Choose your Gaia Gold

June 25, 2007 at 12:14 pm (Buy Gaia Gold)

First of all, we have some great news: the Gaia Film Festival Contest is now open to international entries.! Now everyone, from every corner of the world, can participate in our contest. [ Buy Gaia Gold ]

You can view the complete rules and info at our Film Festival Contest home page.

And now a little bit about the Gaia Convention Tour!:

Anime Expo is in one week, so be sure to visit out our AX info page see what we’ve got in store. Don’t miss Gaia’s official dance!  [ Buy Gaia Gold ]

We have added more stops to the Gaia Convention tour: New York ComicCon and the New York Anime Festival. We also updated our Convention Tour home page with new information about Otakon.

Please visit our Convention Forum to discuss our upcoming events!

We’re also proud to announce Kiki’s Road Trip Across America:

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Kiki Kitty, one of Gaia’s most beloved characters, is going to be traveling across America and making stops at a number of different conventions where she’ll be hosting special Gaia Online gatherings. These gatherings are special events where Gaia Online members can meet each other and hang out while making new friends and exchanging usernames. In addition to hanging out with your fellow Gaians, you’ll also have the chance to win a special jumbo Kiki plushie, which will never be available in the Gaia store.

We will be visiting even more cons and hosting special Gaia events, so be sure to check out the road trip home page regularly for updated tour dates and info.

I’ve set up a special thread where you can suggest more conventions for Kiki to visit! We’d love to hear from you, and we hope to see you soon . [ Buy Gaia Gold ]

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Cheap Gaia Online Gold

June 25, 2007 at 12:07 pm (Buy Gaia Gold)

Hey, guys! We wanted to give you some advance notice about a couple of important changes that you’ll be seeing on Gaia very soon.  [ Buy Gaia Gold ]

For a while now, we’ve wanted to simplify how username colors of Gaia staff and Moderators appear around the site. We’re about to make things way easier to understand:   [ Buy Cheap Gaia Gold ]

In brief, there are going to be 2 main colors for people that are here to help; Green for Moderators and Orange for Administrators.

Green – For all Gaia’s Moderators. In addition, there will be a text title under their usernames that better explains what their role is and how they can help you. If you need help, people in green are the ones who can help you.  [ Cheap Gaia Gold ]

Orange – For Administrators. These are the ones who manage the forums and lead the moderation and member services teams. [ Cheap Gaia Online Gold ]

You may also see these other colors on usernames:

Dark Brown – For names will be given to those who do art, coding, and other fun stuff for you. These are the people that talk about features and development.

Black – For all other members on Gaia. So if a black username tells you they are a moderator or admin, they aren’t .[ Buy Gaia Online Gold ]

Members on your friends list will still be in Dark blue, and NPCs will continue to remain Red. [ Gaia Gold ]

As you may know, there are currently several different username colors given to our staff based on what they do to support you, and that can be really confusing. We believe this new way of identifying Moderators and Adminsitrators will make it even easier for you to find who you need to assist you with anything on Gaia.

Green Moderators will still be your first line of support for all of your community needs. And Orange Administrators will continue being the official voice of Gaia as well as leaders of the community team. [ Gaia Online Gold ]

Gaia’s support team is growing really fast! That’s why we want to make things more clear and simple.
We’re already improving on our response time, and this color change is another effort in making things better. You should expect to see both the green moderators and orange admins engaging the community more than ever before.

We’ll let you know when this takes effect, so stay tuned! [ Buy Gaia Online Gold ]

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Rules of Gaia Online

June 25, 2007 at 11:59 am (Gaia Online Story)

I-”[OMGSOHAWT!!1] is spam. Do NOT post it here.”

This thread is about having ACTUAL conversations. Not running in here and spamming! If you are posting in this forum, please include some information in your post. The fact that you find a celebrity “Purdy” is not information. It is spam, and will be treated as such. Do not try to start conversations with this sort of material. Joking/chatting (which wouldn’t contain any useful information about celebrities) is allowed, but don’t overdo it. Try to keep a celebrity as the focus of the conversation. The chatterbox is for chatting.
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II-”Personal Ideas”

If someone says they don’t like a certain celebrity, do not try to force them to like that celebrity. Everyone has their own personal ideas as to who they think is hot/smart/sexy/ect, do not expect everyone to have your same ideas. If you ask people what they think of someone, and they say they hate them, it is their choice. Do not flame people who don’t like your favorite celebrity. Respect their choices and move on.
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III-”What Belongs Here?”

