2008

From: The Gaiapedia, the community encyclopedia about Gaia Online

2008 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. It is also the sixth year of Gaia.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 January 1.2 February 1.3 March 1.4 April 1.5 May 1.6 June 1.7 July 1.8 August 1.9 September 1.10 October 1.11 November 1.12 December

[edit] Events

[edit] January

• January 3 - Free gold given out to celebrate the New Year.
• January 3 - Evolving Item Report; Hermes' Moon and Fausto's Bottle evolved, and Cash Shop update with the January Birthstone Crown released.
• January 4 - Gaia Cinema update.
• January 7 - Gaia Cinema update.
• January 10 - Cash Shop update and Evolving Item Report; Chess Sets released and Pantheracorax Agate and Biancamella evolved.
• January 11 - First Daily Chance exclusive items added.
• January 14 - Gaia Cinema update.
• January 15 - January Monthly Collectibles released: Assassin's Guise and Masterpieces.
• January 16 - Gaia OMG Widget made available on Facebook.
• January 17 - Gaia does 2008 Convention Tour, posting a schedule of locations.
• January 18 - Cash Shop update and Evolving Item Report; Eastern folklore masks released and chess boards added to to Gaia Towns following from the Chess Sets release, and Fausto's Bottle, Hermes' Moon and Orindae evolved.
• January 22 - Gaia Cinema update.
• January 22 - Sponsorship: MTV. Sunset Couture opens, and new items from MTV's The Hills. With Cash Shop update; Designer Handbags.
• January 23 - Sponsorship: Scion and Car Item Contest started, and new cars for Gaia Rally released.
• January 23 - Gaia VJ updated.
• January 24 - Evolving Item Report; and Cash Shop update, White Drome Egg and The Experiment released, and Green Corallus Egg, Tama's Basket, Pantheracorax Agate and DandiiDooDad Spore evolved. Informing Gaians that leaving the shop January 31, were the some Wedding themed items.
• January 28 - Gaia Cinema update.
• January 28 - Ye Olde Item Update; Tavern Wench, Blade, Eloquent and Milady sets released.
• January 29 - Cell Phone Ordering Woes. There was trouble purchasing with a cellphone; it was quickly fixed hours later.
• January 29 - Gaia planning on going to "The Price is Right" show.
• January 31 - Merchandise shipping problems.
• January 31 - Evolving Item Report: Fausto's, Hermes' & Biancamella evolved.

[edit] February

• February 1 - Gaia Alerts updated.
• February 4 - Gaia Cinema update.
• February 5 - Word Bump and Credit Exchange fixed.
• February 7 - Valentine's Item Contest started. GStore error fixed.
• February 7 - Cash Shop update and Evolving Item Report; Eastern Zodiac released, and Pantheracorax Agate and Orindae evolved.
• February 11 - Gaia Cinema update.
• February 11 - Valentines 2k8 event started.
• February 12 - Cash Shop update and Evolving Item Report; Grace of Eros, Grace of Aphrodite, Sweetheart Teddy and more Long-Stemmed Roses released, and White Drome Egg and Hermes' Moon evolved, along with Fausto's Bottle which completed its evolution.
• February 13 - Gaia Cash cards at Target stores, purchase of a 25$ Card would give a bonus item: Benny the Puppy.
• February 13 - New Starter Sets & Hairstyles, Registration & New Homepage. New Starter sets and hairstyles available.
• February 15 - February Monthly Collectibles released: Magical Girl and Four Horsemen.
• February 18 - Gaia turned five years old. Released two-formed Kitty Slippers as anniversary item; item based on the KiKi Kitty Plushie and CoCo Kitty Plushie, two past Monthly Collectibles.
• February 19 - Gaia Cinema update.
• February 20 - Kiki's Road Trip: WonderCon in San Francisco.
• February 21 - Evolving Item Report; Cash shop update; new EI Alruna's Rose released, Biancamella, Green Corallus Egg, The Experiment and DandiiDooDad Spore evolved, and Pantheracorax Agate completed its evolution.
• February 22 - Valentine's Day Contest: We Messed Up. Voting page put early due to miscommunication.
• February 25 - Gaia Cinema update.
• February 27 - New mouth and eye styles released.
• February 27 - Weekly Poll started.
• February 28 - Cash Shop update and Evolving Item Report; Certificate of Adoption and Magical Girl's Uniform in different colors released, and Hermes' Moon and Orindae evolved.
• February 28 - Maintenance Notice: Toolbar.
• February 29 - News Bulletin: Leap Day, Valentine's Voting, Orphan and Towns Fix. Leap Year Frog item released to recognize 2008's Leap Day.

