May 24th

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Features

Is there any chance of a "Mark as Un/Read" button for PMs?

Shouldn't be too hard to build, but it's something we'd have as a low priority unless a lot of other Gaians wanted it.

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Games / zOMG!

Is there anything to know about the error we get sometimes on zOMG, when trying to log in to the bottom server (with the most players)? I noticed that quite a few players have experienced it not so long ago.
Here is my topic about it, with a few things tested (restarting, different browsers, etc), if more information is needed.

We'll check out your thread!

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Items

Are Evolving Items eligible for re-release? I just saw a Zodiacal Equinox sell for 1T and went up by almost 1000%. This is ridiculous!

We can look into it.

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Manga

I never really questioned this, but how do you pronounce Gino's name? For over a decade now, I had always pronounced it with a soft "g" since it sounded so well with his last name.

It wasn't until I met someone whose name was Geno that I started to wonder if Gino was pronounced with a "j" sound.

GEE-Ino. Hard J sound.

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Features
Would you consider raising the trading limit for items
from the current 30 to at least 100, and the Marketplace
listing limit from the current 30 to at least 100?

It shouldn't be too hard to do, we'll see about it. But will 100 be enough? O_O


Lanzer
Hello everyone! We have Codemonkey joining us at the Gaia office. Yay!
codemonkey37179
Hey, Everyone. Just fresh off the plane from New York. Really happy to here. What's new?


siskataya
Meromictic
items

Can we get another round of recolored peasant gloves in the more current color schemes?
I am totally on board with this idea! Let me see what may be done! :0


Lanzer
the secret bank
Golden Gatcha

I love this new gatcha! Was wondering if there are plans to add more items? Doesn't need to be new items, would love to see some older items added to the gatcha. So nice love it! Thanks guys!


You guessed it, the team does have more items queued up for Golden Catch. I assume you're referring to Golden Catch and not Golden Gatcha. eek


Takuya Kanbara
Sumthing Awesum
Items

Do you thinks it's possible to re-release kins that are RIG exclusive?


It depends on if they were specified exclusive when they were first released! If they weren't, then we can potentially release them in the future. Is there a Kin in particular you had in mind? 3nodding


Lanzer
pawsitivly purrfect
Event

Question: We all know summer is coming up shortly. So i was wondering any plans for a summer/beach theme event?


CodeMonkey made us a couple of mini games, we should have other activities also. Not sure about the theme yet.


Takuya Kanbara
Sumthing Awesum
Items

Could you please release Fafnir splicing shards more often?


Will make a note of it~ We may just make it a permanent fixture in La Victoire in the near future, haven't decided just yet. We'll toss it back in soon, though!


Zero Omega
Angels Alibi
Items

So a while ago my friend asked this; I was just wondering if there was an ETA on the completion of converting the real life merch tickets into gift vouchers for Genkimix? Last we heard about it was over a month ago in ATS when Zero said it should take a couple of weeks, and I'm just starting to get worried the one thing I want to use my voucher on will be sold out by the time this ends up happening as it's old stock ><
Thank you!

Zero said he'd get back to her, and then again during the Gacha 2 stream but she's still not gotten a reply and she's still worried ^^;;
We're not trying to pester, but it's been several months and she just keeps getting told to send a PM or she'll get a reply soon

Yes I'm sorry. @_@ It's been incredibly busy in the office so we're trying to get to these. I am happy to report that we have started getting back to a few e-mails this week and we hope to ramp that up so we can make sure to get all that merch sent out to you guys (also because I want to clean out the storage room where we have everything because it's a death trap in there gonk ). I appreciate the patience and please know that when they get sent out you guys will be getting something very nice as an apology for the long wait.


Lanzer
Hospitaliers
Lanzer
the secret bank
Golden Gatcha

Also this game loads really weirdly for me, not sure if I am the only person experiencing this. It's like it lags when it's selecting the type of coins or whatever they are called. >.> only slightly makes me upset when I get three golden coins and then they just disappear.


Any chance for a screencap? I haven't seen this problem yet.

I'm not the OP but I have a screencap:

User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show.

As far as my own experience with this issue goes, it happens when the first symbol is a Coin. Not sure if it can be triggered by something else.


