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Holy Sonnets: Death, be not proud
BY JOHN DONNE
Death, be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;
For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow
Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be,
Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow,
And soonest our best men with thee do go,
Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery.
Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,
And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,
And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well
And better than thy stroke; why swell'st thou then?
One short sleep past, we wake eternally
And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.
 
 
I suppose most of the people in my country remember where they were today in 2001.  I was in high school, and was taken out of class and put in the lunch room commons to watch what was happening on T.V.  I don't think even I understood the impact of it at the time; it wasn't like we hadn't been attacked by terrorists before or that we'd be the first ones dealing with this kind of tragedy.  It kind of sunk in over the next few days when casualty figures started coming in and the president started looking for vengeance.  We're still dealing with the reverberations from the 9/11 attacks today here, but it's important to remember this day for what it is.  Life can be fleeting, and sometimes it can end for no other reason than someone doesn't like what the country you work in stands for.
 
Remember that the 9/11 attacks weren't attacks against America per se.  It was a terrorist action that struck two towers full of people from all over the world, people of all ethnicities, faiths, nationalities, and creeds.  The World Trade Center was just that, a center for everyone in the free(-ish) world to come together to engage in commerce.  And that was what was so threatening to Al'Qaida, that mixing of peoples from around the world and all their ideas for the betterment of the global economy.  No matter where you're from or what you represent, we all lost something in those towers.  To those people who lost their lives to this senseless act of violence, I dedicate this hearty breakfast.
 
 
In Wildstar news, I have taken over the Blazing Saddles as GM.  I'm very excited and the guild has been pretty lively lately!  We'll be having a guild meeting for anyone who is a member and anyone interested in being a member at Seeger's house (Skull Dance Bayou) at 9 PM EST on Friday.  Be there!  I'm interested in hearing what everyone has to say, anyone's suggestions for where they want to go and what they want to do, and what I can do as a GM to help you get what you want out of the game!  If you can't make it, but want to make sure I hear your input, feel free to message me here or in game (Evindra/Exile/Seeger).  It's all going to be on the table.
 
Also, Ina will be acting as PVE content manager (we'll figure out a less bland title later), so that is our point of contact.  We ran some vet adventures last night and had a a great time, even though our tank bailed once gold wasn't on the table anymore.
 
Make sure to tell someone you love how you feel about them today.	
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Yes, the 9/11 attacks were a terrible tragedy for the World. Not only did the people in the towers die, they set off a chain reaction of Wars against a hydra of Al Qaeda in "name country here".
 
This era of extremism has also seen the erosion of rights and freedoms around the world.
 
Such a sad sad day.
 
But in Wildstar I'm putting the finishing touches on my RP script for tonight. If you want to participate please let me know by PM in game.	
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Very well put, Vic. Recalling the day is pretty strange now, at least for me. I was walking to school and my route had me pass through the middle school for easier access to the high school. All of the hallway monitors and adults were visibly shaken by what was going on, a lot of them just looked devastated. Most of the classes for that day were put on hold to talk about this with us since of course as punk teenagers we didn't really have a firm grasp on how nuts this all was. The only teacher that kept class going was my math teacher and that's because and I quote "math is what could have prevented this"... she was a peach.
 
WILDSTAR NEWS: In Wildstar news, I was able to get some of my frustration out at the current state of the Kickers last night with some fellow guildies. For the first time for a solid hour and a half I was the only one on and it just kept like tumbleweeds should be everywhere. Due to that.. I kind of cheated and went to play my Medic. I dunno if it's just me not remembering correctly but he's putting out some decent DPS, enough for me to hoverboard mobs together and just go to town. Started a transfer of him to Pergo really just because. Muncheez was able to make some ground getting to a new quest hub but outside of that, most of the time was spent chattin' with Riijel (sorry I'm an idiot and spelled that wrong) and Crypt.
 
Get out there and make something of today!	
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Today is going to be a rather somber day. I was listening to the radio on the way into work, and the morning show played a clip of when they were live while the crash was happening. It was very eerie and their reactions made me want to cry as well. 
 
On a more happy note, this patch is a happy addition as I am starting my dungeon attunement. I might even be able to PUG it.	
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Hi everyone!
 
Before this thread goes much further, I do need to post an admonishment against lapsing into any sort of political discussions for this remembrance thread. Thanks for understanding.
 
Like everyone else, I will probably always remember where I was when it happened. I was living in Dallas and had just finished reading "The Plague" by Albert Camus, and the juxtaposition of the horrible tragedy and the narrative/philosophy in the book had a strange synergy that really hit me hard. 
 
In other WildStar news, I'm really excited about megaservers and trying to sort out what I want to do with my toons in the meantime.
 
~Morwynne	
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Greetings coffee people. How's the science?
 
I am nonchalant about most things, including tragedies such as 9/11. Regardless, I still remember where I was when I heard about it. I was sitting in front of the TV and not in school because I was sick that day. I was way too young to care or realize what the event implied. Where I live, today is just another day. Take no offense, I am not American. My sympathies still go to everyone who suffered because of the catastrophe.Breakfast:
In WildStar news, status quo. I am mostly limited to playing during daytime so it is pretty lonely. I do all the dailies and that's it. The game is in a pretty stoic state at the moment when it comes to solo content. As I am limited to daytime (mostly), playing on the underpopulated faction causes a lot of problems. I wish I could change the faction of my Esper, even if it means playing an Aurin. It beats playing alone all the time. Faction change now, kthxbai.Nothing to do! Nothing to do! Also, even less to do!	
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I would hope that a rememberance thread for this day wouldn't need such a warning... but it's appreciated nonetheless.
 