[edit] March

• March 3 Gaia Cinema update, plus weekly poll by Opinion Primate
• March 5 - Kiki's Road Trip: MegaCon in Orland, Florida.
• March 6 - Cash Shop update and Evolving Item Report; Luck o' the Gairish released and White Drome Egg and Alruna's Rose evolved. Leaving the shop Wednesday the 12th, Eastern Zodiac (all forms) and Pantheracorax Agate.
• March 7 - Winners of the Car Item Contest announced.
• March 10 - Gaia Cinema update, and Weekly Poll.
• March 10 - Torso Item Design Contest started.
• March 11 - Gaia nominated for Webware 100 award for 2008, Announcement encourages Gaians to vote.
• March 13 - Kiki's Road Trip: Wizard World in Los Angeles.
• March 13 - Cash Shop update and Evolving Item Report; Dionaesil released and Biancamella and Hermes' Moon evolved. Items that left Certificate of Adoption.
• March 14 - T-Shirt sale in the GStore started.
• March 15 - Monthly Collectibles released: Wonderland and Samurai Yoroi.
• March 17 - Gaia Cinema update, Weekly Poll, informing about the Kiki Road Trip.
• March 19 - Kiki's Road Trip: Anime Boston, and a Stupid Joke for No Reason...then an apology for the joke.
• March 19 - Gaia Badge released.
• March 20 - Cash Shop Easter update and Evolving Item Report; Bunny Hoodie, Chicky Hoodie and Bun-Bun Plushie released and Alruna's Rose, The Experiment and Orindae evolved.
• March 22 - The Easter Bunny sent Private Messages to Gaians and gave them Clock Eggs for the small Easter 2k8 event.
• March 25 - Upcoming events on Gaia, and feedback needed.
• March 25 - Cash Shop update; Infinity Hat released along with the new hats it brought. And Weekly Poll.
• March 26 - Kiki's Road Trip: Sakura Con, and Gaia Store Sale was Ending.
• March 26 - Winner of the Valentine's Item Contest announced.
• March 27 - Mischief Makers arrives.
• March 27 - Evolving Item Report; White Drome Egg, DandiiDooDad Spore and Hermes' Moon evolved, and Green Corallus Egg completed its evolution.

[edit] April

• April 1 - The Easter Bunny sent more Private Messages to Gaians announcing that it was time to open the Clock Egg. They turned out to be bombs, concluding the Easter 2k8 event.
• April 1 - Shop update; Rising Sun hairstyles and sets and MUltipants released.
• April 3 - Mobile Phone Payments: Problem. But was soon fixed.
• April 3 - Day change for Cash Shop update, GStore sale, Find a Friend feature, Torso Item voting, and Marketplace changes; to stop sellers from canceling bids early.
• April 3 - Gaia Pinball opened for public beta testing.
• April 4 - Evolving Item Report; Alruna's Rose and Dionaesil evolved, and Biancamella completed its evolution.
• April 4 - Gaia Cinema update.
• April 7 - Gaia Cinema update, and Weekly Poll.
• April 8 - Journals Offline were offline, and was resolved hours later.
• April 8 - Gaian's Choice Game Awards, voting for Mochi game began.
• April 9 - Sponsorship: Skittles, Chocolate Mix.
• April 11 - Evolving Item Report; Cash Shop update; new EI Enchanted Book released, and White Drome Egg, Hermes' Moon and Orindae evolved.
• April 13' - Art Arena Downtime.
• April 14 - Gaia Convention Tour: New York Comic-Con.
• April 14 - News Bulletin: Member Appreciation Night, Minicomic, Weekly Poll, Dev ask which items should be unisex, and reminding Gaians of the Privacy setting.
• April 15 - April Monthly Collectibles released: Rock Puppy and Rock Hard.
• April 17 - Battle System Website updated.
• April 17 - Liam's Quest made available by visiting Crate & Apparel.
• April 18 - Evolving Item Report; Alruna's Rose and The Experiment evolved. Items that left the shop. Wild Armor and Magical Schoolgirl Uniforms (all colors).
• April 18 - Password dialogs and images; problems with spammers putting password protected images in the forum threads.
• April 21 - Sponsorship: Skittles, Chocolate Mix.
• April 22 - Ian returned to Barton Boutique.
• April 22 - News Bulletin: Account Safety, New Minicomic, Webware 100 (Gaia wins), and Weekly Poll.
• April 22 - Ian returns; Mini Comic explains where he has been.
• April 23 - Shop update; Bathtime sets released.
• April 25 - Evolving Item Report; Inari's Beads released, and Dionaesil evolved with Hermes' Moon completing its evolution.
• April 26 - More site design mock-ups.
• April 28 - Gaian's Choice Game Awards, voting for Mochi games ending on the 30th.
• April 28 - Sponsorship: Kung Fu Panda.
• April 29 - Mischief Makers: The First Winners.
• April 29 - Cash Shop update: Bag of Win released.
• April 30 - News Bulletin: Bag of Win, Torso Contest Winners, Member Appreciation Night (video), GStore update; From then till May 25th, there was a special bonus with every Gaia Store order, More Kiki Road Trip stops, and Weekly Poll.
• April 30 - Winners of the Torso Item Design Contest announced.

