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Platonix

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 12:49 am


March 23rd

[NPC] Gaia Staff
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Welcome ladies and gents!

Quote:
Items/Tickets

Do you think it would be possible to create a Triple Rainbow ticket to recolor all of the poses in items with more than 15 poses such as the marionettes or early EIs (Alruna's Rose, Masquerade, Lyndexer's Journal etc)? There are many items I would love to see recolored or colored in something that the item hasn't seen yet but many of them fall out side of the 15 pose limit and I'd hate to pick and choose when I want to see the whole item recolored.

This is something we can consider, yes!

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Games/Features

Would it be possible to have a way to save 2 versions of our current avatar? Backgrounds are something really fun to play with for a few of us, but for others it's just gets in the way when they go in the flash space like towns. Being able to save two different avatars, one for forums and another for games, could be a way to make the best of both worlds


This is an interesting suggestion! Unfortunately this isn't something we can consider without over hauling a good portion of our backend construction.

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Events

What can we expect for Easter?


Gaia can expect some new, colorful visitors! At least the President is excited about them.

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Features

I was wonderin' if there are goin' to be achievements for gettin' married so many times, gettin' divorced so many times, or for bein' married for a certain amount of time.

You may find out as more time passes. ninja But otherwise good ideas on the other ones, we'll consider it!

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Features

Have you guys ever considered simplifying and fixing the forums emote system so that they all follow the same rules?
This would reduce the amount of accidental smileys while typing and make things more standardized...

Remove the short-cuts of ") (wink), 8) (cool), :D (grin), etc.
And just let them be expressed through their proper names like :wink: :cool: :grin: etc.
In the case of :o which has no other proper name, perhaps name it :surprised: ?

Thanks for the suggestion, we'll take a look into it and see what we can do

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TekTek Update
Currently we still have not made any resolution to the TekTek website going down. As it is, we are planning to create an avatar worth calculator and a Dream Avatar Dress up system, multiple poses and a direct link to the marketplace to wishlist with. These are hesitantly scheduled for release in early May. We have re-opened the SCAS guild to test this feature along with a number of other released that are planned for late spring and early summer.


Finni
x1thegirl411
Items

emotion_kirakira i have a idea for a gaia cash item i call it Cross stitch lolita it will have a eye patch a dress a leg mod and a arm mod with a cute maid hat will this be made into a gaia cash item? ^_^ heart

and before you ask no i don't want a item that already exist on gaia i specifically want my item idea to be made

this is how the item looks heart

http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/039/0/c/cross_stitch_lolita_by_x1thegirl-d75kcl3.jpg
We currently allow user designs to be specifically made using a Project Golden Ticket! emotion_kirakira

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This little bunny wants a Golden ticket too~


Zero Omega
The Iron Magus
Events

Hi, Staff! Just wanted to give a big Thank You for helping us to promote LabTech Week! Thanks to your Gaia Blog Post and Announcement, we had 480 pages of fun, games, contests, and SCIENCE! All in celebration of our beloved LabTechs in G Corp and NeXuS Corp!

Awesome! We're glad that you guys had a great event and here's to the next Lab Tech Week!


bluealaris
Lord Toxic Prince
games

snow flakes charms

2 weeks ago you said you will release them why so long


We are currently preparing a Go-fusion release update that will involve some recipes with snowflake Charms in them. Once this is finished we will release the Snowflake charms! 3nodding


Finni
~ Aki - Fairy ~
Items

Re-colour of Tidy/Sparkling/Clean Operator to have white hair, pink bow, pink overalls? emotion_kirakira
Shirt, shoes and gloves would be cute in pink too, but I suppose for balance/set using you'd want some variety, so maybe the shirt and gloves in white, the wrench in pink?

At least for [Animal]s
I keep picturing it and then have to say something in the hopes that the image transfers to somebody else's head too because I'm sure I'm not the only one who would love this in extra-girly


PS: Thank you for the denim jeans for [Animal]s - my wardrobe feels so much more complete having them in it

That sounds like a great color palette maybe for Easter! Unfortunately right now we don't have plans to recolor that item again since we already created three colors for the current Spring Cleaning event.

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This little bun also wants pink and white palette items!


Narumi Misuhara
CantankerousCat
Items

Why can't Animal avatars open aquarium fish drops? The Animal avatars have been out for over a year, yet when I try to open a fish drop, I still get this message:

General Error
Could not open this item. Please try again later.


If I switch to a human avatar, I can open them, but they can't be opened while using the Animal base. Why is this? Can it be fixed?

cat_confused


Thanks for bringing this up. We'll need to take a look and see what is happening with it in the background.


