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Post by Gelquie on May 5, 2023 18:07:39 GMT -5
I picked my Bython purely for how its stare comes off.
So I picked yellow. =3
Honestly, I wish I could attach it as a petpet, but I'm attached to the array I have now. (If I did, it'd be to Flower. But Flower both has a life-long petpet and a petpetpet.)
Oh well. It can live in my SDB hammerspace that holds a petpet garden where they can live and frolic happily~
(I know snakes don't frolic, shh, mental images.)
I bought the other ones. Only one I really wanted that I didn't get was the Polar Lights book. I bought one, then read it to my pet immediately, but I might try to get more if it's cost effective.
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Post by Carolyn on May 5, 2023 18:14:39 GMT -5
I might have bought the other two Bython... they're really cute. ;-; Where will they go? Which pet will they attach to? Ahaha nooooo idea.
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Post by Blueysicle on May 5, 2023 18:23:33 GMT -5
Only one I really wanted that I didn't get was the Polar Lights book. I bought one, then read it to my pet immediately, but I might try to get more if it's cost effective. I have a few extra Polar Lights Books, actually. If you have an extra Polar Lights Foreground, I'd gladly trade for that.
The Bython is super cute. I picked the yellow one too; I think it looks similar to a certain species that people often keep as pets?
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Post by Gelquie on May 5, 2023 18:33:21 GMT -5
Only one I really wanted that I didn't get was the Polar Lights book. I bought one, then read it to my pet immediately, but I might try to get more if it's cost effective. I have a few extra Polar Lights Books, actually. If you have an extra Polar Lights Foreground, I'd gladly trade for that. I do have an extra polar lights foreground! Do you want me to buy a couple more, so it closer matches the cost of the book? Otherwise, I'll set up a trade and PM you the link. |
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Post by Blueysicle on May 5, 2023 18:40:45 GMT -5
I have a few extra Polar Lights Books, actually. If you have an extra Polar Lights Foreground, I'd gladly trade for that. I do have an extra polar lights foreground! Do you want me to buy a couple more, so it closer matches the cost of the book? Otherwise, I'll set up a trade and PM you the link. Nah, just one foreground is fine.  Okay, whenever you're ready, then.  |
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Post by Ian Wolf-Park on May 6, 2023 6:08:24 GMT -5
Day 16 The last clue! What are we to do? I suppose we should end with a snack that's close to our original task! |
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Post by Twillie on May 6, 2023 15:44:12 GMT -5
Lol they brought it full circle with the final clue location. Final negg prize for me was another polar lights foreground, so at least a little interesting!
I wonder if that mention of smog in the atmosphere is related to anything, or if it's just meant to be a one-off comment.
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Post by Breakingchains on May 6, 2023 20:19:21 GMT -5
 This one pose is just too stinkin cute. Mira loves snek 🥺 |
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Post by barnowl42 on May 6, 2023 20:42:33 GMT -5
Mira being all squee about the bython was my favorite part |
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Post by Duke Pikachu on May 6, 2023 22:40:30 GMT -5
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Post by Ian Wolf-Park on May 7, 2023 2:13:02 GMT -5
Final prizes are out, but I have yet to figure out what one of the prizes is, as it ended up being a broken image. I'm assuming that it is an avatar that was given out.
EDIT: It was an avatar that was missing. Probably wasn't exactly released at the same time as the final prizes.
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Post by Duke Pikachu on May 7, 2023 11:12:05 GMT -5
And that's a wrap! Some quick final thoughts:
STORY: From the very beginning I was thinking "this is a new Petpet" but I was hesitant to say for sure because they did that last year. So far the Petpets have been nice and hope they keep up the quality for future Petpets they make, but for the Festival of Neggs specifically I'm hoping next year's story isn't a mystery whose answer leads to a Petpet otherwise it'll get repetitive.
So, what did the "Space Negg" need to hatch? Gravity. Which Mira needed Dr. Landelbrot's help even though I'm pretty sure Virtupets should have everything they needed already (gravity chamber, emergency lockdown procedures, etc.). So they increased gravity to Neopia's level (wait, inside Virtupets Space Station isn't set to Neopia's gravity? Why not? I'm calling dung on that, that makes no sense; they could have just said that Mira immediately put the "Space Negg" in a stasis field when she arrived so it never was in normal gravity levels for long). Anyway, the "Space Negg" than hatches to reveal the new Petpet.
Landelbrot says this is a major discovery which, is it? We've had Petpets from space before and never did we question the "origins" of Petpets. Infact, I don't think that even needs a question as I always took Petpets being the Neopia's version of animals (if the Neopets themselves are the people equivalent). I'm sure Petpetologists will have some things to talk about the origins of the Bython, but outside of that I can't see it revealing anything more.
Orion leaves and Mira apologizes to him and she'll be more open mind about... "how we can broaden the horizons of science through alternative avenues"? What? Okay, I guess we can quickly talk about Orion. I like his design, him using tarot cards is interesting... but otherwise feels completely wasted. They only added him to push the Tarot Cards (though I guess everyone got to see the artwork of the Major Arcana), and I still don't get where "science" entered the picture here. No Mira, nothing to science was contributed, Orion used magic from his tarot cards to gather energy to figure out the "Space Negg" was just missing something to hatch. This is very sloppy writing, for a product push no less. Well, I'm sure other writers may have more fun with Orion (infact it's been a while since I did my "New Neopian" articles...).
Kari suggests Mira keeps one of the Bython (going to assume it was a whole bunch of Python and not just the three cause she had the normal purple one which was the one I picked). And than Mira mentions she's actually visiting Neopia after this because Illusen wanted to talk to her about a "smog" problem. I wonder if this relates back to that strange new tower that appeared in Moltara recently. Hmm...
BYTHON: The Bythons are neat, I guess they're the "serpent" to Orion completing the reference to his last name being "Ophiuchus" (did he take one of the Bythons home with him?).
I personally picked the normal (purple) one. Robot looked cool (it hatched from the egg?) though I figured that meant most people were going to pick it. Yellow also looked fine though I personally think it looks more interesting purple (though I seen at least one user like the yellow because it looked like their pet snake).
Hm, you know, with everyone talking about "extra pet slots", I'm wondering if they also should allow each Neopets to own an extra Petpet. People can own more than one animal, why can't Neopets?
FINAL PRIZES: Plushie is cute. Always nice to get a set of the Neggs we're technically collecting (they still need to go back to some previous years they didn't do that). Another Kari Charm which is nice but I think the joke is over by now so they could make more interesting Charms. Quasar Background looks awesome! Yeah, don't really have much to comment aside from that.
FINAL THOUGHTS: So, aside from some awkward writing, I think it was a good year's festival. Nothing fantastic, but nothing bad which brought it down; it was just fine.
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Post by downrightdude on May 7, 2023 16:06:38 GMT -5
I love the neggs this year! And I was not expecting a new avatar!
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Post by Breakingchains on May 8, 2023 15:27:58 GMT -5
I'm actually really happy with the final prizes, that background is amazing on my spacey bois. Glad I was able to do pull off all gold checks this year.
I like most of the NC prizes too. Some are a little mehh as with any NC event but the good ones made up for it.
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Post by Twillie on May 8, 2023 20:57:21 GMT -5
The background is really great! So colorful and dynamic, I can see myself using it in the future! I can also enjoy all the wonderful negg art at once :3
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