2009/Jan-Jun/List/Community Announcements

January

 * January 02 - La Victoire update and EI Report: new EI Wingding Shirt is released, and Nestegg and the Dander completed its evolution.
 * January 08 - Gaia Contest: Holiday Stockings - finalists for the Holiday Stocking Contest were picked, it was up to Gaians to vote for their favorite.
 * January 08 - Gold Shop update: Ritzy, Snow Goggles, Ice Hammer, Trashcan Fire, Beardhat, and Tsunami KO.
 * January 08 - Included was the announcement of items leaving La Victoire: Evolving Item Bundle, 2008 Box Bundle, Far East Bundle, and Fish Bundle #1. At this time the voting for the Holiday Stocking Contest and more movies were added to Gaia Cinema. Ending the announcement was information regarding the limited-edition zOMG! Box and how there was a glitch that happened that made some not receive the Box. But Cindy informed Gaians that they will receive their item shortly and gave an apologize for the inconvenience.
 * January 09 - La Victoire announcement: Bundles leaving the Cash Shop Jan 14 (see above).
 * January 09 - EI Report: Fallen Wish, Jinxi's Charm, Titan's Legacy, Infernal Spirit, and Nano-C evolved, plus the first evolution of the new EI Anima Adamantea. Also informing Gaians that recent finished EI's: Gro-gain and Holy $#17 would be leaving the La Victoire soon.
 * January 10 - Community Spotlight: Gaia Astrology (a User run project). Going Postal was updated, and admin informs Gaians that buying Gaia Gold is NOT permitted; encouraging Gaians to report advertisements of this matter. And including tips on earning gold by legitimate means: playing games, posting on the forums, shrewd Marketplace trading, or just selling old, unwanted items.
 * January 13 - La Victoire update: new EI Fremere's Guard is released.
 * January 14 - Sponsorship: Fired Up!
 * January 15 - Monthly Collectibles: Scarlet Sprite [[File:0109-ScarletSprite.png]] and Order of Atlantis [[File:0109-OrderOfAtlantis.png]]
 * January 16 - EI Report: Wingding Shirt and Changeling Babies evolved, and the Coocoon completed its evolution. With this report Edmund was a special guest.
 * January 19 - Community Spotlight: Role Playing & Beware of Links. admin warns Gaians of clicking links that are not apart of Gaia Online, and encourages the reporting of bad links.
 * January 20 - Sponsorship: Coraline
 * January 21 - La Victoire update: Repo Lamp CI is released. This marked the introduction of Ivan the GRS Accountant.
 * January 22 - Sponsorship: Coraline quest
 * January 23 - EI Report: Fallen Wish, Captain Ara's Nestegg, Jinxi's Charm, Nano-C and the Infernal Spirit evolved, and the Gimpi completed its evolution. During this report Edmund brings a machine called "Suitomatic VII", this machine was created to remove the evil Timmy (T-Bone) from Timmy's body.
 * January 25 - Gaia Online: with its birthday was coming up, encouragement of Gaians to join the fun now and get involved with this momentous celebration! Included was admin wanting to know how members found out about Gaia Online. While the Daily Chance bonus update included Dancer Collar (9,000+ gold), Ronin Yukata (9,000+ gold), and Aquarium 2008 Winter Snow Crystal (7,000+ gold).
 * January 27 - Phin Phang update: Three new fish - Turtle, Blenny and Banggai Cardinal, also new terrain: snow, artificial grass, sand, and three bright and shiny new colors of pebbles. This is also the official announcement of the Booty Grab game.
 * January 28 - News Bulletin: My Avatar, Friends & Arenas Improvements.
 * January 30 - Announcement informing Gaians of the new game "Booty Grab".
 * January 30 - La Victoire update and EI Report: new EI Diapered Egg is released. The Anima Adamantea and the Wingding Shirt evolved, while Flynn informed Gaians that the Dander would be leaving the shop next week.

