#Nigel the Stockbroker Chia

[incorrectneopetsquotes]

Nigel the Stockbroker Chia, texting: Can you come out? Mirsha Grelinek: Yeah gimme a minute… Mirsha: Nigel, I’m gay. Nigel: I know that. Come out to the car. Mirsha: Okay. Mirsha: Car, I’m gay.

[crtter]

Actually, while Big Shot Spamton has Nigel the Stockbroker Chia energy, regular Spamton is more like the Discarded Magical Blue Grundo Plushie of Prosperity

[magax-destroyer]

You’ve heard of Meridell Rubbish Dump Man Underwater get ready for

Nigel The Stockbroker Chia In Space

[neproxrezi]

my neopets stocks are doing abysmally and if nigel the commodity stockbroker chia tries to charge one more twenty neopoint commission i will rip his teeth out

[pinkielord]

History of Neopets April Fools Day Pranks Part 2

Not much to say here other than that this will be on 2010-2018′s pranks leading up to when I liveblog Neopet’s prank for 2019 tomorrow. The links to each of the articles where I’m getting my info are from Jellyneo.net and will be linked to in the year headers!

2010

2010′s prank was definitely a more “back to basics approach” as there wasn’t really anything that would’ve caused Neopians to go into a panic. There were three different pranks spread across not only the website itself but also the Neopets Facebook page! The first prank was a “3D battledome” which were...interesting. Since words can’t really describe what it was, here is a link to an archive of what the 3D battledome was. There was also a thing which let you prank your neofriends! These had an arrary of things like, changing your pet to a different species and color, sliming them, pieing them or turning them into dust. (heres a link to a prank preview, it does everything but the changing of species and color) To help keep the prank a surprise there were also some filters in place to make sure those “pesky Neoboarders” didn’t know what was going on.

2011

Hey, remember how I said 2010 was something that DIDN’T cause mass hysteria throughout Neopets.com? Well, just THROW that out the window for 2011 cuz HOO BOY was this one a doozy! You might be wondering, “Hey, why are you so bent out of shape about this one in particular?” Well, my curious observer, this year’s prank was the first one I had encountered on Neopets and it scared the SHIT out of me as a kid! The basic premise for this prank was that around 12 am NST an epidemic had sweeped across Neopia affecting EVERY pet!  There were updates throughout the day about what exactly this epidemic was. It was eventually called Scourgies and while there were no permanent cures there were some different temporary cures. In the interest of time I won’t mention but one of them. If you had cured enough pets using the Blazingly Hot Soup you would get the Blazingly Hot Soup Background.

2012

Thankfully the prank for 2012 wasn’t as life threatening as 2011′s prank. First it started with the Shop Wizard getting dizzy through...something and getting searches wrong, then Jhuidah left the Trading Post in the “capable” hands of Hoka the Tyrannian. He couldn’t understand offers of over 1000 nps, and you could only use dung items. Also you could accidentally give away everything (including your pets) for something like a Furry Table. Then the Auction house only had dung items and only then you couldn’t get any of them due to Nigel the stockbroker Chia bidding on everything in sight. And to top it all off not only were there mishaps with the lab ray (firing at the wrong neopet and changing them into a predetermined species + color combo), an overload on the servers which made everyone have only 3 neopets instead of four, and for the piece de resistance of pranks, you had not only spam neomails but also a “male faerie” shown off on the Facebook page who...looks like he’s seen better days.

2013

For 2013 TNT decided to go back into making irl things like, an Esaphagor trash can and most worrying, a DIY cosmetic surgery kit. There was also several “delicious” food for availability as well. People with premium weren’t much better as they had gotten a special item which was hyped up to be an awesome item but then turned out to just be a hairbow. Also on the Facebook page, the Tiki Tack Tombola Man’s face was revealed to be... a Troll face. Overall a pretty good april fools day prank and it wasn’t too terrifying!