[edit] May

• May 1 - Coming May 16th: Gaia Prom Crashers. Christian Siriano items arrive in Barton Boutique. Along with Gaia Staff dancing.
• May 2 - CAPTCHA added to posting screen.
• May 2 - Evolving Item Report; Enchanted Book, White Drome Egg, Alruna's Rose and Orindae evolved, with DandiiDooDad Spore completing its evolution.
• May 5 - Flash Spaces Back On (VJ) people were posting questionable content, this was taken care of.
• May 5 - Friend List updated.
• May 6 - Help Gaia crash CBS's Early Show.
• May 7 - Shop update; Flow Prom Dress, Polyester Suit, Lily Boutonniere and Lily Corsage released.
• May 8 - News Bulletin: IRL Cinemas (Gaia Staff wants Gaians to see Iron Man with them), CBS Early Show (Date change to the 15th).
• May 9 - Evolving Item Report; Inari's Beads evolved and Cash Shop update; Voluptuous Wrap Dress, Celestial Gold Slinky Split Dress and Celestial Gold Glamorous Pumps released.
• May 12 - Trades, Gifting, Cash Shop Glitches, problem was fixed over hours.
• May 12 - News Bulletin: More Cinemas IRL Showings + The Early Show.
• May 13 - Cash Shop update; more items added to Christian Siriano set.
• May 13 - News Bulletin: Image Security, Conventions, Mischief. New homages, and updated options to view Whitelisted images or not.
• May 14 - Sponsorship: Kung Fu Panda.
• May 15 - Gaians Choice Game Awards: The Winners are posted.
• May 15 - May Monthly Collectibles released: Oculus Mythica and Elemental Wings.
• May 16 - Prom Crashers 2k8 started, and Prom Drama manga released.
• May 19 - Sponsorship: Skittles, quiz.
• May 19 - Prom Crashers 2k8 ended.
• May 20 - Evolving Item Report, later than usual because of technical difficulties; Alruna's Rose, The Experiment and Dionaesil evolved, and Death Whisper released.
• May 20 - News Bulletin: Fanime, Cinemas IRL (Gaia Staff asking Gaians to see News Bulletin: Fanime, Cinemas IRL with them), Gaia on the Today Show (video posted), and the Weekly Poll.
• May 21 - Sponsorship: Scion (Driver's License sig)
• May 21 - Gaia's MMO: Apply for the 'Battle' Beta Test.
• May 22 - Improvement on Pinball Game.
• May 23 - Cash Shop update and Evolving Item Report; OMFG Box released, Enchanted Book and Inari's Beads evolved, with White Drome Egg and Orindae completing their evolutions.
• May 27 - News Bulletin: Staff Decoration Contest, Safety Info (Phony Password Pop-ups), Cinemas IRL (Gaia Staff asking Gaians to see Indiana Jones with them), Weekly Poll, and Mochi Games now give gold.
• May 27 - Cash Shop: Hermes Moon, Orindae & White Drome was Leaving, Friday, May 30.
• May 28 - Kiki's Road Trip: A-Kon in Dallas, TX.
• May 28 - Gaians asked to break Pinball game. Devs checking for stability.
• May 29 - Site Offline For 10 Minutes Tomorrow Morning.
• May 29 - Sponsorship: Kung Fu Panda.
• May 30 - Evolving Item Report; Cash Shop update, new EI Furugasa released and Alruna's Rose evolved.

