[Dalhanahue]

*Just jumps in the conversation*

On the topic of Solia. Solia was a huge disappointment for me. And I had been an active user for a while and did donate what I would consider frequently. I mean, sure there were people that I know donated more but I put some money into the site. And just how that whole server and item issue was handled was so off putting. Then the site itself changed. I mean, I get they couldn't really help the server issues but how it was handled was awful. In the end there was no compensation for long time users who lost so much. And don't get me wrong, I'm an adult and I understood that when I donated I was basically throwing money at something that wasn't tangible but even still; there wasn't some sort of way they could have made up for it? I think there could have been had they put more thought into it. I've not been back since. I don't know if it's even up and going still.

I did enjoy Gaia for a while until imo it became troll central and inflation was ridiculous.

Caedon is still around but it's very inactive and slow and that makes me sad. We has some really fun times and events.

Pantheon just shut down recently and that made me sad. Honestly the best avatar system I've come across so far and the community was just really great.

I started out with Gaia when I was in highschool. My parents were strict and I wasn't allowed to go out much so it really opened up the world to me for meeting people and having a place to be myself. Express myself through my avatar and what not. That's where my love of these types of sites is rooted and it bums me out that they aren't as popular anymore. That being said, as I totally understand when real life gets in the way of our online lives and I imagine running these types of sites, while rewarding, isn't always easy and the people who do are always doing it as side project while still having real world obligations and responsibilities.