Issue 71 Reviews

[sollunaestrella]

The rest of my article reviews are here! Here they are:

How to Have a Merry Neopian Christmas by bluescorchio104—A good, Christmas-spirity article. Yay! A+

Orb is not Oxygen by lindy_guo—I didn’t want to read this, thinking it was some kind of war article, but it was very interesting and made good points. Really good! A+

The Wonderful World of Pickled Olives by onda_bianca—Interesting and definitely original. Umm…I don’t think many would participate in an olive festival, though! Still, apparently well thought-out and well-written. A

Welcome to the Land of the Rich Neopians by superopus88—Enlightening! I always rejected those Snow Faerie quests that asked for such items, but maybe I won’t next time. A good article! However, the title was a bit misleading. I thought it was going to basically preach “open a shop, play games,” but I was wrong! A

Luck: The Dividing Line Between the Rich and the Poor? by too_kule—another too_kule article. Wow…I’ve never seen that happen once before, let alone twice in one issue! Anyway…erm…well, the subject of the title is never really mentioned. The conclusion is very abrupt and ineffective. Otherwise, good, though. B+

[Lappi]

Ugh! You know that message? It's popping up EVERYWHERE. You can't refresh it, but you can click back. By the way, I really liked the NT, guys. Good job.

[Leb]

Here's the reviews! All right, so I'm a sour-kittycat brat. But I didn't like a lot of the articles this week.

Your Guide on How to Be Heroic by stoneman3x-- I knew just by the title that it's a rebuttal to "Your Guide on How to Be Evil," by felabba, and I hate rebuttal articles, but meh. That's right--this article is meh.

? Uv Corse We Can Speel! by stoneman3x-- Stone, are you having an original-writing-block? This article was so annoyingly and purposely misspelled that I refused to read it.

The Annual Christmas Decorating Contest Results by too_kule-- This was annoyingly contrived. Good effort and an original idea, but...it sounded like all the worlds were exchanging ideas, and they all sounded the same. *Award of Originality*

Goodbye Meridell? by digital_kitty512-- Sounds like a wrap-up of what Meridell is from a meh point of view, and not really the "We'll Miss You!" type of article it probably was meant to have been.

Attention Holiday Shoppers! by csattanyasbliss-- A good, thorough guide to avoid scammers while trading.

Top 20 Uses for Cups of Hot Borovan by blueangeleyes-- Very funny, and original. *Award of Originality*

It's not "Its" by oddhatter-- *cough* I do believe that sometimes you can't use apostrophes with certain types of HTML or other codes...like in my userlookup...and the rest if this article just seems nitpicky. When you become perfect, oddhatter, call me.

Mystery of Maraqua by adamsimpire-- A pretty good article, but sort of broad and repetative.

How to Have a Merry Neopian Christmas by bluescorchio104-- A pretty good article, not exactly applicable to Neopets in all cases, but still cool.

;D Orb is Not Oxygen by lindy_guo-- An original and all-around great article. Maybe Neopets can use some of these suggestions! *Award of Originality*

The Wonderful World of Pickled Olives by onda_bianca-- Some cool ideas, and a good article.

Welcome to the Land of the Rich Neopians by superopus88-- What the heck is this?? It sounds like bragging from a lucky braggart. In fact, it is.

Luck: The Dividing Line Between the Rich and The Poor? by too_kule-- Meh, an okay, if obvious, article.

[peachifruit]

Yay! You liked my comic! ;D

I've got the short story reviews, so let me get a few out of the way:

Black and White by cutiemew - This thing was just too sweet. It seems to be going in that same 'I like Meridell but then I find out they're bad' plot at first, but changes at the end. Great read. Final Black and White Grade: A+

Charmy's Christmas by miss_laddy - I reiterate: "Aw, how cute!" The ending was just sickeningly cute. A bit confusing at first, though, but cute. Charmy's Final Grade: A

Magnolia and the Christmas Caper by peachifruit - Can't review this one.

The Clumsy Shoyru by sunshine_826 - Uhhmm...Great, but the writer has a couple facts wrong. I mean, Jhudora doesn't live in a Faerie Dungeon...and if the writer wanted to keep the fact that their Shoyru got a few Hidden Tower items a secret from Della, why would she write it in the Neopian Times? A few grammatical errors, but this story was okay. The Clumsy Final Grade: B-

I'll do some more later. Right now I'm being lazy. ^^

[streamingblue]

if you can only find a few things that you like about a section.. perhaps only review on them, rather than complain about all of them just because you want to review

[calvinseviltwin]

Of course Peachie... you stop when you get to my story! (Kidding..)

[Lappi]

Thanks for reviewing them, it really helped. The "Uv Corse We Can Speel!" article was REALLY funny though, and I'd give it a !!

