Neopets (ft. PetSimmerJulie) | Down the Rabbit Hole

[@Pikasprey]

Well, I never thought I was going to be interested in hearing about the history of Neopets today, but once again, the internet decides my life for me.

[@jollyshitshow8111]

Pikasprey Yellow there's always time for neopets

[@CommanderWiggins]

Pikasprey Yellow Y'know, you were probably the last of my favorite KZbinrs I would have expected to see on this video.

[@luisgonzalez5482]

Deku Kitty Same though, lol

[@arootube]

Get used to that feeling.

[@Mngalahad]

I pronounce your name as pika spray.

[@mortal-enemy]

Ah, yes, Neopets. I remember being 9 years old and making about 15 accounts and forgetting all the usernames and passwords. Rest in peace old friends, you will be vaguely remembered.

[@itscompletelyunderstood]

I did that on frackin steam

[@nightcollapse]

Same to both of these

[@demonking86420]

stop it youre making me cry

[@annabellethepitty]

Meeeeeeeeeemoris light the cooooorners of my miiiiiiiind...

[@MzSoulll]

lmao

[@Roonifer]

It scares me to think that as a young kid, I was that close to Scientology.

[@crunchylettuce5446]

gut reaction: the person

[@skylordthe1st]

Hey their timmy do you want to learn how to turn on the dishwasher with your mind? Click this link

[@juice6521]

Thank god they kept scientology from corrupting a generation.

[@ninototo1]

Well the catholic church isn't that much different from scientology...

[@Tamaki742]

@@ninototo1 I mean Catholic church doesn't force you to exile your family members if they decide not to be Catholic anymore.

[@ninototo1]

@@Tamaki742 They aren't as bad, but they are corrupt, rape children, brainwash people, take your money.. and you will get pressured to come back if you decide to leave (if you have friends/family in the church).

[@Tamaki742]

@@ninototo1 Okay, you're just generalizing here, I'm in the Catholic church but no one judges me and my family for not going to masses every week. Heck I barely go to masses, at this point being Catholic is just formality sake for me on ID. And just because some old deranged perverts decide they can touch kids doesn't mean everyone is that disgusting.

[@ninototo1]

@@Tamaki742 Of course not everyone is like that. But this happens often enough to be noteworthy. And I'm not saying the church judges you for not going to mass, it's most often family members or friends who are in the church.

[@DrachenYT]

Everyone pour one out for each of your Neopets currently 'starving'.

[@Miserelysia]

Most of mine are at "dying" at this point. Have been for years. Poor things.

[@CGoody564]

I'm debating getting back on. I mean, actively playing. No clue why lol

[@blahthebiste7924]

Mine were perpetually "dying" even while I was an active user, once I discovered that there was no penalty for not feeding them

[@PurpleAmharicCoffee]

We had very restricted computer time as kids. My Neopet was subsequently never healthy.

[@ShroudedWolf51]

They aren't starving. A few years ago, Neopets had sent out an email saying that in order to purge unused and spam accounts, anyone that hadn't logged on within six months of a date that was given would have their account deleted. I discovered the email a few days after that date and sure enough, my account from years prior was nowhere to be found.

[@FredrikKnudsen]

If you're here for the creepy stuff, don't worry, that's coming back in full force next time...

[@zbombzbyhislonesome]

Fredrik Knudsen NEOPETS SCARE ME

[@hibubgames7667]

Why Neopets? We both know you should have done club penguin. Pls, it's dead.

[@nickkelley9139]

+Fredrik Knudsen I say keep a balance between the creepy and not creepy.

[@TheJungaBoon]

Fredrik Knudsen Is it creepypastas? I hope it's creepypastas

[@samueltheberge8703]

at 15:54 it sounds like you said unqueer instead of unclear

[@FwireFwower1989]

My Neopets account may be one of the oldest on the site. Problem is that I forgot the birthdate I used to login. I was 9 years old when I made it and I thought I was smart by using a fake birthdate to make myself seem older. I outsmarted myself it seems 😬

[@evackcin9863]

me too! id love to log back on it just for nostalgia, but no idea what i put for the birthday info. i still somehow remember the user and pass, but the birthday-no idea (mines not quite as old, but still at least 10+)

[@ricky-sanchez]

You didn't outsmart yourself, you made a 9 year old mistake.

[@Inuweeb]

I did the same thing, though I contacted customer support and they provided the birth-date no questions asked. Though that was a few years back so no clue if someone would get the same results. Should try that shit - you might have a goldmine on your hands.

[@zaravacher906]

Mines 12 yrs morbidprincesszars

[@doubtful_seer]

Kiweeb that’s... not very good security. lol

[@rasmusdegn9690]

"Which of these straight lines seem friendlier to you?" *This is what Scientologists actually believe*

[@COVID--zo3ng]

Really?