Finni
Zero Dream
Items

Blah blah blah gaming items blah blah blah Smash characters blah blah blah Robin item please ? <3

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/leaves carrots for Finni
Something might already be in the works... ninja

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Carrots?? emotion_kirakira


bluealaris
The Iron Magus
Features

Some people are confused about the status of zOMG, probably since it's still accessible via the site features search, and its page states
General Error
We're sorry, the servers are currently down for maintenance.

Please check back later.

I think it would clear up a lot of confusion if you updated the message or removed the zOMG page entirely.


I agree, there will be some cleaning and changes going on through the next few months and this will be one of them.


codemonkey37179
Sailor Buffy
Games

The password rooms for Gaia Fishing have been broken for over a month now. I wish you guys would fix this. For the past week, I have been constantly harassed in my own room especially by this one guy on my ignore list. I am not getting any help with this issue. Fishing would be enjoyable again if we had password rooms again so I and others can fish with friends without being bullied by others. I understand you have other projects but please fix this.


Yes, sorry about that. We really want to get that fixed. Unfortunately it is not a problem that can be resolved easily. In the coming months we are planning to give fishing the love and attention it deserves, not just the passwords, but those awful captions as well.

Narumi Misuhara
Vannequin
Feature

Would it be possible to arrange our invos from the Dress Up page?


Not currently as the two systems are separate, but it's something we can look at for the future.


Finni
Ridley Starsmore
Items

Dander bunny ears for paws, please?

There may be an abundance of bunnies about to be unleashed upon Gaia's populace that probably has entirely nothing to do with any of my influence nope none whatsoever.

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Nothing suspicious here, nope!


Narumi Misuhara
The Iron Magus
Features/Event

The front page of the official G Corp Guild that told the story of the first Gaian zombie outbreak has badly broken formatting. Do you think you could pop in and tweak it a bit so everything displays properly?


We can take a look during some downtime. smile


Narumi Misuhara
The Iron Magus
Narumi Misuhara
The Iron Magus
Features
Often times, when I'm on a page with lots of great posts, I end up trying to tip faster than the system will let me. Why does it have this built-in delay that requires me to wait between tips?


Flood control for our servers.


I don't know what that means, but it sounds important. emo

I guess there's no chance of decreasing the wait time, then?


*shakes head*


codemonkey37179
The Iron Magus
Events

Why are some items worth zero points for the Spring Cleaning event? Doesn't that go against the purpose of the event--to get rid of our unwanted junk? On that subject, how are point values calculated? It sometimes seems totally random!


Certain items would have made the event too easy, so as a result we opted to set some items at zero points. All items regardless of points went towards achievements.


bluealaris
The Iron Magus
Events

What exactly is the nature of Liam and Sam's realtionship? It's obvious that they're spending a lot of time together these days, but despite Liam's obvious romantic feelings for Sam in Promageddon, they almost seem to be more "bros" (hangin' out, playing video games, etc) than anything else. Where do they stand, romantically speaking?


Sam and Liam really enjoy each others company and are very compatible. I think that Sam is just more focused on her work and not the most experienced with identifying Liam's romantic overtures. Right now I'd say they stand in the realm of very close friends.


Finni
Flint Jakobs
Items:

Can we give Finni a round of applause for making the most awesome hair ever? emotion_kirakira /biased

Also, are we going to see more user-made items in the near future! :D


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Yes, more user-made items on the horizon! Golden Scissors just got re-released in the cash shop today so there's definitely more tickets being put into circulation.


codemonkey37179
Castiel Lover
Games

Besides fishing, what other games are you working on revamping for this year?


Many, Many, but have not decided which ones yet. I hope we can find time for new ones as well.


bluealaris
Kid Jak
Items

any way to get a Prism paws ticket that lets us convert 6 poses of and EI or REI to paws?


We currently don't have anything like this, but we can consider it! Converting items to Paws can be tricking, especially if there's specific layering modifications.


Narumi Misuhara
Castiel Lover
Features

Have you found the bug that won't let us organize our inventory in the new version without shuffling following pages? Any news on when this might be resolved?


No. No ETA yet either sad


Zero Omega
A Brilliant Loser
Features

Back in February, one of the admins mentioned that we'll be getting an adoptables subforum. Can we get a possible update / eta for it? also, is there any ways a user can help to expedite the process?

Nothing users can do at the moment, we actually have rules and guidelines set up, we just need to go through and review them before opening the forum up. It actually exists right now, but normal users can't see it.
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bluealaris
elaisa_angelic
Items:

Hello sweet staff!
It happened to be my Birthday today, and to my happiness I got the Club Verge Pressie,
Sadly only to realise there is no [animal] version of the Club Verge March(or any other month) Birthday Crown.
This made me sad because as a paw i can not use the human item.

Is there any possibility to get an [animal] version of these birthday crowns someday please emotion_kirakira emotion_bigheart


Yes, we can look into converting the crowns for Paws! Thank you for the suggestion. heart


codemonkey37179
Nenanah
Features/Events

I wanted to ask about bringing the cinema flash space back around? I think it'd be a pretty good idea to fund it with a kickstarter! Maybe set it up like the friend's chat spaces where you can rent out a theater with a screen that plays a specific video or two until the rent period is over.