2014

2014′s prank was more laid back and thankfully it was just one instead of like three different ones. People who were eager to adopt, transfer, or abandon, found the Pound closed as Dr. Death was retiring to an undisclosed location. Due to this, a foster program begun to help out all of the pets that were in the pound. As Dr. Death was retiring, a replacement needed to be found. There were four candidates who could be voted on, Bug Eye McGee, Count von Roo, Rosie the Grarrl (a very sweet Grarrl who had the pets best interests at heart), and a Kreludan Defender Robot. Needless to say Rosie won, and while she didn’t actually become the face of the pound she did become the face of the pound chat!

2015

Since Jumpstart had bought Neopets the year prior people were sacred of what that meant for Neopets, on April 1st 2015 those fears were (semi) realized. There was an influx of School of Dragons and other Jumpstart related things, also a theme with a blue on red color scheme which caused eyestrain for several people. Regarding the switch, notable neopet was replaced by Viking of the Week (an actual thing on School of Dragons), and even the neopoints and neocash were changed into their Jumpstart counterparts. To be honest having something this lackluster after things like the Esophagor trash can, or the neo economy crashing, but still pretty good. Kinda wish the eyestrain wasnt there though.

2016

In 2016 Neopets introduced a Net Worth Calculator with certain clubs being available to those with high enough standing or net worth. These clubs were The Inner Circle (main one, it mentions unconverted plushie draiks, among other things), Chic UCs (supposedly if you were in here, there would be clothes specifically for unconverted pets), Paintbrushes Aplenty (”exclusive painbrushes” such as valentine or stained glass), Club Lutari (exclusive access to Lutari Island, sidenote, DAMMIT TNT WHY ISN’T LUTARI ISLAND USABLE, FOR FYORA’S SAKE USE IT!!!!!), and finally The Connoisseurs (exclusive items, thats it). There were a few items like a neocash printer (i’m pretty sure it was never released), and a Name Change Certificate. which were meant to help boost your net worth, but at the end of the day the calculator deemed everyone priceless which the clubs did not like so they rescinded their offers.

2017

Hey, you remember how in ‘07 the Battledome closed down for that prank? Well the Battledome closes down again to make room for the Befriending Dome! Which is to say the prank for 2017 was a completely peace themed version of the Battledome which touted even making friends with Balthazar or Hubrid Nox! There was also talk of a LoveCraft badge, which was sadly not eldritch abomination themed, which would have turned your weapons into wearables with help from Delina. There was also another paintbrush poll where the options were, Marshmallow, Inverted (turned your pet upside down), and Blurry. Due to there being a 3-way tie on the poll TNT decided to make a compromise and make, and I quote, “MarshInvBluDo“.

2018

And now we come to last years prank and it was 3-fold, again. First there was talk of a “Neopets amusement park” coming out in China in 2020 along with some tv shows that would be coming then too. Like, Cheeky Yurbles (Peaky Blinders), Neovia Falls (Gravity Falls), and Shenkuu Valley (Silicon Valley). There was also something around various official Neopets social media and it was a poll about which movies out of the four chosen which were DEFINITELY not picked on purpose and are TOTALLY random. The specific movies were, Frozen, Titanic, Frosty the Snowman, and Ice Age. Apparently the joke is that people use the social media things about badgering about frozen accounts? I don’t get it.

And there you have it, all of the Neopets pranks from 2001-2018. Now if you’ll excuse me I’m going to get a well deserved sleep and I’m going to liveblog 2019′s prank at round 8:30-9ish

[neoblogging]

7/3/2016 - 

Thanks for the suggestion  dude!

[incorrectneopetsquotes]

Nigel the Stockbroker Chia: I love this car more than life itself. And no, that's not an exaggeration.

[incorrectneopetsquotes]

Nigel the Stockbroker Chia: Good Credit? Bad Credit? No Credit? No problem! Are you DEAD? That's right - GHOST CREDIT. Hubrid Nox: I'm gonna get a Subaru!