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The Neopian Times Editorial is a (usually) weekly column hosted by The Neopets Team that answers questions direct from Neopians. Unfortunately, these Q&A's are not easily searched on the Neopets site, so we've created our own searchable database. Convenient for looking up past answers!
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can u pls make more 8bit backgrounds for 8bit pets. ~frozen_boi
Our 8-Bit friends definitely need more customization options! We will for sure look into making some fun backgrounds for them to frolic in! ~~Stone
From Neopian Times, Issue 977 (Modern) · Published February 24, 2023 · JN Editorial ID: 21564
Howdy TNT! We've recently noticed a new (ominous looking) tower pop up in Moltara. Do you or the meepits have an intel on this rather strange occurrence? Will this tower be featured or accessed soon perhaps? ~tigerium
Oh, a tower you say? How strange! Now that you mention it, I do see an unfamiliar building jutting out across the Moltara skyline... We have heard some rumblings that the influx of technological advances across Neopia has led to entirely new businesses and corporations sprouting up all over the globe. Perhaps this new high-rise is connected? Whatever the case, I hope we are lucky enough to get a peek inside soon. Maybe even sometime this year... ~~Aesop
From Neopian Times, Issue 977 (Modern) · Published February 24, 2023 · JN Editorial ID: 21563
Hi! (offers a bowl of crunchy, orange, cheesy, puffed snacks) I think it's spiffy that you've been taking item requests here in the editorial; thanks so much! Other cooperative interactions, and overall more informative transparency on the part of TNT is SO appreciated! Apropos of nothing, do you think there would be any interest in creating a pair of Crunchy, orange, cheesy, puffed snacks Gloves, and a Crunchy, orange, cheesy, puffed snacks-smeared Shirt and/or Pants? ~velvet_paw
As a fellow lover of crunchy, orange, cheesy, puffed snacks I enjoy this idea! We will definitely take it into consideration to potentially create for a random pet day or something!! We’ve been trying to do more random drops when possible so feel free to also drop suggestions through the pet day suggestion boards! Thanks again for the snack! ~~Stone
From Neopian Times, Issue 977 (Modern) · Published February 24, 2023 · JN Editorial ID: 21562
I see a lot of confusion on the boards about whether we can refer to the Neopets Discord, Facebook, Twitter, and the YouTube channel explicitly, even though the site links to those places. Are we allowed to discuss these platforms by name as long as our discussions are related to the site? (I.e., “Willow and Ivy posted a fun video on the Neopets YouTube”) ~encroached
Hello, Yes, that would be fine to discuss those if we have an official presence on them. However, this only applies to our pages, as we cannot allow any links to personal profiles or unofficial pages. ~~Kikocat
From Neopian Times, Issue 977 (Modern) · Published February 24, 2023 · JN Editorial ID: 21561
Hello! I've noticed Jhudora has a purple gruslen, but there is no purple gruslen item. could this ever be a thing? Dying to have one! ~xx_lil_billy_rox_xx
I don’t know if Jhudora would be willing to give up her unique Gruseln…but I can try talking to her about it…wish me luck ⊙﹏⊙ ~~ Stone
From Neopian Times, Issue 977 (Modern) · Published February 24, 2023 · JN Editorial ID: 21560
I recently started playing Neopets after a very long hiatus. I have been trying to collect avatars but realized a few of the stamps needed are now retired or was only released for a special event. Is there anyway of earning those retired stamps again? Example given them out as Coincidence prizes, random events, or selling them at the hidden tower? This way it would at least be possible to earn the stamp avatars. Thanks ~losbumbum
Advent Calendar gave us some excellent info on different ways we could possibly reintroduce retired stamps and other difficult if not impossible-to-attain items back into the economy so that new or returning players such as yourself have a chance to earn them. We are looking into the best ways to do so with the team now, such as having more retired items appear as possible prizes in future events. However, we are also considering ways to increase their circulation through onsite activities and shops such as the Coincidence and Hidden Tower! Please share any feedback or ideas you might have on this topic in the February 2023 Neopets Community Survey (the link to which can be found at the top of this editorial), as your input often helps us decide the best course of action! ~~Aesop