February

 * February 01 - Community Spotlight: Super Bowl Chat & Profile Winners.
 * February 02 - Gaiapedia became 3 Years Old.
 * February 04 - Gold Shop update: Sweet Lace and Skipper set.
 * February 05 - Sponsorship: Fired Up! cheer game
 * February 05 - La Victoire update: New Aquarium & Evolving Item Bundles. Aquarium Fish Bundle #2, Booty Grab Bundle, and Evolving Item Pack #2. Included was Flynn informing Gaians that some items will be leaving the Cash Shop on February 10.
 * February 06 - Gaia Cinemas update.
 * February 06 - EI Report: Changeling Babies, Jinxi's Charm, Fremere's Guard and the Fallen Wish evolved.
 * February 07 - Community Spotlight: Gimpi Love (a User run Guild) & Handling a Glitch. admin informs Gaians of the "Bug Reports & Technical Support forum" and tells them not to take advantage of glitches, because it is against the TOS. While the Daily Chance bonus update included Autumn Leaf Kimono (9,000+ gold), Split Fuschia Jacket (9,000+ gold), and Canary Yellow Pimpin' Skirt (9,000+ gold).
 * February 10 - La Victoire update: new EI Yemaya's Pearl is released. Flynn informs Gaians that the The Repo Lamp, Gimpi and Coocoon would be leaving on Friday October 13.
 * February 11 - Community Spotlight: Gaia's Darwin Awards
 * February 12 - Sponsorship: Fired Up! new trailer
 * February 12 - La Victoire update; Valentine's Day Gifts: Sexy Present, Cupid's Crown, Grace of Anteros, and Mono the Skunk Plushie. Flynn also informs Gaians of the upcoming V-Day event.
 * February 13 - Gaia Event: Find Love with the Valentine's Day
 * February 13 - Manga update: #33: Valentines Day 2009 - A 5-page manga about Valentine's day among the citizens of Gaia.
 * February 13 - EI Report: Infernal Spirit and Nano-C evolved, plus the final evolutions of Captain Ara's Nestegg and the Wingding Shirt.
 * February 14 - Valentine's Day Event
 * February 14 - Community Spotlight: Happy Valentine's Day & Gaia Wedding Chapel (User run thread).
 * February 15 - Monthly Collectibles: Grizzly Hoodie [[File:0209-Grizzly_Hoodie.png]] and Heartbreaker [[File:0209-Heart_Breaker.png]]
 * February 16 - Gaia Event ends: Valentine's Day 2k9
 * February 17 - Sponsorship: Sonic and the Black Knight
 * February 18 - Gaia became 6 Years Old.
 * February 19 - Phin Phang update: New Mermaid and Catfish, Plus Improvements.
 * February 20 - La Victoire update and EI Report: new EI Gogh Reed is released. The Anima Adamantea, Diapered Egg, Jinxi's Charm and Fallen Wish evolved. The Fallen Wish was nearing its last evolution.
 * February 21 - Community Spotlight: Fun Polls & The Oscars Chat. The Oscar thread opened Sunday, Feb 22. admin also informed Gaians of the upcoming changes to Account security.
 * February 25 - Darwin Winners are announced. Take It With You (User created novel) and another announcement for the Oscar Chat.
 * February 26 - La Victoire update: FAMESTAR 2000 CI is released.
 * February 27 - EI Report: Nano-C, Fremere's Guard, and Infernal Spirit evolved, and the Changeling Babies completed its evolution.

