-- About Account Stuff --

Can I have your account?
I'm surprised that people still ask me this question. The answer is a definite "no". I didn't work so hard on this account just to give it away.

Can I have...?
Stop right there. The answer is "no". Usually when a question starts with "Can I have..." an alarm goes off that lets me know you're going to ask me to donate to your cause. I'm not interested.

But I saw someone say they got an item from you!
Most likely that person is a neofriend of mine. I like giving presents to my friends. But random strangers asking me for stuff is bleh.

Okay, then can I be your neofriend?
Hehe. Nice try. If we've chatted before and got to know one another a bit, I'll send a request over to you to become neofriends. I do not add random people to my list. It's about quality not quantity. :)

Hey, I'm in a really great guild and I think you'd like it too. Wanna join?
Sorry to sound so negative, but the answer is "no". I'm sure your guild is awesome, but I don't want to be a part of any guild. I've had very bad past experiences with guilds and on the whole they bring me nothing but trouble or an unnecessary workload.

How many accounts do you have?
I have three accounts. Sniperwolfe007 is my main account. Then there is Silent_Minstrel, which hosts the One True Star Gallery. Finally, there is Kimdari, which hosts my Love of Earth gallery.

Wow! You must be rich to have so many galleries and painted pets!
Actually, I'm not rich. I've just been playing on Neopets for quite a long while. There is no such thing as a get rich quick scheme, and anyone telling you that there is is trying to scam you.

Then how do you make your NP? I want several galleries and painted pets too!
I used to restock items a lot and made most of my NP from doing that. Then RL things came up and I don't have the time to do much of that anymore so I turned to playing the games and the stock market. You'd be surprised how many neopoints you can get just by playing the games! You don't have to be good at them. You just have to keep playing them. And if you're feeling lazy, at least play the featured games since they give you double the np at the end when you send score.

Hey, I have a Snowager item you don't have. I can sell it to you.
Excellent! Give me a reasonable price quote and I'd be happy to purchase from you. Just remember I'm a Neopets veteran. I don't fall for scams easily. In fact, I get report happy when I run into scammers. ^_^

--About Graphics and Graphics Requests --

Where did you get all the pictures and stuff to make your graphics?
For Neopets themed things, they all come from the Neopets site. You just have to look everywhere to find the image you need. Everything else either comes from doing an internet search or come from the person who made the request. I do use original work occassionally, but drawing with a mouse pointer is rather difficult and time consuming.

So you do take requests?
Graphics requests are closed to the general public. They are reserved for my dear neofriends I trust would not steal or alter the work I do for them.

But why? I've been looking everywhere for a [insert subject] themed lookie, but can't find one anywhere.
I'm sorry. It's because it takes a lot of time to design, compose, process, and code everything. Ask anyone who makes quality graphics/lookies and they'll tell you that it takes a while to get one finished. If I left requests open to the general public, I'll be getting 50 requests a day! I can't possibly handle that kind of workload.

Thanks for making a [insert item] for me. Can I use it to enter contests?
Absolutely not. Firstly because it will make me angry that you'd take credit for my work. Secondly, it's against TNT rules to submit anything into contests that you didn't do yourself. Look through the Neopian Times. TNT has stated this over and over again.

Help! The images you made for me disappeared! I didn't touch the coding or anything!
Whoa there! Take it easy. If you didn't try to mess with the coding, then it's not your problem. The image-hosting service I'm using is going through a site overhaul. Sometimes the servers crash or something else similar happens so the images will disappear sometimes. I'm very sorry for the inconvenience. Just rest assure that the images are not gone permanently and that they will come back when the site gets fixed. :) If you want to, you are permitted to take my images and upload them to your own image-hosting service. What you are not allowed to do is to tamper with the images in any way.

-- About Pets --

I think our pets would get along well. Can we let them date?
Ahem... It is against TNT rules to do any such thing. There is not supposed to be any dating or some such relationships going around on the site at all. Not even in role-playing.

How many pets do you have?
Oh goodness. Let me see... I have 8 pets. I tend to concentrate on my main account, but use just about all the available pet pages for things like this. :) Don't worry. All my pets are well taken care of.

Do you plan on painting all of them?
If I could, I would definitely consider it. But right now, I just want to concentrate on training my battle pets.

I keep seeing Venkelohs changing. Are you not happy with him?
Oh I'm very happy with him! He's just being zapped by the lab ray for training purposes so you might see him change often. He will be a proud Pirate Lupe when I retire him from the lab ray and won't change anymore then.

I thought you had 4 pets on your main? Did you pound your other two pets?
I would never give up my pets that easily. I just wanted to intensify Venkelohs' and Joselette's training so I've moved the other two out of my main and into the side accounts. Ehm, that's why the FAQ page looks different now. I lost the original coding during the transfer. x.x

-- About The Awesome Ri (And How To Find Me) --

Why do you have "Rienna-Sensei" as your siggy on the chat boards?
That is because I'm supposed to be teaching new battlers in my dojo, or formal training school. This came about during the recent plot wars in Neopia, when I ran into many fellow chatters who are inexperienced in the battledome. I promised that I would start school sessions to give them hands-on experience and to help develop confidence when they send their pets in to battle. So the idea of a dojo came to mind and I became Rienna-Sensei. "Sensei" means "teacher" in Japanese.

You're quite popular on the boards, aren't you?
Am I? lol I never really thought about that. I don't think it's a matter of popularity. More that I get along with lots of people. Come find me and chat. You'll find out for yourself if I'm nice or not. ;)

Okay, where can I find you to chat?
I'm almost always hanging out on the latest Plot board on the TOPS topic (usually with a long topic title like "Over Thirty.....blah blah blah). But when TNT gets rid of the plot board, the TOPS topic is usually moved to Fan Clubs. I'm not hard to find.

Can I reach you anywhere else? The chat boards make me uncomfortable.
Of course. My neomail is always open! Drop me a line if you feel like it. I respond to all neomails unless it's spam or an unfriendly guild/shop advertisement.

Hey, just how old are you anyway?
Tsk. tsk. You're not supposed to be asking me for personal information. But to satisfy your curiosity, I'll be 28 end of May.

Whoa! You're really old! What are you doing on a kid's site?
Umm...when did TNT say that this is a site strictly for kids? TNT has mentioned several times in the Neopian Times that there is nothing wrong with adults playing on the site and "anyone who says otherwise is a big doodie head" (Quoted from Neopian Times Issue: 259 | 29th day of Gathering, Y8). About the "old" comment... I laugh at thee for being a fool!

Hey, just about every one of your accounts has a Lupe. Do you like Lupes that much?
WELL...Lupes are the Neopian equivalent of wolves in the real world, so...yes, I absolutely adore them!

Does your username mean you play MGS?
I do play MGS, but the name goes beyond than just the character Sniper Wolf. I might explain that one day. :D