Question is originally by wqt


I'm not sure, but I think the theater space is the wrong size for Towns 2 now. I'll have a look for it.


Finni
Thongchan
Items

I know I asked this sometime long ago, but are you guys introducing more Rosamund items anytime soon? <3

I think we've seen quite a bit of the Rosamund saga's storyline, so we plan to give the series a bit of a break before we consider delving into more items continuing their story.

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Narumi Misuhara
Niki-Senpai
Features

Will astras ever be supported in the avatar arenas?


Not currently planned but not a bad idea.


Zero Omega
twilightreaperX
[Events]
what ultimately leads you guys to decide who will join in the beta testing guild SCAS?

Right now we're pretty open to pretty much mostly anyone who applies, we're primarily looking for good Gaians who haven't really caused any trouble and are genuinely interested in helping us test who are over the age of 18 and have enough availability to take a look at least once at a test build and provide us information and updates.


codemonkey37179
Citizen Kitten
Games

I was just wondering if there is any hope of updating word bump. Like updating the pay out and acceptable words?


There's always hope.


Finni
Hirurg
Item:

Will the umbreon item (moonlight) ever get the espeon treatment?

i need that in my life. gonk

Hi there! I'm actually the artist for both Synchronous Moonlight and Synchronous Sunlight (and Synchronous Eclipse too) and unfortunately because the Moonlight has the iconic ring design embedded into the clothing pieces, it becomes a very awkward transition towards the lavender design that users are looking for. I know it's frustrating to wait but if time permits, I would like to create a proper Synchronous Solar Eclipse (or maybe Synchronous Dawn? What would you name it?) recolor/recreation that takes these design elements into effect so that it doesn't look hastily mashed together or gimmicky. I hope you understand and thanks for still looking forward to the possibility of this item!

Hopefully this tiny, perfectly bean-shaped bunny will help tide you over during the wait. heart

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codemonkey37179
KindaLoveable
Games
Are the passwords in fishing ever going to be fixed?


Yes.


bluealaris
little_kiwis2
Features

I was wondering if there were plans to lower the prices of buying new outfit slots? Currently, to get slots 22-27, you have to pay 1Billion gold for each one, significantly more expensive than it was to purchase all the previous slots combined. Not to mention that slots 28-31 require Cash to obtain!

While it's nice to see we have the option to purchase more slots, something that many people have been hoping for, the price tag just feels like a slap in the face, and is unfair to newer gaians or those without the the ability to pay such high prices.


We considered the option to purchasing additional outfit slots beyond the number 22 to be something that users can quest towards. The price on each slot is low enough so that daily chance, offer videos and extended activity on the forums can earn you enough to purchase these one at a time. The ability to purchase these outfits slots won't be leaving with the event, so this will be something to work towards. 3nodding


Finni
Jisen Meizuki
Items/Shops/Features

Last year, someone mentioned about the lack of NPC Gaia when there are few items of Nyx. A staff hinted that Gaia will show up around springtime.

It is now spring.... Where's Gaia?

It's only been 3 days into spring!! gonk Give us a little more time~ heart

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//attempts to distract you with a tiny bunny


Narumi Misuhara
OMG its Zack Fair
Features

Love the marriage system but some Gaians are single and proudly so.
So my question: Could Gaia make it so our single status appears under our avatar in forums?
I would love to see Flying Solo Since Jul 01, 2009 under my avatar!

And hey thanks in advance for considering this. :3


It's possible, though the system wasn't really designed with "singles in mind" aside from them getting married.


Zero Omega
QUARAN7INE
FEATURES

Could be possible in a near future to pass Gaia Cash from mules to a main account via trade or a similar system?

I ask this because I have some GC scattered around my mules and none of them come near to buy even the 99gc items.

This probably isn't something we'll be implementing as we don't want to open the door to trading Gaia Cash for gold, items, etc, the idea is that Gaia Cash is non-transferrable on Gaia unless we specify what you can trade it in for. You could go ahead and file a billing ticket to request your Gaia Cash amongst your mule accounts be consolidated, but please be aware that we will have to verify your accounts and if we cannot we will not be able to consolidate the Gaia Cash.


Finni
Lady Saxophone
Items

Since Easter is coming up and all, could this possibly be inspiration for a new bunny outfit? ninja
(And is Finni doing well?)

P.S. T u T Thank you for addressing my suggestion from the pre-event questions!!

