The Twelfth Annual Neopies

[Twillie]

The Neopies have returned, and today’s category is Best Advent Comic! Vote each day for a prize, and I believe there’s a bonus prize if you vote every day that there’s a new category. 

[Duke Pikachu]

DAY 1.5: Best Advent Comic:

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No disrespect to Reina, but I feel the main two contenders is Day 9-10 (All Kinds of Families) and Day 18 (Shop Wizard Appreciation). I have a strong feeling Day 9-10 is going to take it (it's who I voted for), always nice to see representation and done in a wholesome way, but I can see Day 18 getting quite a few votes as the Shop Wizard is a well-liked character which all players have used; sorta giving him a mascot effect (and the comic is about him getting much deserved appreciation which I think most agree he should). Reina is likeable too, Day 23's comic giving her some more backstory, but she hasn't been around as long as the Shop Wizard.

... Yeah, Day 7 (The Pebble & The Darblat) has no chance. And I'm surprised the plot sneak peak comics aren't an option; maybe they felt it was would be too unfair since it got 3 days & is something many are getting hyped for?

[downrightdude]

I voted for the family one.

[Ian Wolf-Park]

I'm looking at the prize list at JN, and wow, there are some good prizes for the daily voting, including a Marble Draik Egg.

[Twillie]

I got a not-Batman comic for today's prize, but it was a book Zathandria hadn't read before so still a win haha.

[Ian Wolf-Park]

Funny coincidence. My daily prize for voting just happens to be one of the nominees for today's category, Best New NP item. Sadly,
not the item I voted for

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In case you're wondering, it was Fyora Gnome

[Twillie]

Feb 3, 2024 6:01:05 GMT -5 Ian Wolf-Park said:

Funny coincidence. My daily prize for voting just happens to be one of the nominees for today's category, Best New NP item. Sadly,
not the item I voted for

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In case you're wondering, it was Fyora Gnome

Fyora is judging your choices.

I did vote for that item, although I didn't have strong feelings towards any of the choices tbh. Got a Valentine Armour Sword, which is a bit of a funny coincidence because I was looking at sword wearables a month or two back only to find all the good ones were expensive. I don't need one anymore, but still nice to have! xD

[downrightdude]

I voted for the Lutari gaming console.

Thought it was cute and kira yaba.

[Gelquie]

I voted for the Quiguki, and got... a Rubber Fruit.

I don't know what it does. xD
*Looks it up.*
Aww, it's eh to me. Oh well.

[Blueysicle]

Feb 3, 2024 17:22:29 GMT -5 Gelquie said:

I voted for the Quiguki, and got... a Rubber Fruit.

I don't know what it does. xD

Gives your pet the power to stretch like rubber, but at the cost of their ability to swim.

For those that don't know, the Rubber Fruit is a One Piece reference. And as a big One Piece fan, I couldn't not vote for it.

[downrightdude]

Neopies gave me a Magical Potato Chia Pop!

[Duke Pikachu]

Yes, I know, but I have some time now so:

WINNERS ANNOUNCED:

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DAY 1.5 - Best Advent Comic:
My Pick & Winner: Day 9-10

Not a hard one to guess the winner. And I was right shop Day 18, respect for the Shop Wizard, getting second. But I did get the last half wrong, and poor Reina, she's given character development (or at least plot involvement) and further backstory only to come in last and behind the ones about NeoPenguins and pebbles (though I just not remember what the prizes were for that day and becomes a bit more understandable why this was picked, though that goes against what the category is for, not that it mattered in the end).

DAY 2 - Best New NP Item:
My Pick: Rubber Fruit
Winner: Fyora Gnome

Either there aren't a lot of One Piece fans on Neopets or they felt the Rubber Fruit was a bit too referential. I'll assume either Fyora's popularity, this being for an item for an underutilized site feature, or it's just a funny item that got it the majority of votes. If I didn't vote for Rubber Fruit I would have voted for Lutari Gaming System, I'm actually curious how many got the reference to the Atari 2600? Better luck next year, Quiguki.

DAY 3 - Best NP Wearable:
My Pick & Winner: Service Petpet Doglefox

Service Petpet Doglefox was the cutest item there (if I were TNT I'd consider making more with other Petpets). I have no strong opinions on the other items as they all feel situational.

DAY 4 - Best Advent Prize:
My Pick & Winner: Pebble

Was there ANY doubt?

DAY 5 - Best Festival of Neggs Prize:
My Pick & Winner: Plasma Effect

Hey, TNT, there's still time to make the Solar Flare Gun MULTIPLE USE! Yeah, complete waste of a cool (or should I say hot?) weapon. Anyway, went with Plasma Effect as it was the next coolest looking item.

