It doesn't matter whether you are new or experienced. Everyone could do with a reality check. Mara, believe me, /will/ go down the toilet if people continue to judge each other as they do. Mark my words.

We older members are at wits end with the amount of boards saying, 'stupid newbie mail' and making a laughing stock out of our members. The amount of judging, mocking, general snide remarks. I for one am sick of it, and I know for a fact I am not alone there.

Why can't we just pull together? Marapets... it's like a family to me, in fact, it has seen me thtough so many stages of my life I could not begin to describe how thankful I am. But right now, everyone is so isolated it's untrue. The family I used to know is gone, and that really saddens me.

"Everyone goes on about 'old mara' right? What's the big whoop? Just stop going on." Well the reason we talk about old mara is because right now we miss it badly. Not because of all the cheap potions, cheesey layouts and battle poses. Because marapets was a comumnity back then. You could feel the togetherness. If a newbie mailed you asking to be friends, you would politely tell them no-thank-you, not block, report, then make a board about how pathetic they are. You see the difference?

And n case you haven't noticed, a LOT of valued, experienced members have been leaving lately. Yes, that's partly to do with
- glitches
- few updates
- blah blah blah

BUT;
Some of the attitudes on this site, frankly, stink. It's almost as if hating newbies, and hating staff, has become a trend. That makes you respected.

Well here's a wakeup call, Marada, it aint good. It will /not/ gain you respect. And if it's mine you're after, that is no way to go about it.

Maybe for those /super pwnful/ *cough* dudes who gang up on you, and reply to xeverything you say with nothing but sarcasm and such, yeah, you'd do /anything/ to be their friend. They're so cool, they get banned once a month. They mock you. They are scum. But you want their respect.

And you know what? It's just like the popular group at your school, or those tarts at work. Real friendship and trust is not built on trends. So chew on that.

By acting like a stuck up loser, you don't get respect from the people who truly make marapets what it is. Among my friends, the truly experienced, polite friends who know the site well, do you know what we do? We laugh at tho

I'm helping these people collect what items they are collecting for there gallery. If you are collecting are certain item and need help, feel free to mm me and I'll be sure to help!
But they must be reasonable. For example I'm not going to help you collect Royal Chibs potions.

IndigoSky- Anything that's blue/Silver and gold viotto plushies.
lionbeyonce822- lemon gumballs
Sqwhir- Eleka tombola stamp
maramonkeyrulz- Voodoo dolls
Abelah: Red roses.
Daniel4eva10- minipets
Tarquin4eva12- Plushies
cherrycane-plushies
flaminfire152-Female/male clothes
Pugzr2cute- fasoro items
rockstar247- tanning salon tickets, pearls, pet rulers, chibs and huthiq plushies.
emofreak- scholarships
Vetgirl199494- plushies
Krols- Purple items
PJCME- Fasoro items
ZoeCat10- any chibs plushie
checkers1246- Green lollipops
Rockstar16- quell plushies
dawnec- crystals

This is actually really freaky!
(mainly the end part, but read it all
first)

1) New York City has 11 letters.
2) Afghanistan has 11 letters.
3) Ramsin Yuseb (The terrorist who
threatened to destroy the Twin Towers
in 1993) has 11 letters.
4) George W Bush has 11 letters.

This could be a mere coincidence, but
this gets more interesting:
1) New York is the 11th state.
2) The first plane crashing against
the Twin Towers was flight number 11.
3) Flight 11 was carrying 92
passengers..9 + 2 = 11
4) Flight 77 which also hit Twin
Towers , was carrying 65 passengers..6
+ 5 = 11
5) The tragedy was on September 11, or
9/11 as it is now known..9 + 1 + 1 =
11
6) The date is equal to the US
emergency services telephone number
911..9 + 1 + 1 = 11

Sheer coincidence..?!
Read on and make up your own mind:

1) The total number of victims inside
all the hi-jacked planes was 254..2 +
5 + 4 = 11
2) September 11 is day number 254 of
the calendar year...again 2 + 5 + 4 = 11
3) The Madrid bombing took place on
3/11/2004..3 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 4 = 11
4) The tragedy of Madrid happened 911
days after the Twin Towers incident.

Now this is where things get totally
eerie:
The most recognized symbol for the US,
after the Stars & Stripes, is the
Eagle.

The following verse is taken from the
Quran, the Islamic holy book:
'For it is written that a son of
Arabia would awaken a fearsome Eagle.
The wrath of the Eagle would be felt
throughout the lands of Allah while
some of the people trembled in despair
still more rejoiced: for the wrath of
the Eagle cleansed the lands of Allah
and there was peace..'

That verse is number 9.11 of the Quran.

Still unconvinced about all of this..?!
Try this and see how you feel
afterwards, it made my hair stand on
end:

Open Microsoft Word and do the
following:

1.) Type in capitals Q33 NY. This is
the flight number of the first plane to
hit one of the Twin Towers.
2.) Highlight the Q33 NY.
3.) Change the font size to 48.
4.) Change the actual font to the
WINGDINGS.

What do you think now?!!