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AirisMagik

PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 6:00 pm


Kidding. But, with the new "Gaia Cash" thing out, I can't imagine how many people are going to use it just to get items...


Gaia is a true business now, I think. Why? Iunno, that final step where everything is attainable by real cash now, instead of trying to get people to buy stuff from the store and get "collectibles"...


Mo' money. I can't figure the % of people who'd do that... nor how much they'd spend. But with 60K people online at any given time, I could imagine that'd be a pretty penny, pretty quick.

What are YOUR THOUGHTS?
PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 7:21 pm


My thoughts? They broke another little promise of theirs about never being a paysite. It's one thing to buy a pixel item with real money, when you can also buy it with fake money from another user. Actually having to pay to use features? That is a paysite, you lying little ********! And I'm going to take a trip out to Cali to kick all of the admins in the balls if I have to pay to use the battle system they've told me has been "coming soon" for FOUR years!

Lady Pyre
Crew

Eloquent Elder


kerminatrix

O.G. Nerd

PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:22 pm


What really bothers me is that they say there will be cash-only items in the future. What, like MCs weren't enough for you? Now you have to sell an item that not only has to be bought with real money, but then can't be resold to other users for gold? Maybe they're not saying that last part, but then how is it different from MCs?

The way they've set prices for using it is also stupid. Things are wayyyy undervalued.
PostPosted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 12:56 am


And this my friends is what we call, capitalistic whoredom. And what's worse, aside from creating the items and the idea behind the site, they're practically no-talent assclowns. Their coding skills are horrendously bad. Their writing skills are atrocious to non-existence. And one only need look at what they considered awesome videos to know that they have no concept of talent or good taste.

That being said, I really need to do more work on my comedy routine. Though, I've finalized a name for it. "Advocate for Child Abuse"

Jahoclave


Wolffy000

PostPosted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 1:01 am


Jahoclave
That being said, I really need to do more work on my comedy routine. Though, I've finalized a name for it. "Advocate for Child Abuse"


Oh, I like it. I like it.
PostPosted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 1:17 am


Wolffy000
Jahoclave
That being said, I really need to do more work on my comedy routine. Though, I've finalized a name for it. "Advocate for Child Abuse"


Oh, I like it. I like it.


I don't approve of it, I just advocate it.


That and every time I hear the phrase "git 'er done" I am further reminded that monkeys should replace us as the dominate species on this planet because at least they understand that what they're flinging is in fact s**t.

Then this will segue into the Bratz movie bit, which I think will contain a nice anti-government bit that concludes that all our civics class needs is a picture of one stick figure reaming another up the a** and two labels, "government," "you." But then I need to segue back from that to all these High School food fights in movies so that I can segue into fat-a** Americans so I can segue into my bit about trading Celebrities for Ethiopians since one group wants to starve themselves and another is starving.

Then in there there's also some bits on Hitler and another about the proper presentation of Global Warming.

I think I will open with, "Hi, I'm a positive role model."

Jahoclave


Lady Lilith of Innocence

PostPosted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:04 am


Well... seeja!
Thats totally just such abselute s**t of them.
Heck if they are gona do it like this, why not sell us a halo for $50 then or something. FFS... they are just going to far now. On the other hand if they decide to sell old donation items again for some cash... the whole site will be over run by people going "LawlSSS I Is got NiteMERA Mini's Biotch!!!!1111"
And thus starts the end of Gaia...
PostPosted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:45 am


Lady Lilith of Innocence
Well... seeja!
Thats totally just such abselute s**t of them.
Heck if they are gona do it like this, why not sell us a halo for $50 then or something. FFS... they are just going to far now. On the other hand if they decide to sell old donation items again for some cash... the whole site will be over run by people going "LawlSSS I Is got NiteMERA Mini's Biotch!!!!1111"
And thus starts the end of Gaia...


I doubt they'll do that. They get more money by people buying 50 collectibles each month in an attempt to fund their quest.

Lady Pyre
Crew

Eloquent Elder


Benisato

PostPosted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:16 pm


Knowing how greedy they became with time, it's totally logic we see that. First, there was a donation system with nothing else in return, as they are relying on people's generosity. Then there's the donation letters, although it's one letter per mouth limit for each account. Then, it's the limit of letters you can get is lifted. At some point, they added stackable multi pose items so that you can wear several of the same items at a time and, while they're add it, some letters come with 3 items instead of two.

Along that, came the store where you can buy "Made in China" stuff and these Gaia Credits.

On the side, Gaians who donated with generosity had been replaced by greedy Gaians who only wanted more pixelated goodies, even if it means buying these said pixels with cold hard cash.

It makes perfect sense that they went that way!
PostPosted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:28 pm


also, it is a matter of time before teeny-boppers are turning tricks on the corner for some money to buy, no, not heroin (close!)... Gaia Cash.

well, ok, and a bit of heroin.

kerminatrix

O.G. Nerd


Jahoclave

PostPosted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:40 am


procrastination girl
also, it is a matter of time before teeny-boppers are turning tricks on the corner for some money to buy, no, not heroin (close!)... Gaia Cash.

well, ok, and a bit of heroin.


Pst... Kid... I've got Gaia Cash
PostPosted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 5:30 pm


Jahoclave
procrastination girl
also, it is a matter of time before teeny-boppers are turning tricks on the corner for some money to buy, no, not heroin (close!)... Gaia Cash.

well, ok, and a bit of heroin.


Pst... Kid... I've got Gaia Cash


lol.
and lol@previous post.


Gaia still isn't a paysite, by definition, as we're not paying any money to use any of its "services".
Those are "extras", I suppose.
But wutev.

But it just amazes me how much money people actually spend on a website like this! It's insane. =O

AirisMagik


Jahoclave

PostPosted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:32 pm


AirisMagik
Jahoclave
procrastination girl
also, it is a matter of time before teeny-boppers are turning tricks on the corner for some money to buy, no, not heroin (close!)... Gaia Cash.

well, ok, and a bit of heroin.


Pst... Kid... I've got Gaia Cash


lol.
and lol@previous post.


Gaia still isn't a paysite, by definition, as we're not paying any money to use any of its "services".
Those are "extras", I suppose.
But wutev.

But it just amazes me how much money people actually spend on a website like this! It's insane. =O

Well, anytime I see something that says, we're free, but you can't use any of this unless you pay, I figure the free part is full of crap and they need to stop deluding themselves. That's like WoW saying it's a free mmorpg because they have a ten day trial.
PostPosted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:29 pm


I still sort of wonder why everybody's pitching a fit over "gaiacash-only items" as if they'd never heard of spending real-world money to get special items on this site.

kerminatrix

O.G. Nerd


CarbonatedWater

PostPosted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:16 pm


i wouldn't spend actual $
for pixels
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