back in the day (i guess) i used to come onto gaia solely for zomg! but i took a break for a few years and came back to a maintenance announcement that was made so long ago it seemed silly to expect it to come back. i've actually forgotten what the layout was like and how to use the rings ><
i believe that there will be a portion of people who will leave because of this (since if you think about it, the other games are quite dull and the daily bombardment of gc/cash shop announcements is disgusting), but i know quite a few will stay for the forums and their friendships, and that's fine with me. the friendships are going to fade though, leaving nothing much to do anymore.
hell, i'll probably stop logging in regularly in a few months. i'm really disappointed, to say the least. then again, gaia has a lot more problems than not having zomg!