the website neopets, which miraculously has never cycled playerbase and maintained many of their original players (meaning the main base are 20 something year olds), has run out of ideas to monetize.
who set this in motion is a mystery, but it's probably a dusty suit wearing executive. Neopets, or "NFTopets" are a new take-over for the virtual pet website.
i adored this website as a kid, and while my last pet was made in highschool, i have kept up with it a bit. mostly through the Neostalgia podcast and the subreddit. unfortunately, because of this ive been a first row spectator of the probable last breath of this piece of internet history.
not only is the NFT-ification happening, there are other important things happening which ill talk about first. if you want to read more, theres links at the bottom.
there is a separate 'team' set up for the management of the NFTopets, called the neopets metaverse. however, this group has proven itself to be little more than misogynistic highschoolers. im not overreacting, as you can see in one of their tweets above, but it does not end there:
https://twitter.com/jellyneo/status/1448041329875832832?s=21 https://www.reddit.com/r/neopets/comments/q6xxtv/today_in_the_nft_saga_metaverse_discord_mod/here you can see a swamp monster called 'xBunny' pointing out the instagram of a minor in discord and bragging about getting paid for something (who really knows)
the next part i want to mention is Jellyneo.net, who is also the twitter account that shared the previous link. Jellyneo for the uninformed is a third party website made by fans that makes the game playable. it is like a wiki, it holds all the items and what not.
i put a link to that website at the bottom as well if you want more information. they have, in protest to NFTopets, gone through a sort of 'blackout'.
there's much more going on, and its only been a couple of weeks. i highly recommend looking through the link i put in bold text below.
you may think now, so whats the price of a NFTopet, whats the deal? well take a look at how
jellyneo's nfts page lets you generate a free nft with accurate pricing, too.
https://www.reddit.com/r/neopets/comments/q50420/we_at_rneopets_are_against_neonfts_megathread/https://www.jellyneo.net/nftshttps://www.jellyneo.net/?comments=13872
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