[Taiki]

@ Yokuutsu, I've ran a Kickstarter. Usually successful ones have at least a prototype of what they want made and just need funds to get it mass produced. Often when people ask for money for something not started they won't get funded. People like that often use IndieGoGo because they have an option to still receive the funds even if the goal is not met. I usually only fund webcomics and the comics are already made, they just need money to get the actual books printed. xD So still, I probably wouldn't give money to a Kickstarter campaign if they didn't at least have a working model of whatever it was. I wonder if an avatar site has ever tried to start using an actual Kickstarter and offered items as the reward tiers?

I completely missed Lunae too, and Royal Creed. xD I haven't really been active on any avi sites for a year and a half and I completely missed the life spans of like 3 of them.

@ Arikana, Malthea could still open, I just think it's unlikely. But like someone said, they'd have to have an amazing site to live up to their hype or people will probably be disappointed.

@ Terezi, you're right, they do depend on donations. And sadly the days of where you could get donations simply for items I think are gone. Gaia goes the way of making games in which you have to pay to get some features which is where they make their money. Just like most mobile games or FB games now adays. People like items but I think they get more fulfillment from playing actual games.