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2007

From: The Gaiapedia, the community encyclopedia about Gaia Online

2007 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. It is also the fifth year of Gaia.

Contents

[edit] Events

[edit] January

  • January 1 - Christmas 2k6 event ended.
  • January 1 to 7 - Double Gold Week started.
  • January 4 - Monthly Collectibles/Gift Credits Payment System revamped.
  • January 5 - The winners of the Gaia Holiday Art Contest were to be announced.
  • January 7 - Double Gold Week ended.
  • January 8 - Friends@gaia and gold granting for Private Messages disabled to stop botting.
  • January 9 - Holiday Art Contest winners.
  • January 10 - GStore updated with Blue ILU Tee, White ILU Tee and Gwee Baby Tee.
  • January 10 - Lanzer ask for input about the Three Collectibles idea.
  • January 15 - January Monthly Collectibles released: Damascus Armor and Gift of the Goddess.
  • January 18 - Gift System returned.
  • January 22 - GStore updated with Winter 2007 T-Shirt. Fleep is in this announcement.
  • January 30 - New Front Page Design to be released.
  • January 30 - Salon Durem updated with new hairstyles. Rainy, Ringlets, Upsweep, Bedhead and French Braid.
  • January 30 - GStore updated with Mini Gwee Plushie Keychain.
  • January 31 - Towns wwere down for about an hour.
  • January 31 - Aekea Housing Commission and Gaia Homes updated.

[edit] February

[edit] March

[edit] April

[edit] May

  • May 3 - Username system updated to allow spaces in usernames again, with the name of the mysterious Pork Wizard mentioned.
  • May 7 - Avatar Exporter and Sig Lab released.
  • May 8 - An important note about password security.
  • May 9 - Sponsorship: Tsubasa (Quest 1)
  • May 10 - Ron Bruise announces; Coming soon: The May Collectibles! Coming now: HINTS!
  • May 15 - May Monthly Collectibles released: Yokai's Treasure and Demonic Anklets.
  • May 17 - Gaia Cinema update.
  • May 22 - Some changes to the site's navigation. This marks the beginning of the "Thought Bubble" next to the Avatar. Trivia note: Ling's Avatar was used as an example, however, a fake Username was used called "long username is longgggg", this name was quickly snapped up for a Mule by a Gaian.
  • May 23 - Gaia Convention Tour: First Stop, Fanime.
  • May 24 - Gaia Journals updated with new features including a journal homepage.
  • May 27 - Gaia Paid Summer Internship Program. [1]

[edit] June

  • June 1 - Gaia Cinema update.
  • June 5 - Gaia on Webware 100. Announcement encouraging Gaians to vote for Gaia.
  • June 6 - Profile System Maintenance.
  • June 6 - Fixes and Changes to the Profile v2 System. Recent visitors, choose whether or not personal stats can be displayed, can make Profile public or private, embed media, and access profile by URL.
  • June 7 - New hairstyles for Salon Durem released. From then on, each new hairstyle would have two color variations: light and dark. Included in this update was a small announcement of the "Recommend" option that was added to the many used areas.
  • June 9 to 11 - The Fifth Gaian Annual Ball started.
  • June 14 - Contests! Shojo Beat's 'Beat Girl' Contest + Gaia Film Fest.
  • June 14 - Gaia Film Festival began.
  • June 15 - June Monthly Collectibles released: Western Zodiac, Cloud and Mythrill Halo.
  • June 15 - Monthly Collectible Mishap. Small glitch, rendering items and monthly letters invisible, it was quickly fixed.
  • June 16 - New Staff Coloring.
  • June 18 - Sponsorship: Scion, with Gaia Rally released, Sam's Body & Parts, Edy's Autos, Sam and Edy introduced.
  • June 19 - Gaia is winner of Webware 100 award!. The Webware announcement mentioned that: "The greatest disparity was in the Community category. Gaia Online won a staggering 91,293 votes--60 percent of the votes in its category and 19 percent of all votes cast in the awards."
  • June 20 - Gaia Film Festival opened to international entries.
  • June 21 - Custom Gaia Merchandise from QOOP.
  • June 26 - Three new forums released: Official Gaia Contests, Gaia Convention Tour and Gaia Merchandise.
  • June 28 - Gaia Cinema update.

[edit] July

  • July 2 - Battle System information released and Gaia MMO (Battle) Forum created.
  • July 2 and 3 - Tattoos released, and Skin Tyte, Natasha and Devin introduced.
  • July 5 - Item Update. Swimwear sets released.
  • July 10 - MC hints.
  • July 10 - A mysterious letter was received by all Gaians, from Edmund and the Von Helson Sisters. Brooches were received to show allegiance to Helson or Edmund. A Black Orchid Brooch from Edmund, and a Blood Drop Brooch from Von Helson twins, for 500g each, of course.
  • July 15 - July Monthly Collectibles released: Mecha Form, Fire Flower and Enchanted Strings.
  • July 16 - Convergence manga released, with Edmund, Ian, and The Sniper. The manga update was opened just before the Von Helsons bar on the The Secret Message event page finished. Edmund finished his bar first.
  • July 17 - Meet the Gaia staff members.
  • July 17 - GStore updated with new domain and OMG Monster Plushie and Bump Sweatpants.
  • July 19 - New moderator and staff username colors launched.
  • July 20 - Gift Credits and Shops were to be temporarily disabled on 7/23
  • July 20 - Winners of the Gaia Film Festival announced.
  • July 23 - Gift Credits and Shops are down for maintenance.
  • July 23 - Gaia Cash system released.[2]
  • July 24 - Convention Tour info: Comic-Con and Kiki's Road Trip.
  • July 27 - The Film Festival continues, and MMVII trailer released.
  • July 31 - The Film Festival continues with six hilarious animations.
  • July 31 - New info about Gaia's Battle System. Two profiles with game graphics are released.

