The Return of Neopian Rivalry by chimesjon |  |
AIR FAERIE CLOUD - In my recent article, "Neopian
Rivalry", I mentioned that there were many more rivals in this
Neopet world. Well, here's another work that will point out some more rivals.
Neopians aren't exactly the only ones that are opponents to each other; games
may also rival each other.
Go! Go! Go! and Cheat!
The luck games Go! Go! Go! and Cheat! seem to have quite an amount of competition
with each other. Both games are played with cards and various characters and
different rounds. In Go! Go! Go!, you are to place cards that are equal to or
higher than the card that is on the Stack Pile. In Cheat!, you are to decide
correctly on whether one of the Cheat! players are honest about their placed
card or not. Both of them have prizes consisting of NP and perhaps a shiny trophy
to show off to pets and owners in your user-lookup. But Cheat! does have several
advantages: at most times whenever you win you will get NP and a Battlecard
at the same time, and you may receive NP each time you catch a player cheating
(plus, you also get more NP at the end of the round if victorious). Go! Go!
Go! has advantages as well. Winning a Cheat! trophy is probably the easiest
trophy to receive, so not many people would be impressed by one. Go! Go! Go!
is definitely harder than the other game, and you'll be using more strategy
and skills to play this game.
Uggsul and Fernypoo
These two originate from both of the games mentioned above. Uggsul plays in
Tyrannian game Go! Go! Go!, while Princess Fernypoo plays in Central Neopian
game Cheat! According to Uggul's profile, she doesn't play GGG (Go! Go! Go!
for short, please) for the riches, as she already has her own wealth. Instead,
she plays so she can show off to Fernypoo and stop her from bragging about her
Cheat! skills. Fernypoo originates in Cheat! She was a princess of a fabulous
kingdom, but left on her own when he found out that her father, the king, ordered
the servants to let her win. Currently, these two Neopians continue to attempt
to win the championships in their own games in order to prove who is the best
card player of all time.
Brain Tree and Money Tree
The Brain Tree and the Money Tree are probably the only trees who talk and
are classified as Neopian citizens. The Brain Tree, located in the Haunted Woods,
is the largest living thing in the spooky world...well...competing against the
Esophagor. He waits patiently in the woods for people and pets to accept his
quests, since the huge tree is always hungry for more knowledge, struggling
and having an ambition to be the most intelligent figure in the face of Neopia,
and he gets what he longs for in exchange for NP and special items. The Money
Tree on the other hand, gives out items and NP for free rather than asking for
something in exchange. Well, the Brain Tree has advantages for his prizes; they
are more valuable and useful. The Money Tree sits in the centre of the Neopian
Marketplace, with many donating or claiming cheap items and small amounts of
NP. These two trees butt heads with each other on giving out NP and items...who
knows? In fact, they could be friends.
Wheel of Excitement and Wheel of Mediocrity
Okay, in the competition with these spinning wheels, I'd have to say Excitement
is more well...exciting. The Wheel of Excitement, located on one of the puffy
cumulus clouds in Faerieland, gives out the better prizes than those of Mediocrity.
Excitement has most of the advantages, and has the best rewards, even though
it may have some of the worst consequences. Mediocrity is just as mediocre as
the name suggests. The price to play is half of that of Excitement, and the
consequences aren't as bad, and neither are the rewards too good. The main advantage
Mediocrity has is that Neopians won't really come down with a disease (which
is one of the Excitement consequences).
Brucey B and Spectre
Brucey B and Spectre are another pair of rivals that come from Cheat!, except
they play in the same game. These two are practically mentioned as rivals, and
even enemies. They weren't introduced as opponents until the Sakhmetian Siege
was starting to commence under super-maniac Dr. Frank Sloth. Their rivalry started
at the beginning of the Sakhmetian Siege when Spectre, a red Jetsam who is the
top Cheat! player in Neopia, won Brucey B's lucky medallion. Well, to get more
information on that incident, why not check it out yourself? Brucey B eventually
got the medallion back later on after the battle with Sloth and his dim-witted
soldiers was over. The last time the two saw each other wasn't too long ago.
Spectre meets his rival in the Sakhmetian game, Tug-O-War, simply naming himself
Unknown...
Monocerous and Jubjubs
The Jubjub is the most fortunate pet in the face of the planet when it comes
to the Monocerous case. The Monocerous is a ferocious beast that roams throughout
Neopia and paralyses its victims with its deafening roar. Strangely and fortunately,
Jubjubs are immune to the roar, which seems to make the furious beast's dark
life a bit difficult for it. But the most unusual thing owners and Neopets including
myself have heard about the Monocerous is when it sometimes encounters others.
Usually it says it once ate 16 Jubjubs in one week...I guess this wouldn't make
a Jubjub too fortunate after all. Jubjubs are one of the only pets that has
a natural enemy that is included in the Gallery of Evil.
Vyssa and Sankara Princess
Sankara and Princess Vyssa (well, currently Queen Vyssa) are some of the political
rivals. Especially after finding the actual evidence that Princess Sankara was
the one who had assassinated King Coltzan III, Vyssa and Sankara aren't necessarily
the best of friends. Sankara was an Aisha born from a wealthy kingdom, which
fell to another evil empire. Before, while Coltzan was alive and well, the king
took Sankara in and gave her shelter...and still Vyssa and Sankara didn't become
friends much! Even though the Usurper case was solved a while back, a whole
lot of the mystery remains unsolved.
Island Mystic and Haiku Generator
As much as useless these two Neopian features are, they have amazingly developed
something against each other now. The Island Mystic and the Haiku Generator
live in Mystery Island, giving out pointless information... but still, "Pointless
information is pointless but gives a point." The Island Mystic lives near the
side of the Mystery Island coasts. He tells visitors strange fortunes that sound
as if they had come from the Neopet fortune cookies. The Haiku Generator lives
in a straw hut in the thick areas of the tropical island. The mysterious Kougra
states peculiar yet enjoyable poetry. The Island Mystic has been running out
of fortunes ever since the Haiku Generator feature was created. But there are
hardly any advantages here between these two. Yet they continue a new competition
between each other. But...if you're planning on getting some useful information
from these Neopians...forget about it.
Well, those were just some more rivals. I hope you have enjoyed this article
very much. There are so many rivals that it'd take a LONG time to name them
all. |
