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July
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What the Fluff Fixes

I've made a few changes and fixes to the flash side of Towns 2 and the What The Fluff Event.

Here are the errors addressed:

The dreaded white screen error should be gone. Other players entering your Tic-Tac-Toe game room Getting back a clone of your last fluff Sleeping, eating and washing errors.

There still seems to be a problem with the fluffs playing hide and seek in the houses. If this happens, for a temporary solution, say the phrase: call pet. If the fluff is just hiding it will reveal itself.

Also on the smart phone there is a go directly to my house button. Narumi Misuhara (?) Gaia Staff Post: 63632027_930 created on Tue Jul 02, 2013 2:04 am Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 2:04 am Narumi Misuhara's avatar

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Uh-oh Halo

Earlier today we announced that the halo would be available from 9pm to 10pm tonight. Unfortunately, we forgot to tell that to Waffles and it didn't end up getting added until much later. So we will be extending the halo's life in the sale until midnight tonight along with the other secret items.

We apologize for any inconvenience this error may have caused.

Zero Omega (?) Admin Lead Post: 63632027_931 created on Thu Jul 04, 2013 9:15 pm Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 9:15 pm Zero Omega's avatar

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Gaia Online Panel Webcast Live!

The Gaia Online Panel Webcast at Anime Expo is live! You can watch it here! codemonkey37179 (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_932 created on Mon Jul 08, 2013 1:10 pm Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 1:10 pm codemonkey37179's avatar

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What The Fluff Ending

The What The Fluff event will be ending today around noon PST.

At the same time the event ends we will be updating changes to the neighborhoods, allowing you to wander from one place to another within the same town. The bug/trash/flower collecting code has also been updated, to make sure you keep what you collect. Happy hunting! siskataya (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_933 created on Mon Jul 08, 2013 8:02 pm Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 8:02 pm siskataya's avatar

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It is time for the weekly Ask The Admin - please stop by the thread here and join us!

We'll get to as many of your questions and comments as we are able!

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Original event items will no longer be available in future Cash Shop Event Bundles

Hey everyone,

I wanted to make a post to talk to you about the recent Event Bundles available in the cash shop at the end of the Summer Event.

Our intention in releasing the bundles was to not only provide a way for Gaians who missed the event to get the items, but to score some bonus items as well. Since event items have always been available in the marketplace for people to sell/buy, we didn't realize that including them in such a bundle would make people irate or feel their efforts to earn them in the event were undermined. That was not our intention at all, and are sorry if people feel this way.

Last night, I said in ATA that we would be including original event items in future Event Bundle releases, but we've read your feedback, and re-discussed the matter. Based on your comments, we have decided, going forward, NOT to include original event items in these bundles. We want people to enjoy the items they earn in events, and to feel confident and happy participating in the events. You can still buy/sell your event items in the marketplace of course, but they will no longer be included in Cash Shop Event Bundles.

As for the sale of Event Bundles in general, please be aware that we will still be having Event Bundles for sale in the Cash Shop, but these will contain only new event-themed items such as recolors of existing event items, new event-themed items that cannot be earned in the event, etc.

Take care and thanks for reading! Sisky ubermegAtrOn (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_935 created on Tue Jul 09, 2013 4:55 pm Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 4:55 pm ubermegAtrOn's avatar Offline

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WTFluff Loyalty Rewards Program

The WTFluff event ended a few hours earlier than advertised, which inadvertently prevented some Gaians from redeeming their loyal fluffacorns for the event item. To compensate, all users whose pets were maxxed on loyalty (200/200) that had not previously gotten the item have been granted it; you can find it in your Inventory (look on the last page).

For everyone else, you can get yours in the marketplace. Good work, fluffers! Princess Angelishia (?) Gaia Staff Post: 63632027_936 created on Wed Jul 10, 2013 4:33 pm Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 4:33 pm Princess Angelishia's avatar

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Favorites - New Feature Being Tested

Hello everyone!

Just wanted to give you a heads up that SCAS members are beta-testing a new feature today called Favorites! This new feature will allow you to collect and share your favorite avatars and posts from all around Gaia.

Testing this feature means a couple things:

• You may receive (or have already received) notifications of your avatar or posts being favorited by the SCAS team that is testing out the feature. • We are temporarily disabling the ability to add arena entries to your watchlist, because from now on adding to your arena watchlist will be done through this feature.

Thank you! DJ Helsing (?) Admin Post: 63632027_937 created on Fri Jul 12, 2013 6:17 pm Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 6:17 pm DJ Helsing's avatar

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Frontier Skies Fully Funded & Goals Updated!

Hey Gaia Online Great News!

We are happy to announce that Frontier Skies the card game is fully funded on kickstarter and moving forward full steam.

In addition we have listened to your feedback, pms and comments and have worked with our partners at Game Salute to completely updated the stretch goals with all new rewards.

Check out the new stretch goals and Pre Order your copy of Frontier Skies now!

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Join us for Ask The Admin!

Hey all! Hope you can join us for this week's Ask The Admin! Bring us your questions, comments, and feedback and we'll get to as many posts as we can!

The ATA thread can be found here!

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Club Verge Has Arrived!

We've just launched a new feature for Gaians who have spent at least 9999 GC in the last 12 months. If you meet the criteria but haven't received your invite yet, make sure to log out and back in so that the check can be kicked off. For all the details about Club Verge, be sure to check out the handy information page here.

Note: We will be working on other incentives programs to reward Gaians for their dedication in other ways, like time as a member, number of posts made, etc. So stay tuned, you'll undoubtedly hear about them. siskataya (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_940 created on Mon Jul 22, 2013 8:06 pm Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 8:06 pm siskataya's avatar

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Join us for Ask The Admin!

It is time for the weekly Ask The Admin - please stop by the thread here and join us!

As always, we'll get to as many of your questions and comments as we are able!

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3 Days Left to Enter CrosStitch Contest!

There are only a few days left to enter the Halloween Costume CrosStitch contest! You have until July 26th at 11:59 PM PST to enter.

Help us design a new costume or clothing item so we can kick off celebrating Halloween early. Your entry can be scary, gory, cute or just Halloween themed!

Check out the official entry page for the full rules and details. To view other fabulous entries that have already been sent in you can check out the CrosStitch forums. Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_942 created on Tue Jul 23, 2013 7:18 pm Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 7:18 pm Uncle Kenny's avatar

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Zeevex Purchases Fixed

We've had some issues with Zeevex purchases not working correctly the last couple days. We've worked with Zeevex to fix these issues so you should be able to make purchases with it again. Please let us know if you still experience problems by posting in the Bug Reports & Technical Support forum. Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_943 created on Wed Jul 24, 2013 1:20 pm Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 1:20 pm Uncle Kenny's avatar

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Halloween Feedback

While we continue to plan out our awesome 10th anniversary Halloween event for this year, I wanted to take a moment to get your feedback on what your favorite Halloween event has been so far. Was it the lag-filled craziness of 2005's grunny outbreak, 2006's alien invasion, or 2010's ghost infestation? Sound off and let your voice be heard in my thread here. siskataya (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_944 created on Mon Jul 29, 2013 7:18 pm Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 7:18 pm siskataya's avatar

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Centering the Gaia site - please come join the discussion!

Just wanted everyone to know that we are have a discussion about making Gaia a centered site. We want to make sure you all have a link to the thread so you can give your input!

The discussion thread is here!

Hope you can stop by! ^^ Sisky Zero Omega (?) Admin Lead Post: 63632027_945 created on Mon Jul 29, 2013 8:08 pm Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 8:08 pm Zero Omega's avatar

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August
siskataya (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_946 created on Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:12 pm Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:12 pm siskataya's avatar

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Clarification on the recent CI Cleanup announcement!

Hey all,

Just wanted to take a moment to clarify this announcement a bit since we've seen some pretty wild speculation about the message and we don't want anyone to have gotten the wrong idea about what we were trying to say!

Basically, this announcement was to let everyone know that we've gone ahead and removed a LOT of the older non-victory items as prizes from the CI. We've heard you loud and clear- we know you've long requested the removal of many of these older items from the CI, so we've obliged!

Anyway, we hope the removal of many of these older non-victory items will make getting items from playing a CI more enjoyable experience overall. Hope this also makes the announcement a bit more clear for some of you fabulous Gaians who have expressed confusion about its meaning.

Be well Sisky Zero Omega (?) Admin Lead Post: 63632027_947 created on Mon Aug 05, 2013 8:06 pm Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2013 8:06 pm Zero Omega's avatar

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The Sharkpocalypse is HERE! CHOMP!

With Discovery Channel's recent "Shark Week", the release of the disturbingly hilarious SyFy movie "Sharknado", and the fact that sharks are turning up on New York subway cars, it should be evident to all Gaians that the SHARKPOCALYPSE is here! I, for one, am rather happy about this! Of course, I might be biased...