Wahh thank you for all of your well wishes, I did get some time to rest and I'm back to my usual bunny self!
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As for the suggestion, I've passed it onto the team~ heart


codemonkey37179
Arcee Gibson
GAMES

Are we going to get any new games? The Empire game isn't really a 'gaia' game. But it feels like Gaia-based games are just grossly neglected. We had Frontier Skies and I absolutely LOVED it, but when it was brought back after the event, it was so atrociously glitched it was removed forever. And I could be wrong, but I thought back when we had the danceydance game for the prom, there was mention about that game sticking around. But that never happened.

I'm just wondering if we could get new games. Even something as basic and simple as a memory game that gets progressively harder would be something to look forward to.


YES, yes, yes, yes yes.


Zero Omega
Castiel Lover
Conventions

Will you be at Megacon, in Orlando? April 10-12.

Unfortunately we will not be there. However, we will be at Wondercon this year!


bluealaris
Nenanah
Misc

Someone has raised the issues for the diminishing number of users gaia is having, so as a suggestion why don't you create a contest where Gaian's can create a blog (FB/Tumblr/Any Social Media Site) about Gaia on other sites and give out worthwhile prizes like LQI / Exclusive Items. They can write a Gaia Guide (Since most Gaia Online Guide on Google is outdated) or they can create an art post or things about what they like on Gaia and the likes of that.

Gaia is severely lacking new contents when it is searched in Google so we probably need new contents to flow out there to attract new users


Question is originally by Kitsunen


I agree, and I think this is a fantastic idea. We've already had fanart contests on Gaia but I would definitely like to be able to post these contests onto other sites. Thank you for the suggestion. heart


Zero Omega
Nenanah
Misc

This sticky....
Sisky's House of Pancakes: Closed for remodeling! :0
Can we please get rid of this sticky? It's been inactive for quite sometime, it doesn't really serve any purposes anymore.

Question is originally by Nenanah

It's gone!


Zero Omega
Lord Toxic Prince
donation event

early this morning a donation event started i donated like others did what happen to it?

i got no items or achivment from it

It wasn't ready yet and got accidentally released. When we release it we will be providing you your rewards.


Zero Omega
Amby Ambrosia
Event

Will the gaians who donated to the D-party kick start have there donations carried over when the even official relaunches? Will we have our gold automatically refunded if not Or will we have to file a ticket?

Thank you in advance for answering.
ninja if it gets answered at least.

Carried over.


bluealaris
Nenanah
bluealaris
Nenanah
Manga/Misc

Who is Peyo's dad? Where is he at, and is he okay? I feel like a proper answer needs to be given so people can take the father's day picture out of their signature and I personally can know peace once again.

Question is originally by wqt


The origin of Peyo is a mystery that could un-cork the very fiber of Gaia's existence. Lets just say that.

Call Maury?


And Dr. Singh!


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PostPosted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 12:49 am


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codemonkey37179
Leaden D
Event

Any news on the Easter event?
Is there gonna be one?
When might it start?
Can you give us hints on what to expect?

Will [npc] Easter Bunny grace us with his presence?


1. In the first post
2. Yes
3. Before Easter
4. No
5. *shrug*


Zero Omega
havockitty
tickets

can someone please clarify how long it should take a gaia cash ticket inquiry to be completed. I've waited months now to be granted my gaia cash and it's been a solid a month since the ticket was listed as a work in progress.

That's really strange considering our queue for those tickets have been cleared, I'll take a look into this for you and we'll get you a reply to the ticket.


Finni
Sensifer
Items

Could you please do an updated version (current color schemes and characters) for the plastic lunchbox? (maybe even a basic hand mod to look nicer holding it?) <3 that would be so awesome.

I see a lot of requests in general for different handhelds, so it's something I keep in mind! More lunchboxes sounds fantastic, I love lunchboxes irl!! They're so cute it just makes eating lunch so... cute...... like I'm living the magical girl life...... emotion_kirakira

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This bun bun knows how to take lunch on a higher level.


Finni
Castiel Lover
Items

Three Little Munchkins and Three Little Rascals have the same thumbnail image.

Hmm that's strange. I'll look into it! Thumbnails on the Gaia server sometimes take up to 72 hours to reset so you won't see any changes immediately, but this issue will be addressed. Thanks!


bluealaris
`Hydro
Items

Might it be possible to introduce a few more rare fish into the system, like the ones for Backwings formulas? They are so rare and their purpose is to be used up, so perhaps they could appear in deflation RIGs?


We are not planning on releasing any rare fish at this time- fish can be caught and exchanged for items through the game and earning gold/crafting items are a reward for that hard work. 3nodding


Narumi Misuhara
Happy _Tropical_Flower
Features/Games

The Booty Grab community is going to hate me for asking this question, but here it goes... D: There is, for a lack of a better word besides being a possible glitch, a "strategy" where before the game of Booty Grab begins, that if you click on the middle of the screen multiple times, some of the Booty Grab fish will stay in the center of the screen and drop gold so they won't move around as much as the other fish. Is this "strategy", or possible glitch, considered cheating? Some users use this strategy to get more gold, so I was wondering if the "strategy" was a glitch or not and if it is okay to use this "strategy" when playing Booty Grab.

