Marapets.com is the most fun virtual pet site in the web!
Marapets - Free Virtual Pet Site with Fun Flash Games
Description
The Marapets website is a web based game owned by a young English college student named Ian; released on August 15th, 2004 (listing index on ebay). The artwork and graphics on the site are done by a member called Laimay. Marapets is a virtual pet site, with members totaling a bit over two million.
Marapets has its own non-animated virtual world map called Marada, virtual pets, shops and four different in-game currencies: Marapoints, Dukka Coins, Baspinar Points and Restock Points. The site also has its own flash games with marapets in them.
Marapets complies with the "Children's Online Privacy Protection Act" (aka. COPPA) guidelines BBMO for safety of minors in the internet. The site also passed the McAfee SiteAdvisor test for computer safety against viruses and spyware.
Gameplay and Worlds
Reviewers of the site say that it offers a wide range of entertaining and addictive activities such as quests, missions and temples. While fairies were not part of the world of Marada previously, they got introduced in August 2008.
Marapets currently has 17 different worlds with many activities in them. In activities like the Undying Festival, people must gather clues and finish tasks from all over the worlds to solve a riddle. The Undying Festival is one of Marapets yearly Halloween activities. A similar activity called the Easter Egg Hunt goes on around Easter time. While Valentine's Day was always celebrated, in February 2009 they conducted a hunt for hearts all over the site for the first time.
Missions, Temples and Goals
The Marapets missions are somewhat different from the other pet sites missions. Some require books, CDs, or instruments to be taught to your pets. The Temples are another type of mission that can only be completed once. They require keys and runes from the Lost City Of Simeria introduced on July 2008. Some missions require the assembling pieces of a map like the Fugunzel Mission. Temples do not have a time limit, like missions and quests do.
Goals are also one of the unique activities in Marapets. There are unlimited goals to finish per world. They require you to complete certain activities relevant to those worlds, you need to own certain pets, to purchase certain rare items or to earn certain number of quests. Only then you can move on to the next level. Users get a badge on their profile with the level of goals they've completed. Just like Temples, Goals can only be done once.
Fairies
Marapets fairies are unlike the fairies that most people are familiar with. Apart from the body building fairy Gigantic Fairy which encourages players to exercise and be in shape, the fairies are mainly evil, gruesome, aggressive, and/or lazy. Some fairies love torturing marapets, like the Decapitating Fairy, who cuts the heads off marapets, and the Light Fairy who lives in the Sundial in the Lost City Of Simeria; who will kill your pet to turn it into a mummy. The Trash Fairy is an outcast, she is a lazy alcohol-drinker who lost her job due to her drinking, then comes the fugitive of Maradan justice, the Dukka Fairy who is a smuggler and a thief.
Community
Marapets has a large community that takes part in Maramail and the Marapets forums. A big part of the Marapets forums and maramail, are the site avatars. There are over 300 avatars to collect to show off in the forums. Some avatars are easy to get but some of them are retired and some are nearly impossible to get.
Marapets forums are suitable for ages 13 and above, and users are prevented from access to the forums if they are not 13 or older. Members who brake the rules of the forums will go through having their accounts set to under 13; commonly known in the community as "underaging".
The Adult Forum is another part of the community in Marapets, users must buy access with real life money as it is part of the Account Upgrades enhancements (see below).
Account Upgrades
The Account Upgrades are an optional feature of the Marapets website. With them, you're given the chance to buy items to dress your doll, costume or enhance your pets, and improve your account. Account Upgrades are paid for in real life money. Some of the account upgrade benefits are items you can sell in your shop or trades for marapoints.
News reports show that Americans purchased $127 million of miscellaneous goods, services and merchandise online in 2007, one of them being Marapets Upgrades; although the amount spent in Marapets alone is not mentioned.
Languages
English
Contact
Additional Information
Discussion
Community Reviews
User Comments:
Despite people saying its a rip off of other sites its quite good - Neopets wasnt the first, so get over it. They update frequently with new, unique things and everyone is friendly. Unfortunately, people from other sites like Neopets or Runescape often come and spam
- posted by Anonymous on Mar 18, 2007, 8:01 pm
Also don't talk to the 9 year olds that say there 13
- posted by Shooter22 on April 13, 2008, 5:19 p.m
Yes it's a good website and not really a copy and it has cool pets and things to become a good business person
Related Domains
External Links
- Alexa: Alexa's MaraPets Rank
- McAfee SiteAdvisor: McAfee SiteAdvisor about Marapets
- Marapets BBMMO Review: Marapets is COPPA compliant
- New Paths To Online Revenue: Marapets Inpact In the American Economy
- Maraforce Marapets Help Site: Maraforce Marapets Guide
- Marasight Marapets Help Site: Marasight: Indygos Marapets Guide
- Shera's Help Marasite: Shera's Marapets Guide
- Marapets Guides and History: The Maradan Chronicles
