148307-morning-coffee-1218-twelve-days-of-winterfest-edition

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Papa Phinneas (and our friends at Carbine) have been busy doling out the Winterfest Goodies this week!
 
First, was the Gift Cannon. Then the Golden Globe Orbiter.
 
And today is the "First Day" of the TWELVE DAYS OF WINTERFEST"
 
http://www.wildstar-online.com/en/news/2015-12-17-12-days-of-winterfest-giveaway/
 
(Link to Official Site)
 
So be sure to log in every day to increase your chances to win.
 
I love free stuff. Do you love free stuff? Who doesn't love free stuff? :lol:
 
Well, it's Friday at last. Been a busy week, at home, at work, and in-game! I've got a pile of holiday ads to build today, so I am just gonna sip this gingerbread latte, munch some little butter cookies and make this day happen!
 
See y'all this weekend, Nexus!
			
				
	Edited December 18, 2015 by Tex Arcana	
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			thank god for friday! wont be able to play much this weekend, only when the wife and new baby are sleeping, wait, so I will be able to play LOL. you know how babies are.  beat a new pair this week, suck it logic/water.  have one more day to down life/air.  we have beaten it before but we have to do it almost completely opposite of most strats lol.  we are a special bunch.  then on to avatus again.  hopefully i can get ingame to work on gearing up a fresh 50 from the last xp boost weekend.  but that will have to wait until i get all the winterfest swag that I want.	
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I never get ANYTHING else done in-game when there is an event going on. I don't know why, but when there is something "new" to do, I pretty much just stop doing the usual Dailies/Expeditions/Farming/Discoveries/Housing stuff that fills my game time until the event is over.
 
During both Shade's Even and Winterfest, I've caught myself just zipping around the cities and enjoying the art and music and not really DOING anything.
 
Is that weird? Surely I can't be the only one ...	
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			capital city is awesome.  havent gone to the garbage dump but the ivory city is wonderful, music and decor really sets the right tone.  the xmas music has an ominous sound to it on the dommie side as well.  fits perfectly imo.	
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Heyo,
 
I like the 12 days give-away thing that is happening, but unfortunately it's not going to be for me I think :/
With the holiday seasons, I won't have time for Wildstar, and probably cannot login.
Nice action, but I'll be missing out on it :(	
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			Got really close on Water/Logic progression last night, we found out at the end of the night the warriors forgot power link, did 1 pull with it and got logic to 20% lower than we were the rest of the night:P	
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Oh, I don't just *gotta* have anything in particular this time around. I mean, I'm going to collect the Clerk's kit and buy up a crapload of those Winterfest Fences (soooo cool), but otherwise, meh. It's not the rewards. I don't have to be "progressing" or "earning something" in order to have a good time.
 
It's just that I've been doing this for so long now, that anything that breaks up "the same old, same old" is welcome respite.	
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Oh I barely do the events tex, mostly out of laziness, but the rewards just don't speak "I GOTTA HAVE IT" to me.  And *cupcake* it I hate my dog in the mornings, scratches to go out nonstop until I get up and her lazy ass does nothing but sit near the door for a bit then come back in.  Sad part is I think she thinks she has me trained, maybe she does.....but gosh darn it that dog will be the end of me (even if she is as old as hell).
 
Speaking of gingerbread....I might go out and buy some today, can't get enough of it when it's cooked right.
 
Edit ---  And apparently some coffee....can't even spell "buy" right.
			
				
	Edited December 18, 2015 by Bacon_21	
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Don't know why but I've been super tired this week.  Consequently I haven't done a whole lot IG.  I think part of this is that good ole RNG has come up with a rather uninspiring set of Contracts the last few days (Vet Adventure came up two days in a row -- meh). 
 
Also don't have a really good excuse why I haven't done any of the event dailies.  I know I wasn't up to doing the instance but I probably should have.  Oh I know why.  Dinner prep + hanging out with IG friends IG + grinding out the last bit of Grimvault rep so I could place a Grimvault portal then spending the next hour and a half trying to hide the wretched Strain bits. :angry: (whyyyyyyy aren't these portals placeable without the rest of the junk I really don't want?!)
 
If I don't get around to it tonight I definitely plan to hit it up tomorrow.	
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Oh, I don't just *gotta* have anything in particular this time around. I mean, I'm going to collect the Clerk's kit and buy up a crapload of those Winterfest Fences (soooo cool), but otherwise, meh. It's not the rewards. I don't have to be "progressing" or "earning something" in order to have a good time.
 
It's just that I've been doing this for so long now, that anything that breaks up "the same old, same old" is welcome respite.
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Oh Tex, you sly sly dog.  What would these forums do without you.....
 
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			Oh I did the same for a while, cancled mine when f2p came, I somehow have a crapton of days left and still befuddles me to this day and no I did not buy any box copies.	
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The chance of winning any of those gifts is so low, may as well just play as per usual and forget it's going on. XD Then if you do win one, it'll be a neat surprise!
 
