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Development Update 12/3 Knocking On Wood I'm getting seriously superstitious about announcing anything. It seems no matter how confident and how absolutely certain I seem at the time, something will come up to change the plans. Announcing feature releases is like saying "I met a neat girl" or "I haven't had any problems with my car" -- you're just asking the universe to come back and smite you for your hubris by, respectively, revealing a heretofore unseen database backend problem or finding out about a live-in Mafia boyfriend or throwing a rod or two on some dark mountain road. That said: Toolbar was the feature that I hinted at last week, and it went out briefly but we had to pull it back while we tried to figure out some strange issue with the database poolers. It should go out tomorrow morning for donators, and we'll roll it out for everyone as soon as we see the load patterns. Cinemas went out today, and we're pretty happy with the response. Matrix and Gattaca for free, how can you beat that? Yes, some movies will be pay movies only in the future... but you get movies for free, and if you want to spend the money you can, and if you don't, you don't! (We have to thank our beta team for a great job testing cinemas -- they were a big help.) The posting form rewrite comes out this week, as well as a host of other stuff. Stay tuned to this channel for more information.

Posted by: Panagrammic Tue Dec 04, 2007 @ 02:47am

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Commented on: Tue Dec 04, 2007 @ 02:55am


	Haha, you're welcome. It was a lot of fun testing it. awaits the toolbar

Commented on: Tue Dec 04, 2007 @ 03:05am


	Awesome! sweatdrop I'd be really worried right about now smile Just a friendly warning.

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Commented on: Tue Dec 04, 2007 @ 03:15am


	o.O at Pritchard. Murphy's Law is not your friend, apparently. xd it was fun messing around with cinemas and seeing if we could break it.

Commented on: Tue Dec 04, 2007 @ 04:17am


	I've noticed that. XD The whole thing reminds me of Sprite's car. I can't wait to see the toolbar in action. >D

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Commented on: Tue Dec 04, 2007 @ 04:36am


	Toolbar? Whatever it is, it sounds interesting, kupo! Now, if only I was a donator... sweatdrop

Commented on: Tue Dec 04, 2007 @ 05:38am


	Awww... Thanks Pan^_^

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Commented on: Tue Dec 04, 2007 @ 07:13am


	You're welcome, but it was the beta teams pleasure to help.

Commented on: Tue Dec 04, 2007 @ 08:33am


	Totally a pleasure to help. 3nodding Can't wait to see the Toolbar finished product. I got the one that popped out the other day, and I wasn't really into it. Oh well, can't please everyone, I'm sure lots will love it. I did love one feature. ninja

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Commented on: Tue Dec 04, 2007 @ 11:16am


	yeah i like the new cinemas i haven't really had enough time to test them out but i got a chance to get a good look at it lol

Commented on: Tue Dec 04, 2007 @ 04:08pm


	Mmm well what's the developers equivalent to "break a leg" because whatever it is then I wish it to you.

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Commented on: Tue Dec 04, 2007 @ 07:40pm


	Sounds like a lot of features are being updated. I hope that most or all the problems are fixed before the release, instead of finding them after the announcement was made. Good luck to all of you. ^_^

Commented on: Tue Dec 04, 2007 @ 08:25pm


	I hope this means the servers for towns and the games will be fixed as well and a lot of us won't get stuck on the "Connecting to server"...

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Commented on: Tue Dec 04, 2007 @ 08:27pm


	I was so anxious about the update all last week, I was about to whack you when it didn't come out. xD But it's out, so you may stay whack free. x3 And one more thing.. When did a "host" become a unit of measure?

Commented on: Tue Dec 04, 2007 @ 10:10pm


	I loaded the tool bar today..I have found it to be helpful...The Gaia link on the left brings you straight to login...a quick look in the tool bar lets you know how much gold/gaia cash... I say 2 thumbs up.. Know just work on the loading of towns..I am still having issues on that one. Thanks Method: Town Server Error Code: Joining Server Failed Error: Try reloading Gaia Towns. Report this if it fails the second time. Please copy and paste the above message and send it to games@gaiaonline.com

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Commented on: Tue Dec 04, 2007 @ 10:58pm


	It would seem you have the issues with the posting form rewrite fixed now. I'm loving it.

Commented on: Wed Dec 05, 2007 @ 12:08am


	Well I don't see why some people are whinning about No free movies everytime. I mean you guys need the money for servers and other stuff. I hadn't seen the new Cinemas yet, but i think it's cool. I like the Gaia Toolbar Idea. I'm gonna download it when I get my computer. =o

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Commented on: Wed Dec 05, 2007 @ 03:30am


	Hey, just wanted to say I LOVE the new forum post page...thing..XD I remember seeing a preview in your ( or someone's u_u; wink journal a while back and adoring it then. Totally lived up to my expectations \|3 I think you also said something about the journal post...page...system..thing getting an upgrade too? Or was that the guilds?

Commented on: Wed Dec 05, 2007 @ 04:26pm


	I have to say I LOVE the new post form. It's so streamline and functional @w@! heart The little movable windows are a fantastic addition. -BridgeChan

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Commented on: Wed Dec 05, 2007 @ 10:43pm


	I wounder how going about paying for movies will go.Will we e able to pay in gold or cash only.

Commented on: Fri Dec 14, 2007 @ 07:37am


	The new posting form is snappy and nice! Thanks.

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Commented on: Fri Dec 14, 2007 @ 11:54am


	Testing the cinemas was fun. biggrin . I look forward to testing more nifty features in the future.

Commented on: Sat Dec 15, 2007 @ 10:21am


	Heh. I note that Gaia doesn't seem to like asking me to try to break things… Probably because I'm too good at it. wink

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Commented on: Sat Dec 22, 2007 @ 02:29am


	its cool....the toolbar...

Commented on: Fri Dec 28, 2007 @ 08:32pm


	Thanks for the movies! Truly awesome feature. I am highly anticipating the (not named yet) MMORPG. Good work guys!

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