From Neopian Times, Issue 977 (Modern) · Published February 24, 2023 · JN Editorial ID: 21559
...About the Caption Contest Cheating? All Top 7 contestants are breaking the rules CLEARLY laid out HERE in Editorial #972. Art boards, Quest boards, Avatar boards, NC and Pound boards...just about every section of the Neoboards has MULTIPLE topics by EACH of the top 7 that offer votes, SSW searches, and/or rare items/pet lends in exchange for CC votes. If they are allowed to win the Gold trophy and avatar by cheating...the cheating will only continue. It is not fair to the other contestants...not fair to the contest. It is so frustrating to see the cheating ramp up again...will be doubly frustrating to see it get rewarded. Please do what you said would be done with Rule-breakers. Thank you for looking. ~fullonparanoid
Hello, we recently had a new little training session to get our moderators updated on the Caption Contest rules and make sure they are quickly caught. So in the future, any boards breaking Caption Contest rules will now be taken down appropriately and those found breaking the rules will be warned. ~~Kikocat
From Neopian Times, Issue 977 (Modern) · Published February 24, 2023 · JN Editorial ID: 21558
As a reminder, collabs must now state what each collaborator contributed to the piece. We understand that this new rule may not have been seen by many people yet, so for this edition, we tried to be lenient on this. However, from now on if this is not included in the submission it will not be taken into consideration for publication.
For clarification, this just has to be stated in a comment when sent in. It doesn't have to be part of the piece in any way unless you would like it to be. ~~Stone
From Neopian Times, Issue 977 (Modern) · Published February 24, 2023 · JN Editorial ID: 21604
Hello Neopians! If you haven’t already, we'd appreciate it if you could spare a few minutes to share your thoughts with us through our February 2023 Neopets Community Survey and GIVEAWAY!
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From Neopian Times, Issue 977 (Modern) · Published February 24, 2023 · JN Editorial ID: 21603
TNT, you've done it all in 2022. This was a great year for content. You've released new clothing sets, you've added more new stamps to the site, you've released new Booktastic Books, you've made Talpidat r98. You've added new Seashells, new Gourmet Foods, and you've even added a new album: Card Collector. What an amazing year! Keep going!! ~discoleon
From Neopian Times, Issue 976 (Modern) · Published February 10, 2023 · JN Editorial ID: 21556
Hi! Loving the new items lately but please fix the mythical winter wig for Draiks please! Thank you ~alakazam
Hello! This item should be fixed now, happy customising! :) ~~ Miss Rainbow
From Neopian Times, Issue 976 (Modern) · Published February 10, 2023 · JN Editorial ID: 21555
Hello there! I have a question that's been bothering me for a while, and I'd like to hear the official answer: are the Altador Cup teams like the human Olympics, in that the best players from each land represent their team, or more like, say, football, where players can come from any land and sign to any team that wants them and then be traded around? Looking forward to hearing the truth! Thanks! ~jrayeb3
An excellent question! Altador Cup teams are more akin to a sport like football than the Olympics. Although the athletes do represent different lands, they can be traded to different teams regardless of which land they might call home! ~~Aesop
From Neopian Times, Issue 976 (Modern) · Published February 10, 2023 · JN Editorial ID: 21554
Hiya! Could we have a cap that released former monthly collectible items from the mall? That would be awesome!! Please remove my username and also this message, thanks TNT! ~Anonymous
Hello! This is a very clever idea! We will take note of this! We appreciate you writing in :) ~~Miss Rainbow
From Neopian Times, Issue 976 (Modern) · Published February 10, 2023 · JN Editorial ID: 21553