I'll have it fixed ASAP. Thanks for reporting!


Narumi Misuhara
pawsitivly purrfect
Feature

Can we get an increase in the gold cap in booty grab? I feel like that feature is getting neglected because of zOMG and Lake Kindred. neutral


Not likely. I'm not even confident we can compile it successfully at this point sad


codemonkey37179
Knight Yoshi
Narumi Misuhara
Not likely. I'm not even confident we can compile it successfully at this point sad


Sounds like it's time to add it to games to rebuild in HTML5/JavaScript/Unity.
codemonkey37179

Just adding to your work load, aren't we. blaugh


That does tend to happen.

What game was this in reference to?


codemonkey37179
the secret bank
Golden Catch

Will there ever be a multiple spin thing in the near future?


Probably not.


Zero Omega
the secret bank
Golden CATCH

Is there a feed back thread for this or even a place to report bugs?

Feel free to make a thread in SF or Bug Reports (for the bugs)


Takuya Kanbara
Dogoda
Takuya Kanbara
Dogoda
Items

While inflation is a huge problem on the site I don't really think you realize that we have another issue at hand... There are tons of items with very little to no listings available. Most of the items on my wishlist have only two or three listings and they're inflated to a crazy price, I also have a bunch that have zero listings. I think you need to make a thread so we can actully tell you what items are in short supply so you can fix it. We need more re-releases that aren't monthly collectibles or brand new recolors. Would you be willing to work with us so you can get a better idea of what is needed to be re-released?


We do have the Rococo thread to request item re-releases! Unfortunately, in a lot of the cases it's that we can't re-release them because they were exclusive when originally released. If you have specific items in mind, you are more than welcome to post them in that thread and we'll see what we can do!

I've posted in there with other accounts and none of my suggestions ever get listened to. The lack of staff replying in there also tells me that you aren't really paying attention to what's being posted because if you were we wouldn't have thousands of items in such short supply. sweatdrop


I definitely read all of the posts there! It's just a matter of how much time I can dedicate to updating, and I don't always have time to reply to comments, I'm afraid sweatdrop But again, if there are specific items you'd like to see re-released, please continue to comment there with them. That is the easiest way for me to see them and keep them in mind!
Takuya Kanbara
heavens exiled
Could you guys consider another re-release thread for old rig items that don't cost a lot? Like not cash shop related LQIs and such. I think that'd be a neat idea to get other rig items in circulation again.


I'd like us to do something of the sort through Loyal's, personally, but I can't promise that just yet. I definitely want to keep it on the table for the near future though! :]


Zero Omega
Vedajo
Misc

Will we get achievements for the golden catch / lucky catch?
Would make it more intresting since all items i find that are not on my avatar will never reach the daylight and rot in my inventory. 3nodding

An achievement for spinning 10,000 times?!


siskataya
Beauty of Grace
Other
Honestly I just want to welcome back siskataya c:
You were always one of my favourite staff members and I was really happy to hear you'd returned!
Awwww, thank you so much! That is super sweet. And I am working on a lot of community-based ideas like events, contests, etc. I hope they'll be fun for you! biggrin


Zero Omega
Evil Cleavage
Features

Can you guys see who has voted what on threads? Like say for instance, someone was pissed at you and they gathered their friends and followed your threads to downvote the hell out of them. And you thought as much and filed a report for it or something. Would there be a way for you guys(mods and such) to view who has voted up or down on whatever thread in question?

And I know that to avoid that you could just turn off voting, or if you think people are picking on you add them to your ignore list, but a, everyone should be able to enjoy the voting feature and not feel personally picked on, and b, they could always make mule accounts or have their friends join in on the hate(it has happened to me once or twice so i does happen).

Thanks in advance!

Unfortunately mods/admins can't actually see who has voted on threads, devs might store that data (possibly, no guarantee) but we don't have a way to do so.


Lanzer
XxMo_uNdEaDxX
FEATURES
Is there anyway to get the app to tell you what items you own on the mp?


We're not there yet, but I'll keep that in mind when building the marketplace features.


