2009
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[edit] Events in 2009
[edit] January
- January 8: Holiday Stocking Contest - finalists for the Holiday Stocking Contest were picked, it was up to Gaians to vote for their favorite.[1]
- January 15: January Monthly Collectibles released.
- January 25: Gaia's birthday is coming up, so join the fun now and get involved with this momentous celebration!
[edit] February
- February 11: Community Spotlight: Gaia's Darwin Awards
- February 14: Valentine's Day Event
- February 15: February Monthly Collectibles released.
- February 18: Happy Birthday, Gaia! - 6th anniversary of Gaia's momentous founding.
- February 25: Darwin Winners are announced. [2]
[edit] March
- March 4: Daily Chance - Clicking the cart for a chance at 1 Million Gold.
- March 4: Holiday Stocking Contest - the winning stockings are now in the gold shop, the stockings and legwarmers were originally in Durem Depot.
- March 7: My Avatar: Brand Spankin' New - Dress up page has been updated.
- March 11 - 15: Big Booty Week - assorted fish dropped Green Coins, which was worth twice the Gold.
- March 11: Daily Chance - the Hermit Cat is introduced.
- March 12: Let's send Gaia to SPACE! - NASA was hosting a naming contest for the new addition to the International Space Station.
- March 13: Support Gaia in the Race to Space! - In the spirit of competition, prizes were created for those of who supported Gaia in its conquest of the cosmos.
- March 15: March Monthly Collectibles released.
[edit] April
- April 3: Gaia's New Homepage was coming.
- April 8: Guilds: New Look, New Features [3]
- April 8 - 15: Easter 2k9 begins. [4], Easter 2009 page
- April 15: April Monthly Collectibles released.
- April 22: Earth Day 2009
- April 23: Save Our Shops! - The stores have racked up a substantial debts to the GRS and are in need of a bailout.
- April 25: Announcement for "Member Appreciation Night" - Gaians Gone Wild! company softball team is hosting another Member Appreciation Night game in May.
- April 29: Webware 100 - For the third year running, Gaia's a finalist in CNET's prestigious Webware 100 awards. Gaia encourages Gaians to vote for the site.
- April 29: Gaia's Shops: Reopened and Remodeled - a staggering 1,625,515,965 Gaia Gold was donated. Two shopkeepers weren't so lucky: Liam of Crate & Apparel and Ruby of Gambino Hat Rack.
[edit] May
- May 15: May Monthly Collectibles released.
- May 18: Convention Tour 2009: Fanime
- May 19: Webware 100 winner: Gaia Online | Category: Social & Publishing
- May 28 - June 3: Promageddon, Gaia's annual prom event, is held.
[edit] June
- June 15: June Monthly Collectibles released.
- June 15: A Gift from Gaia: the Wind Halo - Six years ago, Gaia released the original Angelic Halo to Gaia's very first supporters. To celebrate the halo's birthday and thank everyone for their support over the years, Gaia gave away a free Wind Halo as a gift.
- If you spent 99 GC, you were given a shot at getting the original Angelic Halo from a banned Account.
- June 18: Shop Update: G-Team Rangers Gear (3 years in the making)
- June 18: School's Out, and Pools Are Back! - Gaia Towns welcomes back the pools.
- June 23: zOMG!fest - Soundtrack composer, Jeremy Soule, stopped by Gaia forums for a live chat. By purchasing the zOMG Soundtrack, Gaians were given: zOMSoundtrack Earphones.
- June 25: Store Exteriors and Shop Directory are announced.
- June 26 - June 29: Community Spotlight: 7th Annual Ball
- June: Convention Tour 2009: Anime Expo!
[edit] July
- July 1: Gaia Cash International Mobile Payments Now Available.
- July 2: Winner of the Angelic Halo is announced. The winners real first name is used, not their Gaian name. [5]
- July 13: Convention Tour 2009: Otakon!
- July 14: Gaia's new Help Page
- July 15: Monthly Collectibles released.
