let me tell u about my g-blade.
how i got iti stayed up all night playing the 2007 halloween event as soon as it started, winning the special items and selling them right away. i made 50k gold in one night. back then, that was the price of the g-blade, so i bought it and it was my first expensive item on gaia. by morning, the price of the '07 halloween items dropped dramatically and became nearly worthless. ive never been that lucky before!
we also had dial-up internet back then and that night once held the record for the highest number of people online at the same time. talk about lag!
how i lost itLittleKadaj is the second account i made on gaia back in 2007 and i really really really wanted the ancient katana item for him. there were not very many weapon items at all back then and only a few swords, and that was the only katana. its normal buy price was 150k and rising, which at that time was a staggering, elite amount of gold. only the richest people could buy items that expensive. 10k gold was something that would take about a week to save up if you tried really hard.
my primary source of income was bumping in the forums or doing puzzles because the other mini-games like booty grab/zomg/lake kindred/etc hadn't been invented yet (it was a quiet, simple time in 2007). i thought i would never get that stupid sword. the more i saved, the higher the price went. i know it's silly to get so worked up over a virtual item but i went pretty nuts over it. i wanted it so bad!!
back then, the g-blade was the first and only kingdom hearts-themed item on gaia, THE keyblade, the thing to have if you wanted a kh avatar. i didn't really want to part with it, but i couldnt make enough money to buy that katana without selling it. the price was rising faster than i could earn gold. reluctantly, i put my g-blade in the mp as the 5th or 6th lowest listing, not the cheapest/top of the list, because i didn't really want to get rid of it. it made me sad to give up the other things i wanted just to have that one katana item. :c
how i got it backthis was back before gaia started taking all these safety measures to counter hacking and they didn't have the thing that tells you who bought stuff in your store. even though mine was halfway up the listings, someone bought my g-blade for nearly twice the mp value, and then gifted it back to me anonymously so i could buy my katana and still keep my g-blade too.
it was one of the nicest things anyone's ever done for me on gaia, but i never found out who did it. so since that day, i have never sold my g-blade again (and i did get the katana btw and LittleKadaj is still wearing it today). this item on my avatar is the same one i had back then. i don't care what the value of it is, or if there are better keyblade items around now. i care about the person who cared about me back then. thank you, whoever you were.
heart how someone tried to steal itanother story about my g-blade (it has quite a history!) is the day someone tried to steal it from me. i was strolling around towns with it and someone rushed up to me and was all like, "sora go check your PM's! it's really important, go look!" they kept going on like that until i finally looked.
i brought up my mailbox and i had this email going on about, "your account has been reported, please send us your email and password," which is, of course, a silly scam
AND IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT KIND OF STUFF WAS A SCAM THEN MAKE SURE YOU DON'T FALL FOR IT GUYS!! moderators/etc don't ask for your password because they don't need your password, they can access your account without it!
i went back to the guy in towns and said "nice try but you're not getting my keyblade" and then just reported the pm and life went on.
i also got tons of comments from people wanting to buy it off me for cheap or wanting me to just give it to them. everybody wants to get their hands on it, am i right!?
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