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Mecha Neko's updates really depends on the sponsorships we get from sponsors or partners, and recently there haven't been any, but we are in discussion of a few and hopefully we'll get the go-ahead to release some later this year.
Nope.
When we complete the primary towns we'll further consider what we plan to do with Halloween town. smile
Thanks for the question! Sorry if you didn't get a ring you were supposed to receive. I'll be happy to look into this matter and try and get everything sorted out for you. If you want to shoot me a pm with more details about the issue, that would be great! biggrin
Take care,
Sisky
It's something that we can think about adding to the blog like the Featured Avatar, but currently (as far as I know), there are no plans for it to return to the homepage like it was.
Hey Ridley,
It worked?? No freakin' way. You might have to send samples our way smile
Thanks for the suggestions on both Alchemy and redistribution of the items. Our policy always has been not to remove items from banned/abandoned accounts for a variety of reasons, but it's possible that could change at some point. We'd just have to be really careful about how we do it, so some thought will have to go into it.
So you'd like chunky, square pigs for everyone?!?! Perhaps chickens.... or are they ducks?!?!
Hehehe, I tease! Thanks for the suggestion - I'll pass it along biggrin
- sisky
There is already an app for iOS devices called Gaia on the Go. We're in the process of porting that app over to the Android platform now.
Featured Avatar now takes place as a weekly installment within the Gaia Blog, just check out http://www.gaiaonline.com/blog.
Yeah we're puzzled as to what part of the video is violating copyright, as everything in zOMG are designed in-house. Unfortunately when anyone complaints about copyright infringement, Youtube doesn't really have the time to investigate, instead they just shut the video down. We'll probably put one back up after we find out what's going on. We're suspecting that they're trolls. smile
I'll check on that and get back to you, since the engineer isn't here right now.
Hey Corinth,
You'll have to excuse my lack of Gaia historical knowledge, but where was that given out originally?
As for games, none really for me, although the Black Ops 2 commercial got me intrigued for the winter.
I don't have too many new things to tell. Most of the secrets are out.
I spent today tweaking path finding, so your avatar can walk around trees, rocks and buildings. (like, I am told in Zomg!)
I spent last week working on loading houses into new towns, and implementing ways to place your house in towns. You'll be able to claim your own neighborhood and decides who lives there.
There are some new house styles coming...
With Gaian's help he was able to save Christmas!
Weren't we supposed to get some sort of closing manga for that though? I believe some artist/dev made a snide remark that we would get that manga long after everyone forgot about the event, but I cant remember where.
*shrug*, There is no additional update for that event that I recall.
Yep, it's in the process. Stay tuned.
Featured Avatars now take place within the Gaia Blog at http://www.gaiaonline.com/blog, we'll be experimenting with this to see how we can make it even more special for users who get featured.
I am not sure, but I'd love to go if there is! I have to trek a couple Gaians up the Sydney Harbor Bridge - you could come with too! XD
Sisky
Hi OV8ION,
That's an interesting idea. It'd be a lower priority so probably not going to happen in the near future, but it's interesting.
Thanks for the update on MoGa - we know there are some weirdnesses with it for some folks and are trying to get them fixed.
Something we can look into.
Definitely coffee....mmmmm! I like the bolder blends - rich dark roasts!
- Sisky
Going down to Los Angeles for two Red Hot Chili Peppers concerts over the weekend, then on August 16th I preform some awesome improv at ComedySportz.
You should record it! Sounds like a good time =)
The Chili Peppers concert or my improv? xd
The first show I actually did was entirely recorded for anyone who may actually want to see it, we're (my classmates and I) are trying to figure out logistics for recording my second show which is more like Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Hey Sith,
It's doing pretty decently. It's not setting traffic records or anything, but a pretty good number of people are playing (sorry I can't be more specific - we don't share user stats like that).
We do have another game in the works, and will be putting it out on Gaia as well as on other platforms. We're hoping that it'll be available for at least our first wave of beta users in the next few weeks or so.
Sure, I can go through those that posted and grant for those that didn't get before the page was taken down tomorrow.
Sorry we don't have any progress in that, it's too big of a challenge right now with the current system. We're still trying to add all the facial hair to the system right now.
We do have the ability to see what's going on inside of Friends Chat if we have reason to believe something is going on (such as acts of cybering which aren't allowed anywhere, hacking, etc).
Admins like pie. Devs like PI
Hi iMuddy,
We don't have any big changes coming up for Fishing, unfortunately. Sorry!
Thank you.
Is it possible to say how many fish/junk or gold is needed to upgrade the Angelic Rod to Angelic Rod Plus?
Hmm, I don't think I have any room to add something like that on the current pages I'm working on. I do hope to get a chance to update the current stats pages though so if I do get that chance then that's definitely something I can look into potentially adding.
We released a lot of items that you can craft for the alchemy system, some easy, and some hard. Naturally we thought backwings would end up being the hardest to get, but we are constantly adjusting the system to allow for easier ways to gain levels in alchemy.
Unfortunately, Mecha Neko is only available in the U.S. and likely won't me made available outside of it. There really isn't anything we're able to do about it though as we're restricted by license agreements with Funimation who only has the right to release content within the U.S.
Hi Votremere,
We just have a lot of stuff that we want to get out to the site as well - nothing against facial hear, we swear smile
I know we currently don't have any "cancel account" option and am not sure if we ever thought of implementing one. However, you can get an account closed by filing a ticket at http://www.gaiaonline.com/help.
What do you mean by use?
Right now, you can sit in the chairs, and the sinks, tvs, trampoline, toasters, treadmill and microwave are usable.
Hi Stinky_Pickles,
That is a great username.
We're looking into the MoGa issues, although I don't have a timeframe on when it'll be fixed. Thanks for bringing it up.
As for Evolution schedule, we don't typically release that publicly.
1. Nothing to report right now, when we have something we'll let the forum know.
2. What's a pony?
There currently are no plans to alter the layout of the homepage. The featured avatar section was removed in order to place more importance upon the news and content for the site. We do understand the concern with the move but we hope that everyone will get used to the new format of the Featured Avatars over time.