I believe there should be a day to celebrate everything Maraqua! It's a special colour that is limited on clothing options and could be fun to get a new Maraquan pet or petpets. I think it would do well as a new holiday in July! ~kougra_luver246
What an intriguing idea! Now that you mention it, it seems strange that there are no holidays celebrating Maraqua. Thank you so much for the suggestion :) Our team will discuss the idea of a new Maraqua-themed holiday and where it might fit best in the Neopian Calendar! ~~Aesop
From Neopian Times, Issue 976 (Modern) · Published February 10, 2023 · JN Editorial ID: 21552
Hey TNT, the Birthday Slorg is drawn as a plushie and not a petpet. Any chance it could ever have it's art updated to fix this? ~big_spider
Hello! Stiches, be gone! The art has been updated and you should no longer confuse this Birthday Slorg as something filled with fluff and stuff hehe. ~~ Miss Rainbow
From Neopian Times, Issue 976 (Modern) · Published February 10, 2023 · JN Editorial ID: 21551
Hiya! I loved the first episode of Nosy Neopians! Its great to get to know the real people who work so hard behind the scenes! We haven't had a Neopian Times for a few weeks now - will Nosy Neopians be replacing the Neopian Times? ~poizen
Nope! We are excited about Nosy Neopians too, but nothing will ever replace the Neopian Times! In fact, we put together a rough schedule for upcoming Neopian Times you can check out at the Neopian Writers Neoboard. ~~ Stone
From Neopian Times, Issue 976 (Modern) · Published February 10, 2023 · JN Editorial ID: 21550
Hello, I noticed the Water Skree has a transparent background, instead of white. It makes it look odd on my pet's lookup, which I coded to have a dark grey background. Any chance the Water Skree's icon could be fixed to have a white background like normal? This also affects the Water Greeble. Thanks! ~nightmare
Hello! This has been fixed and you should no longer see the transparent background, thanks for writing in! :) ~~ Miss Rainbow
From Neopian Times, Issue 976 (Modern) · Published February 10, 2023 · JN Editorial ID: 21549
Hi. Editorial 965 mentioned that an Other III stamp avatar was in the works. When will this avatar be released? I'm looking forward to it. ~_brainchild_
Sorry for the delay, but this long-awaited avatar is finally live! We also just released the Charms stamp page avatar as well, so both long-overdue stamp avatars have officially arrived! ~~Aesop
From Neopian Times, Issue 976 (Modern) · Published February 10, 2023 · JN Editorial ID: 21548
Hi, Splunkin here. Long time reader first time submission. I am gay and love the new pretties released in the NC mall! However, I was wondering if there is a possibility to release more masculine items more often for pets who identify as masculine. Armor pieces, a nice fall button up and casual clothes, more variety of wigs, Warlock items, maybe some stealthy looking clothes (No reason stealthies should have all the fun!) Occupational/hobby clothes would be awesome as well! I made a board on the NC chat and many agreed, we would love more masculine options for our little homies to express themselves. (: Thank you for the work you have all been putting into the site, would love to see more representation for pets who identify as male or more masculine. Hope you have a great road map roll out and I'm excited to see the changes to come! ~skootrocity
Hello! We’re happy to hear you’ve been enjoying the items in the NC Mall! And we hear you, we will definitely boost up the amount of masculine items we release :) Thanks for writing in! ~ Miss Rainbow
From Neopian Times, Issue 976 (Modern) · Published February 10, 2023 · JN Editorial ID: 21547
Hello Neopians!
To help with future Neopian Times submissions we have laid out some rules that we will be going by from now on:
To avoid confusion, users will no longer receive messages if their entries are being held.
Entries will be cleared out after each edition. So if your submission was not accepted in the most recent NT, you can try revising and resubmitting for the next issue!
Entries can be submitted by up to 3 collaborators, however, going forward, any entries with collaborators must include a comment providing details explaining which part of the submission each person worked on.
