Welcome to the Gurus of Neopia! Here you will learn valuable tips for getting jobs, strategies for making lots of neopoints, negotiating skills for obtaining rare items ... and more.
Our Guild was created on December 14, 2001.
As of November 1, 2002:
We are the 14th largest guild out of 96,865 guilds on the Air Faerie Cloud.
We are the 102nd largest guild out of 694,897 guilds in all of Neopia.
GUILD FEATURES!!!
I. Guild Strategy Guide => Learn how to make lots of neopoints. Click HERE!
II. List of good things to buy and resell=> Read the Strategy Guide first, to learn how to make the most of this item. Click HERE! (this list is still being added to)
III. STAY SAFE => Learn how to avoid hackers and scammers. Click HERE!
IV. Stock Exchange Tips => Advice on when and what to buy and sell, brought to you by thechamp353. Click HERE!
V. Special Programs for Newcomers => For details on our Mentor/Buddy program click HERE!
VI. Guild Question Master => Do you have questions about Neopets, our guild, the Employment Agency, or any thing else 'Neo'? Don't know where to go to get answers? Well, either post on the guild board, or neomail our Guild Question Master. She or he will be only too happy to help you with any questions. Our subcouncil members will take a month each, in turn, to be the guild's Question Master. This month's Question Master is tiger1497. Click on the link on the sidebar, or mail him here.
VII. GUILD MEDICAL PLAN => If you have been a guild member for 1 week or more and your pet is sick, send a neomail to tiberius1 and tell her the name of your pet and the name of the pet's illness. She will send you the cure! Please DO NOT send repeated neomails to tiberius1 for the medicine you need. She WILL attend to your request as quickly as possible. This is an arrangement with eternitysilenced while she is doing the Hacker's Challenge.
VIII. Find the Missing Card Giveaway =>
Each Saturday, at a random time, mmiacohmaaeol will remove one card from his shop. The first 3 guild members to neomail mmiacohmaaeol with the correct name of the missing card will win that week's gifts. Watch the message board to see when he says he has removed the card and the giveaway is on! Congratulations to September 28th's winners: waznt_me99 (Cloud PetPet Paint Brush), washdragon299 (Ultra Ice Negg) and jasonl117 (Bri Codestone).
IX. GUILD DONATIONS => Remember, guild donations are optional. To donate, purchase a Coconut God Souvenir from hmmcat's shop.
Thank you to all the members who have donated and those who will donate in the future. This is your guild and you are helping to make it better and more fun for everyone!
X. The Guild WISHING WELL is HERE =>
Need an item and running low on NP? Here is the answer to those problems we have all faced.
Neomail your wishes to rubym00n. Remember ... don't be greedy! The Wishing Well will give out items (NOTE: items only, no nps) with the value of up to 5000nps. Be specific in your wish: for example, don't wish for 'furniture', say exactly which item of furniture you'd like.
XI. Newcomer Shop Upgrade Giveaways =>
If you are a member of the Gurus of Neopia, have been playing Neopets for 3 months or less, and have no shop or a shop with 10 items or less, then you qualify for this giveaway. Send a neomail to tiberius1 to let her know. Each SATURDAY she will select 5 winners who will receive a Shop Upgrade Package consisting of 2,000 Neopoints, 1 Ice Negg, 1Codestone, and 1 Map Piece.
This week's winners are: jasmine11_17, darkness_prisoner, aphroditeprincess, zone3er and moomoo_penguin (23/09/02). Congrats all!!
XII. Check the Photo Gallery and Message Boards for info and tips on doing jobs and earning neopoints.
XIII. Upgrade your Guild Ranking =>
Upgrade your guild rank in one of three ways.
1)Post 3 messages on the message board. The criteria for this is that the messages must be original, helpful, a tip for a game, game hints, etc.
2)Referring five people to the guild will earn you one rank upgrade.
3) See item XXIII.
XIV. Referral Program => Earn Neggs for referring new members to the guild!
For Each New Member Referred => 1 Ice Negg
PLUS BONUSES At 5 Referrals => 1 Super Ice Negg
At 10 Referrals => 1 Ultra Ice Negg
At 15 Referrals => 1 Ultimate Ice Negg
At 25 Referrals => 1 Silver Knight Negg!!!
When you get someone to join, have them send a neomail to mmiacohmaaeol. Once they have been a member for 1 week, mmiacohmaaeol will neomail you to tell you that an ice negg (per referral) is waiting for you in the Trading Post. Just bid a junk item on them to receive your negg(s).