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Hi everyone!
 
Before this thread goes much further, I do need to post an admonishment against lapsing into any sort of political discussions for this remembrance thread. Thanks for understanding.
 
Like everyone else, I will probably always remember where I was when it happened. I was living in Dallas and had just finished reading "The Plague" by Albert Camus, and the juxtaposition of the horrible tragedy and the narrative/philosophy in the book had a strange synergy that really hit me hard. 
 
In other WildStar news, I'm really excited about megaservers and trying to sort out what I want to do with my toons in the meantime.
 
~Morwynne
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I kinda understand what you're saying Frozen. If you didn't experience the world before 9/11 it's hard to reason why that day is special. It's kinda like how people talked about the Challenger disaster when I was growing up. I understood that people were sad but ... what day was it? 
 
In Wildstar, Rocio left Arboria at the age of 7, he barely understood what was happening only that he missed his mom. He grew up on the Arkship landed on Nexus and loves the place. Yhat and the fact he's Augmented. He doesn't feel much for Arboria.	
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Morning everyone! It's also a day to remember all the tragedy for not just the towers but the Pentagon and the people on each plane. It will be a day never forgotten and those people will always be in our thoughts. 
 
In wildstar news, logged on for a lol and just had no drive to do much since I have no idea what I'm doing in wildstar. I mainly rerolled to come play with tex and Scott but now they left and I feel a bit out of place now since I dont really now.anybody. Was debating on canceling my sub nd moving on, but I have a month left. On my sub so I figured I'd wait to see what happens. Probably going to do something with my slinger since he's 42 with max rested. Just not sure where to go with him. I'm interested in having fun with to and social guild stuff burials want to progress though the love content and PvP on the side. I'm just not sure what I'm gonna be doing. Wish decisions were easier XD	
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Morning everyone! It's also a day to remember all the tragedy for not just the towers but the Pentagon and the people on each plane. It will be a day never forgotten and those people will always be in our thoughts.
 
In wildstar news, logged on for a lol and just had no drive to do much since I have no idea what I'm doing in wildstar. I mainly rerolled to come play with tex and Scott but now they left and I feel a bit out of place now since I dont really now.anybody. Was debating on canceling my sub nd moving on, but I have a month left. On my sub so I figured I'd wait to see what happens. Probably going to do something with my slinger since he's 42 with max rested. Just not sure where to go with him. I'm interested in having fun with to and social guild stuff burials want to progress though the love content and PvP on the side. I'm just not sure what I'm gonna be doing. Wish decisions were easier XD
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As an added note, I have a picture of my first trip to NYC. I'm on a windy rooftop and I'm in a bright red dress striking a flirtatious pose.... behind me are the Twin towers by themselves.
 
I get chills everytime I look at it like.
 
"Oh man... back then no one had any idea what was coming."	
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That day sucked.  And I'll leave it at that.  
 
Wildstar news.  Didn't do much last night.  We had a drink for the ones who never came home because of that *cupcake*-ing day.  In less pissed off / depressed Koala news, at least the Wildstar Halloween costumes look cool.  I wonder if there will be a Halloween super rare mount and / or weapons!	
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Want a flaming horse? :D
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That day sucked.  And I'll leave it at that.  
 
Wildstar news.  Didn't do much last night.  We had a drink for the ones who never came home because of that *cupcake*-ing day.  In less pissed off / depressed Koala news, at least the Wildstar Halloween costumes look cool.  I wonder if there will be a Halloween super rare mount and / or weapons!
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Another day, another headache. Wake up this morning, take a bol of cereal with a glass of whisky. Take 2 tylennol and off to work!
 
On a more sad note, I'm sorry for all the losses people here could have had with 9-11. They won't be forget, even tho I'm not american.	
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Well, the guild's not going anywhere, and I'm running it Exile side now. Typrop, who's a great guy, is running the Kickers. Nephele of the BDS is also in on the action. Trust me, we're going to make things interesting.
 
If you're interested, we're having a guild meeting Exile side as described towards the bottom of the initial post. Feel free to drop in!
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			This is the first year that remembrance hasn't been shoved in my face the moment I turned on the car radio, internet or TV. This is actually the first reminder of it I've gotten today. Which is good; it's not forgotten, but it's not in-your-face and the healing's getting along nicely. We're moving toward a Pearl Harbor vibe, which is good.	
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On the morning of 9-11, I was sleeping in.  I had just quit my job and accepted a new position 600 miles away, and so my plan for the day was to pack up my apartment to move.  A friend of mine called me and told me to turn on the TV.  To this day the scope of the tragedy still rattles me.  I envy a lot of you who say you didn't really understand what was happening.
 
In Wildstar news, we tried to run the Malgrave trail last night.  We did really, really well, none of our caravan members died, and we got to Skywind village, just before the fort.  Then.... we hit a bug.  The caravan stopped and wouldn't budge.
 
