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I used to frequent this website. Sometimes more than frequent. Sometimes I did nothing but open my laptop just to play Gaia. I'd get excited about upcoming events and I'd be so stoked for them to start that I'd wake up as early as possible to be one of the first Gaians to achieve that satisfaction of receiving an event item.

I can still recall my first Easter event. I woke up early and snuck down to the computer just to play Gaia and participate in the event. I did this for other various events that took place over the past couple years; Xmas, Halloween, Valentine's Day, etc. There was just something about the satisfaction of being one of the first people to get that first event item and sell it for an obscene amount of gold in the Marketplace just because you knew that you'd have at least a week to get another one. What was the use in keeping the first item when you can sell it to lazy people who don't want to participate in the event for a ridiculous amount of gold? That was how I played most events in the beginning. It was amazing how much gold that raked in. I'm pretty sure that I made at least 100k on the 2005 Halloween event alone. And considering that was my very first event on Gaia, I have to say that's pretty impressive. And not only did I make a large amount of gold, I also gained Grombie status. Something that is sought over by almost any Gaian who wasn't around during H2K5.

After taking that stroll down memory lane, it reminded me how else I spent my time on Gaia. Gold was easy to come by back then, plus I was a member of a little guild known as Magical Poll Land. However, since Gaia in all their infinite wisdom decided to change how much gold could be attained by "polling," poll guilds slowly died, I became less active in MPL, and eventually I was booted from the guild due to inactivity. When I got that PM though, I have to say I was pretty shocked. I basically spent my entire first year on Gaia in that guild, making friends, meeting people, and having an all around good time. I knew a lot of people in that guild- and the one who kicked me out I considered a friend. That really hurt.

Over the years, my interest in Gaia has been static. I've wasted so many hours on this website, made so many friends and drifted from one place to another. While I was active in MPL, I was also still avidly into Anime and Manga. So I spent a decent amount of my time in the AMC forum. After I while I got tired of continuously repeating myself about "how lame it would be if they dubbed Naruto" and other topics that are completely irrelevant now a days.

From the AMC I drifted to the GD. Yes, I once called myself a member of the GD bitches. I was around when Sith lord Ali was still masquerading as a boy. Then again I got annoyed with all the stupid topics about "GD Prommies" and other s**t like that. There was also the GD/GCD war that was going on. I believe I took a break from Gaia around that time due to school and other personal issues. However, when I returned to Gaia, the argument about SLA's sex was still going on and I decided that I was tired of that nonsense, so yet again I drifted.

I decided to switch sides. More than a year ago now, I called myself a GCDer. I was so into Gaia during the H2K6/Alien Invasion. It was around that time that I chose to write journals only about Gaia. That lasted for a while. I was around when Towns was first put into motion; when I was friends with people who were invited to do beta testing on Towns and how they weren't allowed to post screenshots and how everything was a big secret. I was also around when Towns had the big update and there were houses available. I think it was around that time that I was trying so hard to be active on Gaia just to be noticed. So H2K6 came and past- all the Ron Bruise stuff was ridiculous and completely pointless. After the event ended I felt cheated. I was so into the storyline and the aliens and everything else that was going on, then there was no real climax. Just some lame Xmas event that didn't involve the storyline that was building up at all. I felt cheated. Annoyed. So yet again, I took a break from Gaia. Life was happening again and I couldn't just waste my time on Gaia like I used to.

After being part of a forum that was so serious all the time, I felt that I needed to become a part of a forum where I could let loose. Be free. Not worry too much about what I post and what threads I make. Chatterbox. I call it my home now, but again lately it's becoming more and more bothersome. Since around the summertime I've been a regular in the CB. Posting random threads about absolutely nothing. I've made a bunch of new friends who I goof off with occasionally. But lately, the CB has been downgrading. It's not as fun as it used to be. A lot of people have left or taken breaks from Gaia and the CB and it just hasn't been the same. I too took a break around Christmas time due to the accident and since I've come back, nearly everyone I knew and had fun with have gotten pissed off and left, have been banned, or have just grown out of Gaia.

The Chatterbox has become whiny. It used to be fun, now I can't make a plethora of threads without being harassed or insulted. It's the ******** Chatterbox. Who gives a s**t what you post and how much of it you post? For example, I made like 20 threads last night out of pure boredom and because I haven't been as active as I used to be. These 20 or so threads were just random song lyrics and people went to town about how "unoriginal" it was. What the ********? Because "I have a hard thing in my pants" and "Girls sit on guys lap" are original [/sarcasm]. Honestly, it's a ******** thread. My ******** thread. It follows the rules, I'm allowed to say whatever the ******** I want. Get over yourselves.

You people clearly don't understand what is happening. So let me spell it out for you:

I make a random thread with a poll. I get gold for making the thread. I get gold for voting in the poll.
YOU get gold for "surfing" to my thread. YOU get gold for voting on my poll. YOU get gold for making a post in my my thread.

Therefore, we both win. We both gain something. If you're looking for meaningful discussion and not random song lyric spam threads, go back to the GD or GCD. I don't care where you go, just don't ******** insult me or call me "uncreative." It's only an insult to yourself because you clearly don't know what forum you're in.

It's the Chatterbox. "Hungry for gold? Post whatever nonsense you wish here."

So ******** off and get over yourselves.