Any thread in the celebrity forum, must be about a specific or a specific group of celebrities. Threads about “Have you ever seen Family Guy, Isn’t It Funny?” don’t belong in this sub-forum. If the thread was about “Seth Green as Chris from Family Guy”, that would be acceptable. Another thing, musicians count as celebrities. BUT here you must talk about them rather than their music. If the thread only talks about how good their music is, it doesn’t belong here.
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IV-”Making A Thread”

If you want to make a thread in the celebrity forum, first check AT LEAST five pages back, as well as in the below lists for a similar thread. If there already is one, DON’T make one. Reply in the already made thread. If there isn’t one and you decide to make your own thread, don’t make the beginning message, “ISN’T [insert-name-here] HOT?!?!”. The thread should tell something about the celebrity. Threads that do not follow these rules will be treated as spam.
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This is an appropriate message for starting a topic about, say, Jennifer Aniston.

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This thread is dedicated to Jennfier Aniston. I think she is wonderful actress, and I love the tv show friends. I also think she is very attractive and sexy. If you don’t know who she is, below is a picture and a short filmography.

Photo:
[IMAGE WOULD BE HERE]

Filmography:
[LIST OF FILMS WOULD BE HERE]

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Gaia Online Infor

June 25, 2007 at 11:58 am (Gaia Online Story)

Okay, I’ve been playing on Gaia for a while and figured I like it enough to put together a brief introduction about it. This introduction is pretty low-level and explains various concepts that are not exclusive to Gaia, such as the concept of forums. That’s because whenever I talk to friends about Gaia, I have to backtrack and explain such concepts before they can appreciate what’s involved in Gaia. And yes, my friends are not as ‘Net-nerdy as I am ^^

This section also houses majority of the files that are on this site. Even though it may appear that I have lots and lots and lots of text, I have even more pictures. You probably had a sense of that from looking at my Toybox. Well, this section houses my Gaia extended sig, which contains all pixels that I have purchased in Gaia Be afraid. Be very afraid.

This is also the section where incredible use of real emoticons started Some people may call it emoticon rape I can’t help it, they provide me with the means of coming across text better. But anyway, yes, it started here. And it spread outward to the rest of this site’s pages, like the plague

I initially joined Gaia because of pixels. I love having adorable, animated creatures in jars. While hunting for them one day, I came across somebody’s toybox. This person indicated that she may have adopted some of her pixels from Gaia, but she couldn’t remember. Gaia? I then asked nobody in particular. So I got onto Gaia and signed up.

I didn’t really start getting into it until the day after I signed up. But before I knew it, I was addicted. It’s essentially taking on the form of this little pixel sprite that you can dress up, provided you have the pixel gold to purchase the pixel item.

I don’t know how long Gaia will be around. They opened in February 2003 and is still in alpha phase at the time I wrote this up (and even at the time I joined). It’s still riddled with bugs, and new features are added to it constantly. Someday, Gaia might disappear, taking its pixelated sprites, items, and gold with it. When that happens, there will be a general outcry from countless Gaia addicts around the world. I don’t see that happening anytime soon, though. Right now, it’s a tool of procrastination for many, many people.

The banner you see down yonder will take you to Gaia. Go check it out. And if you do sign up, why don’t you send me a hello? ^^

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What else does Gaia have to offer?

June 25, 2007 at 11:57 am (Gaia Guide)

Gaia is continuously expanding, with a lot of features for its users. It has a wide variety of forums, of which anime is only one (but yes, it still calls itself an anime community. It started out like that). It has an ever-expanding set of minigames. It also has Gaia Towns, where you can have a furnishable house, collect particular game items, and have real-time interactions with other users present.

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What kinds of clothes and items are there?

June 25, 2007 at 11:56 am (Gaia Guide)

Ah, therein lies the rub. There are six general types of clothes/items on Gaia.The first is commons. These are the stuff sold in stores. Basically, if you have enough money, you can get them. Their prices stay the same, and Gaia never runs out of these items.

