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[Tsvete]

If you want to quit just do it. I'm sure you'll find new addiction real quick

[CJames]

yea.. its just a matter of finding a replacement to cover the gaps that usually spend time on neocodex/neopets

[Lychee]

i "quit" playing for almost 1 year... then one day decided to look back into my account.. and saw how many plot events i missed.... and the rest was history...

I know what you mean - it's so annoying to have missed out on trophies and such that can't be gotten again.


I keep coming back out of habit and because it's a nice, easy time-filler that doesn't require too much from me, which is great whenever I feel brain-dead after work.

[onlyme]

If you want to quit just do it. I'm sure you'll find new addiction real quick

hm, i think you did that becasue you want +reps, too. and well, you got one right now, grtz!

[Perseus]

I...think I'm in love with you.

[cpvr]

Well i know a good friend trying to quit and i dont understand why they find it so hard...
what are your views on it?

Probably because it kills their boredom - and is fun, especially when you interact with others

[Neoquest]

I currently am trying to take a hiatus but keep being lured back into avatar collecting.

[CJames]

I know what you mean - it's so annoying to have missed out on trophies and such that can't be gotten again.


I keep coming back out of habit and because it's a nice, easy time-filler that doesn't require too much from me, which is great whenever I feel brain-dead after work.

Yup! I'm only looking forward to the plot events now.. though i kinda hate the altador cup crap.... manually playing the yooyu ball game.. zzz..

[Butet]

coz it's gambling..people never stop gambling right?

[jarviscocker]

well i do spend more time on Codex then on neopets
I quit world of warcraft never thought id do that, was quite hard but randomly one day i just didnt play and it followed been about over a year now
hope the same hapens with neo tbh

Yeah, when I realized Neopets was harder for me to quit than World of Warcraft, that was a sorta sad day. Kid's sites shouldn't be more habit forming than a game that was designed entirely to keep people paying to subscribe to it forever! I quit Neo every couple months or so - I'll have fun buying a bunch of expensive items and handing them out to kids and buying up their crappy shops, then in a few months when I can't think of anything else to do when I'm online I end up back at Neopets. Never ending cycle ;_;

[gogetta]

I quit for 5 or 6 years. Started college and worked all the time. Danced for a while. I just didn't have time for it. I stopped taking classes and stopped with the dancing, so I didn't have anything else taking up my time. I decided to check all my accounts and slowly got back into it.

Find something else you enjoy doing and just stop visiting the site and you'll forget about it.

[chaoprokia]

i remember i got UB so i came back to Neopets and found my shares increase so i decide to buy more

[rizler]

i did quit for about 4 years once but then i dont know how i returened but hopefully to be 100% sure i dont return am selling my accounts for nps and sending those neopoints to my friends who still play
because if you aint got an account to go back to you wont return right?

[iamlost26]

Get your main frozen and it should be pretty easy to quit!

[rizler]

Get your main frozen and it should be pretty easy to quit!

like i said id rather sell so i can help some other people out wanna buy?

and wouldnt want to get frozen not a way id like to leave ^^

[MissSwagHard]

IDK but neopets was always something I did when I was bored and had nothing better to do.

[DanDoesWork]

Get your main frozen and it should be pretty easy to quit!

Haha had that happen 6 years ago, and just got back into a couple months ago ;p But it's I personally find it hard to quit because I get often quickly, and there isn't much out there that interests in terms of gaming. Madden got boring very quick

[CuriousOyster]

If your friend is finding it hard to "quit" neopets, then he should just focus on his prioritys in life; homework, getting a job, hustlin, etc.
What it sounds like to me; neopets mind-fucked the shit out of him.
But for me, its not hard to quit neopets because I'm honestly not even that interested in the game anymore.
The only thing that really makes me log on anymore is to check my till or offers.
If it weren't for neocodex constantly reminding me about what's going on everyday, I probably wouldn't even bother to do any activities on neopets.
Neopets should be bowing down to Neocodex for that reason alone.

[Persuasion]

People value what they work on most If you worked hard for your neopoints and account and items, it'll be hard to let it go. Also, explaining the first part, why would anyone want to start playing Neopets? Well, for one, they'd be bored, the next, people compete against others and always try to be the best at whatever they do

[Roxi]

I don't think it would be difficult to quit. If you decide that's what you want to do then just do it.

[rizler]

wow some people have some indepth answers great feedback ../../public/style_emoticons/default/thumbsup.gif

[esilim]

It's much harder to quit if you cheat, b/c you aren't so very invested when you get frozen.
However, when ur legit, and they freeze you anyway, you really do feel like quitting.

I think the lure/addictive aspect of it is the opportunity to feel like you're actually accomplishing something (when you're really not!)

[Vizkiu]

Only ... Neopets is very addictive

[onlyme]

I...think I'm in love with you.

*growls*

[Frank12]

It offers a limitless challenge that most games do not. Why do you think pokemon is so popular? Because it is an over glorified version of rock-paper-scissors? No, such as with neo, there is a time investment that doesnt cap out when you beat the boss