November 2014 News Archive

We have reopened our Keyquest Expert staff position.  Yes, we realize that Keyquest is currently down, but it will be back eventually.  We have also added a brand new position: MIA Updater.  The staffer who originally brought us the MIA has been retired for some time.  We've worked on updating it a little, but would like to have someone dedicated to it.

	Keyquest Expert - Love Keyquest? Think you'd be able to update our Keyquest guide? You must be able to play the game well, able to write up guides for it, and know a little HTML/CSS to create and upate pages.
	MIA Updater - If you are familiar with items, we need you to update our Missing Items Archive. You would update any items that are fixed, and add new items in that have some sort of error.

We are still taking applications for other positions here at SunnyNeo.  Find one that works for you and Apply For Staff.

If joining staff isn't for you, you can always check out our public guild, The Buzzing Bee.

The fight at the Battleground of the Obelisk has started again. You have until the end of Sunday to battle for your faction.

Check out our Skirmish Battles guide for more information.

In honor of our new Symol Hole guide, we bring you a new font for the Symol avatar! And when we jumped into the Symol Hole, we happened to find a font for the Site Spotlight avatar just as we promised.

	Random at the Symol Hole.
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	If you win the Site Spotlight going forward, you will now be able to win a new avatar!
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As always, you can check out our awesome fonts on our Secret Avatars/Fonts and Default Avatars/Fonts pages.

Games Master Challenge is back!  We're working now to update our guide.

I am happy to announce our Apply for Staff and Contact Us pages have been redone.  They look cleaner and are hopefully easier for everyone to navigate.  See a job, click Quick Description to see a little explanation.  If that is what you'd like to apply for, click on the image or job title to read more and apply.  On the Contact Us page, simply click on the category of what you need to contact us about, and it will direct you.

With our new Apply for Staff page we have also added four new positions:

	Battledome Battler - We need someone to battle challengers for us and share their results.
	Pixel Artist - Like to make pixel art? We're looking for someone to create pixel art for cursors, dividers, pixel adoptables, and more!
	Guide Reviewer - We have many people writing guides that need reviewing before they are released. We're looking for someone who can do this. Also, when there are no guides ready, to check over older pages for any edits needed and relay them to our General Page Maintenance.
	Project Crew - Like to research things that are unknown? We need a few people that work well together to gather and compile information for projects, such as our Edna Project currently.

There are plenty of other positions open that we are taking applications for so please check them out!

If you don't think joining staff is your thing, but still want to help out, you can always join our public guild the Buzzing Bee.

The sign-ups for the next round of skirmish have started. Visit the Battleground of the Obelisk to choose between the Thieves Guild, the Order of the Red Erism and the Awakened. You have until the end of Wednesday to join one of these factions.

More information can be found on our Skirmish Battles guide.

Looking to expand your set of dailies, but not really sure what to add? Check out our new Symol Hole guide! It explains all of the details on how the Mysterious Symol Hole works with a complete list of prizes. 

Make sure to check it out if you haven't yet gotten the Symol Hole avatar!

There are two new smileys available to use on the neoboards. Check out our Neo Smileys page to see all the smileys there are.

*koi*

*vandagyre*

Also, the Holiday Shop is open in the NC Mall with new wearables.  If you get any of these new items, please Model them for us.

The Seekers have won this skirmish round. Prizes can now be collected at the Battleground of the Obelisk.
To find out more, take a look at our Skirmish Battles guide.

It seems TNT have outdone themselves this year with all the 15th Birthday events. Not only have they been fixing many features around the site, but they have added a new pet! Welcome the Vandagyre, the 55th pet, and the 'V' named pet to complete the Neopet species alphabet! Please note, that it is not customizable. Backgrounds, foregrounds, trinkets, garlands, etc. will work, but no clothing or handheld items. You can check out the SunnyNeo Rainbow Pool to see all the colours, granted there a few broken images that TNT needs to put up, or check out the 4 basic colours below!



To celebrate the arrival of the Vandagyre a new FREE Goodie Bag has also been released in the NC Mall: The Vandagyre Goodie Bag.

Neopets has released on their News another great birthday celebration update.  Now, Neopian shops clear out their stock of items that aren't being purchased more often .  This way more items filter in.  This may be a time if you haven't already, to check out our Restocking Guide.

Shop Stock Update! - We know everyone has been frustrated with shops and the way items have (or haven't...) been restocking in them. Well, we have great news for you! All shops, from the Neopian Fresh Foods shop to the Ugga Shinies shop, will no longer keep old stock around. That means shops will clear out more regularly so that you will have more opportunities to purchase the items that you want. Happy shopping! :)

The next round of skirmish has started. You can now fight for your faction at the Battleground of the Obelisk. This round will last until the end of Sunday.

