I honestly have to disagree about the NC Mall. I don't think it really impacts the game at all, at least not in my opinion.
Even when events incorporate NC, all it is is a glorified game to earn NC prizes. Something I don't involve myself in because every single effing thing in the NC Mall is girly, sparkly and fluffy. Hardly any non-female oriented items, which is really what pushes me away from purchasing NC. (And the fact that you only get boxes from cards, which is idiotic)
I do agree that account security is an issue, which ties back to customer service. For example, a friend of mine about a month ago was doing the whole clothing trade thing with his Draik. He has screenshots, neomails, etc. where they agreed on trading for clothing or w/e and the guy stole his Draik, traded it to like 2 other people and TNT claims they can't return the pet when we all know they can and they have done so in the past. They need to stop doing things for some people and not others. Either apply it to everyone and return EVERY scammed pet or don't return any at all. That's probably my BIGGEST pet peeve, not treating everyone the same.
I honestly supported Neopets going pay-to-play (which contrary to what TNT claims, it WAS under consideration for a few years) I think their biggest mistake was pushing previous Nickelodeon heads to the top of Neopets, of course all they care and know about is targeting things to children. I don't think they realized just how many older players there are on the site and that most of the 'serious' players are over the age of 18 and probably have been playing for YEARS.
I do agree that I would have liked to see Adam and Donna stay, or I wish they could have released TwinSkies when they originally announced they would. I probably would have left Neopets for it. xD But they left for good reason, they didn't agree with what Viacom was doing to Neopets and it's sad. I do miss the old days (and when I say old days I don't mean like 2005 lol) but I think Neopets can be saved if they make some realizations about their user base and where WE want the site to go. I hate to admit it but my dream job, for years, was to work at Neopets. Dead serious. Either as their receptionist or as their support staff. I've played Neopets since the VERY beginning, joined 16 days after it launched and I've played ever since. It's been a huge part of my life, I have thousands of dollars in their old merchandise and a lot of merchandise regular people can't buy (or you couldn't buy in stores) all sealed in display boxes (mint condition) and what not. I'm a huge Neopets nerd and it saddens me what the site has come to.
Be jealous. ;D Only 250 were made and only given to TNT Staff and guess who has one?!Spoiler
Your plushie is absolutely adorable. Don't think Adam and Donna would be much better. Since they earned all that money they changed a lot, see what their ex workers in Meteor Games have to say: http://www.glassdoor...ews-E218571.htm I just started playing MG games because they owned the company, but they are horrible! They laid off 90% of their staff in Christmas, on Treasure Keepers, we saw some weird things going on, after a month without news from them (updates were almost daily and they suddenly stopped), a worker came and said there'd be an update, and said the rumours of TK closure were false. The update consisted in only one item, cash item, that was a bloody recolour of an already existing item that was non-cash and was VERY expensive. WTF. That was two weeks before they closed Neopets Treasure Keepers. On Island Paradise they did exactly the same, stopped updates, posts from workers, contests etc. Then they came with a last update of some recoloured cash items that are super duper and nothing was heard again. Adam resigned and left (divorced?), the CEO resigned, Donna was left alone and posted 3 months later of no news or explanations or apologies, she says something about hush-hush stuff going on and that updates are coming again soon (probably she was trying again what they did on NTK calming people down so they keep buying cash stuff). No updates came of course and I got pissed off and uninstalled all their bloody games, so I dont know if they closed Island Paradise in the end or not.
You say they dont agree with what viacom was doing to Neopets, but they did exactly the same and worse, because what they did was not trying to earn money with their games, they were trying to scam people making them buy recoloured items when they knew they were gonna close (but they said they weren't), sure they already laid off the artist when that happened. .Seriously, I got very disappointed with them. I hope if I win 100m pounds once I dont become so horrible.
Edited by Hydrange, 10 April 2012 - 04:11 PM.
