| abstract | - It is unclear how, or if, whether what Neopets claims was a "link" pointing to a commercial site in the guild's page (or the chat page) is true. The guild was frozen without warning. After that, Maraqua.com had no use, even though a new guild was built called "MaraquaV2". Faithful members remained regulars in the Maraqua website. Maraqua's team counted with many talented users (one of them was Marapets co-founder Laimay who was 19 at the time), who could create wonderful looking pet graphics related to Neopets, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, etc.
* 2005 - While still offering to help anyone who'd visit the site, Ian (the founder who by that time was already 15 years old) had lost hope for the old Maraqua guild to be forgiven and brought back. Everyone thought, if they could indeed run a help site for Neopets, surely running a pet site wouldn't be too much of a problem. Indeed it was, because by the time Marapets was one year old, members totaled 148,111 and page views 146,087,030 [1]. By 2 years old member accounts had totaled 751,719 [2] and by 3 years old, members accounts had totaled 2,099,087 [3]. August - Marapets is another year older! (1) Lots of Celebrating and fun things to mark this special occasion. 21st August - The Terms and Conditions to the site have changed. Please read them. Help (1).gif|Why thank you Ian All users over 13 will now have to verify their account with an email address in order to take advantage of certain parts of the site. There is also now a new Preferences page! Newth skater.gif|It's totally rad, though! Nine new site images have been added. These include the new Privacy Policy, Shop Search and Terms and Conditions images. We will continue to improve and update out dated images over the next few weeks. Shopsearch.gif|I'm a powerful little fuzzy thing! A new News system has been introduced. It will now be much easier to view old news. We have deleted all news from last year as it was filled with broken images and wrong information. Grint pink sick.gif|At least I'm not stuck on the second floor with Monochromia File:Book error.gif The site servers experienced a lot of overloads, server errors and slow downs, hence the fact that every-time Marapets is mentioned anywhere, you can hear someone whisper "server errors" somewhere in the background. The site team in many occasions found that they could yet not afford the equipment necessary to house up to 2,500 users playing together at any one time [4]; which would happen often when new pets were released, when festivals were in effect, holidays, treasure hunts, etc. 22nd August - After such a long time, the Zax and Rainbow avatars have finally been fixed. Sorry for the delay, and to make up for it, here is how to get them. For the Zax, you need to equip it to a pet of the same colour and view it. The Rainbow avatar is gained by viewing a rainbow minipet equipped to your rainbow pet. Marapets has removed the coloured Chairs from the site and have been replaced with a new Broken Table. A job as a Teacher is now an option, with quite high income too! Teacher.gif|...W, X, Y, Z, underscore. What do you mean, that's not how you learnt the alphabet at school? There are now nine new Tables restocking in the Furniture Shop. 23rd August - The Laiyee Avatar has now been hidden!! MARAMAIL UPGRADES - As so many people have contacted us asking for an email address from Marapets, we have come up with Maramail Upgrades! We have tried to keep it very cheap, at $2.50 one time donation per 25MB space. For more information, please go to your Maramail inbox. Emailknutt.gif|Today's Forecast: Cloudy with a chance of Maramail Alerts; No, that can't be right... Marasites, Journals, Image Uploads and Clubs are now back to normal! For security reasons, Marapets had to take them offline but they are now fixed. You should also notice the new domains: marasites.com and marajournals.com that Marapets has added to improve them! To help continue to improve the site, Marapets has bought 10 new Marapets Domain Names and 5 new Fax Numbers. United States (413) 581-3750 Canada 1-514-372-3311 Germany 49-180-548-20036552 Netherlands 31-84-719-6938 France 33-8-2556-8226 marapets.info marapets.net marapets.org marapets.org.uk marapets.us maraclubs.com marajournals.com maramail.com marapets.biz marasites.com There are now nine new Sinks restocking in the furniture shop. 25th August - NEW LAYOUT Oooh.. a Water Avatar! Dakota underwater.gif|I don't know if that's what Ian meant by water pets... There are now nine new Baths restocking in the furniture shop. 26th August - Ever since the Battle Arena opened on the island, so many Addows have been spotted in Marada that the pet is no longer Limited Edition. You can now create an Addow whenever you want. Addow cartoon.gif|You know you want me How do