We have a Skullcano run tonight I think that should be fun.  We basically have dungeons or adventures happening every day, interspersed with PvP groups, RP things, and various other get-everyone-together-for-fun things each week.  Busy guild, but hopefully happy guild.  Tired Neph.
 
Anyway, off to work.	
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That was a very scary day for me. I grew up in a military city, I had a father in the military. My school did not permit us to know what was going on until half the day was over. I, along with several others, were taken from our classrooms and moved to another secure location. For the safety of everyone. My whole city was on alert because it is a top strike zone due to the seaports. I was granted one call and I chose to phone my father. He was also on lock down at the base, knew more about what was going on, and had been in contact with my sister. She was in another city, also on lock down, because of what she was working on at the time. All hail science! To this day, I find her being herded into a basement sort of humorous.
 
There was a girl in one of my classes... though, her father was on that flight.  :(  For another girl, it was her birthday. That day comes with very heavy hearted feelings for me.
 
 
In Wildstar news... Last night was just a CF. I almost logged and called it quits for the day due to how hot heated everyone is getting in the game. I can't go into detail about it, though had anyone other than the guild been watching live stream, well, it'd have been there! Oops. 
 
Luckily, I had a few in game friends who were sympathetic to my just wanting to horse around before it came time to log. Icelus let me try to take him in a duel on my wee lvl 15 esper. Another told me his auto run is bound to W, so when he tries to whisper me, he accidentally runs straight into mobs while he's raiding, cus why wouldn't you whisper during a raid if your response is set to W.  :blink:
 
FYI - lvl 15 esper got a pity win. I'll take it anyway!
 
And... Kael doesn't seem to have an issue with a male on a "throne".	
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Envious! Rocio wants to sit next to Kaelish!
 
T_T 
 
Wow Kaelish that's a scary tale! My scariest moments back then was being a borderline pacifist in college. It was cool until that day... taught me a thing or two about Free Speech not working to my advantage.
 
Yeah uh... I'm going sit back here... no don't ask me anything.	
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Rocio gives Kaelish a tight hug. "Darling, expectation postponed is making my heart sick. If you delay much longer I'll pass beyond the Weave."
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			*notices Kaelish and Rocio in the same thread* *curses under his breath*  *gives a call to the Korean Wilderness Firefighters again*	
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*notices Kaelish and Rocio in the same thread* *curses under his breath*  *gives a call to the Korean Wilderness Firefighters again*
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Wait wait. I didn't see this yesterday, so can I drag it over here?
 
Kaelish isn't so sure she should be lumped into such a mediocre category as girlfriend, especially when it is followed by the number four. Especially as a matria in a supersortasecret way. <The Emissary> has a select few consorts, not all of which she'd use that icky human word boyfriend for. 
 
Really, I'm looking forward to Rocio and Kaelish meeting while having that "Have I met you before, you seem really familiar" thing going on.
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My warrior is in BS so I'm gonna try to be on. :) I jut need to figure out what I'm doing at this point. I transformed my linger to deformation so he's in limbo for a couple more days to figure it what I'm going to do with him. I'll probably continue to level my medic in kickers and help out where I can there. I just need a focus. Something to work for in game right now and I just don't know what that is. If you convince me it's gonna be awesome I'll probably just bring my slinger to saddles
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Madda was young at the time, maybe 5 or 6 (too lazy to do the math). But it was another normal day of school and then teachers were told to read their e-mail immediately via intercom.
 
Then the air in the school got really quiet. The teachers and staff were just staring at their computers silently, a few of them crying. We were told school was being let out early and we all were happy but none of us would have guessed that such a tragedy had happened. Madda's dad took Lil Madda home and then sat by the television, just watching the images and such. It was confusing at the time, but Madda understands know. It was horrifying and confusing being attacked on our own soil.
 
Madda knows a boy from that class who had both parents on one of the flights, staying with his grandparents. Madda clearly remembers the pain and the sadness in his eyes when you spoke to him afterwards.
 
Sometimes we take life for granted. Today, please give some thought or even more to the memory of the people who lost their lives that day.
 
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Can call them whatever you want,   we know the truth! *puts down the binoculars*  Not peeping at you either!  *hides the photos*  ^.^
 
But hey if ya getting with eachother you will be #4   :D	
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Rocio uses the words mate. They are not wives, but more than girlfriends as he cares deeply for each one. None of his mates are Matrias though Arru could have been.
 
Arru: Rocio has a semi-normal relationship with her. She says sit. He sits. She says stay; he stays. She approached him, not the other way around.
 
Elora: his first love, raised by humans and wanted a wedding. Found out about the other ones, broke everything in his house and ran him out. Ripped out his heart stomped on it. Came back, apologized. They're cool now.
 
Jabitt: Terrible Stalker. Cute as a button. Loud as a Cymbal. Rocio built her a cuddle nest. Loves sweets. Has no concept of personal space.
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Can call them whatever you want, we know the truth! *puts down the binoculars* Not peeping at you either! *hides the photos* ^.^
 
But hey if ya getting with eachother you will be #4 :D
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Hey! Pictures with me are 1.5 gold! 2gold autographed! Come here! I'm confiscating your camera!
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"They're cool now" made me choke on my coffee. Every day someone does that, I really should stop drinking anything while on these forums.
 
Given what I was reading about the Godtree (someone on my server is making a Godwood tree), I really want to see how, if Rocio had one as a mate, a matria would have handled that who reveal.
 
