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I just added this to post 1.
It might help more people outside the usual aquarium circles get the word.

EDIT:
If you have the fish strike in your sig another thing you can do to help support the strike is post around in the varoius forums so more people see it. Please note I am NOT advocating spam. I mean posting you might reasonably do anyway like joining in discussions in the various forums.

Exactly. Elsewhere I saw reference to an off site article about Craig Sherman, CEO, Gaia Interactive. It was more talking about Gaia as a business and online purchases but in the article it makes a comparison with what Gaia is doing to other small online charges like iTunes.

That comparison made me think about just the sort of thing you are saying. You don't purchase a song from iTunes and then later it turns into half a song. There are some systems where you make a timed purchase of music or a DVD but when you do that they tell you up front and charge you less accordingly.

I agree that we should be granted more glow times for our aquarium fishes, but I don't think earning less gold each day is going to resolve anything.

From the developers and admins point of view, I think they're going to start to point and laugh at us for thinking that this method of self-sacrifice of gold is going to bring more gold back.~

The reason why I'm disagreeing with freezing our fishes is because I don't want anybody to be earning any less gold than the maximum amount of gold that they should be. It may be true that the developers may have reduced the glow times so that we earn less gold, however if we freeze our fish, then we will earn 0 gold.

As a tank owner of 4 dolphin tanks, I have worked too hard and spent too many hours just for me to give up all my hard efforts and stop making gold.

Of course that is your choice. I own six tanks of dolphins and I choose to take them out.

It seems to me you are missing the point of the strike. All strikes involve some personal sacrifice - even in real life (especially in real life).

The point is to show a unified front that tank owners are seriously upset by Gaia's actions.

They won't laugh because they should understand the 'fish in freezer' thing is not the punishment, just the message. The part that would / will hurt Gaia is when the tank owners stop buying fish. The people with high trigger tanks are the ones paying the most real life cash for fish. Even if a person purchase those fish form MP it still means SOMEBODY paid gaia real cash money for that fish.

Besides, you are not really losing gold by parking your fish in the freezer for a wee or two. You are just postponing it. And, if the petition succeeds and Gaia fixes the glow times (or decides not to nerf dolphins) you may be making even more gold than if we did not do this.

I am participating in the strike because I feel it is the right thing to do, not because it is convenient. Or, more to the point, I hope it convinces Gaia to do the right thing. I don't really care too much about my millions in Gaia Gold. It's just electrons anyway. I DO care about feeling like I'm getting scammed which is how I feel about Gaia these days.

The thought is good but...
I'm not taking my fish out because in all honesty, I cbf. sweatdrop
(Lazy I know)

Not playing BG or bumping during the strike is a good thing to add to the list in post 1. I didn't plan on playing any booty grab but I didn't think about saying it. I expect though that most people joining the strike are not going to play/bump those who didn't.

My Gaia age is 270 days. Most of a year but honestly still a tad on the newbie side compared to many. During that time I have watched Gaia repeatedly pull the bait and switch routine on the aquarium stuff. I mention my Gaia age because at first I just thought it was a phase or a genuine attempt at balancing things.

I have since observed the 'out of balance' is purposely created by Gaia when they want to generate more cash. Then the 'balancing phase' is done at our expense. As I've already stated in other posts I believe the same net affect could be accomplished without screwing over their customers and without making changes in secret.

So while I respect that Solyna and others have a right to choose not to participate in the strike I am disappointed. As was pointed out your fish don't age in the freezer. In fact, if they don't fix the freezer glitch many fish will extend their lives during the strike. So you are simply postponing getting the Gaia gold you would have gotten. There is NOTHING on Gaia you NEED so simply not buying anything for a week or two should not be a big deal.

While you don't have to join the strike, I certainly will not be playing any of your tanks during the strike. I am personally hoping you will not see very much gold gained during that week. Still, you probably will. There are too many users who do not have a clue how much time, effort and expense goes into getting a good tank and giving it high exposure.

On the other hand, consider this. If EVERYONE participated in the strike and no one could booty grab any good tanks during the strike then AFTER the strike players would be 'hungry' for booty grab. You would probably get more full games the week after the strike due to a lot of people playing.

Either way it is your choice but I disagree with the attitude that you can't be bothered or it doesn't really affect you.

BTW, in case any one is wondering, I'm not the kind of person to retaliate on people just because someone honestly disagrees. You are still welcome in my guild, in my next booty grab thread if I make one and so on. With so many users on Gaia it is silly to expect everyone to adopt my point of view.

I'm saying this because I've seen a few posts of people saying at least one guild is banning people who participate in the strike. I don't agree with that whether they are participating like I want or choosing not to participate. After all, treating people unfairly is the main reason for the strike. If I don't want Gaia to do it to me I should also try not to do it to others.

One last thought. If you won't take your fish out would you consider putting a link to the strike petition in your signature? At least people could go read about the strike even if they are still playing your glows.

Solnya......I've seen a few tanks with a single goldfish in them, just to maintain the health of the tank and to get the daily chance from the tank. Seems acceptable to me, especially since goldfish do not glow. =)