[@keiran9276]

@@COVID--zo3ng Really

[@TheLegonaut]

l I

[@ScruffMcGruff86]

@@TheLegonaut I choose the left one, because I've always wanted to name something "Leftie" so now the left line is "Leftie" and he's mine. Kindly, transfer authority to me for 1 billion years of service and I'll pay him $0.17/week to clean my close buddy Thom Cruze's house.

[@wilhelmvg9978]

@@ScruffMcGruff86 “You never come across guys named Lefty anymore” - George Carlin

[@reapfield8687]

"My love of browser-based virtual pet simulations" Something about this is so ridiculously specific that I had to laugh

[@haniicross]

sorry but i dont see how you laughed lol

[@cate01a]

it's not actually specific my love of: his love for browser-based virtual: internet.. pet simulations: pet games

[@yanstein8464]

i thought it was extremely adorable due to how specific it is

[@XerxesTexasToast]

bro you don't even know the Half of it, the VPS community is an extremely passionate niche

[@christianbutcher542]

I thought it was weird too. 😂😂 I mean I love almost all games. I don’t think I’d ever put myself into a bubble like that. 😳

[@Verruciformis]

My god, the neopocalypse. I was *there* for that. I watched that unfold and dear god, it was the greatest thing I've ever seen. After spending my whole childhood (15 yr old account.....) on such a heavily modded site only to come back occasionally, I just so happened to log on the one day where everything went to hell. highly recommended a+

[@Lh0000]

Sooooo it was like pre-reboot final fantasy 15(?)

[@SamKoloc]

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[@Nana-qt3jm]

It was fricken WILD. I still have that avatar lmaoooo

[@LOUISifer93]

I was there Gandalf. I was there 3000 years ago.

[@wellhellothere8854]

Remember trying to buy food at the stores for your pets? Shit was impossible. Sold out so fast.

[@AlsGaming]

Love how you can make a seemingly childish topic deep and interesting to learn about, also felt bringing on another channel as a kind of 'expert opinion' is a really neat idea too.

[@oh-not-the-bees7872]

Al's Gaming thats how it always is though. Production gets wierd sometimes.

[@fishneopets7781]

same here!

[@thevillainousdrifter3826]

I worked with Adam directly on a gamification project a few years ago during my internship at eBay. He's a pretty chill dude. I brought up neopets as a reference during the project and he told me about how he was one of the original creators. When I asked why he left he paused before saying it was ''creative differences". It's interesting to know those creative differences were rooted in fucking Scientology of all things.

[@VolksDK]

What exactly did you work on?

[@tgust5]

You will never know.

[@Jaceblue04]

"Immersive advertising." Nowadays we call that "product placement."

[@ShroudedWolf51]

Product placement is also a thing, sure. But what this is more talking about is now referred to as "native advertising".

[@joemo1033]

@@ShroudedWolf51 Correct. Beat me to it.

[@OldPetRiver]

I always loved that Mirinda game

[@QuestionThings123]

Idunno. I'd think it would be more akin to "viral marketing" than anything. 🤷‍♂️

[@JT5555]

I Call It A Fun Crossover.

[@ToastyJunebugs]

Ahh, Neopets. The reason Microsoft word is always says I'm spelling 'omelette' wrong.

[@hallowgallow]

Dianna Stroud and Fairy (faerie)

[@stratosphere94]

hallowgallow actually “fae” is the original word for fairy so it’s kinda right in a way haha

[@None-Trick_Pony]

@@hallowgallow A Link to the Past uses the archaic "Faerie", too. Why though? This makes me unreasonably angry.

[@NotSure109]

That's how you spell omelette though.

[@Jhud69]

@@stratosphere94 Fae and fairies are separate things.

[@No0neat]

neopets will always have a special place in my heart because that was where i met my best friend and wife. we still play neopets to this day an i'm not ashamed of saying so.

[@pizzahot133]

That's pretty cool. I wish I had friends from when I was young.

[@ProjectSNT]

Oh man when Julie mentioned the IslandBerry Crunch cereal, I instantly remembered how completely unpleasant eating that stuff was. It felt like you were eating packing peanuts.

[@PSJulie]

I simultaneously wish I ate more and less of the cereal. Collectible cards are nothing to sneeze at.

[@cyberspacer1453]

This I can agree to, that cereal tasted so bland and putrid sometimes XD

[@FredrikKnudsen]

I always do a double-take when popular KZbinrs comment on my videos.

[@luisgonzalez5482]

Ewwww. Just... Ewwwwwwww.

[@valkyriesprites4208]

Courtney (ProjectSNT) wow now your here even better 3 of some of my favorite youtubers snt and Julie and fredrik

[@jcbluejr01]

So... the basic gist of it is... Viacom pretty much ruined everything just to be temporarily profitable. It really makes me wonder... was it really worth it?

[@poyopoyo4619]

jcbluejr01 no...it truly wasnt worth it. This would've been good and fun for children of today, im jist sad they cant experience it..

