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god i wish i wouldn't have to explain the intricacies of the neopets economy to you guys to give the full context for this but. the new neopets team that took over from jumpstart pledged that they were going to curb the inflation of rare items, which is great because a lot of rare items are worth literally hundreds of millions of neopoints, they are unbuyable unless you've been playing actively for 20 years. they did this earlier with a site festival that included random loot boxes, some of which had Unbelievably Fucking Rare And Precious items worth 200 million neopoints apiece.

well.

today they have gone a step further. by releasing this year's trick-or-treat bags. and having the trick-or-treat bags be stuffed to the brim with unbelievably fucking rare stamps, weapons, paint brushes, defense magic, and other unbuyables. (all prohibitively expensive and in-high-demand types of items.)

jellyneo, the premier neopets website, has recorded prices of some items plummeting from 2,000,000 neopoints to 4,000 neopoints IN THE LAST THREE HOURS. this is when most people haven't even heard about the event or OPENED THEIR BAGS YET.

and of course. cherry on top. 20-year-old account holders are crytyping on the site events neoboard about how mean and cruel it is to make rare stamps part of the prize pool, because their entire identity hinges on being part of the neopian bourgeoisie, and they are having MELTDOWNS over their assets being devalued until they're part of the lowly proletariat.

this is a children's game for children btw.

none of the money is real.

i'm having such a good time.

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the official og neoboards moderator WILL be going to the orlando party if anyone wants to hit me up!

ok so. neopets is "throwing" a bunch of parties in a bunch of different cities. so many of them that there's probably one near you if you're in the us or canada.

now i am very excited about this. but lemme share some background on this, cause... woof.

TNT took volunteers from Sept 18-Oct 1. You might notice that's only 2 months before the event.

The volunteer form basically only asked the following: Where are you? Do you know if there are other Neopets players there? Do you have a venue in mind? Will there be food or drinks? Do you have any ideas for activities? How much do you expect it to cost?

Note that it did not ask about prior event planning experience. Also note that the only support TNT is offering is decor, merch, and a promo. I full expect the latter to be a throwaway, easily missable post on social media.

The tl:dr; terms and conditions for the volunteers are: you're in charge of the finances and should only charge enough admission to cover the costs. We will not help you with planning.

Someone in the JN comments section mentioned they got their acceptance only "a few days ago" (that is, only with about 2.5-3 weeks of forewarning).

Cities were released today with roughly only 2 weeks til the event, but where in the city, venue, date, time, pricing, how to RSVP, etc are all STILL unknown. The hosts have been saying they can't give more details without the go ahead of TNT.

We do not know when they're giving more details or the go ahead. It's coming Soon™.

Anyway. I will be going to the one near me.

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neopets has come a long way........

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the neoboard filters are in place to protect everyone else from me

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The Talk Like a Pirate Day filters jumpscared me with this gem.

-submitted by @manicpixiedreamgnoll

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I think I’m mostly just surprised someone hasn’t already attempted to start a cult on the newbie boards…

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:(

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Since it's been 3 days I think it's official to declare that calling KA Daddy is NOT against the neo rules.

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submitted by @sappho-official

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me: man, my friend is really struggling with this personal issue right now!! my partner: is that why she sent you literally 20 texts in a row yesterday? me: huh? no. that was neopets screenshots.

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submitted by @starlittskye

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