Platonix
Eloquent Informer
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Ladies, Gentlemen and that furry thing in the third row, we are now past the post break and it is again safe to walk about the topic.
...well, that was rather more turbulence than I was expecting, eh?
Tell me about it. Freakin' page breaks.
Uh, guys? The intercom's still on...
Oh shi--
April 23rd, some more
Hi GuinAoiichi,
Unfortunately the two don't have anything to do with each other, since we basically were just "borrowing" the games from OMGPop themselves.
Where mah artists be at? emotion_dowant
Check up in the tops of trees - they may have been chased up there by a honey badger! That honey badger don't care! eek
- Sisky
The client side of the hashing algo is MD5 with a session-based hash. The server side is completely different.
Thanks for being concerned with account security on Gaia. If you have any more issues/concerns, please contact me.
That leaves you with very few options.
Those are, really, the only options. MD5 is by definition a one-way hash (Obviously rainbow tables are an issue, which is one possibility you could use) so you can't use different hashing algs while still comparing passwords. so which is it?
If you have any more issues/concerns, please contact me.
I'm not going to tell you what encryption schemes we use and I'm certainly not going to discuss this in further detail in a public forum. If you are interested in programming and would like to learn more, please contact me via PM.
Yes, pretending to be any type of staff member is not prohibited and is a bannable offense. If you find anyone doing this, you should report them.
I guess it depends on what you mean by "doing something." They're intended to give you a way to show your status on the site in a way that doesn't involve buying items (for example, you can show how active you are by how many points you've earned), so that's what we're already using it for.
However, it's possible we could tie them in to other features as we build them too.
hhee no i still fail at it but at least im willing to try
I'll never have DJ's - no matter how hard I try. Ahhh well, you cannot have everything right? biggrin
- Sisky[Fix'd. This post was made incorrectly in the thread due to a glitch that can happen if two posts are made at almost the exact same time. -Platonix]
We're not removing them but yes we are improving security on old accounts. Long story.
yes were going to announce the specifics tomorrow!
The team is focused on fixing bugs right now, so there won't be new rings for the time being. We'll see what we can do after that.
This post is awesome. America #1.
lol
No seriously, everyone should know that we don't try and manipulate content unless it's ToS or against forum rules.
Well why wouldn't it be against forum rules? It's a massive amount of harassment. We are all being called racist because you and Funimation decided they wanted more money.
I really don't know the specifics of what's going on in there. It's up to the moderation staff to keep order. Don't feed the trolls.
Perhaps I could interest you in some Python scripts or some database scaling tips.
Perhaps you could, oh I dunno, do your job, or refer me to someone that will actually help me instead of being a troll?
As developers our responsibility is to write code for the site. We can't really address this particular issue as it is not our primary charge. If there is a safety violation please report the issue appropriately through our report system so our moderation and administration staff can take appropriate action.
Hi Peppermint Pandah,
Thanks for posting!
1) Sounds like a few folks are having this issue. Have you posted in the Bug Reports forum? That would help make sure our devs know about the problem.
2) That's a gnarly little bug we're working on as we speak. The guys next to me are trying to fix it as I type smile
Heya BlazeEvilHolyGod!
Thanks for the post and letting us know about this issue! We're sorry that there was a delay in handling your original report - we don't normally take that long to reply to hacking and scamming reports, but sometimes mistakes happen. Our apologies for this!
Now, having said that, I've looked into the issue, and it looks like you originally filed a scamming report for your hacking situation. I know they may seem like the same form, but there are big differences! The hacking report form has more details you need to fill out, and helps us get more information about what might have happened. I see that you were asked to file a hacking report instead.
If you could please let me know via pm once that hacking report has been filed, I'll be happy to make sure it gets resolved for you,
Take care and hope to hear from you soon!
Sisky
Hi MistressMinako,
1) That's one of the things that is on our list of possible things to tweak, although we want to give the Cache change a little time so we can see the effect it's having.
2) Unfortunately I can't really speak to your points here, although we're happy Swarf was able to put it up too!
3) Thanks for the heads-up - I can pass the word along.
4) It's definitely possible you could see more anime partnerships. As for the new store, I'm not entirely sure. It might go away, or we might find a use for it after FMA is done. As for the other items, that gets out of my area smile
Gaia has said they never will since it would ******** up the servers.
That isn't correct. We don't remove accounts because the original owners could come back. I replied to Leader Clair and explained that we're taking steps right now to secure old and inactive accounts.
Items that were not designed to be stackable can't be changed to stacked, but would it help if the item limit of a trade window is bigger?
no idea we wing it as the ideas come in.
Have a list of crazy things you want to see me do then PM it to me I'll read it but no promises. And make a big list so i have alot to choose from smile
Also , will you be coming to A-kon this year?
Yes
Which Disney songs?! *coughcoughLiloandStitchsoundtrackhopefullycoughcough*
- Sisky
Come on Sisky...everyone knows it's hotta unda da watta...Under da Sea!
Nah, I'm going back to Hawaii in June, so I'm rolling with Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride! Cannot wait to take my nephew back out for a go out biggrin
- Sisky
Aloha e aloha e
'Ano 'ai ke aloha e!
Hehehe! ^__^
- Sisky
Elvis too! biggrin
Sisky
Physically he is on the other side of the building. He has been heading up a new project. You can PM him, if you'd like.
Hi Xithios,
Thanks for joining us!
1) We'd like to make some improvements to Guilds at some point, but right now we don't have the resources to do so. Hopefully we'll be able to at some point in the future.
2) There are tons - tens and tens of thousands.
3) In the short-term, probably not, although again we'd like to add some more over time.
4) I guess those are just what people are choosing to dump in there.