[@CunnyMuncher]

jcbluejr01 The PS2 game was actualy well made and fun to play.

[@jcbluejr01]

BlueDiamond Yeah, that's Viacom for ya...

[@fieldy409]

Could have made great money like the American pokemon. Or maybe just Digimon lol.

[@JanoyCresvaZero]

It's pathetic. $160 million down the drain.

[@espurresso]

"do you think frederick from fire emblem would have a firm butt if u grabbed it" dayum who's this and why are they asking the real questions

[@lemmythetrash-goblin8291]

" I fear my derriere is not worthy" Frederick, 2013

[@ENCHANTMEN_]

lenni marjomaa "milord pls"

[@SagittariusAyy]

PICK A GOD AND PRAY

[@tokkyu6497]

Only Naga can save us

[@tokkyu6497]

gallantmon8 lol

[@krusher181]

The original art for neopets is fucking pricelessly hilarious. It's so god damn bad it's good.

[@BaldingClamydia]

They used to trot them out on April Fools in some way every year. Sometimes it was a "pick the new pet," or "look at what's coming out next week," and it'd be that horrifically adorable art :D

[@Aesukimx]

Fun fact: Donna and Adam are married and still are to this day so good for them.

[@aturchomicz821]

Based

[@loliH9]

Viacom got what was going to be the American answer to monster collecting games and dropped it on its head? How unsurprising. I don't understand how they got to be so big.

[@auggie8958]

(Comment demonized by vidcom)

[@mel0_archive498]

+Johto And spongebob. Mediocre as it might have become over the years, it's been an absolute money machine its entire run. Altho, it seems to be getting better with some of the original staff returning. Look up Mimic Madness, it's a pretty darn good ep.

[@nekokitkatlongassname]

loliH9 cute profile pic teethmen

[@Drew_42]

Reminds me of EA. _God,_ why do corporations have to be so bloodsucking and greedy?

[@valium445]

Andrew Arm money

[@misterdaleboomshears8619]

man, I remember being a fifth grade and flipping out when I discovered jelly world. And transmogrifying my alien dude. Good times. Some time later, neopet plushies made their way into my local mall and I was surprised to see it was still a thing. This was a super nostalgic video.

[@TheFlyingslug]

I absolutely love this series. I never knew such interesting stories were out there on the internet and it really is fascinating to learn about this sort of thing. Keep it up, Fredrik! :D

[@Nevri.]

"The legal system had yet to catch up with technology." Implying now it did.

[@seneca983]

It has now caught up with the technology of the '90s. :)

[@throwaway6731]

seneca983 not the late 90s, EARLY 90s

[@BigMan-kp6ug]

Child porn is now illegal so I would say it caught up sufficiently

[@iPhoneeditor]

The "Day of SIn" sounds like it should come out of some Grimdark fantasy novel and not a cartoon children's game.

[@ShadaOfAllThings]

NeoPets and Scientology, who'dathunkit

[@Dom9606]

meme is that a locon illustration my dude

[@YouSoSpice]

Xenu are the cutest neopets

[@Contla3]

Holy fuck! The internet could be very different today if scientology had slipped into the game.

[@wasabcwasabc]

BlueDiamond **tips fedora**

[@kenziemac130]

Contla3 most likely the site would have garnered soo much controversy due to that it would be blocked in too many schools and households to be profitable anymore, but the damage would have been already done.

[@WilliamHasMelted]

Contla3 yeah! It would have been so weird! My thetan levels would be so much higher

[@CatoSierraWasTaken]

what a fucking specific thing to be into: not just video games, not just sim games, not just pet sim games, but specifically pet sim games that are in browsers.

[@Ashethetics]

CatoSierra I know right, I wonder how many other really niche internet historians there are around.

[@Ikcatcher]

Neopets is one of those websites of the Old Age that refuses to die

[@ikethethotslayercertifiedw5782]

That and Gaia Online. _Why_ they're still alive, I have no idea.

[@Content_Deleted]

@@ikethethotslayercertifiedw5782 Gaia Online is still alive? Damn, I haven't heard that name in at least a decade when my sister used to play it

[@SplendidCoffee0]

Longmont Potion Castle’s website is still adorned in 90s web design.

[@BaldingClamydia]

I heard Gaia was finally puttering out. I got to give my account to my husband's little brother and enrich a second generation of Gaians. Him and his sister were excited to split up all the old expensive items xD @@ikethethotslayercertifiedw5782

[@StickPeopleAndPuff]

I remember my mom showed my brother and I this game when we were around 6 or 7 years old (circa 2002-2003ish) and it was the best thing ever. Years went by and I never even though about it until about 2 weeks ago when I decide to create an account for the hell of it. I was surprised to see that it was largely unchanged and honestly it felt like coming home

[@ComaLies225]

This is such a wholesome comment.

