I foolishly thought it'd be a cool idea to join an RPG site.... so I went to Gaia, cause it's the only one I know of, right?

Well, I don't know how to RPG. I'm just as shy online as offline, as it turns out--but that's not the point!!!

I went to the art forums to find people with the same interests as me. Which was a good idea, but then I saw a lot of "DRAWR MAH AVIE FOR (X-Amount) OF GOOOOLD."

And I'm like: "If you're going to take four hours out of you life to draw something decent for this complete stranger, shouldn't you get some sort of LEGIT compensation. Like, say, ACTUAL money instead of the imaginary kind?"

I... I dunno. Did I miss something? I just don't understand. It's such a scam. I mean, at least draw that person something in return. I'm just lke, "WHUT?" I guess I'm just not in the spirit of GaiaRPGing. Or whatever. I have more invisible gold than I know what to do with. (Speaking of which, what DO you do with stuff?) So IF YA WANNA DRAW MAH AVIE, I'LL GIVE YA FAKE MONIES!!!1!11+3"