Listen to your users.

[Friduble]

I Sign

[FllnFalcon]

OMG can I sign! Seriously, can I sign Multiple times?

on the topic of inflation... anyone remember when MC's were only 5k each? now they break 20K easily. It's rediculous.

[Artificially_Intelligent]

Sign!

And ad-blockers are win. smile

[zaffy2005]

Gigaforce19

@zaffy, if you ever return to this thread...

I think the point isn't so much that there is now an abundance of money items and things on the site, than gaia is taking what users specifically want, making them very expensive, and doing it in a way that nobody wanted. For example, the aquariums. Most everyone agrees it's overpriced. Many Gaians asked for it. If they sold SOME aquarium items for cash, even big amounts, much less people would complain. But the fact that they ignored the concept of using the fishing fish that you catch and having to pay money for fish that only last so long before you have to buy another five dollar fish kind of makes it annoying. People are upset that the aquariums are now probably never going to amount to what they wanted.

Arguing aquariums with me is kinda pointless. Personally I would love to completely sell every last piece of aquarium paraphonalia that I have, including the three starting fish that are "frozen" and therefore unable to be sold. Now THAT is something I'd sign a petition to change. Stop making me waste inventory space holding onto an item I neither want nor am able to dispose of. And from what I understand, the fish can last much longer than their normal "expiration date" based upon the conditions within the aquarium. take better care of them and they'll last longer, just like anythign and everything else in the world.

Grave Heart

well the sad truth is, we do matter to them, they need to hire and pay employees, and they can't do that if they don't find someway to get us to pay, there is no way around this other then full subscription fee, you're all going to have to get over it

See, if they did go with membership fees, THEN I could understand complaining. Until then, you've got someting for free, quit whining about it.

iMagnolia

Extreme apologies if I sound ditzy and stupid saying this...
But I've read many posts of agreement and even some disagreeing to this petition.
And it seems to me that the disagreeing Gaians ALL repeat the same message that GaiaOnline "needs the money to function/exist".
Now that I look at it, it's true that Gaia really does need the money to carry on.
But my question is... Gaia seemed to live perfectly fine 2 or 3 years ago without any MC's or Cash Shops, etc. It thrived perfectly with donations. Of course, before, there were much less people in Gaia, but is it just the population increase of Gaia that's costing the website so much?
I'd rather get rid of all the new stuff on Gaia which is costing GaiaOnline so much, and go back to the old Gaia that was more anime-based.
I think, before, (2-3 years ago) there were very few Gaia employees that created items at a slow(er) rate than now, but I'd still be content with that.

I'm just stating my opinion, and I fully respect others with different views. smile
Please don't bash me for this. D;

-Magz

Back then, from what I've gathered, things in general were a lot more simple on the site. And, as you pointed out, there were fewer users. To answer your question, yes, a population increase will cause the costs of running the site to go up. Way up. THe more members there are, the more strain on the servers which are in constant need of repairs, upgrades, and general maintainance to keep up, not only with the population but with technology in general. But putting the techno-babble aside, there's the simple fact that more members means more opinions, moe desires, and more demands on the creaters and developers. If you had three people come up to you and ask you to, say, make them each a customized greeting card, that wouldn't be too difficult, right? Now imagine you have a few hundred people all asking you to make something specifically for them. That's what the people at Gaia deal with every day, only the demands are in the tens, if not hundreds, of thousands. And in order to cater to those demands, time and effort must be spent, and people have to be paid for the job they're doing. WE pay THEIR salary with everything we buy for real money on here.

Stalker Knife

OHMYGOD AMEN.
Srsly.
That's probably the most intelligent thing that's been said here so far.

SOmetimes people either don't understand the way things work behind the scenes, or else they simply don't care and want things THEIR way on THEIR time regardless of what others have to do to meet that demand.

boopbop

Ill sign it, it would be nice to be able to get nice items without forking over money.

Yea, wouldn't it? And wouldn't it be nice to get a shiney new Mustang GT without having to pay 40-50 grand instead of being stuck with a used p.o.s. that will only see the road for a few months before faling apart? Wouldn't it be nice to go to college without having to shell out more money than what your own house is worth? Heck, wouldn't it be nice to get a computer that doesn't crash all the time, a high-def TV, or even a decent media player without having to pay hundreds of dollars? You want the good stuff, you have to dig deeper in your pocket or save up more, or go without something else. That's just the way life is. Be thankful you're getting "ripped off" over a few measly dollars for a group of pixels instead of facing the prospect of being stuck at home for the rest of your life and letting all your potential rot away because you can't afford tuition.

