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Post by Lappi on Mar 30, 2003 9:47:09 GMT -5
Lapin isn't annoying! *hugs Lapin* ;D ^.^;; I'm not?
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Post by Smiley on Mar 30, 2003 13:58:30 GMT -5
Nope! ;D And neither is anyone else! *hugs everyone* Wow, I'm more cheesy that Patjade...
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Post by Battlesunnn on Mar 30, 2003 16:19:52 GMT -5
My computer skills used to be at nil. Now, I've mastered HTML, which has scored me an A in infotech at school. My writing skills have also really imrpoved, I used to be at about a B in English and now I'm at an A.
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Post by TheEaterofWorlds on Apr 2, 2003 19:41:12 GMT -5
I've gotten really good at playing 'Snake'. Other than that.... I've been playing Neopets so long I barely ermember what life without it was like.
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Post by Jitterbug on Apr 5, 2003 0:52:49 GMT -5
Well, I'm not going to say Neopets improved my writing skills, cause well, I was in Uni when I discovered it 3 years ago (good lord, has it been THAT long???)
What it has done was allow me to meet so many really awesome people. Aside from the people in this forum, I've made so many new friends from my guild. Indeed, during my travels I've actually met 2 people, in person that I met on Neopets. That would normally be a no-no, but we became really good friends, and we'll always be friends.
Wait, I now take that first statement back. My guild is a writing guild, and I've really developed my writing style through guild activities and feedback from other members. I've also learned a bit of chatspeak, and I can't say that would be something I would normally (or willingly) have done elsewhere.
Plus Neopets gave me hours of free entertainment while I was living abroad and didn't know many people. It kept me sane when I was having trouble with language barriers and culture shock.
Okay, relatively sane.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2003 9:20:55 GMT -5
Yeah, it gave me an interest in HTML too. And hanging out with other people, writing for the Times, meeting other authors...that's great stuff. To tell you the truth, the Times is what really changed my life, otherwise I'd probably have left by now. Or not, but I'd definitely be having much less fun. Giving my pets personalities and stories of their own to tell also helped endear them to me, made them more than just a picture on a computer screen that tells me to get random stuff for it.
Also it helped me find my calling...before this I thought I wanted to be a veterinarian because I love animals, but after a while I began to feel it wasn't really what I wanted. Then I joined the NTAG, my NT 'career' took off, and soon I was telling my mother I knew what I wanted, I wanted to be an author/illustrator. Heh...I'll always be grateful for that... ;D
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Post by Onda on Apr 19, 2003 18:36:16 GMT -5
For me, I have met some of the best people ever on neopets...some people who I'd call real true friends. In with all that includes some other things I've learned about people...and even myself...some bad things, others good things, but very beneficial for me to see. I've also learned a lot about computer things. I can make webpages, graphics, backgrounds, and pretty much I know more html then I ever thought possible. (Of course I'm still in the beginning stages and not nearly as good as some...lol) I'm sure theirs others, but those are the main things... HUGS Onda
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Post by ievakasku on May 22, 2003 13:02:31 GMT -5
My ability to write and shyness of sharing my work has improved. I my gosh yes! I used to hate writing with a passion, now I'm writing a real book to get published! I also used to not let anyone I knew read my NT stories, now I can comfortably get my close friends to edit them. And my Neopets are most definitly real by now. ;D
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2003 8:27:14 GMT -5
Lets see... I watch TV less, I've made friends on it, and it has helped with my drawing skills a bunch. ^_^
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Post by izzywizard on May 23, 2003 8:59:55 GMT -5
Lets see... my wallet is a lot lighter (too many plushies, ahh!).
I no longer have a toloance for chat speak and the people who use it.
OF COURSE, I met one of my bestest friends on-line (you know who I'm takling about, Pat ), which has changed my life a bit.
And... I get less sleep than I used to.
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Post by sticky on May 23, 2003 9:11:22 GMT -5
Lets see... my wallet is a lot lighter (too many plushies, ahh!). Lol, same, plus I've learned alot about people from different countries. Also good for learning vocab..I remember in 7th grade, the word medicinal was on a state test and I knew it! Because 'medicinal plant- plant possesses healing powers!' Chessy but yes.
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Post by Patjade on May 23, 2003 9:40:07 GMT -5
Thanks, Izzy, but we knew each other BEFORE we realized we were also on Neopets!
Let's see now... How has it changed me...
Meesa made a lotta friends!
Meesa spends a lotta time online!
Ooh, Meesa and Izzy made a few strips, which gets me invited here, making even MORE friends and spending MORE time online!
Meesa gets drafted to Moderate, making even MORE friends and spending MORE time online than before!
Meesa gets drafted as Admin, so meesa gets internet brain implant to spend every possible waking (and sleeping) minute online with friends.
Meesa thinks meesa been up too long tonight. Time for meesa to unplug brain and crash!
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Post by mushroom on May 29, 2003 9:17:17 GMT -5
Heh...well, I had Neopets to fall back on when I moved to a new town. I had fit in well enough with the people where I had been, but at this new place? No. I didn't fit in at all. And there wasn't anything outside to do--we were in a new subdivision-type place, so the yards were tiny and there weren't any trees and...well, I didn't have any friends and I didn't have anything to do. Neopets was probably the only thing that kept me sane in the least. And now I'm at a whole new school where I fit in a lot more and have friends and the like So, yeah, Neopets has been pretty important to me.
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Post by aerisangel01 on May 29, 2003 15:29:04 GMT -5
Me? It improved my english GREATLY(for those who don't know/remember, english is not my first language, I already was good, but now I am way better than every one in my class! ;D )
It helped me with my imagination, writing skill(for both English and French), I have a good knowledge in Html and a little one in Css, helped me with my drawing skill(even if I don't have a scanner, I draw a lot of neopets related thing, and I rarely draw before(Now I always draw, from my neopets to even sometime your neopets(ex:I drew a really good pic of Tetete the Aisha))), made some really good friends, it relax me when I'm angry, etc..
NEOPETS RULES! ;D
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Post by sollunaestrella on May 29, 2003 18:17:05 GMT -5
Meesa thinks meesa been up too long tonight. Time for meesa to unplug brain and crash! Err... yes, Pat. I think that would be a very good idea. o__o
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