Jabitt sounds like my Hiraeth. Cute stalker with a zeal for pouncing and shredding things. Curly silver hair and loves invading Mnemosyne's personal space. She also has a bit of a jealous streak. I put it down to being a young Aurin compared to my Kael's older age. He's working on figuring her out. He says sit, she sits. They're sorta backwards.
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Their get back together scene was a public RP. Rocio's open confessions of love and reassurance that she was irreplaceable won her back over.
 
If the Wildseeds had a Matria in charge, she would have had to be dedicated to Nexus so she probably wouldn't have cared.
 
All the Wildseeds support Rocio's philosophy, if not Rocio himself.
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Good Morning Everyone!
 
I had just dropped a bus full of children off at school when it came over the radio that we were attacked. I didn't really know all the details until I got home and watched the news. I had 2 really good friends that worked in the towers. One died on that day, the other was late for work and got stuck on the subway.  Every year on this day I call the one that survived and talk to him. It was his fiance that died. Their wedding was scheduled for October that year.  Bittersweet memories.
 
Thank you VicVanMeter for posting this. I actually copied and pasted your post in an email to my friend. He thanked you for the kind, but true, words :)
 
In Wildstar news: Well, I don't have any. I was home sick yesterday and slept most of the day. I will be on tonight though. I really need to get my Exile character leveled up. My Dom took 2 months to get to 50 because I was too busy exploring every part of every zone. So, I am not expecting to have her leveled up anytime soon lol.
 
Hope you all have a wonderful day!
 
P.S. Don't forget to tell the ones you love, that you love them. You just never know.	
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The more trees the better I say!
 
I keep a running list of amazong housing plots for RP. Yesterday I was going to plan a Pretend Eldan Shrine for today until someone tweeted the Garden of the Shapers and I was like..... woah.	
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Hey! Pictures with me are 1.5 gold! 2gold autographed! Come here! I'm confiscating your camera!
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The more trees the better I say!
 
I keep a running list of amazong housing plots for RP. Yesterday I was going to plan a Pretend Eldan Shrine for today until someone tweeted the Garden of the Shapers and I was like..... woah.
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Hey! Pictures with me are 1.5 gold! 2gold autographed! Come here! I'm confiscating your camera!
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What?!? 1.5g for a picture. Rocio if you are charging 1g for a hug, then a picture has too be worth way more. Picture is forever. A hug is a moment. Your under selling yourself buddy. Dude 5g for a pic, i am telling you
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Morning folks! I have been a tad under the weather but feeling much better now!
 
I made this Walnut Strudel Bread last night
 
 
 
 
In Wildstar news, Dixie hit 39 and is having a ton of fun, even if she has had a few run in's with Artemis Zen. Dixie ruled supreme, so all's well that ends well.
 	
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Mornin' all.
 
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This is the first year that remembrance hasn't been shoved in my face the moment I turned on the car radio, internet or TV. This is actually the first reminder of it I've gotten today. Which is good; it's not forgotten, but it's not in-your-face and the healing's getting along nicely. We're moving toward a Pearl Harbor vibe, which is good.
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I don't wanna price myself out of the market though. Even not so rich ladies need a slice of the Nexian dream.
 
See they give me a hug, then I say, for 1.5 g more you can take a selfie. And it's -advertising- So more selfies = more business. So it works out.
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/hug
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So your being sexist buy only charging males for hugs. Good thing you are not in california, cant charge different rate based on gender for such services.
 
But hey if the marketing is working for you. So how much do you charge to be a neighbor? Most be a good pretty sized gold piece i think
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This is what happens when you hug an Aurin.
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I don't get a whole lot of male huggers. So my default gender is she but, yes we do serve everyone hugs at this fine establishment. *
 
*Kisses are females only.... and no Mordesh of ANY gender.
 
My house is public :3
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Racism is a cookable offense.
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To Everyone:
 	
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Racism is a cookable offense.
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Aurin stew is a little gamy for my delicate chua palette though... maybe Aurin based biofuel instead?
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I was attempting to sleep in that day, but the near constant phone calls got me on my feet to see what had happened. I still switch the channel when some show starts playing the footage. I went to my recruiter later that day with my stack of citizen marksmen awards. My food allergies, and the threats of my mother that she would disown me, were what stopped me from trying to become a scout sniper. 
 
Coffee this morning was uneventful, but I did find this picture of a chocolate covered waffle cone cup. 
 
I wonder if the coffee is cool enough to be drinkable before the cup gets soggy?
 
In wildstar news, I'm trying to shake off the trauma of losing Tex and Scott. We were doing so well before the news of the mega server. We had lost a bunch of people, but there was a good feeling that we were gaining people back bit by bit. A happy pipe dream that every female draken might have Skullkickers under their name soon. It's going to take some work to get that drive back. The mega server will certainly bring more people, but I fear it will be full like a train-station.Lots of people moving but very few that you actually know, vs the more neighborhood bar that we had.
 
Hotfix my friends Carbine, this beta community nerf is no fun.  	
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To Everyone:
 
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All this hugging warrants this picture to be posted...
 
 
 	
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All Blazing Saddles get free trials of my RP Circle. It's not a guild. But please don't let this get you down. My circle exists because my guild abandoned Wildstar one day.
 
