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Contents
Ø Featured Article Changes and Updates A time of relfection
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Featured Game
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Featured Food
Tropical Fruit Smoothie
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Featured Site
General News
Sometimes it's hard to keep up with the news on a day to day basis. Here are the highlights from the Neopets news page for this month...
There is a new Neopedia Article about MAGAX: Destroyer. (May 6, 2003)
NEW GAME - Defender Trainer. Click on the picture that best fits the description before time runs out. (May 8, 2003)
Some new Buddy Icons featuring Defenders of Neopia, Bearogs and Tyrannian pets and new Darigan Fun Images have been added. (May 8, 2003)
Some new Colouring pages have just been added featuring Illusen, Jhudora, Taellia and the Negg Faerie. (May 9, 2003)
Neopets announced the upcoming release of their new offline game set to be released in November. It's for the Playstation One gaming system (but of course, PS2 is backwards compatible). You can learn more here:
(May 13, 2003)
All the prizes from last year's Advent Calendar have now been retired and they say they were an Advent Calendar prize in their descriptions so you will always know. (May 13, 2003)
There is a new addition to our Shops Map, the General Mills Kitchen where you can feed your pet yummy cereal for free. It’s another product placement, but at least this one has a Neopets theme. (May 19, 2003)
Neopets has doubled the Neopoints you can earn from Defender Trainer. (May 19, 2003)
Jhuidah has just cooked up some new and exciting recipes in her Cooking Pot. Here are the parts that have been submitted, but so far TNE hasn’t tried them:
О Red Octopepper + Grapple = Octle Salad
О Lemwart + Cracked Keno Egg = Lemon Omelette
О Pheppacorn + chocolate something = Choccy Corn
О Harrfel Fruit + some type of bread = Regal Cheese Sandwich
Since Fyora IS the Queen of the Faeries it is only right that the Faerie Paint Brush should be in the Hidden Tower, so she is now stocking it at 200,000 NP. (May 26, 2003)
Neopets has added three new Buddy Icons with Defenders of Neopia, Usuki Frenzy and Kiss the Mortog themes. (May 29, 2003)
Special Days for this month were:
- May 2nd - Lupe Day
- May 12th - Tyrannian Victory Day!!!
- May 14th - Moehog Day
- May 25th - Koi Day
Pet Changes
Pets are painted at the Rainbow Pool (on the Main Shops page) with special magic paint brushes. Click here for a list of all pets and their available colors.
v You can now paint your Blumaroo with a Pirate Paint Brush.( May 1, 2003)
v The Grundo gets a makeover. Neopets decided the old look was a bit too erm... muscular for a cute little alien. Wonder if they will redo the Mutant Grundo… (May 1, 2003)
v Lupes can now be painted Brown, Plushie and Glowing at the Rainbow Pool. (May 2, 2003)
v Kaus can now be painted with the Brown Paint Brush. (May 5, 2003)
v The Techo can be painted with the Darigan Paint Brush. (May 6, 2003)
v You can now paint your Kougra STARRY. (May 6, 2003)
v Tonus can now be painted SPLIT and Rainbow at the Rainbow Pool. (May 7, 2003)
v Gelerts can now be painted Brown. (May 9, 2003)
v You can now own an ELECTRIC Ixi. (May 13, 2003)
v If you own a Moehog, you can paint it ELECTRIC. (May 14, 2003)
v Koi can now be painted Checkered and Fire at the Rainbow Pool. (May 23, 2003)
v If you have an Ixi you can now paint it Purple at the Rainbow Pool. (May 27, 2003)
v Following many requests from Neopets players at Hamleys Unis can now be painted with the Glowing Paint Brush. (May 28, 2003)
v Eyries now come in a Pink color. (May 28, 2003)
v Acaras can now be painted ORANGE. (May 30, 2003)
v Grundos can now be painted SPLIT at the Rainbow Pool. (May 30, 2003)
PetPet Changes
For those of you looking for the Petpet Puddle, it is part of the Rainbow Pool. When you are on the Main Shops page, click on the Rainbow Pool. At the top of the next page is the link to the Petpet Puddle. Click here for a list of all petpets and their available colors.
This has been a busy month for petpets. One petpet got a new look and a new name; the Glowing Petpet Paint Brush was released; and lots of petpets were given more color options.
q Kookiths, Candychans, Snowickles and Faeillies can be painted Rainbow at the Petpet Puddle. (May 6, 2003)
q There are some new petpet Shopkeepers to choose from including Meowclops, Ona and Kadoatie. (May 6, 2003)
q Meepits, Bearogs, Snorkles and Snowbunnies can now be painted with the Tyrannian Petpet Paint Brush at the Petpet Puddle. (May 12, 2003)
q Cyodrakes can now be painted Yellow, Green, Red or Black at the Petpet Puddle. (Cyodrakes are a rare petpet from the Meridell PetPet Shoppe). (May 13, 2003)
q You can now get your hands on a Glowing Petpet Paint Brush. The first petpets to be painted with it are Babaas, Wadjets, Zumagorns and Miamice. (May 19, 2003)
q Faeillies can now be painted Pink, Blue, Green and Brown at the Petpet Puddle. (May 20, 2003)
q The Isnewee has been magically transformed into a Mazzew. (May 22, 2003)
q Barbats, GX-4 Oscilladroids, Harris and Bilguss can now be painted SPOTTED at the Petpet Puddle. (May 22, 2003)
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Some new
Petpet Fun Images
have been added. (May 29, 2003)
TNE News
As with all good help sites, the pages on the Neopian Educator are always under construction. Suggestions and constructive criticism are always welcome. Simply fill out the automatic comment form.
