The Neopets Black Market

give a man a neopet, he's rich in the heart. give a man a neopets bot, he's rich in the wallet
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[@professorsugoi]

i remember having to print out the permission slip for me to post on the neoboards as a 12 year old, begging my grandma to sign it, then mailing (yes PHYSICALLY MAILING) it to neopets hq 😭 i got access to the boards like a week later. core memory.

[@MAIMEDWOLF]

I DID THAT TOOO I THINK I WAS 10 XD met my first ever best friend and we are still friends 20 years later.

[@emj159753]

I remember doing that too! I really wanted to edit my pet page. I still remember the day I was granted access to everything.

[@pannab9042]

Nah, we faxed mine

[@MarchingArrow]

I genuinely thought this was a fake memory LOL. My original acct was under a fake birthday to avoid this 😭

[@ImperfectNobody]

I just lied about my age 😂

[@pixel__huh]

Neopets is the only game where paint brushes and pets in a funny pose are as sought after as drugs

[@Bisuto_Modo]

I sold my old UC Neopets when I was broke, legit the money I got helped me survive while I was job hunting lol

[@MrsSurrealista]

Ah yes. Nothing like a neopets video essay to start my day 🥣.

[@alexy7482]

Great video, but I disagree with wanting TNT to be more transparent with how they're handling with hackers/botters. It sucks that we won't know what goes on on the back end, but upside of giving us peace of mind is far outweighed by giving botters/hackers the ammunition to be one step ahead.

[@whitefish105]

I agree with you. Great video and I am so happy to see someone is talking about this. Until we get answers from TNT directly (or indirectly from NT) about these TENS OF THOUSANDS OF BOTS MAKING MILLIONS OF NPS FROM FOODCLUB A MONTH how can we believe anything they say?? What is the point of keep scoring if the net is at the bottom of a waterfall?? The botters will keeping profiting nonstop and we will ignore these serious issues because nostalgia > everything.

[@UrSammich]

Not mentioned, but there is another issue of false bans. Forcing accounts to be frozen in hopes the names of the pets will be purged at some point. It's becoming a large issue as tnt doesn't always reverse the bans, even if falsely accused. So the only thing you can do is keep messaging support in hopes they will take your side. This is usually tied to pet trading and sometimes tied to bought pets as well.

[@biscuitbcat]

Ngl i was tempted to buy an aged acc a while ago because i only started recently and i saw so many people woth 10+ year old accs but then i found out that they hacked accs to sell them and i felt bad. Guess i'll have to get my 10y badge on my profile the long way. See you in 2033 💀

[@loverrlee]

Karma will not forget your good deeds ❤

[@kawaiiology]

i wish someone would hack my 20 year old account so i could get on 😢

[@littlefairykaija]

Don't forget the pets with high Battledome stats being sought after! Especially with the upcoming plot having a battle element. Also, another thing making a pet 'valuable' now is age. Pets born in Y1/Y2 (sometimes Y3) are quite desirable, especially if well named! Before Conversion 2.0 to NCUCs they could trade fairly well into the UC tiers depending on name, stats, colour.

[@whitefish105]

Easily the best Neopets content video of 2024. Wish I could give this videos more praise and likes.

[@drakenbakken]

Dam I had no idea thats how food club works, my account is over 18 years old I gotta start doing that lol

[@theriotartist]

My old account got stolen and I'm assuming sold and banned. My boy Flaky is in the shadow realm. :(

[@awkwardcrypt_d]

I didn't even think about the possibility of selling whole accounts. that's wild! thanks for the video ^^

[@AintGotNoFilter]

8:27 Wow Wind_willows is still an active user and what do you know they have a Faerie Shoyru. I can't believe she put her UN on that website lol

[@KatieCozyway]

The description box 1st line 👏👏👏

[@The-Foxeh]

my account was stolen by one of those sites, thankfully i got it back

[@leor-5653]

...Well, I guess that explains how my years old account, who I managed to access yesterday, suddenly said I changed my password, I was unable to login, and the email to recuperate the account doesn't work.

[@wulyfs]

Great video, feels like such good journalism and especially relevant. Thank you!

[@ollieshark]

These black markets exist for nearly if not all online games as well. Ffxiv, flight rising, fortnite, wow, you name it.