This lemonade! Was made from real lemons.	
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Careful, if my Chua gets used to hugs, I'll have to rename him Elvira:
 
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All Blazing Saddles get free trials of my RP Circle. It's not a guild. But please don't let this get you down. My circle exists because my guild abandoned Wildstar one day.
 
This lemonade! Was made from real lemons.
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All Blazing Saddles get free trials of my RP Circle. It's not a guild. But please don't let this get you down. My circle exists because my guild abandoned Wildstar one day.
 
This lemonade! Was made from real lemons.
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What was the initial cost of your RP Circle?
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Gotta mate with the leader,  which is a man.   It's doomed to fail > :D *looks around for Rocio*  I don't think he heard me > :D
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All Blazing Saddles get free trials of my RP Circle. It's not a guild. But please don't let this get you down. My circle exists because my guild abandoned Wildstar one day.
 
This lemonade! Was made from real lemons.
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			Arachnass  omg that looks good!   I'm getting fat just staring at it :O *turns off computer* phew.	
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			Wow my neck hurts. I guess I slept on it wrong. Not sure if painkiller is a good idea or not. I need to take my pill battery now. Getting close to 25 on thedek which means hoverboards and tier 4 moves I might go back to charged shot now over true shot.	
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Lore fact from a Carbine staff post.
 
 :angry:  Kaelish has issues with this.
 
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Queen Myala made the decision to leave Arboria to save her people. She saw that many were willing to die to protect it, but also saw that it was ultimately a futile fight, at least at the time. She has now decided that Nexus will, nay, *must* become the new Aurin homeworld if the Aurin are to survive as a species... but yes, there are still many among the Aurin who disagree.
 
And if I may paraphrase Patrick MacNee, there may yet be siblings of Aurin who even now fight to survive back on Arboria. Not a lot of information is getting off of that planet at the moment.
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Grrr! Polyamory is encouraged but not necessarily with me!
 
All I ask is you show up at events. They are 2x a week and I try to make them fun and interesting. It takes a lot of prep
 
It's not a social PvE or PvP circle. Just social RP.	
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I was attempting to sleep in that day, but the near constant phone calls got me on my feet to see what had happened. I still switch the channel when some show starts playing the footage. I went to my recruiter later that day with my stack of citizen marksmen awards. My food allergies, and the threats of my mother that she would disown me, were what stopped me from trying to become a scout sniper. 
 
Coffee this morning was uneventful, but I did find this picture of a chocolate covered waffle cone cup. 
 
I wonder if the coffee is cool enough to be drinkable before the cup gets soggy?
 
In wildstar news, I'm trying to shake off the trauma of losing Tex and Scott. We were doing so well before the news of the mega server. We had lost a bunch of people, but there was a good feeling that we were gaining people back bit by bit. A happy pipe dream that every female draken might have Skullkickers under their name soon. It's going to take some work to get that drive back. The mega server will certainly bring more people, but I fear it will be full like a train-station.Lots of people moving but very few that you actually know, vs the more neighborhood bar that we had.
 
Hotfix my friends Carbine, this beta community nerf is no fun.  
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Lore fact from a Carbine staff post.
 
 :angry:  Kaelish has issues with this.
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Lore fact from a Carbine staff post.
 
 :angry:  Kaelish has issues with this.
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Rocio agrees with the Queen and is working hard to make Nexian Aurin as populous and strong as possible.
 
He sees traditional Aurin as in denial and blind to reality. Worse he sees them as preventing and delaying and discouraging the adaptation that MUST occur. He's willing to risk and lose everything for the future of his tribe and children.
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Everyone we know is gone,  we will push  Dominion off Aboria,  and reclaim it!   We'll show them that genocide was wrong choice to go with us!  
 
Rocio is this a trick?   :P  I'll show up to one of your floofy ball parties.  One day.   :D
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So basically you hate strong female leaders?   Or just the ones who hate you?  LOL  Because Meya is traditional in that sense :P  Does nto see men able to make good decisions because they're so violent,  OH!  Then again maybe  Rocio is right we might need violent leaders to combat this new form of enemy.   Hrmmm   *Hugs Rocio!*  If you can drive Dominion from our homeworld  I'll support ya.  > :D   If ya can't I'll be like   I told you so!   
 
Meya is not a traditional Aurin though she likes one mate one love forever.   :P
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Kaelish doesn't believe in breaking promises. It's not simply that their race must continue on Nexus, she's fine with that, but there is no reason they should stop fighting for their home world, in her mind, for their People who may (and we know it's true otherwise Myala would be wearing the crown anymore) still be alive and waiting for them. Especially not if they conquer Nexus and drive the Dominion off it.
 
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Rocio understands that sentiment. But he also knows that he and his children would be fighting for Arboria. Why? Why would he send his babies off to battle a planet stripped of its resources and is contested territory by a powerful galactic Empire? For what? Trees? They have trees here!
 
Arboria will be missed and he'll allow himself his moments to miss his mother. But then he puts those feelings away and gets on with life.
 
