on to the next. There is no reason for 20 people to post on that board.
- Thou
shalt investigate "scams" before posting a warning or reporting
a user. Never report someone just because another user accuses him/her of
scamming the first user. Too often, these posts are simply created when
one user is mad at another user and wants to get his/her account frozen.
Of course, if you can observe the scam (i.e. they tell you the user has
a scam in the shop and you can look it up) then be sure to report the scam
to abuse@neopets.com, the
autoform at http://www.neopets.com/autoform.phtml,
or if it is in a shop, you can simply click the "Report shop"
link.
- Thou
shalt not try to make people feel bad for not voting for your pet, buying
from your shop, or joining your guild. Most of us know where to find the
BC entries, the cheapest shops, and the list for guilds. If we were the
slightest bit interested in them, we would go there on our own. Trying to
make others feel guilty will only annoy the ones you are trying to attract.
- Thou
shalt follow the Chat Rules
posted by Neopets. Remember that you agreed to follow all parts of the TOS when you signed up.
In fact, you should probably re-read the TOS every once in a while
to refresh your memory. Why not do so now?
Following these tips should help you avoid some of the more unpleasant problems associated with the chat rooms. Unfortunately, you will notice that many people still can't seem to grasp these basics. However, as in life, there are always those who make everyone in your "group" look bad because they will not do what is expected of them.
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