You......are........the.......BEST!!!!! Thanks! smile
Hi Zolcrailtis,
Yup, this is something that we'd like to do as well. I don't think we'll get to it in the near future, but hopefully at some point down the road.
my question is when i go to comment someone on their profile when i switch the emotes option i always get these for a display " exclaim " instead of the actual image is there a way you can fix this ~previous post pages back had been overlooked~
I'm not sure why you quoted me on this. Forums are not my forte.
celeb snair is not in the current plans
with regards to the other question...very good wink
Gaia has said they never will since it would ******** up the servers.
Our Admin team will be happy to remove all personal/sensitive information from your account and disable it. Please file a support ticket using the "contact us" form.
If you have a single database with high data integrity (all fields are appropriately foreign-keyed) on a single Database server, then yes - it's trivial to remove a single record and all correlated data. This is not the case with Gaia. If you want to learn more about databases, I wouldn't mind explaining this to you.
Please let's leave the ATA for questions about the current events on the site.
Is is being fixed at this moment.
The highest number of online users aren't was it was, but Gaia constantly have a lot of new users joining every month, and the fact that any website would go through a time where after so many years the number of of people leaving and joining the site will equalize. We're still happy that there are so many users on Gaia and dedicate our time on making features and events consistently.
Inflation was a problem with gold being granted. Purchasing a cash shop item would not make things more expensive, infact, if more of an item is being purchased, then there would be more of that item in the marketplace and the price would go down. We've tried in various places to deduct gold through gold sink or taxes, but Gaians really oppose to such ideas.
We'll continue to focus on what make us who we are, and focus on making a great place to hangout. But that's on the feature side. Ultimately, we still need to work on making things more affordable, and allowing users to obtain items otherwise.
LOL - bribery is always a good strategy.
I dont do direct development of the site I do all sorts of other stuff
Im deathly alergic to cats so keep them away!
Yea well thats the hazard of being on the other side of a nerf gun smile
Awwww, thanks for the nice words biggrin We're glad you love it here. Keep being your amazing self !
- Sisky
Hi Gossun,
Nope - once you report it we'll get an automatically generated record of it so that the mods can take a look.
The number of people that reported something doesn't really affect the potential action taken against them, so doing it once should suffice. Thanks!
Our focus is on the new Towns update right now, but if we are to work on the Rally game, then we might very well implement another game. Other types of cars would be fun too, just need to make sure they not only work in Towns but also inside the Rally game.
New update like you're adding more to it like a city or streets, or like updating the flash space etc.... so it runs smoother
We are updating it to run smoother, and making each areas unique. Each town, Durem, Gambino, etc. will (eventually) be represented in the new towns.
Hi Soul of Kyr,
1) I dunno - definitely possible unless our artists have permanent grudges against other colors.
2) A lot of people participate in those events, and seem to enjoy it. But we are putting some thought into how we can limit their effect on "legitimate" threads.
3) Hopefully you'll enjoy the fact that very soon we'll be adding a version of Monster Galaxy to Gaia where you don't have to use your FB account to play.
Hi Shirlox,
PM Siskataya about this - she might be able to take a look at this. Thanks!
Hi Neo,
In general we're fine with people taking Gaia-based stuff and putting their own twist on them. It only really becomes a problem if it's being used for something inappropriate, or it's being sold in mass-market type of way.
As you can imagine, the gold and platinum ones are much harder to get, though the actual odds are still being adjusted as we monitor the need and market price. We don't know about the Alchemist Case yet, but I'll definitely look into it.
Hi Nyowpotopop,
Don't worry about falling into the Abuse of the Report button category for reporting violating content like that. That's basically just used when someone is repeatedly and maliciously reporting non-violating content to try to get the person in trouble without reason.
For the second part, we are looking into a couple of options. Not sure what we'll land on, but it's more likely we'll use some sort of ranking system so that it still factors Up and Down votes in so that good content is easy to find, but isn't as "trollable" as the current setup.
I'll change the payout again, hopefully it'll balance things out. As for the fishes themselves, we'll have gold sell back price so that everyone can let go of their extra fishes. We'll keep looking into changing the payout, as we continue to improve on alchemy.
Unfortunately I didn't, but that would've been cool to see!
Gaia would most likely need permission/sponsorships to allow tha.t
To me it just feels a bit unfair.
I'm a greek person leaving in the UK and im not allowed to access the shop from either countries...
I feel your pain. I'm not allowed to access a lot of things from bbc.co.uk !
My girlfriend made a Tilapia thing with parmesan, citrus, and some other things last night. It was boss. Served nice and hot over rice with some fresh green beans.
A big fat <3 to you!!! Thanks mrgreen
Our provider (InComm) currently doesn't support Puerto Rico. It's difficult to find a provider that supports all areas and supports everything we need and is competitive. Sorry! neutral
...well, that was rather more turbulence than I was expecting, eh?
Tell me about it. Freakin' page breaks.
Uh, guys? The intercom's still on...
Oh shi--
April 23rd, some more
biglanky14
GuinAoiichi
Also since we're loosing omgpop , does that mean zomg is going to get some luv??
Hi GuinAoiichi,
Unfortunately the two don't have anything to do with each other, since we basically were just "borrowing" the games from OMGPop themselves.
siskataya
Tobi-chann
Tobi-chann
hey everyone! :'D
I was wondering if we could possible get some more food i am items in the future. Maybe an i am Pancake item, or pizza? and like, the pancake could leave a small trail of butter when in towns/zomg/etc. 4laugh
ALSO COULD WE GET A HONEY BADGER ITEM?
I was wondering if we could possible get some more food i am items in the future. Maybe an i am Pancake item, or pizza? and like, the pancake could leave a small trail of butter when in towns/zomg/etc. 4laugh
ALSO COULD WE GET A HONEY BADGER ITEM?
Check up in the tops of trees - they may have been chased up there by a honey badger! That honey badger don't care! eek
- Sisky
carbonphyber
trezoid
carbonphyber
trezoid
I have a question:
How can you justify using
How can you claim you're storing passwords in anything approaching a secure way?