[Lappi]

My Reviews

That's right. My reviews. Sorry if I'm copying the way you write this, leb...

A- Uv Corse We Can Speel! -- Very funny. It's a bit confusing, but very entertaining.

B Goodbye Meridell? -- It was okay, and it provided some nice information about the war.

;D A+ Attention Holiday Shoppers! -- This was excellent! It's a guide for holiday shoppers... very hard to notice, no?

A- Top 20 Uses for Cups of Hot Borovan -- This was funny, a little repetitive, but good.

;D A+ How to Have a Merry Neopian Christmas -- It's on the front page, so of course it's good!!

A The Wonderful World of Pickled Olives -- Very creative and entertaining... Wow, there are lots of funny ones this week, aren't there?

;D ;D ;D A+++ Comics -- READ ALL OF THEM

I'll be back to review the short stories. Going to be a lot tougher than the Articles... even though I didn't read all of them yet, just follow leb's guide

[oddhatter]

leb388 said:

It's not "Its" by oddhatter-- *cough* I do believe that sometimes you can't use apostrophes with certain types of HTML or other codes...like in my userlookup...and the rest if this article just seems nitpicky. When you become perfect, oddhatter, call me.

There's a reason I didn't mention user lookups - that's a matter of programming. (more specifically, probably programming that has been blocked, though I have yet to figure out what.)

However, in the news section, apostrophes can definitely be used.

As for being nitpicky - I don't deny it. But really, this is elementary grammar and I expect a lot more from the site. All it takes is a quick proofreading.

Goodness, I've been getting so much flack from this article. Thanks for the reviews, though!=)

[Patjade]

It seems the link is broken, or Josh forgot to put up this week's Doc Zappy comic. I Emailed him, but he is probably on vacation.

The bad thing is that it's part 1 of a two-parter.

**SIGH**

If anyone wants to see it, here it is:

[Linnen Malfoy]

The Loony Bin!/Little Neopia/Petpets Kindergarten/Searching for Help
Another crossover! ^_^ I liked this one, the Snowager was cute too!

A Neopian Christmas Carol: Part Three
THE THONG! HAHAA! I stil laugh whenever I think of that picture Oddhatter. This was just brilliant (as usual). Bravo!

Neopia Acres
Clever. ^_^
Ending was odd (just the whole Merry Christmas thing). I do love how the Techo is drawn in this.



Alpha70 and MuRou
Very good Felabba! I've always loved your comics and this one was no exception!
But the ultimate question is...who will win?
*fake contemplation*


The Neo Side
I didn't understand this one, but at least it was nicely colored! ^_^;

Bucky the Babaa
Hehe, cute. I've acutaly read somewhere that fruitcake should be left to age for about a month before eating.
Then again..I've never had fruitcake. ;

confused christmas
This one was just..odd..
It was a cute idea, but I just don't think it worked out.
The last panel kinda scared me too. ;_;


Shoyru Squadron: Agents of Faerie - Christmas Special
I could kind of see this one comming, but it didn't matter it was wonderful. The art wasbetter than it's usual (amazing) level. I liked this one. ^_^

Poor Dr_Death
HA! Nicely done Karma! ^_^ I was a tad disturbed at seeing Rose's butt (for a kinder word), but it was still greta. I loved the twist with Filler.

Faces of Jub
I didn't know this until afew days ago, but someone told me that misteltoe was acutaly white and not red. That has honestly NOTHING to do with anything, but I loved this comic.
The gelert with lips scared me though (I'm very easily scared...)

Adventures of High & Star
Saw this one over in the Art section. Loved it then and love it now. ^_^

Island Nuts
Clever ^^

The Ixi Files
First that shortles Aisha scared me, now I'm paranoid that the Ixi isn't wearing pants (don't ask, dunno why...).

The Lost Gift: Part Three
I thought the little Turtum thing was cute, but the ending was a bit 'sappy'-ish (no offence intentded). It was still very very good.
The Usul seemed to be a tad plump there, but the art is so pretty. ^_^

Slice of Life
HA! Nicely done! But still...I thought petpets didn't need food...
In any case, it was great. ^^

RagnaKrawk
HA! Good one! But what would the second stept be? I could think of doing it in only two steps...

The Real McCoy
I didn't know this, but there was a TV show called The Real McCoys. That once again has NOTHING to do with anythings, but I liked this comic!


NeoFun
And even after being killed, he was still happy. ^_^
I liked this! Brilliant Meowth!


Really Confused
Cute! I liked it!
But it looked like the Meerca was wearing lipsticks ,or am I just nuts?

Sutek Muffin
This just scared me. The way the pets/petpets looked...
I was scared...


