Post by shiinotic on Oct 6, 2018 3:39:22 GMT
on neopets, there is a section dedicated to these little animated swf files called "neogreetings" that were meant to be sent to friends for various occasions. one of them that takes my interest is known as "best friends", or alternatively, "bad friends". there are two versions. the best friends version isn't anything too noteworthy. check it out here, or here if you have a neopets account
the bad friends version is a little... weird.
this version was eventually removed from the neogreetings page, but the url for its page can still be found if the page's source code is dug into. here it is, again only able to view if you're logged in.
that's already pretty strange, but there's supposedly ANOTHER version of this swf.
according to a topic from 2004 on these forums, this wasn't the original video. the green slime at the end — and you can probably guess where i'm going with this — was originally blood. multiple users attest to this fact, so there is veracity to this story.
as a huge old internet and neopets fan, i would adore seeing this. there something so off-putting about this image, especially considering the whole, uh, blood situation. it's disturbing in such a strange yet fascinating way that's hard to explain. the choppy animation, the horrible font choice and overall bad graphic design, the jarring colors... it all settles rather unpleasantly. not to mention the fact that it was hosted on a website primarily designed for children. neopets is an odd gem of a website that, in it's olden days, could be weirdly creepy at times (intentionally or not).
does anyone possibly know of where the original version of this swf could be found, or how one could manage to find it? i would really appreciate the help!! =)
the bad friends version is a little... weird.
this version was eventually removed from the neogreetings page, but the url for its page can still be found if the page's source code is dug into. here it is, again only able to view if you're logged in.
that's already pretty strange, but there's supposedly ANOTHER version of this swf.
according to a topic from 2004 on these forums, this wasn't the original video. the green slime at the end — and you can probably guess where i'm going with this — was originally blood. multiple users attest to this fact, so there is veracity to this story.
as a huge old internet and neopets fan, i would adore seeing this. there something so off-putting about this image, especially considering the whole, uh, blood situation. it's disturbing in such a strange yet fascinating way that's hard to explain. the choppy animation, the horrible font choice and overall bad graphic design, the jarring colors... it all settles rather unpleasantly. not to mention the fact that it was hosted on a website primarily designed for children. neopets is an odd gem of a website that, in it's olden days, could be weirdly creepy at times (intentionally or not).
does anyone possibly know of where the original version of this swf could be found, or how one could manage to find it? i would really appreciate the help!! =)