122878-morning-coffee-022315-monday-short-and-sweet-edition

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Morning everyone! Havent started it in a while so i figured i would. :)
 
Here is everyones coffee!
 
And breakfast!
 
So I had a really good weekend on Cycotik. Got my healing set going, got a couple epic pieces and got everything completely runes out. Also ran a vet Crimelords last night, first time healing anything since launch and we managed to get gold and no deaths :D group did really well and even completed the couple imbuements we had. I also get To play all night tonight as well and.hope.to dive into more vet adventures. 
 
I even started playing with the housing for the first time! Im gonna be so poor now :(
 
Anyway, hope everyone has a good monday!	
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I'm glad it's Monday so I can finally relax.
 
This weekend was almost excruciatingly busy.  Friday night was spent installing my new core and motherboard, which are performing much better than my old chipset.  Saturday and Sunday were given over almost exclusively to figuring out our band's new live PA, which is a lot more complex, a lot more touchy, and a lot more prone to feeding back than my old board and equalizer.  I still feel a little uncomfortable; it's harder to mix small rooms and the room we practice in is SMALL.  I only got on somewhat late and was already exhausted when I logged in.
 
However, it was a good weekend in Wildstar regardless.  Parthenia hit 50, so grats to her!  My new chipset is a lot more stable than my old set, so I haven't been locking up.  I got to run a WotW with some of the new guild members that went extremely well.  Best of all, I got to work on the bilge of the Shadowcaster and the abovedecks is 100% finished!  Things are starting to come together inside, with the new aesthetic looking great!  I'll have it all done soon, hopefully.  Looks like the computer lab is all together and I got our drinks cabinet built (priorities are important).  I'm working on seating and meeting areas now, with the lounge, conference, and briefing rooms coming together.  The furniture is all in the science lab, but I'll have time to throw that together soon.  I'm still examining the options I have for the brig.
 
I'm hoping to run stuff with Vertes tonight if he's on early enough.  Outside of that, full steam ahead on the Shadowcaster, hopefully to get it finished before Thaydfest!  See you all on Nexus!	
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My weekend was a lot more hectic in game than I had imagined. Trying to deal with housing on both Dominion and Exiles was bad enough, but then I was looking for items not just for me, but also for my wife. I was all over the place looking for things that were draken and torine related. Now to the nice bits.
 
The bilge of the shadowcaster is a really wonderful use of metal and glass. I'm going to steal that staircase......probably add flowing water to it if I can. On dominion I saw a really well done chua house where the entire plot was a maze of metal pipes and jumping platforms. It was the closest to being a hamster my mechari has ever been. 
 
RP wise, I took a step back and let my normally pvpcentric wife take the reigns.
Much Draken Witchery ensued. So if you need a potion to cause less terminal results than Seeger's cup of tea, head over to whitevale and we will see if a deal can be made....Or Malgrave beach, because we're tired of the snow. 
*Prices may very by customer, we are not responsible for damages, or embarrassing situations caused by love potions. 	
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Much Draken Witchery ensued. So if you need a potion to cause less terminal results than Seeger's cup of tea, head over to whitevale and we will see if a deal can be made....Or Malgrave beach, because we're tired of the snow. 
*Prices may very by customer, we are not responsible for damages, or embarrassing situations caused by love potions. 
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Hey, not everything is terminal!  As long as you're doing it right!
 
Disclaimer:  Raising the shambling dead should only be done by professionals.
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Quoted for truth.
Remember kids, reanimating the dead is for professionals only. You will lose a lot more than an eye if you make a mistake. 
Shambling hordes of flesh hungry abominations are no joke. 
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It's Monday, gonna need a whole tank truck full of coffee.
 
My 1.0 attempt at building a small carrier on my plot revealed some limitations.  Like the plot isn't nearly big enough.  Or maybe it is if the ship spans the whole thing.  One of the (design?) bugs that housing suffers from is that each plug has its own coordinate origin.  Worse it seems like the house plug has a different orientation than the others.
 
Regardless I need to rethink launch and recovery especially since I want it able to do light cargo runs.  To give myself time to figure that out I've refocused on the bridge which I'm much happier with.  The usable chairs are being finicky about sitting straight due to the proximity of certain control pads.  Can we get a per item option to turn off their collision?  (yeah I'll make a request post in Housing).
 
