1. Neopets

Basics for newbies
A new BC starts every Friday at 3:15 or 4:15 NST depending on whether it is daylight savings time or not.
Make sure you have entered a pic of your neopet under the 25kb file size limit.
When time comes put a link in your signature and get yourself out there.

BC entries are submitted here:

Simply go to the Beauty Contest Page and select Enter Your Pets. Under the pet you want to enter, click on browse and find the image you created. Enter a speech for the judges below, and click on Enter. Remember to Vote for your favourite pets as well. The Official Neopets Team Message Board-This board is where the Neopets Team will post updates about Meepit attacks, technical problems, event issues, and any other announcements they want to make. Art-The previously named Beauty Contest Board (often abbreviated to BC).

Your pet’s link

There are voting terms people on the neoboard commonly refer to. Here is a list of them and their definitions:

NSV: non-silent voting, when a person will let you know on their board if they voted for you.
SV: silent voting, when a person will look at your entry but not tell you whether they voted or not. this is usually to avoid making anyone feel bad about not being voted for.
MV: manual voting, when a person looks at every entry in a category before deciding a winner. They usually vote for what they think is the best, though sometimes they will be swayed to vote for you if they have seen you advertising (if your entry is good).
Competition: anyone entering a pet the same species as you in the same week. Make sure they don’t get more votes than you!

Important rules to remember-Only you can advertise your entry, and only with the account the pet is on.

-It is supposed to be completely yours and original, with no help from others.

-2D drawings only, no photographs. Photos of 2D drawings are ok.

-It has to look like it was based off a neopet. Not a normal human with cat ears or some shit.
Bhagavad gita commentary by swami chinmayananda pdf files. No gorgeous drawing of a bluejay. This is the most common way people get rejected before the contest starts.
ALSO no blank image if your pet is invisible….

-No copyright symbols or other copyright characters.

if the judge finds otherwise, your entry will be rejected, or you may be disqualified during the contest if someone chooses to report you. 😡

Species

There are 54 species of neopets, some are much more popular and therefore more competitive than others.

Below is a list of them, and a very rough average of the number of votes that recent past winners in each category have gotten. It is by no means complete and its not guaranteed that you will win by submitting this number of votes. Every week is different, it may be as hard as how determined your competition is, and how willing people are to vote for your pet.

However, I made it to give you a good idea of a general least number of votes to aim for on a regular week, as well as to help you compare the general toughness between the categories. I’ll continue to update this as weeks go by.

General tips

Advertising:

-Entering good art will make your job easier contrary to popular belief. Voters on any board can choose to SV rather than vote for the first entry they see. Also, there is a fairly decent number of people who do manual vote. I myself have entered a few times with zero advertising and ended up with 100+ manual votes.

-Try to post more than just “good luck, spare a vote” when you can. The PC gossips about how they vote every now and then, and some tend to vote for those who have something relevant to say, or help with bumping more than once.

-Likewise, READ the topic before you spam. If they say they don’t vote BC, don’t just leave a bump. It makes you look bad, and they might get pissed enough to report you for spamming. 😡

-Its also a good idea to post the entry and link on your lookup and the pets petpage so that people lurking will see, if they weren’t paying attention to your sig before.

Different ways to obtain votes:
-Posting a ton in different places so that as many people as possible see your entry. The busier boards (like the PC) are the best because people need bumping to keep their own boards up.
Less competitive entries can usually get away with just advertising on the BC board itself.

-Guildbacking, where if you are part of a large guild, you get a link put up so that everyone in the guild will see your entry.

-Voting for yourself on as many accounts as possible. Of course this will raise suspicion afterwards if no one has seen you posting, so make sure you at least advertise a little, or even join a private guild so they can assume you’re guildbacked.

Neopets

Placing in the BC will give your pet a trophy on its lookup, which is great for account building, or pet trading for some. Entering your own work will also help you figure out where your strong points are and what you need to work on. Above all, it is an opportunity to shove your beautiful or not so beautiful creation into as many faces as possible. BOOM.