Ask the admin (06/27/2011)

[Ekkusu_X]

To DJ Hellsing:

I got information from a fellow user that you have to be at every gaia related thing at the Anime con, including staying up for the dance.
I was wondering if you wanted some Excedrin Migrane/Advil, a few 5 Hour Energy shots, and Pocky. I know that if I'm tired after just one day of con, I can't imagine how tiring a whole four days and having to be on time for something must be. I live fairly close to LA so it's not a problem getting it to you. Plus I'll be there Friday for the Variety Hour.

[Panagrammic]

Thanks -- can you please send me a PM when you've updated so I can track it? We're pushing out some other bug fixes this week for BG.

jellykans

Panagrammic

1. What do you mean by "1/3 of the gold fall to either side?"

If I am in the middle, I can't move enough to reach either side - if it falls evenly, I can sweep and catch maybe half, but when it falls in waves or layers, with gaps inbetween, I see most of the golds drop to either side of me as I desperate try to move quickly and can't.

2. Should measure all players that are playing or have played during the glow.

Thought so - but that is not what is happening.

3. For any examples of this it would help to have the exact time so I can check the logs.

I hadn't watched it that closely before, but ha notice several others mentioning it over the w/e...my glow began about 6 minutes after the 10-minute window I was quoted, and it's happened again. Will start watching and recording this info.

4. Probably not, tbh -- creative team is pretty busy.

Thank you for answering.

For any of this stuff start a thread in GAD -- the more info the better.
Sorry - last week everything was from the glitches thread, except one item that had come up that day. And did not realize so much had come up over the weekend - will follow up in the glitches thread.

jellykans

jellykans

Booty Grab Twitches and Glitches:

1. Please drop the 'waves of gold" in Booty Grab, they don't help with lag at all and it is very frustrating to have 1/3 of the gold fall to either side.

2. The Glow-timer button is inaccurate, does not count all players - and the number can even drop.
(Does it measure players currently in the game, or all-players-during-the-glow?)

3. Glow notice to owner - my 10-minute window closed at least 5 minutes before my tank actually glowed late Sunday afternoon.

4. Could Mini-Monsters drop items other than trading cards?

Thank you.

[Anasui]

Panagrammic

The outfit MP is basically a way of transferring an outfit slot (and all the items that make it up) to another person for money. It is possible that someone could buy an outfit and enter the arena and win, I guess -- we don't have any mechanisms that would prevent that.

Gio Gio Star

Can you explain more in detale about the Outfit MP? I am worried that I'm going to see some people enter in the arena with outfits they never made.

βяoτhєя мỳ βяoτhєя
τєℓℓ мє ωhατ αяє ωє ƒíghτíиg ƒoя?
ωє goτ τo єи∂ τhís ωαя
ωє shoύℓ∂ ℓovє oиє αиoτhєя

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So how do you guys think you can handle that? Or can you guys add a rule where anybody who is caught entering an outfit they bought from the Outfit MP get in trouble?

I honestly would not want to go and sell an outfit only to see it win in the arena.

▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄

cαи’τ ωє jύsτ ρяєτи∂
τhís ωαя иvєя βєgαи
ωє cαи τяỳ…
βяoτhєя мỳ βяoτhєя

[M a x s A n j o]

jellykans

Is there any chance of Moga being offered on a website of its own? I've started playing another game I saw advertised here, and had no idea is was "A Facebook Game." (In fact, googling it brings up the Facebook portal first.) I have nothing against Moga, except wishing the zOMG dev team weren't over there....but I do not trust Facebook. Their record for security is just too poor, and it is not a site I care foras far as the format..

(◕ ω ◕✿)

You can always set up an accoutn with fake information?

[jellykans]

Panagrammic

The outfit MP is basically a way of transferring an outfit slot (and all the items that make it up) to another person for money. It is possible that someone could buy an outfit and enter the arena and win, I guess -- we don't have any mechanisms that would prevent that.

Gio Gio Star

Can you explain more in detale about the Outfit MP? I am worried that I'm going to see some people enter in the arena with outfits they never made.

Actually, that is probably less of a problem than someone buying a tektek and then buying those items. If an outfit is sold in the marketplace, it is likely to be recognized if placed in the arenas.

[jellykans]

M a x s A n j o

jellykans

Is there any chance of Moga being offered on a website of its own? I've started playing another game I saw advertised here, and had no idea is was "A Facebook Game." (In fact, googling it brings up the Facebook portal first.) I have nothing against Moga, except wishing the zOMG dev team weren't over there....but I do not trust Facebook. Their record for security is just too poor, and it is not a site I care foras far as the format..

(◕ ω ◕✿)

You can always set up an accoutn with fake information?

Yes, I could do a lot of things that I choose not to do.

[Nerevar Telvanni]

Lanzer

Nerevar Telvanni

I would like to draw your attention to this thread here: This has gone long enough - GIVE US MASCULINE ITEMS.

As you can tell, many members both male and female are sick and tired of the same pink, frilly, cutie "girly" items that each and every item released for the longest seems to contain.

So my question for this evening is...
How hard is it to draw a pair of pants or shoes that doesn't warp or modify the look of the our avatar's body?

Why must every item contain a dress and corset yet not single pair of pants?

It almost became a running joke that the artist's can't draw a decent pair of "normal" looking pants.

I hear you. We've constantly been trying to up the quality of items and it's hard to step back and offer the basics. In addition, we definitely should have more masculine items. What do you think of the recent gold shop update?

You don't have to abandon good quality items just to make basic items, we would be more than willing to pay money for same quality you put into the corsets and dress's, just as long as there are pants and shoe/boots to go along with them.

I'm not into the whole "beach ware" summer thing so I didn't actually check out the latest gold shop release. The last one that I did was the Elven items one, which I loved, but was disappointed that many of the sets lacked pants to go along with the tops. (an example would be the High Elf items.)

