Nu Vibez and Roleplay Guide Magazine - June 2015 | Page 28

of her extras or “commons”,
as I would soon find out they
are called, and that was all she
wrote – I was bitten by the Gacha bug!
My intro to Gacha was an inexpensive way to get better
quality items with the added
feature of risk and spare gifts to
hand to my friends. They were
exciting times when places like
“The Arcade” popped up and
some of the best creators on
the grid hopped on the Gacha
train. It became more of an
event …of a party… than just
shopping!
Now, years later, and a whole
inventory filled with commons
that I have no idea what to do
with, I wonder if I even want to
get another damn collection

started. So I spoke with that
same friend that got me started “back in the day,“ when everything Gacha was new and
shiny. My friend, the one that
popped my Gacha cherry, was
none other than Holli Thespian
who hosts one of the bigger
Gacha events called OMGacha.
I asked her my question “Is the
Thrill Gone?” And she sure had
plenty to say.
“I think its events in General
that have become too much,
not just the Gachas. The event
market is over-saturated and
no one can possibly attend
them all, let alone have enough
time to wear or buy everything
that is being pushed out there.
As soon as one event closes
three more pop up the very
next day,” she told me.
“Go to seraphimsl.com it shows
it all,” she explains. “I was just
there and had 10 browser windows of new events open, and
about halfway through checking them out, I just closed
them all because I am literally
tired of looking. Tired of so
many events,” she went on to
elaborate.

“I think its events in
General that have
become too much,
not just the Gachas.
The event market is
over-saturated...”

PHOTO: Gacha Steampunk

Photo by Kendra Zaurak, found on flickr.

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