The fools blew it

[lizblackdog]

Today: Big Neopets site revamp. Pictures under the cut...

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Lesson of the day? Don't get attached to virtual pets that live on someone else's servers. It feels a bit like someone snuck in and replaced Spike and Squish with badly-made poseable plastic dolls while I was sleeping. And then expected me to be pleased about it.

Comments

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

I'm more than annoyed. My Eyrie and Pteri both look like they've been killed, stuffed and mounted - and my Pteri's fucking cross-eyed! And my poor beautiful Krawk. I spent nearly three million NP making him look like that, and now he looks fucking retarded.

There's this, from the News page: "We would also like to mention that if you aren't happy with the change to any of your Neopets, don't go hunting for a morphing potion just yet! You may find justice early next week. ;)"

I am really hoping that means we may yet have the option to revert to the old artwork. It's still on the servers. Because if not, I don't see myself staying. I can't look at those ghastly caricatures every day.

[lemmingpie.livejournal.com]

That is what is worst of all, for those of us who want our pets not to look all cutsie, we have to earn all the NP to get what we want, only to have them change the image file a month or so down the road.
It's really unfair.
They should make a few poses perhaps that one can choose from for their pet's specific coloring to represent, but I -hate- how they do things like this.

And I dont' even get what that little message means...it's not april fools or anything, what are they even doing? Ohhhhh, Neopets.

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

And that's another thing. There are no poses any more. They don't look sad when a shop's out of stock, they don't look happy when you feed them, they don't look angry when they battle - just the same stiff, dead pose the whole time. It's heartbreaking.

Also, do you remember the little personality quirks they asked for when you create a pet? Those are now displayed on the pet lookup - BUT they are all the same. "Captain_Snarkwing likes gathering food.
When meeting others, Captain_Snarkwing would act very friendly."

When I created him he liked hunting (I think) and taunting others from a distance. Hate, hate, hate, hate.

(I just realised that I don't even know your Neo username. Or did you tell me and I'm so upset it's gone out of my mind?)

[lemmingpie.livejournal.com]

Aw man, I remember the different poses and emotion, they were fun. Why does Neo have to do these things, it doesn't make them better. Sometimes no change is best...

I created my pets forever ago, so I didn't get to choose the personality things for them, I wonder if that is an option now...

My username is piratescrap, I dont' think I ever told you before. I'll have to get on there and add you as a neofriend (if that's still what they are called.)
I feel so disconnected from the Neoworld, I used to be consumed...it's a black void!

[lemmingpie.livejournal.com]

Okay, not to be pesty, but you'll appreciate my horror when I logged in and....

My kougra looks ridiculous!!

I may have to get consumed by Neopets instead of Sims Pets on my two week break from school, tough call.

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

No, absolutely. I'm not especially into Kougras, so I don't have a clear memory of what they looked like before. But I know how upsetting it is. I've been obsessed with Neo for months, but this has made me seriously wonder if I can bear to keep playing.