Thank you!


Hmmm, I'm going to have to play a few games to verify this. In fact, to properly evaluate this, I will need to test over many weeks to make sure testing conditions are consistent even among different seasonal conditions... yes ...in fact I think I should start testing right now ....be right back....


bluealaris
Sovngarde
Features
Will you be adding any other CI recipes to GoFusion? Lots of them were added at first but none have been added for a long time.


Oh yes, we're going to be adding more CIs to GoFusion.


Narumi Misuhara
Nenanah
Features/Items

Lite Fish.
They are mainly for decoration, other than that they really don't serve a purpose. having these fish will prevent people from getting their tanks added to tank hosting threads/guilds and people don't want to play a tank with lites because of the low payouts if they ever decide to glow at all...

Can you please do something to make these fish more desirable like make it to where more of them glow or make them have a higher payout?

Question is originally asked by Nenanah.


This likely won't be changed. Lite fish were, by design, not meant to be as desirable as the regular fish.


Finni
kingdome hearts girl
Shops

Can we have different style rainbow hair in shops along with cancer awearness items?

Multi-colored rainbow hairs are currently considered premium-type items, so you probably won't be seeing them in Gold Shops but we do plan to make more for Cash Shop releases. However, cancer awareness ribbons sound like they would be great additions to the Gold Shops and I've passed on the request!

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Thank you for the suggestion! heart


Narumi Misuhara
Dancing Heffalumps
Features

What's up with the daily treat? 90% of the time it wont load.


Usually means there's no inventory available from our ad providers. :/


Zero Omega
LotusCrystal1223
Features/Bug

Recently there is a bug pledging the site. Where even if you pay the gaia cash needed to have ads disabled...they still show up. some of these ads are really really bad and lag out and crash the site. I've reported this in the Bug Report forum.
I have two questions related to this issue.
1. Can you provide any updates or reason as to why this happened and what your doing to fix it?
2. Due to the fact this issue effect users who paid your site real money will there be some form of refund or maybe adding more days to the blocking of the ads for those effect?

PS
Here is a link to my thread in the bug report forum so you can refresh yourselves as to what has happened and how many users have been effected.
Ads Won't Stop Even Though I Have Paid to Turn Them Off

We are aware of this glitch and we're taking a look into what might be causing it. Unfortunately we do not have any updates at this time but when we do we will be posting a staff notice to let you know. As for a refund, we have no plans to compensate for users who have been affected by this as the ability to disable the ads has been a bonus for already spending 250 Gaia Cash on Gaia, usually for a Cash Shop item. As opposed to if we were directly selling the ability to disable ads as a new and separate product other than items.


Zero Omega
Squirrelette
Event

so my suggestion is when you have an avatar contest to maybe close the forum while you are judging after the contest deadline is met. This would prevent late entries and possibly make it easier for the staff to judge, resulting in a faster release of the results.

Thanks for the feedback! We can certainly consider it!


Jak Bauer
jodikara
Events

[insert question here - whatever it was. I'm kinda blinded right now by that yellow text.]


OK, just so you know, if we can't read part of your question, say by using an unreadable font/color your question will never be answered.


bluealaris
Windi43
SHOPS

Why am I unable to buy the large Heaven Or Hell Bundle in the Cash Shop today. I have tried 5 times! Acts as thought the transaction is complete....no Item ------no GC taken.
Thank You
Windi43


Thank you for letting us know- we'll take a look into it.
Zero Omega
Thanks for reporting it! We have fixed it, so give it a few minutes and you should be able to buy it!


bluealaris
Andranis
Features I think?

I'm not sure what category to put this under... xD; But is there any chance Gaia might raise the minimum ages for the site? 17 without parental okay, anything under WITH parental okay. The items and some of the announcements have become decidedly... NOT PG-13 anymore. I'm kind of worried that parents giving consent for their kids to join Gaia also don't know what's actually entirely ON this site, and it admittedly kind of alarms me that people are justifying the continued PG-13 rating with "Kids see this on TV all the time" in regards to stripper poles, avatars in as little as a thong or with leaves over their privates, missing heads that have what looks like blood spurting out... I'm concerned that Gaia might get into some deep legal troubles because of it, and wind up shut down if the wrong parents see it and see that anybody over 13 can join and make these avatars if they find themselves with the on-site financial means.


The PG-13 label is more like a guideline than law. We are COPPA compatible, which means that users under the age of 13 are not permitted to join. Because Gaia Online is neither a site promoting alcohol or pornography, there are no requirements in terms of our content that require us to make the site 18+. There are some items that are tongue-in-cheek and some that are more violent or sexual in nature than you might find in a children's show, but this is a community of users that are 13+.