Did my presentation at Friday Night Science.  Even got some (IC) death threats regarding the line of research :lol:.  Ran a whole bunch of PvP on Saturday and even tried a tank build which I'm even more clueless at.  I sort of get PvE tank theory but I need to read up on what you need to do for PvP.  Did manage to get the first AMP Tier point unlock and working on the 2nd.  Seriously considering springing for LAS3.
 
The falling snow on Saturday gave me a great excuse to dodge a bunch of errands.  (FWIW I ordered Olive Garden toGo and sacrificed some tiramisu to the wife).  Got to attend the Nexus Best Dressed List's fashion gala which was held on Myrick Renolds' plot with tunes from QSR by DJ Malak.  Awesome music, Fantastic plot and fabulous costumes, it was an utter blast. :wub:   Big thanks to Doom Kitty, Myrick, Malak and whoever else helped.
 
Sunday... was just noodling around when somebody asked in WSRP for another dps for Vet. STL.  Figured what the hey and volunteered.  There was much death but I've gotten a better handle on the mechanics now.  No video in the world would have prepared me for Stormtalon's swirly cloud of death but we eventually managed to take him out.  Big thanks to Remnants of Hope for letting me tag along.
 
Only this morning I realized I had an unimbued Pell Databoard sitting in my inventory.  Oh well.  Before the nerf (70AP -> 50AP) it was clearly superior to the Vitara's something or other I've got.  Post nerf, mine's good enough.  I think.  Either way, I'd lose enough mainstat to drop a tier.
 
If that wasn't enough I got in on the guild run for Vet Crimelords which Cyco mentioned we got gold.  We even managed to get through the overpull when my Preparation cast aggro'd an additional pack (I -hate- that).  Anyhoo... woot! 50% on my Adventure step for Attunement.
 
Tonight... have a RL errand after work so probably won't get home until after 8pm.  Tea at Stillriver Teahouse (will try not to be so late again).	
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Necromancers? You know.... I know a Draken group that's being put together to RP hunt necroshamans... I think they'd include you in their list of people to hunt down. Interested? :P
 
Also what house is the carrier on PlasmaJohn! I love custom ships! I wouldn't call myself an expert but I've built one and I'm building a second atm so I'd love to see what ideas you have :)  (Also wether or not I can steal them :D)	
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Necromancers? You know.... I know a Draken group that's being put together to RP hunt necroshamans... I think they'd include you in their list of people to hunt down. Interested? :P
 
Also what house is the carrier on PlasmaJohn! I love custom ships! I wouldn't call myself an expert but I've built one and I'm building a second atm so I'd love to see what ideas you have :)  (Also wether or not I can steal them :D)
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Necromancers? You know.... I know a Draken group that's being put together to RP hunt necroshamans... I think they'd include you in their list of people to hunt down. Interested? :P
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Also what house is the carrier on PlasmaJohn! I love custom ships! I wouldn't call myself an expert but I've built one and I'm building a second atm so I'd love to see what ideas you have :)  (Also wether or not I can steal them :D)
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On dominion I saw a really well done chua house where the entire plot was a maze of metal pipes and jumping platforms. It was the closest to being a hamster my mechari has ever been.
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I guess they could hunt Seeger. I'm happy with the idea that the Necroshamans have been purged....well other than that one, but most of the draken necromancy should be from extremely hard to find tomes rather than from kill on sight necroshamans. 
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You know, I read the thread title this morning and said to myself:  "Short and Sweet - just how I like my aurin..."
 
Then I read the discussion and somehow aurin got changed to zombies.
 
This is all YOUR fault.
 
I had all kinds of RL get in the way this weekend which was quite annoying.  My garage has never been cleaner.  BUT ThaydFest II is coming along nicely in spite of that.  The prize vaults are getting close to full, we have one more contest to announce this week, and then we start judging for the Lifestyles contest next week.  I hope everyone gets their plots signed up if they haven't yet.  I'll probably finalize the schedule next week and reach out to everyone helping to make sure that the contest times work for them.  Apart from that I have to get a bunch of lore trivia questions written up, get prizes assigned to events, and you know- logistical stuff.  It's a lot of work, but I think ya'll will like the results on the 15th.
 
Also, Typrop has volunteered to do a character sketch as a prize for one of the events, because he's awesome like that.  I will probably use that as a grand prize for the costume contest.  Doom Kitty will be our hostess for the costume contest by the way, if you went to her Gala this past weekend you know what you're in for :)
 
Anyway, back to work.... bleh, work.  Hope everyone's having a good day!	
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You know, I read the thread title this morning and said to myself:  "Short and Sweet - just how I like my aurin..."
 
