PETITION: BBtB will be shutting down for the boycott!

[Ice Blossom]

Don't add me as I've already signed, but Watermeats have been further nerfed. They won't ever reach their cap methinks as they drop gold at the same rate as Cuttlefish. I gave Gaia another chance with the first nerf and bought the #4 bundle with Cash. I should of bought a toilet for my tank instead.

[LordMarthelas]

I remember when I started back in 04, with another account, and as far as gold shops went, Fairy Wings were the most expensive, as far as I can remember. With the marketplace, I hoped obtaining my quest items would be easier, but I found it too hard to make enough gold before the prices went up. And as some others have said, the other games just didn't cut it either. I had been away from Gaia for a few years, not by choice, and was pleased to come back to something that actually worked for making money, plus, I made lots of new friends in the process while we talked and booty grabbed. Things were going well and then suddenly, fish just started "Turning off" as I had called it. Until coming here, I wasn't sure if it was just me, but now I know and you definitely have the signature of LordMarthelas on your petition. The only thing to be nerfed should be nerf balls/accessories. 3nodding

[iLucero]

iStarz_Babii signs heart

[The_Invisible_13]

I will sign too!!!

[TheCrownOfLaurels]

I was so happy from getting a lot of gold from booty grab. I was like a kid in a candy shop. I was rolling in gold, and getting the avis of my dreams. Then they decided, to change that. Along with ripping many gaians off. Then it was harder to get gold. Suddenly I don't like booty grab as much. It's no fun. Now gaias boring, and I'll probably leave unsatified, again. I hope that gaia actually listens to our opinions, and can not be so greedy.

I sign.
-Her Chemical Imbalance-

[Keiko Dreams]

I'm finally ready to sign this petition. Booty grab changes seem to keep happening every day, but the trend is clear. They nerfed the overseer, and now they want to nerf Booty Grab. As the only way to earn enough gold to buy things on Gaia within a reasonable length of time (weeks instead of years) I'm NOT in favor of these changes.

And I'm not buying the "inflation problem" excuse anymore either. Sure the Gaia economy has inflation - so what? I don't think inflation's the real reason Gaia nerfs every popular method members find of earning enough gold to buy things. I think the real reason is fairly obvious. They want Gaians gold poor so that they have to spend real money to get what they want. It's not about inflation - it's about corporate greed.

I'm very sad about all of this. I love Gaia - it's a great place filled with great people and lots of wonderful, playful, beautiful & fun things. However, this nerfing trend to "solve inflation" is revealing a rather ugly "man behind the curtain", and it's quickly destroying my ability to appreciate the good things here.

[TheCrownOfLaurels]

LordMarthelas

I remember when I started back in 04, with another account, and as far as gold shops went, Fairy Wings were the most expensive, as far as I can remember. With the marketplace, I hoped obtaining my quest items would be easier, but I found it too hard to make enough gold before the prices went up. And as some others have said, the other games just didn't cut it either. I had been away from Gaia for a few years, not by choice, and was pleased to come back to something that actually worked for making money, plus, I made lots of new friends in the process while we talked and booty grabbed. Things were going well and then suddenly, fish just started "Turning off" as I had called it. Until coming here, I wasn't sure if it was just me, but now I know and you definitely have the signature of LordMarthelas on your petition. The only thing to be nerfed should be nerf balls/accessories. 3nodding

I second this. I left gaia before too. I was not happy on how hard it was to earn gold. I came back too, and I was so happy on how easy it is to earn gold. I might just leave again.

[Renae Selena Tinkerbell]

i would like to sign crying no fair i got a drop worth 100 gold for a fish i paid out money for neutral

[babys the blue]

MissMezri

Could you put me on a list where I can sign against the petition please?
I use real money to buy fish too. I also buy evolving items and, letters.
The developers are right, there should be incentive to post not just grab.
Also; there's heaps of ways to get gold. You shouldn't have one way only.
Don't just sign something just because everyone else is. That's not right.

i'm sorry but i don't agree
fish may be just a pixel but it still a product that Gaia sold us.
and without any commutation to us the customer they changed the product.
how would you feel you went to the store to buy something but when you got it home you find it's not the item you bought. so you go tell the store and they say well sorry because this and that problem they had to change the product and then have the gail to say at least your helping the store run.
now don't get me wrong i like Gaia but i was raised to stand up for myself and if you don't people will continue to walk all over you.
oh and I'm not a sheep i sign this because i wanted to xp

[Hot Pisces Princess]

Hot Pisces Princess
sign me up

[Diosu]

Signed.

