Neopets Is In Trouble
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Neopets... Oh, Neopets.... What happened to you? What ravages has time wrought? A lot of people's reaction to Neopets nowadays is "What? Neopets still exists?" or, "Neopets is back?" Well, in truth, it never left. But it sure doesn't look like the Neopets that many of us know and love.
In this video I discuss the current state of Neopets, its many issues within and without, the frankly goofy drama that has erupted in the past few months, and the unexpected ownership handoff that leaves Neopets fans both cautiously optimistic and wringing their hands with worry.
Time stamps:
Intro - 0:00
The Website Is Very Broken - 3:32
The New Layout Is Lousy - 7:22
Hackers and Cheaters - 9:33
Whaling - 12:56
Missing and Unsupported Features - 16:44
Neopets Crypto - 21:33
The Adam Incident - 24:14
Under New Management - 29:22
Suggestions for Improvement - 33:54
How to Play it Anyways - 36:24
Conclusion - 43:31
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i was mesmerized by your eye makeup the entire video :0
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Some of your neopets customs are awesome!!!
I'm so upset they turned to nfts
Yes, it’s like seeing a childhood friend turning to harder drugs
Thankfully those failed and they stopped doing them then 8)
Thank the faeries that Neo NFTs are dead ❤
Good news they claim to have gotten rid of th
Man i wonder who that character in your pfp is, sure hope she uses the internet in a healthy manner!
THANK GOD YOU MENTIONED THE JOHN LEGEND PART!!! I’m an active neopets player i’ve lived through all of this and finding out about John Legend being a brand ambassador is the one that got me the most gadzooked sdfgh
Great video!! 💗
hi june!!!
Honestly though it's so boggling
Hi! Also what does gadzooked mean?
@@Froggycolouringit’s like “shook” , flabbergasted, shocked lol
@@squashforsale8466 ty!
Gen Alpha truly doesn’t care about Neopets. I have an almost 6 year old daughter who loves Animal Crossing, Minecraft, Stardew Valley, etc.
I tried to show her Neopets.
She looked at me funny after a few minutes. “Do you have to play this, mom? It doesn’t look like a game.”
Oh dear, did you show her a video about how pet sites work?
As a gen z kid, I was profoundly disappointed to find a static pet sim after finding and purchasing a Neopets magazine and reading about this beautiful world full of adventure. As an adult I can understand why people may find pet sims fun, but as a kid I felt scammed
@@TobiasFangorIsntCis
Wait, why did your kid self feel scammed???
@@DrawciaGleam02They likely thought it was more like a video game where you could move your character around the world. Not everyone is into text-based stuff and mini games. 😅
im gen z and it just kinda confuses me
sites that are mostly text don't make that much sense to me, and i never know what to do
It's been really sad for me to see how Neopets deteriorated. I won the story contest twice as a kid and I can't even express how proud I was. Also I was the only person in my friend group with a Poogle, which gave me a tremendous amount of street cred at age nine. It's just depressing to watch something I invested so much time and love in break down like this.
omg as a kid, I remember I always tried to submit a story for the neotimes (or w.e it was called) but I never got chosen, Congratz!! I really liked reading ur comment. I'm a reporter now btw so I guess everything still worked out for me lol
I won once too!!! I also had a badge for having a 4+ years account or something like that! My user was usagi_15_15 but I cannot recover it!!!
As a vocal-synth enthusiast, being jumpscared by a VOCALOID6 song on a completely unrelated video calling me a peasant was distinctly not in my list of things to do today
as a miitopia lover I was NOT expecting to hear as much of the ost as is in this video
Neopets is in the weirdest zombie state I've ever seen, and - frankly, that's so sad for something that was so integral to my childhood internet.
Its honestly in a lot better shape than it was a couple years ago
that IS true@@townfool4682
ikr!!
