cooldan94 (02-19-2021)
cooldan94 (02-19-2021)
I was in a Pokemon chat-play group when I was like, I think like 11 or 12. The Fan Clubs board had a lot of these, where people chatted like any other chatgroup except they were doing it in character. Eventually everyone in my group left for somewhere off-site and I remember asking one of them what was up and they never responded. I think they could tell that I was a little young to be bumping with them lmao.
What I miss the most though were the petpages. Anime lookin pets with Linkin Park midis and stories that were tl;dr for 10-year-old me. I'd go straight to the adoptables/makeables and I really wanted to make adoptables that everyone would use.
maya (03-31-2021)
So much! being able to go buy merchandise. I remember one time getting some notebooks, pencils and folders at a Walgreens in the back to school section one year. Neopets at Walgreens lol. Buying plush at Walmart, or all the stuff at Toys R Us. Getting plush in Happy Meals
I really miss restocking as well. Everything had a specific time. I used to help run a big Neo cheat forum way back when with auto buyers and adopters and stuff...so much easier to cheat lol. I miss the good old days of restocking medicinal soap and cooties shots at the pharmacy and making a hot profit lol.
Last edited by Ashen; 02-19-2021 at 02:09 AM.
Aero (02-19-2021)
So much, tbh!
I miss when guilds were actually a thing still. I remember the guild I was co-leader of for years was so active, had all kinds of activities, a website, and I'd check the guild boards like 20 times a day because they were so active. I'm still friends with a few people from that guild -- 17+ years later!
I miss playing KQ with my IRL friends. My roommate was a super casual player, but she'd log on and play games of Keyquest with me.
There is much more, but those popped into my mind first.
Oh man... back when there were neo celebrities like jazz_invincible
When you could find boyfriends/girlfriends for your neopets and linking the other pet's name to your pet's profile...
High school and vacation roleplays... lol
I agree totally with being happy with low end painted pets. I would find a purple or glowing badly named ugly pet in the pound and be so excited
It seemed like so much more was unattainable and exciting when you finally got it, like a painted pet or a morphing potion or a magic plushie etc etc. Everything feels easier now with not a lot of payoff or gratification
When having any painted pet was cool and a status symbol because they were all so expensive, and np was harder to make.
"when I say acab, I include tony p"
-Proverb, 2021
Welp, this thread just made me so nostalgic & a little heartbroken at the same time... lol.
Double.Trouble (02-20-2021)
Honestly little things for me.
Back in the day when everyone was at school playing it, talking about it over MSN and AOL messenger.
Everything was such a big deal. Getting 10k from Wheel of Excitement or a Scratchcard you suddenly felt like the richest guy.
cornishwall (03-28-2021),Double.Trouble (02-20-2021)
Lupe roleplays in the Fan Club chat. I used to say up so late at night on boards looking for new partners. I'll always fondly remember that rush of excitement with the little neomail icon popped up with a fresh reply from one of my RPs happening over mail.
Also, socially I was a "Reg" in the Fan Club chat for a while when it was ultra-cliquey and ridiculous and dramatic but I loved it at the time lol. I can't remember the names of anyone else in the crew other than a guy named Shawn (the ringleader) and Hydroshi (who had one of every krawk color years before the conversion which was an S-tier accomplishment at the time). Another of the group gave me her robo kougra back in ~ 2004, a pet I still have.
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