How can you justify using
MD5.hex(MD5.hex(l)+k)
for password hashing, when K is generated randomly each time and sent with the hashed password? It makes it extremely clear that you're, at best, storing passwords with a single pass of MD5, completely unsalted which is about as secure as storing plain-text.How can you claim you're storing passwords in anything approaching a secure way?
The client side of the hashing algo is MD5 with a session-based hash. The server side is completely different.
Thanks for being concerned with account security on Gaia. If you have any more issues/concerns, please contact me.
That leaves you with very few options.
* You're storing passwords in a reversable encryption.
* You're storing passwords in plain text.
* You're using voodoo magic to reverse the MD5 hash server side
* You're aware that MD5 is a horribly flawed security system and exploiting that server side
Those are, really, the only options. MD5 is by definition a one-way hash (Obviously rainbow tables are an issue, which is one possibility you could use) so you can't use different hashing algs while still comparing passwords. so which is it?
If you have any more issues/concerns, please contact me.
I'm not going to tell you what encryption schemes we use and I'm certainly not going to discuss this in further detail in a public forum. If you are interested in programming and would like to learn more, please contact me via PM.
Zero Omega
o Kiddo o
There are some moderators on here who are horrible, just saying.
Can you get banned for faking to be a moderator or staff?
Can you get banned for faking to be a moderator or staff?
Yes, pretending to be any type of staff member is not prohibited and is a bannable offense. If you find anyone doing this, you should report them.
biglanky14
The Second Choumaru
Oh yea, with the Achievement Points we earn, will they ever be used for something in the future?
I guess it depends on what you mean by "doing something." They're intended to give you a way to show your status on the site in a way that doesn't involve buying items (for example, you can show how active you are by how many points you've earned), so that's what we're already using it for.
However, it's possible we could tie them in to other features as we build them too.
DJ Helsing
H33
@Chris/DJ Helsing: Ever get that handstand down? emotion_awesome
hhee no i still fail at it but at least im willing to try
siskataya
Kiyo_Michan
Is there an item that already exists on Gaia that you've wanted to own/wear, but can't afford it?
I'll never have DJ's - no matter how hard I try. Ahhh well, you cannot have everything right? biggrin
- Sisky
DARKNRGY
Bunny Named Colby
will you guys start removing the inactive 2003 accounts, they are just taking up space and its just encouraging people to crack into them.
We're not removing them but yes we are improving security on old accounts. Long story.
DJ Helsing
Tori Aichikara
Hey Guys.
I just wanted to know if you were going to come to Anime Central in Rosemont, IL. this week!
Answer, please?
I just wanted to know if you were going to come to Anime Central in Rosemont, IL. this week!
Answer, please?
yes were going to announce the specifics tomorrow!
Lanzer
Elianne_panda
Are there going to be new rings for zOMG?
The team is focused on fixing bugs right now, so there won't be new rings for the time being. We'll see what we can do after that.
DARKNRGY
RAGING HELL BEAST
DARKNRGY
RAGING HELL BEAST
Why do you allow everyone in the Fullmetal Alchemist forum slander America for a business choice you made?
This post is awesome. America #1.
lol
No seriously, everyone should know that we don't try and manipulate content unless it's ToS or against forum rules.
Well why wouldn't it be against forum rules? It's a massive amount of harassment. We are all being called racist because you and Funimation decided they wanted more money.
I really don't know the specifics of what's going on in there. It's up to the moderation staff to keep order. Don't feed the trolls.
Narumi Misuhara
RAGING HELL BEAST
DARKNRGY
RAGING HELL BEAST
I'm not feeding the trolls neutral is this the best I can expect from a developer? Seriously?
Perhaps I could interest you in some Python scripts or some database scaling tips.
Perhaps you could, oh I dunno, do your job, or refer me to someone that will actually help me instead of being a troll?
As developers our responsibility is to write code for the site. We can't really address this particular issue as it is not our primary charge. If there is a safety violation please report the issue appropriately through our report system so our moderation and administration staff can take appropriate action.
biglanky14
Peppermint Pandah
Okai, okai, Imma try not to spazz out over here cuz, geez I'm talking to the Admins heart it's like talking to god haha jk jk. But I gots a question 4laugh
Soooo
1) Is anyone else having a problem with their Aquarium? It's like *place a fishie* five seconds later fishie decides to not exist. (I cannot place fish in my aquarium)
2) Why do the grunnies taunt me? I'm all like OMG RAINBOW GUNNY HEAD *click* 2 secs later *THIS GRANT ISN'T FOR YOU LOSER!
3) please excuse my noobish Avi, I'm savin up for my dream avi~
Soooo
1) Is anyone else having a problem with their Aquarium? It's like *place a fishie* five seconds later fishie decides to not exist. (I cannot place fish in my aquarium)
2) Why do the grunnies taunt me? I'm all like OMG RAINBOW GUNNY HEAD *click* 2 secs later *THIS GRANT ISN'T FOR YOU LOSER!
3) please excuse my noobish Avi, I'm savin up for my dream avi~
Hi Peppermint Pandah,
Thanks for posting!
1) Sounds like a few folks are having this issue. Have you posted in the Bug Reports forum? That would help make sure our devs know about the problem.
2) That's a gnarly little bug we're working on as we speak. The guys next to me are trying to fix it as I type smile
siskataya
BlazeEvilHolyGod
Uhm, evening staff, I hope your day has been going well. I know I have been impatient with this, but it has been over a month and nothing has happened with my hacking report, I have gotten an email back saying that once my number is picked they will start right away on it. Is there anyway this could be completed sooner? Also, Is there ever going to be a time where you can turn in gold for gc?
Heya BlazeEvilHolyGod!