you find the Mechanic Avatar? Mechanic.gif|I came, I saw, I got an avatar named after me. There are now nine new Wardrobes restocking in the furniture shop. 28th August - The Grint is revamped. Grint clown.gif There are now nine new Toilets restocking in the furniture shop. 29th August - The Equilor is revamped. Equilor sponge.gif There are now nine new Sofas restocking in the furniture shop. The Murfin has also been re-drawn to look much nicer. Old red murfin.gif If you haven't already seen the preview this is the new look for the Doyle. Doyle angel.gif There are now nine new Chairs restocking in the furniture shop. The Paffuto had to change! Paffuto halloween.gif 31st August - The new Fire Account Upgrade has been released. The prizes from June are now retired. Here are the prizes: A rarity 27 Fire Costume that will never restock in the main shops. Costume fire.gif A rarity 32 Flaming Axe that will never restock in the main shops. Battle axe fire.gif A rarity 42 Flayee minipet that does not restock and therefore will be rare. Minipet flayee red.gif A rarity 49 Phospho Trading Card that will never restock in the main shops. Add this opponent to your deck, and earn the BP! Card phospho.gif A rare, limited edition Fire Tantua Potion or Fire Quell Potion. These items will never restock and will retire. There is a one in four chance that you will get a Quell potion instead of a Tantua one. Tantua fire.gif Potions quell fire.gif As you can see from the Fire Tantua above, the Tantua has been given a fresh new look. Now it's my favourite pet =D Tantua wizard.gif Tantua snow.gif There are now nine new Beds restocking in the furniture shop. All previously unreleased furniture will be added today. September - Rumour has it that this is when the Marapets have the most most revamps. 4th September - The Osafo is revamped. Osafo blue.gif The Walee now looks like this! Walee furry.gif 12th September - The Bolimo is revamped. Bolimo seasonal.gif The Clubs have had a new look. We hope you like the improvements to them. Clubs.gif There is now a Profile icon for farm and garage quests. At 1000 referrals Marapets will reward you with an random unbuyable Quell Potion!! These do not include any upgrade quell potions. 18th September - NEW SHOP - The Illegal Concoctions Shop has now opened up on the planet Enpiah. These concoctions are some of the rarest items that actually restock, and have some very very useful outcomes. Concoctions.gif|Maybe this wasn't the best decision after all... Lots of old Avatars have been revamped! There are four new Avatars for you to find! They are not easy... 20th September They now have new Club Poll and Club Quiz systems. They look much better and work now! There is a new Secret Blog for you to find! 24th September NEW WORLD - The planet Enpiah has been discovered! Technology in Ziranek is getting better everyday, and now Marapets can fly from Ziranek to Enpiah. Enpiah2014.png There are now six more Illegal Concoctions restocking. NEW MARAPET - the 25th Marapet has now been discovered on the planet Enpiah! Huthiq is limited edition and should be obtainable within the next few days, as more of the world is released. Huthiq cartoon.gif|You know you want me There is also a default avatar for Huthiq. 25th September NEW FRONTPAGE This new battle opponent comes from Enpiah. But how do you get this Xor Trading Card? Card xor.gif Xor.gif The Battle Huthiq poses have now been completed. Huthiqs can also get their Orange and Purple Costumes on - if you can get one! NEW SHOP - The stars shop has opened for business on the Planet Enpiah. Already, 25 different constellations of stars are restocking. Everyone wants a piece of the Maradan Universe - and now you can! Stars.gif|Now you'll never have to go a day without some stars. One of the prizes from Ublish's Lair is this new Furry Costume. This is how the Furry Doyle looks. Costume furry.gif|You know you want me Doyle_furry.gif|Saving Marada, one furry pet at a time There are now nine more Illegal Concoctions restocking. There is a new Plushie Costume and you can use it on the Huthiq. You can also get a new Baby Huthiq! Huthiq_plushie.gif|You know you want me Huthiq baby.gif|Never fear, Huthey B is here *winks* Can you find this new Stars avatar? Stars.gif|I came, I saw, I got an avatar named after me. Ublish's Lair has now opened in Enpiah! October - A grand month for the not so good Maradans. Magic and witchery are everywhere this month. 