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PostPosted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 7:36 pm


Kickstarters

October 13th, 2014:
Zero Omega
Yuekazehime
Greetings staff~

gaia_nitemareleft How are the tiers for Kickstarters decided?

Kickstarter Tiers: We try to set tiers to what we believe is obtainable by users and how much gold we would like to actually sink for a particular event and how big the event leading up to it will be.


Zero Omega
Magnificent Moonbeam
Hello,everyone. I hope you all are well and I am wondering very much about the art in the kickstarter? Are they all just new NPCs or some existing ones? I know I'm jumping the gun on this a bit since one of them looks familiar to me.

Edit: I also want to say thanks for making a new version of Ask the Admin. It was well needed.

Let's just say some old favorites will be making a come back. ninja


Zero Omega
Attack on Heichou
How often are we going to have gold sinks/events?

As often as possible!


Zero Omega
dragonmonkey
The war in the kickstarter sounds like it's at the focal point of the Halloween plot. Why was it set at a far-stretched tier?

It's a huge thing that we want to add and we believe that Gaians will be about to hit it!


Zero Omega
Strife Dragneel
01) About this Halloween kickstarter we have right now:

Do you already have a lot of stuff planned for the Halloween event, and all of this stuff in the global tiers just extra prizes/games/achievements that are unnecessary to add?

Or, Because we can't seem to make it to third tier, even after almost 2 weeks, are we going to miss out on a lot of the content that was planned for the event, but now we are not going to get because we can't donate enough?

02) Also, in regards to kickstarters in general:

Do you think it maybe possible to stop having them for major gaia events like Halloween, Christmas, Easter, ect. please? Some of us have gotten into the habit of hoarding our gold for the events themselves since they have become a bit of a gold sinks in their own right.
Minor events like saving Louie and H.R. Wesley are okay.

Or, at least, give us a chance to recover gold in between kickstarters, please?

We have the event planned out with extra things users can unlock by hitting the global tiers. We believe that users will be able to hit all the tiers, even the gold sinks that had slow starts eventually got hit.

We probably won't stop doing these gold sink events for major events as it allows us to provide you guys awesome things for events while helping us sink gold in the economy.


Zero Omega
dragonmonkey
There was a kickstarter where the 150bil personal tier mentioned winning a chance at being drawn in the Manga. I'm wondering if the winner(s) have been chosen and for what Manga (current/future)?

^Personal question. Thanks for your consideration.

We do have winners, it will be for the current manga. However, the time of when they will be featured hasn't been decided yet.


Zero Omega
Yuekazehime
Are there new and varied gold sinks in the works? Kickstarter-only seems to burn people out, so a little switch up would be nice.

Definitely, our two main consistent gold sinks right now are these gold sink events and Flynn's Plunder. But I know we'll have more in the future.
PostPosted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 8:15 pm


October 20th, 2014:
Zero Omega
Pie
Events

Could we get more detailed descriptions on the kickstarter global rewards? We want to know how our gold can affect the manga and events!

We'll see what we can do! We do like to leave some of our goals as a surprise for other users.


Princess Angelishia
The Muse of Life
Events
Have you considered maybe doing one big kickstarter with multiple smaller tiers as well as the higher tiers a month rather then two? Gaian's tend to get burnt out on Kickstarters very easily. I feel one a month with many tiers in a better variety of prices that last over half to all of the month would make them much more effective overall. People who would love to donate but can't would then have plenty of time to get gold.


We'll consider it! c:


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PostPosted: Mon Oct 27, 2014 6:49 pm


October 27th, 2014:

[NPC] Gaia Staff
Hello and welcome! Here are the answers to a few of the questions posted in our pre-event thread!

Quote:
Events

Would it be possible to let us be able to choose between Paw and Human items for future Kickstarters?
It would be kind of like last the tiered spending event where you could choose between items. I dunno. Just a thought! ^_^

That's a possibility. Something we can consider doing for future ones, but more than likely not a permanent change.


