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This is the first time I ever received a message like this, it was from a person named Izzyvamp inviting me to an offsite RP site. Granted I was intrigued, and kept talking to her (him..Idk), and then she proceeded to slander the RP'ing community in Gaia. Well I ended up making an account on Coloholics anyways and the welcome I got wasn't necessarily cordial, but I had been to worse so I looked around a bit. It seemed alright but upon typing the name Coloholics into the Google search bar popped up some very interesting results.
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http://www.scaminformer.com/scam-report/coloholics-coloholics-spam-harassment-internet-c23554/page/2
http://caitlinsharke.deviantart.com/art/I-hate-Coloholics-216228433
http://www.wtfrpg.com/forum/showthread.php?892-Has-anyone-had-any-problems-with-Coloholics
http://www.menewsha.com/forum/main/site-feedback/167509-public-apology-coloholics-sanbud-tehrani-daniel-nevo.html
http://caitlinsharke.deviantart.com/art/I-hate-Coloholics-216228433
http://www.wtfrpg.com/forum/showthread.php?892-Has-anyone-had-any-problems-with-Coloholics
http://www.menewsha.com/forum/main/site-feedback/167509-public-apology-coloholics-sanbud-tehrani-daniel-nevo.html
And those are just to name a few. Now doing some research I have learned that there has been a feud between the site owners of the new one eventually won out making a public apology on various sites for all the spamming that is being done across the internet to make people interested in their site. Unfortunately, that was some time ago and actions of their current members isn't necessarily going along with the so called apology.
As I said, this was only my first contact with the member of Coloholic, but doing some looking around on Gaia, it seems other people have had problems with this site in the past. See links below.
As I said, this was only my first contact with the member of Coloholic, but doing some looking around on Gaia, it seems other people have had problems with this site in the past. See links below.
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http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/chatterbox/coloholics/t.78784253/?_gaia_t_=3934
http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/general-discussion/what-is-up-with-coloholics/t.76674271/?_gaia_t_=3934
http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/chatterbox/rp-trolls-are-mad-that-i-dislike-coloholics-funneh/t.62724521/?_gaia_t_=3934
http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/general-discussion/coloholics-don-t-go/t.75435019/?_gaia_t_=3934
http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/general-discussion/what-is-up-with-coloholics/t.76674271/?_gaia_t_=3934
http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/chatterbox/rp-trolls-are-mad-that-i-dislike-coloholics-funneh/t.62724521/?_gaia_t_=3934
http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/general-discussion/coloholics-don-t-go/t.75435019/?_gaia_t_=3934
Once again, these are just few among many more. So now you know I am not just blowing smoke out of my a** here. Now for the message that the one named Izzyvamp sent me.
Izzyvamp
Gaia seems pretty cool I guess, I plan to post here plenty...thought I'd refer you to a pretty cool Naruto roleplaying forum that just started up with a lot of favorite characters to choose from (or you can just make an original character), it's pretty fun. 3nodding
Anyway, hope to see you both here and there, I guarantee you'll enjoy it if you give it a chance.
Check it out:
Anyway, hope to see you both here and there, I guarantee you'll enjoy it if you give it a chance.
Check it out:
jwalker67
You know, it may be because I am typing this as soon as I wake up...but I can't recall your username. Mind helping me re-collect my memories on who you are again. Please don't take it personally, I just have a very bad short term memory.
Izzyvamp
Just happened to notice you around the forums as a fellow Naruto fan and felt like sending you an random friendly invite to a really fun RP if you like Naruto. smile It's pretty awesome and it only takes like two seconds to sign up and check it out. biggrin
jwalker67
As much as I appreciate the offer, I will have to respectfully decline. I have had enough of Naruto guilds to last several lifetimes and would like to stretch my RP wings elsewhere. But thank you anyways.
Izzyvamp
Well what are you into roleplaying at the moment?
jwalker67
I am roleplaying in a very cool guild at the moment called Ludus: Figher's Academy. It is an RP that where you can create a character, set him up with a fighting style, and inject a drug into you called the Gene-X which gives you special powers depending on what power you want. It is a very heavy story oriented guild, and very combat heavy which I definitely like. It has its flaws, but the community is friendly and the Captain genuinely care about the experience he gives to the members.
Izzyvamp
You should consider giving Coloholics a try, it's got many RPs in general from all sorts of genres and it's far better quality than anything you'll find on kiddie Gaia. smile
jwalker67
Oh. A site outside of gaia that is actually a place for RP? A popular one at that? Can it be? I think I might actually try it since i have been on a quest for some time to find a different place to RP in, but Gaia seemed like the only option.
Izzyvamp
Oh there are tons of other options actually dedicated to excellent roleplaying, many other than Coloholics even...honestly most people don't even consider Gaia a real RPing site, even Gaia members themselves according to the poll...anyway, do give Coloholics a try, it's fun. smile
jwalker67
I can see where they get that mind set, but most forum posts on Gaia is actually dedicated to RP'ing so it is kind of an unofficial RP site. But anyways, I just signed up for Coloholics and we will see what happens from there.
Izzyvamp
They may seem like that to you, but most RPing on Gaia just makes me laugh my a** off at how amateurish it is. You can't imagine it's as dedicated or quality as sites completely dedicated to good roleplaying, that's hubristic, egotistical, and irrational. Obviously something specifically dedicated to only doing on thing and doing it well is going to do that thing better than something that tries to do a billion things at once.
So intrigued, I signed up for it..and honestly..I wasn't impressed. But wanting to give the site a chance I decided to create a profile in one of their RP's, and thats when I found all about the nastiness some of these members do. After looking at everything I possibly could, I made my decision, and I decided that I no longer wanted to be apart of site that has such a reputation. I am sure their own members would say it is a great place to RP and the spammers do not represent the community of the site, but I really do not want to be associated with a place that has a rep like that.
Also call me slightly childish but I was a bit irked by that fact that Izzyvamp desribed Gaia as so. I have been RP'ing on here for years and I have not seen any so called signs of amateurish roleplaying save for the newbies that come in...but there newbies...they have an excuse and will eventually grow to be better.
Anyways, I am just posting this all here to warn the members of Gaia about these people, more particularly about the spammer Izzyvamp, in which I have a strange suspicion that she uses multiple account and uses the same copy and pasted messages over and over again (see the links I provided)...or Coloholics literally have a legion of spammers to do their bidding. Either way, be wary of these people. Join at your own risk, for once I decided I wanted to leave, their was no way to delete my account, so I just falsified all my profile credentials basically putting "Plz delete this account" and such.
Here is to hoping that I have shed some light to a few of you who have gotten these messages. Have a good day all!
Also call me slightly childish but I was a bit irked by that fact that Izzyvamp desribed Gaia as so. I have been RP'ing on here for years and I have not seen any so called signs of amateurish roleplaying save for the newbies that come in...but there newbies...they have an excuse and will eventually grow to be better.
Anyways, I am just posting this all here to warn the members of Gaia about these people, more particularly about the spammer Izzyvamp, in which I have a strange suspicion that she uses multiple account and uses the same copy and pasted messages over and over again (see the links I provided)...or Coloholics literally have a legion of spammers to do their bidding. Either way, be wary of these people. Join at your own risk, for once I decided I wanted to leave, their was no way to delete my account, so I just falsified all my profile credentials basically putting "Plz delete this account" and such.
Here is to hoping that I have shed some light to a few of you who have gotten these messages. Have a good day all!