Please keep in mind that continued comics or shorts are not always guaranteed to be in the next edition, as they can be spread out based on which types of issues we have as well as the quality of the submission. Just because the first part was accepted, does not mean the second part will be in the next edition. If you don’t see it published in the most recent edition, you can always revise and resubmit!
Entries will no longer be edited after publication unless there are major input errors.
NT_Editor account has not been active for some time, so please direct NT questions and concerns towards the Editorial. ~~Stone
From Neopian Times, Issue 976 (Modern) · Published February 10, 2023 · JN Editorial ID: 21557
I just wanted to tell you, that I like that you release other items on pets days now. I am really looking forward to see what items get released besides clothing. ~padxe TNT, Thank you for an AMAZING Advent Calendar this year. It made playing 10x better this season. I appreciate all the fun gifts as well as really hard to get/expensive/rare items. Plus the new one are really fun! Thanks again for the fun times this season and look forward to more fun shenanigans! ~reignoftheman2 The Advent Calendar was absolutely incredible, THANK YOU SO MUCH!! ~crazydinosaur Hi TNT, Thank you so much for the amazing prizes this Advent Calendar!!! It was amazing to receive such rare items and to hear you taking on board the complaints of users regarding rare items being hard to obtain! Thank you again :) ~rainbowflower_ Hi TNT! Thanks for the wonderful gifts in the advent calendar this year. I jumped back into playing just for AC, and now I'm fully addicted again like when I was 10 (I'm 29 now). -no tags here-3 I just wanted to drop TNT a note to say thank you so much for this years Advent Calendar. You guys really pulled it out of the bag with the prizes. I have only recently come back to Neopets this year, and this has given me a reason to keep logging on daily. Appreciate the effort the team put in, and I'm looking forward to what's to come in the future! Take care and I hope you all had an amazing Christmas and a Happy New Year! :) ~paulah2004 Happy new year! I just want to say thank you to as much of the staff as I can. In recent years I've felt like the site was becoming a relic, and had pretty much written it off entirely as more and more functionality was lost (flash). Felt like watching a pet you love slowly succumb to old age. I'm so glad I listened to my best friends and checked in on things recently...the passion the staff has for the site and the users is astonishing! I'm so excited to login every day again now! I'm just beyond words with joy and appreciation for all the work you're doing and continuing to do. I've re-subbed to premium after cancelling 2 or 3 years ago because I'm just so eager to support y'all. I can't wait to see what comes next!! Pls don't publish this because I'd die of embarrassment lmbo but THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND ENERGY it's definitely shining through in every aspect of the site :D ~faeishh The new maps are so beautiful!!!!! They gave me the biggest hit of nostalgia at the end of an otherwise not-so-great day. Not to mention how outstanding the Advent Calendar has been this year. Seriously, thank you for all your hard work, love, and energy you pour into this community. Like so many others, Neopets is my favorite escape, and we wouldn't be able to have it without your efforts. Happy Holidays, TNT! ~neur0nerd The new maps are so beautiful!!!!! They gave me the biggest hit of nostalgia at the end of an otherwise not-so-great day. Not to mention how outstanding the Advent Calendar has been this year. Seriously, thank you for all your hard work, love, and energy you pour into this community. Like so many others, Neopets is my favorite escape, and we wouldn't be able to have it without your efforts. Happy Holidays, TNT! ~neur0nerd
From Neopian Times, Issue 975 (Modern) · Published January 13, 2023 · JN Editorial ID: 21546