Zero Omega
Csilla Silvana
Features

Is there a chance we'll have a "Rebuild Halloween Town" Kickstart in the future?

Maaaaybeeeeeeee.


Finni
ashlex_in_pearl
Manga: World of Gaia

It seems like Jack is on the back burner for this event, which is sad. But, are there any plans to somehow rebuild Halloween Town?

Since the Easter Bunny did destroy it, maybe he could help fix it? Since they are friends now. Could be good for a kickstarter. Just curious!

That does sound like a great idea for a kickstarter...
PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 9:21 pm


November 3rd, 2014:

Zero Omega
Jinglybell
Events/Items


Sorry this question doesn't pertain to many people. I was just wondering when the rot halos/ the one double rainbow ticket are going to be handed out from the last gold sink. I donated like 1.04t (or was it 1.07?) I dont know if I was high enough on the list, so I dont know if the prizes have been handed out already.

This week! Srrry for the delay!


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PostPosted: Mon Nov 17, 2014 5:28 pm


November 17th, 2014:

[NPC] Gaia Staff
Hello everyone and welcome!!!

Quote:
Items/Events?

2 weeks ago on ATS you said the rot cruz halo was going to be released to the top ten donors that week (also the double rainbow ticket) It still hasn't been given out. Have you guys forgotten?

They were granted out today to all the winners!
PostPosted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 8:09 pm


November 24th, 2014:

Narumi Misuhara
King Lolfrey
in addition to this was the double rainbow ticket for that old kickstarted before halloween even given out?


Yup


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PostPosted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 9:07 pm


December 15th, 2014:

bluealaris
Thelxi Chan
Shops

Any plans for further 'gate' based item rigs in Loyals Bazaar?


Yes! We are going to be releasing more for Loyal's Gates in the future!


Zero Omega
Nenanah
Shops/Events

Deals with kickstarters and gold shops so I wasn't sure what to label the question as...

Anyway, when can we start doing more kickstarters to raise the gold shop prices?
We still have plenty of shops to go through and it's been a couple of months since we raised Edmund's shop...
It's not really fair to only raise one gold shop then forget about the rest.
Besides we need the gold sinks desperately.

Question is originally by ( Nenanah ) I am using Nenanah's Ask the Staff Question Posting Service.

We'll have them in 2015, it will be a slow and gradual change that occurs over time instead of all at once.
PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 7:06 pm


January 5th, 2015:

Zero Omega
AphAsian
EVENTS :

Has the golden ticket from the last gold-sink event been awarded to the person yet? If so, will we know who won?

We have awarded it! I believe there is an announcement lined up to announce the winner.
[In fact, that announcement has already gone live by now! -Platonix]


bluealaris
Sky_Jean
Question Category Events

Question: With the large number of events and gold dump "kickstarters" in the past year, I feel that the community grants (esp the early ones) may have fallen by the side of the road. I remember the first set having a community goal that people would get an "extra heart charm" for everyone hitting that mark. I have not been able to attend the ATAs and this has bothered me somewhat with some of the community goals not actually being seen or announced.


I will check over what is still left to be fulfilled and try and expedite it, I agree that these should be finished asap.


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 12, 2015 11:21 pm


January 12th, 2015:

meemsalman
Castiel Lover
Event suggestion
Can you please consider an ITEM kickstarter? Perhaps when you close down more shops to redo the prices, close all of them at once and do an event for deleting unwanted cheap items. The event page could have a place to 'buy' junk to throw for gold, so it'd still be a gold sink and would have a way to be played by people who aren't packrats like me. Also, with a lot of junk being tossed, maybe it would raise the value of some of it, too, which helps the newbies.


That is something we can consider, thanks! heart
PostPosted: Mon Jan 19, 2015 7:20 pm


January 19th, 2015:

Zero Omega
BIacksmith
Events
Can we have more kickstarters again and have them contain old achievements, please?