[edit] June

• June 2 - Sponsorship: Skittles, Chocolate Mix, Fill the Rainbow.
• June 2 - Wild West shop update; Cowboy, Native American, Saloon Girl and Kachina sets released.
• June 2 - GStore update, Summer sale. From then until June 17th.
• June 5 - Sponsorship: Kung Fu Panda.
• June 6 - Evolving Item Report; Death Whisper, Dionaesil and Inari's Beads evolved.
• June 10 - Cash Shop update; Picolitrosso's Urn released.
• June 10 - News Bulletin: Mischief Makers, Birthdays (a part of privacy setting), Informing Gaians of Ask the Admins, and Kiki Road Trip location, and Weekly Poll.
• June 11 - Daily Gaia: Gaian Theatre Company (User run theater company)
• June 12 - Labelmaker released.
• June 12 - Community Spotlight: Love, Gaian Style. (two Users who chatted on Gaia, and over 4 years became a RL couple).
• June 13 - Evolving Item Report; Alruna's Rose and Enchanted Book evolved with The Experiment completing its evolution.
• June 13- Fishing: Closed for Maintenance
• June 13 - Community Spotlight: Bored in Towns? (A Guild of Users who find things to do while in Gaia Towns).
• June 15 - June Monthly Collectibles released: Radiant Prism and Black Ops Gear.
• June 16 - Community Spotlight: Keep Your Account Safe!
• June 17 - Weekend PayPal Woes. Small issue with paypal, it was solved later.
• June 18 - News Bulletin: Time Magazine Knows We're Awesome. Gaia Online has been named as one of the 50 best sites of 2008 by Time Magazine. Mischief Makers update, and Weekly Poll.
• June 20 - Evolving Item Report; Furugasa, Inari's Beads and Death Whisper evolved, with Picolitrosso's Urn gaining two extra poses.
• June 23 - Cash Shop announcement: OMFG Box leaving on Wednesday, June 25.
• June 23 - Community Spotlight: Get a Summer Job. (User run Thread Gaia Jobs Center).
• June 24 - Sponsorship: Michael Scott.
• June 24 - News Bulletin: Kiki's Road Trip: Wizard World Chicago, More CBS Mischief on September 29. If Gaians showed up in Gaia Gear, they would get a limited edition Ring for the upcoming MMO.
• June 25 - Faunzy's Flute released in La Victoire.
• June 26 - Community Spotlight: Stylin' and Profilin'. Informing Gaians of Profiles forum.
• June 26 - Another announcement for Faunzy's Flute.
• June 27 - Evolving Item Report; Cash Shop update, new EI Kelp o' th' Loch released, and Picolitrosso's Urn, Dionaesil and Alruna's Rose evolved.
• June 27 - Avatar Save Problem Fixed.
• June 28 - Evolving Item Report: Kelp o'th' Lock & Others (Resent).
• June 30 - Cash Shop update; Yama No Tamago released.