[Lanzer]

Zay-roh

Hello! Can't wait for the Summer Event!

Questions:
1. How many weeks till the summer event?

2. Should we be getting a new Rei soon or Ei? Because the EI Reports are kind of dry with just 1 item each week now...

3. New Area in Zomg, a big area? Or small?

4. I'm actually surprised by the Advance Chance, seems like something I would get! Will this is a new thing for the CIs or just a one time thing?

5. How is it going today?

Hopefully it won't be weeks at all, if we don't have a lot of bugs to fix

EI's are coming in kind of slow, but artists are spending time on things like storyline updates and events, so hope that balances things out a little.

The new area is small so that we can release it in a timely manner, but should be a lot of fun never the less.

The Advance Chance is a new idea that we're playing around with. It might just be a one time thing.

I'm doing great, excited about going to AX again this weekend

[jellykans]

Certainly. Np.

Panagrammic

Thanks -- can you please send me a PM when you've updated so I can track it? We're pushing out some other bug fixes this week for BG.

jellykans

Panagrammic

1. What do you mean by "1/3 of the gold fall to either side?"

If I am in the middle, I can't move enough to reach either side - if it falls evenly, I can sweep and catch maybe half, but when it falls in waves or layers, with gaps inbetween, I see most of the golds drop to either side of me as I desperate try to move quickly and can't.

2. Should measure all players that are playing or have played during the glow.

Thought so - but that is not what is happening.

3. For any examples of this it would help to have the exact time so I can check the logs.

I hadn't watched it that closely before, but ha notice several others mentioning it over the w/e...my glow began about 6 minutes after the 10-minute window I was quoted, and it's happened again. Will start watching and recording this info.

4. Probably not, tbh -- creative team is pretty busy.

Thank you for answering.

For any of this stuff start a thread in GAD -- the more info the better.
Sorry - last week everything was from the glitches thread, except one item that had come up that day. And did not realize so much had come up over the weekend - will follow up in the glitches thread.

jellykans

jellykans

Booty Grab Twitches and Glitches:

1. Please drop the 'waves of gold" in Booty Grab, they don't help with lag at all and it is very frustrating to have 1/3 of the gold fall to either side.

2. The Glow-timer button is inaccurate, does not count all players - and the number can even drop.
(Does it measure players currently in the game, or all-players-during-the-glow?)

3. Glow notice to owner - my 10-minute window closed at least 5 minutes before my tank actually glowed late Sunday afternoon.

4. Could Mini-Monsters drop items other than trading cards?

Thank you.

[Lanzer]

Mister Awesume

I haz returned! twisted

So, my questions for this week:

1. Which movie are you looking forward to/have you enjoyed the most this Summer? So far, I've seen Thor and X-Men: First Class, but I want to see the new Pirates of the Caribbean, and I'm really excited about the final Harry Potter movie!

2. How much do you guys collaborate with Gonline? I think I remember you Lanzer, saying something about visiting their office in China?

3. I had an idea for Gaia Events this year. Seeing as we haven't had any Prom-type events for two years now, could the Halloween one or the Xmas/New Year's one possibly have a Prom/Ball/Masquerade element, something along those lines? I know a lot people are missing those sort of Events, and seeing as you've done it before, like with Gino's New Year Ball, it could be a possibility again?

Narumi Misuhara

X-Men first class was my favorite so far. Watched almost everything else, and I would say Thor is also fun. Just avoid The Tree of Life. It was a 3 hour long root canal.

We do have developers in China helping with game initiatives here and there, but mostly Gonline does their own thing for Chinese audiences and they're more focused on cosplay and dojinshi now days, very different than Gaia here.

Ah, I hear you, yes it's been a while since we had a big party celebration. We'll be sure to throw a few nice parties later on this year.

[Lanzer]

SuperSailorStarlightKiss

Hello!
Sorry to be a bother- I know I asked last week about the winter 2008 poetry contest resolution. I was just wondering if there has been any progress on that? I know it has been a while since the contest started, sorry. ^.^; Thank you!

DJ actually worked with many admins and granted prizes to the winners a while back. There should be an announcement posted actually.

[DJ Helsing]

Ekkusu_X

To DJ Hellsing:

I got information from a fellow user that you have to be at every gaia related thing at the Anime con, including staying up for the dance.
I was wondering if you wanted some Excedrin Migrane/Advil, a few 5 Hour Energy shots, and Pocky. I know that if I'm tired after just one day of con, I can't imagine how tiring a whole four days and having to be on time for something must be. I live fairly close to LA so it's not a problem getting it to you. Plus I'll be there Friday for the Variety Hour.

smile Yes that is true!

Thanks for the offer but im going to have to pass. I already have a case of Redbull ready for me along with a bunch of power and energy bars to snack on so i think i'll be ok smile

Thanks for odffering though and i look forward to meeting you!

[DJ Helsing]

Lanzer

SuperSailorStarlightKiss

Hello!
Sorry to be a bother- I know I asked last week about the winter 2008 poetry contest resolution. I was just wondering if there has been any progress on that? I know it has been a while since the contest started, sorry. ^.^; Thank you!

DJ actually worked with many admins and granted prizes to the winners a while back. There should be an announcement posted actually.

They were posted last week and are available to read here!

http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/writers/2008-holiday-poetry-contest-winners/t.72462653/

Sorry for the long delay!

[Lanzer]

mcm

How long has it been since you've changed your avatar?

I still have my G-pin on, if that's any indication. biggrin Who remember which event the G-pin was given out and by whom?

That's it for this week's ATA. We'll be taking a break on July 4th so we'll see you all in two weeks. Hopefully we'll all be enjoying the summer event before that. See you!