The Neopian Times Editorial Thread

[TsUNaMy WaVe]

Good editorial! Gotta hand it to TNT recently, I hope they continue like that.

I didn't even know there was another image for rotten omlette lmao

[DarkSkies]

Nice, I missed this before. Good to keep with the news and also hoping for more info i'm new slots. I believe Neo birthday is coming so would be interesting to see if they bring something

[datalore]

I was wondering what was going to happen to the Neopian Times this week since it's Thanksgiving/Black Friday, but looks like Aesop is on it! From the news:

HEADS UP NEOPIANS: TNT will be out of the office tomorrow and Friday to celebrate the holiday and stuff our faces with stuffing! However, Aesop will still ensure that this week's Neopian Times is released as scheduled this Friday! We will return Monday, probably with a few extra pounds...

[Nyanobyte]

Next batch of questions are here for us today!

Dear TNT, Does your merchandise shop or any of your partners plan to release any Neopets pens, mechanical pencils, stationery, or other office supplies besides die-cut stickers? ~~jaylahcat I really hope so! I would love to decorate my office space with Neopets supplies. I’ve passed on the request to those who can make that magic happen. Fingers crossed! c: ~~Gutterfoot Is it possible to remove/hide Guilds with 0 members from being listed? ~~ng_282 Good idea! I’ve brought this to the team and we’ve got it on our to-do list after the Pet Slots release is wrapped up in a nice little bow. c: ~~Gutterfoot Hey TNT! You mentioned pet-slots will auto-activate, but is there any possibility this could be changed? I am no longer able to buy NC (and I'm sure more people are in the same spot), and I would absolutely love to have more pet slots - I thought we'd be able to trade other NC items for them, which auto-activation doesn't really allow. Could you pretty please with a chocolate cake on top change this before the launch? :c Please remove my username if this goes live! ~~Anonymous The decision to make Pet Slots auto-activate didn’t come lightly. It’s not something we can feasibly change now and we stand by our decision that auto-activating them is a better user-experience and safer option. We wanted to keep it straightforward as well so that users don’t end up with more Pet Slots than they can actually activate on their account which could cause issues. We do plan to introduce an auto-gift option in the NC Mall which will allow users to send Pet Slots to each other (if they are able to accept them and don’t have their slots maxed out). While this feature won’t be launched in sync with Pet Slots, it is something we are planning to include just to make gifting NC items across the board easier on Neopets. ~~Gutterfoot Could you guys update the character limit on our user lookups by chance? I recently was editing mine for the first time, and ended up getting slapped in the face with the realization that my amazing and great graphic design plan to show off all my pets and projects was like.... 4 times the character limit ^^; Considering our pet's lookups (and petpages) don't have a limit at all, I personally feel like the user lookup character limit could at least be increased? ~~rere_marie We’ve seen a few requests for this, so the team is going to take a look and see what they can do! ~~Gutterfoot Hearing about a purge in the last Editorial got me thinking. I have two old accounts that I can't get into (I tried sending in tickets and didn't get help on them, it's been years) but I like to keep them so I can at least see the new shields and have my pets there somewhere. How do I stop them from being purged even if no one will help me get into them? ~~numberfortyfour Sorry to hear that, please send in a new ticket using our form at (you need an account to see links) so we can get those looked into for you (please one account per ticket). Unfortunately though, if you can’t login and we can’t recover your account for you, there wouldn't be a way to keep the account from being purged as accounts are added to the purge based on inactivity. ~~Kikocat TNT, pretty pretty please with a meepit on top, answer my question? I just want to know!! I've noticed over the years that Neopets has relaxed some of its older rules so I had to ask: Will art / coding / etc commissions (for NP or NC) ever be allowed? If we're willing to take the risk? I'm awful at both but I would love to pay someone to help me. But those things take a lot of work so I feel like it's hard to find people to do it for free! (Rightfully so; who can afford to work for free?) Thanks for your time and please remove my username though (I'm shy) ~~Anonymous We welcome and encourage you to trade art or code, but unfortunately we cannot allow commissions on the Neopets website due due to safety concerns. ~~Kikocat Will users ever be able to join more than one guild? Thank you. ~~princesskatie1993 Yes, you are welcome to be on a guild on your side accounts so you can be in multiple guilds, but please keep in mind you can only participate in contests in your guild on your main account. ~~Kikocat We may change this in the future though, depending on how we redesign guilds, so I don’t want to dismiss the idea altogether! c: ~~Gutterfoot Dear TNT, What happened to the real-life plushies that were supposed to be released in July? There was a silhouette image on the Neopets FaceBook page that seemed to imply that at least a few had been physically produced. ~~jaylahcat Hello! Those plushies got stuck on a ship and they wrote us letters every once in a while telling us about their journey. The food was scarce but the sound of the ocean was very calming. : ) They were incredibly brave and they are NOW AVAILABLE in our shop! Woo! Once your order arrives make sure to cuddle these Neopets extra hard because they need it! Sorry for the delay on getting these plushies in our shop, but we hope the wait is worth it! Visit our Neopets Shop to preorder now! ~~Miss Rainbow Howdy TNT. I've been on your site about 15 years, across a few different accounts. I just recently regained access to an account whose birthday and email were messed up due to COPPA regulations and a misunderstanding on the Neoboards (long story) and... I have a question. I'm now using the account only for pet storage and lab ray zaps. Nothing else. Can I please transfer the NPs from this account to my new main account? There's 2.9 million NP in question, and my new main account (despite being younger) is better established than my old one, from which I'm transferring the NPs. Is it ok that I transfer NP via the trading post to my new main account?? I'd hate to leave that NP sitting around on an account where I can't use it. ~~cobalt_the_fox Totally! Since you were using that older account as your main at one time to get those points, you would be able to move them to your current main account. ~~Kikocat Hi - are there any plans to add further album items or album related avatars in the near future? ~~skillboy9 This is a great question. We know our Neopian collectors have been asking for more album items, so we’ve been working hard on some new album items for the upcoming Advent Calendar! We will also keep an eye out for more opportunities to release new album items and album related avatars in the future! ~~Aesop

