[NPC] Cindy Donovinh
Judge Us!
- The Gaia office is a pretty cool place to work, but until recently you wouldn't have known it by looking. It was kind of a big, boring, grey-walled cubicle farm, so we decided to spruce the place up a little. Since we're driven by a ruthless competitive spirit, we decided to make a little competition of it: each department in the company was given a modest budget to team up and overhaul their work area, and now we need you guys to pick the winners.
The winning team will win some kind of a prize, like maybe free coffee or dinner or something. The losing team will be fired and replaced with poorly-built machines. Choose wisely!
To check out the entries and cast your vote, visit this thread:
IRL Cinemas: Dallas, TX
- We've been having a whole lot of fun with our free movie screenings, and we've got another one coming up. We're headed to Dallas, TX tomorrow to watch Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull with anyone who'd care to show up. Just print your Gaia profile (it's your ticket in!) and head to the AMC Northpark 15 theater for the 6:30 PM showing. We've rented out a whole screening room, but keep in mind that it's first come, first serve and we might run out of tickets. Show up early, and make sure you've got a way to get home in case you don't make it in!
When you get there, just look for DJ Helsing. He'll be dressed up as his avatar:
News & Tips from Gaia's Admins
- Phony Password Pop-ups: Tricky scammers have been embedding phony password request pop-ups into images. If you randomly see a window asking for your Gaia username and password, don't fall for it. It's a scammer trying to steal your account. Here's an example of what these pop-ups look like:
If you get a pop-up like this in a Private Message or from a forum post, please remember to report it!
CAPTCHA Upgrades: More news from the frontlines in the war against bots: you may have noticed that we've put a "CAPTCHA" system into the Art Arena comments section, meaning that you'll have to type a secret word to prove that you're not an evil robot. Soon, we'll be putting a similar thing into the Private Message system, although it won't pop up every time you send a PM; you'll only see it in rare circumstances.
Gold/item buying - NO! We've said this before, but we thought we'd put up a quick reminder: if you buy Gaia Gold or Gaia items from anywhere but Gaiaonline.com, your account will be permanently banned. Buying Gold from outside sites is a violation of our rules, and it creates an industry of botters who annoy us all by spamming the site, stealing accounts and many other jerkish endeavors.
Reporting Helps! We'd like to take a moment to encourage all the good Gaian Samaritans out there to keep on reporting inappropriate stuff when you see it. It helps us out a lot, and the quicker something bad is reported, the quicker we can remove it. Your reports definitely make a difference.
Even if something is really blatantly foul, please don't assume someone else has reported it; we depend on our members to help us clean up the site, so please take the time to file a report. Thanks!
Weekly Poll
- Question time! We all know by now that if you don't participate in the weekly poll, that annoying little monkey will keep shrieking until you give him an answer. We'd better give him what he wants:
Gold Granting in Mochi Games
- We've got some great news about the winning games in the Gaian's Choice Game Awards contest: GOLD! Now nine of the ten winning games grant Gaia Gold when you play them, so you can have fun and get rich at the same time. Look for the Gaia Gold icon to see which games pay off.