Honestly, I'd never say never, but right now we don't have any plans to tackle anything that large. That was a multi-year, tons-of-manhours-spent-type project.
I am sad to say but I live a pie-less life. I am finishing up my diet and fitness to lose the last bit of chub, so I have to avoid pie gonk
But...but..but... pie is so good gonk
Yes, yes it is - I agree! But I want to finish my diet and exercise and meet my goal more than I want pie. We all have to make tough choices at times!
Sorry to hear about the problem you had with that, it's entirely possible that for some reason your report got lost within the ether that is our report stream. We've actually worked incredibly hard recently to ensure our most important queues are caught (or getting caught) up to date and that includes Abuse/Harassment.
This is a response I was looking for.
What's the problem? Lack of staff or lack of motivation to stream through abuse reports? Either way, it's a problem I've had with many people and it's very VERY annoying when you kick people out of your thread for causing problems then all they do is quote you in every thread possible for hours on end because of it.
Then when the problem is FINALLY fixed by a ban to a username, they just come back with a different name and cause even more problems and the process starts over.
MY question is, what's being done about it and how is this going to be fixed in the future?
If it IS a lack of staff, how can people like me apply to help?
You have to remember that we only have so many moderators to the number of users we have on the site, especially during summertime when a lot of people are on break. That being said, we always want to try to find new mods who are willing to help out, you can apply here:
http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/questions-assistance/moderator-application-faq/t.46243481/
I don't think there was ever way to rename the areas in towns, only the topics.
Hi SH,
Sorry to hear about that! I doubt we're ignoring you - it can just take some glitches longer to fix than others. Thanks for posting in the Bug Reports thread, and hopefully we'll get that fixed sooner rather than later.
What defines Ryan Lochte? Ryan Lochte.
Waffles of course
G-pin
I'm not sure exactly what you mean by this, do you mean account age, real age, etc? For example, if you were banned for being under 13 and are now over 13, we could review an unbanning for you.
While we'd like to bring Guilds up to par with the Forums and other areas of the site, it currently is too large of a project for us to undertake. That said, we do hope to be able to make some small bug fixes/tweaks for Guilds but those are not planned out yet.
I understand the concern about the volume of the project, but it's only going to compound the problem the longer it waits. I don't think any of us expect it to happen overnight, but a gradual stream of modernizations would be much appreciated.
Yeah, that's definitely something that came up when we were deciding what to work on in the coming months. Unfortunately, it's just way too massive to dedicate anyone to currently. Due to the nature of Guilds and just how much has to be updated, we can't do it in incremental updates, it will have to be a complete and total update from the ground up that happens all at once. Right now, we just don't have the Devs or the time to make that happen.
Hi danny,
Thanks for the suggestion - the artists will like that one! smile
If you ever make it to Fanime or some of the other conventions we're at, you'll usually find some of our artists in the dealer hall.
Some of our oldest moderators became Gaia admins, otherwise you'll need to be a developer.
Me, L0cke, and many others are big One Piece fans. You're right though, we should start thinking about tribute items. It's pretty easy to dress up as Luffy or most of the cast though.
That's weird - wonder if it's misreading your IP or something. Thanks for the heads up.
Blame Gaia Instant-Messenger (the old chat we had on the website).
Thanks for the suggestions! I'll pass them along to the team that creates items. I cannot, of course, guarantee they will be made, but you never know unless you try, right? biggrin
Sisky
Yup - quite possibly. We're actually moving to a new office pretty soon, so we'll have a chance to decorate it all over again. In fact, we've already painted some of the walls, and the word to describe them is "colorful." I said people will either have their senses assaulted and puke, or they'll think they're in a Gymboree or FAO Schwarz. I'm sure you'll see them in videos and whatnot once we move.
Well, that would be one solution, but a drastic one, and probably not the best because of all the people that could be on that IP. IP bans block all accounts on that IP, and such a solution could impact a lot of innocent Gaians who are not involved in any shenanigans.
Sisky
The big difference is that before, the homepage stayed relatively static (you didn't see a lot of updated content, part of which is our fault b/c when we built it, most of that was updated manually which takes a tremendous amount of work). Now you'll see our most up to date news every time you check out the homepage.
The Featured Avatar spot is something we're trying to keep going, so we're playing around with a few different ways to do so.
Hi shiox69,
The submission process is probably going to stay pretty similar for awhile. Hopefully you still submit your ideas!
This transcript has been kidnapped by ninjas. Are you a Bad enough Gaian to rescue this transcript?
lanzer
Hello everyone!
How many of you got to catch the Mars rover landing yesterday? As a science fiction fan I was all over the news and event went to a local event in at the NASA research center. Go Curiosity!
The Olympics continues this week, I can't wait to watch more track and field races. Is anyone here still excited about the Olympics? biggrin
Welcome to ATA!
How many of you got to catch the Mars rover landing yesterday? As a science fiction fan I was all over the news and event went to a local event in at the NASA research center. Go Curiosity!
The Olympics continues this week, I can't wait to watch more track and field races. Is anyone here still excited about the Olympics? biggrin
Welcome to ATA!
lanzer
For zOMG we have a couple of server side fixes that should address why some of the previous fixes have not been reflected. We are also looking into having the server reset itself in a scheduled routine. Will keep you updated as more fixes are pushed live.
lanzer
Tear of Fate
Question - Are we going to get anything new into the Mecha Neko soon, if we are can we get a little hint?
Mecha Neko's updates really depends on the sponsorships we get from sponsors or partners, and recently there haven't been any, but we are in discussion of a few and hopefully we'll get the go-ahead to release some later this year.
Narumi Misuhara
The Iron Magus
Hi, guys! Thanks as always for taking our questions. I have a couple regarding Gaia's favorite holiday, Halloween.
1. Were you aware that in a recent thread discussing the next halloween event, the word "robot" was mentioned 74 times in a mere 9 pages?
It seems that they are a quite a hot topic at the moment, and many of us would like to see them featured in a future plotline. Any comment?
1. Were you aware that in a recent thread discussing the next halloween event, the word "robot" was mentioned 74 times in a mere 9 pages?
