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? ^^