Hi TNT! *tosses edible cookie dough - no really, it's delicious!* I was discussing the "no romance" rule with a friend recently, and we were both a pretty confused with how it's worded in the official rules vs. in editorials. The rules only say no "sexual content", which is an entirely separate concept from romance (see: asexuality, which we're allowed to mention now!). Just the concept of people dating/being married/having romantic relationships is child-friendly, and kids see it happen in the real world all the time. Under the wording in the official rules, it looks like I could mention two pets/characters as "dating" (or "married", or "together") without any issue, but I know from past editorials that this isn't true at all! Could you either update the wording in the rules to make it clearer, or change the policy to allow casual and chaste mentions of romance with no sexual content? Thank you! :) Please remove my username. ~Anoynmous
This is a tough one! You can, of course, mention if your pet is married, dating or in a relationship. However, you couldn't go into details about that relationship in detail or be out looking for a relationship with other pets. ~~Kikocat
From Neopian Times, Issue 975 (Modern) · Published January 13, 2023 · JN Editorial ID: 21545
Hi, 2022's Advent Calendar gave us few nice battledome items. Roxtons Trusty Bowie Knife dealing 15 icons and blocking 75% earth (It would've been cool if it was 100% blocker or reflected) and Feeling Better Soup, Once per Battle item that heals 50% and fully blocks air, making it unique 50% healer. To be honest, when i got this, i though it was food item and not battledome item. Soup's item description is bit confusing since it says This One Use Item was given out by the Advent Calendar in Y24 When others that have used in battle says it's once per battle item. I hope item description gets fixed, saying This once per Battle item was given out by the Advent Calendar in Y24. Please don't make it one use... Anyway, Happy New Year to all TNT workers. Please don't mention my name. ~Anonymous
So happy to see how much users have been appreciating the new Battledome items that we released during the Advent Calendar! As for the Feel Better Soup, you are correct that this weapon was intended to be once per battle, and our team can definitely see how the item description is causing confusion. We went in and updated the item description to better reflect that it can be used once per battle. Thank you for bringing this to our attention so that we can cut down on any future confusion, and have a Happy New Year! ~~Aesop
From Neopian Times, Issue 975 (Modern) · Published January 13, 2023 · JN Editorial ID: 21544
Hi, TNT! I have a question for Kikocat, if possible. Each time a new art gallery gets posted, I see several artists posting beautiful pieces on social media that they submitted but that was not chosen. It just breaks my heart to see all that effort not recognized on site! Could we possibly have bigger art galleries, like, two pages at least for each special day? Adding more paint brushes to the economy would help with the ongoing inflation, too. Thank you for considering this request. ~swordlilly
Hi, kikocat here! I can try to do two pages for each gallery when we do get more entries. The system makes me have 12 entries on a page before I can submit it to the site so some days we don't have enough for the 24 slots but if we do have that many then of course!! The more art highlighted on the site the better!!! ~~Kikocat
From Neopian Times, Issue 975 (Modern) · Published January 13, 2023 · JN Editorial ID: 21543
Hello TNT. Could you please change the name of the item "Sticks N Stones" to "Sticks N Stones Speaker"? It's rather confusing as it is right now. Us rock and roll fans will greatly appreciate it. Thanks a lot! :) ~chasingshadow
Thank you so much for reaching out with that superb suggestion! The team agreed that the item name could certainly be confusing, so we changed the name to read "Sticks N Stones Speaker" instead. Rock on! ~~Aesop
From Neopian Times, Issue 975 (Modern) · Published January 13, 2023 · JN Editorial ID: 21542
TNT! What a wonderful advent calendar, it kept me exciting and coming back daily, I had SO much fun. And you finished it off in the perfect way- a new exciting site theme! I was really excited to use it, but when I went to my userlookup, I see my site themes didn't go up a number. I was excited to finally hit 25! Is this something that can be fixed? ~slipperoux
HELLO! A great question. We took a look into it and we saw that all counts appeared correct. If you see any other issues regarding this, please submit a ticket to our support staff. ~~Yarner
From Neopian Times, Issue 975 (Modern) · Published January 13, 2023 · JN Editorial ID: 21541
