Sticky: Ask The Admin (10/26/2009)

[Lanzer]

Hello everyone!

The Halloween event is almost ready, yet I still haven't got a new costume for myself! Looks like I might show up as a sumo wrestler again. biggrin

What I'm really looking forward to are the candy sale after Halloween. Hoping to stock up on my favorite candy!

Sorry for being late yet again! I need to stop this nasty habit of working at 6.

[Kazuma Ishimaru]

Good Eevening Gaia admins~
Hope you all are ready for Halloween and got your costumes.
Lanzer, did you go for Indiana Jones or something else? :3
(a sumo wrestler?! XD)

Reaper and Pepper! So very glad to have you two here. Are you dressing up as well? What will you be?


Okay, on to the real questions!

- Lanzer; we recently got a new garage, but what about the rest of our house? What I'm saying is, are houses going to get more attention soon? Perhaps new items to pack our house with? Our a bigger area with separate rooms? (great gold sink idea)
-Reaper and Pepper! I want to know: what do you do in your time off to relieve the stress? Anything in particular like food/drink? (Boba/Bubble tea? :3)


( Good luck Reaper...and godspeed D: )

[MrsrachaelSnape]

Hello, Lanzer and others

my questions are:

1. Who do I turn to for a request for laying change for a RIG item/s? I don't want to make a thread in sf.

2. Will there be more Heros' items in the future?

3. Is there a story behind your user name?

[Fallen_Real]

Hi again Lanzer and Gaia staff! I have some more questions:

I’ve asked this before, but with the creation of “Dernier Cri” and Brennivin’s appearance, it brings up the question about the world of Gaia’s relation to our world, especially since Brennivin’s shop’s name is French, and his name is Icelandic schnapps. He also speaks various Icelandic words.

So, again, what is Gaia’s relationship to our world, or to an alternate version of our world?
If Gaia is an alternate of our world, how similar and how different are they? Obviously, there is a version of Iceland, or a language that developed in a similar manner from Old Norse that resembles Icelandic.

Next, it seems that it’s hard for the various staff to get things done in a timely manner. Is this a result of the economy(less people working), or is it hard to find people qualified to work on a site such as Gaiaonline?

Lastly, in zOMG!, we were able to trade Null Fragments for Orbs and Rings with Nicolae, but this was removed without a major announcement, and many of use still have lots of Null Fragments we cannot redeem or remove from our inventory. Can you ask Qixter and the zOMG! Team if they plan to reopen trading with Nicolae? (I don’t expect an answer; I just hope that you bring it up to them.)

[Inu_Hero]

Hello Lanzer and Devs! ^^

Questions:

1. Will Gaia ever release a feature showing our saved avatar outfits in our posts or on our profiles just like in the “Display Friends” feature?

2. How’s the new Search function coming along? : o

3. Lanzer, what is your favorite type of Halloween candy? Also, do you know what you are going to be for Halloween yet? Are you considering an Indiana Jones costume? xD


Question for Gaia Artists:

1. How long does it take you to come up with the inspiration of an EI, then all of its in-between poses, and the final evolutions of the EI? Does your inspiration for an EI just come naturally to you or do you have to think about it for many hours?

2. Also... What is your favorite type of Halloween candy and what are you going to be for Halloween? : D


Thank you for answering my questions! ^^

[dakki-dono]

Sup admins, devs.

I have but one question, and it’s been *cough* killing me.

We all know how black people die in movies first. It’s a given. If it’s not first, you can bet your bottom dollar that they’re pushing up daises by the end by some horrid/sacrifical/tragic death.

So I ask...

Why are there no good, dark undead skins? http://gaiarch.gaiatools.com/emotes/gaia/icon_gonk.gif I’ve recently been turned into a vampire, but to my distress, there was no dead looking dark, dark skintone. I thought this was something that would be covered quickly with how movies go. But apparently in Gaia, black people are immortal and/or invincible.

I know there are a lot of bluish ones, and then there’s the dark elves...but black people do not turn blue or grey or purple or green when they die. That wouldn’t make any sense. It don’t even fit.

So will I be able to be a proper blackula in the future? Even just a slightly less contrasted version of the E(?) Tone skin would be awesome. Just a little greyed, even.