As a Webkinz fan I feel so genuinely sorry for Neopets players I hope the new site owners fixs most of the problems with the current site, love the video, remember to take care of yourself!!! :DDD
Same, I think Neopets looks too complicated, but I did play Webkinz as a kid. Wish I could have played Club Penguin before it ended
I play webkinz it feels dead to how it was when I was younger I’ve been playing since I was 6 in 2009
Webkinz has been heading down the same path for a while. Constant glitches and lag, no updates and the push for people to join Next. We’re lucky Ganz even decided to keep the game alive after flash was retired bc the player numbers are so low.
honestly i feel like webkinz is rlly close to its death :( its new version barely got any attention and i see very few people playing classic. i kinda hope it dies bc then it can get private servers with everyone having membership but it would be the end of an era for me
@@iwakeupandboomimarat yeah no that's not really how webkinz works. private servers only work on websites that actually HAVE servers. if webkinz dies it's dead. don't wish that 😭
As I live and breathe, and argue over email with the Neopets support about getting my “high security” account back, this is too well-timed wow
I manifest a glorious win in you battle!
I've tried so many times for so long.. my beautiful 1mil hour worth of precious time account is forever in the ether. Based UN... 'generalizes' i called it 😭
i did NOT expect a "i hope that you live in poverty" vocaloid6 sarah original song in the middle of the video but im here for it.
13:25 It should be noted that whaling isn’t just an occurrence in mobile games, but in MMORPGS as well. A lot of those games with a “battle pass” or “cash shop” feature are bound to have many willing to spend a ton just to earn an advantage.
The state of the site right now is, at least, LEAGUES better right now than it was in around 2020. Interactive pages, updated layouts, its a lot better, even if it isn’t perfect. It was REALLY bad.
As a self proclaimed Neo addict, the fact that I have learned a couple of things from this video has me very impressed by the amount of research and thought that went into this!
These deep dives into sites i used to play casually tell me how much time people used to put into them. I kept switching between different online worlds and sites as a kid
Me too. I liked several but never fully committed
Personally as an ex-Neopets player I've turned to various alternate sites instead for my virtual pet experience. I've been playing one, Subeta, for a couple years and tbh even though it's not perfect I'd probably steer anyone who wants a neopets experience to go there instead. For one, they actually allow LGBT topics on the forums and user profiles--encourage it even, it was founded when the creator was (iirc) banned or suspended on Neopets for talking about being gay in 2004. The avatar system is really fun and the pet pages are really fun to work on. Events still happen fairly often and they're working on updating the site to a new format too, Neopets simply won't hold my attention anymore except for nostalgia. I hope they make some changes but tbh I'll probably just stay there. Still love to listen about Neopets though! lovely video as always :D
Is Subeta still a thing??? That's amazing - I remember briefly migrating to it around 2005 as a fellow gay teen
I still use Neopets and they now allow LGBT topics
@@writwyrd6740it is! it’s managed to last pretty long in comparison to some of its contemporaries lol
@@ShadeATVthat’s nice to hear! i personally don’t think after the NFT mess either i could be encouraged to go back, it’s just really not the kind of game i can convince myself enjoy anymore :( still glad to hear they’re making some positive changes though ofc
Hey, I'm a Subeta player too!
Neopets is like that hollywood star that is deeply loved and idolized but with time people started realizing they weren't that great. For me, Neopets is a childhood memory I cherish so much, so I haven't gone back to the website, because I'm scared of breaking that perfect memory😭 the delusion protects me
The Adam incident shocked me because for YEARS the neo fanbase had him on a pedestal!
Yep, but it turns out the dude is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
i was truly unprepared for how insane that segment of the video was
He and Donna haven't had a W since 2004 and it shows.
Losing my old, well-loved account makes it so hard to start all over again. Spotted Cybunny, Grey Kougra, Darigan Eyrie, and the obligatory Lab Ray pet. I remember being part of so many epic plot quests. I used to really enjoy collecting as many message board avatars as possible (RIP my 'squished spyder' icon). But maybe I'll give it a try.
me with deviantart user icons in like 2015 💀
I also lost a spotted cybunny when my account got hacked back in the day 😢
I can't get into my account due to the birthday thing, since when I was little I would put very random bdays. Sometimes I look at the user page like its tombstone. I even messaged, but since the email address related to the account was one of my dad's, and he had tons because he was a tinfoil hat sort of man, no dice. I don't have the heart to start new.
i’ve really been enjoying grundo’s cafe as a neopets alternative! it’s basically a recreation of early 2000’s neopets, including uc pet sprites. they’ve also added so much new art and QOL features, i find it so much more enjoyable than the original site.
How do you get a referral code or sign up ? It says it’s in closed beta. Would love to check it out !
Ooh, how can we play?
