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The second round of our Costume Contest is now open! Go vote!

You are given three votes, and you may vote for whichever costumes made it to this round. (The top rated 75 pets from round one moved on. If your costume didn't make it, never fear! It could show up as a staff pick at the end! )

You may vote for three different Neopets, three of the same pets, or however you want to spread your votes around! You may not vote for yourself.

As a reminder, please only use one jnAccount to vote. Each year, we disqualify a handful of people that made the contest unfair by voting on several accounts. We are also silently discarding your votes if you used more than one jnAccount to vote in round one.

This year's Haunted Mansion has returned at the NC Mall. It will last through until October 31st.

TNT has announced several exciting updates in this week's Neopian Times Editorial. Here's a quick overview:

Beta Updates
The next round of beta updates is due next week and will include conversions of flash game favourites Faerie Bubbles, Ultimate Bullseye II, and Destruct-o-Match III. Beware those faerie bubbles, though:

Faerie Bubbles does have a known issue in that it’s very, very, very, very, very difficult right now but we will be patching that fix soon! ~~Gutterfoot

Pet Slots and Unconversions
No official release date yet, but TNT are planning to release Pet Slots in the NC Mall by the holiday season. They'll be permitted on main and side accounts alike, so feel free to dream as big as your real-world wallet will allow! Prices are still unannounced.

TNT is focusing on Pet Slots for the moment, but the return of UCs is in the works. Big news there:

you will be able to unconvert existing pets so no need to make brand new ones!

That means you can go ahead and start saving up to paint your dream pets right now while we await the UC re-release. Head over to Dr. Sloth's Image Emporium to plot your choices:


TNT will also be fixing UC customization in the beta site so that all your new UCs can be properly background-ed.

On a related note, another name purge is in the works, but it likely won't happen before Pet Slots arrive and UCs return. Gutterfoot reports that back-end dev tasks like purges can be complicated, and they're trying to balance such tasks with content and events for users.

Miscellaneous
A few other updates from this week's Editorial:

• Despite fears arising after the release of the Metaverse roadmap, TNT assures users that they have no intention of letting the main site ever become pay-to-play beyond current Premium and NC Mall options.
• Now that this year's Usukicon brought cell phones and cars to Neopia, technology restrictions on Neopian Times submissions have been lifted—your characters are now welcome to drive to Altador and beyond!
• Legends & Letters items, including collectibles such as a stamp and book, will be made tradeable at last!

You can read the rest here:


Let us know in the comments if you have plans to unconvert any of your pets or collect a whole army of Darigan warriors with the coming Pet Slots!

The first round of voting in our Costume Contest is will be closing on Friday, October 15th at 11:59 PM NST! If you haven't yet, go vote!

Just like last year, round one is a rating round. You have the opportunity to rate all entries with a "Yay" (aka a thumbs up if you like it) or a "Nay" (aka a thumbs down if you don't like it). The 75 pets with the highest cumulative ratings will move on to the next round, where normal voting resumes.

Also, if you vote for all 211 entries this year, you'll get an extra bonus vote to use in round three, where the voting gets more cut throat!

And as a quick warning as in year's past, please only use one jnAccount to vote. Each year we usually have to disqualify a handful of people that made the contest unfair by voting on several accounts.

In celebration of Bori Day, a new colour is available:


A new Armin inspired clothing set is also now active: