/rant
I've discussed this topic in the forums several times, and I just feel like writing about it here, now.
So often you hear people saying "I'm quitting Gaia." I just feel completely flabbergasted whenever I see someone type that out. Gaia isn't something you really "quit." Maybe I'm being too literal in my interpretation of the meaning of the word. You can't quit a website!! Sure, you can stop visiting a website, and I suppose you could call that quitting. But what's to stop you from coming back some day? It just really bothers me when I see people say things like, "Gaia is taking up too much of my time, so I'm quitting cold turkey!" Like they're smoking or something. What they're really saying is "I have no self control or time management skills." I know I shouldn't let stuff like this bug me, but it does. (Ugh, why do I get into arguments with immature children in the forums? Maybe I'm a closeted masochist.) Oh, and just as often, after one of these quitters does "quit," they do decide to come back after however much time, and then I see a zillion "I've come back after I sold all my stuff and quit so now I'm questing to get my stuff back."
Ugh.
If you're going to quit, don't be a drama queen about it. Tell your friends or whatever you're probably not going to be on the site as much, and leave it at that! Don't be dumb and sell all your items. You know you're going to come back some day and regret it.
/endrant
I did see someone mention implementing a "self-freeze" button, which would completely delete your account should you choose to do so. I know this would never be implemented in reality - something about how Gaia is coded and the numbering of accounts upon creation ... but it does pose interesting ideas. Deleted account items could be recycled back into the system somehow, maybe through Daily Chance or the new junk game coming up. But it wouldn't really solve any problem. It might even make it worse now that I think about it ... "I deleted my account and now I've changed my mind!! OMG!!!!11one!!1" And then there would still be the "get me my stuff I got rid of voluntarily back" threads. And, of course, the hacker potential. So, no, I guess the self-freeze button isn't really a good idea ... but it was *nice* idea.
 Neven Airlie · Fri Jun 04, 2010 @ 11:45pm · 0 Comments |
