thankies for the welcomes.

and yeah, i do understand the concept of needing money to keep the site running, and i was happy to purchase monthly collectibles when they came out, but making the gaia cash shop with limited time only premium items pressures users into buying cash and buying it now. then there's chance items that encourage people to waste real money on the 'chance' they'll get a good item. and of course it's been made so that normal items can't compare to these premium ones, and thus users who can't afford to spend real-life money are automatically labeled as noobs because their avatars aren't decked out.

yes, the site needs money, but it's still unfair to users how money mongering the site has become. I'm kinda iffy about the money on this site too, but from what i've read of it, it seems like you admins/moderators/important people are keeping a level head about the difference between needing money and screwing your users over.... of course, i can't really afford to buy monies currently anyways. TT^TT