Zero Omega
Evil Cleavage
Features

As a role play owner, if someone joins your role play do they have to follow your rules? For example, if you have a rule that says no abuse of any kind and there was something about a character's backstory, like they added rape or abuse of some kind to the backstory, and you asked them to change it. They would have to do it or you have every right to ban them, yes? Even if what they did may or may not be against the TOS?

Good question, one we see some people get confused on.

As a thread owner, you can make whatever rules for your thread you want (barring they don't violate Gaia's rules or TOS). If someone comes in and violates your thread rules, you have full authority to block/ignore them so that they can't post in your thread anymore (I suppose you could theoretically temporarily "ban" them by adding them to your ignore list and removing them after a few days).

However, just cause someone violates your thread rules doesn't mean they've violated a Gaia rule and can be reported for it. If a user violates your thread rule, they don't necessarily have any obligation to change what you ask them, but you can ignore them.

Make sense?


Lanzer
Dancing In Lunar Rays
FEATURES

So there was a random surge in the creating items a year or two back. And I'm not talking about tickets, I'm talking about GoFusion and Alchemy. Alchemy started the craze years ago and has a dedicated fan base but the components were never easy to obtain, especially when some key site features were sadly broken for quite a while. Then came GoFusion, which used charms that you could get for gold, cash, or around the site during special events. Then Alchemy came back with new recipes and even ticket recipes. We were even told that a golden fragment recipe was in the works to help make it a bit easier to gather the obscene amount of fragments needed for each ticket recipe. Now since the changing of higher management I'm wondering what's going to happen to these features? I'm just genuinely curious as to what's going to happen with these features. I'm sure they aren't high on list of priorities right now so if there are no plans I get it.


We've been slowly addressing different problems as they come up. Pepper Tea is usually pretty good at catching individual issues, and being able to move items onto other places for grant. If there are any specific items you're concerned about, please let us know.


Zero Omega
Aoi Kigure
Items
Is the old thread that was used for item suggestions ..Is it still being used to submit item suggestions? I have not seen it . sweatdrop

I believe so!


Zero Omega
Knight Yoshi
Features: SCAS Applications
When can we expect our NDA to be approved? surprised

Sometime in the future. We got a loooooooooooot of applications in (about 620+) so we have a lot we need to go through.


Lanzer
MC x Dragonborn
Hi you guys should update bidding a bit , IV lost hundreds of billions from putting 1 too many 0's crying


Hopefully after the economy project we won't have to deal with as much zero's anymore.


codemonkey37179
Nyadriel
So what have you got planned for us in the future? Any hints you can toss us?


Working on mobile and mini-games. I hope to build a mobile version of switchem.


Takuya Kanbara
dissonances
Shops (specifically, Loyal's)

Any plans for a new Gate for the shop? emotion_dowant
I like those, and I'm kinda bummed it's been a while since we had one.


Not in the immediate future, but hopefully within the next month or so! Can't promise new items for it, but it'd be helpful for getting older items back into the system as well, so it's something on my list of things to do~


Lanzer
dissonances
Items

So like, are we really ever going to get more than just a constant influx of feminine items? Because honestly, as nice as it is to see new items, we hardly ever get masculine or unisex or androgynous items. I know I'm not the only person here who would like to see something than frilly and sexy all the time. Please. please, could you give the same kind of attention to your male base users as you do your female ones?


I'll pass the word. I too wish to dress nice without having to cross dress. biggrin (just kidding, I don't change outfits)


Zero Omega
Evil Cleavage
Features

In regards to the TOS and Role Playing guidelines, you can't role play out abuse and sex and stuff. That is all very clear. But even so much as having abuse in a characters backstory in their profile is against the TOS/Guidelines, even if not actively taking place in the role play, correct?

It honestly depends on what exactly is being said in the character profile. We allow for dark themes, but they can't be mentioned in detail. For example, a character's profile might be:

The character had been physically and emotionally abused as a child by her family, and this has shaped how she deals with certain situations. When seeing a young child get bullied, she gets filled with rage and will stand forward to protect the child against all harm.

Then it would be allowed because while the history is dark, it doesn't get into any explicit detail that would cross a line. Of course, I will mention that such things are completely open to interpretation and context, so while I've given you example, make sure to tread carefully with dark stories as you may end up getting reported anyway and we may have to take action if we find that it does cross a line.