Finni
Nenanah
Misc

We really do need more staff interaction in the Item Glitch Reporting Thread.
People avoid posting there because they think it's being ignored by staff members, they don't see the point in reporting something since they think it's falling on deaf ears. Can we start making it a thing where people get quoted when their reported glitch is being looked into or at let people know that the staff is aware of the glitch?

Question is originally asked by Nenanah.

Artists will usually post when an issue has been addressed or will tip the OP when something has been fixed. Unfortunately the amount of reposting is actually slowing down our ability to go through the thread and address glitches, which is frustrating for our artists as well. I apologize that sometimes the glitch just isn't fixable or will require longer a longer amount of time to address. I do wish we had a better system but this thread is the best we can do at the moment.

We've been discussing methods that will make this more efficient, since a lot of the reports that are posted are either intentional by design, not considered a glitch, or unfixable. It's a difficult balance!

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I know this isn't much but I hope this little bunny is some consolation for your continued patience.


codemonkey37179
YourDreamSenpai
Games

Will whispering/crew/group chat ever be (re)introduced into Towns 2 like zOMG had?


No plans for it in Towns 2 at present, but I'll keep it in mind.


codemonkey37179
Nenanah
Games

Are there any plans to add achievements for playing the Empire game?

Question is originally by ( CherryblossomGoodbye )


No, we can't integrate achievements into that game, since it is not our own.


bluealaris
Seiji-ojisan
Items

I can't remember if user-created LQI's can get rereleased, but if they can, will you rerelease Path of Thieves? I'm sure it's been at least six months since that one came out and it's pretty much nonexistent in the MP. =C


Yes, these can be re-released. Keep your eyes peeled, there might be some returning very soon.


Finni
Scriptkitten
Items

Animal skins for human bases please? emotion_kirakira
Humans have thousands of items that are currently exclusive for them. Let's leave some exclusives for our paw friends as well~ heart


Zero Omega
Nenanah
Features

Will you ever consider bringing back featured profiles?

I asked this question a while back, and the response was that there was no real reason for the deletion and you would consider bringing it back.
I was wondering if this is still on the table at all, as I feel profile design is becoming a dying art on here compared to how it used to be.

Question is originally by drunk gfx

It's an interesting an idea, we'll have to think about if this is something would be willing to commit to doing each week, so we'll consider it!


bluealaris
kingdome hearts girl
SHOPS

I am a bit frustrated with Loyal's shop. it says we have to log in for so many days then we can access the shop. I have been getting on Gaia every day since Christmas and I am still at 33 days. It is like it is not counting my log in days. Why is that? do I need to go to the shop everyday to count as a log in? gonk scream


Please send a ticket to our customer support team and they should be able to resolve this for you. Some people need to be manually put into Loyal's and you might be one of them. ^ _^
Zero Omega
You can go ahead and file a ticket at our Help Center and we should be able to assist you!


Finni
scientifico
Item
Hello around three and a half months ago I posted in an ask the staff about a glitch on a particular item and was redirected to the official thread that works with item glitches. My post was never acknowledged, I was just wondering if there was anyone I could speak to directly about this issue? Ty
Feel free to PM me with the issue and I will pass it onto the artist involved or let you know if it's an unfixable glitch.


Zero Omega
Dashner Hawke
Features / Other

Hello! For the beta tester guild, will we receive a confirmation whether our application has been accepted or denied? I applied for my main account and I haven't gotten a message or email so I was wondering if this is good or bad. sweatdrop

You will receive a reply if you have been accepted or denied. You will only get an e-mail, however, if the e-mail subject says, "SCAS Application" and at least has your username in the body.


bluealaris
Yuekazehime
Events?

It was mentioned in the last ATS that the Cross Stitch contests don't get much turn out. Could there perhaps be a poll in the GCD for what gaians would like to see as their next contest theme?
(It might also help if, like the avatar dress up contests, there's certain specified categories of winners 3nodding )


I think for our next Cross Stitch contest we will definitely have to build an event around it. Thank you for the suggestion!


bluealaris
Castiel Lover
Events/Gofusion

During the winter events, you had to take items out of gofusion early because of some snowflake charm problem. At the time, you'd stated they'd be back when the charm problem was fixed. They never came back and I didn't get to spend my 90 some charms on any of the winter items.

Link to notice about it: staff notice

Will they be back again, or did I spend hours getting charms for nothing? sweatdrop


We will be putting a number of items back into the store for Snowflake charms soon. 3nodding


bluealaris
Mirastella Crowley
Shops

What happens to the shops in Durem now? Will there be temporary stalls in Barton, Aekea and Gambino Isles after the attack by the exiled god, Nyx soon?


I can only hope that they've boarded up their windows, because there's now way their inventory could survive the move unscathed in all that chaos!


codemonkey37179
Ducktor Doom
Games/Features
Gaia homes is in need of a rejuvenating update.

