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I already posted about this in the GCD, so I'll just pasta it.

i only got to see the one sthat they released later (which still arn't on the manga page) but still it was enough to sadden me that they didn't put them in there.

which of their writers are gone, do you know? sad there realy is no denying the epicness of the firt half of the manga.

To put it simple, Gaia doesn't want anything to change. It's easier to just say, "BAM, APRIL FOOL'S!" than to, say, bring about change. The closest they got was the whole Ian-vamprie saga, and while that's lasted in that Ian's appearance has changed, nothing has actually come about from it.
Except some hella ugly vampire skins in the skin shop...
Actually, most of the skin potions are hideous. I'll stick to superior form, ta.

Negatic Nancy? Hahah. Of course we're negative. We're powerless idiots along for the ride. They put up a suggestion box to appease us, but they flush all the suggestions down the toilet without even looking. But this isn't going to dissolve into a rant about "the good old days". Buck up, get the ******** over it. Gaia doesn't care about you unless you feed money into it, and even then you only get a cursory, insincere thank you.
Gaia is a business, and they don't give a s**t about the customers.

that's a mighty bold claim, coming from someone who doesn't have ANY contact with the other side of the story... confused

She is true up to a point. Gaia is a business. But then again all businesses need money to make stuff happen. I'm sure it took a lot out of them to do that storyline with Ian. And it will probably be awhile before they do something else.

But they have a lot on their plates as it is. From a project that started with a bunch of college kids. Gaia has come a LONG way. I remember when you couldn't even MAKE profiles. I remember when the only game available was Slots. I remember when Coco kitty just came out and I traded my maid outfit and goth boots to some stupid chick.

If you look at everything they have up just for maintenance alone. They have all of the games, the forums, people bitching, glitches, and everything else. Plus they're expected to host events on holidays every year, send out collectibles every month, and update the shops.

and jack calles them little demi gods, he's not even a god!!! he is a... THING! XD

Well, let's take the Terry Pratchett approach to this...

Jack is the embodiment of the holiday Halloween. So we can say that his power comes from people who celebrate Halloween. Even if not the entire world celebrates it as avidly and thoroughly as America, it's still a worldwide phenomenon. So we can say that he draws almost infinite power, at least during his holiday (and the lead up to it, since so much effort and obsession is put into things beforehand).
I'd say that's pretty godlike.
He's an embodiment. An entity of a concept obsessed over by humans.
Definitely a God.

I'm feeling contrary...

Well that ending is a lot better then what they previously had lol. But this is what I had actually expected. I imagined at the end they'd find the worm the same as it always has been.