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Happy Monday, Gaia Staff!
Bunneh here, and once again, I am attempting to keep up while having a cold. Shame on me. I should be resting, eating chicken soup and watching a movie.
Yet here I am, on my sickbed, talking to you fine folks.
I should get a cookie. emotion_donotwant
Anyway, on to some simple questions!
1. When can we expect some new formulas for alchemy? Some new ones that don't bankrupt you in fails or need a lot of parts. And not just level ones, eh? Some of us just want to get to level ten, yo. Without destroying all the past cash shop releases in the process.
2. When can we expect some new Achievements? As you can see, I love getting those little points! But some new basic/commons might be nice!
3. Can cards and slots get an update? These games are fun, but a graphic update, and maybe some new gameplay features, might be nice...focusing on the onsite games we already have is a treat for us too, you know. whee
I actually have far deeper questions than these (Why is the current management team trying hard to become a gaming company instead of making what they were known for better, why do we only see the same 5-7 peeps at AtAs from the staff [love you guys but everyone should play along, yo.], did you know checking Gaia on a kindle is hard if you have a crazy password?)
But then Lanzer skips those.
So here is one for him as a gimmee.
WHERE FOR ART THOU, WAFFLES PLUSHIE FOR OUR AVVIES?!
Are they in Ohio?
Are they being held by a second rate online real product store that makes sales and doesn't send the profits to the proper locations? emotion_awesome
ARE THEY, DARE I EVEN SUGGEST IT, IN...
And who do I have to kneecap to get one?
love, Bunneh
PS. I noticed something missing in the pics last week...why does your office not have a sundae bar? If they can swing one at the Sizzler, surely one could fit in the break room...
Bunneh here, and once again, I am attempting to keep up while having a cold. Shame on me. I should be resting, eating chicken soup and watching a movie.
Yet here I am, on my sickbed, talking to you fine folks.
I should get a cookie. emotion_donotwant
Anyway, on to some simple questions!
1. When can we expect some new formulas for alchemy? Some new ones that don't bankrupt you in fails or need a lot of parts. And not just level ones, eh? Some of us just want to get to level ten, yo. Without destroying all the past cash shop releases in the process.
2. When can we expect some new Achievements? As you can see, I love getting those little points! But some new basic/commons might be nice!
3. Can cards and slots get an update? These games are fun, but a graphic update, and maybe some new gameplay features, might be nice...focusing on the onsite games we already have is a treat for us too, you know. whee
I actually have far deeper questions than these (Why is the current management team trying hard to become a gaming company instead of making what they were known for better, why do we only see the same 5-7 peeps at AtAs from the staff [love you guys but everyone should play along, yo.], did you know checking Gaia on a kindle is hard if you have a crazy password?)
But then Lanzer skips those.
So here is one for him as a gimmee.
WHERE FOR ART THOU, WAFFLES PLUSHIE FOR OUR AVVIES?!
Are they in Ohio?
Are they being held by a second rate online real product store that makes sales and doesn't send the profits to the proper locations? emotion_awesome
ARE THEY, DARE I EVEN SUGGEST IT, IN...
And who do I have to kneecap to get one?
love, Bunneh
PS. I noticed something missing in the pics last week...why does your office not have a sundae bar? If they can swing one at the Sizzler, surely one could fit in the break room...
Hi Ridley,
I'll take the management question smile
Basically, we're trying to maximize our chances at doing well as a company. Like an investment, we're diversifying our portfolio. We obviously love Gaia a ton, but focusing solely on it means that if it doesn't do well, we're in trouble. By pursuing multiple product paths, we're giving ourselves a better chance to succeed, which is good for all our products.
And while I'm at it, I know that it seems like an automatic bad thing to have people working on something that's not Gaia. But as I mentioned in my Journal entry awhile back, the downside of having a lot of people working on it is that.....you have a lot of people working on it. That's a lot of salary and other expenses. That means we need to make more off of Gaia in order to make it financially viable, which puts pressure on us to make decisions based on money. Trust me, we wish we didn't put ourselves in that position with some decisions in the past. But now, because we're not as big, we don't have that same financial pressure and it's easier to get back to doing things that make users happy, such as better events, more consistent manga, etc. even if they don't directly make money. Don't get me wrong - like any business Gaia needs to make a certain amount to stay around. But we're in a much more comfortable spot now than we used to be.
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OAO
A legit answer! Cool.
Ok, I get that diversification is key to the company's survival, but the biggest complaint I am seeing in the site, and I'm sure you have heard it, is the viewed "Put it out and leave it" philosophy that a lot of folks feel happens with new ideas you put on the table.
The big problem I'm seeing is the site has had a history of some features 'going south' after release. Such as with zOMG (And I get the reasons for choosing to cut back on support. Hard to monetize, lack of staff resources, what have you.)
The whole state of affairs with the game left a bad taste in a lot of folks mouths and they are seeing a lot of the same pattern with other features. (MoGa, Alchemy, the games we already have in place)
I think we can agree that while bringing in the new is vital, a lot of what we already have can be awesome if properly maintained as well. I cite the great job codemonkey is doing in towns 2 so far as a step in the right direction.
I get why that reputation has developed, as we some features haven't been kept up with. However, I'd dispute the "you guys just throw stuff out and abandon it" sentiment I see sometimes. zOMG was worked on for approximately 4 years - I know that hasn't turned out the way anyone really wanted it to, but we put a ton of effort into it. Moga has had several years of updates and content additions. These are long times in internet time. Some stuff didn't get that much attention after launch, but honestly, I think the real problem is that we don't remove content as it starts to age, b/c we've generally adopted a "it's better to let people use a feature that's aging than to take it away" philosophy. But that line of thinking lends itself to the philosophy that we just let things die on the vine. So while I agree that we don't maintain everything the ideal way we should, we also get hammered more on this point than we probably should (in my biased opinion).
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