Seconding Grundo's Cafe if you can get an invite code- it really scratches that nostlagic itch
Would love to try it out!
sounds fun but u need a referral code :(
I feel that since this video, the site has genuinely improving if not slowly. With the quest system handing out NP and random rare items for completing them, the inflation problem has been gradually dissipating. The Faerie Festival also helped some with that as well, and there's still generous parts of the community I've come to know. There's still broken aspects, but there's plenty to do and partake in since there's still lots of development being put into the site that's starting to show.
They're also coming out with an official neopets cook book soon. No idea why. They also reached out to me, a makeup youtube channel, to send it to in pr for some reason.
oh boy, can't wait to get my hands on some real life... *checks notes* half eaten..dung jelly..?
cookbook came out last month
@@molls127 then I'm even more confused why they reached out to me now lol
Something I feel like you really should have mentioned during the crypto segment is that, aside from being horrendously ugly, there is strong evidence to suggest that the images for the neopets NFTs were outsourced from the neopets fansite Dress to Impress, as several of the character tokens had visual bugs consistent with the site. DTI, in response, revoked neopets’ authorization to use the site.
There's nothing wrong with crypto. However, NFTs are too niche. They sort of need to go to web3 and add a crypto faucet to Neopets.
With a crypto faucet one can paid for playing Neopets or convert the earned crypto to NeoCash.
IMO the best way to make neopoints is to train your pet up to fight some of the low level enemies in the battledome, some of them give a few codestones every day and that's where I've made the bulk of my millions in the absence of the flash games. dubloons aren't terribly expensive especially with the Trudy slot machine daily so with a month or two of pirate training and some cheap items like the Magical Healing Potion, Scroll of Ultranova, and Ridiculously Heavy Battle Hammer, you'll be making some decent money every day with like a half hour or less of daily effort. Though I still agree they need to make some adjustments to the economy and fight botting, that's just what I personally have been doing in the meantime :0c
I agree. while it isnt easy to get rich quick as a new player, its definitely possible. I came back to the game in 2020 and started trying to make money for the first time. As a kid I had never tried saving money or participating in the economy or anything, so i had probably less than 10k neopoints saved up in total, and almost nothing of value in storage. Now Im at nearly 5mil in neopoints and about 30mil worth of items in storage, and I don't even play that regularly. I'll go through spurts where I play it more often, but ive also frequently go weeks or months without logging on. I know a few million isnt a crazy amount by Neopets standards but is more than i ever expected to be able to earn on the site.
I would absolutely agree that the battledome is likely the most consistent way to start racking up neopoints, as well as trudys and other dailies. I found a starter battle pet on the Lost and Pound, bought up some of the best cheap battledome items (like Scroll of Ultranova) and worked my way up slowly. The other way Ive found you can make a lot of neopoints fast as a new player is to get the most out of site events/holidays. Things like the Festival of Neggs is pretty easy to complete, and usually gives away at least an exclusive book and stamp, each of which shoot up in price quite quickly. Usually you'll get at least 1-2 items during a site event that you can sell for over 100k neopoints. And the exclusive wearables are usually nice for new players to have as well
No, the best way to get rich is the Food Club. I can't even imagine how slow wealth accumulation would be in the Battledome...
I'm just 14 seconds into the video but LIIIIII, YOURE SLAYING THAT LOOK !! I LOVE THE ASYMMETRICAL EYELINER
I dropped Neo for a while as a boycott when they announced the metaverse shit, picked it up again recently after the change of management and been binging it. It's still pretty much same ol same ol, but they are rolling out improvements/changes pretty quickly, at least quicker than they ever have before. Like this week they just released a much-needed settings revamp, and it seems that they are being very responsive to user input. I really think Neo is on the up :)
I need you to know that I nostalgia joined again because of your video and within the first 24 hours of play, I got a fountain fairy quest and now have a ninja Buzz. So thank you!
Ah. My youth. I went to a Neopets daily page & did alllll the fun freebies every day. Those scratchers definitely prepared me for working at a gas station in high school where I bought crossword scratchers. THE RUSH
Gods I miss Keyquest. And petpet park. I was so obsessed as a child
I have a TEENY bit of hope in the new indie company development as a very long time fan with my 20+ year old account. I acknowledge that it's current state ain't the same but there is room here and there. Felt a bit nice too to play/visit its features on that said-updated website format. (Yes I can't play Neopets on my laptop forever now.)