"There is autumn. Autumn spares no leaf for its beauty, nor any flower for its fragrance."
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			If you can push them off NExus  you can push them off Aboria!   We just need a super dooper fancy smancy weapon from Nexus!   Also lack of Chua here is disturbing  they are plotting! *goes to find Oliver*   He's here some where!   Maybe aplushy!  *searches the plushie pile*	
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Rocio feels it's not so simple. Let's say you do win back Arboria? Then what? You think the Dominion will just go away? Now you're not just fighting to keep Nexus but also Arboria. All he sees of Arboria's future is suffering and death and War. All over a memory
 
People think he's a coward for letting go of Arboria and he lets them. He thinks surviving and thriving and populating the galaxy as interplanetary explorers and scientists is a much better future.	
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Rocio feels it's not so simple. Let's say you do win back Arboria? Then what? You think the Dominion will just go away? Now you're not just fighting to keep Nexus but also Arboria. All he sees of Arboria's future is suffering and death and War. All over a memory
 
People think he's a coward for letting go of Arboria and he lets them. He thinks surviving and thriving and populating the galaxy as interplanetary explorers and scientists is a much better future.
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Corriban ((Nephele's Aurin Esper)) doesn't really understand all this talk about war and queens and so on.  She just knows that the Dominion hurts people and likes to burn trees.  They should stop doing that.  If they won't stop on their own, then someone needs to make them stop.
 
For now though she found a nice sunny spot in the forest where she can watch flitterflies, so she's going to do that for a bit.	
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Maybe so Meya. But for Rocio that's Pie in the Sky talk that he doesn't entertain. Today Arboria means an endless War. 
 
Rocio didn't make his decision lightly and he's paying dearly for it.	
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			WTB same faction PVP ;) Rocio seems to be inciting things that'd make this a good feature. #LorefortheScore	
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			Oh its already started. Rocio's gone onto hiding because of threats. One of his tribe members decided to take matters into her own hands... he doesn't know about this yet, but the Aurin who were saying that he didn't deserve to live... now have a good reason to attack him the moment he shows his face.	
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WTB same faction PVP ;) Rocio seems to be inciting things that'd make this a good feature. #LorefortheScore
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Oh its already started. Rocio's gone onto hiding because of threats. One of his tribe members decided to take matters into her own hands... he doesn't know about this yet, but the Aurin who were saying that he didn't deserve to live... now have a good reason to attack him the moment he shows his face.
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See Meya would never physically harm another Aurin.   I'd even reject a mission when they told me to do that..  Thorns of whatever..   :P   But I'll certainly voice my disapproval!   :P
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See Meya would never physically harm another Aurin. I'd even reject a mission when they told me to do that.. Thorns of whatever.. :P But I'll certainly voice my disapproval! :P
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I'm half tempted to suggest turning the Blazing Saddles into some kind of go-gang.  We could go on hellrides where we clear open world events and bosses, kill 5 mans, hang out and drink in Gallow for the S&Gs, things like that.  I'll probably suggest it.
 
It sounds like it'd be a good place for Rocio and his crew, since Roc's in the guild already.  They're always on the move.
 
Sorry, just reading what you were talking about made me think of people on bikes, hoverboards, and trasks running around all over Nexus enjoying the freedom of the road.	
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Oh boy, Kael will. Poor Rocio's face.
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I'm half tempted to suggest turning the Blazing Saddles into some kind of go-gang.  We could go on hellrides where we clear open world events and bosses, kill 5 mans, hang out and drink in Gallow for the S&Gs, things like that.  I'll probably suggest it.
 
It sounds like it'd be a good place for Rocio and his crew, since Roc's in the guild already.  They're always on the move.
 
Sorry, just reading what you were talking about made me think of people on bikes, hoverboards, and trasks running around all over Nexus enjoying the freedom of the road.
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No love for the Equivars and woolies? Though as soon as I get my next level I'm probably going to get a hoverboard. I'm not super opposed to this idea.
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No love for the Equivars and woolies? Though as soon as I get my next level I'm probably going to get a hoverboard. I'm not super opposed to this idea.
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Woolies climb things the easiest,  not sure what it is about hoverboards but they slide off rounded objects,  Woolies do not.   So that makes them perfect for climbing the central tower of Thayd :D
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Omg. Maybe that's why I always fail at jumpy things.
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I'm half tempted to suggest turning the Blazing Saddles into some kind of go-gang. We could go on hellrides where we clear open world events and bosses, kill 5 mans, hang out and drink in Gallow for the S&Gs, things like that. I'll probably suggest it.
 
It sounds like it'd be a good place for Rocio and his crew, since Roc's in the guild already. They're always on the move.
 
Sorry, just reading what you were talking about made me think of people on bikes, hoverboards, and trasks running around all over Nexus enjoying the freedom of the road.
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No, I wouldn't discriminate between mounts.  Anything you can ride.
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I can't wait for the megaserver so I can play with you all. Even if I just sit and watch you guys RP, I think it would be fun :)
 
I would have gone over to Evindra to play with you guys, but don't want to level another character. Already have to with the guild change of factions.	
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This sounds like a ton of fun. :) you have.me definitely considering bring my slinger over.
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I can't wait for the megaserver so I can play with you all. Even if I just sit and watch you guys RP, I think it would be fun :)
 
I would have gone over to Evindra to play with you guys, but don't want to level another character. Already have to with the guild change of factions.
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I had someone do that once. "I'm OOC not here just watching." He said. I wish he hadn't told me. I got nervous. :lol:
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Should have charged him 1g for the show. After he paid then be nervous
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I had someone do that once. "I'm OOC not here just watching." He said. I wish he hadn't told me. I got nervous. :lol:
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I'm half tempted to suggest turning the Blazing Saddles into some kind of go-gang.  We could go on hellrides where we clear open world events and bosses, kill 5 mans, hang out and drink in Gallow for the S&Gs, things like that.  I'll probably suggest it.
 