[@haniicross]

aw that's so sweet

[@snuffypop]

I NEVER would have guessed a collab between you two. Two youtubers from completely unrelated parts of the website that I follow. Nice!

[@poilaaliop]

Sarah Same! This blew my mind, in the best way! 😁

[@TheUltraBulbasaur]

Same!

[@gustavoduquethomazmouraoel8755]

Holy shit, that Frederick comment caught me way off guard. My freaking sides exploded

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

Same, man. Same.

[@bribbles2166]

Whoever made that Fire Emblem joke Deserves a trophy

[@bellamango6708]

it's not a joke :^)

[@fuckingcockslurper]

@Ryan James HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH ILLEGAL IM FUCKING DEAD

[@danieldeem791]

@Ryan James how the fuck is making a joke a fucking joke illegal in any way? Ever heard of freedom of speech? I'm sorry did I offend you? Well fuck off what are you like 12?

[@ImmaLittlePip]

16:37 Okay did not expect a fire emblem joke like that That legit make me laugh

[@WardofSquid]

IKR He totally would, tho

[@Starfloofle]

Realizing that Awakening is that old by now makes me feel... very old and I don't like it.

[@thegamingdoggo9519]

I really didn't expect that also yes it definitely would

[@HeavensLastHope]

Neopets recently had a booth at San Diego Comic Con advertising the site and were giving codes for items. The booth was very busy with people asking questions. This was the first time in 10 years that I've seen any physical presence of the site and it is slightly exciting.

[@HeavensLastHope]

@Lyn indeed. It takes years to get a booth at SDCC because there is such a long wait list. Perfect timing to be able to get in. Shame with Covid happening, tons of events are getting canceled, including SDCC.

[@jackalenterprisesofohio]

@@HeavensLastHope since it takes years I'm imagining this guy went out in like 1998 to get a booth and didn't contact HQ For like ever and He just set up the stand now......wondering why everyone is ask these certain questions.

[@sp00kiestchannelevah76]

No mention of Neo Cash and that whole monetisation tactic? I hated it when that was introduced because it meant I couldn't essentially 'complete' the game without paying. Club Penguin was much worse though so I don't care about its closure

[@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess]

same with roblox and robux albeit not as bad, but still to me its nothing short of scamming kids out of real life money. numerous cases of kids who used parents credit cards and spent even thousands in robux causing a huge problem to the parents and roblox even refuses to refund. to me charging real life money for in game stuff to kids, is immoral and scummy

[@Masterge77]

Yeah, I'm surprised Neocash was never brought up, considering it was pretty much a prototype for the modern day over-reliance on loot-boxes and microtransactions in video games. Yeah, Neopets was certainly ahead of it's time... even if it was in all the wrong ways.

[@squeakretagent]

Honestly the only time I spent any real money on the site was to get a premium account so I could get a fifth neopet (of course, at the time I was too dumb to realize I could just mske a second account and get four more pets for free)

[@byungbin1395]

You think Club Penguin is bad? Habbo Hotel had a whole gambling scheme going on, where you could turn your ingame cash into real money. People would work in "companies" for hours on end to get their hands on some of those gold coins. Club Penguin is tame in comparison.

[@nerdyknowledge6434]

I cry tears when I go back to Neopets. One tear for nostalgia, and another for how fucking terrible this site is

[@KandiKisses101]

It's fun to go back for a nostalgia trip on the games, though!

[@saintsbroyo5320]

Yeah like in club pe... dang

[@TheDifferenced]

Everytime I open Neopets, I always remember Hitler. Because Nazi. Why? Try saying Black on the Neoboards forum. Try it. You'll be banned afterwards.

[@minespatch]

I got silenced for linking a tutorial for a quest on the site offsite. So I couldn't talk to anyone on there even though I'm a decade or more lasting user on the site.

[@alaeriia01]

HiyaMiya I remember the cringe that was the RolePlaying board...

[@NocheTenebri]

The Day of Sin was the funniest thing that's happened on Neopets in quite some time

[@gaard1882]

10:58 "See what your kids are doing online to make sure they aren't: Posting things online that may come back to haunt them years from now" Is it just me, or is that statement really ahead of its time?

[@fatihnri2484]

*My Immortal intensifies*

[@ivymills5485]

"No new neopets species had been made since 2006" Actually they made a new one in 2014 but never made colors for it. Surprised the lady didn't correct that. Vandagyre.

[@squeakretagent]

I remember that guy, too bad I was getting too old for neopets by then

[@Natalie_Toshino]

I'm 26, and I still play.:) Considering how hard it is to get on the high score tables, I'm not the only adult still playing by a long shot. You're never too old for nostalgia.^_^

[@OrobaSpyro]

Ahh, Neopets. It definitely brings back memories. Kinda glad that it's sort of in a limbo and not... Entirely dead. Maybe with the new acquisition, maybe we'll see a resurgence. Maybe! Would be pretty cool, hehe. Fine work as usual! I wonder what creepy thing you will do next time...