Thanks for the post and letting us know about this issue! We're sorry that there was a delay in handling your original report - we don't normally take that long to reply to hacking and scamming reports, but sometimes mistakes happen. Our apologies for this!
Now, having said that, I've looked into the issue, and it looks like you originally filed a scamming report for your hacking situation. I know they may seem like the same form, but there are big differences! The hacking report form has more details you need to fill out, and helps us get more information about what might have happened. I see that you were asked to file a hacking report instead.
If you could please let me know via pm once that hacking report has been filed, I'll be happy to make sure it gets resolved for you,
Take care and hope to hear from you soon!
Sisky
biglanky14
MistressMinako
- The Golden Giftbox formula, to my knowledge, still goes unfixed. It calls for more components than the Cache formula. I would like to see the GG brought in-line with the Cache and Case.
- Thank you for giving swarf some time to put up the Easter event. I still would have liked to see the creme Sundae Sweets that was promised two years ago, especially since you stuck the mint Sundae Sweets in Alchemy. I would also like to see a release of Integrity, since the original point has been lost as Abuse is now a Kamila drop (I don't know how much control anyone here has over this though).
- Thank you for the green goo glitch removal on the Vampire Sound. However, Vampire Sound is still glitched in flash spaces.
- Will we be seeing more anime sponsorships? Is the new store going to be used for anything other than a cash shop double? Will we be getting knock-off items outside of RIGs/official sponsorships? Can I get the Duel Disk I've been requesting for the last 8 years once Saban finishes buying the rights to Yu-Gi-Oh?
- Thank you for giving swarf some time to put up the Easter event. I still would have liked to see the creme Sundae Sweets that was promised two years ago, especially since you stuck the mint Sundae Sweets in Alchemy. I would also like to see a release of Integrity, since the original point has been lost as Abuse is now a Kamila drop (I don't know how much control anyone here has over this though).
- Thank you for the green goo glitch removal on the Vampire Sound. However, Vampire Sound is still glitched in flash spaces.
- Will we be seeing more anime sponsorships? Is the new store going to be used for anything other than a cash shop double? Will we be getting knock-off items outside of RIGs/official sponsorships? Can I get the Duel Disk I've been requesting for the last 8 years once Saban finishes buying the rights to Yu-Gi-Oh?
Hi MistressMinako,
1) That's one of the things that is on our list of possible things to tweak, although we want to give the Cache change a little time so we can see the effect it's having.
2) Unfortunately I can't really speak to your points here, although we're happy Swarf was able to put it up too!
3) Thanks for the heads-up - I can pass the word along.
4) It's definitely possible you could see more anime partnerships. As for the new store, I'm not entirely sure. It might go away, or we might find a use for it after FMA is done. As for the other items, that gets out of my area smile
DARKNRGY
Leader Clair
abandoned_kitsune
yeah can u remove the dead account that haven't logged on in at most a year?
Gaia has said they never will since it would ******** up the servers.
That isn't correct. We don't remove accounts because the original owners could come back. I replied to Leader Clair and explained that we're taking steps right now to secure old and inactive accounts.
Lanzer
II_iMuddy_II
Thanks for the zOMG! Easter Event. That was fun.
Anyways, is it possible to stack some of the items such as recipe, enki catch, giftboxes, etc in trade? Recently, I bought over 100+ recipes, and you can probably imagine the amount of time it took. gonk
Is there any new anime going to be added to the Anime Player? If possible, can you please add Avatar the Legend of Korra?
Why is there an "Continue your last game" option, when after you click it you start a new bucket in Gaia Fishing!
Anyways, is it possible to stack some of the items such as recipe, enki catch, giftboxes, etc in trade? Recently, I bought over 100+ recipes, and you can probably imagine the amount of time it took. gonk
Is there any new anime going to be added to the Anime Player? If possible, can you please add Avatar the Legend of Korra?
Why is there an "Continue your last game" option, when after you click it you start a new bucket in Gaia Fishing!
Items that were not designed to be stackable can't be changed to stacked, but would it help if the item limit of a trade window is bigger?
DJ Helsing
The Assassin of Doom
What is the craziest thing you are thinking about doing willing to do on the Monthly video update?
EX: Dancing shirtless in font of the camera?
EX: Dancing shirtless in font of the camera?
no idea we wing it as the ideas come in.
Have a list of crazy things you want to see me do then PM it to me I'll read it but no promises. And make a big list so i have alot to choose from smile
DJ Helsing
Tsuki_Kirkland
Tsuki_Kirkland
I have a question, is it possible that gaia will ever make an option where an individual user is able to turn off their ability to see the voting system/ vote tally and end the great voting system debate.
Also , will you be coming to A-kon this year?
Yes
siskataya
Mashed Potato Jones
siskataya
Ridley Starsmore
I got distracted looking up Disney Songs....
Which Disney songs?! *coughcoughLiloandStitchsoundtrackhopefullycoughcough*
- Sisky
Come on Sisky...everyone knows it's hotta unda da watta...Under da Sea!
Nah, I'm going back to Hawaii in June, so I'm rolling with Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride! Cannot wait to take my nephew back out for a go out biggrin
- Sisky
siskataya
Leader Clair
Now you've gone and made me want to listen to Lilo and Stitch songs. emotion_donotwant
Aloha e aloha e
'Ano 'ai ke aloha e!
Hehehe! ^__^
- Sisky
siskataya
Yeata Zi
So, like, mostly Elvis?
I can get behind that.
I can get behind that.
Elvis too! biggrin
Sisky
codemonkey37179
eeech
I was wondering where is Panagrammic? I don't really have a question to ask him. I just like him is all.
Physically he is on the other side of the building. He has been heading up a new project. You can PM him, if you'd like.
biglanky14
Xithios
Hello! 1st time doing this!
1) Will the guilds ever receive any more updates to them, like the ability to delete multiple threads, delete unused subforums, embed videos or use the treasury for something other than announcements?
