Arenas

The Arenas are competitions, similar to Rate-me sites, in which Gaians can enter their Homes, Avatars, and Artwork to be rated from one to ten by other Gaians. Since users make gold by voting and commenting, people vote as spam.

Avatar Arena
The most popular arena, it is an avatar costume contest. An avatar poses on a small stage and other Gaians rate it from one to ten. The Avatar arena is more often than not a contest to see who has the most creative avatar and matching description. The winners are usually exceptional cosplays, well-coordinated outfits, or make inventive use of items. Many users, however, rate 10/10 for other users in hopes that they will be rated a 10 in return. Because of this, plain avatars receive unusually high scores.

Art Arena
The second most popular arena, users submit their art for rating. Most of it is fan art, but Gaia accepts all fantasy or anime related entries. The art arena used to house a monthly art contest where users could win rare medals, but it has since stopped. Users now enter simply for the fun of trying to make it to the top ten, getting comments on their work, and getting higher ratings.

The last Gaia art arena Fanart Contest ended in September of 2003. The contests were based on a user-picked anime. The first prize was the Gold Medal. This is given out to the top rated picture of the contest. It is currently the rarest item on gaia, as it is not likely to ever be given out again. A gold medal has never been sold on the market place, and its value is unknown. The silver medal was given to the second place winner of the contest, and the bronze medal was given out to the remaining 8 winners in the top ten.

Right now the status of the future of the Art Arena is unknown. The admins have mentioned changing around the system, perhaps making new prizes for a contest in the future.

Housing Arena
The third arena functions in the same way as the other two arenas, rating interior design of Gaian homes instead of art or avatars. New in 2006.