Is neo really healthy for anyone?
By Raya
I started playing neo 5 years ago. It is sad how low neopets has sunk. I have often wondered if neo really a healthy environment?
Tnt says that helping other users get games avatars, nps, etc is cheating. If you do not earn your avatars yourself you are vile scum. Apparently Tnt has never heard of group projects which is a bit ironic since Tnt is in itself a team. I certainly hope if one of them has a problem they don't go ask one of their colleagues for help after all that would be cheating wouldn't it? If you can't answer a homework question or you get stuck in a video game the natural thing is to ask someone for help yet Tnt is saying that this is wrong and it's cheating.
On the topic of how fair the site is, get this. A friend of mine caught a super battledome pet. The bdcer who had been hacked and lost the pet complained and tnt GAVE IT BACK! That's right. The great tnt who says if you give out your pass you get nothing back gave this person the pet back. They did not reimburse my friend the one million nps it cost to get the pet. There was on super sweet girl on neopets who did everything honestly. She and a known scammer were frozen. Who got uniced? The scammer because she was premie.
When it comes to making nps how is the site very fair at all? If you want to do things honestly you have to sit and refresh for hours on end in hopes of getting a rare item. Even then you'll probably get frozen. just look at the avatar collectors. Honestly I think the people who use programs are smarter. They're not wasting their lives in front of a computer screen to get virtual money. Even if they get frozen, they haven't lost the hours and hours they spent getting nps on the site. The moral of the story is it's better to cheat. That's a great lesson XD
Oh also it's perfectly fine to be greedy on neo :) Tnt explains it away as inflation. How nice. Sharing is a nono. If you get scammed it's your fault! Whatever happened to share and share alike? Tipping is bad
too. I mean if you want to give somebody something for their troubles you're not very nice at all. Waitresses and waiters get tips all the time. According to tnt we shouldn't do this.
Worst of all tnt encourages kids to spend every waking hour in front of the computer. You might miss an avatar!
I know exactly what most neopians would say. "You can't compare this to real life!" or "You're just jealous of the really good players!!!! If you hate the site so much why don't you quit! Why do you play so long if you hate it so much!" I think playing neo has dulled their brains. I've been on neo 5 years but that doesn't mean I've played 24/7 for 5 years. Also I never said I hated the site. I hate what they teach people, but there are many fun aspects that remain. In fact I took a2 year break. When I get busy I go on neo maybe once a week.
Don't let neo control your life. Ultimately it is, was, and always will be, just a game.
Raya