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Made that Perfect Gallery?


by o_babypet4me_o

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Last time I spoke to you, I told you how to "Make that Perfect Gallery." Just to recap the main points I mentioned were:

  • Choose your theme (which is the hardest part.) You have to pick wisely because too many items in that category and you will forever be broke. Too few items and well, you will have a boring gallery to show people.
  • Pick decent categories. That is; I would not pick categories that make no sense such as "things" or "stuff" actually make sure it is detailed but not too detailed. For instance "Toys" not "Toys that I came across over the years."
  • Items that you are wanting. So you decided whether to go for real life money items called "Neocash" or just simple play games, obtain neopoints and spend those points.
  • The amount you are willing to spend. Some people will pay millions for one single item for their gallery. Others would have a limit of 10,000np per item.
  • Timeframe. So that means the allocated time you are giving yourself to finish your gallery. Take mine for instance, I will NEVER be finished. I will always think to myself "What else could I add in here?"
  • And last but not least, your lookup. Are you going to get a premade one or will you make one yourself? (Good luck with the coding!)

Well now that you have caught up to what you WOULD HAVE ALREADY READ! But just in case you have forgotten my brilliant words all the way back in issue 673 (As I write this issue 700 is about to come out and I did attempt to put a story in it *fingers crossed for the avatar* ...)

This is part two. How can there be another part to your rambling on you ask? Well easy! Galleries have been an important part in Neopets history to show off items that other people may never ever be able to own because 1) they could be EXTREMELY RARE or 2) EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE.

Was there anything before Galleries?

Before galleries we were able to show our awesome items by putting them in our shop for 100,000np. So when you searched for that item you could see it and stare at it for hours on end because you could not buy it. That was a form of gallery. People would have Baby Paint brushes in there for 100,000np but in reality they were selling for 595,000np back in those days. (We had no idea how to buy them besides trades and auctions. Apparently there is/was a secret place but who really knows?)

Sometimes it was annoying though. You would put expensive and cheap items in your shop to either sell or to show off. On those rare occasions people would be able to snipe the expensive items because they would be incorrectly priced. How do I know you ask? I remember placing things in for 10,000np ( yes forgot the extra '0' on numerous occasions." ) Or those times that you put a Pile of Dung in your shop for 100,000 and put a Paint Brush in for 1np. I did that too.

So it's good that we are now able to separate those two things. So people can go to your gallery to marvel on things you have and wish they had.

But galleries can be expensive to maintain...

Now Galleries show as many items as you would like. My size these days is 84 compared to before with 45. The amount to increase the Gallery size is getting a bit expensive; however there are people out there that have to spend over 18,879,150np to increase their Gallery size just one more to get 5 more places. These people are so dedicated!

I said in my last article that my theme is just "Baby." That WAS every single item on this site that contained the word 'Baby' in it. But now, it has expanded to baby looking items, toys and things that are associated with babies.

I have spent well over 30million Neopoints on my gallery just from seeing something and thinking to myself; "You know what Dan? I think that would suit your gallery." So instead of saving those Neopoints that have been sitting in my bank for one week, I tend to spend them. Sometimes I have second thoughts on them other times I know I have made the right choice.

How do you know your Gallery is really that good?

I don't! I don't know if it's the best Baby gallery out there or if it's exactly the same as someone else's. All I know and care about is that it is my personal collection of things that I have been most proud of. I mean, if you hate collecting something then why do it? You should do it because it makes you happy and proud.

I do get people to rank my Gallery as well by going onto the Gallery Boards. You may see one of my posts there asking what else I could add. As I said before I will never be finished.

People there rate your gallery, tell you exactly what they think and what else they believe you should add. You can take their criticism or not. Some people rate my gallery 4/10 or others 10/10 depending on their opinions. The only person's opinion that really matters though is YOURS!

Why do they not like it though? Be honest!

I am as honest as I can be. Asking people about; what else you can do to your gallery, what would make it a 10/10 to one person may not be everyone's 10/10. People like Galleries in certain ranking orders too. So I rank my gallery in categories. Morphing potions first then Plushies but then people would suggest ordering everything into colours. So have all blue items together then green but once again it depends on what you want to do. Other people do not like the theme that I have picked. Once again though, my username is o_babypet4me_o so it only suits that my theme for my account is 'Baby.'

Don't people get bored of collecting the same type of items though?

Yes and no. I would suspect that some people once they finish their galleries would think "What now?" It is like watching a good TV series, you can feel disappointed when it is finished because it took up so much of your time and energy. Some people then may sell their gallery items and start again on a new theme.

A few times I have thought to myself to stop and to sell all my items. But then I have not finished and I am still collecting and enjoying collecting.

Expanding your theme as well can possibly help. So for instance having an "Ice" themed gallery and collecting everything for 'ice' you can then expand it to being 'Fire and Ice,' there are endless possibilities.

So once again everyone, whatever you want to do with your gallery - Just do it! Start somewhere even if it is small. Ask someone what they think your theme could be. Start saving though, these things can be expensive!

 
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