As for having no notice/announcement before the ball...
We did the best we could to advertise the ball in anyway possible. I personally spammed many places all over gaia in an attempt to get the word around, which resulted in me getting temp banned. Others went the more legal route and simply put all the info and links in their sig to the gaia annual ball guild.
http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/index.php?guild_id=3836
In the past, the ball has NEVER had an official announcement. We didnt expect an announcement this year, nor ask for one. It was just given to us. The exchange went
something exactly like this.
Admin-"I'm going to make an announcement"
Leyna- "oh?......ok :]"
If you think you could have done better to spread the word around, please join the guild for next years ball and help out.
As for an official announcement asking for help to organize the ball. That would have resulted in HUNDREDS if not
THOUSANDS of people coming in asking to help, and begging for gold thinking for whatever strange reason that the organizers are rich. As a matter of fact...as soon as the ball announcement was made, Leyna was IM'ed instantly on AIM by +30 people asking about the ball and asking for gold and such (she has since then taken her AIM sn off). You have to realize the logistics of dealing with a website that has over
7 MILLION users
Having different rooms and sections for threads would have cut back on the crowding by a ALOT though...That should definately be taken up next year with the admins.