It sounds like it'd be a good place for Rocio and his crew, since Roc's in the guild already.  They're always on the move.
 
Sorry, just reading what you were talking about made me think of people on bikes, hoverboards, and trasks running around all over Nexus enjoying the freedom of the road.
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You all sound like lots of fun, I just don't RP.
 
I promise: You won't see the binoculars, night vision goggles, or telescope lens on the camera. :ph34r:
 
Edit: For proper English lol
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You all sound like lots of fun, I just don't RP.
 
I promise: You won't see the binoculars, night vision goggles, or telescope lens on the camera. :ph34r:
 
Edit: For proper English lol
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I may sit with you and watch because I'm going to go on a hunch that what RP I've done on ST isn't anything like that on Evindra. Plus, I've never RPed in an MMO to what I think Evindra calls "rp". Looking forward to it a lot.
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Everyone's invited to Seeger's place on Friday if they're at all interested in the guild or RP! :)  We'll be setting up our future from there.
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			Someone go to this thread https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/topic/113307-new-player-servers-empty/ ..Dominion RP player on Evindra. Might want to see about them joining you guys?	
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I don't have a high enough Evindra character. Nor the time to level it up until after this weekend!  :(
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I may sit with you and watch because I'm going to go on a hunch that what RP I've done on ST isn't anything like that on Evindra. Plus, I've never RPed in an MMO to what I think Evindra calls "rp". Looking forward to it a lot.
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Not really interested in being a biker. I'm not an outlaw, far from it actually.
 
I don't feel that nexus is supposed to be some sort of a new home for the mordesh. I'm just interested in finding a cure, and there is power here. Possibly enough power to even remove the contagion. If the strain can remake primal patterns, then Drusera might be able to remove the diseases from ours? If that ever becomes a reality, I will vote to move on. I don't see being an irritant to the dominion as being beneficial to a once again living mordesh people looking to repopulate, or take back Grismara.  
 
My loyalties are now, and shall ever be with my people first, and only with the other exiles so long as it is a benefit to the Mordesh. 	
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"Intense" is the only way I can describe it. Especially since so many of us have time to develop and hone our chatacters. We go light for the bar but prepared events, we all have time to think about how our character is going to react.
 
Like for the eventual showdown between Rocio and the ones looking for his life: He's so unhappy about the way things are turning out, but he's also set on his path. He's going to fight if that's what they want, if that's what it takes. If they didn't like what he said, then they should have just left.
 
The Wildseeds don't play or joke around. Rocio figures the sooner people realize this the easier it will be for them.
 
Given Rocio's sweet and calm nature at the ceremony, some may be surprised when he comes out swinging.
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I'm not sure what that means! T_T
 
My RP events are usually semi scripted with a set beginning and end. While everyone does whatever they want.
 
Rocio's communion speech was entirely scripted. Between lines I allowed 15 to 20 seconds for reactions and opened it up for question and answer discussion which.. ended up being the best part of the whole thing.
 
Tonight there's a lot of player choice. Tribe members have to decide how far they're going to go to accept Nexus as the new home of the Aurin. Mwaha.	
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Careful, if my Chua gets used to hugs, I'll have to rename him Elvira:
 
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I'm not sure what that means! T_T
 
My RP events are usually semi scripted with a set beginning and end. While everyone does whatever they want.
 
Rocio's communion speech was entirely scripted. Between lines I allowed 15 to 20 seconds for reactions and opened it up for question and answer discussion which.. ended up being the best part of the whole thing.
 
Tonight there's a lot of player choice. Tribe members have to decide how far they're going to go to accept Nexus as the new home of the Aurin. Mwaha.
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Thats Elmyra....
 
This is Elvira:
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			What is RP all about? I feel like I have no idea what's up in those server...	
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Thats Elmyra....
 
This is Elvira:
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Just reposting this for anyone who chases titles and isn't attuned yet:
 
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Hi all,
 
So, I just got an update from Jen Gordy RE the unique Title/Achievement for being the Vet Dungeons on Silver.
 
If you beat all the Vet Dungeons on Silver, you will still be eligible for the new title/achievement etc.
 
So, for example, if you beat all four Veteran Dungeons on Silver tomorrow, you would still be eligible for that title/Achievement when it comes in next drop.
 
However to complete the Attunement Step, you just need to beat them on Bronze.
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It's not that I don't like you guys on an individual basis, removing the horrible partly dead unlife that my people have been cursed with is just at the top of my list. 
 
When the first post contagion baby draws breath, then we can talk about the needs of others. 	
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Yeaaaaaah because I think MMO RP is different from what I've done. ;)
 
My partners used to love the 2k+ word responses because it gave them setting, actions to respond to, inner character reflection, and such. Basically, when you read it, it's like reading a story with the POV changing every so often. It's pretty easy to edit afterwards to read as a short story with one POV with all the information thrown into those initial posts to use to restructure it. But most of us didn't mind the alternating POV. :)
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"So, for example, if you beat all four Veteran Dungeons on Silver tomorrow, you would still be eligible for that title/Achievement when it comes in next drop."
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What is RP all about? I feel like I have no idea what's up in those server...
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Tomorrow the deadline or anyone who makes a silver set for the Veteran Dungeons?
 
