If you value your Neopets account,
it is well worth your time to read and be familiar with the rules.
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UNDER CONSTRUCTION
This page is to educate Neopets players who may not be familiar with all the
rules that are part of this site. With Kirbyrockz, I have collected the following information from
past editorials as seen in the Neopian Times.
Go HERE to find the current editorial.
Before you begin on this page, you may want to check out the following links for the pages that
The Neopets Team (TNT) have put together concerning the rules.
Terms and Conditions(Basic Summary 1 - 11 is the
most important here)
Chat Rules
Frequently Asked Questions
Internet Safety Anywhere
Always keep in mind, as it says in the terms --
If you break the rules,
you face Neopian justice administered by Lawyerbot and his minions.
I am not a staff member.
Things contained on this page can be found
around the Neopets site.
I am just collecting that information and consolodating it here.
Wording under the heading "The Rule" is my own summarization of what TNT has said.
For their exact wording on the issue, click on the editorial link to the right.
Now... on to the editorial summaries!
Chat Board Conduct
Multiple Accounts
Promotions/Contests
Guilds
Lookups
Art/Writing Theft
Miscellaneous
Public Service Announcement by TNT
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Chat Board Conduct
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Keyword |
The Rule |
Editorial |
| 1 |
AIM,MSN,Messengers |
Don't post your messenger ID anywhere on Neopets, for safety reasons. |
254 |
| 2 |
RP, Role Playing |
Keep role playing neopets oriented and appropriate. Romantic, flirty, vampire role playing
or chatting is not allowed. |
252 |
| 3 |
NeoSignatures, siggy, kisses, hugs |
A "siggy" with stuff like "kisses-2, frenches-4" are not allowed, as no romance talk is
allowed in any Neopets setting. |
258 |
| 4 |
Scam Warning |
When posting a scam warning, don't post the scam word for word as then you're just spreading
the scam yourself. |
252 |
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Beauty Contest Advertising |
You may only advertise your own beauty contest entry, not that of friends. Please stick to
advertising on the appropriate message board and not through neomails to strangers. |
251 |
| 6 |
Anti-Chain Letter |
Do not make anti-chain letters that are spread like chain letters, it's just as spammy
and annoying. One post of "Chain letters don't work!" would suffice. |
250 |
| 7 |
Board Closed |
If "Board Closed" is posted on a board, you do not HAVE to leave, but if it was posted by
the board creator, you may want to respect their wishes and stop posting there. |
250 |
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Multiple Accounts
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Keyword |
The Rule |
Editorial |
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Extra Pets, Neopoints |
Creating pets on a side account is not considered making neopoints on that account. |
260 |
| 2 |
Soup Kitchen |
Using the soup kitchen on your side account is fine. |
258 |
| 3 |
Okay on a side account |
Send items received through Random Events to your main account.
Visit the Healing Springs.
Place trades up with the intent of transferring funds or items to your side account.
Train your Neopets (this includes their free training on pet days).
Make a gallery. |
254 |
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Not okay on a side account |
Use a shop.
Make profit.
Do dailies or receive items from special offers.
Participate in plots or site events.
Play games. |
254 |
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Transfer Neopoints |
You may use the trading post to transfer NP to your side account to increase your gallery size
or feed your pets. |
253 |
| 6 |
Mall Shop |
You may not use your shop at all on a side account, most certainly not use it in a mall. |
253 |
| 7 |
Browsers |
You may have your main open on one browser (like Firefox) and your side open on another browser
(like Internet Explorer). |
261 |
| 8 |
Lab Ray |
As long as the NP earned to buy the lab map pieces were earned on your main and the pieces transferred
to your side, you may use the lab ray on a side account. |
268 |
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Faerie Quests |
Random event Faerie Quests are fine. The Snow Faerie, Illusen, Jhudora and Kitchen Quests are not
allowed on a spare. |
268 |
| 10 |
Spare accounts e-mail |
You are allowed to use different a different e-mail address when creating a side account. |
271 |
Promotions/Contests
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| # |
Keyword |
The Rule |
Editorial |
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Contest Answers |
Do not give answers for the Mystery Pic, Lenny Conundrum and other contests. Do not post
them on the message boards, guild boards or give through neomail. You may share with a friend
if you have both been doing your part to find the answer together. |
260 |
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Caption Contest |
You may submit several captions for the contest, but do not send the same caption over
and over and over. If you have to, you can submit the same one every 12 hours. |
260 |
| 3 |
Shop Raffles |
Having a raffle in your shop or giving out prizes to people who "donate" to you is not allowed. |
260 |
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Guilds
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Keyword |
The Rule |
Editorial |
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Spare Accounts |
You may belong to or lead a different guild on a spare or three guilds if you have a main and
two spares or whatever. Just be mindful of how much time you have to dedicate to each. |
260 |
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Lookups
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| # |
Keyword |
The Rule |
Editorial |
| 1 |
Covering Stats |
Covering your statistics (Shop size, date you joined, trophies) is not allowed. Retyping them
into your lookup coding is also not allowed. Code around them so they show. |
256 |
| 2 |
Covering Shield |
Covering your shield is allowed, if you use original art and not another shield created by TNT
in order to make your account seem older than it is. |
261
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268 |
| 3 |
Referral Link |
Putting a referral link on your lookup is allowed if you aren't tricking someone into using it. |
263 |
| 4 |
Coding 5 pets |
Coding your lookup to show 5 pets is allowed, with restrictions. Please read editorial 268
for the details. |
268 |
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Personal pictures, photos |
Do not post your picture, or pictures of other users anywhere on Neopets. |
269 |
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Fake item/random events |
Do not post a fake item event in the top left corner of your userlookup that tricks people into thinking
