*hugglesquishes Emmie back*
...
*whips off the drool on her hairpin*
My poor hairpin...! ;o;
xDDD;;
<3<3

-bats at the ribbons and noms on it more-
But it's nummy with goodness and luuuurve :drool:

I think I might quest for that after I get the rest of the minor CIs/EIs I need :3

Well, can't deny the lurrrvvee part now. >3>;;
...
But still! The drool...! D8

And cool then~ :'D <3<3 Wish you lots of luck with it! Especially since these things sell really rarely now. D:
I'm real lucky to have gotten mine through an art contest. >.<;;

But it's luuuurve drool? :drool: <3

Haha thankies <3
It probably won't be until late 2011 that I quest for it :3
I knoww T_T
I wish the GBA & QR would come back and that the mods would made like, 10 or 15 more of each of the items - ya know?
To sort of compensate for the growing community compared to 2007 :3
It would help balance everything out so that they remain rare, but in a sense that they are still able to be found and aren't something that pop up only once every year or two :(

:gonk:
I wish my art was that good T_T

How special is luurrrvvee drool anyway? >3>;; It better be damn special and amazing if I'm going to let it touch my hairpin. xDDD;;

I see~ =O <3<3
And yeah, I miss those two auctions! :x
But, I'm actually against those items' reproduction. xDD;; It would be a nice thought, but it may just cause more harm than good in the long run within the community. ^^;;

I was only really lucky with that one. D: I had NO idea I was going to win first place, but I did, and now I'm really happy I did. ^^;; <3<3 I'm really lucky in that regard then. :'>

It's Emmie luuurvee drool - so OBVIOUSLY it's worth a fortune :talk2hand:

I don't see how it would if it would merely be in the Auctions and GBA -- I mean, they can't be resold, so it's not like anyone can gain a profit NOR raise the prices on them~
They would merely give people a chance to fairly get them sporadically through the GBA & QR :3
I think it would be a nice way for those who have been wanting them for ages, but who never can get them because none are on the market, to get the items after so long of searching :3

Hahaha~
I've never really entered art auctions - I don't have enough faith in my art XD;

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*scrapes the drool off and puts it in a jar*
If it's so special it's better kept for safekeeping, noh? >3>;;
xDD;;

I understood your comment about reproduction as making new versions of the old items - that's what I'm against. ^^;;
As through giving items with the Quester's Auction and GBA, I have no qualms with that. :'D <3<3
They get their stock from old inactive and banned accounts though, so who knows how long that will last. D8

Why not? =O You'll never know till you try, right? xDD;; <3<3

Haiii! <3
-noms on your pin some more and makes a bed in your comfy hair-

Oh xD:
No, that's not what I meant -- not like what Gaia did with the Angelic Halo with all those versions of it just so they could have new monthly collectibles after they had no other ideas LOL
I merely meant the same thing, but more of them -- I mean, it's not like it'd be difficult seeing as how they don't make so many thousands of MCs each month individually and send them out, ya know? :P

That's why they've disappeared off the radar for over a year now :(
They're out of old items that are really worth anything -- all they really have are newer MCs and the like :(

Well, no one buys from my cheap art shop, so that's why I have no faith :P
Here's my latest work, see for yourself :P
Oriental Empress
WIP - RL Commission -- I finished this, but didn't get any pictures of it finished before I gave it to the person and they wouldn't let me come over to take pictures of it :/ (Had to give it to them so they could wrap it for a present for their son)
WIP -- Have more done on this, but no pic updated~
WIP -- Same with this, more done but no pic updated~

THAT'S why I don't have confidence in my art :P

*puts even more drool on the jar*
Careful now! I might run out of jars or jar space. D8

Really, they "rereleased" the Angelic Halo? o_o;; Then again, unless you were the richest person on Gaia you couldn't buy one of those for yourself. xDD;; But still. >3>;;

Aww, sad then. :x Sometimes I wish some of the older members would come back and sell their rares or something if they're not active on Mene anymore. xDD;;

Oh come on, your art isn't bad at all! I like the Oriental Empress, actually! ^^
How is the art business on Mene anyway? I've only done auctions in the past, so I wouldn't know the state of art shops on here all too well in regards to sales and demand. >.<;;

But it's so nummy! <3

Yup!
First version was a silver halo, which was called the Mythril Halo~
Now they have all different kinds of spiral halos, animated halos, the works :/

I completely agree <3
But they don't really think of the site after awhile, and sort of forget about it :(
And mods can't take the items from abandoned accounts like that, because they might show up the next day and be like "WTF?!WHERE'S MY STUFF?!"

Haha thank you :) <3

I honestly couldn't tell you lol
I never get orders xD;
I can't buy much art anymore due to questing, so I don't really know how that goes either :(

I'm tempted to do an art auction, though~
Do you think it would be a success?