Could you add some new house items?
It'd be really neat to live inside an medieval castle, with a pet goat npc, or a pet chicken npc that wanders around.

It'd be cool if there was an item in your house you could interact with to preform alchemy.
Like a special alchemist table.

Home items badly need some sort of tangible reason to be required other than soley visual stimulation,
and tying some items in with Alchemy would be fun interaction. Like an alchemist garden which produces a random item once every week would be nice too.

Figuring out a way to somehow include aquariums into homes would be interesting too...

Thank you for reading.


These are all really cool ideas. At present however there are no plans for updating homes.


Finni
Fibonacci To Infinity
Items

For a while now I've seen a major layering issue with some hairs/wigs & face mods.
I don't know all the items but the most common one I see is with the McFly items.
If the face is too big it layers over the bangs instead of under.
Can you guys fix this? DX
I wanted to get the Stare Down item for my mule & I can't because they layer horribly on it.
Here's an example.

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Unfortunately this is due to some wigs being cut incorrectly during the item production process. There's very little chance that these types of glitches can be fixed due to the intense amount of time needed to completely redo the wig, but we have addressed these types of items to be cut more properly to accommodate face mods in the future. I apologize, I know this type of glitch is extremely frustrating and it's frustrating on our end too! I think this particular hair you are referring to may be able to have a quick-fix so I'll look into it for you after ATS.


codemonkey37179
Halloween Network
Events

Question: Maybe can make a Halloween's Events about Kamila (zOMG Boss)?


Maybe


Zero Omega
angie_sash
Items/Features(?): Flynn's Plunder

Last AtS, someone requested for Flynn's Plunder to be stocked with wings, and this request was granted. After the current auction in Flynn's ends, can Flynn's be restocked with nothing but rare fishes or even just a huge number of durem fishes? Please? This would greatly help those who are pursuing the alchemy backwings quest, since the rare fishes are so inflated right now.

We will more than likely not be restocking Flynn's exclusively with rare fish as fish are a way for the fishers on Gaia to earn their gold and enjoy Gaia. However, fish will occasionally make an appearance for you to bid on.


codemonkey37179
Seiji-ojisan
Features: Towns 2

I like that we can visit zOMG locations, but I've noticed at least for me, visiting some of these areas does weird things to my avatar's size. For instance, if I go to Zen Gardens.

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My avatar starts out like this. A bit smaller than it was in the original game, but okay. However, if I move down to the next screen...
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My avatar is considerably smaller, when there shouldn't be any change at all. If I move down once more...
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My avatar goes back to the previous size. Things get even weirder when I go into the secret room in the bell.
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Whoa. I'm minuscule and the screen is all shrunk too.

Can this issue be addressed and fixed? =o


Whoops, can you pm me this info? In the mean time don't consume an cakes that say "Eat Me"


Finni
Niki-Senpai
Items

Would you consider making a rainbow ticket variant that allows for only single-posed items or just wings?
DJs and Wings make up a huge percentage of of user recolors, and I think introducing a ticket that more or less caters to recoloring those will help bring more creativity to the rainbow ticket item choices.
It's up to the user how they choose to use the ticket. We don't have any plans at the moment to create single-pose Rainbow Tickets.

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Zero Omega
Ranas94
Features/Items
I'm really excited about the project regarding the tagging system, where gaians will be able to modify/add tags through the help of moderators (or something like that, I've read it some time ago on another AtS). So my question is if we'll be able to name/rename specific shade of colors and combinations?~

With the current system we have, no, as the ability to create new tags will be restricted. However, what we can do is create a thread where users and group together tag suggestions to go into the database.


bluealaris
jodikara
Events

During the Easter event are we gaians who love Dierich going to be able to get a variety of his themed items???? Like hopefully a Dierich March???????

Oh did you know that this morning the gold donate for "D-Day" for Dierich was up? I was going to donate 5,000,000 to get his items but I figured it was a glitch since it didnt have a background and the robot wasnt our favorite grunny.


We're still in the process of releasing a party for Diedrich. Have patience the star of the party will be coming soon. 3nodding


Finni
element crystals
Question Category Items/threads

Question:
This may be a bit of a silly question but could we possibly get a separate thread for item requests/recolors?
I really love the idea of ask the staff but most of the questions seem to be people asking for more items in a certain color.
Not that's a bad thing!
I would love just to have a thread about site feedback and questions about how things are going without going through ten pages of 'can we please how more yellow flowers items please?'

Maybe a request thread for items and re-colors could be open at all times?
We have threads like these in Site Feedback! The artists read SF regularly so the requests are definitely seen. We're just a quiet bunch sweatdrop I'd really benefit from seeing less item request/recolors in ATS because it really affects my ability to go through and answer more in-depth questions among the sea of item and recolor requests!