Join us for some sharktastic fun in the Sharkpocalypse forum here!

CHOMP! Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_949 created on Sat Aug 10, 2013 5:59 pm Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2013 5:59 pm Uncle Kenny's avatar
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What the Fluff Cleanup Underway

Just wanted to let you all know that I'm beginning the process of removing those soulbound Event Pet: Fluff and Event Pet: Pegacorn Fluff items from your inventories. This shouldn't take too long and hopefully won't blow anything up, though I do have the monkeys at the ready to take the blame for me if I need them to. If you see either of those items poof from your inventory, that's me so don't worry, you're not being hacked. I'll update this once all the removals have been completed. Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_950 created on Sun Aug 11, 2013 2:41 am Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2013 2:41 am Uncle Kenny's avatar

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What the Fluff Cleanup Complete!

Alright! The cleanup went off without a hitch and I didn't have to let the monkeys loose. At this point, everyone's Event Pet: Fluff and Event Pet: Pegacorn Fluff should be removed. If yours somehow survived the wipe, congratulations, it's still the same! Please file a bug report in the Bug Reports & Technical Support forum if you do still have it in your inventory and I'll remove it for you.

To clarify some of the confusion I saw with this, the Event Pet items were only meant to be used in the event. The only pet from Summer that will be used in the initial launch of the Pets system is the one named Pet: Pegacorn Fluff. The Event Pet Food: Virtual Piggy items will also be used in the full Pets system so those will remain bound for now. Hope that clears up any confusion you might have had and yay for not taking down the site! siskataya (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_951 created on Mon Aug 12, 2013 3:54 pm Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 3:54 pm siskataya's avatar

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It's survey time! Looking for your feedback!

Hey everyone!

We're looking for some feedback on what types of content make you want to participate in a website, as well as feedback on representing your style with an avatar. If you have a few moments to answer our simple survey and share your thoughts with us, we'd sure appreciate it! Our survey can be found here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/758M9HG

Please be aware that the survey is being run through our Survey Monkey account. Please note that this survey will NOT ask you for your Gaia password or username. Anything asking you for your password is a phishing link and should be reported!

Thanks in advance for your participation! DJ Helsing (?) Admin Post: 63632027_952 created on Mon Aug 12, 2013 8:02 pm Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 8:02 pm DJ Helsing's avatar

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Gaia Security Deposit Box Poll

Hey everyone I wanted to take a minute to get your feedback around an idea that we’ve been kicking around the office and that many of you have suggested in the past, a Gaia Security Deposit Box.

Please visit this thread to let us know your opinion! Zero Omega (?) Admin Lead Post: 63632027_953 created on Mon Aug 12, 2013 8:09 pm Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 8:09 pm Zero Omega's avatar

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Hey Gaians! You can join us now for this week's Ask the Admin!

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Towns 1 Issues

Just so you all know, this is not our attempt at taking down Towns 1. There seems to be some issues with the servers running Towns and our Operations team is checking into it now. They'll hopefully have a fix soon but in the meantime just sit tight and don't worry, it's not going away just yet. It's just throwing a little fit. Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_955 created on Wed Aug 14, 2013 6:22 pm Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 6:22 pm Uncle Kenny's avatar

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Towns Issues Resolved

The issues with Towns appear to have been resolved. If you still encounter any issues with the server not loading, please let us know by filing a Bug Report about it here.

Also, just for future reference, we will notify everyone before we take down any feature. If you see something isn't available/working and you don't see any of us mentioning it in here or on the forums somewhere, then it's probably just a glitch/unintended issue and you should report it in the Bug Reports forum that I linked above. siskataya (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_956 created on Mon Aug 19, 2013 8:03 pm Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 8:03 pm siskataya's avatar

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Hey Gaians! Hope you are all well! Feel free to join us for this week's Ask The Admin!

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Get Gaia-sama at a deep discount - Limited Time Offer!

Hey Gaians,

We've got another great sale to help you get the items you want most. For the next 24 hours, Gaia-sama will be on sale, which means you can get it for only 5000 GC! Swing by La Victoire to get yours while this deal lasts!

Get Yours Now... Limited Time Offer! starzXnight (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_958 created on Wed Aug 21, 2013 3:41 pm Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 3:41 pm starzXnight's avatar

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Password Phishing FAQ Blog

Since there has been a recent influx of password phishing, we have decided to put together a blog detailing the different types of password phishing, how you can keep your account safe, and how you can help the community by reporting it.

To learn more about this, please read our blog post about it here! Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_959 created on Fri Aug 23, 2013 1:02 pm Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 1:02 pm Uncle Kenny's avatar

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Raising the Marketplace Tax

Hi all,

With the recent influx of gold, there have been many concerned that inflation will rise to horrible levels and that we need to add more gold sinks on the site to combat this. Rest assured that gold sinks are on their way but before those come around, we wanted to examine a request that we've seen tossed around for a bit now, raising the marketplace tax from its current 2% level. To gauge overall reaction to this idea, we've set up a feedback thread for you to let us know how you feel. Please note that nothing has been decided yet and that the poll in the thread is not going to be the single metric we look at when deciding if it would be a good idea. What we really want to hear is your reasoning and feedback on why you're for or against such a change so please post and let us know!

Voice Your Opinion Now! siskataya (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_960 created on Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:08 pm Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:08 pm siskataya's avatar

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Join us for Ask the Admin

Hey Gaians! Happy Monday - hope you can join us for this week's Ask the Admin. We'll try to get to as many of your questions as possible

You can join the discussion thread here!

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Choose Your Own Prize Adventure Mail-in Entries!

Hey everyone :]

We have contacted everyone who sent in a mail-in entry for the “Choose Your Own Prize Adventure” - MegaPrize Sweepstakes.

However, we have three entries that were sent without a username. If you have not received a PM confirmation that we have received your mail-in entry, please send an email to usertalk@gaiaonline.com with the real name that you put on the envelope by 5pm PDT today. Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_962 created on Wed Aug 28, 2013 9:11 pm Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2013 9:11 pm Uncle Kenny's avatar

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Choose Your Own Prize Adventure Achievement

The "Luck of the Draw" achievement you earned for your first entry should now be in your account. If you do not see it, please log out and back in then check your Achievements page. If you still don't see it after that and did earn it, please post in the Bug Reports forum so I can take a look at it. tahoerelay (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_963 created on Thu Aug 29, 2013 8:25 pm Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 8:25 pm tahoerelay's avatar

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La Victoire Pre-Labor Day Flash Sale

Hey Gaians,

As you prep for the upcoming Labor Day Holiday weekend, here’s another opportunity to get while the getting’s good…

Everyone knows it’s a fashion faux-pas to wear white after Labor Day, so make the most of it now and take advantage of this extremely limited-time offer on some of Gaia’s best white-hued items:

Ashen Marionette – 4000 Gaia Cash Bibbles – 3500 Gaia Cash Rosamund's Redemption – 2000 Gaia Cash

These deals come down at 10:00PM PDT, so act fast!

Go to the Cash Shop!

September
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Marriage System Input

Hi everyone!

We were hoping to get your input on a feature idea that’s been kicked around for a while now: weddings!

Please visit the input thread and let us know what you think!

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Updates

Updated Games Page

- Added Ragnarok II banner and Partner Games - Removed HoC & MoGa featured banners

Ragnarok Online II Partnership

We've partnered with Ragnarok Online II to provide some shiny bonuses for you in-game and a special item grant on Gaia once you reach level 15. You MUST register for an account through the URL provided in the announcement in order to receive the exclusive Gaia item grant. The item grant will be available through an exclusive promo code sent to your email. Just take that pin code and enter it on the Pin Redemption page.

UPDATE: Just for clarification once you reach level 15 you will be added to a list of users who reached level 15 during that week. Once a week a email will go out to those users who have reached level 15 in the previous week with the code to redeem your gold and bonus items for Gaia. Once per user per account. More Info Here!

Marketplace

- Fixed bug with Marketplace not showing average price or giving warning when selling high priced items (In patch rotation, will be out soon)

Offers Page

- Updated the page layout for partner offers

Upcoming

Site Centering Coming Soon!

Just wanted to let you know that, coming soon, we'll be making Gaia Online a centered site!

We thank everyone for the feedback they provided in Sisky's thread poll on this topic. While we understand that some people might not like this idea, centering the site opens up more opportunities with partners and events for us to take advantage of. According to the poll numbers, over half of you either want a centered site or are neutral about the issue. Some of the negativity came from concerns that centering forums and guilds would break post styles, so we are happy to tell you this update won't impact those areas at this time, only the main site design. In the future, these areas may also be centered, but until some of those concerns can be better addressed they will remain as they are.

