Gaia Runway

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Gaia Runway is a Gaia Online feature.

Overview[]

Feature explained[]

The Gaia Runway allows Gaians to enter their avatar in a 'runway' to be voted on. Voters will be rewarded with a sum of gold for every vote. In turn, the top 10 winners will receive a prize for their being most voted on.

Vote & Earn[]

Located at the top of the landing page, voting in the runway consist of three available categories.

It does not cost any fee to vote for any of the entries.
Upon clicking a category to vote for, Gaians are presented with a banner that contains their own entry (if entered) and the current top five models. As well as a displayed number of votes.
In the middle of the voting page is the stage and presented are two sets of avatars.
- Gaians can vote for one avatar or click the refresh button to skip both entries to vote for another set of avatars.
Continuing below the stage is a counter for how many times the voter has voted.
- A certain amount of voting for the day may yield an gold, a daily reward, or an achievement.

Enter & Win[]

Located at the bottom of the landing page, entering the runway consist three available categories.

Gaia Cash theme with an entry fee of 50 GCash.
Gaia Gold theme with an entry fee of 250,000,000 Gold.
Free theme with an entry fee of 0 Gold.

Each category has their own rotating themes for the week.
If one wants to enter they must dress up their avatar and submit it to their category of choice while following the current days theme.
- The deadline to enter is 11:59:59pm PST.
- Once call categories past the deadline a new set of themes will appear for the day.

Yesterday's top models[]

Located at the bottom of a voting page, this section displays the top three winners of the past theme and a sub-link to that themes museum. An archive of entered avatars.

Those who have maintained their spot for the day will win whatever prize the category is designated for.
The museum will display the rest of the top winners as well as a Gaian's own entry and accumulated votes.

Feature timeline[]

2015 Sep 22 - Feature is released
- Sep 22 - Forum: Gaia Runway Bug Report Thread
- Sep 22 - Forum: Gaia Runway Feedback & Suggestions
- Sep 22 - Forum: How To!
- Sep 25 - Testing for additional categories were underway.
- Sep 28 - Weekday / Weekend color themes go into rotation.
- Sep 29 - Forum: Themes Suggestions!
- Oct 02 - Gaia Gold theme category is implemented.
- Oct 07 - Gaia Cash theme category is implemented.

2016 Feb 03 - Prize Breakdown: A visual aid is added to each entry category, displaying the prize distribution. - Included with this update were five more top entry slots.
- Feb 05 - Daily Rewards: If users vote on an entry each day they will receive an incriminate of gold and eventually a free item.
- Mar 10 - Staff notice: A CAPTCHA system is implemented to in an attempt to curb spam voting. The CAPTCHA activates once 21 votes are made.
- Mar 22 - Announcement of new rotating themes.
  - Item requirements have been added to Runway.
- Mar 30 - Rules and Guidelines are announced.
- May 19 - Staff notice: Staff states they have investigated the alleged cheating happening with the voting and have dealt with it.

2017 Jan 18 - Links to forum and feature guidelines added.
2018 Jul 12 - Museum archive pages not properly transitioning to next page.^[1]
- Aug 02 - Runway granting and sorting fixed
- Aug 22 - Pagination fixed.
- Aug 28 - Runway Museum Update (All archives available)
- Aug 30 - Voting update
- Sep 10 - Voting updated, again.
- Sep 11 - Entry fixed
- Sep 11 - Voting fixed
- Sep 30, Oct 01 - Runway Broken, theme re-release planned.
Nov 07 - Gaia Runway Fixed
- Nov 21 - Runway favorites are fixed / Runway voting is fixed
2019 May 23 - Gaia Runway Free Entry Day

2023 Mar 31 - Gaia Runway UI Update

2024 Feb 17 - GCash Prizes Reduced
2024 Mar 28 - Theme Changes
2024 Mar 28 - Refunds issued for 26th

Feature Items[]

Gallery[]

Additional info[]

Site feedback[]

Work In Progress^[2]

Technical issues[]

Site & Forum

Work In Progress^[3]

Flash space

Work In Progress^[4]

Trivia[]

Work In Progress

References[]

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External links[]

Landing page Gaia Runway

Announcement forum

Topic Gaia Runway! Take the stage with this brand new feature! - Posted: admin Tue Sep 22, 2015 6:04 pm