March

 * March 03 - Gold Shop update: Hip Hop and Audrey set.
 * March 03 - Gaia Cinemas: Anime Tuesdays.
 * March 04 - Community Spotlight: Grab the Booty & How to Win 1 Mil Gold. Daily Chance bonus included a chance at 1 Million Gold.
 * March 04 - Terms of Service was updated, and informing Gaians of upcoming Rally based updates. Included was the Holiday Stocking Contest - the winning stockings are now in the gold shop, the stockings and legwarmers were originally in Durem Depot at the time, they were: Gaia Feet Stockings, Deluxe Holiday Legwarmers, Deluxe Ribbon Stockings.
 * March 06 - EI Report: Gogh Reed and Yemaya's Pearl evolved, and the Fallen Wish completed its evolution, included in this announcement was a drawing from the Gogh Reed artist. The report also informed Gaians that the Changeling Babies would be leaving March 13.
 * March 07 - My Avatar: Brand Spankin' New - Dress up page has been updated. Features include: New improved look and layout, Faster avatar and inventory load times, Equipped items are easier to identify. Side note, the "Delete Avatar" option can now be found under account settings.
 * March 07 - Community Spotlight: New Roleplay & Make Daily Chance Work. User run RP called Mystic Castle. For the DC, admin merely informs Gaians about how to turn it on and off.
 * March 10 - La Victoire update: new EI Nartian Rock is released.
 * March 11 - Guilds: Improvements. The features included, Gaians able use up to five keywords and type a short desc for their Guild to clarify what the guild is about. The interface has been streamlined and cleaned up, and Gaians can now search for Guilds with 2 characters.
 * March 11 / 15: Phin Phang announcement: Big Booty Week - assorted fish dropped Green Coins, which was worth twice the Gold. Included in the Daily Chance, the Hermit Cat was introduced.
 * March 12 - Community Spotlight: Artistically Yours... Announcing Art shop by Gaian, Going Postal has new pictures, and admin informs Gaians about how to be Spotlighted.
 * March 12 - Let's send Gaia to SPACE! - NASA was hosting a naming contest for the new addition to the International Space Station.
 * March 13 - Phin Phang update: A Bounty of New Fish & Decorations. Mimi Kitty, three new snail colors, Gray, Orange, and Lime. With decorations mini truck bubbler, bell blossoms, life guard post, banana tree, paper lamp, zen tree. Also still informing Gaians of Booty Grab week.
 * March 13 - EI Report: Diapered Egg, Nano-C, Infernal Spirit and Anima Adamantea evolved, and the Jinxi's Charm completed its evolution.
 * March 14 - Support Gaia in the Race to Space! - In the spirit of competition, prizes were created for those of who supported Gaia in its conquest of the cosmos.
 * March 15 - Monthly Collectibles: Techno-Mage [[File:0309-Techno-Mage.png]] and Spring Nymph [[File:0309-Spring_Nymph.png]]
 * March 15 - Community Spotlight: Daffodils, Ribbons, Basketball and More. The Daffodil Movement (User run project about Cancer), a poll by an Admin asked "Who is going to win the NCAA Basketball Tournament?". admin also gave an early St. Patrick's Day greeting and directed Gaians to a poll.
 * March 16 - Sponsorship: Skittles
 * March 17 - Sponsorship: Henry Hatsworth
 * March 18 - La Victoire announcement: FAMESTAR 2000 and other items would be leaving the shop March 20.
 * March 19 - Sponsorship: Twilight DVD
 * March 19 - La Victoire update: new EI Reve Rouille is released.
 * March 20 - EI Report: Fremere's Guard and the Gogh Reed evolved, included in the report were illustrations by the artists.
 * March 21 - Community Spotlight: Forums and Items, Oh My! admin informs Gaians of three forums: BRTS, Q&A and SF. At end of the announcement was a poll titled "Which item do you think is most commonly found in Gaians' inventories?"
 * March 23 - Sponsorship: Men's Wearhouse Shop of Fancy: get some prom items.
 * March 23 - La Victoire announcement: Fallen Wish & Jinxi's Charm would be leaving Friday April 3rd.
 * March 24 - La Victoire update: Emerald Seed CI is released.
 * March 27 - EI Report: Nartian Rock, Nano-C, Infernal Spirit & Yemaya evolved. Included in this report was a Mini Comic by Nartian Rock's artist.
 * March 28 - Community Spotlight: Easter Bash, Earth Hour, and more! User run Easter event, admin informs Gaians about "Earth Hour" 8:30 PM in every time zone, lights should be turned off. The Results of the poll (March 15) is revealed, 40.3% guessed correctly that it was the Basic Fishing Rod that was the most common item in Gaian inventories.
 * March 30 - Phin Phang update: New Fish, Submarine & Tons of Goodies. New backgrounds, fish and items. The Watermeat, Narwhal, and a Submarine.
 * March 30 - Sponsorship: Monster Learning: Get Some Education

