Down for Maintenance Pteri

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The Down for Maintenance Pteri is a Red Pteri and a one-player challenger that users can fight in the Battledome. He is based off of an image of a Red Pteri that is shown when the Neopets website is down for maintenance.

History

The "Down for Maintenance" screen features a Red Pteri. See bigger

For many years, the screen that is displayed when the Neopets website is unavailable has included generic, crying Red Pteri. After a while, users began to associate this Red Pteri with the frustration of not being able to access the website. In Editorial #146 of the Neopian Times, Neopets user Tonya1982 asked TNT to make the "Neopets is Down For Maintenance Pteri" into a Battledome challenger so that Neopets users could "take their frustrations out on him". TNT granted this request, and on July 27, 2004, the Down for Maintenance Pteri was released as an official Battledome challenger.

Random Event

The Down for Maintenance Pteri is featured in one Random Event. After receiving this Random Event, the user will unlock the Down for Maintenance Pteri as a challenger in the Battledome:

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Battledome

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Weapons Used (In Order Stolen)
Thyoras Tear	Defence: All×Air Defence  ×Darkness Defence  ×Earth Defence  ×Fire Defence  ×Light Defence  ×Physical Defence  ×Water Defence  (Once per battle)
Enchanted Cobweb	Attack: 2×Earth   1 - 2×Physical   Defence: 5×Physical Defence
Rancid Battle Dung	Attack: 6 5
Magnet Of Destruction	Attack: 5×Air   5×Physical
Screwdriver Of Doom	Attack: 5×Earth   1 - 5×Physical

External Links

• Editorial: 146, 152
• Caption Competition: #1161