Three years ago, on January 19th, 2004, a website entitled "Neocodex" was started by its founding fathers, Hydrogen and Raredaredevil. The website's main focus was to provide quality legal cheating resources for the online game NeoPets. Our focus was simple: to not aim for popularity, but to aim for excellence in the focus we have chosen. As far as we were concerned, pleasing our members and preserving our focus came first.
This has not changed today. Over the last three years, our site has grown substantially. In this time, our members have earned the site an exceptional reputation. The products we offer continue to be original (unless otherwise stated that it can be found elsewhere by the creator); you can't say that about many of the other sites out there! Every single one of our 4,650 members should be commended for bringing Neocodex to its present Big Boards status by posting almost 700,000 messages on our forum! The vitality of our site is simply remarkable. For having registrations closed for almost half of the site's life, I personally believe that the amount we have achieved in the past three years is a remarkable feat!
To date, production has completed on hundreds of programs and tutorials, all readily available for our members to use with no obligation. For some, profit motive is the motivation that drives them forward. Excellence is ours. To remain true to our original goal, we have asserted that we will never charge for our services in the future; Neocodex will always remain non-profit.
Now, this is a section I always tend to add to the anniversary topics. There will always be those who claim that the site is "dying" and such. If you are one of these people, the only thing I have to say is that I've seen too many people like you in my time here.
The site was 'clearly' dying two years ago according to some, and likewise a year ago, but we're somehow here and with a lot more to show for it. Rethink your doomsday prophecies and do not get caught up in the moment. So, on behalf of the staff, we would like to wish you a very happy Neocodex anniversary! As always, we, the staff, will work hard to make Neocodex a success for everyone.
~ Neocodex Staff
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Private Member Section Renovation
This is a notice to inform everyone that everyone who holds the Private Member rank will be demoted from the area (those who have higher ranks will be exempt from this demotion) according to renovation plans on Saturday, January 20th. Content as well as a new voting system will be introduced and tried out. Please do not freak out, as we all understand that this is a big change. By no means will it reduce chances of getting into the area. The new voting system will favor relatively the same criteria, however other criteria may be considered and there is less chance for bias (more details will be posted up when the new system is put into practice). If we find the system is not serving it's purpose adequately, it will be removed and we will try something else!
Thank you for being so patient with the board changes.