April

 * April 01 - April Fools 2k9
 * April 03 - Gaia Cinemas updated.
 * April 03 - EI Report: Gogh Reed and Anima Adamantea evolved. Included in this report was an illustration by the Gogh Reed artist.
 * April 04 - Community Spotlight: Easter Mystery Party and more! User run Easter event, Community Spotlight will now be known as Spotlight, for the Daily Chance 1 million gold, there were 16 Gaians who won over 200K, while 372 Gaians won 9.9K.
 * April 05 - Gaia's New Homepage was coming. (Main page)
 * April 07 - Sponsorship: Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce
 * April 07 - La Victoire update: new EI Kottan Bell is released, plus Aquarium Bundles: Fish Bundle #3 and Zen Bundle.
 * April 08 - Guilds: New Look, New Features and bug fixes.
 * April 08 - Gaia Event: Easter 2k9 begins, plus a Easter mini comic.  -  Easter 2009 page
 * April 09 - Sponsorship: MTV Movie Awards
 * April 10 - EI Report: Reve Rouille, Nartian Rock, Fremere's Guard, the Diapered Egg and the Nano-C evolved. Infernal Spirit completed its evolution. Included in this report was a Mini Comic by the Nartian Rock artist and an illustration by the Fremere's Guard artist.
 * April 10 - La Victoire update: Easter Items - Fuseling, Atrum Egg, Albus Egg, Fondue the Chocolate Bunny, and Sundae's Treat.
 * April 13 - Sponsorship: Skittles: Easter World
 * April 13 - Gold Shop update: Salon Update: Wavy Curls, Shaggy, Kelpie, Shirley's Curls, Sukadu, Wakabo, Okappa, Liberty Spikes, and the Mullet. Barton Jewelers got new jewelery, there were new colors for the Heart and Oval Hairpins, and Liam's shop got brooms.
 * April 14 - La Victoire announcement: Emerald Seed would be leaving the shop on April 17th.
 * April 15 - Ian informing Gaians that Easter event would be ending soon, and they should do some last-minute egg hunting. Including the Easter event in zOMG!.
 * April 15 - Gaia Event ends: Easter 2k9
 * April 15 - Monthly Collectibles: Cherry Blossom [[File:0409-Cherry_Blossom.png]] and Voracious Fog [[File:0409-Voracious_Fog.png]]
 * April 17 - EI Report: Lyndexer's Journal, Gogh Reed and Yemaya's Pearl evolved. Included in this report was an illustration by the Gogh Reed artist.
 * April 21 - La Victoire update: Suspicious Package CI is released, included in the announcement was a Manga short.
 * April 22 - Earth Day 2009
 * April 23 - Save Our Shops! - The stores have racked up a substantial debts to the GRS and are in need of a bailout. By helping the NPCs Gaians would receive unique items from Moira, Edmund, Sasha, Ian, Ruby and Liam.
 * April 23 - "Help Gaia Name This Forum", Gaians submitted names to be up for voting, for Gaia's new forum.
 * April 24 - EI Report: Anima Adamantea, Nano-C, and Nartian Rock evolved. Included in this report was a illustration from the Anima artist and a Mini Comic from the Nartian Rock artist.
 * April 25 - Community Spotlight: Member Appreciation Night. Announcement for "Member Appreciation Night" - Gaians Gone Wild! company softball team is hosting another Member Appreciation Night game in May. admin also announced that Gaians can vote for a name for a Forum, the voting would end on April 30th.
 * April 27 - Phin Phang update: Dolphin, Killer Whale, Nautilus & more! Irrawaddy Dolphin and Killer Whale, Nautilus, and a Diving Suit Rental. While Urchins comes in three different colors.
 * April 28 - Sponsorship: The Sorceress, new novel by Michael Scott
 * April 28 - La Victoire update: new EI Stolen Mesozoic DNA is released.
 * April 29 - Sponsorship: Take180: New I <3 Vampires Quiz
 * April 29 - Webware 100 - For the third year running, Gaia's a finalist in CNET's prestigious Webware 100 awards. Gaia encourages Gaians to vote for the site.
 * April 29 - Gold Shop announcement: Reopened and Remodeled - a staggering 1,625,515,965 Gaia Gold was donated. Two shopkeepers weren't so lucky: Liam of Crate & Apparel and Ruby of Gambino Hat Rack.
 * April 30 - Manga update: Olympics: Durem Part 2 & Olympics: Durem Part 3 - A 23-page Lost Manga that was meant to continue with the events of the 2008 Olympics.

May

 * May 01 - Gold tweaks were coming to balance out the Gold-granting system.
 * May 01 - EI Report: Gogh Reed, Fremere's, Kottan Bell, Reve Rouille evolved. The report informs Gaians that Infernal Spirit would be leaving the shop. Included in this report were illustrations by the artists for Gogh Reed and Femere's Guard.
 * May 05 - La Victoire announcement: Lance informs Gaians that the Suspicious Package CI would be leaving the shop Monday, May 11th.
 * May 06 - Gold Shop update: Picnic and Camping items.
 * May 07 - La Victoire update: new EI Classilke is released.
 * May 08 - EI Report: Lyndexer's Journal, Nartian Rock, Yemaya's Pearl and Diapered Egg evolved. While the Nano-C completed its evolution. Included in this report was a Mini Comic by Nartian Rock's artist.
 * May 13 - Sponsorship: Venus Embrace
 * May 13 - La Victoire update: Aquarium Bundle #4, while other bundles would be leaving on Friday May 15th.
 * May 14 - EI Report: Gogh Reed and Reve Rouille evolved.
 * May 15 - Monthly Collectibles: Pride of Hera [[File:0509-Pride_of_Hera.png]] and Lightning Lash [[File:0509-Lightning_Lash.png]]
 * May 16 - Community Spotlight: Member Appreciation Night Event & Webcast: Tuesday, May 26!
 * May 18 - Convention Tour 2009: Fanime
 * May 19 - Sponsorship: The Sims 3
 * May 19 - Webware 100 winner: Gaia Online | Category: Social & Publishing
 * May 20 - Cindy Donovinh reports about 2009 Prom event, included in this report was a chance to get 40 Gaia Cash. Cindy tips that whatever cash was not spent, would disappear on June 30th.
 * May 20 - La Victoire update: Promageddon items: At 25 Gaia Cash was the Shotfork, Bone Scythe, Heavenly Awesome, and Swimming Goldfish. Costing more was the Henrietta, Seafoam Gown, Archangel's Blade, and the Wed to Darkness.
 * May 20 - Manga update: #34: Promageddon Part 1 - A 4-page manga about Liam creating a robot to find the perfect prom date.
 * May 21 - EI Report: Kottan Bell & Mesozoic DNA evolved, and the Anima Adamantea completed its evolution.
 * May 22 - La Victoire update: Gee Boi Turbo CI is released, included in the announcement were two manga shorts.
 * May 28 - Gaia Event: Promageddon
 * May 28 - Manga update: #35: Promageddon Part 2 - A 2-page manga about Liam trying to ask Sam to the prom.
 * May 29 - EI Report: Fremere's Guard, Gogh Reed, Nartian Rock, Lyndexer's Journal and Classilke evolved. Included in the announcement were illustrations by Fremere's Guard artist and a Mini Comic by the Nartian Rock artist.
 * May 29 - Sponsorship: Take180: New In2ition Show

