#Trading and Market Making

[egophiliac]

ANNIVERSARY GROOVY BOYBAND! THEY ALL LOOK SO GOOD, I also love the hades reference with idia! Ik ur probably really swamped with the book 7 brain rot but I wanted to know ur thoughts. I also wanted to mention that I am so card deprived I feel like I need a replacement event to take tsumderlands place

AUGH NO I LOVE THEM. 😭 UGH now I really have to think about if I want to try pulling for Grim again. dangit. heck. I already got his little pedestal to add my guest room shrine, but...now I kinda need the boss himself...

also, the implications of it not being an OB thing, Idia can just. Do That? apparently? do you think he ever just sometimes does it by accident? what am I saying, he absolutely sometimes does it by accident.

gosh though. this event has been SO cute in general! I was wondering who'd get the focus for year 5; I could not be happier that the answer is apparently EVERYBODY. :D all the dorms get their own special songs! so many cute little scenes!!! the lowest of stakes bringing out the highest of pettiness in everyone!!!!!! it's excellent.

(also, because I will make literally anything about my diaboys...I know these events are typically sorta, let's say chronologically unmoored with regards to story. but the further implications that this takes place pre-episode 7/Malleus' Big Existential Crisis, and yet...some of these lines?)

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[sexybritishllama]

strap in folks it's time for another neopets drama update

some background reading before we begin: back when neopets wanted to introduce customisation (i.e. dressing up your pet) in 2007, they decided to 'convert' all existing pet art to align with a rigid body structure, rather than all having unique poses. it was just not feasible to create new pieces of art for hundreds of different pet poses every single time they released a new clothing them

customisation had been highly requested up until this point. however, the conversion was NOT popular. in some cases, particularly for basic colours, the change wasn't huge, but in other cases.... uh....

you get the idea. the more expensive colours like plushie, faerie, grey, royal and darigan got the worst of it because they had the more unique poses pre-conversion, and therefore it was largely agreed that the change to the stiff 'samey', frankly kinda goofy converted look did not look great

most users did not get a choice in having their neopet converted and it was done automatically, but if you had one of these colours where the change was huge, you were given the choice of converting or retaining the old pose (but not having the option to customise your pet). those pets that retained the old, pre-conversion poses are therefore referred to as 'unconverted', or UC for short

once a pet is converted, there's no returning to UC. you also couldn't create UC pets anymore, making UCs a limited resource that would only increase in value with time, particularly as people abandon their pets, leave the site, get frozen, etc.

i could write an entire dissertation on the drama that UC pets have caused for the pet trading economy, the neopet account black market, and general retention of the userbase, but to sum it up, people REALLY want UC pets. they are the single most coveted status symbol on the site

we skip forward now to 2023

the neopets team are planning to introduce UC pets back to the site, so that people will be able to create their own UC pets again for the first time post-converstion (legally at least)

they drip feed bits of information over the year about what this will look like. the main points are

changing a pet to UC will be done via some kind of item bought with neocash, the premium currency on neopets that you need to spend real money to get

putting this item on your pet will give it the UC art style appearance

so. not much really known. but expected release is set for january 2024

yesterday, they hosted an AMA focusing on the new UC pet system and how this was going to work. noticeably absent is any explanation of how much this is actually going to cost and whether it is going to involve any kind of gatcha mechanic, so that's causing our first lot of concern

second lot of drama is that the new UCs aren't actually going to be COMPLETELY the same as the old art, as they're making some small changes for style consistency, see below (old on top, new below):

the biggest drama, however, comes from how they're dealing with the 'original' UC pets. ALL pets will be getting forcibly converted on the 23rd, with anyone who has a pet that is already an original UC immediately receiving the UC neocash item. there's mention of possibly some kind of trophy or badge recognition for particularly old pets, but it's vague, and generally seems like it won't be possible to distinguish between the original UCs and these new ones

the people who already have OCs are not happy about this

people are allegedly pounding their pets, cancelling their premium, and quitting the site in protest. the boards are flooded with people complaining about the changes and laughing at the downfall of the 'neo-elite' in equal measure

it's t-minus 5 days until the second great conversion goes live. let's all pray for our souls

[voltoise-art]

(Sound on)

During their first night in Gravity Falls, the twins have a strange dream...

Haha I'm alive new au lore drop

[ponytailzuko]

3/4 exams done AND i didn't post about zuko accounting while studying for the accounting exam. i preserved my followers from my insanity. for once. mostly because i couldn't bring myself to relate avatar to investing in bonds.

[bitchesgetriches]

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[political-us]

Washington, D.C. — Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), along with Representative Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1), Cory Mills (FL-7), and Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-8), united to introduce the Bipartisan Restoring Faith in Government Act—legislation that will prohibit members of Congress, their spouses, and dependents from owning or trading individual stocks.

This bipartisan initiative marks a decisive step toward restoring the American public’s trust in their elected leaders by eliminating conflicts of interest and reaffirming a commitment to integrity and transparency in public service.

"It’s simple—when members have access to sensitive information, they should not be trading in the stock market on it. It blatantly erodes the public's trust in government. The information we have access to as members of Congress should solely be used to serve the American people, not ourselves,” said Rep. Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14).

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[eltristan]

It's *not* a "pause" ...

Stop saying it's a "pause" — it's still 10% tariffs against the 🐧 and everyone else!

Your "de minimus" shipments (under $800) that used to be exempt, are now still going to be intercepted and you'll still have to pay Trump tariffs.

It's an escalation of Trump's tariff war against China now: >100% *_!?_*

Here isn't any fucking "pause" here, 90-day or otherwise! Are you Americans all that stupid and innumerate!??? #Trumpism

[baycitystygian]

promising myself that if I send in five job applications or more in the next 24 hours I can give myself a little treat (an 8x10 of paulie I saw on eBay that made me downright critically DEHYDRATED for that man)

[tracle0]

More pride stars...

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[gt-squirrel]

GTober day 23: Swamp:

Minigiant Swamp monster who despite being a “monster” still tries to be nice to people.

Someone got lost, they guide them back to the edge of town.

Someone got injured, they do what they can to nurse them back to health.

And while the townspeople may be wary, they let Minigiant Swamp monster wander around town. They never harm anyone anyway so…

And they always stop by the old lady’s house for some home made snickerdoodles.

[libdeminomenon]

I don’t know how Starmer is going to pull this one off