[@gusty7153]

and pretty active too, just jump into the forums. always people on the forums trying to do trades and whatnot or some other thing

[@dyldragon1]

A KZbin channel for Browser Based Pet Sims. Damn, KZbin really has room for everyone.

[@Yolodrigo]

Never closed The Bible this fast

[@vongolaboii]

reading the manga? the anime was better

[@macskasbogre133]

Le Vainqueur Bitch the CYOA book is where it's at.

[@raimethefumeknight2062]

Le Vainqueur Nah nigga, the 2017 series was the best.

[@marcccc535]

Like you close that photograph

[@marcccc535]

It's a jojo part 4 reference

[@IsmailofeRegime]

"or, perhaps more affectionately, the Day of Sin." I laughed.

[@dsandoval9396]

That was funny as hell, lol!

[@sparrowthesissy2186]

Neopets was cool because at the time it was free online pokemon with a bunch of minigames, but it was easy to lose interest because there wasn't really a long-term goal besides collecting stuff for your pet. Even once they introduced villains, they would be short-term things that would just be to introduce a new level or something, but then even the new levels would have familiar minigames in them, so... whatever. It was fun enough, and the design still holds up (since its still just online free pokemon) but without something like a mainstream movie to establish a strong canonical villain that casual visitors to the site would care about, it just became a time waster that you eventually lost time for.

[@SnivyTries]

Neopets was the perfect example of corporate greed. A site that originally offered children hours of fun slowly consumed by branding and exploitation. Nowadays, you can see games that still exist with other brands slapped on them, and NeoCash is still as in-demand as ever. If steps aren't taken to reduce the clear greed that the site shows, then the population will continue its downward spiral, as those who loved the site before take their wallets, and more importantly, their CHILDREN...away from the site.

[@alaeriia01]

SnivyTries I fully blame NeoCash for the decline. The ads were easily ignored, and premium currency always pissed me off. I dropped out around 2005.

[@lordblazer]

I played up until 2002.. it just kinda sucked..

[@kittenkraze13]

This makes me want to play neopets again.... even though it's probably been 12 years since I've been on the site. Also, am I the only one who never clicked on the "immersive marketing" places? I could tell which things were blatant advertising and I wanted nothing to do with it, lol.

[@alaeriia01]

Keelah Se'Lai i think the whole product placement idea was doomed from the start.

[@Naixatloz]

I did a couple of the more unobtrusive ones, like the Coca-Cola one in the video, but otherwise yeah, I didn't fuck with any of those ads.

[@alexmaler]

Yeah, as a kid, I thought they would slow down my computer, or make me buy things, so I I never clicked on them.

[@SmaMan]

I remember were a few pretty good sponsored flash games. There was some game about making Pillsbury Toaster Strudels which I remember being really fun, but once the ad deal ran out, the game left too which sucked. I just played them for fun. I knew mom wouldn't buy me half the stuff in them anyway. (Though we did get the toaster strudels. Whether as a result of the flash game or not I don't remember.)

[@Brind-amour]

Keelah Se'Lai I bought the ps2 game "the darkest faerie" for my kids I ended up playing it. It was so much fun. I still do go back play it just for the memories.

[@takayasakaki4412]

Could you imagine if the Scientology stuff made it into the game? 30 million children would have been indoctrinated.

[@PSJulie]

I think it would have made for some pretty curious site lore.

[@birbbee1446]

Takaya Sakaki How do you know it didn't? You never know, the best propaganda id subliminal

[@My600lbStrife]

L. Ron Hubbard would've assumed direct control

[@mtill7281]

yeah but instead they went through the school system and are now communists.

[@slendy9600]

Finley Friendo i agree. scientologists are sneaky fuckers. i dont see why that guy would just give in when scientologist doctrine states that anyone who actively defies the church is "fair game" and should be fucked with at every opportunity up to and including stalking and fabricating false claims of rape or pedophilia. unless youre right and he found a way to get what he wanted without the creators knowing that is.

[@ElysianAura]

Honestly the saddest thing is that Neopets will pretty much be dying once Flash dies. All the games are for the most part going to be unplayable and I imagine a lot of site functionality will die with that as well. At that point, who knows if they'd even keep the scraps alive.

[@AutizmChan2005]

Elysian Aura You already cant play the flash games on chrome :(

[@Misty8097]

@@AutizmChan2005 Accurate. I tried recently and couldn't do a thing

[@Vesdus]

They made a mobile app. :)

[@martinslabe7751]

Have any of you checked up on neopet the are still going strong the are celebrating their 25th anniversary as we speak.

[@TheAldocaro]

I love how you could have Bruce Forsyth and Macy Gray with a ray gun as virtual pets.