The second is rares and uncommons. These are clothes and items that you get during the treasure chest or the gift box random event. Random event, you ask? Yeah. At random times (note the term “random”), you will get a  beside your avvy. Yeah, it looks just like that. It’s accompanied by a flying treasure chest or a flying gift or a glowing pink link. You need to click on these things. If you click on the flying chest or gift, you will get it in your inventory. Then you can open them to get clothes or items that are not found in stores. If you click on a pink link, your gold will go up by 1000. You can buy and sell rares and uncommons in the Exchange and in the Marketplace.

The third is donation items. If you donate at least $2.50 to Gaia, you will get a donation letter in your inventory. It’s unsealed around the end of the month and contains an item that is not found anywhere else in Gaia. Very old donation items are very expensive. The most expensive item on Gaia is the angelic halo, which was the very first donation item. That means the only people who got the halo were those who donated when Gaia was born. And the admins, of course, because they created everything. And people who were lucky enough to get the halo or buy the halo from the first donators. It costs tens of millions of gold. Seriously. That’s a lot of posts and polls XD Donation items are also available through the Marketplace and the Exchange.

The fourth is special occasion items. There are special events in Gaia, such as Christmas caroling, balls, and Olympics. Unique items are released during these events. From experience, most of them are usually not as sought-after as the donation items. They are also available through the Exchange and the Marketplace.

Fifth is game items. Gaia has some mini-games that you could play. Currently, there is fishing, slot machines, and getting bugs/flowers/trash in Gaia Towns. When you have a certain number of particular items from these games, you can have them exchanged for things that you can equip to your avatar. Game items can also be purchased from the Marketplace.

Sixth is prizes. There are particular games that are competitive, in that you and a whole bunch of other Gaians will be jonesin’ for the same prizes. This is the case for fishing and the Art Arena. If you win first, second, or third place, you get a trophy (fishing) or a medal (Art Arena). Note that these prizes are more rare than the items you could acquire using the previous methods. As mentioned before, you have to compete against a lot of other users, and only a certain number of prizes are handed out at a time. People who have won these prizes may sell them through the Exchange or through the Marketplace.

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Where do I buy clothes and items?

June 25, 2007 at 11:53 am (Gaia Guide)

You can buy clothes and items for your avvy in Gaia shops. There’s a bunch of them scattered all over the place. To find shops, you have to go to the map (don’t worry, when you actually get on Gaia, you’ll find that the map button is in plain view, no matter what part of the site you’re in). The map will then show one city with a bunch of buildings. Hover your mouse over the buildings, and you will see their names. Just click on buildings that say “Shopping.” You will be taken inside that particular shop. Once inside the shop, you can then click on particular articles of clothing or items and view their descriptions and their price. You can also preview how they would look on your avvy. Naturally, you can purchase an article of clothing or item if you have enough gold for it. You will then be able to equip it to your avvy.You can also buy clothes and items from other users. There is a forum called the Exchange (okay, technically, it’s considered a subforum, but okay…), where users sell clothes and items through postings. Some of them ask for a particular asking price, some hold auctions, and some do a combination of both (auction with a reserve price or a buy-it-now price). Users usually go this route if they want a particular item (or items or combination of items and gold) in exchange for the item that they have. If you and the seller agree to a trade, the two of you do the trade through the bank.

There’s also the marketplace. This is sort of like eBay, where you can bid on and/or buy particular clothes and items from other users just by clicking a button. I personally prefer this over the Exchange, because it’s faster. Once you click on the buy button and type in your password, you will get the item (of course, assuming you have enough gold to pay for it). Or once you click on the bid button and type in your password, you are in the auction. And when the auction ends with you as the highest bidder, you automatically pay for the item and then it becomes equippable for you.

And of course, you can also use these methods to sell items that you have :P

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How do I earn gold on Gaia?

