Gaia Online 's casualMMO is a wholly flash-based environment that is free and requires no downloads. Several new features will be available within the MMO including quests, monster battles and exploration, which only add to the current features that the gaia gold community is familiar with, like playing mini games, customizing their avatars and socializing in-world and on the forums.

Although some disagree, for me one of the strongest sides of a MMORPG is the socialising aspect and the people we meet and friends we make in gaia gold game.

It’s quite amazing really, when you think about it, playing with folk from all over the world and all being united towards a common goal and sharing a common experience.

I’ve also been very fortunate to make, what I would consider, good friends through gaia gold games and ones I still keep in contact with even when I don’t play the same game as them.

I made quite a few friends in my time playing gaia gold but they were very transient. As soon as they or I stopped playing, we completely lost touch.

Looking back at them, I wonder how deep those friendships really were. I guess they were pretty superficial considering I can’t even remember anyone’s name.

Still, it’s odd thinking about just how much time we spent together. Logging in and grouping with someone for four hours or so every day for weeks wasn’t an uncommon experience and when you add it up, that’s a lot of time.

Oddly enough, even though we rarely shared our real names, we often talked about our personal lives. I guess it’s the anonymity part of the Internet that people like - kinda like having a someone to tell your inner secrets and worries too without worrying about any consequences.

Although I’ve played several RPGs since gaia gold was probably the next big leap for me in terms of making gaia gold online friends. One reason was because of the time I spent in my guilds there, secondly because of the advent of voice chat, and thirdly because of social networking sites like Facebook.