The classic games update with Ruffle is a amazing development but I play Usul Suspects and I can't restart the game after I claim my Neopoints... I have to hard refresh the website and it takes a bit to reload the game. (I also run in a potato laptop....)
I'm too forgiving of a Neopian right now and I can't really play a lot these days. And the pet trade market is also stressful. Happy with my badly named pets from kind people on the Neoboards pound page...
"Happy with my badly named pets from kind people on the Neoboards pound page..."
Same, if you have a rare painted pet with a bad name you don't have to worry about people stealing your pet....
@@DrawciaGleam02The amount of vultures that DM’d my account after sitting inactive for years was insane. The name of one of my adopted pets was a character from a game (slightly misspelled) and it was really strange to have people offering me all kinds of UCs and neopoints for a pet with…just a name. They were always really pushy and weird about “how important this was to them” and I’m like?? Ok?? Sorry no?? 😂 Knowing now how much money’s in it, makes me even happier to not sell out to these folks that make the site crappy in the long run.
Neopets is one thing I am weirdly defensive of, so its always tricky to watch videos like this. I feel like every time you point out something absurd about the current state of the site, my kneejerk is to be like "ah but I could explain how things ended up this way/why this is how things are'. Not saying the explanation changes things entirely, but sometimes helps to contextualize how things ended up this messy.
There is still such a surprisingly vibrant and dedicated community on such an old site, and as bad as it is, I'm so thankful it is still around. Every other online kids site that I grew up with shut down long ago, but despite all odds neopets has continued to limp on. I feel bad that this video had to come out alongside the recent developments of new management, bc this is the first time in years that ive been optimistic about the future of the site. Some of the messiness, particularly with the minigames, is actually a welcome refresher because it comes alongside a wave of effort to restore some of the most nostalgic features of the site. A site this old is just absolutely massive, but I appreciate that they've left up so much of the old content even if some of it isnt worth the effort of converting. Other sites may have purged much more to make a site conversion cleaner and easier, but at least with Neopets' the mess stems partially from the site being a like an archive of its very long history
The fact that almost 10 years have already passed without being able to play Key Quest is making me so SAD. It was my favorite thing ever and my main source of NP. I remember the music of the game so clearly! What a time that was.
Excellent video Li!
Something you forgot to mention is how the pirate smuggler and abandoned attic shops have been broken for actual years its pretty frustrating because you could get some good deals on rare items in those shops previously
fascinating stuff. i grew up with the MMO's of the late-2000's to early 2010's (Fantage, Wizard 101, FusionFall, etc.) and i love learning about older ones.
Almost completely off topic but I used to log into 2 accounts and bully myself on Fantage for attention
Omg the Habitarium was my FAVORITE thing to do on Neopets! I was never a very active Neopets player (maybe because I didn't get into it in its heyday) so when I returned one day to find it gone I was DEVASTATED. Especially since the inflation and dead Flash games issue was already making the game kind of boring to try to get into as a newer player
I had completely forgotten about it until it was brought up here, and I've never had a stronger nostalgia response. I hope the game is still up somewhere!
Many thanks to the flashpoint archive for catching all the games on neopets and keeping them playable
finally, someone who understands how much of a banger the juice break game song is
What about ice cream machine???
As a Gen-Z kid who couldn't quite get into Neopets, I'm pretty interested in the new projects that this team is working on, tbh. I feel like a lot of us were too used to the physically explorable virtual worlds/pet-sims like Webkinz to really get into the text-based Neopets design, so I'd definitely be down to explore Neopia in 3D.
I've been playing neopets since i was 10, I'm 26 now and still have my neopets and log them into a hotel once a month for the whole month so they dont starve. When they lost the server for the key quest game it all went downhill, its so sad
Didn't think there'd be a Neopets equivalent to Tommy Tallarico, I probably shouldn't have been surprised lmfao
From what I understand the reason they got john legend on is because chrissy teigen has been on neopets forever and was a comment board moderator at a point. And as far as people that would be brand ambassadors i think June @/actuallyrea would have been a great choice! :]]
I actually kinda love that for Chrissy
this video spoke to my heart.... all this time trying to tell my friends Every Single Point you brought up... but alas... they were never neopetters... . they would never understand
this video is so TRUE!!!!!! i can finally be put to rest knowing this information is immortalized on the internet this video is awesome thank u
I wish I knew about the pound glitch when I was a kid. I remember another friend who was obsessed with Neopets told me to keep refreshing the adoption page because some people would put painted Neopets in the pound. Even as a kid, I thought that was crazy… cuz even back then, paintbrushes were ridiculously hard to get. Anyway, I ended up adopting a silver Kougra by pure luck. Nobody ever messaged me about her… but if it was the glitch, I would have gladly gave her back to the original owner, if possible.