[edit] July

• July 1 - Kiki's Road Trip: Anime Expo 2008.
• July 1 - Build-up to Gaia Olympics 2k8 started, introducing Bruce Hardcastle and Ricky Baudelaire, and new manga The Spirit of Competition, starring Derek Liu, released.
• July 2 - Sponsorship: Scion, and Prize Wheel added to Gaia Rally. Chances to win 1Million in Gold.
• July 2 - Shop update; new hairstyles and Silly set, Hairpins, Reading Glasses, Rectangular Glasses, Pince-Nez, Sunshine Daisy Watering Can, Handheld Garden Cultivator, Nose Chains, Kira Kira Earrings and new Tattoos released.
• July 2 - Scheduled Site Maintenance: Monday, July 7th at 1:00-6:00AM.
• July 3 - Community Spotlight; drawing attention to things that are happening on the site. And pointing out TOS violations.
• July 3 - Gaia Cinema update.
• July 3 - Evolving Item Report; Death Whisper, Inari's Beads and Enchanted Book evolved, with Picolitrosso's Urn gaining a bonus pose later.
• July 7 - Sponsorship: House Bunny.
• July 7 - Site underwent five hours of scheduled downtime in order to release item normalization.
• July 8 - Community Spotlight: Get in the Spirit. (User run Thread Gaia Spirit Week).
• July 8 - Cash Shop update; new EI Padmavati's Lotus released.
• July 9 - Gaia Cash Cards: Now in Wal-Mart, Speedway & 7-11.
• July 11 - Coming Soon: Gaia's New Arenas.
• July 11 - Evolving Item Report; Alruna's Rose, Furugasa and Picolitrosso's Urn evolved.
• July 12 - The Sixth Gaian Annual Ball started.
• July 14 - Gaia's Rejected Olympics. A new manga entitled Heir to Darkness released.
• July 15 - Trades are disabled due to massive fish-glitch.
• July 15- Gaia's New Arenas: Now Open for Beta Testing!
• July 15 - July Monthly Collectibles released: Holy Gauntlets and Head Case.
• July 17 - The Sixth Gaian Annual Ball ended.
• July 17 - Monthly Collectibles: A New Date. Moving to the 8th.
• July 18 - Evolving Item Report; Kelp o' th' Loch, Death Whisper, Inari's Beads and Dionaesil evolved, with Picolitrosso's Urn gaining a bonus pose.
• July 18 - Rejected Olympics. A new manga entitled Cat Fish released.
• July 21 - Rejected Olympics, Gaia Olympics 2k8 started and a new manga entitled Brains & Brawn released.
• July 22 - Glitched Game Item Fallout. An abundance of Game Items ended up in User inventory. Gaians were encouraged to post if anything happened to their inventory.
• July 22 - News Bulletin: Comic-Con, Opinion Poll, and Jumbo Plushies. Jumbo Plushie only 25 of each were available for purchase.
• July 22 - Cash Shop update; Panda Plushie released.
• July 23 - Town t-shirts released in the GStore. With Rejected Olympic bonus Tshirt for Avatars.
• July 23 - Cash Shop update; Angel Imp Plushie and Devil Imp Plushie released.
• July 23 - A new manga entitled Dark Alliance released.
• July 24 - Sponsorship: Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.
• July 24 - Winner of Name The Game announced, with the Battle System finally given a name of zOMG!.
• July 24 - The Rejected Olympics Have Been Extended.
• July 25 - Evolving Item Report; Coocoon and Cash Shop update, new EI Gro-gain released, and Yama No Tamago, Picolitrosso's Urn, Padmavati's Lotus, Alruna's Rose and Enchanted Book evolved.
• July 27 - Gaia Olympics 2k8 scoring ended.
• July 28 - New race-changing potions released in Skin Tyte: Centaur, Angel Imp, Devil Imp, as well as a potion to change to a Vampire without having to use the link on the Halloween 2k7 event page.
• July 28 - Winners of Gaia Olympics 2k8 announced.
• July 29 - Sponsorship: House Bunny.
• July 29 - Community Spotlight: How to Spot Imposters.
• July 30 - News Bulletin: Connecticon & Mischief Makers.
• July 30 - Cash Shop update; Bag of Win 2 released.
• July 31 - Shop update; Tennis, Baseball and Cheerleader sets released, as well as Sports Bags and Standard Dumbbells.

[edit] August

• August 1 - Cash Shop annoucement: Bag of Win 2 leaving shop August 2.
• August 1 - Evolving Item Report; Inari's Beads, Furugasa and Death Whisper evolved.
• August 4 - Sponsorship: Nordstrom BP.
• August 5 - Reminder that Monthly Collectibles will be released on the 8th.
• August 6 - Kiki's Road Trip: Otakon 2008.
• August 7 - Evolving Item Report delayed until Tuesday.
• August 8 - August Monthly Collectibles released on the new, earlier date: The Lusty Scoundrel and War of the Warlords.
• August 11 - Upcoming, Updated Site Navigation.
• August 11 - Community Announcements subforum created.
• August 11 - News Bulletin: Gencon and GStore T-Shirt Sale.
• August 12 - Evolving Item Report; Padmavati's Lotus, Kelp o' th' Loch, Picolitrosso's Urn and Alruna's Rose evolved and Dionaesil completed its evolution.
• August 13- My Gaia Redesign preview.
• August 15 - Evolving Item Report; Cash Shop update, new EI Gimpi released, and Death Whisper, Inari's Beads, Enchanted Book and Yama No Tamago evolved.
• August 19 - Cash Shop update; Dander released and Dionaesil no longer stocked.
• August 20 - Kiki's Road Trip: Fan Expo Canada.
• August 22 and 23 - Gaia Cinema update. There was a compatibility error when it came to a plugin.
• August 22 - Evolving Item Report; Padmavati's Lotus, Picolitrosso's Urn and Gro-gain evolved, and Alruna's Rose and Furugasa completed their evolutions.
• August 23 - Teaser for zOMG! released.
• August 26 - Kiki's Road Trip: Dragon Con 2008.
• August 26 - Cash Shop update; zOMG! Rumble Box released.
• August 27 - Community Spotlight: Senior Living. (Geezers Guild)
• August 28 - New Arenas: Beta test ending, Sept 7.
• August 29 - The new My Gaia is here (sort of).
• August 29 - Evolving Item Report; Death Whisper, Inari's Beads and Kelp o' th' Loch evolved.