The following members are our top recruiters.
Super Recruiters Club (Minimum 5 Referrals): blubit, caritas, celticgaurdian_16, chippybug10, d_elton, evilsquirrels, eternitysilenced, gamer143, gonzinator, growly28, jared02, juliaplakh, killerskater2, leemenendez, lets_kick_some, lovestarberry, mdhalla14, melissab17, missangel2001, neom_silverwind1000, nianbest, pouieys2cool, primaep123456, r3d_angel, sajun20, sexie_john, sweetness5, ticklemestupid, tiger_lilies303, w0man, woodmouse999, 24penguin, 98sean and imokhowaboutyou
Ultra Recruiters Club (Minimum 10 Referrals): alpha_fire291, benedict_heng, black_dragon_1702, emperorzerg, jussoa, neogod210, pugs02, rubym00n, sherriessem2002, 38921111 and noelmaira
Ultimate Recruiters Club (Minimum 15 Referrals): lodis_623 and vit_god
Silver Knight Council (Minimum 25 Referrals):
XV. Blinkie Tutorial!! => Ever wanted a blinkie for your user lookup/wherever?? well, now you can make your own! Go HERE! and let sakurasun88 gently guide you through it.
XVI. Random Giveaways => Each week we will give away either a faerie or a codestone for fifteen members picked randomly from our members boards. aamya will neomail the winners to tell them how to collect their prize. This week's winners are: shani144, jipsi1,crimsonchin58, jackass4life16, ssj4gogeta717, serena332, kgtrainer123, lc198, morganmel, ironman199, karandras64, raoul144, toffari, sabregal and softballgirl12, congratulations! (updated 16/08/02).
XVII. Shop of the Week => Is your shop gorgeous? Enter this giveaway and let the whole guild know! aamya will pick the most 'creative' looking shop once a week from the entries. The winner will receive a faerie, a codestone, a map piece, and as if that wasn't enough, will also have a link to their shop displayed on the guild homepage! Send a neomail to aamya and tell her that you want to enter.
XVIII. Codestone Exchange => Have a Codestone and need a different Codestone? Here is the answer to your needs. fnixrebrn will exchange your codestone in return for the one you need. This program will not involve Lu Codestones since they are so cheap compared to all the others. She would not want to give you one nor receive one because of this.
To exchange your codestone, go HERE and bid your codestone on the one you need and then send a neomail to aamya and let her know you bid so she can accept your offer.
XIX. Guild Corner => Here's your chance to win lots of nps for just 100nps! How? Take part in the guild lottery! All you have to do is buy a lottery ticket from safariwarrior_1's shop and hope for that winning ticket to fall into your lap! There is a max of 6 tickets/person. For more info, go to safari's shop. If you have any questions, neomail tiger_lilies303
XX. The GoN Raffle! => The guild now has a raffle! This will run for 3 weeks, every month. Go to gurus_raffle's shop, buy a volcanic rock (100nps) and your name will go into the virtual hat. Neomail gurus_raffle to tell him you've bought the rock. You're allowed to buy 20 rocks each, but no more. This month's raffle will start on 08 June, and be drawn on the 29th June. The prize??? 50,000nps. Go buy those rocks!
XXI. Mdhalla14's magic sale => Go check out Mdhalla's shop and see when the next sale is, then buy some items during that time (all cheaper than the Wiz). After buying a certain number of items, you get a prize! A percentage of the nps will go to the guild. For a full explanation see MD's Jetsam's pet page... enjoy!
XXII. tiger1497's html giveaway! => If you are into doing html, this is the giveaway for you!!! The prize is a spotted paint brush. Second and third prizes are random. All you have to do is make the best-looking shop or user look-up! What is meant by best-looking shop is banners, links, photos, backgrounds, music, coloured fonts etc. You can also make your own backgrounds if you want. Use the html guide in the 'help' section to help you to do all of this. Neomail tiger1497 when you've finished with your design.
The judging will end on May 31st, led by tiger1497.
XXIII. ~BIRTHDAY GIVE AWAY~ => Is today your birthday? If so you can neomail sakurasun88 telling her and tell her a birthday wish and it will be granted. The wish must be limited to ~ITEMS ONLY~ costing between 1000 NP and 3500 NP otherwise you wont get anything. Your birthday present will be sent a week after the neomail because we dont want members entering and leaving after they get an item, now do we? However if you have already been a member for over a week, your item will be sent as soon as possible. Any, ANY plan or attempt at getting more and or lying will result in fatal consequences.