I'm kind of scared to touch the internet beyond these forums for fear of stumbling across spoilers for that certain new movie. Though I guess the chance of me encountering some while paying my bills (ew ew ew) is fairly low.
 
Last night I got some rp in! YAAAAAAAAAAY! We've had a plot thing kind of in limbo for almost two weeks waiting for someone and I finally just couldn't take it anymore, so we moved it forward some. Aaah I missed my character. Looking forward to seeing where it takes us. :3 It's some delicious medical sci-fi infused with cross-faction feuding and conspiracy.	
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Meh. The Disney Media Blitz already "spoiled that one movie" for me. I was an original Star Wars kid. My dad was a super-fan and took me to see it with him a half-dozen times back in the day. We made it a father-son tradition to skip school/work to see the premier matinee of every movie to come after that.
 
He passed away five years ago, and since then, Star Wars seems pale and shallow to me. But when I saw THIS:
 
 
I knew I had finally lost all interest in seeing the new movie, at least until such a time as it comes out on DVD.
 
ANYWAYS, as far the low chance of winning, well ... better than no chance, I guess. I *did* think it was peculiar that the winners wouldn't get their prizes until the week after the event is over. Kind of like "Merry Christmas, congrats on winning, here's the stuff you probably won't open or use until next year!" :lol:	
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Got really close on Water/Logic progression last night, we found out at the end of the night the warriors forgot power link, did 1 pull with it and got logic to 20% lower than we were the rest of the night:P
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Hey cool a chance to win some stuff when I do some stuff, just for doing stuff! Yay <3 Thanks Papa! :lol:
 
I am so glad it is Friday, I was home sick yesterday (which was a perfect time to enjoy Winterfest between naps...!) so I need a bit of time to rest.
 
Otherwise Winterfest is going well. Have many of you got a chance to try out the public event? It was kind of enjoyable, I gave it a go last night- but wasn't able to make it into a snowman. I like public events, but I find it tough sometimes to do them with the mouse-move setting on... and I really dislike playing without the mouse-move setting! But it's in 'beta' so... ;)
 
Now I am just trying to get the Winterfest instance epic hat! I managed to snag two support ones on my Warrior (come on, two?! RNGesus pls!), but I would like to get the assault one on him, and then move on to my Stalker/Engi.
 
And... speaking of the Winterfest instance... I have a shameful tale to admit- I died during the anti-consumer chain-store event. I got caught moving in the same direction as one of the security bots, and was perma-stunned. :ph34r: Did this happen to anyone during the PTR QA? :lol:	
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Hola!
Coffee drinking time :)
I have a day off today, and the original plan was to go out christmas shopping but snow was falling heavily so tomorrow it is!
I like the free stuff, but I won't be able to login for most of the time. Will login daily until 23rd so a couple of chances, after that I will bring my laptop to my parents house but their internet is only good for surfing so can't login to the game (a daily forum post should count too!). 
Will be interesting to see if any of us Luminai supporters will get lucky, if at least one random dude from Luminai got a gift I would be happy :P
Dominion is really empty now, I'm pretty alone in guild. Saving my omnibits for.... nooooooo... I don't want to think about it. Deep inside it feels like I should remain last chua and aurin standing until they carry me over to some..... pve... (pve? noooo)... server :( I can build on my house, I don't care if there is noone else on the server that can see it... or do I? I don't know. 
However, I will do my winterfest event the days I can, then take a break and with a new year I can think more then about what to do. 
 
Refill anyone?	
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Refill anyone?
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Hi all, 
 
I must admit I do love my free stuff so I will be trying to log in over the festive holidays so I give myself a chance of winning something. Although im not really expecting to win anything as I must have walked under a good few ladders in my time so my luck in competitions goes from awful to dreadful. Think I could be the only entrant in a competition and still not win it, that's how good my luck is...although if I do win I shall have to play the reverse psychology card lol. 
 
Gamewise I have pretty much got all I wanted out of the winter event so I probably wont bother doing it anymore and just concentrate on leveling my alts.  In the end I got the mount flairs, rowsdower slippers, instance hat, some decor and the snowball toy because im a big kid and I love hitting people with it.
 
Tonight im on dog sitting duty for my sister as she is going to be away overnight so she dropped it off at my house and that means I shall have a furry friend around. I wouldn't call it a man's man dog as the thing is a Shih-Poo which is a mixed breed of a Shih-Tzu and Poodle and since it's a pup I will need to make sure there are no accidents around my house.  Although when my sister first told me about the dog and the breed of it she asked if I knew what a Shih-Tzu was and I couldn't help but respond with.............."yeah, its a zoo with no animals".
 
So hopefully tonight I can get some game time in and not have my house destroyed or stunk out by tomorrow.  	
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And another for posteristy's sake....
 
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Is Bacon trying to topple our corny picture posting overlord? :o  I miss Whose Line, ahhh Wayne and Colin are too good.
 
I must be the only person on the planet who gives zero fks about Star Wars. I think I gave someone a stroke by saying that. Outloud.
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