It seems that they are a quite a hot topic at the moment, and many of us would like to see them featured in a future plotline. Any comment?
Nope.
The Iron Magus
2. Are there any plans to update or utilize Halloweentown in any way? Or is it doomed to forever remain a forgotten and purely decorative part of the world map?
Really enjoyed the Rejected Olympics, guys. Keep up the good work!
Really enjoyed the Rejected Olympics, guys. Keep up the good work!
When we complete the primary towns we'll further consider what we plan to do with Halloween town. smile
siskataya
Katyy Perryy
Hello! Good afternoon everyone!
I have a short zOMG related question today.
When the whole ring farm fiasco was solved, all players with a level
10 ring were given a ring grant. The people who abused the glitch
for ring farming were given "abuse", while the ones who didn't
were given "integrity". A friend & I were never given our integrity
rings, and we never abused the system. We had a whole set of lv 10
rings when they were granted. We've also PM'd with [ J K ] and spoke
with former zOMG Dev, Mavdoc.
If you could give us insight on what can be done, and if we will be
able to get our rings, that would be great. Thank you and have a
nice day.
I have a short zOMG related question today.
When the whole ring farm fiasco was solved, all players with a level
10 ring were given a ring grant. The people who abused the glitch
for ring farming were given "abuse", while the ones who didn't
were given "integrity". A friend & I were never given our integrity
rings, and we never abused the system. We had a whole set of lv 10
rings when they were granted. We've also PM'd with [ J K ] and spoke
with former zOMG Dev, Mavdoc.
If you could give us insight on what can be done, and if we will be
able to get our rings, that would be great. Thank you and have a
nice day.
Thanks for the question! Sorry if you didn't get a ring you were supposed to receive. I'll be happy to look into this matter and try and get everything sorted out for you. If you want to shoot me a pm with more details about the issue, that would be great! biggrin
Take care,
Sisky
Zero Omega
Yeata Zi
Oh! Is the Community Spotlight a dead feature?
It's something that we can think about adding to the blog like the Featured Avatar, but currently (as far as I know), there are no plans for it to return to the homepage like it was.
biglanky14
Ridley Starsmore
Heylo, Gaia Admins!
So, after a year of the feature being operational, I was finally able to get level 4 in Alchemy!
stare ...I still can't believe it is as broken as it is after a year. A YEAR.
And you guys wonder why it cheeses folks off.
OK...on to the questions/suggestions:
1: Can you guys impliment a way to take the 'used up' items from alchemy, and push them into another feature, say, dumpster dive? That way more users might, use it? In both cases? And helps the issue of items being used up to the point you can't find them any more.
2: Hot button issue...banned/dead accounts and their inventory. The current policy, as I understand it, is that no account is touched, incase the issue is disputed. Which is fine, for accounts that are recent bannings or what have you. This blocks off any chance or items that are 'trapped' in these inventories or ever being used again, as well as the user names that some others may want.
I propose a change to the TOS. If an account is not unbanned in 3 years, or not logged into in 5 years, the account is changed to a user ID number, and the inventory used for another feature (IE dumpster dive or maybe a daily 'pay 1k and pull the handle' trinket game.). I mean, it is your site after all, I am assuming you can add a new rule, can't you? This solves the issue of many older items becoming extinct on the MP and exchange, and allows you to free up older items and names without issues.
3: I know you guys are reluctant to change alchemy. I KNOW THIS. But after seeing issues like a user trying to craft wings FIFTY ONE TIMES and failing, a year between level ups for the average user, no solution for the item shortage issue, unbalance distribution of the caches and cases from the DC, some of the formulas having very unreasonable crafting component costs, low level formulas taking high level components (Seriously? That's like building a car so you can build a bike out of it's parts.)...The short answer is Alchemy is really, REALLY broken, guys...and I see users in here every week, offering suggestions on how to fix it and make it fun and useable for ALL Gaians, what can be done to make the changes...I think I remember one guys saying he'd rewrite the coding involved.
And what has happened, while nice, is barely a drop in the bucket compared to the issues. The feature is starting to feel the same way zOMG felt when you guys started pulling devs from that (And look at the backlash THAT got you), and I know lots of users WANT to be involved in it! I wish I could find the one responsible for the feature and get them a red bull so they could WAKE UP.
Please, for the love of Pete and his talking mini lop rabbit, please put someone on that project that can fix this. Because it's not happening now.
That being said...
4: Thanks loads for the RO event, and big props to codemonkey. I sent him more monkeys as a thank you. (Did you know we have neither a holdable fritoes bag or a can of 'mt. dew' for our avvies? This would be a cool way to thank him, and WE HAVE NONE.) And now we can look forward to Back to School and the big bada boom for Gaia, HALLOWEEN!
Can we haz teaser? emotion_kirakira
And lastly...
5: This one is specifically to Lanky...My taco experiment WORKED. The nacho cheese powder is in the popcorn aisle at Wally World. Put it in a tupperware container that is flat and big enough for the taco shells to fit in. then a bit of oil in a frying pan, slightly warmed. Put the shells in the oil for a couple second on each side, then dip each side in the powder like you were breading chicken, let them cool a few minutes on a plate to set and BAM. Doritoes Taco at home. I even went one step beyond and took a little melted velvetta and a pan warmed gordita torilla, and wrapped that around the taco shell. It was like the gods of psuedo-mexican food set up camp in my mouth. And had parties.
Anyway, that's enough Shenanigans out of me, and Waffles is tired of them. I can sense it. Can't wait for the Ci update this week, and both the BLT and EI Chats on Friday! Or Thursday if BigL is bugging out of the office early again (Please don't. Every time he does, EIs take 45 minuts longer to update.)
-Bunneh
So, after a year of the feature being operational, I was finally able to get level 4 in Alchemy!
stare ...I still can't believe it is as broken as it is after a year. A YEAR.
And you guys wonder why it cheeses folks off.
OK...on to the questions/suggestions:
1: Can you guys impliment a way to take the 'used up' items from alchemy, and push them into another feature, say, dumpster dive? That way more users might, use it? In both cases? And helps the issue of items being used up to the point you can't find them any more.