[cregganwhitehare]

We do plan to introduce an auto-gift option in the NC Mall which will allow users to send Pet Slots to each other (if they are able to accept them and don’t have their slots maxed out). While this feature won’t be launched in sync with Pet Slots, it is something we are planning to include just to make gifting NC items across the board easier on Neopets.

Wow, this sounds like a game-changer if I'm understanding it correctly.

[Flordibel]

Man, I'd love to see the CSS filters be removed if they increase the character limit on lookups! That would open the door for a TON of cool new things to do!

[Zenitsu]

"Pet Slots release is wrapped up in a nice little bow"

[kittyray]

Is it possible to remove/hide Guilds with 0 members from being listed? ~~ng_282
Good idea! I’ve brought this to the team and we’ve got it on our to-do list after the Pet Slots release is wrapped up in a nice little bow. c: ~~Gutterfoot

So for a very long time I've been frustrated with how difficult it is to browse and look through guilds, this is not a solution I want. I would love for there to be a way to archive all of them and see them easily, and I personally think completely abandoned guilds are a huge relic. Yes there are a lot of totally empty things where somebody created a guild, did nothing with it, and then left so it's just blank and boring, but I guarantee you there will also be goldmines in there, further lost.

[Erik.]

UwU what's this, a NT Editorial on a holiday? The gifting NC option sounds amaaazing. And I do hope they make the coding space at least 4x larger for that poor user lol

[birdies]

"Pet Slots release is wrapped up in a nice little bow"

You might be jumping the gun here, they say doing something else is on their list -after- pet slots release is wrapped up, meaning it isn't yet. Still, it does sound positive that it could be on the horizon.