Hi. I am the person formerly known as nordic_chill on Neopets. 

by nordic_chill

I was a regular player, and had been for almost 4 years. I was on my 2nd account (not because my old account was frozen, but because I wanted to get on the forums), and doing okay in my perspective. I had two Kougras, both happy and fed, and was saving up for a Silver Paintbrush for one of them. I had completed the Tale of Woe plot to the best of my ability. 

But still, in the back of my mind, I had a hatred for this site. The advertisements were getting way too out of hand. One banner ad had two avatars kissing, when you aren't supposed to talk about romance. McDonald's, General Mills, Disney, and all sorts of companies were in half of the games that were released in the news. The TNT seemed to be more concerned with merchandise than the actual players. But I kept playing, with a shard of hope that they would get their act together in time. 

Then I read your site. It had the truth. An awful truth, but a truth none the less. 

You are absolutely right. The whole place is nothing but pixels and data that any schmo could create. It's not real. My time spent on there is. And now I see that the train of my life was very, very close to hitting a penny on the rails - okay, bad metaphor. I was making a fool of myself. My effort in school was weakening, because I was more interested in playing this game. My body began to get worse because I was just sitting there. Grades lowering. Weight rising. Not very pleasant when you think about it. 

Thank you for giving me that last little push to get off. But I am afraid that I'm going to go back eventually. Maybe during a summer vacation, when I have time in my schedule to play online more. Or maybe to relieve grief. I dunno, but I think that I will get sucked back. 

So I'm bookmarking your page, to remind me never to go back. 

And I have two cats already. I did when I started. This makes me even more mad at myself, because I chose a virtual alternative when I had the real thing already. Sad. 

TNT, YOU MANIACS. You blew my life up. Damn you. Damn you all to heck. 

And thank you, the creator of this site, for putting it back together. 


Sincerely, 

- Not telling my real name, but... FORMERLY nordic_chill. 

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