2) Exactly how many equip-able items are on gaia?
3) Any plans to add any other games that use the tokens?
4) Why so many aquarium items in dumpster dive?
1) Will the guilds ever receive any more updates to them, like the ability to delete multiple threads, delete unused subforums, embed videos or use the treasury for something other than announcements?
2) Exactly how many equip-able items are on gaia?
3) Any plans to add any other games that use the tokens?
4) Why so many aquarium items in dumpster dive?
Hi Xithios,
Thanks for joining us!
1) We'd like to make some improvements to Guilds at some point, but right now we don't have the resources to do so. Hopefully we'll be able to at some point in the future.
2) There are tons - tens and tens of thousands.
3) In the short-term, probably not, although again we'd like to add some more over time.
4) I guess those are just what people are choosing to dump in there.
biglanky14
Shirlox
Last week I asked who wanted some art. You were the only one who replied.
I finished this a day after you asked, but school work got me all busy and stuff.
I saw the announcement for today's ATA and realized I needed to give you your free sketch! emotion_awesome
Hope you like it and that all the other staff get jealous of how strong you are.
I finished this a day after you asked, but school work got me all busy and stuff.
I saw the announcement for today's ATA and realized I needed to give you your free sketch! emotion_awesome
Hope you like it and that all the other staff get jealous of how strong you are.
You......are........the.......BEST!!!!! Thanks! smile
biglanky14
This also gives me hope that I can get those washboard abs by eating hot dogs!
biglanky14
Zolcrailtis
Hello there, admins! I want to ask.
Can it be possible if the inventory arranger could be made better? For example. The equip part of it. I and many others would love if we could have different tabs for it, like in the normal avatar dress up. It would make it a whole lot better to organize the equip part. It's a hassle having all the items together, head items, accessories, tops, bottoms, shoes, items, animated items. Especially with a big inventory. Please, I hope this would be put into consideration. It would be a big help.
Hopefully, I wasn't too confusing.
Can it be possible if the inventory arranger could be made better? For example. The equip part of it. I and many others would love if we could have different tabs for it, like in the normal avatar dress up. It would make it a whole lot better to organize the equip part. It's a hassle having all the items together, head items, accessories, tops, bottoms, shoes, items, animated items. Especially with a big inventory. Please, I hope this would be put into consideration. It would be a big help.
Hopefully, I wasn't too confusing.
Hi Zolcrailtis,
Yup, this is something that we'd like to do as well. I don't think we'll get to it in the near future, but hopefully at some point down the road.
codemonkey37179
hegei
codemonkey37179
I'm not sure why you quoted me on this. Forums are not my forte.
DJ Helsing
Constipator
is there going to be a celebrity snare revival?
also what are the chances of doing another anime collab?
also what are the chances of doing another anime collab?
celeb snair is not in the current plans
with regards to the other question...very good wink
carbonphyber
Leader Clair
abandoned_kitsune
yeah can u remove the dead account that haven't logged on in at most a year?
Gaia has said they never will since it would ******** up the servers.
Our Admin team will be happy to remove all personal/sensitive information from your account and disable it. Please file a support ticket using the "contact us" form.
trezoid
If removing a number from the "user" database broke anything the devs would be doing things very very wrong. It's trivial to do without breaking anything to the point where it's taught in first year college level db classes.
If you have a single database with high data integrity (all fields are appropriately foreign-keyed) on a single Database server, then yes - it's trivial to remove a single record and all correlated data. This is not the case with Gaia. If you want to learn more about databases, I wouldn't mind explaining this to you.
Please let's leave the ATA for questions about the current events on the site.
codemonkey37179
iFLYYi
IDK if im late but umm i keep in seeing gigantic diedriches around the sit and when i click on them they say grant error and it'sANNOYING!!!!!
Is is being fixed at this moment.
Lanzer
The Second Choumaru
Last week I posted this, and only had one Mod respond to it.
I want to hear from other Mods, Admins, Devs, Artist, and normal users.
"I have concerns for Gaia's future. I been on Gaia since 2004, I have seen many changes to Gaia as result. There is probably one thing I notice in particular, The Users. I few years back when I quit Gaia Online the current number of users online was always around 125,000 when it was at it busiest time of day, but now it's only 25,000. You have lost 4/5 of your members and didn't gain enough new members back to even put a dent in that loss. I
So as a result you are force to make more items for the Cash Shop to support the site, since with less members comes less profit. So I know you made more cash items, to earn more money . Sadly this caused huge amount of inflation on a extramural scale. It's kinda remind me how after WWI the German Marks became so worthless, the paper they were printed on was worth more.
Do you have any plans or strategies for gaining more members? As well as cutting cost to reduce the inflation of the current marketplace problem?
Like I said in the beginning I have been a member on this site for long time now. I've seen user's come and go as well as features come and go as well. Gaia was the first place I didn't feel like an outcast. It allowed me to be who I am. It was the first place I "came out" and met my Boyfriend on here nearly five years ago who I currently live with. I met so many friends, some so close we still talk daily over the phone. I am worried for the other outcast not having the same chance as I did."
I want to hear from other Mods, Admins, Devs, Artist, and normal users.
"I have concerns for Gaia's future. I been on Gaia since 2004, I have seen many changes to Gaia as result. There is probably one thing I notice in particular, The Users. I few years back when I quit Gaia Online the current number of users online was always around 125,000 when it was at it busiest time of day, but now it's only 25,000. You have lost 4/5 of your members and didn't gain enough new members back to even put a dent in that loss. I
So as a result you are force to make more items for the Cash Shop to support the site, since with less members comes less profit. So I know you made more cash items, to earn more money . Sadly this caused huge amount of inflation on a extramural scale. It's kinda remind me how after WWI the German Marks became so worthless, the paper they were printed on was worth more.
Do you have any plans or strategies for gaining more members? As well as cutting cost to reduce the inflation of the current marketplace problem?