Zero Omega
CraftyRani
Features
Could you allow us to have “bigger” signatures, the pixel size and character limit are fine, but 100kb is way too little for a pic nowadays, isn't it? sweatdrop

We've been talking about possibly increasing this limit.


codemonkey37179
the secret bank
codemonkey37179
Dogoda
Games

Through the years we've had a lot of flash games for various site events. Some were really fun, I happened to love the rejected olympic games and the bunny ranger games. Instead of creating a bunch of new games when the company is more stable can you look into putting up the old event games instead? It's a shame that they're going to waste, it might save on resources to recycle the old games anyway. I would really like to see some of the site history come back, it would give us a lot more to do. I'm burnt out on the other flash games that are currently up. emotion_8c


Too late. I've already made a bunch of new games. One of which is an old event game, but I made it in html5 so we can use it on mobile.


does this mean we will be able to do water balloon wars? O:


Not yet. That would take making a new Gaia space. I really want to build it, but mobile and mini games have to come first.
codemonkey37179
the secret bank
Maybe in the near future? hopefully before summer ends? Cause that used to be one of favorite things to do in the summer. Go and kill people with balloons. LOL.


Sorry, no way I can build a Gaia space by summer. Maybe a water balloon game though...


Lanzer
Quos
Features - Avatar customization page

Could the item limit per page under the tabs be increased? I have a couple of pages for Hats/Items and some users have several times more.


More than 600 would be tough because it takes up a lot of memory with stacking enabled. We'll need to do some overhaul to change this.


Zero Omega
Dogoda
Event

Will Gaia be at A-Con in Dallas this year? just curious, I have friends that are going and if you're gonna be there I need to tell them so they can bring me back Gaia goodies lol. lol

We will be! We'll have an announcement out this week with details.


Narumi Misuhara
Dogoda
Features

Remember all of those explicit avatars from the seven deadly sins runway contest and how Narumi needed eye bleach because of how raunchy it was... I was told that you were going to look into a report avatar function for runway because of this, any update on that? I would be nice to be able to report explicit avatars and avatars spamming the runways for not following the theme.


A direct report system no, I did add the ability for "live" moderation of contests so Admins and mods can see and remove entries in a running contest. I do plan to go back and add in a reporting system for you guys.


Takuya Kanbara
Akari Yui
Takuya Kanbara
Lady Venger
Items/Shops

Will there be a lot of bundles in La Vics for Memorial Day weekend? emotion_kirakira Or specific hourly sales? O.o


We're not going to be doing a major sale for Memorial Day this year, but we'll have our usual shop stuff going on. The reason for this is because we've got other big things coming up that we'd rather have our artists working on, including but not limited to the annual summer sale... ninja

Will there be some paw love during the sale? The last few sales were sorely lacking in the paw department. emo


We do plan to have a few new paw items as part of the sale, yes. 3nodding


Zero Omega
Dogoda
Misc

Wasn't sure what this question would fall under... Anyway...
What are you going to do about the moderator situation? I've noticed that the list has gotten even shorter and I feel bad for the existing mods, they're way overworked. With zOMG making a comeback and older staff members coming back the site is increasing in popularity again, they're gonna be swamped with reports if they aren't already. gonk

We would absolutely love to add more moderators, we've just been incredibly busy and we have a small team as it is that once we get something new we have to do, other things have to re-prioritized and pushed back. We definitely want new mods (and I get poked by mods on the team about it constantly, so I know how badly they all want it).


siskataya
babyl10
Games

Will Switch'em ever make a come back?
Switch'em was one of my babies and it is my intention to bring it back. codemonkey and I are poking this idea with a stick to make it live. Liiiiiiiivvvveeeee! eek heart


Zero Omega
Jasette
Oooh! I almost forgot!

Events

I decided I'm going to Anime Expo this year!! I'll see you there, right? Do you guys do a table anymore or just a panel? Will I get the conventioneer achievement? emotion_kirakira Should I bring anything special? 8D

Genkimix will be there and we'll be around to help them out, and I believe we have a panel slated. You can get the conventioneer achievement! Bring massive gorillas.