Pre-roll Ads Coming to Flash Spaces on Gaia

We wanted to give you a heads up about a change coming shortly to Gaia's Flash spaces.

In the near future, we'll be adding pre-roll advertising videos to to the beginning almost all Gaia Flash spaces and games. What this means is that before a Gaia Flash game or Flash space launches, you'll be asked to watch a short video advertisement. zOMG! should not be affected by these changes.

Not to worry, we've partnered with a great company to help provide ads we believe will be relevant to most Gaians, and which will have appropriate content for our community. And hey, not only does watching the ads help Gaia Online earn a bit of profit to keep our beloved site running smoothly, but you might also learn about some fabulous new products through the ads! As always, if you should run across an inappropriate ad, you can report it by emailing us at reportads@gaiaonline.com and let us know! If you want more info on how to report bad ads, please check out the thread here!

Anyway, thanks for reading. We know that some Gaians are sensitive about advertisements online and we didn't want to surprise you with this change without giving you a heads up.

Removing HoC & MoGa

We want to thank everyone for their patience and time that have been put into these games. Unfortunately, we have made the decision to retire Heralds of Chaos and Monster Galaxy from the Gaia Online site. This was not an easy decision, and we know that many of you may be upset by this. We wanted to take a moment to thank all of the players who have supported these products and hope you all have had as much fun playing these unique and wonderful games on Gaia as we had making them for you all.

Note: This only applies to the Gaia Online versions of these games. The versions of Heralds of Chaos and Monster galaxy on Facebook will remain available for anyone to play.

Adding 3 new mini-games

We'll be adding three games to our mini-game lineup in the near future. These games will be designed for short and fast play and will use a brand new tournament-style system that we've been working on. Check out a sneak peek of these games below!

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Mini-event next week

It's time to head back to school so that means end of Summer shenanigans. Tune in next week for a fun little break from any start of school stresses.

Inventory Arranger

This is still in QA testing to hammer out a few more bugs and run it through some heavy stress tests (Yep, we've thought of your 20,000+ item inventories).

Halloween

We have begun production! We'll have an old school forum battle with a modern revamp, a new Flash game that many of you should recognize, Trick or Treating, and of course, a continuation of the story with Easter Bunny seeking his revenge against Jack. Who knows, you might even find a few surprises along the way.

Wedding system

We're exploring the possibilities of a wedding system here on Gaia and would like your feedback! Sound off in the thread here. To address a few of the common questions: Yes there would be a divorce feature, Yes same-sex marriages would be allowed, Yes you'd be able to display the relationship in the forums, Yes we'd include a wedding-themed Flash space, No you couldn't share accounts/items, and Not Sure on different relationship types, multiple marriages, or age restrictions. [NPC] Arc (?) NPC Post: 63632027_966 created on Mon Sep 09, 2013 4:34 pm Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 4:34 pm [NPC] Arc's avatar Offline

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School is back in session so it's time to fight to earn a spot in your favorite club. Join in and work alongside your club's captain in the forums to convert as many others to your club as you can. The club with the most members by the end of the event will receive a special reward. You must act fast though, the event will end and the victorious team will be crowned this Wednesday at 12:00pm PST. I hope to see you in my club!

Also, make sure you prepare yourself for a new year at Valefor by picking up an Advance Chance item today!

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Join us for AtA

Hope you all had a good weekend! Since it is Monday, it is AtA time. Please feel free to join us and ask your questions and give feedback. As always, we'll try to answer as many questions as we can in the hour!

The AtA thread can be found here: This week's AtA!

Be well everyone! Sisky Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_968 created on Wed Sep 11, 2013 3:51 pm Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 3:51 pm Uncle Kenny's avatar

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Mule Use Survey!

We're currently gathering stats on how many mules everyone uses so, if you haven't voted already, come by this thread and vote now!

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The battle is over and the club with the most users is.....Champions of Light! Congratulations to Gideon and his club, your item for winning will appear in your inventories shortly.

The final tally for the event was

Champions of Light - 6,412 Divinity Court - 5,073 Crimson Brigade - 4,318 Shadow Cloaks - 3,870 Band of Bronies - 2,567

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User Screen Resolution Survey Closing Tomorrow!

Wow, I want to thank you all so very much for helping us out by taking our User Screen Resolution Survey. We already have over 7700 responses which is fantastic (and far more responses than we could have anticipated) so well done gang!

Anyway, since we already have a huge sample of responses, we'll be closing the survey tomorrow at 12 pm PT. If you still want to take the survey and voice your opinion before the survey closes, you are certainly welcome to do so! The survey can be found here: Gaia's User Screen Resolution Survey

Please note: As mentioned before, this survey will be hosted on our Survey Monkey account, but it will NOT ask you for account information or password! Any survey that asks for your account password is not from us, and is an attempt by weaselly people to phish your account information. Never share your password!

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HoC and Moga Removal Update

Hi there,

We wanted to update you on when Monster Galaxy and Heralds of Chaos will be removed from Gaia.

The links to Monster Galaxy and the Heralds of Chaos game will be removed on Tuesday September 17th. If things change we will make sure to let you know.

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Last Chance for Friday the 13th Sale!

Don't miss your chance to pick up the adorable cats Lucky and Unlucky, or get the outfit of Friday the XIII himself! Remember, the sale ends Monday at 11:59 PST!

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Moira's Seductive Allure

Well, it seems that Moira felt she was not getting enough attention and has decided everyone should have to stare into her eyes 25 times forever. Needless to say, this is a bug and the wrong item was being granted. We've changed the item being granted, removed all entries of the incorrect item from the Marketplace (If you had it listed, all of your listings will have been cancelled, sorry!), soulbound the item to prevent it from being spread, and have begun removing those items and granting the correct one to everyone who currently has it. Please sit tight and stay patient while we clean this up. I'll update as soon as we're finished! Zero Omega (?) Admin Lead Post: 63632027_973 created on Mon Sep 16, 2013 5:59 pm Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 5:59 pm Zero Omega's avatar

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Filing Ticket Issues

Hey everyone,

We're aware of some issues that are occurring when trying to file a ticket. We are working with our help desk provider to get this resolved as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience and apologies for the inconvenience. tahoerelay (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_974 created on Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:52 pm Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:52 pm tahoerelay's avatar

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24 Hour Sale on Soft Lil Leoli -- Get it Now!!

For a very limited time, you can get Soft Lil Leoli in La Victoire Cash Shop for only 2000 Gaia Cash! Don't miss your chance to get some of the cutest hair and dress clothes around! This item is a sure-fire way to beautify your avatar, so get it now while it’s available at this great price.

Limited Time Only...CLICK TO BUY! Zero Omega (?) Admin Lead Post: 63632027_975 created on Mon Sep 16, 2013 8:06 pm Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 8:06 pm Zero Omega's avatar

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Join us for Ask the Admin

Hey Gaians! You can join us now for this week's Ask the Admin!

You can join the discussion thread here!

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Temporary Discount Price on The Mad Hatter - 7500 Gaia Cash!

For just 24 hours only, go to La Victoire Cash Shop to purchase The Mad Hatter for the special price of 7500 Gaia Cash.

Act Now before it's too late.

The Mad Hatter at a Mad Price! Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_977 created on Tue Sep 17, 2013 6:37 pm Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 6:37 pm Uncle Kenny's avatar

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SmashBlox Lag

We've ended new tournaments for now as we're attempting to address the issues with lag in the game. We'll update this once we have more information. Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_978 created on Wed Sep 18, 2013 2:09 am Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 2:09 am Uncle Kenny's avatar

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Late Night Update

As you may have noticed, there are still no tournaments available to play in SmashBlox. Unfortunately, we haven't found an efficient solution to fix the issue of lag in the game despite throwing ourselves at it until about 9 tonight. We'll start again bright and early tomorrow to get things hammered out to have the game playable again as soon as possible. Sorry for all the issues with this launch!

In unrelated news, we've removed the PowerUser Menu lab option and turned on all available menu navigation options for all users. Enjoy!

Lastly, there were complications with removing HoC from the site today that caused the Facebook version of the game to also go down. We have fixed this bug and the game should be available on Facebook again now, sorry for any inconvenience. Now that the game is down on the site, we plan to address the issues of converting Chaos Cash to Gaia Cash and granting the achievements out. Once we have an update on those, we'll let you know, but rest assured that we are still planning on doing this. codemonkey37179 (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_979 created on Wed Sep 18, 2013 11:20 am Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 11:20 am codemonkey37179's avatar

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Smash Blox Update

As many of you know, we have had some problems with Smash Blox overnight, and Narumi, Uncle Kenny and I have been working into the wee small hours to set things right.