2: Hot button issue...banned/dead accounts and their inventory. The current policy, as I understand it, is that no account is touched, incase the issue is disputed. Which is fine, for accounts that are recent bannings or what have you. This blocks off any chance or items that are 'trapped' in these inventories or ever being used again, as well as the user names that some others may want.
I propose a change to the TOS. If an account is not unbanned in 3 years, or not logged into in 5 years, the account is changed to a user ID number, and the inventory used for another feature (IE dumpster dive or maybe a daily 'pay 1k and pull the handle' trinket game.). I mean, it is your site after all, I am assuming you can add a new rule, can't you? This solves the issue of many older items becoming extinct on the MP and exchange, and allows you to free up older items and names without issues.
3: I know you guys are reluctant to change alchemy. I KNOW THIS. But after seeing issues like a user trying to craft wings FIFTY ONE TIMES and failing, a year between level ups for the average user, no solution for the item shortage issue, unbalance distribution of the caches and cases from the DC, some of the formulas having very unreasonable crafting component costs, low level formulas taking high level components (Seriously? That's like building a car so you can build a bike out of it's parts.)...The short answer is Alchemy is really, REALLY broken, guys...and I see users in here every week, offering suggestions on how to fix it and make it fun and useable for ALL Gaians, what can be done to make the changes...I think I remember one guys saying he'd rewrite the coding involved.
And what has happened, while nice, is barely a drop in the bucket compared to the issues. The feature is starting to feel the same way zOMG felt when you guys started pulling devs from that (And look at the backlash THAT got you), and I know lots of users WANT to be involved in it! I wish I could find the one responsible for the feature and get them a red bull so they could WAKE UP.
Please, for the love of Pete and his talking mini lop rabbit, please put someone on that project that can fix this. Because it's not happening now.
That being said...
4: Thanks loads for the RO event, and big props to codemonkey. I sent him more monkeys as a thank you. (Did you know we have neither a holdable fritoes bag or a can of 'mt. dew' for our avvies? This would be a cool way to thank him, and WE HAVE NONE.) And now we can look forward to Back to School and the big bada boom for Gaia, HALLOWEEN!
Can we haz teaser? emotion_kirakira
And lastly...
5: This one is specifically to Lanky...My taco experiment WORKED. The nacho cheese powder is in the popcorn aisle at Wally World. Put it in a tupperware container that is flat and big enough for the taco shells to fit in. then a bit of oil in a frying pan, slightly warmed. Put the shells in the oil for a couple second on each side, then dip each side in the powder like you were breading chicken, let them cool a few minutes on a plate to set and BAM. Doritoes Taco at home. I even went one step beyond and took a little melted velvetta and a pan warmed gordita torilla, and wrapped that around the taco shell. It was like the gods of psuedo-mexican food set up camp in my mouth. And had parties.
Anyway, that's enough Shenanigans out of me, and Waffles is tired of them. I can sense it. Can't wait for the Ci update this week, and both the BLT and EI Chats on Friday! Or Thursday if BigL is bugging out of the office early again (Please don't. Every time he does, EIs take 45 minuts longer to update.)
-Bunneh
Hey Ridley,
It worked?? No freakin' way. You might have to send samples our way smile
Thanks for the suggestions on both Alchemy and redistribution of the items. Our policy always has been not to remove items from banned/abandoned accounts for a variety of reasons, but it's possible that could change at some point. We'd just have to be really careful about how we do it, so some thought will have to go into it.
siskataya
Very Strange
wouldnt it be cool if you guys made clothes to look like minecraft mods. that would be pretty awesome!
So you'd like chunky, square pigs for everyone?!?! Perhaps chickens.... or are they ducks?!?!
Hehehe, I tease! Thanks for the suggestion - I'll pass it along biggrin
- sisky
Uncle Kenny
Kona2008
Gaia has been around for so long so tell me this,
Why ahvent we gotten a good phone app.
It would be nice to have a real app that we can use.
I think that would increase gaia users.
Why ahvent we gotten a good phone app.
It would be nice to have a real app that we can use.
I think that would increase gaia users.
There is already an app for iOS devices called Gaia on the Go. We're in the process of porting that app over to the Android platform now.
Zero Omega
garnetshuriken
Are you still going to have featured avitar?
Featured Avatar now takes place as a weekly installment within the Gaia Blog, just check out http://www.gaiaonline.com/blog.
lanzer
Ren Orenji Doragon
Hello AtA! I hope everyone's surviving the weather. xP
Let's get straight to my questions, shall we?
Let's get straight to my questions, shall we?
- A few of my videos on YouTube ( which contain recordings of zOMG! events, Dev Meats, playthroughs, and other silly things ) are being hit by Copyright notices. The first two from... "One or more music publishing rights collecting societies" and the third one from "Virtual Label LLC."
Do these companies have valid claims? What should I do about it?
Glitched zOMG! Random Mini-Events! ( "Fly By" in Zen Garden and "Trophy Hunters" on Gold Beach ) Are we any closer to fixing them? o: Or have they been fixed and I just haven't been online to see? If they are fixed, may we have the mini-event loot added back? I've heard that there's an Alchemy formula that uses 3 Biomorphic Power-Cells! o~o
Yeah we're puzzled as to what part of the video is violating copyright, as everything in zOMG are designed in-house. Unfortunately when anyone complaints about copyright infringement, Youtube doesn't really have the time to investigate, instead they just shut the video down. We'll probably put one back up after we find out what's going on. We're suspecting that they're trolls. smile
I'll check on that and get back to you, since the engineer isn't here right now.
carbonphyber
"Virtual Label LLC." did the same thing to one of my official Gaia YouTube accounts with the zOMG intro rolleyes
Unfortunately it's probably a case for lawyers to intervene. I think the only way we can legally "prove" that we own the rights to all of the content is by bringing it to court. Also, YouTube just assumes that the copyright claim is legitimate and have no easy recourse for us to counter-claim without getting a lawyer involved.