that was probably a legitimate pounded pet, unless you’re a young teen i don’t think the pound glitch would have been around when you were a kid and it’s not that uncommon for people to pound lab ray pets with rare colors that aren’t the specific color they were looking for
Oh I was playing Neopets back in 2002. 😅 I’m 30 now haha but you’re right the silver kougra was probably a legitimately pounded pet… but UGH, she was everything to me! 🤩 I miss her but I know my old account is long gone.
The “shambling husk” image was such a jumpscare🤣🤣
Neopets was where I learned how to do HTML when I was a kid in 2004 and web design in general. Now I'm a software engineer. Neopets was a huge part of my childhood and I had so much fun making friends and making signatures, pet pages, and themes. I'm pretty sure both my accounts are hacked and dead though...
Grundos Cafe is wonderful.
Its everything old neopets vets want, the only issue is limited access ( you need to be invited in).
Let retail die, its beyone saving.
I still have so much love for Neopets in my heart and that Meepit Juice Break music hit me like a truckload of bricks
As a (former?) neopets fan I love that you did such a comprehensive video, I can tell how much you care about and love the old neopets that we all loved to play so much as kids. It’s so sad to see how far it’s fallen.
Also- your makeup looks super cool! I love how you matched the logo colors :D
I poked at Neopets a couple months ago for the nostalgia when I heard of the new ownership and ran into every problem you mentioned within minutes of trying to remember how the site works. If this new design is supposed to be easier, it's not nearly easy enough - it needs to turn the common locstions like the plaza/bazaar into a drop-down in the menu, for one. The entire site is in the uncanny valley of usability where it obfuscates how to access things while not really providing anything useful and making it harder to find the old usable site. I can't imagine a new player who decides to check out this thing they heard about being able to figure this thing out at all.
But OH BOY do they make it obvious to access the cash shop. Having a cash shop at all with the site in this state is downright insulting.
The John Legend thing is actually hilarious like I don't know why they would choose this guy of all people but tbh what a bold marketing move. Does this make me want to play neopets? Not really. Is this going to haunt me for the rest of my life despite not really being interested in neopets? Absolutely
Apparently his wife Chrissy Teigen loved Neopets and, according to one of her tweets, used to be a comment board moderator.
Also I found an article about Chrissy Teigen on Neopets that has the following incredible paragraph
_In fact, she seemed to be anxiously awaiting the arrival of an omelette, which is a popular in-game food item that you can feed your pets. There was no update on the status of the egg delicacy, but moments later she did joke of a 59 tweet thread she planned to start regarding the game's history, writing: "I vaguely remember these concepts. I remember the faeries. The paintbrushes. The guilds, kind of. But only specks of them. Father Time has stolen my youthful memories of neopia and instead replaced these innocent times with tattered images of a world once simple and kind, (1/59)."_
This is irrelevant to the content of the video itself, but I LOVE your makeup! (As you can tell by my icon, I am... A *little* biased, to say the least, LOL)
never played neopets but your narrative style is so engaging i was fully sucked into this video regardless
YAYYYY i don't think i'm this excited about anyone else's uploads
It's not a Scunthorpe Problem, it's a Scunthorpe Solution!
I feel like neopets could absolutely make a comeback. I went to a convention recently and a ton of the artists there were selling neopets patches, pins, art, keychains, etc. I bought as much as I could but a lot of them sold out of their items! I dont think virtual petsites are going to do gangbusters compared to other ventures, but they can absolutely build a loyal and dedicated fanbase, like Flight Rising.
I have no idea about most of the things you talk about (I'm gen z from post-soviet country) but I'm in live with your videos. You're an incredible narrator!
You are so kind!