Like I said in the beginning I have been a member on this site for long time now. I've seen user's come and go as well as features come and go as well. Gaia was the first place I didn't feel like an outcast. It allowed me to be who I am. It was the first place I "came out" and met my Boyfriend on here nearly five years ago who I currently live with. I met so many friends, some so close we still talk daily over the phone. I am worried for the other outcast not having the same chance as I did."
The highest number of online users aren't was it was, but Gaia constantly have a lot of new users joining every month, and the fact that any website would go through a time where after so many years the number of of people leaving and joining the site will equalize. We're still happy that there are so many users on Gaia and dedicate our time on making features and events consistently.
Inflation was a problem with gold being granted. Purchasing a cash shop item would not make things more expensive, infact, if more of an item is being purchased, then there would be more of that item in the marketplace and the price would go down. We've tried in various places to deduct gold through gold sink or taxes, but Gaians really oppose to such ideas.
We'll continue to focus on what make us who we are, and focus on making a great place to hangout. But that's on the feature side. Ultimately, we still need to work on making things more affordable, and allowing users to obtain items otherwise.
biglanky14
Deep Dark Desire
Oh one last thing s'il tu plait? I'm quite sure that should my avatar become featured anytime soon that you can be expecting some massive gold coming from this way wink (That's right, we're talking at MOST 1/2k)
LOL - bribery is always a good strategy.
DJ Helsing
Sayania
It says your a developer. :3 Do you actually deal with code? If so, what languages do you know? And if you do deal with code, got any tips for a programmer in training?
Also, do you own any cats? If so, got a suggestion for how to wear them out? One of mine keeps waking me up, making me sleep deprived.
Also, not sure if you remember, but one of my friends at Ohayocon one year accidentally shot you in the neck with the nerf gun when trying to shoot a Red Bull off your head. It wasn't this year's, but last years(not Jan 2012, but 2011). How bad did that hurt? We actually were laughing so hard from that, sorry if it hurt though.
Also, do you own any cats? If so, got a suggestion for how to wear them out? One of mine keeps waking me up, making me sleep deprived.
Also, not sure if you remember, but one of my friends at Ohayocon one year accidentally shot you in the neck with the nerf gun when trying to shoot a Red Bull off your head. It wasn't this year's, but last years(not Jan 2012, but 2011). How bad did that hurt? We actually were laughing so hard from that, sorry if it hurt though.
I dont do direct development of the site I do all sorts of other stuff
Im deathly alergic to cats so keep them away!
Yea well thats the hazard of being on the other side of a nerf gun smile
siskataya
Rather Tasty
Good evening, Gaia Admins.
No complaints on this end. In the job world, I find that people only usually get complaints, and it is very seldom that one is rewarded for their hard work. I would like to thank all those who work at Gaia very much for creating a fulfilling, fun, and imaginative social site. Keep doing your amazing work, and be expecting me-
-Regards,
Rather Tasty
No complaints on this end. In the job world, I find that people only usually get complaints, and it is very seldom that one is rewarded for their hard work. I would like to thank all those who work at Gaia very much for creating a fulfilling, fun, and imaginative social site. Keep doing your amazing work, and be expecting me-
-Regards,
Rather Tasty
Awwww, thanks for the nice words biggrin We're glad you love it here. Keep being your amazing self !
- Sisky
biglanky14
Gossun
Hello and good afternoon, Admins~
I've recently been flamed by someone on an alternate account and I had a few questions on the reporting process. o: Um um um, first off, do I need to keep the profile comment (as opposed to deleting it) for the moderators to view it? And... a few of my friends also reported the person, so will that affect anything?
Thank you~
I've recently been flamed by someone on an alternate account and I had a few questions on the reporting process. o: Um um um, first off, do I need to keep the profile comment (as opposed to deleting it) for the moderators to view it? And... a few of my friends also reported the person, so will that affect anything?
Thank you~
Hi Gossun,
Nope - once you report it we'll get an automatically generated record of it so that the mods can take a look.
The number of people that reported something doesn't really affect the potential action taken against them, so doing it once should suffice. Thanks!
ubermegAtrOn
The broken, bloated Diedrich heads should be fixed now.
codemonkey37179
Boltohn
Lanzer
Boltohn
Hello Gaia Staff I have a few questions pertaining to one of the games/hangouts on the site. Do you-
1. Plan on updating the Rally racing game aspect in the future with more tracks.
2.Expect to be adding new vehicles for rally, like Motorcycles, Mounts, Etc...
3. If you plan on adding said vehicles, make a competition for people to submit types of vehicles to put it in. (Personally would like the bike from Akira)
I hope I get some feedback! Thanks guys!
1. Plan on updating the Rally racing game aspect in the future with more tracks.
2.Expect to be adding new vehicles for rally, like Motorcycles, Mounts, Etc...
3. If you plan on adding said vehicles, make a competition for people to submit types of vehicles to put it in. (Personally would like the bike from Akira)
I hope I get some feedback! Thanks guys!
Our focus is on the new Towns update right now, but if we are to work on the Rally game, then we might very well implement another game. Other types of cars would be fun too, just need to make sure they not only work in Towns but also inside the Rally game.
New update like you're adding more to it like a city or streets, or like updating the flash space etc.... so it runs smoother
We are updating it to run smoother, and making each areas unique. Each town, Durem, Gambino, etc. will (eventually) be represented in the new towns.
biglanky14
Soul of Kyr
Ok Admins....My Questions are:
1. When will we EVER get long double pigtailed hair in any color that is not white,red,pink or blue?? People like other colors you know!! Like Purple or Green or Orange.
2. What is up with all the quoting of NPC's in Events lately?? The spam is becoming somewhat annoying,especially for those of us who run contest threads during events.
