 67 Ways to Know You're a Loyal User
by umbreon54399
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Recently, with the addition of the Almost Abandoned Attic, there has been a lot of controversy over who is a loyal user and who is not. Understandably, everybody wants to be a loyal user now so that they can get those cushy perks. Well, being a loyal user means a lot more than perks – it means that you were a loyal user long before there was a such term as “loyal user.” It means that you have been with Neopets through the ups and downs, the rights and lefts, the forwards and backwards, the slants and diagonals, and possibly even a bit of 4-dimensional time travel. It means that you not only signed up for Neopets a long time ago, but you’ve spent a LOT of time on it. And, since “long” and “lot” really aren’t very clear, here are 67 ways to know you’re a loyal user (in no definable order):
1. You were super jealous of the guy who defeated Jazan’s dad. 2. You’ve survived Meridell vs. Darigan Citadel 3. Maraqua vs. Pirates
4. and Meepits vs. Feepits.
5. You remember when there were 4 categories in the Games Room, instead of 25.
6. You can draw a map of Neopia blindfolded, but might have trouble finding Earth on a map of Earth.
7. You not only remember Maraqua for the many years that it was a ruinous whirlpool, but you can remember when it was an actual city.
8. You hear “I AM DOCTOR SLOTH” and duck, instead of waiting for a Transmogrification Potion.
9. “The back of Neopia? What are you talking about? Neopia is just a giant circle in space!”
10. Jeran was one of your childhood heroes, and you might have spent whole days looking for that magic portal to take you to Meridell.
11. Stupid Hoban. Can’t stay on the boat. Then we have to go find him and WHO KNOWS where he’s gone off to...
12. You were devastated when your precious Petpets disappeared for almost two weeks! 13. When your Neopet mentions “Malkus Vile” at Coltzan’s Shrine, you shake your fist and remember trying to figure that plot out. Stupid parrot.
14. You have multiple stacks of Neopets: The Official Magazine somewhere under your bed... or possibly right next to you.
15. You know where Terror Mountain gets its name.
16. You were there when the Archives section of the Neopian Times was the hottest edition.
17. Ah... That good ol’ sidebar...
18. You spent hours playing Neoquest... and still don’t know how to get through that rotten door.
19. You hear dial-up’s “Duh-nuh-NUH! Du...uuu...uuu...” and think of Neopets.
20. You have hundreds of Neopets TCG cards right next to your magazines.
21. You thought that PETPETS were going a little too far...
22. You’re still waiting for the promised Neoschool.
23. You see a pair of Lucky Green Boots and laugh.
24. You spent hours trying to beat ??? in Tug o War, and many more hours wondering who he was.
25. You have spent hundreds of thousands of Neopoints on the Terror Mountain scratch cards.
26. You remember when plots weren’t always G-rated...
27. Your Safety Deposit Box is full of Advent Calendar items that you know will be worth something one day!
28. You scoured Neopia looking for the Hidden Tower.
29. You spent hours playing Kacheek Seek, because you weren’t very good at the other ten games available to play.
30. You were there for the actual 50th edition of the Neopian Times.
31. What happened to just having ONE training camp? 32. And what happened to just having ONE currency? 33. Remember when a circle was the only background you could have?
34. You have a few totems lying around that used to be pretty valuable...
35. You were there for the “stone age” section of the Neopian Times.
36. You MAILED in your permission form to use Neomail.
37. You remember the Comics phase of the plots.
38. In addition to the aforementioned wars, you’ve been scorched by the Lost Desert 39. bashed by Sloth’s Minions
40. and bamboozled by who ate what at Coltzan’s last dinner.
41. You were as surprised as everybody at the plot of Neoquest II.
42. You were there when Neopets had practically zero ads.
43. You had at least one Neopets shirt, and maybe fifty.
44. You played the games in the Game Graveyard before they were dead.
45. You were there not only for Destruct O Match II, but also Destruct O Match I.
46. Years ago, you bought your Eyrie Sweater so you could put it on your Eyrie, and then you waited... 47. You cried when the Pant Devil “stole” all your items on April 1... and then they “returned” like magic!
48. You were there when the Stone Paint Brush wasn’t retired.
49. Used to be only PETS could be painted.
50. The Island Mystic has gone missing! That’s too bad, since he was SOOOO important... 51. Jelly World was once just a dream... Now it’s only a myth...
52. You pretended to be a Neopet in real life. And when your mother would ask why you could talk if you were an animal, you would have to explain to her the difference between an animal and a Neopet.
53. Neoquest 3D, anyone?
54. The best graphics WE ever got was that awesome Flash video at the Battledome.
55. What happened to Neodeck cards being the only things to collect? 56. You remember the monster lurking behind the tree...
57. Everybody in your class would talk about how many Neopoints they won from the Wheel of Excitement.
58. You remember when Neopets was just for the computer.
59. I say “Achoo,” and you think, “I’M GOING TO FIND YOU MEUKA!”
60. You had a debate on the playground over whether NeoPetz announced on April 1 was going to be cool or really dumb (I was a part of the “fun” side).
61. You probably fell prey to a couple Trading Post chain mails, huh? 62. The Shop Wizard was the BEST INVENTION EVER! 63. You were really freaked out the first time you saw the Random Event “All your Neopoints have been stolen, and all your pets are sick, and...”
64. You ventured into the Lair of the Beast... And when you didn’t get it, you tried it a couple more times to see if you could figure it out.
65. You are very familiar with who Donna and Adam are, and probably attempted to Neomail them a bajillion times.
66. You waited and waited and waited to get into Kelp.
67. You were there when the giant earthquake ripped the Ice Caves in two to reveal... Tyrannia!
These aren’t all the ways to know you’re a loyal user, but they’re the first ones that came to my head. As you can see, the loyal users of Neopia have done a LOT for the sake of this world, and they deserve to have some excellent loyalty perks (*cough* Draik eggs *cough*). But even if you’re not a loyal user, stick around. There are and always will be lots of reasons to be a user on Neopets.
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