[OMSFG]

May I sign?

[Aubryelle]

*signs*

[azoo lacielou]

*signs*

[chaserdani18]

this song is my remedy.
it keeps the pain away.
the more i listen to it,
the longer i keep it at bay.

*signs*
i concur.
i have been on gaia for the past three years. i loved it so much better back then. things weren't so costly. and we got the updates we wanted. nowadays, all the updates are over idiotic things we don't even care about. all gaia seems to care about is the appearance for the site and continuously exerting energy to making it the MySpace or Facebook. there is a reason why we have stuck with Gaia and quit myspace/facebook. this site used to be so unique in so many ways that made it stand out against all the other sites. but by focusing on appearances and other s**t, we aren't getting the things WE want. MMO, zomg, and other things. we have been waiting FOREVER for those to come out, but every single deadline was pushed back and delayed. it almost seems like it's pointless for them to even work on it or they don't even give a ******** damn.

and am i the only one to notice the monthly collectibles have gone majorly downhill? this months' was actually decent for a change. all they have given us is pointless junk after we've paid to expect a good item. what happened to getting a spectacular item we WANT to use? huh? i miss that. that's why i refuse to pay a measly $2.50 to get a crappy item. hell, if i end up wanting it, i'll just buy it with my own damn gold. it's pointless to waste my hard-earned money on some junky item.

the aquariums are such a letdown. i couldn't wait for them to be out, but seeing that all the fish and decorations for the aquarium actually cost cash, i immediatly left mine alone. it's stupid to pay for something that will only last for a few weeks, then perish. why have a perishable item that we have to PAY for? it's really stupid and insane.

sigh.
i'm actually contemplating about quitting gaia altogether.
these constant changes without hearing what WE want is just sickening. they don't care what we have to say at all. why wouldn't they want to PLEASE their customers? especially those of us that have been here to see how badly gaia has gone downhill. we clearly miss the old gaia. we WANT IT BACK. screw the popularity and just please those who have been FAITHFUL and LOYAL to gaia for YEARS. if newbies don't want to join, fine. ******** them for all i care. i don't want to leave the site i've LOVED for the past three years.

[pokeninjafireemblem]

*signs*
I may be fairly new but I understand the problems and I can see where the MCs started to lose their luster

[kuhnnie]

I sign.

[Michibaka]

FllnFalcon

OMG can I sign! Seriously, can I sign Multiple times?

on the topic of inflation... anyone remember when MC's were only 5k each? now they break 20K easily. It's rediculous.

Ever since Gaia Cash came out(Well, pretty close to it), it seems like 10k = 1 gaia cash/equivalent of a real dollar. Which I can understand to an extent because people do use real money to buy the items in the first place. Plus, way back when (In case you look at my profile, no, this isn't my first account.) they had a little smiley face on the envelopes, we need to remember it was much harder to earn gold back then. So 5k back then was A LOT compared to now. Probably worth more than just 20k in my opinion. Oh well though....the inflation is insane though...namely for regular users who quest rather than purchase. I wish the monthly collectibles still felt a little more special though...now it's like they're several notches under the evolving items u__u which is a little depressing. Some change is good, but meh...the changes going on aren't very good as is.


On a side note, I hate myspace and facebook. I don't want to add Gaia to that list. This used to be a place for anime fans...not MTV fanatics. >__< Did I mention I'm not much of an MTV fan? Only time they were good was when they had anime x__x; like....back in the 1990's xd Kinda irrelevant for an ANIME/MANGA influenced site...don'cha think?


P.S: I signed, but I don't know if I was added or not. If not, please sign me up. Paying for something that dies soon after is stupid...plus I agree that this place needs change and quite a bit of it. Anime/Manga > Tweens and teeny boppers fangasiming over MTV and myspace x__x;;;;

[Lady Freakshow]

I Notice how most of you "Boycotting" Anything on Gaia that requires you to pay, are wearing monthly collectibles.



And also.
GAIAONLINE isn't cheap to run and make enjoyable for all of us on here. You know? Making a Website, and especially a forum as big as this, isn't free. Why should the money come from their pockets alone? we enjoy alot of stuff on here for free. Yeah, if you want some of the -nicer- and more -trendy- and -NEW- things, you have to pay. But at least you can still post. Isn't that what a forum should be about? Posting and Communicating your idea's/opinions and relating to people sharing them?

[sakoyo]

::signs::

[LoveObsession]

~SIGNED~ "Your damn right. I mean come on. It's not even real it's all just virtual."

[ChibiAngel86]

*signs*