Then I read the discussion and somehow aurin got changed to zombies.
 
This is all YOUR fault.
 
I had all kinds of RL get in the way this weekend which was quite annoying.  My garage has never been cleaner.  BUT ThaydFest II is coming along nicely in spite of that.  The prize vaults are getting close to full, we have one more contest to announce this week, and then we start judging for the Lifestyles contest next week.  I hope everyone gets their plots signed up if they haven't yet.  I'll probably finalize the schedule next week and reach out to everyone helping to make sure that the contest times work for them.  Apart from that I have to get a bunch of lore trivia questions written up, get prizes assigned to events, and you know- logistical stuff.  It's a lot of work, but I think ya'll will like the results on the 15th.
 
Also, Typrop has volunteered to do a character sketch as a prize for one of the events, because he's awesome like that.  I will probably use that as a grand prize for the costume contest.  Doom Kitty will be our hostess for the costume contest by the way, if you went to her Gala this past weekend you know what you're in for :)
 
Anyway, back to work.... bleh, work.  Hope everyone's having a good day!
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I think we were trying to Prevent zombie Aurin. 
*Looks through bag of totems and skulls for talisman to keep zombie Aurin at bay.* 
 
I don't even have a real understanding of when thaydfest is. If you find the bewildered looking mordesh standing in a sea of Aurin, hand me a corndog. 
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I think we were trying to Prevent zombie Aurin. 
*Looks through bag of totems and skulls for talisman to keep zombie Aurin at bay.* 
 
I don't even have a real understanding of when thaydfest is. If you find the bewildered looking mordesh standing in a sea of Aurin, hand me a corndog. 
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Behold, the answers to all of your questions, revealed!
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There are two reasons we give so much advance notice really.
 
First is prize collection - it takes weeks to pull together all the prizes for the event.
 
Second is simply planning and advertising.  There's a lot of behind the scenes communication that happens to make sure we have contests sorted out, people lined up for them, and so on - ask Vic how many PMs we've exchanged over the past few months, for example.  Apart from that, we want to make sure that everyone has enough notice so that they can, literally, plan on being online the day of.  By that I mean adjusting raid schedules, clearing it with the husband/wife, or even taking off from work if someone wants to go that far.  For an event of this scope that only happens maybe twice a year, I feel like it's important to give everyone plenty of heads up.
 
That being said, I *really* hope everyone comes out for the event.  I think we have a better prize and contest lineup than we did the last time, to be honest.	
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There are two reasons we give so much advance notice really.
 
First is prize collection - it takes weeks to pull together all the prizes for the event.
 
Second is simply planning and advertising.  There's a lot of behind the scenes communication that happens to make sure we have contests sorted out, people lined up for them, and so on - ask Vic how many PMs we've exchanged over the past few months, for example.  Apart from that, we want to make sure that everyone has enough notice so that they can, literally, plan on being online the day of.  By that I mean adjusting raid schedules, clearing it with the husband/wife, or even taking off from work if someone wants to go that far.  For an event of this scope that only happens maybe twice a year, I feel like it's important to give everyone plenty of heads up.
 
That being said, I *really* hope everyone comes out for the event.  I think we have a better prize and contest lineup than we did the last time, to be honest.
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You guys sponsoring two contests is MUCH appreciated :)
 
Don't let me forget by the way, we need to talk prizes next week for your contests.
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Also, Ara, as a member of Blazing Saddles, you're also probably welcome to see how much you want to help out.  We've got two events ourselves to plan, organize, and execute (the dueling contest and mounted race), as well as also being involved on the admin level.  Parthenia is helping out with the fashion contest as a judge, for example.
 
It takes a lot of people and prep to pull these things off.  One of the reasons I'm trying to help so much is because I didn't want the weight of actually throwing the party falling on Neph's and the BDS's shoulders so heavy this year.  I didn't envy Neph last year, and we had Veritas around to help out there.
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			I will see what sort of timing can be agreed on. Scheduling is going to be chaotic, and I can't really say with any certainty what will be going on during the weekend of March 15. Also Thayd fest is exile, where my personal resources are rather limited.  	
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			I'll make a new Coffee thread, should be up in 10.	
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