[Platonix]

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[Darkening Flash]

Hello Lanzer and other staff, here are my questions:
1. Is there any excessive animal lovers at Gaia HQ? Like someone trying to snaek a cat in or something like that.
2. What is your favorite Evolving item?
3. Got anything planned for Halloween?
4. Where is your favorite place to eat?
For reapersun if she shows up:
-Any plans on releasing the Blind box in the cash shop? Or to make them easier to get? The dolls get inflated pretty bad every once in a while.
That is all.:3

[kaykeyser]

For people other then Lanzer:
Ok [NPC] Stein’s a bureaucrat and a Frankenstein and part of a new report system. Will Gaia be creating other NPCs to assist with mod duties? (besides making anousments…mostly Im asking about things like NPCs answering PMs or moving threads or dealing with TOS violation reports)


What is the strangest idea L0cke ever said and did you use it?


Kanoko’s a new shop keeper! Yah! No more side bar character! Was that the plan from the start? Or was it public demand that saved her? You been saying fro weeks “no plans for Kanoko” So any how, what’s next for her? Will she rise to power? Or will she continue her odyssey of Timmy-like bad luck?

Are the Brennivin and Radio Jack who are running the new shop from the Mirror world or are the from our world? They clearly have connections to the RIG but whose world are they from? If they are from the Mirror world did they follow Kanoko out?

Or if Lanzer is the only admin on today..

What is your favorite Anime fan service?
What decade made the best TV shows and movies?
What decade made the least interesting movies and TV shows?
Will the NPCs be dressed in all new costumes this year? Dressed in last year’s old costumes or dressed in nothing this year?
Does the Gaia staff ever eat a meal together on Thanksgibing?
And since the stores are selling it in real life, are you by now ready for Christmas too?
What is your favorite minor holiday?
Does working on Gaia get you out if Jury service?
What would you do if you were physically unavailable on ATA or any other important Gaia event?

[Kestin Sha]

Whoo, my...5th AtA? I think. xd

-*huggles* whee
-What's your favorite kind of bagel?
-Who was your favorite H2K4 Labtech? (pleasepleasebringthemback! andnotjustforanevent!)
-I had a dream the other night and I had to ask...did L0cke and Jakobo really shrink you to the size of a dust mite?
-Is Rosalie alive? ninja
-Shouldn't the opposite of S.I.N. have the initials C.S.C.? (Trigonometry joke...just move along...)

[Draike Woode]

Rumors always run wild around the GCD this time of year, but there's a few I've been hearing that truly interest me. See, for about the last two years, it feels like Gaia's plot has lost a bit of that fantastical feel outside Zomg. Plots that extend through the entire year seemed to have disappeared since the ending of the Vampire arch. However, there are rumors that the artists are working on make more world-like. Speculations behind what exactly that means seem to be flying everywhere. So, my questions are these.

-If Gaia should become more world-like, would that mean we might start moving away from the purely romance plots and try to include more action like previous plots?

-There are many many species all around Gaia. Are there any plans to try and explain how they work or where they come from?

-Is Cresento coming back?

-Is there a chance we may explore the "Great War" that rumors speculate killed Ruby's husband?

-Liam use to say something along the lines of "being on his own since he was five". Will the plot ever explore that part of his past or is that to be forgotten since he no longer says it?

-Rosalie's doll was released in the last RIG. Are there any plans to ever use her in the plot again? Whether it just be flashbacks or otherwise?

[Sinsario]

I'm seriously thinking of skipping a class on Friday to watch the Gaia web show, what are your thoughts on this?


also would any of you like a ride in my boat?

[sasamiblue]

We have had a few new NPCs come out, 2 guys, 1 Elk, 1 flying bunny thing, a few makeovers and a whole new store for an old NPC who has been around a while. But only one cute girl. Are we going to get any more girl NPCs? I know most devs are girls and girls love drawing guys but I really want some more fan service for the strait male population! When will we get some?

What are the major religions of Gaia? What to the NPCs believe in? Are they in to reincarnation or an after life, one God? Many gods?
What do you like better DC or Marvel? Comic books or animated universe?

If you could give one old cartoon, TV series or movie a more modern and edgier reboot what series would you chose and how would you change it?


What do you prefer? Classic monster movies or slasher films?

What is the scariest thing in the world?

[Eien Dreamer]

is gem2niki alright? crying

[Riyko]

Hi lanzer and staff!

Are any of you planning on going trick or treating on halloween?