Welcome to Gaia! ::

A promise of money! 4laugh but it would take me forever and a half to get to 1000 pages by myself ninja I must go find willing people who talk much to help much in posting. . . much 3nodding

why do i fall every time i enter a new thread? its just not fair!!! gonk crying gonk

I feel......Like i need some gold.

A brief history of Gaia as quoted from here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_Online


"Gaia Online (formerly known as Go-Gaia) is a forums-based website. Opened to the public on February 18, 2003 by Gaia Interactive, Gaia first began as an "anime linklist with a small community," but it was openly stated by founder Derek Liu (username "Lanzer") that the website was moving towards that of a social gaming one. It eventually became the forum-based website it is now. Big-Boards.com reports Gaia has the largest on the Internet, with over a million posts made daily, over a billion posts total, and over 2.5 million unique users each month. In addition to the forums, Gaia also offers several Flash games.

Users of the site, known as Gaians, create a customizable avatar for which they can purchase items using virtual currency called Gaia Gold, which is earned by engaging in many activities. Gold can then be used to purchase online items, which can be equipped onto the user's avatar, stored in the user's inventory, or placed in the user's Gaia Home, a virtual, furnishable house.

Users may also purchase special, month-specific items called Monthly Collectibles with real currency.

Avatar system
When registering an account on Gaia Online, users choose the appearance of their avatar's hair, skin, and eyes, as well as the avatar's gender. Shown with a speech bubble is a female Gaia avatar.
When registering an account on Gaia Online, users choose the appearance of their avatar's hair, skin, and eyes, as well as the avatar's gender. Shown with a speech bubble is a female Gaia avatar.

The avatar system on Gaia Online is one of the major features that sets Gaia apart from other forums. Unlike traditional forum avatars, which are images provided and uploaded by users, the avatars are characters that can pose, dress up, and hold items. Gaia is distinguished from other dress-up doll sites in that the clothes and items must be purchased with Gaia Gold or American dollars (see Donation Items/Monthly Collectibles).

A user may choose the color of his or her avatar's eyes, skin, and hair. A user may also choose to change the appearance of his or her avatar's eyes, hair, and mouth. Avatars may be female or male, and can be posed in dozens of positions.

During some Gaia events, different skins are made available, which alter the appearance of the avatar's base, giving it the appearance of a zombie or alien.

Forums
A post on the Gaia Online forums system

Gaia Online's forums system is a phpBB2.xx -based collection of message boards. Gaia has many main forums, which are further divided into subforums. Users' posts usually appear in a speech bubble next to the poster's avatar. Gaia claims that its forums are the largest on the Internet, an assertion supported by Big-Boards.com. The forums generate the most site activity of all Gaia's attractions, comprising 25% to 30% of site activity. Gaia Online's forum system also includes a private messaging system.

Guilds

Users with similar interests can create or join Guilds, or private, user-moderated forums. Guilds may be based upon the discussion of a certain topic, or just a place for friends to chat. Some guilds are dedicated to certain causes or goals, such as speculation on future plot updates, helping new players, role-playing, grammar, or hangouts for prominent members. Guilds can be made public, so that everyone can post and read; private, so that the public can read but only members can post; or hidden, so that only members can read and post in the guild. The Guild Captain (the user who "owns" the guild) can create entry fees and promote other guild members into Vice Captains or Crew Members, granting them administrative powers.

Donation items/monthly collectibles
Sealed envelopes throughout the years

Monthly collectibles (formerly called donation items) are limited-edition online items purchased with real currency. In June 2003, in an attempt to increase site revenue, Gaia Online released its donation system, in which for every US $2.50 a user pays to the site, the user receives an item known as a "Sealed Envelope" in his or her inventory. On the 15th of every month, the Sealed Envelope disappears from the user's inventory and is replaced by a "Thank You Letter" for the month in which the user made his or her payment (for example, a "Thank You Letter for August 2004" if the payment was made in that month). Users are then able to "open" these virtual letters to choose one of two or three monthly collectibles to be granted to their inventory from each letter. These items were known as donation items until potential legal problems led administrators to change their name to monthly collectibles. Monthly Collectible items and the Thank You Letter items they are found in are limited to the month that they were released in: for example, the items found in the Thank You Letter for April 2006 can only be found in that letter, which could only be purchased during the month of April of 2006.

Letters can be purchased over the phone or via Paypal, credit card, traditional mail, or text message.

Games

Gaia Online currently offers seven Flash games: GAIA Fishing, GAIA Towns, Word Bump, Jigsaw, Slots, Cinemas and Cards. In most games, users can win different items or currency that can be traded in for items. For example, in Gaia Fishing users catch fish and garbage, which can be exchanged for fish-shaped hats or clothing made out of recycled garbage.

GAIA Towns

Gaia Towns (often simply called Towns) is an online world on Gaia where users' avatars may move and interact with each other and collect gold and small items.

GAIA Quests

The Gaia Quest system grants users items for performing certain tasks. Most quests on the site are for promotional purposes, granting items related to the featured movie or anime series for watching trailers. Movies promoted by the Gaia Quest system include Gracie, Nancy Drew, and The Last Mimzy.

Two anime promoted Gaia Quests include the series Tsubasa and Tsubasa Volume 2: Reservoir Chronicle that both rewarded anime based items.

The World Map
Barton Town on the Gaia Online World Map during wintertime. The link to the forums is being hovered upon.
Barton Town on the Gaia Online World Map during wintertime. The link to the forums is being hovered upon.

Originally the only way to navigate around the Gaia Online website, the World Map is an integral part of Gaia. It is a series of images, each depicting different 'towns' in Gaia: Barton, Isle De Gambino, Durem, Aekea, and various fields and fishing lakes. Locations on the World Map change in appearance according to the time of day and the season.

The World Map contains links to other parts of the site, which you can get from the top of the page such as the forums, GAIA Towns, or various shops. However, since the introduction of shopping and games pages, the World Map is often not used for its original purpose. The World Map also features a Teleport function, which takes a user directly to a location on the World Map without the need to travel through the various fields that link the different regions.

Plot

Gaia Online's plotline is illustrated through plot comics and staff-controlled NPCs. The plot illustrates events involving the various NPCs, and is often used to accompany the various major holiday events.

The Gaia Online storyline officially began in fall 2004, when the account [NPC] Gambino started up the fictional company G-Corp. The first illustrated update was for Christmas 2004, and the first actual manga was drawn for the April Fools Day 2005 event, and subsequent plot updates following the same format."

I don't have a face...and....




I just ate my pencil.

My un-face really hurts.

I AM A CHAIR.