[edit] September

• September 5 - Gaia Cinema update.
• September 5 - Evolving Item Report; Gimpi, Coocoon, Yama no Tamago, Picolitrosso's Urn and Enchanted Book evolved.
• September 5 - Community Spotlight: Manga Mash-ups.
• September 8 September Monthly Collectibles released: Red Riding Hood and Super Powers.
• September 10 - Cash Shop announcement: zOMG Rumble Boxes leaving Monday, September 15.
• September 11 - Prakesh Singh, Dr. Singh's brother, introducesCelebrity Snare; Snoop Dogg and The Incredible Hulk items released.
• September 12 - Evolving Item Report; Cash Shop update, new EI Holy $#17 released, and Dander, Death Whisper, Inari's Beads and Padmavati's Lotus evolved.
• September 12 - Community Spotlight: Gaians Giving Back, Cash shop purchase would go to a Charity.
• September 14 - Sponsorship: Tampax
• September 15 - Handheld Design Contest 2k8 started.
• September 15 - Sci-fi shop update; Galaxy, Space Girl, SP Work, CyberPunk, DASH and Automaton sets released, as well as Bio-Masks, Receivers, Martian Antennas, Cyber-Wigs, Raving Goggles, the Scanner Mask, Evil Machine Mask, Copper Man Mask, Mr. Roboto Mask and the Battle Drone Mask, and interactive Gaia Towns items the Beach Ball and Pylon.
• September 16 - Cash Shop update; Fallen Wish released.
• September 18 - Gaia Aquarium was coming.
• September 19 - Gaia Instant Messenger released.
• September 19 - Evolving Item Report; Padmavati's Lotus, Picolitrosso's Urn, Kelp o' th' Loch and Gro-gain evolved.
• September 22 - Sponsorship: Verizon.
• September 23 - Gaia Convention Tour: New York Anime Festival. CBS Early Show rescheduling.
• September 23 - Community Spotlight: Site Changes and More
• September 24 - Aquarium released, along with Phin Pang and the introduction of the new characters Mirai and Barret.
• September 25 - The Aquarium is back up and running. Due to a huge number of people hitting it all at once, the Aquarium feature was causing some server stress issues and lagging the site a bit, so it was temporarily took it offline.
• September 27 - Database woes: some features were offline for a few hours.
• September 27 - News Bulletin: Halloween Survey, My Gaia Updates.
• September 29 - Evolving Item Report; Cash Shop update, new EI Captain Ara's Nestegg released, and Death Whisper, Enchanted Book, Yama no Tamago and Gimpi evolved, with Inari's Beads completing their evolution.

