I blame Neopets for making me confused about the spelling of colour and color as a US American child. 😅

  • Luca@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    1 year ago

    I remember spending hours on my shop page. Had a custom background, music that autoplayed, flashing gifs everywhere. Peak early 2000s internet design.

  • Prootje@kbin.social
    8·
    1 year ago

    There is still a dedicated following actively playing. Didnt see a community on Lemmy or KBin yet, but it has an active subreddit.

  • Lurker@lemmy.zipEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    I was terrible at the games and couldn’t afford any of the actually content, but damn did I love neopets. I would spend hours on the create a pet page. Honestly I would probably still play a modern neo pets game if they came out with an app.

  • crossfadedragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    i played it at the public library because they had a t1 connection so it was easier to get stuff from the money tree.

    • nineninenine@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Oh man, I bet that was the shit. I couldn’t ever get ANYTHING from that goddamn money tree!

      I was all about Tiki Tombola.

      • crossfadedragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        not sure if it was shear number of players in the tree or if other players were using scripts but yeah i could never get anything at home.

        i remember buying up all the cheapest omlettes of a type i could then turn around and sell them in my shop for as much as i could.

  • OptimalAutomation@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    The nostalgia just hit me hard. I spent so much time as a kid on this website. I loved grinding out the games and amassing a fortune in the bank.

    • nineninenine@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Oh man, the feeling of grinding those games for weeks to save up for my first paintbrush and then FINALLY BUYING THE PAINTBRUSH… just… euphoric.