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Hectic week guys. Lots going on -- but that seems to be the order-of-the-day for each week of 2007. But first...

On Being Human
So yesterday I had to delete a thread that was filled with comments I made to a user in a private conversation. I was vague about the reasons, but here are the main reasons, laid out plain and clear for those of you who were curious:

We recently announced that we were going to do a sponsorship for a film called "The Last Mimzy". There was a lot of worry about selling out. Lots of users were asking me questions. I answered many of them, but some I gave too much information too. I have no right to divulge information about the company or speak for the company in certain matters -- especially when it's things like this, things that only people like Lanzer should be saying. It was nothing against the topic the user chose to write about.

So I deleted the thread:
- To retract information that it was not my right to give
- And of course, selfishly, to protect myself

I hope I have not upset anyone in the community and I'm sorry that it upset the poster of that thread so much. I made a mistake and I tried to correct it, and in retrospect I should have been clearer to him on my reasons. In any case, what's done is done, and I hope this doesn't stop anyone from having fun on Gaia going forward sweatdrop


The Rich Get Poorer... Hooray!
So we just released a massively nice and massively expensive item update. There have been a lot of complainers as well lots of people who love it (what's new?). The biggest news is the ridiculously high price of the new items. I got a few dozen PMs about why they were so expensive. My answer is:

I DON'T KNOW!

But here are my best informed guesses rofl :

- To give people more expensive store items to quest for
- To give people items to quest for that aren't affected by inflation
- Because they're obviously items created for the upper-class (stylistically, anyway)
- Because previous updates were relatively cheap
- Because so many users wanted more expensive items
- Because we need a broad spectrum of prices, and Fairy Wings have been the most expensive item for so long
- To create a bigger gold sink
- Because they're just that good


Luck O' The Irish
The St. Patty's Day event is coming up, and it even has a catchy name (which we haven't posted yet, but will come very soon). There has also been a lot of discussion about why we chose to have an event for St. Patrick's day. Some users saying they're offended by use of a Christian holiday (not at all like our Easter or Christmas events!) and others just don't celebrate it in their countries (totally unlike our Halloween and Valentine's Day events!) rolleyes

If you noticed, 2007 is very eventful. Er, event-full rofl . St. Patrick's day was as good a day as any to have an event in March, and we figured it would be a lot of fun. So on that most appropriate of days, consider yourself lucky!