[edit] October

• October 1 - Cash Shop update; Trick or Treat Tote, Mighty Gargoyle and Deluxe Witch's Cauldron released.
• Ocotber 2 - Sponsorship: Six Flags commercial.
• October 2 - October's Collectibles: Coming on the 15th.
• October 3 - Aquarium update; Starfish and Cuttlefish released.
• October 3 - Evolving Item Report; Cash Shop update, new EI Trick or Treat Tote released, Fallen Wish, Padmavati's Lotus, Picolitrosso's Urn and Dander evolved.
• October 4 - Community Spotlight: Celebrate Good Times. (the Celebration Collective a mini shop).
• October 6 - Shop update in preparation for Halloween 2k8; Cobweb, Apocaripped, Mad Scientist, Witchling, Gothic Bat and Banshee Mistress sets released, along with Hooded Jumpers, Pails, Lighters, the Metal Pipe, The Swine Mask, Possessed Puppet Mask, Freaky Mutant Mask and Killer Clown Mask released.
• October 9 - News Bulletin: Contest Voting, CBS Early show, London MGM Con, Guild Chat (GIM). Finalists of the Handheld Design Contest 2k8 available to vote on.
• October 9 - Cash Shop update; Nightmare Box released.
• October 10 - News Bulletin: Cash Cards in Blockbuster, My Gaia Update.
• October 10 - Community Spotlight: How long have you been on Gaia?
• October 10 - Evolving Item Report; Trick or Treat Tote, Holy $#17 and Coocoon evolved, with Kelp o' th' Loch completing its evolution.
• October 13 - Aquarium Update: Jellyfish, Seahorse, and New Decorations.
• October 14 - News Bulletin: New Hats in the Gaia Store & Cinemas Update.
• October 15 - October's Monthly Collectibles released: Kong Sang Scarf and Dreamer's Dust.
• October 16 - Super Important! Account Security Changes were coming.
• October 16 - Sponsorship: Madagascar
• October 17 - Electric Love Faktori released, included was a Mini Comic.
• October 17 - Evolving Item Report: Fallen Wish, Tote, Titan's Gift, Fallen Wish, Gimpi, Picolitrosso's Urn, Padmavati's Lotus and Gro-Gain, evolved.
• October 21 - News Bulletin: New Survey, London MCM Expo & Mischief.
• October 21 - Cash Shop Update: New Premium Evolving Item - Jinxi's Charm.
• October 23 - Halloween 2k8: Halloween Hysteria starts.
• October 24 - Aquarium Update: Candy Corn Fish.
• October 24 - Evolving Item Report: Yama no Tamago and Enchanted Book completed their evolutions, Captain Ara's Nestegg, Trick or Treat Tote, Dander, and Death Whisper evolved.
• October 27 - Sponsorship: Madagascar
• October 28 - GStore, sale.
• October 28 - Cash Shop Update: Get Political. Red Elephant and Blue Donkey plushies.
• October 30 - Halloween Hysteria is Nearly Over.
• October 31 - Evolving Item Report: Padmavati's Lotus and the Fallen Wish evolved. While Picolitrosso's Urn and Trick or Treat Tote has completed their evolutions. Leaving the shop Nightmare Box on Monday, and Trick or Treat Tote with Enchanted Book and Yama no Tamago would leave Friday.
• October 31 - Halloween Hysteria: Read the Second Manga. Event ends.

[edit] November

• November 3 - zOMG! is Here! Official Info Post. Also Back Alley Bargains with Nicolae was introduced.
• November 4 - Sponsorship: PopStar Guitar
• November 4 - Cash Shop Update: New Evolving Item - Infernal Spirit. While Kelp o’ th’ Loch was to leave on Friday.
• November 5 - Sponsorship: Madagascar
• November 6 - Aquarium Update: Name Your Fish.
• November 6 - Community Spotlight: Guilds. Plus Daily Chance bonus update, Black Inked Mask, Edmund's Underwear, and Liam's Underwear.
• November 6 - Evolving Item Museum arrives.
• November 6 - Survey, Weekly Poll, and Gaia Cinema update.
• November 7 - Evolving Item Report and Cash Shop update; new EIs Changeling Baby & Infernal Spirit released. While Jinxi's Charm, Gimpi and Holy S#17 evolved.
• November 10 - New PM Feature: Text a Friend.
• November 10 - Gaia Cash Cards in more Stores.
• November 11 - Salon Update, 8 hairstyles.
• November 13 - News Bulletin: Contest Winner of handheld item announced, View Equipped List released, GIM instant sign on or option out.
• November 14 - Sponsorship: PopStar Guitar
• November 14 - Evolving Item Report: Captain Ara's Nestegg, Fallen Wish, Coocoon and Dander evolved. While Padmavati's Lotus completed its evolution.
• November 14 - Aquarium Update: Hamuhamu & Lazor Fish, More space to add Fish.
• November 15 - Community Spotlight: Going Postal updates, Staff want to know about Users experience with Flash, and warnings about Scammers, the MC Winter Rose and Gold Shop item White Rose Wristlet Corsage was used as an example.
• November 15 - November's Monthly Collectibles contained: Toadstool and Stone Gauntlets.
• November 17 - Gaia Store Update: Gnome Army Hoodies and Messenger Bags, with a Avatar version when purchased.
• November 19 - Sponsorship: Monster Lab
• November 20 - Sponsorship: Get 10,000 Gaia Gold with the Upside Prepaid Visa Card
• November 21 - Evolving Item Report; The Infernal Spirit, Jinxi's Charm and Gro-Gain evolved. Cash Shop update, new EI Nano-C released. While Death Whisper completed its evolution.
• November 22 - Community Spotlight: Be a Part of History. Guild promo, Geography Quiz, and Daily Chance bonus update: Card Shark Bands (10,000+ Gold), Purple JACKtASS (8,888+ Gold), and Gold Mountain Red Vest and Shirt (15,000+ Gold).
• November 25 - Cash Shop update; The Fortune Egg RIG released.
• November 26 - News Bulletin: Stocking Contest begins, EI Report (late due to holiday), My Gaia updates, and winner chosen for Halloween Avatar Contest.
• November 29 - Community Spotlight: Gift Exchange (User run activity), Gaia Accounts (poll about how many mules are used weekly), and Daily Chance bonus update: Canary Yellow Pimpin' Skirt (9,000+ gold), Gold Mountain Uniform Pants (5,800+ gold), Old Skewl Orange Jump Pants (5,200+ gold).