Takuya Kanbara
houjun-san
Items/Features

Do you have any plans of bringing back the tier rewards?


While we're not removing the possibility of them coming back from time to time, the reality is that tiers did cost the company a lot of money to make. sweatdrop There is still the possibility that we'll bring them back from time to time, but I wouldn't necessarily count on them, outside of any Project Diamond Ticket tiers. Hope that clarifies!


Lanzer
Dean VVinchester
Features
Can we have more mp outfit slots for selling? Like at least 15 or 20? I tend to hit my limit when cleaning out my invo via outfits. Also, can there be a user-set duration for outfit listings (like regular mp items)? >3>


We're looking into it. Hope to have it up pretty soon.


Zero Omega
Juni Yosei
Zero Omega
Juni Yosei
• Events

Will you guys ever come to a new york con/icon/comicon?! I always see you guys everywhere else but near home.

We do plan to go to San Diego Comic-Con, but New York is out of the running this year, maybe next year though? We do plan to go to Otakon! Can you make it there?

where is otakon?

Washington DC


codemonkey37179
sup-qt
Misc

Anyone ever thought of travelling to New Zealand?


I've thought about it. Especially since you put the idea in my head. One of our former artist was from New Zealand.

Have you ever wondered where Old Zealand is?


Lanzer
Iron Volvametal
Shops

Any possibility of having a "mass-buy" option for Alchemy Formulas? It's tiring having to constantly buy 1 Formula at a time. Even better if it was available for every Gold Shop Item.

The only Shop Items I know that allows you to buy multiples are the Bait from The Ole Fishing Hole & the Tokens from Prize & Joy(which, by the way, is far too low; we can only buy 100 at a time when we can buy a LOT more with the current inflation).


We'll have a shopping cart in time. Surprised me that we still haven't got this type of a feature yet.


Lanzer
dissonances
Miscellaneous

I don't even know where to put this one, honestly.

Any plans to update the gold grant for the following: first comment on a profile (a day), first journal post (a day), first vote in a poll (a day), first post (a day), to match or at least be somewhat more consistent with the current economy? Because all of those still grant incredibly low.


They will all be boosted by a lot when we release the economy fix.


codemonkey37179
Knight Yoshi
codemonkey37179
rose-zoey
Features

Question
will there be a chat just like when we had meebo


There is already a chat.

Just a thought. When you upgrade it to HTML5 do you think you could integrate it into the site's footer - the one from the account settings page? That way it follows the user around and is easily accessible. Optionally make the footer mandatory so that everyone has quick access to it and knows it exists, but allow users to "sign out" of the chat - kind of like how Meebo use to work and/or how FB's chat works.


That idea has crossed my mind.


Lanzer
~ Aki - Fairy ~
Features

Maybe it's just me, but the Equipped List issue never did appear to be fixed after earlier this month or whenever it was (other-Aki's is still showing up as hidden, even though she has it set to public). Could this perhaps be looked into again, please and thank you? <3


I've had it fixed for profiles. Is there any other places that I missed?


Lanzer
the secret bank
Captcha
Been having issues with the captcha not loading at all for me, and then me not being able to post on the forums. It's kinda getting on my nerves. Is there a place for me to report these issues?


http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/site-feedback/recaptcha-feedback-thread/t.102421435/

I also have periodical posts on Staff alerts for these


Lanzer
sup-qt
POSTS/FORUMS

Would it be possible to increase the character limit in posts just for the guides forum?
I'm finding (and im 100% other guide makers as well) that I hit post limit often with so many new items coming in and my god I have to reserve so many posts


Hmm, that might be tough, for the database does have a character limit. No promises on whether I can change it or not.


Lanzer
reclassified
Features

So with the introduction of a new Gaian currency to battle the inflation, it will not close the gap between rich gaians and poor gaians. Meaning that some greedy people will always want to be at the top of the chain hoarding items/tickets and sell them for stupid high offers. Some items will still not become affordable for some no matter how much you try to change that.


That's exactly true. In any economy, real or virtual, there will be a wealth gap. It's something we can't eliminate, but there are things we can do to lessen the disparity.