[edit] August

  • August 1 - Announcement about Applying to become a Gaia moderator.
  • August 2 - Verizon now supported for home phone payments.
  • August 2 - Changes to the moderating system made and moderator applications opened to the Gaian public.
  • August 6 - A new look for Gaia preview.
  • August 9 - Site layout and logo updated.
  • August 13 - Sponsorship: Scion and New car items released. Included in this was a Jigsaw puzzle, that gave an item when the puzzle was completed.
  • August 14 - Game room name system changed to no longer allow room names but to name them after usernames instead.
  • August 14 - New information on Kiki's Road Trip.
  • August 15 - August Monthly Collectibles released: Plasma Gear and Summoning Tome.
  • August 20 - Build-up to Summer 2k7: Summer Festival started with water balloons made available in Daily Chance.
  • August 21 to 30 - Beta testing for the new Marketplace began for those that had bought Monthly Collectibles in the past month.
  • August 24 - Gaia's Summer Festival: Which team will you join?
  • August 25 New marketplace and its listing fee.
  • August 25 - Build-up to Summer 2k7: Summer Festival continued with news on the four teams available to be a part of at the event.
  • August 27 to September 7 - Summer 2k7: Summer Festival started.
  • August 29 - Summer Festival News Update: 100k or Bust! Monday at 5PM! An Announcement encourages Gaians to reach 100K users online during this event. There was also a Gaia Cinema update.
  • August 30 - Beta testing for the new Marketplace made available to all users.
  • August 31 - Summer Festival: New Storyline Manga. Gino Gambino and Liam kidnapped by the Von Helson Sisters; and Ian has a flashback in a 7-page manga titled "Damian".

[edit] September

  • September 3 - 100,000 users online mark broken.
  • September 4 - Lanzer announces; We beat 100k! Thank you! Most users ever online was 102,092 on Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:54 pm.
  • September 5 - Summer 2k7: Summer Festival winner announced and trophies awarded.
  • September 5 - Salon Durem updated with new hair styles. Gaians were rewarded with a 100K User prize. Coming up was the Item Design Contest.
  • September 7 - MMVII Part One: White Eclipse released. Within this announcement, was the upcoming Marketplace 3.0.
  • September 11 - New forum system released.
  • September 12 - New Forum System released.
  • September 12 - Lanzer looking for User input about the forums new look.
  • September 13 - Ron Bruise announces; September Monthly Collectibles: Hints!
  • September 14 - Item Design Contest started.
  • September 15 - September Monthly Collectibles released: Superior Form and Gift of the Gods.
  • September 18 - Forum Pulse released.
  • September 19 - Forum problems. Find my post feature wasn't working.
  • September 21 - Forum posting bug fixed.
  • September 25 - Gaia Cinema: Funimation's Kiddy Grade.
  • September 28 - Unveiled manga released. Continuing the story of Ian and Louie, and MMVII: White Eclipse.

[edit] October

  • October 1 - Forum bug fixing.
  • October 4 - Problems with PMs.
  • October 5 - Announcement for Cash Cards at Rite Aid.
  • October 10 - Voting for Item Design Contest entries is open.
  • October 11 - Halloween shop update; Ghost Hunter, Lovely Genie, Clown Suit, Zoot Suit, Starman and Cat sets released as well as miscellaneous items.
  • October 11 - MMVII Part Two: Flower of the Night released.
  • October 11 - Avatar saving temporarily down.
  • October 12 - Vending license fees refunded. With the release of the new Gaia Marketplace, it was no longer necessary to buy a vending license in order to sell items.
  • October 12 - Halloween Costume Contest started.
  • October 12 - Gaia down due to flooding! Gaia was down for two hours from 2pm to 4pm, PST due to an outage of their service provider.
  • October 15 - October Monthly Collectibles released: Grunny, Gothic Veil and Vampire Hunter Hat.
  • October 16 to November 16 - GStore update; Buying Gaia Store items, would get the buyer Gaia Gold.
  • October 18 - Sponsorship: Scion, and New car items released.
  • October 22 - Gaia Cash Cards are at Target Stores. By getting a 25$ Card, Gaians would receive a bonus item called "Kaya the Cat".
  • October 25 - Gaia VJ released.
  • Ocotber 26 - Due to TinyURL being used for hacking and scamming attempts, it was put on Blacklist.
  • October 29 - Halloween 2k7 event started.
  • October 31 - Cash Shop Glitches. An attempt to roll out the cash shop, caused a glitch with the system. Some Users managed to buy items and sell them on the MP, they were not punished for this.
  • October 31 - Winners of the Halloween Costume Contest announced.

[edit] November

[edit] December

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