Introduction
This isn't so much a guide as maybe a PSA to everyone who has made a silly cheating mistake. It happens to the best of us, though I have to imagine many people just give up. I was inspired to write this after accidentally making a score I sent way too high (much higher than the high score for the game) but still avoided being frozen. Sometimes the best way to fight fire is with fire, so may I introduce to you the wonderful function of self-freezing!
What is self-freezing?
Self-freezing is the act of deactivating your own account as if frozen. Just like Facebook, you're given the option to disable your account. Fortunately it can be reactivated by submitting a ticket, and in my experience it doesn't take too long. The following link leads you to the deactivation page: http://www.neopets.com/remacct.phtml
How does this help me?
Self-freezing may be the great forget-me-now pill! TNT has been known to freeze people at strange times for unclear reasons but from my experience, self-freezing is a great way to get the heat off. You might run into a number of problems cheating but a few examples are:
-Sending an impossible score
-Getting a sent score reviewed
-Autobuying with low times
-Autobuying a super expensive item you wouldn't want to lose
-Using multiple programs at once/impossible activity
If you do something suspicious or illegal and you have the opportunity, self-freeze almost immediately - almost because first you are going to have to obtain some information.
How to self-freeze and un-freeze
Step 1
The first step is gathering the information you need to get unfrozen. On the bottom of any neopets page, you will find the help button (below the search bar). Click it (or go here: http://www.neopets.com/help.phtml) and click the "Submit a Ticket" button. Pretend as if you are submitting your ticket to get unfrozen already and go through the form and write down all the information you need, such as neofriends, passwords, NC items, etc.
Step 2
You can now go ahead and deactivate your account by going here: http://www.neopets.com/remacct.phtml. I would wait 4-8 days or so before taking any other action, as otherwise it looks suspicious.
Step 3
Ok, now that your cooldown is over, find the information you saved from step 1 and fill out a reactivation ticket. You'll need a new account to do this unless you have a side account - I recommend making this new account with the same email as your old one. You may see fit to include a reason as to why you deactivated, though I'm not sure if it's necessary. I won't include excuses; you should be capable of coming up with something simple and reasonable! Then just wait to be reactivated 
. You can probably expect something to happen within a week or so.
Why does this help?
Anything I say at this point is just conjecture. It's possible that in the process of deactivation, information is lost or buried with the time. My experience proves that at the very least, since I sent a score that would have definitely got my account frozen had I not done what I did.
Short but sweet, I hope this guide nonetheless helps save more accounts than just mine. Please feel free to post any questions, concerns, etc. so that I may improve the guide.
+rep
but as long as you know lol