If you have had any problems from this morning (Sept 18, 8 am pst) on, please post it in this thread. Thanks

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Ticket Filing Update

Hey everyone,

We have an update with the ticket filing situation. We worked with our third party and have the issue almost completely fixed. You can now file a ticket so long as you are logged into the Help Center as a guest. Once you log in you won't be able to file a ticket until you log out (either by clearing your cookies or being idle for ten minutes). For more information on how to file a ticket and log out of the Help Center, check our blog post here: http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/gaia-blog/help-center-filing-a-ticket/t.85932473/

Thanks for your patience and we apologize for the inconvenience. Princess Angelishia (?) Gaia Staff Post: 63632027_981 created on Wed Sep 18, 2013 6:36 pm Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 6:36 pm Princess Angelishia's avatar

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Kanoko's Dark Reflection - On Sale For 24 Hours!

For the next 24 hours only, you can purchase Kanoko's Dark Reflection from La Victoire for only 2500 GCash!

Don't miss your chance to snag Kanoko's cute outfit with a dark twist!

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We've got a new survey out - we'd love if you'd take it!

Hey everyone!

We're still collecting your feedback, and we've got a new survey out! This survey is looking for your feedback on avatar styles and other online activities. If you can spare a few moments, we'd love if you would take the survey and share your feedback with us!

As usual, the survey is hosted on our Survey Monkey account and it will NOT ask you for your Gaia account password! Anything asking you for your password is a phishing attempt and should be reported immediately!

The survey can be found here: Avatar Style Preferences and Online Activity Survey Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_983 created on Fri Sep 20, 2013 7:30 pm Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 7:30 pm Uncle Kenny's avatar

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SmashBlox Woes

Yeah, the cash tournaments are down again. We've discovered an exploit in the game that allows users to get scores that were far higher than what they should be able to get. Until we fix this exploit, we've disabled the cash tournaments since it presents an unfair advantage for the users who know of the exploit. We will have this fixed and the cash tournaments back up ASAP so sit tight and we'll update you once we're back up again. In the meantime, feel free to play the free tournament! Sorry for all the trouble this has caused! Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_984 created on Sun Sep 22, 2013 12:32 am Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 12:32 am Uncle Kenny's avatar

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SmashBlox Lives Again!

Sorry for the extended downtime again but we've put the game back up in its full capacity with all tournament levels available. We've put in quite a few patches that should fix issues with levels not loading, scores not adding up correctly, scores saving the wrong value, games quitting in the middle of the level with moves and time remaining, and especially with the excess lag between each move. If you continue to encounter issues, please report them in Codemonkey's thread here.

For those concerned about how the downtime will affect the ongoing giveaway with the game, we're aware of the issues it presents and will make a decision on it on Monday. Princess Angelishia (?) Gaia Staff Post: 63632027_985 created on Sun Sep 22, 2013 4:40 pm Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 4:40 pm Princess Angelishia's avatar

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Wing & Alchemy Sale Ending Tomorrow!

Hi all! Just wanted to remind you that our wing & wing formula sale is ending tomorrow, so don't miss out!

Here's this weekend's most updated schedule! Also, don't miss Michael's Wings in La Victoire now! siskataya (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_986 created on Mon Sep 23, 2013 8:05 pm Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 8:05 pm siskataya's avatar

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It's time for Ask the Admin!

Hello everyone!

Happy Monday – hope your day has been going well so far! As usual, it is time for the weekly Ask The Admin (AtA). Please feel free to join us and bring your questions and feedback. We’ll get to as many of your posts as we can!

The AtA thread can be found here!

Be well Sisky Narumi Misuhara (?) Gaia Staff Post: 63632027_987 created on Tue Sep 24, 2013 3:23 pm Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 3:23 pm Narumi Misuhara's avatar

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Smashblox Stress Test

Hey guys, we need your help! We want to get as many people playing Smashblox as possible. This will help us see if there are trouble spots and get them fixed so you'll have a smoother experience going forward. So to do that, for the next several hours, you can enter the tournaments in Smashblox completely free, and you can win up to 10,000 Gaia Gold!

Go Play Smashblox! Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_988 created on Tue Sep 24, 2013 4:41 pm Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 4:41 pm Uncle Kenny's avatar

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Boom!

Sorry for the short outage. A change made during the stress test for SmashBlox caused our DBs to explode (not literally). They're all coming back up now and everything should be stable and back to normal within a few minutes. Thanks for your patience! Zero Omega (?) Admin Lead Post: 63632027_989 created on Tue Sep 24, 2013 5:42 pm Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 5:42 pm Zero Omega's avatar

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Ticket Filing Issues - Fixed

Hey all,

We got word from our third-party company that all the ticket filing issues should be finally resolved and there should not be anymore unusual problems when trying to file tickets. For more information on correctly filing a ticket and getting around any bugs, please check our blog post here: http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/gaia-blog/help-center-filing-a-ticket/t.85932473/

If you do run into any issues not explained in this blog post, please make a thread in our Bug Report & Technical Support forum and describe the issue you're facing (ideally with screenshots) and we'll take a look at the problem.

Thanks for your patience and cooperation as this gets worked out! Narumi Misuhara (?) Gaia Staff Post: 63632027_990 created on Tue Sep 24, 2013 6:36 pm Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 6:36 pm Narumi Misuhara's avatar

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Smashblox Stress Test Ending!

Hey guys, the stress test has been extremely helpful but sadly will be ending soon at 5PM PST. Make sure to not to miss out on your chance to win up to 10,000 Gaia Gold ...Free!

Go Play Smashblox!

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Special Popup Offers

Hi everyone! Some of you have been asking about the special offers that have been popping up today.

Well, seek no further! Here's an FAQ that should answer some of your most commonly asked questions. Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_992 created on Fri Sep 27, 2013 12:02 am Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 12:02 am Uncle Kenny's avatar

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Gold Shops Fixed

It seems that some of the changes made for offers inadvertently broke buying items with gold from the shops for a couple hours. This should be fixed now for all shops. Sorry for the trouble! Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_993 created on Sat Sep 28, 2013 5:10 pm Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 5:10 pm Uncle Kenny's avatar

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Issues With Shops

It seems that there are still a few issues left where shops and the new offer system aren't getting along. We believe we've isolated the cause and issue to IE browsers but are still researching to make sure this is accurate. If you are affected by these issues (unable to buy an item, unable to see any items in a shop, unable to load shops, etc), please post in this thread with all of the information mentioned in the first post. The more information we get, the quicker we'll be able to find the problem and get it fixed. reapersun (?) Artist Post: 63632027_994 created on Sun Sep 29, 2013 3:12 am Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 3:12 am reapersun's avatar

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Hey Gaians!

Is everyone 5000% excited for a certain show ending today?! Hopefully not, because some of you are much too young to be watching shows like that. Don't do drugs okay kids. Or make them. Narumi Misuhara (?) Gaia Staff Post: 63632027_995 created on Mon Sep 30, 2013 1:37 pm Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 1:37 pm Narumi Misuhara's avatar

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Centered Site

Hey guys, Wanted to let you know we will be activating centered site for all Gaian's today at around 13:00 PDT. This change will affect all areas of the site except forums and guilds. As things are switched over there may be some minor issues and glitches, when we are ready for release we'll put up a thread for reporting issues. Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_996 created on Mon Sep 30, 2013 5:50 pm Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 5:50 pm Uncle Kenny's avatar

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Centered Site Live

We have just pushed out the new centered site layout for all users so you should see those changes momentarily. While various caches and storage bust, you may notice some issues with layout and styling on various pages but this should clear up after a few minutes. If you encounter a problem that does not clear up after a few minutes have passed, please post with all details that you can provide here.

Just as a reminder, the site centering affects all areas of the site except for forums, guilds, and profiles. Zero Omega (?) Admin Lead Post: 63632027_997 created on Mon Sep 30, 2013 8:11 pm Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 8:11 pm Zero Omega's avatar

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Emergency Sushi Maintenance

We will be performing urgent maintenance on our Sushi servers (yes that's a real thing) momentarily until about 15:30 PDT. Games and Towns may become inaccessible or not function as expected during this time.

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Word! A new month, and I'm throwing a new offer at you. In fact two offers. Two great items are now available in La Victoire! And how’s this for easy peasy…they’re both priced at 3999 Gaia Cash.

Gemini Twins - If the earrings don’t get you, then the Star-eyes sure will!

Doufu Hua – Styles abound…ya like necklaces and fancy hair? ‘Nuff said.

Get one! Get both!! Act now. These items are available only until tomorrow (Wed, Oct. 2) at 4:00pm PDT.

Go Shop Now! tahoerelay (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_1000 created on Thu Oct 03, 2013 4:25 pm Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 4:25 pm tahoerelay's avatar

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Did you see the Sale on Crystalline Velvetine?

Hi all: Yesterday we experienced some technical issues with the store specifically related to Crystalline Velvetine. Between working out the kinks with the sale items and Jet gnawing on the wires here, some members were unable to buy Crystalline Velvetine.