*peeks in*

Nivvy's auction just went really fast. o:
It appears (from my lurking) that Jitsu is buying a lot of art and she AB'd Nivvy's pretty much right away. :lol:
So, I'd say they go good, as long as the art is good. ;'3

LOL
Well my most recent are above, so use those to judge by :P
And keep in mind I don't draw guys, but had to for a RL friend's mother xD;

Originally Posted by Rylynne

@ Chi : Lolz. xDD;; Silleh Chi~ 8DD;; <3<3

Why am i silleh? I buy and then sell, and then buy em back at a later date, coz i get bored. There's nothing much else goin on here.

@ Emmie : Ohh, those~ =O I wouldn't call them copycat halos, really, but I do see your point. xDD;;

Yeah. :x But oh well, what can we do about that, right? >.<;;

I guess everyone is holding on too much to their goldies nowadays. :x So honestly, I don't think an art auction would be a flying success at the moment. :x Unless you're one of the REALLY amazing artists that only do auctions once in a blue moon. Not saying you aren't good, of course, but there really are just those WOW artists and stuff. ^^;; Damn, I'm not very eloquent today, am I? >.<;;


@ Shannie : Nivvy just had an art auction? o_o;; I'll check that out~ =O <3<3


@ Chi : True... I guess it's just not in my nature to sell something, then buy it back, and then sell it again, and then buy it again, lolz. xDD;; <3<3

Well, they were literally made so people could have a halo XD;
Like, that was their reason for making them because people complained about not having them~
Also another reason why they started making other staffs (like the angelic and demonic ones?) as well as making other slipper sets (like the penguin and chicky and bunny) LOL
It was merely because they had no other ideas and people were complaining there weren't enough of those items to go around :3
Sooo - I call them copycat versions of an original old item :3

Haha oh I know~
I wish there was something that COULD be done though :(

Umm... I guess I see what you're saying..
I'm a good artist, but not an amazing WOW one that's needed in order to pull off an auction xD;
Thanks, I guess? LOL
Whatevs - I started one anyway, so I guess we'll see~

I guess. xDD;; I wouldn't say those were their only reasons though, in Gaia's defense. XP

Who knows what the staff has in store for us in the future though? =O <3<3

And it's not to "pull off an auction" that I meant. xDD;; I meant that because you said you wanted a successful auction, I said that it would be hard at the moment because of the way people are holding on tightly to their goldies. ^^;; Then again, Shannie says Jitsu is buying off art auctions a lot nowadays, so who knows? I just know that even if I had some time I wouldn't be confident enough to hold an art auction right now, hehe. xP

Can you think of another? :3

Haha - very true :3

Gotcha haha
And I meant successful as in it would bring it at least 5k xD;

I dunno -- I'm honestly trying everything I can to pay off the debt :3

I wouldn't call it a lack of ideas or that they're greedy and want to release more halos for people. xDD;; I see it more as... there's no rule saying that there should only be one kind of halo, and that anything else made in its resemblance is a rip-off. Because who said that there should be only one kind of "real" and "true" and "original" halo? Lolz, I doubt I'm making sense. xDD;;

Well, if 5k is your goal, then I'm sure you'll reach it! :'> Seems my ideas of success are a tad higher than yours then, haha. xDD;;

Good luck with that then~! =O How goes your progress? ^^

Yes, but that's the twisted logic they create for it :P
It may be true? But it still doesn't change the fact that they started doing it after so many people complained that there weren't enough halos to go around and they wanted a chance to wear a halo ;)
So either it was a VERY large coincidence, or they did it to make the community happy ;)

Well, I'd be happy with 5k, 'cause that's 5k less I need to earn from posting in order to pay back Roachi XD;

Thankies <3
I have 20k left to pay back to Roachi, then 50k to pay back to ReiyukaE :3

Lolz, I won't deign to argue against your latter point then. xDD;; It was a win-win situation for them to make more halos, to put it all simply. XP <3<3

Well, true~ xDD;;

And ohh, at least you're making progress noh? :'> Since you owed Chi... 25k previously? Or am I just imagining that number? xDD;;

Haha precisely :3

I owed her 30k total, but yes - I was at 25k a couple days ago :3

Ohh, I see~ 10k in a week then? That's actually really good progress now! =O <3<3

Hai hai!
10k in about 9 days :3
I just hope I'll be able to get it paid off soon T_T
Once I get Roachi paid off, I can buy my anklewing set back, and then I can start paying back Reiyuka <3

At the rate you're going though, you can finish paying off Chi by the time January 2011 comes around! xDD;; <3<3

LOL
Hopefully before so :P