XXIV. Faerie Quest Help!!! => tiger1497 is running a quest program. The quest program is whenever someone in the guild gets a quest from a FAERIE, NOT including the Snow Faerie!, he will help the person. All they will have to do is neomail tiger1497 with the exact name of the item they need. Then he will go buy the item. We will exchange the item the person needs for the fearie quest with the exact amount of NP that tiger1497 paid. Please have patience if tiger1497 can't answer you immediately, no-one can be online 24/7.
XXV. The Gurus Foster-a-Pet Program => Have you ever seen the pets in the adoption pound? Have you noticed how sad and sleepy they are? Did you know that most of them are starving? Would you like to help but don't think you'll be able to take care of another pet full-time? Well, you're in luck, you can join this new Gurus of Neopia Fostering Program. You'll need the Secret Laboratory Map, and space on your account for a foster-pet. Look HERE for details of the plan, and HERE for information about getting the lab map, and making the nps you'll need to buy it with.
XXVI. The Hacker's Challenge! => So you've been hacked? You've lost everything, and feel devastated? While nothing will replace your pets, nps are a different matter. The Hacker's Challenge shows that making nps can be done quickly and relatively easily. Every so often, a guild member will put all of their nps and items into a second account, and start with nothing. We're not allowed to ask the guild or friends for help, either, and every challenger must make 5% more nps than the previous one. neatfreak started the ball rolling, then aamya went next, making 297,000nps and achieving her personal goals in 5 days, using a 56k modem: go HERE for details. tiberius1 went next, making 320,119nps and meeting her goals in 5 days: go HERE. tiger1497 was next up, making 491454nps and his goals with cable and taking 7 days: go HERE for details. eternitysilenced: details to come. next was knlghtofdawn, with DSL, making 553,505nps and buying a baby paint brush. Go HERE to see how he did it. If you'd like to participate in the Hacker's Challenge, and you KNOW you can better these attempts, neomail tiberius1, but serious applicants only. You can ONLY take part in the Hacker's Challenge if tiberius1 has approved first.
XXVII. What Can You Do For Our Guild? => You have a great idea for a new guild feature, but you're not sure how to go about getting approval or organising it? Mail tiberius1 with your ideas, and we'll take it from there. 3 good ideas will result in a rank promotion.
XXVIII. Guild Quests => Each week you have the chance to win one of 5 faeries or codestones! How? On Friday, aamya will post on the guild board to say the quest is on. Rush to buy a strawberry ice cream (this changes, so keep checking this page), make an offer on aamya's lots and that's it!
XXIX. Mystery Picture!! => Want a new challenge? Then try our very own Mystery Pic Competition! rubym00n has created this especially for all members of the Gurus of Neopia. To join in, go HERE.
XXX. 3 month and Less Newcomers Random Giveaway => If you have been on neopets for 3 months or less then you can join the newcomer's random giveaway! :) if you want to enter neomail abourdu121 to say you want to participate. There will be one lucky winner each week. What do you win? you'll get three surprise prizes. Note, you can only win in this giveaway once.
XXXI. Gurus Newcomers: giveaway: => Have you been a member of the Gurus of Neopia for one week or less? in that case, you'll love this: this giveaway is just for you. There will be 1 winner once a week who will receive a codestone, faerie, and a random prize worth over 10k. All you have to do to enter is neomail sweetness5 and say you want to enter. PLEASE Good luck!
XXXII. Guru Game => So you think you know everything about Neopia? Answer a question and you could win a prize! You've seen vit's game on the guild board, now play from the webpage!! Go HERE for details of how to play, and neomail vit_god with your answer.
XXXIII. FREE FOOD Giveaway =>Is your pet hungry?Cannot afford to feed your pet? Want some food? Here is the answer, you just have to neomail benedict_heng telling him you want some food. Maximum quantity of food you get is 4 items. What are you waiting for? Quick!!! Limited stocks
Shop Restock Times => The shop restocks are now totally random and there is no pattern other than 1 time per hour there will be 3-4 restocks in succession. When that will happen is unknown til it happens. Just keep checking.
Half Price Day => The 3rd of every month is Half Price Day at the Neopian Shops.
Guild Banner => The banner at the top of the page was made by yokan000 but it is a flash banner that is not allowed on Neopets anymore unfortunately. I have put the code for joebob696969's banner here at the bottom for you to copy and paste into your shops.