Unfortunately it's probably a case for lawyers to intervene. I think the only way we can legally "prove" that we own the rights to all of the content is by bringing it to court. Also, YouTube just assumes that the copyright claim is legitimate and have no easy recourse for us to counter-claim without getting a lawyer involved.
biglanky14
Corinth Maxwell
cat_stare Meh.......I'll watch the replay on YouTube, the Rejected Olympics were more fun, although they sorely lacked Archery & Fencing, and great to be here yet again. cat_xd
1. Can you (re-)release the "Gaia Framed Artwork" series in more item grants, or have them available to be crafted as Level 1 Alchemy items? Certain portraits, such as #07, are totally unavailable for purchase anywhere, and it'd be great if users had more opportunities to collect a complete set of these housing items. cat_3nodding
2. Any upcoming games that all of you are waiting for this month? As for this Gaian, I'm waiting for Darksiders II (as is clearly evident in my new signature image). cat_twisted
1. Can you (re-)release the "Gaia Framed Artwork" series in more item grants, or have them available to be crafted as Level 1 Alchemy items? Certain portraits, such as #07, are totally unavailable for purchase anywhere, and it'd be great if users had more opportunities to collect a complete set of these housing items. cat_3nodding
2. Any upcoming games that all of you are waiting for this month? As for this Gaian, I'm waiting for Darksiders II (as is clearly evident in my new signature image). cat_twisted
Hey Corinth,
You'll have to excuse my lack of Gaia historical knowledge, but where was that given out originally?
As for games, none really for me, although the Black Ops 2 commercial got me intrigued for the winter.
codemonkey37179
Luna Rousse
Hey, Admins!
What are some of the new capabilities with Towns v2? Teasers are appreciated!
What are some of the new capabilities with Towns v2? Teasers are appreciated!
I don't have too many new things to tell. Most of the secrets are out.
I spent today tweaking path finding, so your avatar can walk around trees, rocks and buildings. (like, I am told in Zomg!)
I spent last week working on loading houses into new towns, and implementing ways to place your house in towns. You'll be able to claim your own neighborhood and decides who lives there.
There are some new house styles coming...
Narumi Misuhara
dreamsk
Narumi Misuhara
dreamsk
When will we find out if sneaky Pete saved christmas 2k12 or not??
With Gaian's help he was able to save Christmas!
Weren't we supposed to get some sort of closing manga for that though? I believe some artist/dev made a snide remark that we would get that manga long after everyone forgot about the event, but I cant remember where.
*shrug*, There is no additional update for that event that I recall.
Uncle Kenny
Morbid Obesity
are you working on an Android app at all?
Yep, it's in the process. Stay tuned.
Zero Omega
A s t o r i a Edition
"Will you be changing how the Featured Avatars/Profile look now?
SO many people were excited to finally get that spot, but now, it's nothing special... or even something you'd want to have.
Will there be a gay male EI/MALE ONLY RIG?
We had a gay female EI RIG... and TOO many items are for females only... How about things that suit to males only?
emotion_bigheart "
SO many people were excited to finally get that spot, but now, it's nothing special... or even something you'd want to have.
Will there be a gay male EI/MALE ONLY RIG?
We had a gay female EI RIG... and TOO many items are for females only... How about things that suit to males only?
emotion_bigheart "
Featured Avatars now take place within the Gaia Blog at http://www.gaiaonline.com/blog, we'll be experimenting with this to see how we can make it even more special for users who get featured.
siskataya
DanDon
Hi guys, thanks for taking the time to answer our questions.
I was wondering if there will be a Gaia Convention in Australia any time?
I live in Sydney and thought it would be awesome.
Thanks again ^_^
I was wondering if there will be a Gaia Convention in Australia any time?
I live in Sydney and thought it would be awesome.
Thanks again ^_^
I am not sure, but I'd love to go if there is! I have to trek a couple Gaians up the Sydney Harbor Bridge - you could come with too! XD
Sisky
biglanky14
OV8ION
Hello! I hope it's not too hot there with the AC turned off - sweatdrop
Might the devs consider a search by achievement title, so we can see who else is a [Whatever]?
Oh yeah. Monster Galaxy is still broken for some. Their neighbor list never loads, which means several other features of the game are unusable.
Might the devs consider a search by achievement title, so we can see who else is a [Whatever]?
Oh yeah. Monster Galaxy is still broken for some. Their neighbor list never loads, which means several other features of the game are unusable.
Hi OV8ION,
That's an interesting idea. It'd be a lower priority so probably not going to happen in the near future, but it's interesting.
Thanks for the update on MoGa - we know there are some weirdnesses with it for some folks and are trying to get them fixed.
Zero Omega
A Random Act of Terror
Sup, Devs and Admins.
Any chance we get a mod or two in the zOMG! forum?
Any chance we get a mod or two in the zOMG! forum?
Something we can look into.
siskataya
Brytard
Do you like tea or coffee?
Definitely coffee....mmmmm! I like the bolder blends - rich dark roasts!
- Sisky
Zero Omega
Madkool
Zero Omega
Madkool
Anyone have any fun activities coming up~ ?
Going down to Los Angeles for two Red Hot Chili Peppers concerts over the weekend, then on August 16th I preform some awesome improv at ComedySportz.
You should record it! Sounds like a good time =)
The Chili Peppers concert or my improv? xd
The first show I actually did was entirely recorded for anyone who may actually want to see it, we're (my classmates and I) are trying to figure out logistics for recording my second show which is more like Whose Line Is It Anyway?
biglanky14
SS2-SITH LORD
HELLO!
I was wondering how much success Monster Galaxy was having on the site!
Did a lot of people switch over, and how many are playing?
And i heard that a new game is coming out soon. Any thing to say about that?
I was wondering how much success Monster Galaxy was having on the site!
Did a lot of people switch over, and how many are playing?
And i heard that a new game is coming out soon. Any thing to say about that?
Hey Sith,
It's doing pretty decently. It's not setting traffic records or anything, but a pretty good number of people are playing (sorry I can't be more specific - we don't share user stats like that).