[@tails230]

I would love to see Neopets earn a reboot for this modern day. I've played it since 2000, going back to it every so often every few years. They could turn it into a incredible experience if they took what they had and rebooted it. Who thinks Neopets should be Rebooted?

[@ZerryBerrytheSpaceRaccoon]

That'll be pretty interesting.

[@goober239]

If they put the right effort into it, from the right people, it would be a wonderful reboot. But if done precariously, it could be a nightmare worse than Powerpuff Girls 2016.

[@tyrranide8708]

Your wish has been heard, they are remaking the site for mobile, hopefully to be released this year!

[@AnimeFanFTW25]

I want "do you think frederick from fire emblem would have a firm butt if u grabbed it" to become a meme.

[@DoctorSpacebar]

PICK A BUTT AND PRAY

[@__marie__]

I don't understand how Jumpstart still hasn't fixed the remaining server issues I actually miss viacom

[@fyrefly2000]

Hearing "petpet park" brought me back to my early days on the internet 😭

[@monkeydevinebb]

Can you explore the history of Dragon Fable and Adventure Quest? I used to play those all of the time as a kid but I have no idea what happened to them. They were kind of the progenitors of the pay-to-play model seen so aggressively on mobile apps today.

[@doofkhwetty]

Had a nostalgia stroke reading this.

[@danieldeem791]

You can still play them perfectly fine free to play. BTW it's only like a one time payment for guardian. 20 dollars + like 5 or 10 dollars for x guardian.

[@mariaenache2001]

AQ especially has got a ton of monster redesigns and is still updated with events and stuff. Still the same gameplay since forever

[@2legsterry]

Omg adventure quest! I didn't think anyone else even knew this game existed it was so much fun ! I don't think I ever made it to the guild tho

[@thaddeusdeosdevradyin8703]

@@2legsterry I know it's been nine months since this comment, but I still remember the ads they used to run for Adventure Quest on Cartoon Network and things like that. I never played it myself (although I did want to), but trust me, it was a pretty big thing.

[@famoussession7426]

Oh boy this will be good. Neopets was my childhood

[@epichalomastersnipergod1337]

we get Neopets immediately after Mother Horse Eyes, that's a pretty big difference

[@OdaSwifteye]

This channel is becoming a rollercoaster.

[@kingsteve4304]

He went from DSP to Mother Horse Eyes. This show has gone through at least five 180's.

[@smugalice6206]

I distinctly have two memories of Neopets: 1) having a bunch of McDonald's Neopets plushes that I stored in a maroon bag. 2) wanting a Meowclops plushie, but never bringing it up because I felt I was too old (9). 3) going through the Zazzle shop just to see all the different designs for each Neopet.

[@korokonas]

I remember how the first thing Jumpstart did when they bought the site was crash the economy *hard.* They introduced a new daily that was supposed to help clear out a lot of junk items people would get, but instead it ended up inflating literal garbage to tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of neopoints. And, oh god, the server migrations. Even with decent internet, it would take way longer than was needed for a page to load, and considering how many page refreshes that site uses on the norm just for navigation, it made it absolutely unbearable. It was around this time that I remember I stopped playing. I do miss my main account, though, and my side accounts I used to farm neopoints and rare items lol

[@IamCoalfoot]

I never got in to Neopets, but with a proper modernization, I could see it recovering on branding alone. Heck, I could see myself giving it a try...

[@GeneralCane]

My sentiments exactly. So much potential for a franchising renaissance being wasted.

[@missgrreen9398]

For real

[@treykelly2417]

I'm surprised a game this old still has an online player base, but then again people still play Melee and Smash 64, so who am I to judge?

[@ssjchixken5110]

hey i don't blame you, melee is good af

[@3three3three3three]

Ssj Chixken Hell yeah

[@anatsu9805]

completely different things, awful comparison

[@Andrew-wh3dp]

Trey Kelly Nigga at least those games work. In Neopets your are at the complete mercy of TNT. Which due to lack of funds mostly don't do much with the site.

[@KandiKisses101]

Neopets used to be great due to the popularity of it, comparative to how Pokemon was in our elementary schools. It was exciting and you had to work hard to get a cool new color. Now, it's a shell of it's former self. However, the player base are mostly old players. So it being a tight-knit community is what keeps some there. I still play, but the new and exciting part of it has faded into nostalgia and good-ol' friendship.

[@TenApplesforTime]

Neopets is still fun to play once you figure out how to ACTUALLY make money (god bless Julie for the food club video) but most of it is running on nostalgia lol

[@hakojo]

....neopets is 18...... ....I'm old.

[@guilhermehank4938]

hakojo Im almost 22...

[@ninototo1]

Same.....

[@rickc2102]

Lol, y'all still young. When you hit 40, you'll know what old is, and it's all downhill from there.

[@TheNightmareAngelYT]

Moral of the story: If you want to make a dream come true, make sure to keep your dream and not give it to others. Those people will only shatter it into pieces.