You’ll now see the Popup message again (and we have adjusted the frequency that you will be seeing them) highlighting the sale, which we’ve extended by 1 day. Everything should be operating correctly now, so feel free to click through, try on and get Crystalline Velvetine. It is in La Victoire now for 5000 Gaia Cash... Yay! Thank you.

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Evil Unicorns & Lolipops?!?

Now available for 24 hours in La Victoire!

Don't miss your chance to snag these popularly demanded items!

Faust's Bottle & Onei the Dark Unicorn will be enchanting us with their dark unicorn themes and beautiful styles! What will spellbind you? Faust's sparkling coal eyes? Onei's long and flowing hair?

Also making an appearance in the shop today is Loli Pop! Super cute clothing, hair, and something sweet for you to hold!

Go to the Shop! Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_1002 created on Fri Oct 04, 2013 2:19 am Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 2:19 am Uncle Kenny's avatar

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Halloween Gold-Sink

Just as clarification for a few repeat questions I've seen, there's an FAQ set up that should address a majority of the questions here.

Hope you're enjoying things so far! Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_1003 created on Fri Oct 04, 2013 3:12 am Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 3:12 am Uncle Kenny's avatar

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Late Night Kaboom

Well, it seems some of our DBs got tired and decided to turn in early for the night. As a result, you may notice missing notices/feed messages and overall site slowness. We're attempting to roll them back out of bed now so sit tight and we'll get everything back up and running smoothly as soon as possible. Sorry for the inconvenience! Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_1004 created on Fri Oct 04, 2013 7:43 pm Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 7:43 pm Uncle Kenny's avatar

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Halloween Goldsink Update!

You've passed 4 billion in donations so far, congrats! After talking it over among ourselves, we've added a 5th reward tier for global donations. To make this fit in better, we've also reduced the current reward tier's goal from 7.5 billion to 5 billion gold. Good luck and keep sinking that gold! Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_1005 created on Mon Oct 07, 2013 6:35 pm Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 6:35 pm Uncle Kenny's avatar

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Site Centering Bug Fixes

We just pushed several fixes for alignment and layout issues with the new centered site including:

Left-aligned post/topic creation pages in Forums Left-aligned post/topic/announcement creation pages in Guilds Left-aligned comment creation pages in Profiles Fixed missing style-editor box on post/topic creation pages in Guilds Fixed misaligned style-editor box on announcement creation pages in Guilds


 * Note: You may need to clear your browser's cache/cookies or do a hard refresh (CTRL+F5) for these changes to appear.

If you are still running into site-centering issues in other areas of the site, please continue to post them here.

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Hey Gaians! You can join us now for this week's Ask the Admin!

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Marketplace Item Duplication

Some of you may have noticed that specific items are appearing to have multiple entries in the item search results for the Marketplace. This is a bug related to the targeted item sales and we're working on a fix for it now. We'll have it resolved ASAP. Sorry for the inconvenience! Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_1008 created on Thu Oct 10, 2013 3:56 pm Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 3:56 pm Uncle Kenny's avatar

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zOMG Server Issues

The maintenance last night caused a couple of the zOMG servers to crash when they were initially turned back on. Our Operations team is working on getting these servers back up so sit tight and we'll hopefully have them all back up soon.

Jack's Invitation

The pre-event for Halloween is in full swing and the 4th community goal has almost been reached! As of this update, you're only 90 million gold away! Keep that gold coming in and the mysterious item from the past will be revealed!

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Flynn's Plunder

The great Pants Occupation of 2013 has come to a close. Flynn and her plunder are now updated with an assortment of festive items for you all to bid on. Whether you're looking for shirts, pants, paper bags, or candy corn accessories, you'll find all you need to get in the Halloween spirit. You'll need to act fast though, these items will only be there for the next 2 weeks. Good luck and happy bidding!

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zOMG Servers Back Up

All three zOMG servers should be back up and available again now. Sorry for the downtime!

Marketplace Search

We just pushed a fix for the duplicate item results that seems to have broken the search results for all items. We're working on a fix for this now and should have it fixed shortly. Sorry for the inconvenience! Zero Omega (?) Admin Lead Post: 63632027_1010 created on Mon Oct 14, 2013 8:20 pm Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 8:20 pm Zero Omega's avatar

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Hey Gaians! You can join us now for this week's Ask the Admin!

We often get a lot of similar questions from Gaians, so we've created a nifty FAQ that you can read to see if we've answered your question before, you can find it here!

You can join the discussion thread here! Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_1011 created on Thu Oct 17, 2013 1:39 pm Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 1:39 pm Uncle Kenny's avatar

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Battle Magic Poll Grants

The special grant for our Battle Magic sponsorship was not working for the first 10 minutes or so after it went out. We've fixed the issue so if you did not receive your grant the first time, please visit the thread and vote again. You should receive the grant correctly now. Sorry the inconveience!

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Halloween Goldsink

The pre-event goldsink ended a little prematurely this morning. I've extended its duration to the correct end date now so you should be able to access it again for now. Hurry though, the actual event launch is drawing closer so you don't have much more time to get in on the awesome prizes in the goldsink.

Go Donate Now! Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_1012 created on Thu Oct 17, 2013 5:07 pm Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 5:07 pm Uncle Kenny's avatar

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Halloween Trick or Treating!

Our beloved shopkeepers have donned their new costumes and stocked up on plenty of candies and rewards to give away this year. Can you get all 8 items? Do you know who each NPC is dressed up as? Do you like candy, grab bags, items, and more? Head on over to the shops and get started now!

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Note: There is a timeout of 30 seconds between candies so we don't clog our server tubes with too many sticky candies. We've also added a fancy little indicator to the shops navigation that will show you which stores you have yet to collect candy from. Hope it helps!

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Trick or Treating Fix

I just fixed a pesky bug that was preventing users from collecting more than one set of the ToT items and even accessing those shops at all. Everyone should now be able to collect the full set of Trick or Treat items a total of 3 times. For those of you who like math, that's 528 candies. Good luck, I hope you brought a big enough pail to carry all that candy in! admin (?) Admin Lead Post: 63632027_1014 created on Sat Oct 19, 2013 9:47 pm Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 9:47 pm admin's avatar Offline

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A seasonal treat for you... Switchem! Hey Gaians!

We know that you like Trick-or-Treating, but sometimes we just aren't feeling much like tricksters. Sometimes we just want to give you a treat.

Since you've asked us for more fun and cute games on Gaia, as part of your Halloween surprise this year, we're pleased to introduce you to our new game called Switchem - a cute yet challenging tile-matching game that we think you will all love!

Please feel free to check out the game HERE!

And check out the thread with a game-play mini-FAQ HERE!

Hope you enjoy this and have fun with it!

Have a spooktacular evening everyone! Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_1015 created on Mon Oct 21, 2013 3:31 am Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2013 3:31 am Uncle Kenny's avatar

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Jack's Goldsink Has Ended

A pre-event goldsink ending...mysterious forums appearing...an air of suspense forming...

I wonder what it all could mean... ubermegAtrOn (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_1016 created on Tue Oct 22, 2013 3:28 pm Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 3:28 pm ubermegAtrOn's avatar Offline

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Trash/Bug collecting in Towns2 fixed

There have been a handful of small issues plaguing collection in towns2 for the past few months; these have now been resolved. You will now be able to collect trash and bugs once per time period per community. If you're willing to move around a bit between the 4 community types, you'll be able to collect things more quickly. Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_1017 created on Tue Oct 22, 2013 6:27 pm Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 6:27 pm Uncle Kenny's avatar

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Halloween Bug Fixes

I've buffed the hit rates for all classes so all attacks should now be 10-20% more likely to hit, and yeah, this is effective immediately. I've seen a lot of complaints that the hit rates were too low so I'm hoping this helps with that. Please keep in mind though, the rate is based on your class, the class of your target, your level, and your target's level. If you go and pick a fight with someone 5 levels higher than you, you're unlikely to hit them. If you attack someone of the same class, you're pretty much fighting yourself so it could go either way. Each class has its strengths and weaknesses so figure out who you work best against and look for them.

Health and energy regeneration weren't working correctly unless your stats were being checked regularly. I've fixed this so going forward it should work as intended, a set amount to health and energy after a set amount of time (I'm still tweaking the rates and amounts to best fit). As a side effect of this, anyone who had less than max health/energy before the fix should be bumped up to max now, enjoy! Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_1018 created on Tue Oct 22, 2013 8:42 pm Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 8:42 pm Uncle Kenny's avatar

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Halloween Bug Fix Update

Greater than, less than, equal to, scaling, balancing, and calculation. These are the things that plagued me with attacking hit rates. My initial stab at it skewed favor toward those with high luck, and my fix skewed it toward those with low luck. I've now gone back to the drawing board and designed a new formula to calculate hit percentage, counter attack rate, critical hits, and super effective heals. It's lean, mean, and even better than before because it actually works. Sorry for all the issues that this has caused but I'm 99.9% confident this will now fix that.