We do have another game in the works, and will be putting it out on Gaia as well as on other platforms. We're hoping that it'll be available for at least our first wave of beta users in the next few weeks or so.
Narumi Misuhara
Natsumi Kawahama
Are you guys going to fix the Achievement Grant Glitch for the Rejected Olympics. Quite a few people cannot seem to get their achievements because the event page has been disabled.
Achievement Glitch
Achievement Glitch
Sure, I can go through those that posted and grant for those that didn't get before the page was taken down tomorrow.
lanzer
Sailor Tin Nyanko
How are those Animated Eyes coming along?
...or has that been dropped?
...or has that been dropped?
Sorry we don't have any progress in that, it's too big of a challenge right now with the current system. We're still trying to add all the facial hair to the system right now.
Zero Omega
Lily Raijin
Hello Admin, I have a question. Are the Friend Chats really private? Or can mods get into them? Someone hacked into my chat room and both me and my husband were banned on our main accounts. I filed a ticket, but I am wondering if this is justifiable.
We do have the ability to see what's going on inside of Friends Chat if we have reason to believe something is going on (such as acts of cybering which aren't allowed anywhere, hacking, etc).
codemonkey37179
a random sperm cell
Do admins/devs like pie, or do they live a sad pieless life? Totally a serious question by the way.
Admins like pie. Devs like PI
biglanky14
II_iMuddy_II
It's ATA again.
So... my post was ignored last week, so I'm reposting it.
Can we please have more updates in Fishing!? For example, there can be a Candy Striper Gown made from five Candy Stripers and [insert item here]? eek
So... my post was ignored last week, so I'm reposting it.
Can we please have more updates in Fishing!? For example, there can be a Candy Striper Gown made from five Candy Stripers and [insert item here]? eek
Hi iMuddy,
We don't have any big changes coming up for Fishing, unfortunately. Sorry!
Uncle Kenny
II_iMuddy_II
Uncle Kenny
I don't believe there are any Fishing item updates scheduled any time soon. That said, I am in the process of (and nearly finished with) some shiny new pages to show off Fishing stats and adding in a grant for the Angelic Rod Plus. Once these are finished up, I'll let everybody know.
Thank you.
Is it possible to say how many fish/junk or gold is needed to upgrade the Angelic Rod to Angelic Rod Plus?
Hmm, I don't think I have any room to add something like that on the current pages I'm working on. I do hope to get a chance to update the current stats pages though so if I do get that chance then that's definitely something I can look into potentially adding.
lanzer
The Defaring Nobderwonkus
Question - Why did you make the new backwings so difficult to craft? No offense.
We released a lot of items that you can craft for the alchemy system, some easy, and some hard. Naturally we thought backwings would end up being the hardest to get, but we are constantly adjusting the system to allow for easier ways to gain levels in alchemy.
Uncle Kenny
Miss Jarbas Emanuel
When will Europe have access to Mecha Neko? It's not fair not to be able to go there and shop like in the States. I never choose to live in Europe, I was born here and don't have a chance to go to the States, it's not fair for me to not be able to have access. emotion_8c
Unfortunately, Mecha Neko is only available in the U.S. and likely won't me made available outside of it. There really isn't anything we're able to do about it though as we're restricted by license agreements with Funimation who only has the right to release content within the U.S.
biglanky14
Votremere
Good evening, guys.
Let me cut to the chase here. What's the holdup on facial hair for guys? My site feedback link here offers up a few suggestions as to how facial hair on this site could work.
We have a ton of wigs and hair replacements, but not very many at all for facial hair. Why can't we have beards that can be equipped and unequipped like a wig can? That might be a lot more simple than having base changes to the avatar the way salon shop hairstyles are currently.
Let me cut to the chase here. What's the holdup on facial hair for guys? My site feedback link here offers up a few suggestions as to how facial hair on this site could work.
We have a ton of wigs and hair replacements, but not very many at all for facial hair. Why can't we have beards that can be equipped and unequipped like a wig can? That might be a lot more simple than having base changes to the avatar the way salon shop hairstyles are currently.
Hi Votremere,
We just have a lot of stuff that we want to get out to the site as well - nothing against facial hear, we swear smile
lanzer
The solution for adding facial hair actually isn't too difficult, it's just a slight alteration to every user's account, the real problem is that there are so many users on Gaia today with more than 20 millions accounts spread out across hundreds of databases which makes the alteration very difficult. Back in the old days I could just make a change and in an hour we'd be done, but a system with so many users show many unexpected challenges. Since we made a lot of the facial hair styles, the creative team wanted a more consistent feel to the system with hairstyles and we're trying to make it work.
Zero Omega
kierena
Hey admins, I was just going to ask if you've ever considered having an account cancellation option? I know from my experience on Gaia for over 5 year (possibly more) that if your a member with mutiple accounts for rps and one gets closed it can be VERY frustrating to have it sitting about attached to an e-mail address unused for god knows how long. Right now I'm having such a problem that has me playing e-mail shuffle with your server and its very time consuming.
I know we currently don't have any "cancel account" option and am not sure if we ever thought of implementing one. However, you can get an account closed by filing a ticket at http://www.gaiaonline.com/help.
codemonkey37179
XxBeyondDemonxX
When will towns 2.0 be coming out also are you guys considering makeing it possible to use furniture?
What do you mean by use?
Right now, you can sit in the chairs, and the sinks, tvs, trampoline, toasters, treadmill and microwave are usable.
biglanky14
Stinky_Pickles
Question: Has Viximo and you guys fixed the problem with the friends not showing up in Monster Galaxy? I would seriously like to know, cause I still can't see my friends on my other two accounts.
Question 2: When will you guys make a new evolution for Bunnihilation?
Question 2: When will you guys make a new evolution for Bunnihilation?
Hi Stinky_Pickles,
That is a great username.
We're looking into the MoGa issues, although I don't have a timeframe on when it'll be fixed. Thanks for bringing it up.
As for Evolution schedule, we don't typically release that publicly.
Zero Omega
Gentlecolt
Any word yet on whats going to happen to the My little Pony forum? (Apparently you guys were talking over some problems.)