Oh no, so sorry to hear about your cards going missing! Although we currently do not have any plans to re-release card packs, you might be excited to hear that we are working on an entirely new line of Neopets collectible trading cards with the Upper Deck Company! This new trading card collection is slated for release in late summer of this year, so be sure to keep an eye out! ~~Aesop
Hello! So glad you’re enjoying the prizes! A skateboard WOULD be a great addition… Love the idea and we’ll try and roll one out soon x) Thanks! ~~Miss Rainbow
From Neopian Times, Issue 975 (Modern) · Published January 13, 2023 · JN Editorial ID: 21540
Hey TNT! As a kid, I loved the Neopets TCG. But when I moved, somehow my cards went missing (though my mom is looking suspicious) Is there any chance you would re-release card packs? Hope your day is just dandy! ~puter809
Oh no, so sorry to hear about your cards going missing! Although we currently do not have any plans to re-release card packs, you might be excited to hear that we are working on an entirely new line of Neopets collectible trading cards with the Upper Deck Company! This new trading card collection is slated for release in late summer of this year, so be sure to keep an eye out! ~~Aesop
From Neopian Times, Issue 975 (Modern) · Published January 13, 2023 · JN Editorial ID: 21539
Hi, I just wanted to write in and say that TNT is doing a tremendous job with the Advent Calendar this year! Maintaining fairness and combating inflation is a very challenging job, but the types of gifts this year have been a great mixture of old and new. This has definitely been one of my favorite months as a veteran player. Keep up the great work! ~herozelse Thank you so much for the Sticky Snowflake Stamp from the Advent Calendar! Stamps have been needing to be re-released for a long time; keep it up...please! -no tags here-3 ~Anonymous I have loved Meowclops for so, so long. AND THEN YOU GIVE US CHRISTMAS MEOWCLOPS. TNT. TNT I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. YOU HAVE BEEN SINGLEHANDEDLY SAVING THE NEOPIA ECONOMY. BEST ADVENT CALENDAR EVER. I take years-long hiatuses and I am SO GLAD I CAME BACK IN TIME FOR THIS. TNT. TNT. I love you. -shaking your shoulders- I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. also here's a plate of homemade cookies thank you THANK YOU -gives plate of appropriately festive decorated sugar cookies- ~kunabee_tiger Thanks for the incredible Advent Calendar TNT! It’s been over 15 years since I’ve seen so much pure joy and excitement around a site event. ~1schmidt This isn't a question, I just want to say that I'm glad that the Advent Calendar has broken some "rules" this year! I think some things have been stale for a while on Neo and this different calendar has made things more entertaining! Hopefully more other different things will come too. ~starofcolors THANK YOU TNT for the creative idea of re-releasing retired items through the advent calendar! I was pleasantly surprised when I received my cute little Snow Faerie doll from it earlier this month! There are thousands of items that are hard for new players to ever be able to afford and that are lost to time sitting in in-active accounts, so I think this was a great way to impartially treat everyone! Keep up the good work! ~Anonymous Dear TNT, Thanks for giving us the Advent Calendar mobile background early this year. Last year, when we didn’t get our Christmas mobile background until Christmas Eve, the lateness felt so wrong! Now I have the Petpet background set to my Home Screen while last year’s Reina one is on my lock screen. ~jaylahcat
From Neopian Times, Issue 974 (Modern) · Published December 16, 2022 · JN Editorial ID: 21537
So, we have a neoboard for about every topic known to Neopia. Why dont we have a board for general chat, and random topics? To stay within the rules of the boards to help keep posts *on topic* I think we need one! *sets out coffee and fresh cinnamon rolls* Please omit my username. Thank you TNT!! ~Anonymous
We did use to have a General Chat board but it became a very huge problem for the community and was filled with spam and offsite/real world topics and did end up being removed due to that. Sadly due to the enormous problems that did happen the board probably would not be able to be brought back. ~~Kikocat
From Neopian Times, Issue 974 (Modern) · Published December 16, 2022 · JN Editorial ID: 21536