AWAITING RESULTS:

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DAY 6 - Best Altador Cup Prize:
My Pick: Retro Altador Cup Field Background

I know it's probably not going to win, but I didn't want to vote for one of the album items because TNT have gotten carried away with them, this last AC there was 4 (two stamps, a coin, and a collectible card)! Two is enough, an expensive and cheap one. Anyway, it was between the background and the bobblehead and, while Tandrak Shaye is a popular character, this is still a choice between a toy and background; I'm picking the one that isn't just Gallery fodder.

DAY 7 - Best Caption Image:
My Pick: March - 1468

That's the one with Illusen. I feel the others are just normal situations that captions would have to make funny, meanwhile the one with Illusen has her wearing a silly fruit hat that's being eaten by Slorgs, that's a funny situation all on its own.

DAY 8 - Best Site Event:
My Pick: Faerie Festival

Of the four Faerie Festival and Festival of Neggs felt most like what I would consider a "site event". April Fools was funny but was just a single page where you read a batch of rambling notes (you know, like my posts). Advent Calendar was certainly interesting but its a teaser for a coming bigger site event. TNT is doing a good job keeping the Festival of Neggs interesting, though not only was it also a partial teaser for the coming bigger site event but also sort of repeats the outcome of a previous Faerie Festival with the mystery resulting in a new Petpet. So my pick went to the site event that TNT just loves to pull surprise "big" events with, especially after the last few years have been no-shows, the Faerie Festival. Yes, it too had hints of the coming bigger event, but I felt it also had enough of its own thing with the story, split Faerie Festival, and mini-Charity Corner; we'll put the whole Illusen Staff debacle on the side for now...

[Twillie]

I somehow either missed or completely forgot about the Halloween Hassee, but somebody free him!!

It's also kind of comical at this point how many junk prizes I've been getting xD Not that I was ever anticipating something big from this event, but now each day I vote with the expectation of something completely random that will give me a laugh lol.

[Duke Pikachu]

AWAITING RESULTS 9, 10, 11:

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DAY 9 - Best Petpet Colour
My Pick: Orange Rock

Rock has some of most fun Colours, even if technically Orange is one of the Colours it shouldn't have changed shape but then again the only reason it colored Orange was to make the fruit joke so *shrugs*. Candy Hasee is a strong second, even if it is just an orange Hasee with transparent wrap around it. I do give a nod to Yellow Bython if only for the realistic pattern they gave it, looks very nice though it's something you need to look at closely to notice.

DAY 10 - Best Neopet Colour
My Pick: Sroom Chia

It's kind of hard to outdo a really good Food Chia design. Not all Food Chia are great, though Sroom is a pretty good one and unique with its mushroom design (but based on a Neopet made-up fruit which adds in a batch of other visually interesting elements, it's surprisingly a nice pick to base a Food Chia on). All the other nominees are nice too, it's really what your taste is which you vote for.

DAY 11 - Best Species Specific Outfit
My Pick: Museum Grarrl

More like the "Best Might-As-Well-Be-Its-Own-Colour Outfit" category. Museum Grarrl may not be the most customizable but it's a fun design and the little boy in me that loves dinosaurs approves. Of all of them Fluffy Kau is the most closest of just being its own Colour which might appeal to some. The Food Chia Wings have the most flexibility though, while I know other Chia can wear them, I wonder if them being based on Food Chia has helped or hindered their use. Scaly Shoyru is just too over the top for me, I don't like it when they go this kind of direction with the Species clothes; Museum Grarrl and Fluffy Kau look like a Coloured Neopet, Scaly Shoyru is them trying to force a different character design on the base Shoyru (and it doesn't work).

WINNERS ANNOUNCED 6, 7, 8:

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DAY 6 - Best Altador Cup Prize:
My Pick: Retro Altador Cup Field Background
Winner: Techo Fanatic Stamp

Great, and the Coin was second place. I guess next AC we can expect to see 5 or 6 album items, add in an extra stamp and coin...

DAY 7 - Best Caption Image:
My Pick & Winner: March - 1468

As I said, its a funny hat.

DAY 8 - Best Site Event:
My Pick: Faerie Festival
Winner: Advent Calendar

It was a close poll, AdCal only having two more points than Faerie Festival (and both have 40% of the votes). But the plot hype pushed AdCal ahead.

[downrightdude]

Got a second magical chia pop from the Neopies: Magical Sroom Chia Pop!