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| Why "Operation Apricot"? Because apricots aren't, generally, considered threatening, and we're not trying to be threatening. It also rhymes with "boycott" and happens to be the word that always pops into my mind whenever I hear the word "boycott." If I had said "Operation Boycott," the thing popping through your head would have been 'Quick! Run!' Or perhaps something like, "This guy's nuts! He wants us to boycott Neopets! I gotta get out of here!!" That's why we gave it a nice, friendly kind of name like apricot. Now that you know it's about as threatening as an apricot, hear me out. |
| Hopefully by now you've read all the other documentation on the site. You've seen that there's definately a problem going on with Neopets, if we've properly convinced you--if we haven't, well, thank goodness that we've hidden our identities, lest you report us in for freezing--and now you've also recognized the fact that something has got to be done. But what? Petitions are nice, apparently they've worked in the past, but do you know how long it takes to amass 1,000 signatures--enough for the NPT to actually pay attention? Even then, there's no guarentee. What we've got to do, Neopets players--newbies, oldies, American players, European players, over 18 population, under 18 population, all of us--is give them a shock that will get them to listen to us and start treating us like what we are--the people who are providing them with their income. They're biting the hand that feeds them, and it's time that hand bit back. In the late 1800s, Charles C. Boycott refused to lower the rents for his tenants. In response, his tenants refused to pay the outrageous rents, and a new term was born. In the early 2000s, the Neopets Team went too far in their treatment of their players. Hopefully the players will realize that they don't have to put up with how they're being treated, and took some action. Declare May 4, 2005 a Neopetless day. From 12 AM to 12 AM (Neopets Standard Time/US Pacific Time), don't visit the site, collect your interest, or play the games. Don't buy their merchandise in your local stores, don't do anything that has anything to do with Neopets. It doesn't matter what plots are going on, what prizes are going out, it's worth the sacrifice. If we all band together to give the Neopets Team this wake-up call, if we can shake them badly enough to realize that they depend on us, they'll listen to us. You can make a difference, no matter who you are, where you're from, or how long you've been a member. We're mad, but we don't have to stay that way. Put Operation Apricot into effect now. Support us. Tell your friends. Get the word out there. No, you won't get Neopoints out of it, rare items, or prizes. You might even get frozen. But isn't that risk worth it for a better Neopia? Neopia Premium is already out there--how much longer before the whole site has a $5/mo. subscription fee, or is so cluttered with ads you can't move? Stand up. Speak out. Do it now. Remember May 4 by forgetting Neopets for 24 hours!! |
| If you want to be identified with one of our number, or identify easily those who are part of us--even at the risk of being frozen--use the Kacheek warrior ("Kacheek - Superhero") shopkeeper in your shop and name it Apricot. You don't have to, it's just a way of identifying those who are on our side. |
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