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Okay, I've been playing on Gaia for a while and figured I like it enough to put together a brief introduction about it. This introduction is pretty low-level and explains various concepts that are not exclusive to Gaia, such as the concept of forums. That's because whenever I talk to friends about Gaia, I have to backtrack and explain such concepts before they can appreciate what's involved in Gaia. And yes, my friends are not as 'Net-nerdy as I am ^^

This section also houses majority of the files that are on this site. Even though it may appear that I have lots and lots and lots of text, I have even more pictures. You probably had a sense of that from looking at my Toybox. Well, this section houses my Gaia extended sig, which contains all pixels that I have purchased in Gaia Be afraid. Be very afraid.

This is also the section where incredible use of real emoticons started Some people may call it emoticon rape I can't help it, they provide me with the means of coming across text better. But anyway, yes, it started here. And it spread outward to the rest of this site's pages, like the plague

I initially joined Gaia because of pixels. I love having adorable, animated creatures in jars. While hunting for them one day, I came across somebody's toybox. This person indicated that she may have adopted some of her pixels from Gaia, but she couldn't remember. Gaia? I then asked nobody in particular. So I got onto Gaia and signed up.

I didn't really start getting into it until the day after I signed up. But before I knew it, I was addicted. It's essentially taking on the form of this little pixel sprite that you can dress up, provided you have the pixel gold to purchase the pixel item.

I don't know how long Gaia will be around. They opened in February 2003 and is still in alpha phase at the time I wrote this up (and even at the time I joined). It's still riddled with bugs, and new features are added to it constantly. Someday, Gaia might disappear, taking its pixelated sprites, items, and gold with it. When that happens, there will be a general outcry from countless Gaia addicts around the world. I don't see that happening anytime soon, though. Right now, it's a tool of procrastination for many, many people.

The banner you see down yonder will take you to Gaia. Go check it out. And if you do sign up, why don't you send me a hello? ^^

Disclaimer
This is a fanpage and does not intend to infringe on any GaiaOnline copyrights. It's no different from fansites and fanpages about anime series or videogame titles.

By making this fanpage, I'm aware that I might get bratty Gaia kids hollering, "This is against the ToS! I'm reporting you!" Even though Gaia's a great place, its demographic is mostly in the 10-16 range (with the occasional 6-year-old user bragging about how young he is). That means there's plenty of Gaia users who bitch, whine, flame, troll, act as mod-gods, cry wolf, report things at abandon, and generally act as know-it-alls because their frontal lobes aren't fully developed yet. It really sucks that I have to be on the defensive like this, but it can't be helped. Gaia's so big (big as in millions of users, literally) that there are some people there who think it's okay to be mean.

As far as I know, I'm not infringing on Gaia's terms of service by putting up this fanpage. However, if you know otherwise and are a Gaia administrator or a moderator, please PM me in Gaia and I will gladly take down this page.