June

 * June 03 - Gaia Event ends: Promageddon
 * June 05 - EI Report: Yemaya's Pearl and Reve Rouille evolved. Timmy informs Gaians that the Anima Adamantea would be leaving the shop next week.
 * June 08 - Sponsorship: Year One
 * June 08 - La Victoire update: new EI Masquerade is released.
 * June 10 - Phin Phang update: Piranhas.
 * June 11 - Sponsorship: The Othersiders
 * June 12 - La Victoire announcement: Gee Boi and other items would be leaving the shop Wednesday, June 17.
 * June 12 - EI Report: Gogh Reed, Kottan Bell and Diapered Egg evolved. While the Nartian Rock completed its evolution, with one last Mini Comic by the artist.
 * June 15 - Earn Gaia Cash by completing sponsored offers!
 * June 15 - Monthly Collectibles: Angelic Lace [[File:0609-Angelic_Lace.png]] and Demonic Armor [[File:0609-Demonic_Armor.png]]
 * June 15 - A Gift from Gaia: the Wind Halo - Six years ago, Go-Gaia released the original Angelic Halo to Gaia's very first supporters. To celebrate the halo's birthday and thank everyone for their support over the years, Gaia gave away a free Wind Halo as a gift.
 * If 99 GC was spent, a spender was given a shot at getting the original Angelic Halo from a banned Account.


 * June 16 - Sponsorship: Dynasty Warriors: Empires
 * June 17 - Sponsorship: The Othersiders quest
 * June 17 - Phin Phang update: New Fish, Stickers, Decorations & More. New Starfish colors, Gold Nugget Pleco, and background. Included in this announcement was the Luck Treasure Chest and Luck Key.
 * June 18 - Sponsorship: Scion: New Rims
 * June 18 - Gold Shop update: G-Team Rangers Gear set all in Barton Boutique (3 years in the making).
 * June 18 - School's Out, and Pools Are Back! - Gaia Towns welcomes back the pools.
 * June 19 - EI Report: Masquerade, Lyndexer's Journal, and Mesozoic DNA evolved. The report informs that Nano-C would be leaving the shop next week.
 * June 22 - La Victoire update: Midsummer Swirl CI is released.
 * June 23 - zOMG!fest - Soundtrack composer, Jeremy Soule, stopped by Gaia forums for a live chat. By purchasing the zOMG Soundtrack, Gaians were given: zOMSoundtrack Earphones.
 * June 25 - Gold Shops: Store Exteriors and Shop Directory are announced.
 * June 26 - Community Spotlight: 7th Annual Ball
 * June 26 - La Victoire update and EI Report: new EI The Nightmare is released. While the Fremere's Guard, Classilke, Reve Rouille and the Gogh Reed evolved. Included in this report were illustrations from the Fremere's Guard artist, and with the Anima Adamantea and Nartian Rock leaving next week, there were two illustrations by their artists.
 * June 29 - Gaia Event ends: The Seventh Gaian Annual Ball
 * June 29 - Sponsorship: Skittles: Poll, puzzle and more
 * June 29 - admin informs Gaians that Free Gaia Cash from the Prom is expiring soon.
 * June 29 - Convention Tour 2009: Anime Expo!