- July 16: Gaia Office Cam: Interview with Juno and pepper-tea!
- July 22: Convention Tour 2009: San Diego Comic-Con!
- July 23: New Site Navigation
- July 27 - Aug 1: Booty Grab Sweepstakes - Chance to Win a Sony PSP!
- July 28: Daily Chance - PSP Raffle Tickets, a part of the Booty Grab Sweepstakes.
[edit] August
- August 5: Vanessa is given the job of changing Gaians eyes at Salon Durem.
- August 10: Convention Tour 2009: Gencon!
- August 12 - 19: Camp Chaos: Summer 2009 - Camp Chaos Begins
- August 15: Monthly Collectibles released.
- August 18: Coming Soon: Facebook Connect
- August 24: Gaians Gone Wild: See Lanzer Run - Gaia's weekly softball game is going to was even more exciting, thanks to the inclusion of a very special designated hitter: their beloved founder Lanzer.
- August 27: Facebook encourages Gaians to sign up to the social network site.
- August 28 - 31: Daily Chance - Gaia Gold Giveaway. One lucky winner grabbed a million Gold. Blue was for 1st 1Mill, 2nd 100K, and 3rd 25K place. While Red was for instant Gold that could be redeemed by going to the Inventory at 1K.
[edit] September
- September 2: Saved Outfits is released - A feature that gives Gaians the ability to save a total of 4 outfits to a drawer; by saving their favorite looks [6]
- September 10: Gold Lotto: Win Over 2,000,000 Gold!
- September 9 - 28: School Survival Guide arrives.
- September 14: New Guilds Feature: Mass Messaging Now Available.
- September 15: Monthly Collectibles released.
- September 16: Gaia encourages Gaians to follow them on Twitter and Facebook.
- September 21: Convention Tour 2009: New York Anime Festival!
- September 22: Gold Lotto: Last Week's Winners - a 450 million Gold Jackpot was accumulated. Three jackpot winners in the first week: one took in 9 million, the next one 5 million and the third a whopping 26 million Gold. About 650 Gaians guessed four numbers right, pulling in anywhere from 30K to 140K each. While 17,000 Gaians got three numbers right, winning a couple of thousand Gold each.
- September 25: Power Picks are introduced to Gaia Lotto. Giving people a higher chance of winning by picking 2 solid numbers.
- September 30: Grand Opening of Global Imports & Junk in the Trunk!
[edit] October
- October 1: Dernier Cri arrives.
- October 6: New Garage, Rally & Car Improvements is announced, the updates would carry out throughout the month.
- October 13: Contest - Take Part in the "Gaia is _____" Video
- October 14: Gaia on Facebook, and encourages Gaians to help them reach 150k Fans, Gaians received a free Item.
- October 14: Dernier Cri dematerializes.
- October 15: Monthly Collectibles released.
- B.O.O. and S.I.N. arrive on Gaia.
- B.O.O. and S.I.N send out PMs to active Gaians, requesting them to join their cause.
- October 16 - 22: A new contest is announced. Win a PSP from the Daily Chance [7].
- October 21: Gaia Cinema: Bewitched episodes, and by entering the cinema, the item: Bewitched Broom was received.
- October 22: Demonbusters: Halloween 2k9 event is announced, along with 3 manga pages. [8]
- October 22: zOMG voice chat is announced.
- October 27: Gaia Staff has a Halloween costumes and pumpkin carving contests.
- October 27: Demonbusters: 4 manga pages are upload, completing the story of B.O.O. and S.I.N..
- October 28: Toting begins in Gold Shops, NPCs are dressed up as followers of B.O.O. and S.I.N..
- October 30: Announcement of the "Supernatural Forum", and a Homepage test. There was also an update for the forums, by introducing the "Quick Reply". The admin left a link for Gaians to vote for their favorite Halloween Costume worn by the Gaia Staff.
[edit] November
- November 2: Gold Lotto was moved under the Game tab.
