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Read the answers to the most commonly asked Neopets questions this week in the Editorial section. Each week the most popular questions will be answered by one of the creators of Neopets, so keep checking back to stay updated.


Quote of the Week


When you're young and you see a poster saying Help us take over Neopia! Earn fair money!, and you go to the address listed on the poster, you get the job after a minute long interview and all you have to do is bring milk and cookies to the boss every afternoon at 2:22 sharp and do a few odd jobs on the side, you think it's really awesome.

But when you work there a bit longer and find out that you're on the unpopular (and most likely losing) side, and that this job will most likely be a blight on your portfolio for the rest of your career, you start wondering if this was such a bright idea after all.


Habitarium Feng Shui



Feng Shui is the ancient Shenkuu art of arrangement to create harmony in your environment. When applied to Habitarium arrangement, Feng Shui focuses on the placement of buildings and decorative objects to achieve a Habitarium which is both aesthetically pleasing and gives greater control over the behavior of your P3s. When not following the principles of artistic arrangement, improperly-placed buildings and decorations will disrupt the movement of your P3s, limit access to harvestable resources, make it more...

Dealing with Guild Wars



Guild conflicts are often times started by meaningless comments that may start out innocently, but in time grow and grow, quite in the same way that a snowball rolling down a snowy hill grows. Nobody enjoys or appreciates constant fighting in the guild. Because after all, a guild is a place to talk to friends, and when the message board resembles something close to a battlefield, everyone feels miserable. In order to help keep Neopia free of conflict, I've written a little guide with many helpful techniques...

Stop Spinning


Day in and day out you've played games, sat at a shop refreshing, or played Key Quest, trying to make enough for that paint brush, that avatar item, that last thing for your gallery. It can seem monotonous. It can seem like you'll be doing the same thing every day until you're eighty-seven and three quarters. This is a guide to doing the complete opposite. This is how you have fun in the grand world of Neopia when you're sick of the cycle...

Other Stories
"Robotic by the Lab Ray" by sapphirekira
Zzzzzzzzap! What was previously the blue Grundo in front of them had turned Mallow. He looked slightly bewildered as he examined himself, and saw that he had no arms. But his owner rushed over and helped him out of the room, both of them chatting in excitement. "Next," said the mad scientist. Angela and Kira walked in...

"The Tragic Tales that Inspired Recent Paint Colors" by jlp2q
Ever since their owner had adopted Anna, Peter just didn't know if he fit in with this family anymore. Anna got to visit the lab ray every day, and she was given new petpets as soon as they earned another avatar. Not that Peter wanted a new petpet; he loved his (zapped) Maraquan Snowickle very much. Still, it was...

"Never Buy Cheap Pants" by extralizzay
They were really a bargain - an over-bargain, practically free. The saleslady rang them up to a mere 6 neopoints - how fabulous, right? I was excited beyond belief and wore them that fateful school day like I had so determinedly planned at the checkout. The first clue about the massive hole that had mysteriously been torn in the pants...


If You Believe, You Can Fly


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Great stories!


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Lady Sandstorm: Part Four
Nabile twisted a strand of hair anxiously as Jazan said, "She was a Fire Faerie gone bad. She’s the reason the Lost Desert is a desert."

by saphira_27

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Size is Everything
Hee hee hee!

Concept by kulasjeika

by dragonsflame_uk


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Stop Spinning the Theoretical Wheel of Monotony
This is how you have fun in the grand world of Neopia when you're sick of the cycle.

by mheetu

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Feng Shui for Habitariums
When applied to Habitarium arrangement, Feng Shui focuses on the placement of buildings and decorative objects to achieve a Habitarium which is both aesthetically pleasing and gives greater control over the behavior of your P3s.

by dragonlover8560

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The Birthday Surprise
"It's my birthday!" I cried gleefully. I sprang out of bed, stuffed my feet into my slippers, and raced downstairs.

by natverdi



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