I've skimmed the profile a few times and it looks good. And there's a particular thing I'm looking for, I think, but I can't seem to remember the last place I saw it, but this is very helpful too. Thanks! 3nodding
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 4:56 am
Kay9214
I've skimmed the profile a few times and it looks good. And there's a particular thing I'm looking for, I think, but I can't seem to remember the last place I saw it, but this is very helpful too. Thanks! 3nodding
Oh btw, do remember to quote me or spotted if you edit the first post here...when you do, it loses it's announcement / sticky status. If you quote us and say you edited it, we'll put it back smile
I've skimmed the profile a few times and it looks good. And there's a particular thing I'm looking for, I think, but I can't seem to remember the last place I saw it, but this is very helpful too. Thanks! 3nodding
Oh btw, do remember to quote me or spotted if you edit the first post here...when you do, it loses it's announcement / sticky status. If you quote us and say you edited it, we'll put it back smile
Hmm, maybe. I can't remember now and I'm sleepy. sweatdrop Thanks though, that will help too. ^___^
In 2003, Misao made the 1st ever Annual Ball. The admins were so impressed with what she'd done that they released the red rose corsage and black bow tie for her ball. Note that these were the first non-store items on Gaia ever!
In 2004, Misao refused to make the next annual ball convinced that the greed on Gaia was far too much to yield it. In light of that challenge, Setzer appeared. He made a topic in QnF calling for people to help out and make the 2nd Annual Ball. This year, instead of one host there were many each with their own distinct rooms. It gained so much popularity amongst the users that Setzer decided to ask for our own forum to party in. As some of you know, the answer was yes. This was the first time Gaia had ever opened a Forum up for a user run event. Really this ball is extraordinary. Not only that, but again the admins seemed to be impressed and decided to release the G-pins (much to everyone's surprise since we (the hosts) didn't think there would be ANY items involved.
In 2005, it was that time again. Setzer passed the torch onto Razumi Yazura to host the 3rd Annual Ball since Setz thought that it would be best to change the main hosts every year (a very wise decision). That year we developed a theme which was planetary. All the rooms were based off of planets, but they each had their own underlying themes. Again the ball gained popularity and of course we asked for a forum. But this time we were getting the mansion! This of course was the first and last time the mansion was going to be opened for a User event. No items this year, but it was still a HUGE success!
In 2006, the 4th Annual Ball was hosted in a guild, due to unforseen complications, and the fact that the admins didn't want to open up the mansion for the ball. The slim staff of 16 worked day and night a mear two months before the official date of the ball, to keep this seemfully dying tradition alive. No official host was named this year, and command was shared between all those who were involved. Needless to say it was a quiet year that year, but it was the first ball that had a plot totally made by the users! Quiet, but still a success and fun!
In 2007, Leyna hosted this year's ball and the moderators allowed the ball to have its own forum for the 5th Annual Ball for the public to join in on the fun. The Ball's theme this year was Elements and it was quite exciting being able to make it public once more to a new generation of Gaians. It was a huge success and helped to open up the Ball to more people to help.
In 2008, with the Ball so successful as the year before everyone wanted to make this year's the biggest and best of them all. This year's host was chosen to be Freaksrus! Again for the 2nd time in a row the Ball was able to successfully gain a forum for the 6th Annual Ball. The ball was able to gain new ideas with the publicity of the last year and the ball's theme was chosen to be Time Periods after a quick change. Despite being a previous theme chosen for the 2nd Annual Ball all that participated had a ton of fun especially with a fun twist on the plot and the Ball's first time have it drawn out Manga style!
In 2009 Dolly14 was the host, and she created a fantasy world, with a fairy tale themed 7th Annual Ball! The ball brought in a ton of new guests and featured some of the prettiest layouts! Each room embodied a different genre, from a magnificent castle to a wild underwater scene!
In 2010, hosting responsibilities were passed between Valiae, xTrueBlissx, and Psycho Sabs due to real life complications and generally busy lives! The 8th Annual Ball was greek mythology themed! It featured a highly interactive plot with evil chaos goddess Eris going into rooms and messing with guests and NPCs.
In 2011, Princess Angelishia hosted the 9th Annual Ball, and the theme was the Seven Deadly Sins. Each of the seven rooms embodied a sin and its virtue counterpart. Though the sins and virtues were often at odds with each other, the guests had a blast restoring balance, and keeping the tower where they were held from falling.
2012 presented a story about dreams. With Broken_Bleeding_Angel as the main host, playing the Dream King, and LilChibiUsa as her CO and the Dream Queen, all the rooms were tied together with one plot about the failing worlds of dreams. Each room's plot resolution was one more step towards saving all of the worlds from being lost. This was the 10th Annual Ball and a milestone for the AURB.
In 2013, the Ball, hosted by Robayn, featured our favourite classics and their characters, who've managed to escape their books. Characters ranged from the works of Oscar Wilde, Lewis Caroll, even folklore collected by the Brothers Grimm! Guests had to work together with the legendary Merlin to return the characters to their books and restore balance. This year featured floating co-hosts - playing librarians - for the first time in Annual Ball history.
I got that from the 11th Ball's info thread that Usako linked to, but I re-wrote the last paragraph to fit a more post-ball setting, ya know?
If that wasn't right, Robayn wrote up a great summary about the ball in the first post of the donation thread, so you can use that too.
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