Work continues on the FAQ pages.
Lots of small updates were made and
TNE is considering changing a few things on how it works. More information
can be found in the featured article.
Featured Article
Featured Article:
Changes and Updates A time of reflection
From time to time, it is important to look back and reevaluate. Neopets is always changing, so what was true yesterday may not be true today or even exist tomorrow. The same is true with any help/fan site devoted to Neopets. For anyone actually taking the time to read this, there are a few things I would greatly like to get feedback on:
О Should we redo the newsletter format?
О Should we redo the signup format for the newsletter?
О Should more user submissions be used?
О Should outside help be requested?
О Should we have “affiliates” or “sister sites”?
О Should updates be more frequent, even if it’s just a note on the What’s New section saying there isn’t anything noteworthy for today?
О Should certain areas of the site be reworked?
О Should we bring back a graphic free version of the site?
At this time, I am looking for ways to totally rework the site (if necessary) to make it the best help site I can possibly create…but it will only be as good as the feedback I get. Please keep in mind that the more information you provide, the better the site can become. Obviously, a simple “yes” or “no” will not help me with “how” or “why.”Also, if you have any ideas that you think will improve the site that are not listed above, don’t keep it to yourself. Send me as much information about it as you can.
As always, this information ( and any constructive criticism) may be sent by using the automatic comment form.
Featured Game: Scarab 21
Have a guide you'd like to see here? Send it to: Naomi_Tran@baylor.edu
Goal: Play the cards in any of the five columns in order to get the column's sum to be 21. Improve your score by finding hidden bonus plays.
You can win 2 different types of trophies from Scarab 21 - one from the Overall Hi-Score Table and the other trophy is for the Single Game Hi-Score Table.
Cost: 50 NP per game
NOTE: There is a daily limit of 5000 Neopoints, although you can continue to play for free throughout the rest of the day once you have reached that limit. Although you will not be rewarded any Neopoints for the free games, the score you receive will still be added to your High Score.
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Along the left side of the game board, you will see three main sections. The first section along the top is the Game Stats section. This contains all of the information regarding your current and overall game records. The next section is the Scoring Chart section, which contains the payoff information for some of the common combinations you can have (although there are many others that you must find on your own). The third section simply shows the card deck information. The card on the right is the current card that you must play.
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The object of the game is to play the current face up card into one of the five columns in order to get that column's sum to equal 21. By doing so, the column is cleared and you can continue to make plays in order to get more points. You cannot, however, play a card into a column if it would cause the sum to be more than 21!
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The game will continue until you have a situation where you cannot play your current face up card into any of the columns. For example: Say your current face up card is a King, and the sum of all five columns is over 11, then you would not have any place to play the King, so the game is over! Once the game is over, click on the "Collect Points" link to get your points. This will update your total scores and game records.
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There are many special moves that you must find on your own, and they are well worth it. While some only offer points (although quite a few points), other special plays will clear all of your columns, which extends the game and allows you to score even more points!
These moves are:
2 Black Jacks in a Row - 50 Points
Super Black Jack (Jack of Spades and Ace of Spades) - 50 Points
5 Of Kind - 100 Points
Column totals reading 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20 - 100 Points
Column totals reading 20, 19, 18, 17, 16 - 100 Points
All of a kind (same amount in each column) - Clears board
Full house (6,6,3,3,3 or 5,5,5,3,3) - 200 Points
Name: Tropical Fruit Smoothie
Available: From the Main Food
Shop
Neopet’s Description: A perfect way to cool down
on hot sunny days.
TNE’s Description: This is a great “make ahead”
treat that everyone will love.
Ingredients
2 ½ cups pineapple juice, unsweetened
1 cup strawberries, sliced
1 banana, sliced or mango, diced (if using papaya, make sure
they are ripe)
Directions
Peel and prepare the fruit. Make sure the pineapple juice is well chilled.
Combine all ingredients in a blender. Puree until thick and very smooth.
Serve in a glass garnished with a whole strawberry and perhaps a mint sprig.
Featured Site
TNE Teacher’s Pet
Award
I stumbled on this site purely by chance. I think it's a new site, but I'm not sure. I think it may be a guild web page, but the information on it is not limited to a guild and is very well done.
It has a very user friendly layout, complete with premade user profiles. Of course, my favorite feature is there: No annoying popups!
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