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Narumi Misuhara
OtakuJeannie
Features:

Some avater items I find make me uncomfortable, especially when I am around younger company. Is there any chance we could get a filter option for those of us easier squicked/triggered?


We're sorry to hear that. sad

This is not currently something we would put in place as it would require significant changes to the backend to support.


Zero Omega
Chishi Karei
Features

So totally new at this but hey worth a shot!
Anyway my question is: Is there anyway to add a banning system to the forums?

I ask because a lot of RP, Charity and Art forums get a lot of hate from trolls and just over all rude Gaians. And while those who respect and follow the rules and report the person for their behavior there is no way to truly stop these people from coming back. So maybe by adding the banning system we can control who can come and who can't come into the threads keeping the black list of threads truly a black list. This also keeps those few Gaian's who have a stalker from coming in and seeing what they do and then getting harassed. Yes I know the ignore feature hits on some of that but at the same time it can't completely stop someone from causing issues. This is just my feelings though.

A banning system wouldn't actually solve this problem because you still wouldn't be able to restrict a user's mule accounts. The ignore list effectively does everything a banning system would do for you. If you do not like a user coming into your thread, simply ignore them and they can no longer come into your threads. A banning system would effectively do the same thing.


Zero Omega
Tsukesage
Items

Will there be any Paws items in the new kickstarter?

You'll have to wait and see!


Finni
Hey guys! I'm still only on page 14 or 15 but unfortunately I have to run! I will do my best to look at the rest of the pages in the thread and respond to as many people as I can either on their profile, if they have a more personalized question, or in this thread so that people can see the responses.

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Please feel free to d'awww at this tiny bunny while I'm gone! Thanks for all the questions and the well wishes from being sick and unavailable last week! heart


Finni
Melodicsiren
ITEMS

I was thinking about maybe a binder/stuffer item? Something that will hide breasts on female avatars or add them to male ones.
The gender swap potion is a bit too irritating to use all the time since it resets everything else as well.
I could even design it for you????? Maybe?????? I really need this in my life.

We have a couple of items that are actually chest-flattening on females (Supplicant Prince, Malfunctioning Lurker) and plenty of bras/shirts that are chest-enhancing on males! I'm sure the folks in Avatar Talk can help you pinpoint more items that'll suit your needs. heart


Finni
Ranas94
Items
Have you thought about releasing a "create your own astra" ticket? I'm pretty sure most gaians know about the layering restrictions that astras have, so I hope that's not an issue~

Hi there,

I've responded to this question about potential Astra tickets that allow custom user-created animated items on a few occasions now so I will copy and paste my previous answer from February one more time for everyone to see:

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Unfortunately, we cannot allow the creation of custom Astra animated items. There are a myriad of limitations to the animated item system that does not allow us to accommodate a majority of the user requests we have already seen, so we have decided not to allow this item type to be customization. My apologies!


Finni
Angels Alibi
Items

Please please please consider making an item with a short SKIRT cutting pose?
So many lovely skirts on the site but most are too long and cover nice leg details
I'd adore an option to cut them a bit shorter (above knee preferably) so we have more room to add other details

Skirt-cutting brings up the same issue as pants-cutting into shorts, which has also been highly requested. The issue is that many skirts and pants are actually leg modding, and cut into the default legs in various ways to get cute fitted shapes. When you make scissors that "cut" the skirts or pants into shorter versions, it reveals these various holes or cuts in the actual underlying skin, and there's no way for us to cleanly undo the missing flesh. We really don't want to see Gaians running around with holes in their legs! gonk We already have this problem to some magnitude with dress-cutting scissors (i.e. Danse des Etoiles + Alleycat's Allure scissors) and this type of masking conflict is even more prevalent in skirts and pants. So until we can figure out a more effective way to prevent skirt or pant-scissors from also ripping holes in your legs, we will not be creating scissors of this variety. I hope this helps explain the issue, and thanks for understanding! heart


Finni
Tiny Chibis
Question Category Art

Question

Do the artists have a favorite color scheme they like to use while drawing/designing artwork/items ?
I personally usually start with values or if I have a palette in mind then I paint those colors onto my canvas first, so that I'm designing with that color scheme in mind. For the art team, it really does depend on the artist! Some people are like "Aw yeah definitely these colors" and others will create some value studies and then mock up their item concept in a few different palettes before settling on the one that goes to finals.

The recent monthly CI, Tendit ad Astra, features a bunch of WIP gifsets of our artist's illustrations and lets you get a little insight into people's processes. They're quite fascinating to watch, if I do say so myself! There's a handy user thread here that you can access to look at all the artwork.

Hope that helps answer your question! emotion_kirakira


Finni
Niki-Senpai
Misc.
Finni, why are you SO cute??! ; u ; <33
//blushes furiouslyyyy


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