Definitely possible! We'll see what we can do!


Zero Omega
Squirrelette
features

Question

i saw in the GCD something about an Gaian Idol kickstarter, is that still happening or no

Stay tuned. ninja


Zero Omega
Rhea Byrne
Shops

In one of the kickstarters (I believe the beach party one) one of the tiers was for a LQI for Loyal's. However, we never got it, despite reaching the tier. Will we ever get it, or has it been forgotten about?

Hasn't been forgotten about! We just haven't found the right item for this!


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 8:31 pm


January 26th, 2015:

Zero Omega
Asexual Sex Goddess
Items

Are the gold sink items going to be un-soulbounded? I get you don't want us to reprofit from them, and I don't mind sinking my 4billion, but I don't need the items and I'd very much like to sell them at a cheaper price.

Whoops, yeah! We'll take care of that right after ATS!


meemsalman
X_Gokai-Okuzuko_X
Events:

The tiers for the voting in the new kickstarter seem a little barren. Will there be any more incentives to donate more gold?


We don't have any plans to add additional incentives at this moment. Sorry! heart


Zero Omega
its a curse
shops

Will this sink lead to another gate rig in rloyals?

Not this one, but maybe later.


Finni
X_Gokai-Okuzuko_X
events

How did Slick Southpaw and co. get chosen to be the characters of the new kickstarter?


These users were the lucky winners of the Golden VIP Backstage Pass to be illustrated. 4laugh

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Zero Omega
St V-Starr
Events

While the current event is getting to a good start, it does seem a little boring with it just being a gold sink and sub-forum. sweatdrop Are there going to be mini-games involved... or is this a prologue to the Valentines Day/Gaia's Birthday event?

Funny enough, Gaia went live on February 18, which is also my birthday!

We'll have some NPCs going around as well, the event is intended to be a mini-event so there isn't too much lined up, but we do have plans for Valentine's Day and our birthday!

Also, you have one of the best birthdays!
PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 11:17 pm


February 9th, 2015:

Zero Omega
Castiel Lover
Events

Any word on that ITEM kickstarter I suggested? We need to purge a lot of cheap junk from our inventories and from the general population. And it'd be a great time to close all the gold shops and update their prices for the duration of it.

No updates yet but keep an eye out!


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 11:17 pm


February 23rd, 2015:

Finni
Kid Jak
Manga

Any Idea when we might get another Manga Kickstarter? Would it by chance have more opportunities for people to get cameos?

We currently don't have any plans to make a kickstarter related to the manga. However, if the opportunity presents itself again to allow Gaian cameos, we'll make it happen!

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Zero Omega
Pengaana
Features

Have you guys considered making Kickstart tiers rollover like the cash tiers do?

We currently don't have a way to do this, but it's a good idea that we can consider implementing as a new feature for it!


Zero Omega
Castiel Lover
Events

How about that itemsink kickstarter? And closing all of the goldshops for price revamps during it?

Just think about it.. Sinking 5000 items for a chance at a ticket. How lovely our trimmed inventories would be~!

No updates at this time on either fronts! Sorry about that!


bluealaris
Hassli
Events

Hello! I am Hassli and I am with the D-Party (Gaia's only political party in support of our President, Diedrich!) Hello! How are you?

1. Will Gaia celebrate Diedrich's birthday again?
2. The D-Party plans to make a birthday event (like last year), can we get some kind of advertising for the community? (Like a Gaia Blog post or announcement?)
3. Would it be possible to get my user-run event kick-started like the Annual Ball last year? Is that a thing that will happen ever again?

Ok! Thank you! Bye bye! See you later alligator. Ok. Good bye forever! I love you! BAI!


1. Of course we will!
2-3. PM me and we can talk more about making the President's special day exciting!


Zero Omega
Twisted Lady
Items
Will the Pillowcase ticket won from the kickstarter have to abide by the dates set for those won from the Wildcard, or will that winner be given a later deadline?