[edit] December

• December 1 - Cash Shop Update: new EI Copper Twopence, Padmavati's Lotus was leaving Friday.
• December 2 - Sponsorship: Veoh
• December 4 - Cash Shop Update: Aquarium Item Bundles. Starter Bundle, Far East Bundle, and Fish Bundle #1.
• December 5 - Gaia Store: Huge Holiday Sale.
• December 5 - Evolving Item Report: The Changeling Babies, Gimpi, Fallen Wish, and Copper Twopence evolved. Devs fixed the limited the number of poses on some evolving items.
• December 6 - Community Spotlight: Meetup with Gaia Staff, Participate in Community Spotlight, and Daily Chance bonus update: General's Beard (5,400+ gold), Red Street Shoes (5,200+ gold), and Black Street Pants - M (4,800+ gold).
• December 9 - Celebrity Snare: Elvis and Justin Timberlake. Early there was an item that parodied "D*** in a Box" by having a "Duck in a Box" but it was removed quickly and never spoke of by Staff.
• December 10 - Cash Shop Update: Evolving Item Bundle, 2008 Box Bundle, Angelic Item Bundle and Demonic Item Bundle.
• December 11 - Cash Shop update; Scottie Plushies, the Dark Ice Set and Water Meat Set. Leaving the shop was the Fortune Egg on the 15th.
• December 12 - News Bulletin: Stay tuned for our X-mas event. Poetry Contest in arenas, GStore sale, Mischief Makers, and Gaia Cinema update.
• December 12 - Evolving Item Report: Copper Twopence, Captain Ara's Nestegg, Infernal Spirit, Nano-C, Jinxi's Charm, and Dander evolved.
• December 13 - Community Spotlight: Holiday Events Around Gaia, and Daily Chance bonus update: Dark Educate Shoes (52,000+ gold), Zhivago's Underwear (28,000+ gold), #FFFFFF Complex Shirt M (6,000+ gold)
• December 15 - December Monthly Collectibles contained: Silent Night and Snow Feather.
• December 19 - Aquarium Update: New Fish and Decorations. Seaslug, Knight Fish, Dark Knight Fish, with Winter Snow Crystal from Daily Chance. There were December Aquarium Bundle and new Backgrounds.
• December 19 - Evolving Item Report and Cash Shop update, new EI Anima Adamantea. Holy $#17, Copper Twopence, and Coocoon evolved. The Fallen Wish was delayed due the artist being out of the country.
• December 20 - Community Spotlight: Charitable Gaians & Profile Contest!
• December 22 - Gold Shop update; Winter themed clothing.
• December 24 - Cash Shop update; Gold Gold Revolution RIG released.
• December 26 - Evolving Item Report; Fallen Wish, Copper Twopence, Gimpi, Jinxi's Charm, Infernal Spirit, Changeling Babies, and Nano-C evolved.