Inspiring ♡
Thank you for your content , it's comforting
7:54 looking back on my childhood I’m actually incredibly grateful for how fleshed out a lot of the world was. I had neopets magazine, I printed out user created stories from the site to read offline, each new part of the world came with a whole history. Like kids deserve complete and evolving worlds and stories. It’s one of the reasons we all loved ATLA as kids and why our kids love it-it’s a complete and evolving world that’s obviously been lived in and has history.
I believe what made the whole UC hacking thing worse is that TnT said that making new, UC pets was impossible (from what I remember) the community was so upset during that time.
*EDIT also apparently TNT is planning on bringing UC back from what I heard....as a NeoCash purchase. So god knows how expensive that is going to be.
I think what people even angrier was that had a moderator that had a less than one year UC Darigan Bruce, and when people noticed they tried to change the data of the pet to pretend they are older but made a mistake and appeared that the pet was older than the site itself and in the end they converted the pet and pretend nothing had happened
@@TheDoomBlueShell oh god how MESSSYYYYY
omg your bangs look so good and literally i was just about to look up a video about the neopets situation!!
Li, I started with your ASMR channel and I’m so thrilled to see you taking off with the nostalgia content! I can’t believe I learned things from this video (like the Adam incident, good lord) - neopets is one of the few innocent childhood memories I have that I love so fiercely, and your unbiased coverage on the drama is much appreciated. I really hope to see the site revived (wholesomely) the way it deserves to be for its clearly adult userbase.
While I'm from the side of "former Jumpstart player", and I vaguely recall the Nick-derived Neopets MMO Pet Pet Park(which was functionally an LPSO clone), I still feel bad for any dealt the poor hands of Netdragon. As most of its MMOs were neglected, the fact Neopets continued to spiral into a hacker and NFT hub sounds surreal- like it's a gap between "no treatment" (beyond an unneeded avatar overhaul in JS) and "enabled poor treatment" (what I'm deducing from Neopets).
Edit: The new homepage looks like what Jumpstart's homepage before shutdown looked like, down to the late renaming of "World of BrandName".
It really is crazy to see JumpStart (or Knowledge Adventure, KA, as a lot of us older folks also know them as) have such a massive fall from grace. In their heydey of the DOS, Windows 3/9x days, they were very dedicated and technological wizards (especially on the DOS, holy cow). One can see it in the included documentation for a lot of the classic JumpStart games, and the various Adventure titles preceding Kindergarten 1994 (e.g. 3D Dinosaur Adventure and its anniversary edition).
I'm guessing the people who made the magic happen ultimately left some time after the JS World MMO released. I'm only speculating, to be clear. The tech landscape changed so much, multiple times just going from 90's DOS to MMOs, with smartphones nipping right at the heels in the early 2010's, with World releasing in 2009.
I just wonder what happened behind the scenes. I don't think anybody knows. I never even knew JS owned Neopets until maybe 6 months ago, when I was looking for information about JS after going on a nostalgia trip with various old edutainment games. 🤷♀️ And as for Neopets, I played during the Viacom/Nick/Paramount era, primarily for the flash games.
@@NightimeDemon Thing is, I believe it's not the MMO itself (or just that)- but the slow decline in updates once the Madagascar takeover was over (after 2 years), random redesign of the avatars in 2015 or 16, only getting a true MMO name around ~2014, and most severely, Netdragon's grasp of it from 2017-18 to its end this year.
I'm actually surprised that they didn't make an App form of the MMO like Club Penguin briefly did, although their Madagascar spinoff was locked to specific Apple devices. Academy, which was the Netdragon-run overhaul that only had a Preschool, Kindergarten, and basic math/coding variant, seems to be what hurt it in the longrun. You can almost document the decline with the Wordpress blogs (ending mid-2016), the Facebook page (ending around April of 2021), and even the videos uploaded on here barely feeling as "integrated" with what is released.
This was so well done and I hope you know how eloquent a speaker you are! Instant subscribe.
sorry for commenting pre-emptively but like i love the look. your makeup is always so phenomenal but like,, the black and white switcheroo kinda theme????? gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!
Off topic but omg Li!!!! That lip colour suits you so well! And the eye makeup is superb ❤
Ugh needed a video from you right now. I really wish we could get the old internet back, but with every year more disappointments stack up.
that eyelash/eyeshadow combo is rly hypnotic
Two minutes in and I'm confident this is the type of neopets video essay I'm into. Liked and subbed
Li: "What's this?"