3. I am tired of all the facebook stuff on Gaia,everything seems to want you to connect to a facebook account....well eff that. I will never have a facebook account,so please STOP ushing facebook.
1. When will we EVER get long double pigtailed hair in any color that is not white,red,pink or blue?? People like other colors you know!! Like Purple or Green or Orange.
2. What is up with all the quoting of NPC's in Events lately?? The spam is becoming somewhat annoying,especially for those of us who run contest threads during events.
3. I am tired of all the facebook stuff on Gaia,everything seems to want you to connect to a facebook account....well eff that. I will never have a facebook account,so please STOP ushing facebook.
Hi Soul of Kyr,
1) I dunno - definitely possible unless our artists have permanent grudges against other colors.
2) A lot of people participate in those events, and seem to enjoy it. But we are putting some thought into how we can limit their effect on "legitimate" threads.
3) Hopefully you'll enjoy the fact that very soon we'll be adding a version of Monster Galaxy to Gaia where you don't have to use your FB account to play.
biglanky14
Shirlox
Quick question:
In the past month and a half 2 items of mine have been sold on the market but I never received the gold. I sent in a general account inquiry about it but never heard back, that was about a month ago. I'd just like to know if I'm ever going to see that 300k I was supposed to get. emotion_awesome
In the past month and a half 2 items of mine have been sold on the market but I never received the gold. I sent in a general account inquiry about it but never heard back, that was about a month ago. I'd just like to know if I'm ever going to see that 300k I was supposed to get. emotion_awesome
Hi Shirlox,
PM Siskataya about this - she might be able to take a look at this. Thanks!
biglanky14
Neo_Moonlight
Aaaah! I have a question for you. I really want to know if I can do this but... am I allowed to take your GaiaOnline avatars and animate them? Like, make them blink and move? (But I still credit you?) You can see my Gaia Profile for examples... :S If it's not okay, I'll take it down immediately!
Thanks,
neo_moonlight
Thanks,
neo_moonlight
Hi Neo,
In general we're fine with people taking Gaia-based stuff and putting their own twist on them. It only really becomes a problem if it's being used for something inappropriate, or it's being sold in mass-market type of way.
Lanzer
Sasune
Hey thanks for making the changes to the caches, can you tell us what the odds are of each colored bag? Also can you please make the Alchemist's Case easier to craft? It costs four times as many components, yet it's not worth it when you can craft four caches and sell those, then buy a Alchemist's Case. And can you do the same thing you did with caches to the cases? I'd like some element of choice with the cases.
As you can imagine, the gold and platinum ones are much harder to get, though the actual odds are still being adjusted as we monitor the need and market price. We don't know about the Alchemist Case yet, but I'll definitely look into it.
biglanky14
Nyowpotopop
So I have two questions of a somewhat serious nature;
Can we get more mods in the Minishops forum? I am finding myself in a bit of a situation that I somewhat resent. A while back a friend and I started a joint shop where we were doing some fanart in poses similar to the original poses of the characters involved but were clearly our own, unique pieces because they were templated lineart and the originals were sprite sheets. A few people came in and complained, caused a lot of drama, and the thread got shut down as breaking Gaia's Minishops ToS for use of copywritten images without permission within a week.
Now, a couple years later, I find this rule being violated EVERYWHERE far more blatently. I find shops that have art so close to the original versions I can't tell it apart. Especially for styles such as My Little Pony, Adventure Time, and other easy-to-draw cartoons. People who draw fanart (and I'm not talking about making avatars into it but characters from the series) or use bases in the styles are everywhere. Further more, when I report them I never see anything done about them! I have been waiting a month for a shop selling nearly pixel-perfect MLP ripoffs that I reported to be taken down. Does it now take drama and a fight in a thread to get it taken down for ToS violations? Or could I rightfully re-start my own shop and expect the moderators to NOT take it down this time?
Not to mention the atrocity that is Personalized Graphics. I counted on the front page alone half the shops that were using graphics from professionally taken photos of celebrities for things like magazines, movies, and news reports.... These were pictures just snatched off of the first few pages of Google for chrissakes! If I went through the first 10 pages of shops in Personalized graphics and reported every ToS violation I'd be reporting 50 shops. And almost NONE of them give brush and texture credits. It's now commonly considered perfectly acceptable to pull whatever image you want off of Google to use in your personalized graphics shop. I'd happily report them all were it not for my fear of falling into the category of "abusing the report system" for reporting 50 shops! And I doubt many of them would be pulled.
The second thing I'd like to address is if you guys have any plans to change the <3</3 system. It's becoming a common problem for trolls to gather mule accounts and friends to mass-downvote topics. I saw a charity today that had dropped from a rating of 118 to 86 in a matter of a few hours thanks to this sort of thing. I've experienced similar acts in my own threads and I'm not alone. I know of absolutely no one who likes this rating system better and dozens of people who absolutely hate it. The whole thing has just become a way for people to troll anonymously and bring people down. In fact if you have a troll on your tail for whatever reason you can frequently find a topic that has nothing but reserved posts and a rating of -5 without any content. There was even a period in time when people were selling downvotes in the services forum and you could buy up to 20 downvotes from a single shop!
I'd like to personally suggest the ability to simply turn off the voting system on your own individual topics to stop trolling. But there's tons of other ideas out there and I know lots of people for whom it has become a big problem... And I'd love to see some sort of change come to it.
Can we get more mods in the Minishops forum? I am finding myself in a bit of a situation that I somewhat resent. A while back a friend and I started a joint shop where we were doing some fanart in poses similar to the original poses of the characters involved but were clearly our own, unique pieces because they were templated lineart and the originals were sprite sheets. A few people came in and complained, caused a lot of drama, and the thread got shut down as breaking Gaia's Minishops ToS for use of copywritten images without permission within a week.