Virtual Piggy Announcement Revision

The recent Virtual Piggy announcement about the event mentioned that the Virtual Piggy Luck Potions helped by leveling you up. This is actually not accurate. The Virtual Piggy Luck Potions do not affect your level at all. The only thing that they do actually affect is your Luck stat and they only increase it by 1 point. Sorry for the confusion about this, the announcement has been revised to reflect the correct functionality. Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_1019 created on Tue Oct 22, 2013 10:49 pm Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 10:49 pm Uncle Kenny's avatar

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Halloween Bug Fix Update 2

So I managed to still not get it right and attacks were going through unchecked for the last hour or so. I've fixed this now too so all the dodging, countering, critical hit goodness should be back now. Sorry about that.

I've also removed the Event Menu buttons from below avatars if that user has recently died, thereby not allowing them to be attacked, and you're not on their team. I hope this helps cut down on some of the unnecessary page reloads when trying to find someone to attack! Princess Angelishia (?) Gaia Staff Post: 63632027_1020 created on Thu Oct 24, 2013 4:38 pm Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 4:38 pm Princess Angelishia's avatar

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Halloween Potions--- And a Challenge!

Vengeance is kicking into full gear and La Victoire is all stocked up on potions and boosters to help you in your holiday mayhem! These little bottles do everything from replenishing your health and energy to letting you enter into the legendary boss mode!

In addition, I've just been notified that Jack and the Easter Bunny have issued a challenge to Gaians everywhere! Get in there and take them down!

Good luck everyone! And don't forget to...

Get some potions!

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Alchemy Level Bundle Move

Hello there -- I’m here to announce a small move!

You may have noticed that there are no longer Alchemy Level Bundles in La Victoire... don't sweat it! We have so many great items in the cash shop and are planning to add more, so we've moved the Alchemy Bundles over to The Bifrost, where they belong! siskataya (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_1022 created on Thu Oct 24, 2013 7:45 pm Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 7:45 pm siskataya's avatar

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Battle System is Here to Stay - and So are Your Battle Stats!

Hey Gaians!

We're so glad to know that so many people are enjoying the Battle System introduced during the Halloween 2K13 event. In fact, so many of you have been participating in the event and enjoying it, that we wanted to make sure that you are aware this system will become a permanent feature on Gaia!

Additionally, any stats you level up in the Halloween 2K13 event will carry forward with you to the next round of battling! Having higher stats will definitely give you an advantage in your future battles in terms of staying power, attack power, etc. so keep on battling your way up the ranks!

Finally, we have plans to introduce a variety of rewards and treats for reaching new levels in battle during future events. In fact, there may even be some secret rewards still hidden in this Halloween 2K13 event! You'll just have to keep playing and see what you can find!

Take care everyone! Sisky Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_1023 created on Thu Oct 24, 2013 8:01 pm Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 8:01 pm Uncle Kenny's avatar

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Battle Skills Overhaul - Nerfs & Buffs

By this point you've probably noticed that your skills now have names and that they don't do the same amount of damage/cost as much as before. Well, you aren't seeing things. I've just pushed an update for the Battle system which should update several things but most importantly it addresses the issues with some classes being super powerful and some being super weak. Overall, all the skills for each class should be more balanced with the class' base stats and with the other classes and skills as well. Yes, this does mean some of you are going to be doing less damage than before, but it also means others will be doing more damage than they were before. The energy costs have been updated to be more in line with the damage being dealt with the attacks as well. I'm going to keep an eye on how this new breakdown works out and will continue to adjust as needed but I hope this big change will have positive impacts for everyone overall.

I've also up'd the amount of exp you get for all of the actions you make. Attacking has been increased from 2 to 3, healing from 1 to 2, and kills from 5 to 10. There's also a bonus exp boost if you manage to kill someone higher than your level so watch for that too.

Lastly, as part of the skill overhaul, all classes should have at least one attack which has the capability of getting a Critical Hit for enough damage to KO an opponent of the right level and class. I won't tell you which classes are best against another but ask your friends or other players and I'm sure you can find the answer quickly.

As always, I'm continuing to watch everything and will do my best to address the issues as they pop up. If you do have problems or suggestions though, please post them in the correct forums on the site. I do read the threads and see what you're saying, even if I don't always reply. tahoerelay (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_1024 created on Fri Oct 25, 2013 1:11 pm Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 1:11 pm tahoerelay's avatar

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Are you low on Gaia Cash? Social Vibe has loaded up a ton of free activities today and tomorrow, October 25th through October 26th. Check it out so you can get your free cash now to use on Halloween deals!

Check out ways to earn! Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_1025 created on Fri Oct 25, 2013 3:26 pm Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 3:26 pm Uncle Kenny's avatar

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Tired of being fully in control of your actions? Feel like you're missing something in your life? Think that you would look fabulous with an infected, green bunny leeching your life force from your head? Well then, you're in luck! Grombies are back and ready to infect everyone alllll over again. You can get the third stage of infection for only 30 wing stickers, while the 4th and 5th stages will cost you 40 and 50 wing stickers respectively.

These skins will be available even after the event, but why wait until later? Head on over to The Treehouse and pick up your very own Grombie skin today! All the cool kids are doing it.

EDIT: So, apparently we don't have functionality in to preview consumable skin potions. Whoops! This is out of the scope of the project currently but I've gone ahead and taken screenshots for male and female avis with each of the stages in case you want to know what it looks like.

Stage 3 http://w.cdn.gaiaonline.com/mfs/index/adminupload/cebd817edfea.jpg http://w.cdn.gaiaonline.com/mfs/index/adminupload/68a0d2be15e7.jpg

Stage 4 http://w.cdn.gaiaonline.com/mfs/index/adminupload/905dfba56eb6.jpg http://w.cdn.gaiaonline.com/mfs/index/adminupload/b1b787a450b5.jpg

Stage 5 http://w.cdn.gaiaonline.com/mfs/index/adminupload/a728ff5cebf2.jpg http://w.cdn.gaiaonline.com/mfs/index/adminupload/d4b697e27240.jpg

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Last Chance for Red Devil Minis!

Just wanted to remind you all that our Demonic Flash Sale ends later on today!

Hurry! It's your last chance to indulge in devilish delights like Red Devil Minis, Rapturous Union, the Demonic Date Bundle, and Demonic Style!

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Battle System - Class Changing

Potions to change your class are now available for 99GC in the Cash Shop. So as to avoid any confusion or misinformation about what these do, I figured I'd clarify it all here before the information starts to spread.

When you use the potion, your class is changed to the one you selected and your stats adjust according to the stats of the class you change to. For example, if you are a Level 7 Knight and you decide to change to a Rogue, you will see your health, energy, melee, magic, and luck adjust according to what you would be if you had been a Level 7 Rogue already. Any additional stat boosts you added, such as Virtual Piggy Luck Potions, will be applied as well. You should have no actual loss of stats or progress, you'll just become the equivalent level of the class you change to.

Furthermore, the achievement for joining each class WILL be granted for switching to them in this manner. There obviously may be some lag due to the overall lag of achievements during events but it will grant so you should receive it once the lag stops hating.

I think this covers most questions about it but I'll be watching the forums to clarify or fix any other issues or misunderstandings related to this. admin (?) Admin Lead Post: 63632027_1028 created on Mon Oct 28, 2013 6:00 pm Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 6:00 pm admin's avatar Offline

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Battle of the Bosses

H2k13 Temporary Boss Mode Booster's are 40% off for the next 24 hours. Help your team by seeking unimaginable power!

Become a Boss! Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_1029 created on Mon Oct 28, 2013 9:07 pm Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 9:07 pm Uncle Kenny's avatar

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Halloween Update!

Bombs, bunnies, and all-powerful pumpkins, this event has them all! Check out the newest installment of our Halloween event manga, The True Enemy, to watch as the battle of the holiday gods unfolds. What could Easter Bunny possibly be planning with his bomb? Can anyone stop him? Stay tuned!

Note: Yes, this is an alternative story update notice because it seems the actual story update isn't triggering correctly. Sorry! Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_1030 created on Tue Oct 29, 2013 7:41 pm Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 7:41 pm Uncle Kenny's avatar

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Battle System Update!

In continued efforts to refine and improve the overall experience for Battle/Halloween, we’ve adjusted the energy regeneration rates for everyone so it should take somewhat less time to recover your energy and get back into the fray. We’ll continue adjusting as needed but in the meantime, there are energy potions for gold and for cash in Barton Boutique and the Cash Shop that you can pick up to speed up your recovery if the rate is still too slow for you.