Commercial: "THIS IS MICHAEL'S MAKER HAUL"
for me it was temu😭
girl that makeup is fire, it looks so good on you ❤
Yeeees new li video! :3 always looking forward to your videos!!!!
I had the red dragon neopet many years ago. I didn't know they were still around. Thank you for making this video Miss Li.
Oh my God, I had no idea Neopets drama went this hard. Thanks for the video, glad I subscribed!
I really enjoy neopets deepdive, there's so much history and I never get tired of hearing about it- especially if its from someone who was there from the glory days. Loving the make up by the way!
Your makeup in this vid is so stunning, I was like :O when I clicked on the video
this inspired me to go check in on my neopets and it is so jarring how the website switches between the old and the new style. I think I prefer the old style so much more, but that might be the nostalgia
Worth letting people know there are fanmade alternatives such as modernneopets & Grundos Cafe
I cant get into either of those
@@ShadeATV
Some of us can't FIND them....
The Cafe requires a referral code, which I don't have.
"i hope you live forever in poverty" is now stuck in my head
Your makeup looks so good I love it
GIRL. I LOVE YOUR MAKEUP SO MUCH!!!!!
God I miss neopets being fun
oh what i would give to see you cover gaia online
i really want to do one about their lore but there’s just…. so much
looking in on the neopets situations as an outsider and someone who has never made an acc has me glad that i joined and am active on pretty much every other pet site. chickensmoothie is doing just fine without a Great NFT Debacle. I much prefer petty forum drama, very annoying though it may be.
I've heard of chickensmoothie. What other sites do you like?
Im so glad chicken smoothie is still up. It was my site of choice as a preteen and being able to log back in every now and then to read my old posts messages etc is a treat!
I really miss the Key Quest game…it was one of the separate, big games you could play and I loved the monopoly style of the game. Haven’t finished the video yet, might there be a shimmer of hope to play it again? That would be awesome!
the mention of keyquest brought me sooooooo much nostalgia omg 🥺.... i miss playing that game so bad. neopets was so awesome
Never played Neopets, so I was just watching happily until the dokidoki lit club music started up and I was convinced I was about to be jumpscared with Neopet nfts. Also, Li, every time you use the Town with No Name soundtrack, it delights me to no end.
Omg I loved all of the Hannah games, especially Hannah and the ice caves!!!!
Makeup and wardrobe on point as per usual. Li Speaks? More like Li Slays!
got my snacks just in time for a new li video yaaaay
i used to play neopets as a kid and impossible for newcomers is accurate. i loved the designs, games, and lore but it was hard to make money and i also didn't like how interacting with your pets mostly came from a dropdown button. it felt mechanical for lack of a better word. my neopets days ended when we had to repair the computer and i couldn't access my account after that. it does have a lot of nostalgic memory for me but it also made me wonder why i stuck with it for so long
Just started the video, totally random but you bangs are to die for.
THANK YOU for doing a video about this
YEESSSS A NEW VIDEO AND ITS NEOPETS!!
I remember getting banned because I had "petit" in the name of my pet. Petit is french for little but they claimed the name was sexual in nature since it had somethinh to do with tits. A large part of the french speaking community got banned on that day.
i had a neopets as a kid and went back a few times, watching it slowly deteriorate each time. its like a long, sad death march.
aw. wadanohara background music. so awesome :)
You got me to go back to neo in a fit of nostalgia... I got myself a blue xweetok like I always started with as a kid. I always wanted a ghost one back then but could never afford the paintbrush. Now I kinda just love blue ones more, oops.
I believe Chrissy Teigen plays Neopets more than I do that John knows what a Neopet is
But I can't imagine that John costs more than say a Ninja, some streamer that if you told me they played Neopets I'd be like "Yeah I see it in their eyes"
This was thoroughly informative and enjoyable to watch despite having never visited the neopets site
The look for this video 😍
Habitarium is being restored (slowly) by one of the programmers volunteering at Grundo's Café! It would be so so SO easy for Neopets to bring in one of those programmers to help them out with game files but nooooooo
I miss that game sooo much!! 😭
💔 was the best game on the site!! Plus hannah and the pirate caves 🤭❤
Do you know where to get updates on habitarium? 🤩