Feature forum

Forum Gaia Runway
Topic Gaia Runway Rules & Guidelines - Posted: The Admin Tue Sep 22, 2015 4:53 pm
Topic Gaia Runway: Themes Suggestions! - Posted: Zero Omega Tue Sep 29, 2015 7:31 pm
Topic Gaia Runway Bug Report Thread - Posted: Zero Omega Tue Sep 22, 2015 3:27 pm (Recycle Bin)
Topic Gaia Runway Feedback & Suggestions - Posted: Zero Omega Tue Sep 22, 2015 3:43 pm (Recycle Bin)
Topic Gaia Runway: Feature Rules and Guidelines - Posted: The Admin Wed Mar 30, 2016 6:06 am
Topic Gaia Runway: How To! - Posted: Zero Omega Tue Sep 22, 2015 5:12 pm (Recycle Bin)

Topic Gaia Runway: Theme Credits - Posted: Ambu Sun Apr 09, 2017 9:06 pm
Topic Which themes would you like to see repeated? - Posted: Hikari_Sango Sun Sep 10, 2017 10:52 pm
Topic Brief Glossary of Terms Applicable in Runway Contests - Posted: Chocobo Princess Thu Nov 16, 2017 5:49 am
Topic [ Poll ] Choose Your Theme (Week 2!) - Posted: Prue Mon Jun 26, 2017 12:24 am

Topic Changes to the Runway for the 1st/2nd of the month (Update) - Posted: Ambu Fri Feb 02, 2018 5:22 pm
Topic Runway Update Feedback Thread - Posted: Lanzer Fri Mar 31, 2023 2:15 am

Other

Topic Runway Winner Archive - Show off your avatars and good luck! - Posted: Razumi Yazura Wed Sep 23, 2015 11:24 am
Topic Gaia Honorable Mentions 3.0 - Posted: Triana Orpheus Venture Thu Jan 14, 2016 1:00 pm
Topic How to win runway - a salty guide - Posted: Cleocatra Tue Feb 13, 2018 1:05 pm
Topic The New Salty complaint Thread - Posted: Faustine Liem Tue Aug 02, 2016 6:04 pm

Staff notices

Topic Runway Voting - Posted: Narumi Misuhara Thu Mar 10, 2016 8:12 pm
Topic Today's Runway Contest - Posted: Zero Omega Thu Feb 01, 2018 11:06 pm
Topic Runway granting and sorting fixed - Posted: Lanzer Thu Aug 02, 2018 7:16 pm
Topic Runway voting working again - Posted: Lanzer Fri Aug 03, 2018 7:09 pm
Topic Runway Museum Fixed - Posted: Lanzer Wed Aug 22, 2018 8:37 pm
Topic Runway Museum Update - Posted: Lanzer Tue Aug 28, 2018 9:57 pm
Topic Gaia Runway Updates - Posted: Lanzer Thu Aug 30, 2018 10:12 pm
Topic Another Runway Update - Posted: Lanzer Mon Sep 10, 2018 4:26 pm
Topic Gaia Runway Enter Contest Bug Fixed - Posted: Lanzer Tue Sep 11, 2018 4:31 pm
Topic Runway Voting Now Fixed - Posted: Lanzer Tue Sep 11, 2018 6:39 pm
Topic Runway Broken Today - Posted: Lanzer Mon Oct 01, 2018 7:58 pm
Topic Gaia Runway Fixed - Posted: Lanzer Wed Nov 07, 2018 3:21 am
Topic Topic voting (likes/dislike), and Runway favorites are fixed - Posted: Lanzer Wed Nov 21, 2018 3:09 am
Topic Runway voting is fixed - Posted: Lanzer Wed Nov 21, 2018 3:09 pm
Topic Gaia Runway Free Entry Day - Posted: Lanzer Thu May 23, 2019 8:15 pm
Topic Event and Runway bug fix - Posted: Lanzer Fri Aug 16, 2019 7:43 am
Topic Runway GC Entry Fees Fixed - Posted: Yuroppa Thu Jan 16, 2020 8:47 pm
Topic Runway Update is Here! - Posted: Lanzer Fri Mar 31, 2023 2:19 am
Topic Runway GCash Prizes Reduced - Posted: admin Sat Feb 17, 2024 11:47 pm
Topic Runway Theme Changes for March 28th Contests - Posted: admin Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:58 pm
Topic Refunds issued to those who entered Runway on March 26th - Posted: admin Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:08 am

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