you know you're a gaia oldbie when... (update Feb 2012)

[Yulister]

You know you're a Gaia oldbie if you remember the events ACTUALLY being challenging.

[Small Sheep]

You know you're an oldbie when you just can't get rid of those buck teeth, grass skirts, and raccoon tails rotting in your inventory.
You never use them, but back way when they took you forever to obtain! (And got you major coolness points.)

[idaruishinee]

Can't believe it's almost been 5 years since I first joined Gaia. crying

[fuzzy_lumpkin]

You know you're a gaia oldbie when you remember following Ian's trial as if it was some sort of real-world event.

[Fossil Tape]

You know you're a gaia oldbie when you remember gift credits.

[Renetah]

Just because I'm a month younger than '06 Gaians I'm not an oldby...? (According to the OP)

You know you're an oldby when you come to the MP thinking your 3k will get you a Pale Marionette

[Oh So Scary]

Small Sheep

You know you're an oldbie when you just can't get rid of those buck teeth, grass skirts, and raccoon tails rotting in your inventory.
You never use them, but back way when they took you forever to obtain! (And got you major coolness points.)

On the contrary, I use my coon tail.

You know you're an oldby when doing Jigsaws was the second best way of getting gold.

[apposite]

pink links, I still mourn thee D:

[AlittleOddMe]

You know you're a gaia oldbie when you remember Ian's hair was still Blonde and Vanessa looked like a man.

[daydreamer_girl]

You know you're an oldbie if you considered the fact that "Link is a girl."

[Definitive Destiny]

You know you're a Gaia Oldbie when you get nostalgia over seeing the first/one of the first non-starter items you ever obtained.

[Ebania]

You know you're new to Gaia when you had to navigate through the World Map to get anywhere on this site, when the gold shop items were super inexpensive, and when the Extended Discussion didn't suck.

[Euphonious Cantabile]

Ebony the Peacian

You know you're new to Gaia when you had to navigate through the World Map to get anywhere on this site, when the gold shop items were super inexpensive, and when the Extended Discussion didn't suck.

I miss what Extended Discussion used to be like. gonk

[Rude]

Renetah

You know you're an oldby when you come to the MP thinking your 3k will get you a Pale Marionette

I don't understand this one.

[LabTech Kestin]

Magus

Renetah

You know you're an oldby when you come to the MP thinking your 3k will get you a Pale Marionette

I don't understand this one.

I interpreted it as something like this:

Quote:

(2003) Wow, I finally saved up 3k! *leaves Gaia for some reason or another*
(2010) *comes back* Wow, look at all these cool new items! This one's pretty neat...huh, notoriously rare and expensive? Pssh, with that 3k I saved seven years ago, I'm on top of the game! biggrin

...it's severely lacking in logic, but then again, so are most Gaians! *rimshot* it's the only way I could think of to make sense out of that one. xp