[@claimmy2725]

I dont know why but PetSimmerJulie voice sounds like the cute dorky cleric and Fredrik sounds like the Swordsman of the party. I can't help but imagining it

[@FushiguroMegumi79]

Darkest Faerie was a surprisingly good PS2 Zelda-like RPG that I still consider a hidden gem to this day. There were a few bugs, sure, but no more than other game out on the ps2. Still have a soft spot for that one.

[@MrHotstuff011]

The girl sounds like she's giving a graduation speech

[@MagnaLynx21]

More like, hasn't used her real voice in years

[@KatbotZ]

Her voice is terrible.

[@veryexciteddog963]

Ok but her voice is kinda cute tbh

[@fragtall]

@@veryexciteddog963 cute? bro this is the most annoying voice ever. Please get some help! Talk to your family or psychiatrist please! take care mate :(

[@veryexciteddog963]

@@fragtall My bad, I'm just straight

[@flayncele]

Wow, i literally found your channel about 2 hours ago and loved your videos, then suddenly you post a New one? Hell yeah!

[@sammettik]

2 years and they still haven't removed the Christmas background. That is just SAD.

[@WegraX]

Huh? I thought that was a site skin

[@Nirrrina]

You should do an update on this. They're in the process of transferring everything to html5 & go mobile too. I just started playing again & I'm really enjoying the restocking part. As well as the games they've already changed over.

[@BaldingClamydia]

That sounds great, I'm going to see if I can really get back into my old account. I can still access the email I used, I think

[@sparkywilson1405]

I'm playing right now because it's the 25th anniversary year. They hand out NP like candy these days, but it's funny to see how much wildly broken stuff is still on the site. Real funny to see the "Featured 2X NP Game of the Day" be something literally unplayable. (Like Ultimate Bullseye refuses to count any of my hits - they hit the target but it just says "missed" every time. Or the Breakout clone loads but the ball freezes in place right after I launch it.)

[@BaldingClamydia]

@sparkywilson1405 Yes! I've been playing a couple weeks now. Supposedly they're switching the games over to a new system, but you can't even hit "restart game" anymore 😆

[@ShootingStarNeo]

My god the original Bruce as a recolored photograph makes it look like a Homestuck joke

[@oliviamancer]

I loved Neopets when I was a kid. Mind you, I got perma-banned from the forums. I don't remember what I did but I probably deserved it.

[@kesshikou]

That screenshot with a player character named: "YoggShoggoth" though

[@MistyDusker]

Lovecraftian Neopets would be sick. I assume there's billions of them already.

[@corporalkills]

Even elder gods played it back in the day

[@dannyboi5887]

"immersive advertising" seems to be just a fancy name for blatant product placement

[@christiancarter6261]

Actually, that's called native advertising. Product placement is a marketing technique mainly used in films and telly shows.

[@PeeperSnail]

Whereas now I think it's hilarious, the more I think about it, the more creepy I find the scientology shit. Neopets was my childhood, to think I was so close to being indoctrinated for a cult is kind of scary.

[@KandiKisses101]

Rest in piece, Key Quest, your easy NP is what kept the site entertaining (+ neofriends before it broke). I still play, though.

[@Nyakko]

how is it possible that my two favorite youtubers have collaborated to make a video like this.. the internet has blessed us tonight

[@luisgonzalez5482]

knockturnal Truly *b l e s s e d*

[@alchemicmercury]

HOLY JESUS NEOPETS IS STILL AROUND?! Also HOLY SHIT ITS BEEN 18 YEARS?!

[@viktorthecreator4458]

I just stumbled upon this channel and, after seeing this, I'm hooked. I love seeing people discuss Neopian history and weigh in on the current state of the site that, for the most part, was my first early-childhood experience with social media.

[@harrisonkfisher563]

20% of the questions here are about fredricks “hind quarters” *You know, the real legit question*

[@BlueSharkSkull]

Neopets The Darkest Faerie wasn't that bad it was quite fun

[@shagohad3]

Darkest Faerie is great and honestly a lot better than it deserves to be

[@kathollandervod]

As someone who just played through it, it's not the best made game. The worst thing is how the final boss fight and end scene is really lack luster considering you've been fighting her for ages.

[@justafox5356]

To this day I’m angry I never beat it. I got stuck in this stupid swamp. I cannot for the life of me remember much of it but I think I had to collect like some pumpkin things for this guy to repair a bridge or something? I don’t remember.

[@CascadianRanger]

Agreed. If it wasnt as buggy as it is, itd honestly be one of the better hidden gems. But as its, it's a damn solid game that is pretty fun. You can tell the crew had limited time and resources and still went all out and pushed what they could do to the limit. They didnt care if it was neopets. They wanted to make a good game

[@CapnJigglypuff]

The world NEEDS a Down the Rabbit Hole about Deagle Nation. Two great tastes can only taste great together.