they've been given a gift. Same for fake random events. |
269 |
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Art, Writing, Creative Theft
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Keyword |
The Rule |
Editorial |
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Coding |
If you use someone else's coding (with or without your own images) for a lookup or a guild
layout with their permission, that is fine. If you use it without their permission, that is not
not okay. |
251 |
| 2 |
Coding |
As stated above, using coding with a person's permission is fine. Using someone's coding to learn
the basics of how to do something is okay, but create your own code from what you learn. |
250 |
| 3 |
Art drawn by someone else, tip |
People may draw art for others, but that art cannot be used in any contests by the person it was
given to. Asking for or offering a "tip" or gift in return for artwork or avatar item lending is
not okay. |
250 |
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Story stealing |
Stealing a story (or artwork or coding) from a message board that is asking for a rating (or from
anywhere else) is not okay and can get you frozen. To be safe, don't post your story on the message
boards before you've submitted it for yourself. |
250 |
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Offsite selling |
Selling fan art is not okay. Even if drawn by you, Neopets images are still copyrighted by Neopets. |
250 |
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Miscellaneous
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| # |
Keyword |
The Rule |
Editorial |
| 1 |
Petpages, guides |
Having a petpage with game guides, NP making guides, etc. is okay. Having something that smells
like a scam such as "make 1,000,000 NP in 10 minutes!" and the like of course is not okay. |
259 |
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Images, background |
You are allowed to make a background out of a Neopets image. Please do not "copyright" the
image as your own, and also do not try to distribute it. |
259 |
| 3 |
Insult, Lookup |
Insulting someone's lookup (or insulting something else) is not necessarily harrassment.
"I've seen better." may be rude, but isn't harrassment. "Your Neopets and UL look like dung
and you are totally stupid" would be harrassment. If you can't say something nice, don't say
anything at all. |
258 |
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New account |
You are allowed to transfer all your items and neopoints to a new "main" account, if you stop
using the old one for making NP. |
264 |
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Spam day |
There is no such thing as a "Spam Day". Don't make boards saying it's Spam Day. |
265 |
| 6 |
Beauty Contest Votes |
It's against the rules to have an Avatar Simon game that requires people to vote for your
beauty contest entry in order to join. |
267 |
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Neopet Mates,
Boyfriends, Girlfriends |
As romantic role playing of any kind is not allowed, putting on your pet's lookup that it has a
mate/boyfriend/girlfriend is not allowed. |
268 |
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Giveaways, contests |
Making a board advertising a giveaway or having a contest is not allowed. Giving lots of gits to lots of
people is okay, don't make a board about it. If someone asks you what's on
your wishlist and then gives you the item, that is not against the rules. |
269 |
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Switching main accounts |
You cannot change main accounts every month. Pick an account name and stick with it. |
270 |
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Two main accounts |
You may not have two main accounts, even if they never interact with each other. |
271 |
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Account babysitting |
You are not allowed to access a friend's account, let alone "babysit" and do their dailies if they are
on vacation and can't do the dailies themselves. You in someone else's account = account sharing =
not good. |
271 |
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Stalking |
Don't joke about stalking someone. They may not think it's very funny. |
272 |
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The following is a direct copy/paste from the end
of the editorial of
Issue
230
And now, PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS! Here
are some nifty things to know, because we felt like sharing.
Creative Control
If you enter any creative contests on Neopets and you
compile your own graphics from Neopets art, you cannot be chosen as a winner if
you have a copyright symbol on your image or text! This includes things like the
Random Contests, Site Spotlight, User Lookup of the Week, etc. We know you work
hard on your art, and you would like to make it clear to others that it is your
material, but Neopets are copyrighted by us regardless of whether you drew that
picture of the Shoyru yourself or modified that background image from the site
to work with your User Lookup. As such, we cannot accept anything with someone
else's copyright on it. (It has to do with some legal mumbo-jumbo that Lawyerbot
likes to tell to anyone that will listen.) If you have some great art or a
wonderful Petpage and are confused why you have not won creative contests, be
sure you aren't using a copyright symbol because that might just be the reason!
It's best to change it to "User Lookup by Francis Q. Sloth" or "Francis Q. Sloth
made this lookup and you'll like it or PERISH" instead.
Rule Bending
Now everyone knows Neopets has certain
rules. If not, read your Terms and
Conditions! Now, even though it is long and boring, we cannot list every
single thing you can possibly do to get in trouble. People are creative, and are
constantly finding new ways to cross the line. The most important thing to do is
understand the spirit of the rules. Just because we don't explicitly say,
"You can't say platypus on Tuesdays!" (yes, it's a silly example, but you get
the idea) doesn't mean it is okay to do it. Here is an example:
In a
past Editorial, we said it is okay to use adblockers on the site since people
were concerned it could be considered a program. We told those folks not to fear
and that using a program such as that to block ads is perfectly acceptable since
it does not give you an unfair advantage over other players. A few unscrupulous
people took this statement a little too far, and twisted our words to try and
condone the use of this program to gain an unfair advantage. Yes, we did say it
was fine to use this program to block ads, but using a program such
as that to alter the game in a way that gives you an advantage over others
(note by Isabeau - they're talking about blocking the images of neoitems in main shops
for "restocking" purposes) is definitely NOT allowed and that is quite obvious.
Remember to use common sense, and don't try to use creative wording to make your
own loopholes in the site rules.
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