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Heh, does anyone read this anymore? Anyway. I've played before, but I put in a while last night and also did some research in the forum, so now my impressions are stronger.

First of all, the addictiveness factor is pretty good. It's a little annoying that because the drops of anything are so rare and there's no character EXP, a lot of the kills end up being totally worthless. I don't know if this is usually the case for other MMOs, but it gets a bit frustrating ... still, the fighting system is pretty intuitive, and it's fun to wander around training. I also liked that there were optional fetch quests, because while I hate being forced into them, it was also nice to have a more sure way of getting orbs which didn't put me at so much risk of being dazed (which, while it doesn't actually do anything bad, is annoying because you have to walk back again and other people may have killed whatever you were fighting.)

I'm not sure how much I'll keep playing, especially knowing that I'm sort of playing at a disadvantage. See, I'm one of those people who hates working in groups. (I would say I don't work well in groups as a reference to those marks on report cards, but I actually tended to be marked "works well in groups" because I'd get annoyed and do the bulk of the work myself to be sure of its quality, thus ensuring our group turned in a good project. Utterly hated the experience, though.) Playing in a crew would make the game more of a chore and not fun. And, apparently, that means that my drops will be less frequent than those of other players, that I couldn't finish the main questline if I wanted, that if other people come by, especially in a group, I should get out of their way because there are more of them (if there's someone else on the screen with me, I generally try to get away because I don't want to be accused of stealing their kills for fighting the ones that come after me), and that I probably won't get a chance to go to many of the areas/do the quests, because if I can get strong enough to survive alone, my level will probably be too high to trigger quests, and if I suppress it, then I won't be able to survive there any more. I'm not saying Gaia should change this; for people for whom finding a crew is fun but a bit of work, I'm sure it's a great incentive. And there are probably more people who can't play zOmg outright because their computers are too slow (my old one was, which is why I'm so late coming to the game) than there are people with my problem who can't stand crews, even over the internet. I'm just not sure to what extent I'll keep interest at the moment, though I'm guessing I'll come back just because it's so addictive, even if I can't do the questlines properly or enter all the areas.

Okay, I still check every day or two to see if any of my friends PMed me. But I no longer spend a long time posting/polling in guilds, hanging out in forums, etc.

Not like anyone remembers me, but . . .

I left GCD because: I was sick of hearing about how, variously, the admins are screwing us over. This site was so cool when I joined it. I have fond memories of lying on my bed in seventh grade with my old laptop, lurking around Gaia before I joined, watching people hang out. Yeah, it was immature -- there were Gaian marriages, endless, actually interesting RPs, Gaia families, quest threads, and all of that. But hey, it was fun, and there was a bit of a community. You look, you see the same people. Maybe that part went away with size, but it's sad seeing that what Gaia has HAD to become to survive is this big corporate thing with endless sponsorships. If there are parts of Gaia that are still fun, it was depressing to hear about the ones that aren't.

I left SF because: I was sick of requests for Gaian babies, Naruto, no more Naruto, no Gaian babies, FMA, Bleach, One Piece, or a ban on the aforementioned, marriage, etc. And more than all of that, I was sick of the people who reply to every negative topic with "It's just pixels, you're a nerd, get a life." As far as I'm concerned, that sort of reply should be considered trolling/flaming. Harsh? Yeah, but you know what?

We're all nerds. WE'RE ON THE INTERWEBS HERE. I don't care how sporty your avi is, I don't care how gangsta you are, or if you're one of those "cool kids" who despises and mocks anime, manga, role-playing, the internet in general, and basically everything because you're too . . . whatever it is you are . . . to actually LIKE something. We're on the net here. We're not all losers -- I have loads of offline interests, I just come here to have a bit of fun -- but we are all nerds, and if we're going to spend time playing a game, why not have something nice to show for it?

That last paragraph is why, in general, I don't post in Gaia forums any more. I still lurk occasionally, but I'm sick of that attitude. And it's everywhere.

>.> This turned into quite a rant.

I've just been signing on to check announcements and see if my friends have posted.

And now that I come back for a minute, things seem to have gotten worse . . .

When I was trying to turn off the irritating "Leaving Gaia" notice, I saw that the filtering option had gone from "No Filtering" to "Minimal Filtering."

Minimal filtering? Um, what? I thought our swearing was fine. Even though I rarely (********) swear, I rather like a bit of goddamn freedom. And yes. I am testing how much of a b***h it'll be, because I'm getting increasingly disillusioned with Gaia, which has gone to s**t.

I still check each day to see if my friends wrote to me. But it's becoming less and less of a place I'm interested in hanging out.

My Gaia-versary was almost a month ago, and I forgot.

Whatever. Over three years on the site, yo.

I got my first password scam attempt!

I feel so loved. It's not fair I've been here since 04 and never had one. *pout*

I guess it's a step on the way to rich-ness? I am wearing three MCs, but they're not all that expensive. Sheesh.

Merry Christmas to the random person who bought my accidentally underpriced Nitemare Claws. I'm just going to consider it a present and not ask for them back.

I don't care except that instead of having enough gold to buy Bes' present and then some I still have so far to go. crying

A bit of work and I should have it in time . . I hope . . .

I need about 6.5 k more for my present for Bes. Stupid inflation.

And I'm being made to go to bed. IT'S WINTER BREAK!!!

Bought my Shadow Spirit.

That's all.

It always feels odd to spend all of my money . . . sweatdrop But isn't it cuute?

It wanted me to do this before I could edit my comment on Bes' journal.

I'll be surprised if I get bored enough to post in this thing again. How many journals does one gal need, even if she is a little fluffy ball of angst?