Also, if you’re still working on leveling up and want to get your achievement at level 10 before the event ends, I hope you’ll stop by this weekend to enjoy a TRIPLE EXP whirlwind of attacks and heals. That’s right, starting Friday at 5:00pm PDT you’ll earn 3 times the experience for attacks, heals, and kills. The bonus EXP will end when the event ends on Monday though so, if you want in on it, you better get it while you can! Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_1031 created on Wed Oct 30, 2013 3:59 pm Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 3:59 pm Uncle Kenny's avatar

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Halloween Goldsink Drawing Winners!

As you may remember, part of our Halloween pre-event goldsink was a drawing for appearing in the concluding mini-comic and a drawing to win a signed poster of the Halloween event artwork. Well, the entries have been collected, the winners have been chosen, and we've kept you waiting long enough. So, without further delay, the lucky winners of the drawings are...

Concluding Mini-Comic Appearance Winners - 5 of 17 entrants

Elrom Nymphalidae Ridley Starsmore Darc Nightgale Yeata Zi

Signed Halloween 2k13 Poster Winners - 10 of 177 entrants

Nightsong Amira Keller SoniaAronkoth Oceanrabbits kikioblack XxLovelyXDeathxX iBalthier PkRs sorrowhuman Scorngrain

Congratulations to all the winners! We'll be contacting those who won the poster drawing soon to get your contact info in order to send the poster to you! For the comic winners, just sit tight. The comic with your appearance will debut at the end of the event on Monday! Thank you again to everyone who entered, we sunk a lot of gold. Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_1032 created on Wed Oct 30, 2013 7:50 pm Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 7:50 pm Uncle Kenny's avatar

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Club Verge Issues

We're currently experiencing some issues with Club Verge membership and are attempting to resolve them now. Until we do, you may not be able to access the guild and may continue to receive welcome PMs as it tries to add you. We apologize for the inconvenience and will have it fixed as soon as possible. Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_1033 created on Wed Oct 30, 2013 9:02 pm Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 9:02 pm Uncle Kenny's avatar

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Club Verge Issues Fixed!

We've found the cause of the issue that was making Club Verge go all screwy and have fixed it. Sorry for all the spam, you should stop receiving PMs after the next time you log in and should be able to access the Guild correctly again.

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Halloween Triple EXP Weekend!

The flood gates of experience have been opened wide and the countdown to the end of the event has begun! Hop into the Halloween event forum now and battle with friends and against foes while earning triple the experience you normally would. That's right, until the event ends, you'll receive 9 points for every attack you make, 6 points for every heal, and a whopping 30 points if you manage to score a kill against any opponent. As mentioned, this is only valid until the event ends on Monday, November 4th, at 11:59:59PM PST. At that point, the Battle system and the event itself will turn off, so you better get in there and start playing now!

Please note that the power-ups and potions available now will not be usable after the event ends, with the exception of the Virtual Piggy Luck Charms and Health Potions. While we will likely have new power-ups/potions in the future, they will not be the same items so be sure to use up any you have before the event ends! If, for some reason, you still have them after the event, you're not completely out of luck. We will put a gold sellback on the items so you can get a little something back in exchange for them.

Well, what are you waiting for? Head onto the battlefield and start gaining those sweet, sweet experience points.

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Are you low on Gaia Cash? Social Vibe has again loaded up a ton of free activities today - November 2nd!!. Check it out so you can get your free cash now to use great sitewide deals!

Get Gaia Cash now!

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Flynn's Plunder Updated!

Are you ready for a walk down memory lane? Flynn’s Plunder has just been updated with an assortment of the rarest and most popular items released in 2003. These items will only be up for a week though so, if you want a shot at some of the most memorable items on the site, you better start bidding! Once these items go away, we’ll replace them with a new assortment of items from 2004. After that, 2005, then 2006, 2007, etc. Make sure you stay tuned, it’s going to be a long ride.

Start Bidding Now! Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_1037 created on Tue Nov 05, 2013 7:28 pm Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 7:28 pm Uncle Kenny's avatar

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Halloween Has Ended!

The dust has settled and our heroic NPCs are nowhere to be seen! Before the bomb went off, Easter Bunny's team was overpowering Jack's team so, following the standard rules of Holiday God PvP Battles, the victory must be awarded to Easter Bunny and his team. As a result, the item everyone receives for participating in the event will be decidedly Easter Bunny themed. We're in the process of running a script to grant all participants this new item, as well as, retroactively granting any items or achievements that anyone missed. All of these will just show up in your account once the script gets to you and we'll update this once the script actually finishes running (it will take awhile). it's done!

For those of you saddened by the removal of Switchem, fear not! Due to the positive reaction to the game, we'll be bringing it back again for future events/occasions, likely with new artwork and items. Keep your eyes peeled for this, we're far from done with it.

As mentioned previously, we'll also be bringing the Battle system back! Obviously, it won't be included in every single event but we plan to bring it back when it makes sense to include it. All of your stats and progress will carry over to the future instances of the system so don't worry if you weren't quite able to reach level 10 this time around.

In case you haven't seen it yet, check out the shocking end to this year's Halloween event right here. Did Jack and Easter Bunny survive the blast? Find out in the next installment of A Bunny's Lament coming this winter right here on Gaia Online.

For those who like to see the big numbers, we've included a few choice bits of info below for you to chew on.

Thanks to all of you who helped make this one of the biggest Halloween events we've ever had! We hope you had fun! - The Event Team

Those Numbers! Total Participants: 111,476 Total Number of Attacks: 4,823,913 Total Number of Kills: 560,706 Total Number of Heals: 2,580,102 Total Number of Event Page Views: 2,428,631 Highest Number of Posts in a Day: 1,009,399 Average Number of Posts a Day During Event: 770,467 Total Number of Posts Made During Event: 11,701,271 Total Number of Wing Stickers Collected: 354,228 Total Number of Trick-or-Treaters: 105,262 Total Number of Candies Collected: 6,680,168 Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_1038 created on Fri Nov 08, 2013 8:03 pm Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 8:03 pm Uncle Kenny's avatar

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Flynn's Plunder Update

Bidding on the valuable 2003 items in Flynn's Plunder will be ending this Sunday, the 10th. If you want your chance to grab an old, rare item then you better start warming up your bidding finger because things will likely get much faster as the end date draws ever closer. Head on over to Flynn’s store and start practicing today!

Just so you all know, the Flynn's Plunder update with 2004 items will go up sometime after next Monday as I will be unavailable to update it until then. This means there will be a short period where there aren't any items listed again. I'll make another update once the items are available for bidding.

Good luck and happy bidding! Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_1039 created on Wed Nov 13, 2013 4:03 pm Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 4:03 pm Uncle Kenny's avatar

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Flynn's Plunder 2004 Update!

Flynn has updated her store with the rare and desired items from 2004 that she found in her never-ending plunder. Just like last week, these items will only be available for one week so if you want to grab them, visit her store and start bidding now!

Happy Bidding! siskataya (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_1040 created on Wed Nov 13, 2013 9:08 pm Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 9:08 pm siskataya's avatar

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It's World Kindness Day! <3

Hey everyone!

Did you know that today is World Kindness Day? Many countries around the world use today to celebrate kindness - either being kind to others, or celebrating people who have been kind to you.

We think kindness is a fantastic thing to celebrate! Too often in this world there is negativity and unkindness. We think a community contest and hang out thread to share kindness is just what we need!

Please feel free to join in the positivity and fun and share happy thoughts of gratitude with your fellow Gaians in our fun Kindness contest thread!

Come join the fun and share your uplifting stories!

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Bug Fixes/Changes 11/14/13

We've just pushed a handful of changes to some areas of the site, as well as, beefed up our account security.

First off, we've updated the Cash Shop so that items appear in the correct order of when they were created, making it easier to find the newest items fast (Hint: Use the default setting and look at the first item in the first row).

Next, we've updated the left-aligned site header so that it can support larger widths like those that the centered site header uses. This allows the left-aligned header to use the newer CI/event banners that utilize the larger widths. If you cannot see the headers or have noticed images missing around the site, it's likely because you have AdBlocked one of our CDN's image hosting directories (/mfs/index/adminupload/). If you want to see the images, you'll need to allow images from that directory to be served to your browser.

Lastly, we've fixed a major security hole with our inactive login blocks. As it was, the feature prevented an account from being logged into if it was locked out only the first time it was attempted. Any subsequent attempt at logging into the account would allow access so long as the password was correct, thereby bypassing the locked out check. This has been fixed and is retroactive which means any account, that was flagged for being locked out while this glitch was active, will now be locked out and will need to follow the proper steps to have the account reactivated (See below). Additionally, we have seen a recent spike in old accounts being logged into by less than reputable individuals so we are lowering the inactive account threshold from 5 years to 2 years in order to better protect these accounts. Since this feature was put in place almost a year ago, we feel that enough time has passed to allow for regularly used accounts to be logged into and updated so as to avoid being locked out by this. Overall, we believe that this will keep Gaia accounts more secure from unapproved access and help prevent more hacks from occcuring. We're actively monitoring this and will adjust any details as needed.