Now, a couple years later, I find this rule being violated EVERYWHERE far more blatently. I find shops that have art so close to the original versions I can't tell it apart. Especially for styles such as My Little Pony, Adventure Time, and other easy-to-draw cartoons. People who draw fanart (and I'm not talking about making avatars into it but characters from the series) or use bases in the styles are everywhere. Further more, when I report them I never see anything done about them! I have been waiting a month for a shop selling nearly pixel-perfect MLP ripoffs that I reported to be taken down. Does it now take drama and a fight in a thread to get it taken down for ToS violations? Or could I rightfully re-start my own shop and expect the moderators to NOT take it down this time?
Not to mention the atrocity that is Personalized Graphics. I counted on the front page alone half the shops that were using graphics from professionally taken photos of celebrities for things like magazines, movies, and news reports.... These were pictures just snatched off of the first few pages of Google for chrissakes! If I went through the first 10 pages of shops in Personalized graphics and reported every ToS violation I'd be reporting 50 shops. And almost NONE of them give brush and texture credits. It's now commonly considered perfectly acceptable to pull whatever image you want off of Google to use in your personalized graphics shop. I'd happily report them all were it not for my fear of falling into the category of "abusing the report system" for reporting 50 shops! And I doubt many of them would be pulled.
The second thing I'd like to address is if you guys have any plans to change the <3</3 system. It's becoming a common problem for trolls to gather mule accounts and friends to mass-downvote topics. I saw a charity today that had dropped from a rating of 118 to 86 in a matter of a few hours thanks to this sort of thing. I've experienced similar acts in my own threads and I'm not alone. I know of absolutely no one who likes this rating system better and dozens of people who absolutely hate it. The whole thing has just become a way for people to troll anonymously and bring people down. In fact if you have a troll on your tail for whatever reason you can frequently find a topic that has nothing but reserved posts and a rating of -5 without any content. There was even a period in time when people were selling downvotes in the services forum and you could buy up to 20 downvotes from a single shop!
I'd like to personally suggest the ability to simply turn off the voting system on your own individual topics to stop trolling. But there's tons of other ideas out there and I know lots of people for whom it has become a big problem... And I'd love to see some sort of change come to it.
Hi Nyowpotopop,
Don't worry about falling into the Abuse of the Report button category for reporting violating content like that. That's basically just used when someone is repeatedly and maliciously reporting non-violating content to try to get the person in trouble without reason.
For the second part, we are looking into a couple of options. Not sure what we'll land on, but it's more likely we'll use some sort of ranking system so that it still factors Up and Down votes in so that good content is easy to find, but isn't as "trollable" as the current setup.
Lanzer
Castiel Lover
Is there any news about the lite fish? Is anything going to be changed and fixed?
The problems with Lite Fish:
- Too many of them being granted through DD and DC.
- Fish not dying fast enough for how many are being spammed into our inventories.
- Drops are worthless because they only drop unwanted tank decoration items (that are also being spammed into our inventories from DD and DC).
- They aren't being used to their full potential, which would be for Alchemy purposes.
This is not just my opinion. It is basically everyone's opinion. Please respond this time? emotion_bigheart
The problems with Lite Fish:
- Too many of them being granted through DD and DC.
- Fish not dying fast enough for how many are being spammed into our inventories.
- Drops are worthless because they only drop unwanted tank decoration items (that are also being spammed into our inventories from DD and DC).
- They aren't being used to their full potential, which would be for Alchemy purposes.
This is not just my opinion. It is basically everyone's opinion. Please respond this time? emotion_bigheart
I'll change the payout again, hopefully it'll balance things out. As for the fishes themselves, we'll have gold sell back price so that everyone can let go of their extra fishes. We'll keep looking into changing the payout, as we continue to improve on alchemy.
biglanky14
asedc
hello admins and devs and modss, how are all of you tonight ^ ^
wondering if any of you went to the cherry blossom festival in japan town smile
wondering if any of you went to the cherry blossom festival in japan town smile
Unfortunately I didn't, but that would've been cool to see!
codemonkey37179
Solemn Edelweiss
Leader Clair
Solemn Edelweiss
One more question [and last]:
Are people outside the US ever going to be allowed to shop from Mecha Neko?
Are people outside the US ever going to be allowed to shop from Mecha Neko?
Gaia would most likely need permission/sponsorships to allow tha.t
To me it just feels a bit unfair.
I'm a greek person leaving in the UK and im not allowed to access the shop from either countries...
I feel your pain. I'm not allowed to access a lot of things from bbc.co.uk !
DARKNRGY
Yeata Zi
Man, y'all.
I just made the most delicious fried rice.
Have you tried any new recipes recently?
I just made the most delicious fried rice.
Have you tried any new recipes recently?
My girlfriend made a Tilapia thing with parmesan, citrus, and some other things last night. It was boss. Served nice and hot over rice with some fresh green beans.
DARKNRGY
Nilla
Not a rant or complaint or anything. I just wanna thank you all, admins, developers, coders, designers and your chefs xD for making Gaia my home. I know you all do so much and so little time but I think with all the stuff going on, I truly believe you all need a pat on the back. This is the only forum I have ever been this long on and I plan to stay and support it for as long as Gaia remains. Thanks and hope you all are enjoying your new week! ^__^
A big fat <3 to you!!! Thanks mrgreen
DARKNRGY
Drakonnela
Why the selling of Gaia Cash Cards is not in Puerto Rico? Here in Puerto Rico there's a lot of Gaia players that will love to buy them.
Our provider (InComm) currently doesn't support Puerto Rico. It's difficult to find a provider that supports all areas and supports everything we need and is competitive. Sorry! neutral
Lanzer
Thank you for joining us for this week's ATA! Have a great week and we'll see you again next Monday!
biglanky14
Thanks everyone for joining us today! As always, we're sorry that we couldn't get to every question posted - there are a lot more of you than of us smile
Hopefully we'll see you again here next week!
Hopefully we'll see you again here next week!
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