It will abide by the same date as the existing tickets.
PostPosted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 9:40 pm


March 2nd, 2015:

Zero Omega
Pie
Features / Events

Will there be any future Kickstarters for supporting User-Run Events? It might be cutting it too close for LabTech Week by now, but I'm sure there's other Events that would love the boost!

Definitely, if users are interested in this they should reach out to any of us and we can help get them set up.


bluealaris
The Iron Magus
Items/Events
Hi, Staff. Many Gaians are upset with the way the Gates of Olympus problem was handled. As you know, those who actually put gold toward the kickstarter in order to unlock the gates were kept from opening their bundles for up to two days after the gate's release, while people who donated nothing were able to buy the bundles from Loyal's and open them right away. By the time the donators could open their gates, the market was flooded and the items totally devalued--which left the biggest donators in the lurch, since they were the ones stuck with surplus bundles which were, at that point, practically worthless. What do you plan to do in the future to avoid a repeat of this type of situation?


Hi Magus, the Gates of Olympus presented us with a unique problem- more accurately there were so many of them rewarded through the Kickstarter that the magnitude of them being opened was too much for our servers to handle them. Next time we will avoid giving out so many in the future, that way unsealing all of them won't cause any interruptions to regular service on Gaia Online. As for the surplus of items that are now lahying around, they may have a purpose very soon...


bluealaris
Madorka
bluealaris
Madorka
Items

So the Gate of Olympus says it haves an store sell back on mp but I can't sell them back to the store in my inventory..I wonder if anyone can fix this.


Please send this as a Bug Report to CCS and they'll take a look at it right away. 3nodding

Alrightly thank you ;u;
whats ccs ;w;


Whoops sorry, its Customer and Community Support. The bug thread is here: http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/bug-report-technical-support/f.47/


Zero Omega
angelkynd1_uzumaki-san
misc.
during loyal's last kickstart it was mentioned that for the donation of 500million that one lucky person could win a pillowcase ticket. so was that ticket ever given. because in the forum for the pillowcase ticket it states" the only way to acquire a ticket was to purchase a rig (looks like playing cards). so which one is true?

We did give out the ticket to a lucky winner, this was done privately and we didn't announce it.


bluealaris
Nenanah
Features

Can we get a gold rig which releases a ticket which makes you organize your own kickstarter/gold sink event and gaia can give us a set of stuff they are willing to re-release as the tiers?


Question is originally by Kitsunen


We aren't planning on doing anything like this in the near future, but thank you for the suggestion!


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PostPosted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 5:45 am


March 9th, 2015:

bluealaris
Princess Poetic
Events

I asked this a loooong time ago, but never received an answer. Both me and other Gaians really appreciate the Kpop-themed items (i.e. Miss Miss & Run and Gun). Therefore, would it be possible to have a Kpop themed event? I am not sure how this event would work logistically, but I feel like Kpop (or even Jpop) related achievements would be really enjoyable.

Ideas as to how the event could happen:
An idol-themed kickstarter (or forum event) in which NPCs are put into pop groups. Users would vote for which NPCs should be placed in the group/which group that they chose to support and achievements could be granted in response to voting or donating to a particular group. Achievements could be either common Korean/Kpop terms (i.e. unnie, oppa, daebak, hyung, etc.) or actual fandom names (like SONE, Blackjack, EXO-L, ect.) with Gaia twists.

I know that it might be a difficult thing to make happen, but I appreciate having my idea considered! emotion_bigheart


Its an interesting idea, thank you for the suggestion! As an aesthetic it would be hilarious to see on some of our NPCs.


bluealaris
Captain Cockblock
Events

Is there any way you guys could put together another Sealed Gate type event soon? Those seem AWESOME with getting a lot of gold out of circulation. And the items were cute cute cute.


Thank you for the feedback! There are plans to make another Sealed Gate, hopefully this time Loyal won't break Gaia. sweatdrop
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