[tenz mule]

MissMezri

Could you put me on a list where I can sign against the petition please?
I use real money to buy fish too. I also buy evolving items and, letters.
The developers are right, there should be incentive to post not just grab.
Also; there's heaps of ways to get gold. You shouldn't have one way only.
Don't just sign something just because everyone else is. That's not right.

So is it OK if they take half the poses away from all of your EI's and MC's that you paid for? I mean you're saying it's ok for them to put out a product one way, promote it, then change it whenever they feel like it. After all, there are "heaps" of different items you can put on instead of the ones you paid for.

And the whole posting thing is crap. More people have been posting since booty grab was introduced than ever before. Oh so it has to be meaningful posts? Who decides that? And we should shut down the CB then because it's worthless. You look at this thread alone and tell me that Booty Grab hasn't fostered a huge social circle, and I'll tell you you're 1. blind 2. crazy or 3. a flat out liar.

If it smells like crap, it looks like crap, and it tastes like crap.....guess what? It's probably not oatmeal. Anybody notice how much a lot of the older MC's deflated before the fix? But it's about the market inflation right? Funny, on the page where you buy MC's, isn't there a chart bragging about the inflation of some of the older MC's? It actually says "This month's Collectibles might make you rich!". So which is it? Is inflation a good thing only when Gaia is trying to talk us into spending real money on new MC's? How is good sometimes and not others? And inflation shouldn't be an issue at all, because everyone is able to make soooooooooooo much gold playing booty grab the way they designed it, right? rolleyes

[xx KaoTiK_1 xx]

yes plz add my name to this petition as well.
xx KaoTiK_1 xx AKA G. Davis

[Kandalvas]

Please add my name to this petition.
Signed

[RADI0 Mouse]

tenz mule

So is it OK if they take half the poses away from all of your EI's and MC's that you paid for? I mean you're saying it's ok for them to put out a product one way, promote it, then change it whenever they feel the need. After all, there are "heaps" of different items you can put on instead of the ones you paid for.

Here is an excellent point. Thank you, Tenz.

If I'm getting repetitive and boring - I'm sorry, I mean what I write to the owners, developers and string-pullers of Gaia. Let me know if there's another way for me to have my voice heard - or to make it be heard. I'd gladly jump on either.

Moving on - Gaia, you're really not getting this, are you?

Dealing with inflation is one thing - and thank you for doing so, I'm sure the long-term benefits will be great. In fact, I have an apology for you - I'm putting into practice that admitting quickly and emphatically that you are wrong thing I mentioned in my other post.

You don't have bad ethics - you have bad business practice.
The difference? Ethics is using sweatshops to make sneakers - bad business is your policy.

I seriously doubt any of you "big cheeses" at Corporate have ever taken a good look at your "Listen To The Users" thread and Petition. Sure, Craig, Lanzer, you've got a business to run. You know what great businesses do? They listen to their customers.

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Shocking, isn't it?

Here's what you do, Gaia - write a formal, emphatic apology for ruining the ROI (I'm writing a post about this in my Journal in a moment, so I'll link it back when I have it) on over $1,000,000 worth of "fish". The next step, as outlined on page 143 of your Textbook Of Business Tips And Tricks All CEOs Worth Their Salt Know (Craig, you should find this somewhere by the old sweater you tried to knit in College), is to make an action plan.

Here's the thing I've noticed (from the 2 months I've been here - which means you've got some seriously visible problems your company needs to solve within itself) - your users want input.

You have a 9 page petition (a serious one with various regulars, solutions galore and people taking statistics of your game - ********, man, we're doing your developers' jobs for them! Pay us instead, then lay them off!), several other complaint threads (again, with regulars, great solutions and people doing research) and quite a few angry $1,000/month customers.

Lanzer, do the math - you've got a calculator by that unfinished drawing in the back corner of your desk. Your "darling creation" is losing customers who would have bought $1,000/month worth of moving pixels it takes your artists 1 week at most to create.

I Dare You, Corporate - do the right thing, show us you've got "good business practice" and write up a prompt, highly public and emphatic apology.

I'll be sticking this post - and all the other ones pertaining to this subject - in my journal. Along with what I expect from Gaia. Hey, I'm not going to quit, seeing as I don't give you any money and I hate most of your sponsors to begin with - so I don't lose anything. But you're the one with servers to pay and a potential customer with no debt here, waiting to see what you do.

Thanks to the people who've seconded my post - I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way.