If you need help reactiving an account, just follow the steps below:

1. Copy the following link and paste it into notepad or another word doc for the time being. In other words, don't erase it!: https://www.gaiaonline.com/supportal/login/?task=ticket

2. In order to file a ticket, you'll need to do so from a secondary account. You may use an existing account you own, or may create a new Gaia account to file the ticket. Once you are on your secondary account, paste the link you previously copied into your browser to open a ticket.

3. Once on the ticket page, choose the following options from the drop-down menus: - For Subject, choose General Account Inquiry - For Topics, choose 6 Month Reactivation - Fill out ALL the form fields in the ticket then click "Finish" to submit your ticket. Once it comes up in our queue, a customer service representative will process your ticket and help you get your account reinstated! reapersun (?) Artist Post: 63632027_1042 created on Fri Nov 22, 2013 7:31 pm Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 7:31 pm reapersun's avatar

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Hey Gaians!

Some of you may already know that tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of the classic scifi show, Doctor Who! It first aired in 1963, and is the longest running scifi series in the world. Wow!

To celebrate this, we thought about making an item, but then decided, eh, it won't hurt if we ignore this one. Take the day off. Eat some cake instead. Maybe next time!

I guess there's a slim chance not making a free item could possibly lead to some kind of horrible catastrophe that would require maybe like some kind of time traveler to come back and plant a secret message to avert it. But yeah, it's pretty slim. Hardly any chance.

Allons-y! codemonkey37179 (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_1043 created on Fri Nov 22, 2013 8:03 pm Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 8:03 pm codemonkey37179's avatar

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Towns 2 Fixes!

It's raining bugs, flowers, and trash! No, really! Weather effects have just been added to Towns 2 along with a fix that should allow you to actually keep the bugs, flowers, and trash that you pick up! Crazy right? We'll be watching to make sure it's actually fixed this time for sure but everything appears to be working correctly so far. Sorry it's taken so long to get it straightened out.

Now, for your weekend weather report...

Barton and Durem will be cloudy with a 100% chance of rain. Aekea will have intermittent periods of fog and clouds. Gambino will be sunny and warm so it's a good time to head to the beach!

Check out all the weather effects now!

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Black Friday Sale Shenanigans

Hello everyone!

I hope your Thanksgiving was full of fun and delicious food!

Just so that you're aware, we've had a few technical difficulties with our Black Friday Sale~ some of the scheduled items have not been going in at the correct times. If you've had a problem purchasing an item due to the scheduling glitches, please feel free to file a ticket through the help center or contact me directly via PM.

Things *should* be going smoothly now, but if you see any issues with items not going into the shop feel free to report them to me via PM!

Thank you for your understanding, and sorry for the inconvenience!

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Last Call for Turkey!

If you haven’t slipped into a weekend-long food coma or been trampled in a stampede of shopping fury, be sure to spend a few minutes enjoying our Thanksgiving festivities this weekend. Everything will turn off at 12:00pm PST on Monday, December 2nd so if you haven’t obtained all the items in Switchem, become a crackshot in Gobble Gobble Bang Bang, or received a special Thanksgiving item from [NPC] Turkey then head on over and do so now!

Play Now!

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BFS Items in Shop!

Hi everyone!

Hope you’re having a great weekend! As I mentioned earlier, there were a few glitches with Black Friday Sale scheduling. To make up for it, some items are making an extra appearance in the shop tonight!

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Black King's Advance

Hello, Gaians. For those of you who don't know me, allow me to make some quick introductions: I am the Black King, champion of this great realm. Normally I would not waste my time addressing the rabble, but I come before you today to bring to light a grievous offense the White King has committed against my kingdom. My family has possessed a precious gem, the Deep Blue, as part of our royal regalia for centuries. In fact, my queen is wearing it now as the most splendid jewel in her crown. However, it appears that the White King had commissioned a group of dirty thieves to smuggle it away to his castle. Perhaps the White King didn't think I would notice? How utterly pathetic. My guards have apprehended these would-be conspirators and they now await trial in the dungeon, where such pitiful rogues belong.

Did you take me for a fool, White King? Well, now everyone can see who the true fool really is.

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Site Accessibility Issues

We've been experiencing some issues with our load balancing the last couple days that have resulted in lag and not being able to access the site at all. Our Ops team has been and is aware of these issues and continues to deal with them as they occur. If you run into issues with heavy lag or can't access the site, rest assured that we are aware of it and will have everything fixed and back up as soon as we can. Sorry for any inconvenience! Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_1049 created on Mon Dec 09, 2013 5:02 pm Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 5:02 pm Uncle Kenny's avatar

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BOOOOOM!

As you may have noticed, we're currently experiencing some pretty nasty technical difficulties. We're continuing to work toward getting everything resolved and back up as soon as possible so sit tight until then. Thanks for your patience and sorry for any inconvenience! [NPC] White Queen (?) NPC Post: 63632027_1050 created on Mon Dec 09, 2013 8:34 pm Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 8:34 pm [NPC] White Queen's avatar Offline

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White Queen's Counter

My dear Gaians, it is under most distressing circumstances that I find myself before you today. I am the White Queen, and I am here to address the terrible slander the Black King has committed against my husband. The White King would never seek to steal any gems from the Black Queen, as it is simply not in his nature to stoop to such desperate measures. We possess our own set of royal regalia that would no doubt put the Black Kingdom's to absolute shame. Still, I find it hardly surprising that the Black Queen would make such accusations. Her histrionics are well-known across our kingdom, and it appears that my poor envoys -- not thieves, mind you -- must suffer for her selfish cruelty. The White King and I demand the immediate release of our diplomats, and a personal apology from the Black King and Black Queen for spreading such hearsay.

Your move, Black King.

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Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_1051 created on Wed Dec 11, 2013 4:57 pm Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2013 4:57 pm Uncle Kenny's avatar

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Checkmate Tactics Error

We've just fixed an issue that wasn't letting the Chance Item progress beyond the White Bishop stage. It should start working again after the item cache finishes busting which will be in the next few minutes. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Edit: Fixed! Uncle Kenny (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_1052 created on Wed Dec 11, 2013 8:19 pm Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2013 8:19 pm Uncle Kenny's avatar

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Site Maintenance - 12/12/13

Just a heads up, we'll be performing some scheduled maintenance on the site tomorrow morning (Thursday, December 12th) at 6:00am PST. While we're not expecting any major issues, you may experience some lag or difficulty accessing Gaia during this time. Don't worry though, the work should only take a couple hours and it might not even affect you at all.

Thanks for your patience and understanding! admin (?) Admin Lead Post: 63632027_1053 created on Thu Dec 12, 2013 4:07 pm Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 4:07 pm admin's avatar Offline

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December Advance Chance Clarification

Hey everyone!

We're glad to hear you're having fun with the new CI releases, but we have noticed that some of you seem a bit confused about how this CI works. Let us clarify!

We wanted to try a fun, new approach to the CI release this month since it is the last CI of the year, and hey, we like having fun and know you do too!

Basically, this is an evolving CI which was split up into three parts so a story could be made of opponents going back and forth. We also thought you'd like the chance to get a crack at entirely new items.

At any rate, both the Dark and Light Advance Chance bundles are open now and today will be the conclusion of the story which will function like a normal CI including even MORE new items.

Hope this helps! siskataya (?) Community Member Post: 63632027_1054 created on Wed Dec 25, 2013 2:28 pm Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2013 2:28 pm siskataya's avatar

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It's the "12 Days of Siskmas" Giveaway Contest - Come join the fun and maybe win! <3

Happy Holidays Gaians!

Wow, I cannot believe that 2013 is almost over already! My goodness, how time has flown by this year! Vrooooom!

Anyway, as you are well aware, the holiday season is upon us, and you all know what that means - time for gathering with family and friends, eating great foods, sleeping in late, and reminiscing on memories of all the fabulous events of the year.

To celebrate this season of joy and sharing with you all, I wanted to invite you all to participate in my yearly "The 12 Days of Siskmas" Giveaway Contest. It's free to enter and open to all Gaians, and I'll be giving away some spectacular items this year in the daily contest prizes! Please feel free to stop by, say hello, share your holiday stories and make some friends. You never know, you could meet some fabulous people and score a fabulous prize!

Check out my contest here: 12 Days of Siskmas Holiday Thread!

Looking forward to seeing you all in the contest thread. Happiest of holidays to each and every one of you, and all the best in 2014. Thanks for being such a great community!

-Sisky