Also, who is best pony? (only kidding, maybe)
Also, who is best pony? (only kidding, maybe)
1. Nothing to report right now, when we have something we'll let the forum know.
2. What's a pony?
Uncle Kenny
Flint Valkor
Question: Is there a possibility that the featured avatar will go back to being on the main page instead of the Gaia Blog?
It makes no sense to be featured and yet be hidden from the public eye. That and the element of surprise is taken away with featuring a whole week worth of avatars in one blog entry.
It makes no sense to be featured and yet be hidden from the public eye. That and the element of surprise is taken away with featuring a whole week worth of avatars in one blog entry.
There currently are no plans to alter the layout of the homepage. The featured avatar section was removed in order to place more importance upon the news and content for the site. We do understand the concern with the move but we hope that everyone will get used to the new format of the Featured Avatars over time.
biglanky14
Zabin King
Do you plan to ever take on another large project like zOMG?
Honestly, I'd never say never, but right now we don't have any plans to tackle anything that large. That was a multi-year, tons-of-manhours-spent-type project.
siskataya
a random sperm cell
siskataya
a random sperm cell
Do admins/devs like pie, or do they live a sad pieless life? Totally a serious question by the way.
I am sad to say but I live a pie-less life. I am finishing up my diet and fitness to lose the last bit of chub, so I have to avoid pie gonk
But...but..but... pie is so good gonk
Yes, yes it is - I agree! But I want to finish my diet and exercise and meet my goal more than I want pie. We all have to make tough choices at times!
Zero Omega
xXxSuicideKissesxXx
Zero Omega
xXxSuicideKissesxXx
Yeah I have a serious question right now.
Why does it take Gaias moderator team a complete MONTH to respond to issues regarding harassment and abuse? I've had this problem far more than once and it's a little ridiculous.
I've spoke to many other people that said they had the same problem with harassment and abuse from this site which hasn't been dealt with in a timely manner at all.
I just received a response from a mod TODAY with a problem I had back in early JULY.
Why is this allowed to happen and what exactly is the Gaia team going to do about it?
Banning peoples account name isn't a way to get them to stop harassment when all it does is fuel them to come back with another username and cause more disturbances in not only my thread, but everyone elses too.
This problem needs to be acted on NOW.
Why does it take Gaias moderator team a complete MONTH to respond to issues regarding harassment and abuse? I've had this problem far more than once and it's a little ridiculous.
I've spoke to many other people that said they had the same problem with harassment and abuse from this site which hasn't been dealt with in a timely manner at all.
I just received a response from a mod TODAY with a problem I had back in early JULY.
Why is this allowed to happen and what exactly is the Gaia team going to do about it?
Banning peoples account name isn't a way to get them to stop harassment when all it does is fuel them to come back with another username and cause more disturbances in not only my thread, but everyone elses too.
This problem needs to be acted on NOW.
Sorry to hear about the problem you had with that, it's entirely possible that for some reason your report got lost within the ether that is our report stream. We've actually worked incredibly hard recently to ensure our most important queues are caught (or getting caught) up to date and that includes Abuse/Harassment.
This is a response I was looking for.
What's the problem? Lack of staff or lack of motivation to stream through abuse reports? Either way, it's a problem I've had with many people and it's very VERY annoying when you kick people out of your thread for causing problems then all they do is quote you in every thread possible for hours on end because of it.
Then when the problem is FINALLY fixed by a ban to a username, they just come back with a different name and cause even more problems and the process starts over.
MY question is, what's being done about it and how is this going to be fixed in the future?
If it IS a lack of staff, how can people like me apply to help?
You have to remember that we only have so many moderators to the number of users we have on the site, especially during summertime when a lot of people are on break. That being said, we always want to try to find new mods who are willing to help out, you can apply here:
http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/questions-assistance/moderator-application-faq/t.46243481/
codemonkey37179
iSumiko
Why can't you name towns anymore? ._. Like, not make topics, but literally, PERMANENTLY rename the towns?Fix the bug, please?
I don't think there was ever way to rename the areas in towns, only the topics.
biglanky14
Slaaneshi Horror
I've noticed quite a few bugs with the achievements lately.
I for one am dealing with an alchemy achievement glitch that for all I can tell is pretty much being ignored.
I posted in the Bug Report thread for July 30th through August 5th, and after August 1st, the Developer in charge of the thread just stopped responding to people.
I've noticed other achievement problems too for other people.
But are achievements having issues?
And are they going to be fixed soon?
I keep getting told to just try to get to level 4 in alchemy.
But I shouldn't have to spend more gold to get Alchemy levels 2 and 3 achievements, which I already earned.
I for one am dealing with an alchemy achievement glitch that for all I can tell is pretty much being ignored.
I posted in the Bug Report thread for July 30th through August 5th, and after August 1st, the Developer in charge of the thread just stopped responding to people.
I've noticed other achievement problems too for other people.
But are achievements having issues?
And are they going to be fixed soon?
I keep getting told to just try to get to level 4 in alchemy.
But I shouldn't have to spend more gold to get Alchemy levels 2 and 3 achievements, which I already earned.
Hi SH,
Sorry to hear about that! I doubt we're ignoring you - it can just take some glitches longer to fix than others. Thanks for posting in the Bug Reports thread, and hopefully we'll get that fixed sooner rather than later.
lanzer
rio_kid
Favorite olympic athelete?
Favorite new item?
Favorite old item?
Favorite new item?
Favorite old item?
What defines Ryan Lochte? Ryan Lochte.
Waffles of course
G-pin
Zero Omega
aTastyNoodle
Is it possible for someone to be unbanned due to their age?
I'm not sure exactly what you mean by this, do you mean account age, real age, etc? For example, if you were banned for being under 13 and are now over 13, we could review an unbanning for you.
Uncle Kenny
Ichido Aotsuki
Uncle Kenny
Ichido Aotsuki
Are you guys planning on doing anything about the Guilds? They're sorely in need of an update. The link in my signature should take you to a thread in the Spring Cleaning forum that details what the community wants done.