Something Has Happened
HA! Perfect revenge! ^_^
I wish I could do that when he ruins my stuff...;_;

and for Peachifruit's comic that I just remebered about (but too lazy to go back and find the name of)...
Cute! I liked the style, and that tiny little tree was a cutie!

and for Doc Zappy...
HA! I liked that! I should try that sometime...*nods*

These were just HORRIBLE to grade this week. I'm on a temp. 40k connetcion ove rhere, and it's just not fun to work with...
;_; Feel my pain...

[Linnen Malfoy]

Yeah...a magical goof has been made with my comic...

That is part of the NORMAL series..not x-mas special..

If you HONESTLY care, here is the christmas one...

cutemew3.tripod.com/comicxmas.html

[Tdyans]

Linnen said:

I was a tad disturbed at seeing Rose's butt (for a kinder word)

I thought that was Jhudora's butt... (or were there two different butts in this comic-- sorry, I'm too lazy to go pull it up again, heh.) [/quote]

First that shortles Aisha scared me, now I'm paranoid that the Ixi isn't wearing pants (don't ask, dunno why...).

Funny, David Duchovny had a thing for going pantless whenever they were filming only the upper half of his body... (This has been brought to you by Tdyan's pointless stockpile of trivia.)

[Gelquie]

I'll do the comics again! This time, I'll try to be less confusing.

The Loony Bin, Little Neopia, Petpets Kindergarden, AND Searching for Help: I'll grade each part 1 by 1. TLB: I didn't know it could be THAT contagious! Nothing replaces a reindeer better than a scorchio! LN: Santa's... elves? I feel sorry for them. *cough* Actually I don't, its funny!*cough* PK: Learned in a... VIDEO GAME? Parents, don't get your kids addicted to video games. Otherwise, you'll get a horrible result. 2 thumbs up! SFH: And I thought the Snow Faerie was nice when she gave me a ghost draik morphing potion! Santa, give the snowager the faerie doll, even though he is a male... Overall Grade: A

A Neopian Christmas De- ahem, Carol: Kids, go with Moo's advice, don't visit his house! *reads it again* AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! Grade: A

Neopia Acres: Note to Self, give more np to the money tree... I liked the petpet saying in the end! Hehe! Grade: B

Alpha70 and MuRou: Reminds me of Mouse Hunt (or something like that) Where they flip a coin to see who gets to sleep in the bed, and they both end up in it! This one is different. I like different. Makes it special. ;D Grade: A

The Neo Side: I SHOULD get it, but for some reason I don't... Grade: None Yet!

Bucky the Babaa: You know what happens when fruit is left out... Grade: B

Confused Christmas: Its not every day when you see mixed holidays... I like the aisha's twinkling eyes in the end! ;D Grade: A

The Shoyru Squadron: Agents of Faerie-Christmas Special: Phew! Long name! Tehee! I like it! ;D Grade: A

The Misadventures of Doc Zappy: I can't grade this till I get a picture. Grade: None yet!

Poor Dr_Death Why there is an underscore I don't know. Anyway, I would have never though she- AHEM he, was a he! Grade: A

Faces of Jub: Wait till they find out! ;D Grade: B

Faerie Follies: I would have paid the 5000 np! ;D Grade: A

Look Ma, No Concious!: I had to read it again to get it. I still don't. Grade: None yet!

Adventures of High & Star: Not wreaking havoc? Then how do you explain the devil? ;D Grade: B

Island Nuts: I would not have thought of that! ;D Grade: A

The Ixi Files: Those yellow eyes look suspicous... Grade: Don't know... yet!

The Lost Gift: Part 3: I think I missed something... How did the usul find Minerva? Grade: None yet!

Faeries and Foes: Christmas Special: What faerie is it? Surely it can't be Jhudora? Mabye SHE was responsible for the orb? So she could have every other land have a want for it and when ever land but that land was destroyed, she would destroy the orb to destroy that land, because it was too peaceful? Mabye I should stop talking now? I better check next week! Grade: A

Slice of Life: Bad petpets! BAD PETPETS! Grade: B

RagnaKrawk: Step 1: Make the neopets team make better books. Step 2: Make sure they cause a war. Step 3: Catch a yellow snowball when thrown. ;D Grade: A

The Real McCoy: Sticky toys? YUCK! Grade: A

Neofun: Well, that could work too. If the snowager swallowed it, theres no telling what it can do! Grade: A

Really Confused: Whats in the box? Grade: B

Sutek Muffin #3 Ok. I am FAR from getting this! Grade: None yet!

Something has Happened: The latest battledome item! ;D Grade: A

If any of you reply to something that I don't understand, I will make it clear.

[calvinseviltwin]

"Adventures of High & Star: Not wreaking havoc? Then how do you explain the devil? Grade: B"

Ahem. the "Devil" is star's petpet Pax who is demented. Yup demented... :-P