[@Andrew-wh3dp]

Daniel Kniffin Jace is my hero :^).

[@fr0bischer]

when she mentioned the habitarium game i felt like a sleeper agent that had just heard their code word for the first time in 30 years

[@melody_BP]

Neopets is the reason I have my job now. Learning HTML and CSS

[@XanltheCSG]

Can we get an episode about Adventure Quest? Used to play that shit to death and even when I was playing some sections of the game seemed more updated than others

[@stickygaloop]

I second this, there needs to be a covering of that game. Used to be the only thing I played, and it seems it varies in quality depending on where you go.

[@acidwizzardbastard]

Like that one quest about the Frogzards that involves you going with this stereotypical Aussie bushman type? That one was easily one of the oldest based on how it looked.

[@arsenicalligator2403]

that neopets habitarium game was my shit. literally the only reason i played neopets.

[@pikachulove5468]

arsenic alligator do you remember the day the site said, it has been taken down for a while? Only to never come back? Saddest day of my life. :( I was also miserable when Key Quest got taken down.

[@dinkledonker801]

My mom made a Neopets account years ago and she still uses It. And belivr kt or not, her account even got hacked a few months ago.

[@mueezadam8438]

Austin Fredericks haha wtf who hacks a neopets account of all things?

[@KandiKisses101]

The hacking has been happening often the past year. Submit a Neopets 'ticket' on their support page and she'll get her account back. My mom still plays too, she's 46. Hahah.

[@dinkledonker801]

Avruh She got it back pretty quickly. I still can't believe someone would hack a neopets account, I mean what's the point?

[@mueezadam8438]

Agreed, Club Penguin is where it's at.

[@robokill387]

mueez adam was.

[@samevans6063]

This video was really well done. Its nice to see that old website again, I truly loved neopets. Those designs are so damn cute

[@basiliska]

this video unlocked a deep memory and i suddenly got super vivid flashbacks of the neopocalypse as soon as it was mentioned. i used to go on the boards every single day all throughout middle school and high school, and i remember logging in one afternoon to find everyone on the newbies board going apeshit because they could swear. good times

[@lylajean100]

I AM A REGULAR NEOPETS PLAYER AND I THOUGHT I KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUT IT BUT WHEN YOU STARTED TALKING ABOUT SCIENTOLOGY I NEARLY SPIT MY DRINK HOLY SHIT

[@sheepcountingme4309]

Some of my favorite small KZbinrs doing a collab? Rad.

[@sphere9838]

My pets just died.... 7 years ago on Neopets.

[@SagittariusAyy]

Making me want to go back to my four Neopets, my dude

[@KandiKisses101]

Nah man, it's worse than that. They are dying, but they will never see death. pray.

[@ItsJustTeddington]

Inactive accounts get deleted now. The perpetually "dying" Neopets have finally found their way out of suffering.

[@jokuihmehyyppa]

I remember having a nice store. Restocking it was such a pain but also so entertaining. I loved going to the bank daily to collect my interest. Paintbrushes? All my pets were painted with the best of them! Then I just felt like giving up and actually closed down my account. To think that was around 12 years ago already...

[@dabeastfromdaweast9788]

7:13 Whaaaaaatt? Owning your own black girl wasn't legally defensable??? I can't imagine why

[@Imtotallydiggingthis]

The founding fathers would turn in their graves if they would hear about it!

[@Squatta]

I'm still on fuckin' Neopets to this day, so I appreciate this video. As much as I don't like Viacom, they really helped this site survive through the late 2000's. They pumped out content regularly and kept their users happy. And they were REALLY good at getting money out of their userbase with the introduction of NeoCash. Jumpstart's acquisition really hurt the website, and even now its still trying to recover. I really hope netdragon can fix it. And also lowkey happy to hear adobe will no longer support flash, because maybe this will convince Neopets to stop fuckin' using flash. Also RIP Treasure Keepers, forever in my heart.

[@pikachulove5468]

Mediocre Generica treasure Keepers!!! ^,^ I'm with you on that! I was having so much fun playing it and getting prizes to put into my two main accounts! And then Blip. It's gone! I still have the pretty amazing background border of treasure keepers on my mains wall though! ^__^ so when I open up Neopets again I'll see all the beautifully drawn characters from it!!! Who still logs in on your "created birthday" to try and get the birthday border though? Lol

[@yooy3694]

so this is where the whole in-game advertisements for various modern-day family friendly MMOs come from....

[@meaux7274]

“Dohring was a Scientologist.” *_barfs_*

[@cozyarbi]

Wondering if anyone noticed that @13:32 there is a character named "Yogg Shoggoth" on the screen when they're talking about children's game Pet Pet Park?

[@Thejellycrown]

Petpet Park was my life when I was younger I really hope they bring it back for nostalgia sake so I can play it again and think about the good old days.