There is no C in Gaia Online

Mood: Guilty
Currently listening to: Nothing

I feel extremely sads. Like, we're talking 10 sads here. More on that later. It is too deep to go on a blog of this nature and would like totally blow the world to pieces if I were to elaborate!

Let us examine the Wikipedia article for Gaia Online. Wikipedia is officially "on the rocks" and I no longer consider it a reliable source of information. But anyhow, let's read it and laugh at it!

Gaia Online is an anime and games site. It was opened to the public on February 18, 2003 by Gaia Interactive, a group earlier known as AniHQ, consisting of Derek Liu and some of his business partners.

Users of the site, known as Gaians, are able to create a customizable avatar, for which they can purchase outfits using gaia gold, which is earned by browsing the site, playing games, and posting on the forums.

As the site is free, there are some ways the administrators have set up to gain revenue - these include Gaia-themed posters, shirts and hats. They also give donors
in-game rewards of limited-edition gifts.

Now, just from reading that gibberish, Wikipedia makes several things clear to the reader:

1. Gaia online is an anime and games site.


2. Users of the site are known as Gaians.


3. Gaians are able to create a customizable (spelt with a 'z', clearly American) avatar.


4. Gaians can purchase outfits using gaia gold.


5. Gaia gold is earned by browsing the site, playing games, and posting on the forums.


6. The site is free.


7. They give donors in-game rewards of limited-edition gifts.

All of this sounds strangely familiar doesn't it? Yes, it would appear that all of the following "RPG fads" also have these very same features: Ragnarok Online, AdventureQuest, MapleStory, Gunbound, MapleQuest, Adventurebound, MapleStory Online, Gaiabound, Final Fantastory, RPG Clone 42, Final Fantasy Online: We are serious about Final this time, Final Fantasy Online: Sorry consumer but we lied to you, and last but not least, Myspace.

Additionally, I think that to describe Gaia Online as an "anime and games site" is rather vague. It is in fact a forum that is 90% desperate geeks, and 10% girls who just want to have fun and make friends. Not only that, but you can also play horribly presented Flash games. I was coaxed into going fishing by some stupid popup speech bubble. And when you see the room listing (reminiscent of Yahoo! Games), only then will you begin to realize the sheer level of geekery that exists in Gaia Online. People are generally nice, but every now and then you will see a glimpse of the dark underground of the internets and meet the most dangerous type of geek: the zombie geek. These geeks have been around since the very beginning of the internets and lurked for many years until Gaia Online opened up. Then they joined up, but were very bad mannered so they got banned, but then they returned by changing their IP address. Hence the title of "zombie".

Zombie geeks get a natural -4 to their charisma and immunity to bannings of any sort or length. They have stiff limbs and take x4 damage from sunlight. Zombie geeks start in the city of Homepage.html, and can speak every language on the internets except for coherent English. Their class leader is the Umbrella Man and they belong to the Whorde faction. Now, you must select your hairstyle, then your adventure can begin!

NOTE: I HAVE ALREADY BEEN HIT ON ALREADY. THIS IS CRAZY. IT'S ONLY DAY 3 AND THE CURSE OF THE FEMALE AVATAR IS ALREADY SHOWING. WELL, I MEAN, I DO LOOK REAL SEXY, BUT... I DIDN'T EXPECT THIS! OH, SAVE ME FROM THE HORDES OF DESPERATE GEEKS, SAVE ME!!! I DIDN'T CHOOSE TO BE A LOLITA JAPANESE SCHOOLGIRL, I PROMISE!