Take a look at our Skirmish Battles guide for more information.

Today's birthday celebrations bring us new updates on prizes for dailies and Trading Post/Auction limits.

Daily Prizes - Don't forget to visit either Tiki Tack Tombola, Anchor Management, Forgotten Shore, or the Lunar Temple today. You might get a different prize from usual from one of these four dailies!   Trading Post and Auctions - If trading and bidding is your thing, you are in luck! The Trading Post maximum is now 2,000,000 NP, and the Auction maximum is now 50,000,000 NP. (That means those who might use a certain Oracle boon will see an even higher value there, as well.)

If you get any new items we do not have listed on our individual dailies guides, please contact us.
And while we're on the subject of millionaires and prizes, we have two new fonts for you to use! They are for the Lottery Winner and Beauty Contest avatars. Don't worry, we have a font for the Site Spotlight avatar coming soon. :-)

	If you win the Lottery going forward, you will now be able to win a new avatar! This avatar was released on 11/12/2014, so all previous wins do not qualify.
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	If you win the Beauty Contest going forward, you will now be able to win a new avatar! This avatar was released on 11/12/2014, so all previous wins do not qualify.
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Don't forget to check out the rest of our fonts on our Secret Avatars/Fonts and Default Avatars/Fonts pages.

Neopets has announced new Avatars and Site Themes in the News.  We will update our guides as soon as we can.

Themes - You can visit your preferences page (that is under My Account) today to start using a new theme. There is one for Kiko Lake, Roo Island, Gadgadsbogen, Tyrannia, as well as Grey Day. If you don't know which one to pick, you could always use a new one every day this week! Avatars - These are a little trickier. If you win the Site Spotlight and Beauty Contest going forward, you will now be able to win a new avatar! If you are super lucky and win the Neopian Lottery, you can also earn a special avatar, as well. :) Hooray!

On Neopets' facebook, they announced a Mobile Motion Book for Faerie's Ruin.  Check it out here. 

A magical mystery has befallen Neopia, turning all the Faeries to stone! Join King Altador and Hanso now to experience the classic Neopets tale, The Faerie’s Ruin, in an ALL-NEW way with Madefire's mobile and web compatible Motion Books!

They have also added that there are new items to be had in the Grave Danger.  If you get any new items we do not have listed on our Grave Danger Guide, please contact us.

Preparations for the next skirmish have begun, you can now choose your faction at the Battlegound of the Obelisk. Fighting in this round will be: the Brute Squad, the Awakened and the Seekers. You have until the end of Wednesday to decide what team you want to fight for.

More information can be found on our Skirmish Battles guide.

Neopets 15th Birthday is now less than a week away and a new FREE Goodie Bag has been released in the NC Mall: The Neopets 15th Birthday Celebration Goodie Bag!

Since you can only get an NC item from this Goodie Bag, you may also claim it on your Side Accounts.



A new NC Mall discount code has also been released:

Happy Birthday Neopets! To celebrate our Birthday, the NC Mall is awarding a special discount code! Type code Y16BIRTHDAY into the discount box at checkout and receive 150 NC off any purchase of 1000 NC or more. This offer ends November 15th, 2014

To ease the goodbye from our Habitariums TNT has now realeased the final prizes.

Hold on! My datacrometer is blinking! Ah, it appears it's collected all it can from my invention, which means the experiment has come to an end. Thank you for helping me with my research! We learned a lot about these fascinating Petpetpets, didn't we? They really are astounding!

Visit the Habitarium page to claim the new site theme and a Habitarium Goodies Chest.


See our Site Themes guide for a preview of the Habitarium theme as well as information on all other site themes released so far. 

We have also added our very first Fun Images just like Neopets' Fun Images.  So, if you miss watching your Petpetpets, feel free to put these up wherever you'd like.  We have Larnikin, Mootix, and Pinchit standing still, eating, fighting, sleeping, and working as well as the P3 enemy chomping.  For now, if you'd like to request any fun images, feel free to use the "Other" option in our Graphics Request Form and include Fun Image or FI on the request.  We will make its own section soon.

TNT has posted an image on their Facebook talking about the countdown to their birthday.  They also linked to TNT's Neoboard that states:

Another year older with even more surprises up our sleeve! Will you be joining us as we countdown to our 15th BIRTHDAY? From Goodie Bags and NEW items to site themes and more, surprises galore will be available throughout all of next week, leading to the BIGGEST news to hit Neopia in quite some time - stay tuned!

 

The Sway has won the latest round of skirmish. Prizes can now be collected at the Battleground of the Obelisk.

Check out our Skirmish Battles guide for information about the boons and more!