1st October This new battle opponent comes from Enpiah and is with the new upgrades Acne Trading Card? Card acne.gif Acne.gif The new Health Potion can be used in battle to heal to full HP! DNA MINIPETS - The new DNA Minipets Laboratory has opened in Enpiah. Dr Yekyll can breed two species of Marapets to become a cool new DNA Minipet! However, not all combinations have been released, but by tomorrow there should be 53 new DNA Minipets all with 11 colours. You need DNA though... Chibs cartoon.gif|I knew Chibsy Tunes didn't really exist Doyle chibi.gif|You haven't seen the best of me! You can choose one of ten new DNA items with this month's Gold Account Upgrade. You can also get a rarity 30 Starry Costume that will never restock in the main shops. Costume starry.gif|Starry Costume 3rd October The Leido has been revamped. Leido yellow.gif There are three new Avatars hidden.. can you find them? 8th October Galleries have now been released. Gallery.gif You can also sell items for up to 250,000MP in Your Shop. Shop Sizes have also returned. Usershop.gif Completed auctions and trades are now stored and processed together by the server to avoid any errors. 26th October All Avatars have been fixed. This means that even Marasite Shoutboxes are back online! There are also two new avatars for you to find... Newth chibi.gif|I came, I saw, Feliz prison.gif|I got an avatar named after me. The Layout of the site has been updated. As promised with the release of DNA minipets, Mutant Pets will be available when you use the DNA Minipets Laboratory. There will be a chance that one of the two pets you operate with may turn mutant. The Mutant Reese and Quell have now been completed. The Clown Osafo has been revamped to fit in with the new-look Osafo. It finally looks nice =D 29th October Event Time! Don't have a Halloween Marapet? All this week the Halloween Costume will be restocking at rarity 5! There is also now a halloween Newth and Zetlian.. Newth halloween.gif Giveaway! The latest avatar is for Trick or Treat week here at Marapets. This means it will retire by next weekend. Newth halloween.gif|I came, I saw, I got an avatar named after me. The Halloween Treats shop is restocking 10 new items! Most pumpkins no longer restock. November 1st November The new Account Upgrades are here and this time with a Shadow/Gothic theme. Here is what you can get: The Sindi is the 26th Marapet! It is limited edition and this will be the last time for you to get this pet through Account Upgrades - this pet is very limited. Sindi Gothic.gif There is a Gothic Costume with the Sindi and Tantua now avaliable in this colour. You can also get an Enchanted Plushie to be able to get a Gothic Sindi or Tantua.. costume gothic.gif Plush mg tantua gothic.gif Plush mg sindi gothic.gif There is a new battle opponent named Shadow. Card shadow.gif There is also a new Shadow Blade and Schmog minipet! Battle blade shadow.gif Schmog minipet gray.gif 2nd November There is a new avatar for Schmog lovers to collect. It may be a long wait though... Minipet black schmog.gif|I came, I saw, I got an avatar named after me. The Mutant Huthiq and Tantua have been completed. Huthiq mutant.gif Tantua mutant.gif 9th November The Stars Shop in Enpiah is now restocking 20 new stars! With so many new stars, Ublish Quests should start to get a little easier. The mutant Murfin and Knutt have been completed. Murfin_mutant.gif Knutt_mutant.gif How do you get the Scary Avatar? 11th November The High Scores system has finally had a much needed revamp. It seems that a job at the Circus pays more than just MP... Circus2.gif|I came, I saw, I got an avatar named after me. 15th November - Today is Neo-- Whoops! We're not supposed to mention that! Ha ha, well, not really. (Just thought that Grundo bit would liven up this short article... Moving on...) New Survey! How do you get the brand new Gothic Avatar? Sindi Gothic.gif|I came, I saw, I got an avatar named after me. The Prison Sindi has finally been completed. Sindi_prison.gif The latest band to be discovered in Marada is the Blue Addows. Three new cds by them are now restocking. The Yakubi is the latest pet to be on fire... Yakubi fire.gif 17th November The Mutant Ushunda and Addow have now been completed. Ushunda mutant.gif Addow_mutant.gif A new band has been signed in Marada. Disco Murfin have three new cds restocking! The Ninja Knutt and the Wizard Tantua have been revamped. Tantua wizard.gif Knutt_ninja.gif Smuggler.gif|And oh... did we mention that the Ninja Knutt can be received from the Smuggler? 17th November The Mutant Doyle and Equilor have now been completed. Doyle_mutant.gif Equilor mutant.gif Wow! Another band is selling their cds in Ziranek! Leido Trio have 3 new albums restocking... The Fire Paffuto is the latest pet that can get their Fire Costume on. Paffuto_fire.gif * October 2008 - By 2008 they had gathered enough money to equip themselves with what Ian described, as a server system which could accept up to 50,000 members playing all at the same time. To this day the Marapets founders Ian and Laimay are the main artists of the site, and they count with a team of 6 admins and 14 moderators [5].
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