While we'd like to bring Guilds up to par with the Forums and other areas of the site, it currently is too large of a project for us to undertake. That said, we do hope to be able to make some small bug fixes/tweaks for Guilds but those are not planned out yet.
I understand the concern about the volume of the project, but it's only going to compound the problem the longer it waits. I don't think any of us expect it to happen overnight, but a gradual stream of modernizations would be much appreciated.
Yeah, that's definitely something that came up when we were deciding what to work on in the coming months. Unfortunately, it's just way too massive to dedicate anyone to currently. Due to the nature of Guilds and just how much has to be updated, we can't do it in incremental updates, it will have to be a complete and total update from the ground up that happens all at once. Right now, we just don't have the Devs or the time to make that happen.
biglanky14
danny _aka_strawberry
I have a question well more of a suggestion you guys should have an art shop where users can buy art from the trained professionals that make the monthly collectible art
Hi danny,
Thanks for the suggestion - the artists will like that one! smile
If you ever make it to Fanime or some of the other conventions we're at, you'll usually find some of our artists in the dealer hall.
lanzer
ii-Epic_Asian-ii
how do one become a admin?
Some of our oldest moderators became Gaia admins, otherwise you'll need to be a developer.
lanzer
I Found A Sexy 1
I don't usually go to these but I finally have a question worth asking
Does anyone on the art team watch/read One Piece?? I am dying with only one tribute item from a series that massive.
Does anyone on the art team watch/read One Piece?? I am dying with only one tribute item from a series that massive.
Me, L0cke, and many others are big One Piece fans. You're right though, we should start thinking about tribute items. It's pretty easy to dress up as Luffy or most of the cast though.
biglanky14
iKyo-Kun
Hey Admins hope you're having a wonderful day ~ heart
anyway I was wondering if there is a glitch with the Mecha Neko shop because it won't let me access it but I live in Florida, I keep getting a "You must live in the USA" message even though I do indeed live in the U.S.
thanks for any help and have a wonderful day emotion_yatta
anyway I was wondering if there is a glitch with the Mecha Neko shop because it won't let me access it but I live in Florida, I keep getting a "You must live in the USA" message even though I do indeed live in the U.S.
thanks for any help and have a wonderful day emotion_yatta
That's weird - wonder if it's misreading your IP or something. Thanks for the heads up.
carbonphyber
oOo Vintage Sailboat oOo
My Question:
I really want to be able to change my name to "v i n t a g e". But since it is too similar to another persons username I cannot do so.
Why can't we have similar usernames if we make it different? It's very frustrating to not be able to use a username simply because it is too close to someone else's.
I am using spaces in that name. I do not feel it should be considered the same as just using "Vintage"
Is there any way that spaces could be enough to make a username usable?
I really want to be able to change my name to "v i n t a g e". But since it is too similar to another persons username I cannot do so.
Why can't we have similar usernames if we make it different? It's very frustrating to not be able to use a username simply because it is too close to someone else's.
I am using spaces in that name. I do not feel it should be considered the same as just using "Vintage"
Is there any way that spaces could be enough to make a username usable?
Blame Gaia Instant-Messenger (the old chat we had on the website).
siskataya
Black Death Goddess
Hopefully a staffer/admin will answer this but
I'd really like to see a Cherubic Queen of Solair Alchemy Formula and a EI/REI of Kentucky Derby and Royal Ascot hats.
I'd really like to see a Cherubic Queen of Solair Alchemy Formula and a EI/REI of Kentucky Derby and Royal Ascot hats.
Thanks for the suggestions! I'll pass them along to the team that creates items. I cannot, of course, guarantee they will be made, but you never know unless you try, right? biggrin
Sisky
biglanky14
gum disease
o uo
I remember when you guys decorated each area of Gaia HQ differently according to a certain theme and we all voted on which one was the best. I think this was several years ago though.
Would you ever consider doing that again if possible? I thought that was pretty awesome.
I remember when you guys decorated each area of Gaia HQ differently according to a certain theme and we all voted on which one was the best. I think this was several years ago though.
Would you ever consider doing that again if possible? I thought that was pretty awesome.
Yup - quite possibly. We're actually moving to a new office pretty soon, so we'll have a chance to decorate it all over again. In fact, we've already painted some of the walls, and the word to describe them is "colorful." I said people will either have their senses assaulted and puke, or they'll think they're in a Gymboree or FAO Schwarz. I'm sure you'll see them in videos and whatnot once we move.
siskataya
a random sperm cell
@Zero Omega
Wouldn't the solution to the whole banning and coming back with a vengeance problem simply to ban the entire ip address from accessing the site?
Wouldn't the solution to the whole banning and coming back with a vengeance problem simply to ban the entire ip address from accessing the site?
Well, that would be one solution, but a drastic one, and probably not the best because of all the people that could be on that IP. IP bans block all accounts on that IP, and such a solution could impact a lot of innocent Gaians who are not involved in any shenanigans.
Sisky
Zero Omega
Banning an entire IP is not super effective nowadays, it's very easy to change an IP using proxies and banning entire IPs leave the very real possibility of unfairly banning innocent users.
biglanky14
Dual Moons
Q: I'm curious as to why we needed to move the "Featured Avatar" section into it's own thread? I mean, many people who got featured took screen shots of that section on the homepage and put it on their profile, though now it seems much more difficult to do that. Overall the new Update section on the homepage seems to provide the same service as it did before the update.
The big difference is that before, the homepage stayed relatively static (you didn't see a lot of updated content, part of which is our fault b/c when we built it, most of that was updated manually which takes a tremendous amount of work). Now you'll see our most up to date news every time you check out the homepage.
The Featured Avatar spot is something we're trying to keep going, so we're playing around with a few different ways to do so.
Harbinger of Pandamonium
This is Zero's Desk
biglanky14
shiox69
will it ever be easier to submit items to crosstich soon?
Hi shiox69,
The submission process is probably going to stay pretty similar for awhile. Hopefully you still submit your ideas!
This transcript has been kidnapped by ninjas. Are you a Bad enough Gaian to rescue this transcript?
/jk 
and put them into the Emote Bar at the top of posts! And we wanna know if we can help!!