June 25, 2007 at 11:52 am (Gaia Gold Guide)

Gold is what makes Gaia go ’round. Before you get excited, let me clarify that this is Gaia gold. It’s good only for buying items for your avatar, or to access particular site features. This is no different from the paper money you get when you play Monopoly. In other words, Gaia gold is useless outside Gaia.Anything you do on Gaia earns you gold. When you refresh the page or click another link on the site, you get 1g. When you post, you earn gold. When you answer polls (yeah, a topic can have a poll), you earn gold. There are more ways that you can earn gold, but these three are the most common.

Other users can also donate gold to you. Some users take advantage of this and go begging for gold through posts. They also send private messages to users whose avvies look rich (with lots of nice clothes and items). There’s a charity subforum where altruistic users raise funds for those who just joined Gaia and have no good clothes and shoes.

With the gold, you can buy clothes and items, which goes into your inventory and can be equipped on your avvy. Gaia has a wide range of clothes and items that you can get your grimy paws on, and it’ll probably be safe to say that you can create an avvy that is unique.

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What are these customizable avatars?

June 25, 2007 at 11:51 am (Gaia Guide)

Sure, you can customize your avatar on some forums. You can choose a picture from the forum’s image gallery. You can also upload a picture to an online image hosting service and edit your forum profile so that picture of yours will become your avatar. On Gaia, however, you get a little stack of pixels in form of a chibi human as your avatar. When you sign up, you get to choose its gender, hairstyle, hair color, eye style, eye color, and mouth configuration. When you’re a new member on Gaia, your avvy has nothing except its white undies and peasant clothes that are incredibly ugly. With gold, you can purchase better clothes and items for your avvy.Oh yeah, and your avvy is usually positioned at the upper right-hand corner of your screen as you navigate through Gaia. So you can admire how good your avvy looks. Or bemoan. Whatever floats your boat.

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Gaia Online and Scion Allow Teens to Pimp Their Virtual Rides

June 25, 2007 at 8:44 am (Gaia Online Story)

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Partnership Brings Virtual Scion Cars into Gaia’s Fast-Growing Online Hangout for Teens

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 19 — Gaia Online, the fastest growing hangout for teens on the web, and Scion, a marque of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., today announced a joint partnership that will enable Gaia members to buy and customize virtual versions of Scion cars. Beginning with the virtual Scion xB available today, Scion is the first auto maker to introduce its vehicles to the more than two million teens who visit Gaia every month.

After getting their virtual Scion xB, Gaia members can ‘pimp their rides’ with customizable options such as wheels, decals, fog lights, tail lights, spoilers and more. Gaia members can also compete in and socialize at drag races, join forums dedicated to car culture, and nominate their cars for accolades within Gaia’s arenas. Enterprising members can trick out and sell cars in Gaia’s marketplace for Gaia Gold, the currency of the Gaia economy.

“Teens spend hours every day on Gaia because there are endless opportunities to have fun, socialize and express their creativity. Customizing Scions is an exciting new way for our members to do all three,” said Craig Sherman, CEO, Gaia Online. “Teenage obsessions with cars go back more than half a century, so bringing Scion into the Gaia community is a great new way to fulfill that interest.”

Gaia Online is a fun, social environment online where teens can make friends and express their individuality through customizable avatars and homes — and as of today — cars. The site combines elements of social networking, virtual worlds, casual gaming and narrative entertainment. The Gaia community boasts more than two million unique users per month (up three fold from a year ago), with members spending an average of more than two hours on the site per day. Gaia’s forums have exceeded a billion postings with a million new posts being added each day, and the Gaia economy sees more than 190 million in Gaia Gold transactions per day.

“We’ve had great success reaching virtual world visitors who might not be familiar with us otherwise. Gaia Online is a fantastic next step in our approach,” said Adrian Si, Scion interactive marketing manager. “Gaia offers a community of young, creative people who seek customization and fun, so it’s a perfect match for the Scion brand.”

Beyond the Scion personalization options, drag races and other features available today, Gaia will introduce new ways to modify cars and activities involving vehicles in the future.

“Gaia has created immersive experiences for sponsors around New Line Cinema’s movie The Last Mimzy and Time Warner’s movies Gracie and Nancy Drew, and the uptake by Gaia members has been phenomenal. We believe these sponsorships represent some of the highest engagement between brands and online communities on the web, and we expect the same kind of intense interest and participation for the Scion partnership,” added Sherman.

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