[@Z0MB4B3]

This is crazy! Love it but Neo is so much messier than I even could imagine. Ty for your video!

[@TheMoonHut]

Damn. Alright, I will say that I used to think that I was a bit 'overattached' to the site because I like to do my dailies and try to save up for a nice paintbrush someday. I might spend a fair bit of downtime playing with my silly little virtual cats, but at least I never dropped a hundred-plus actual real life dollars for something on there.

[@1997thatperson]

100 real life dollars used to buy something that was stolen from someone else 😬 for the ppl who bought from the black market

[@chuckz6802]

Wow! What a great video! It never crossed my mind that in releasing the UC Pet Styles, it would affect the black market

[@OverlordVal]

I got my plushie krawk by buying a 430k plushie petpet brush then giving him the sludge or moss or whatever not too long ago. I got the krawk itself from a weekly reward so I'm happy with myself about it lol. I'm thinking of trying to get back into my sister's account... I think it's still okay. I know my first account, now probably 20 years old, got disabled.

[@ive3737]

Im playing it now again and it is not too hard to make "money!" In a few weeks I have 800.000 NP... Just play Trudy's surprise each day, and the following games that still work give you 3000 NP's per day with a little bit of practice: - Bouncy Supreme - Fairy Caves II - Crisis Courier - Buzzer Game (way easier with mouse pad) Then you have Fashion Fever that gives you 900 NP for just clicking send score 3 times. Finally there are gaves like Shenkuu Warrior, Sophies Stew, Meerca Chase, nimmo"s pond that can give you a lot of points too.

[@AnniChu]

Lovely video!! Thanks for your perspective

[@NilNillSson]

This is the main reason I quit playing neo. The hacking is horrible. It's a real shame since it's a site I have fond memories of.

[@justagreetingcard6635]

YESSSSSS NEW SALEM VIDEO

[@JennyNobody]

I didn't realize how inspred by Gaia the NC mall is.

[@ThePickyPalate]

My account is 14 years old 😂 I still manage to get some good items. But nowadays I cannot get any spooky food items that are good. They are real hard to haggle

[@kinglux4073]

This is exactly why I only play grundos cafe to play neopets now

[@rttam337]

This was a well done video! Subscribed :)

[@DrinkableTrees]

gee i remember back in middle school about the neo hype! i remember my cousin wanted to open up a real life neopet plushie shop and sell to kids in our school xD good times i wish i was able to remember which email i used to make it back when i was like 13 lmao. here i am 28 back at it!

[@AwesomeYena]

On ROBLOX, there's also a black market for things like items and accounts. People really want to be "OG" everywhere, it seems. "Just make an account yourself, you lazy poser!" Is something I've always wanted to say to someone trying to buy an account.

[@ashnight67]

I've just got back into Neopets after being gone for 21 literal years and I feel SO LOST 🤣 On the plus side, I got back into one of my original accounts :) my very first account was hacked, everything stolen, and then frozen. But my backup was still ok ❤

[@peter-rg9jf]

Say what you want, having Black markets of your game is a sing your game is relevant and successful

[@LainsWonderland]

ruffle lets you play all the old games

[@KevinBieg]

What is the program or whatever it is to use the shop wizard like that.

[@pearlandbrine]

1:47 dana scully neopet spotted ...........................

[@bilong92]

Comment for thé algorithme

[@mariahsart]

I just want to play the game to play the game. Not have some status of having an old account or the best items and paint brushes. Coming back I'm actually glad to see the economy some what correcting itself. Items more affordable. It's a game and I just want to relax and play it, not deal with all the drama

[@dairydancer]

Crazy this is still going on. About a decade ago I was a part of the bm. Made about 5k USD one summer. Neocodex was wild

[@BartEnder2006]

I like neopets too

[@DrawciaGleam02]

I love her Uni's car!!!!

[@jennythyme1729]

Do you have a video on avatars? I'm gonna have to stalk your stuff. I'm new to neopets but not. Haven't played in 15+ years but did get my old account back!

[@Tampenismall]

Maple story meso

[@bzaust]

Dollars to donuts it's probably current or former TNT members who run these black market sites..

[@sloth6806]

So if they know who the bitter is why the fuck havnt they banned him?! 💀💀