Sigh.
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What is RP all about? I feel like I have no idea what's up in those server...
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I THINK that was just an example that you can still be eligible past today's patch. You just have to get silver on all four dungeons before Drop 3...and I don't think the drop date has been announced yet.
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Face it if you are in housing for the bonuses, you can just pile a bunch of signs and lights and be done with it.
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Not really interested in being a biker. I'm not an outlaw, far from it actually.
 
I don't feel that nexus is supposed to be some sort of a new home for the mordesh. I'm just interested in finding a cure, and there is power here. Possibly enough power to even remove the contagion. If the strain can remake primal patterns, then Drusera might be able to remove the diseases from ours? If that ever becomes a reality, I will vote to move on. I don't see being an irritant to the dominion as being beneficial to a once again living mordesh people looking to repopulate, or take back Grismara.  
 
My loyalties are now, and shall ever be with my people first, and only with the other exiles so long as it is a benefit to the Mordesh. 
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I know it wasn't the point of your post, but...
 
...I don't think the housing buffs stack...so small x4 =/= large buff, right? Don't you have to have at least one item of each type that inherently has the large buff?
 
Correct, they don't stack.
 
Oh...sorry. Was just emphasizing that it was just my interpretation of the dev post. No yelling intended. :)
 
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I always though that RP was some sort of way to meet women online. Like online dating, since it's pretty much acting too. Oh well, all my belief just felt apart haha.
I guess I kind of RP all the time then. When I play my character, I'm pretty much inventing him a story. I went scientist on my Warrior to have the title: Professor. I hope to build myself some sort of evil laboratory house MAUAHAHAHA	
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I always though that RP was some sort of way to meet women online. Like online dating, since it's pretty much acting too. Oh well, all my belief just felt apart haha.
I guess I kind of RP all the time then. When I play my character, I'm pretty much inventing him a story. I went scientist on my Warrior to have the title: Professor. I hope to build myself some sort of evil laboratory house MAUAHAHAHA
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			Duh, I know that :( But you have to admit that RP server are probably doing something different or else all mmoRPg would be full of RP server don't you think? Meanie boy	
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Ah, negative fifty jabbit for linking that.
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Well, I mean they act out their characters custom stories. Sometimes they use dice rolls. Guilds have lorebased goals....
 
It's basically any content outside of raids and dungeon loot. Like if your charcter has fun at the bar or a beach with other chatacters.	
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Aw...not an Austin Powers fan, eh? Or Mike Myers in general? I can see that. It's very quirky humor.
 
We can be friends anyway. ;)
 
 
 
Even forum posting is RP'ing to an extent. Internet anonymity means that your posts are essentially building your forum persona, since most people reading the posts have no idea who you are.
 
And, I think a lot of players RP their characters in their head as they quest (especially if they like lore and pay attention to why they're doing things). Most people don't even realize they're doing it. RP'ers get that designation because they often make it a public part of their game time.
 
It's fun to watch people who get really into it. It ends up playing out like watching a deleted scene from a movie, or as if you happened across a bunch of NPCs that you hadn't found before.
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			So is it mainly Public event? or some people just like to RP by themself? And how does that work in actual content where Wildstar has their hands in? Like, If I ever get to RP, but also really like doing BG, how can I RP the fact that I joined a queue a teleport to a BG. And will I have to expresse myself differently if I want to create a premade of PvPers in an RP server? Like assigning roles like telling someone that he is the base guard or whatever (meaning he will be on D)	
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So in its simplest form, roleplaying in an MMO is simply "responding as if you were the character, rather than the player".
 
The game sets us all up with a basic backstory.  We know about the goals of our faction.  We know about the history of our race.
 
Some people put more of a spin on that than others do, but the end result is that all of us have a little bit of a basis for what constitutes our "character".  Nephele is an exile, a human, an engineer, an armorer, and a scientist.  That means:
 
- She values freedom and doesn't like being told what to do (Exile, Human)
- She likes building things and tinkering with bots. (Engineer)
- She likes learning how things work and why they happen. (Scientist)
 
Translating that into action is easy.  Examples:
 
"Wow, look at that warbot!  I wonder what kind of power source it has?"
"What are the Pell doing with all this machinery in their camp?
 
Some people obviously go much further, but I tend to find that simple is easiest when it comes to roleplaying.  Odds are, most people have said things like the above without even really realizing that they were speaking in character.	
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They're the same person, she just grew up and animation got better. :lol:
 
Obviously, it's been far too long since I watched Tiny Toons...and now I have the theme song running in my head.
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So is it mainly Public event? or some people just like to RP by themself? And how does that work in actual content where Wildstar has their hands in? Like, If I ever get to RP, but also really like doing BG, how can I RP the fact that I joined a queue a teleport to a BG. And will I have to expresse myself differently if I want to create a premade of PvPers in an RP server? Like assigning roles like telling someone that he is the base guard or whatever (meaning he will be on D)
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			I sense a RP 101 forum thread needed to created. Or RP for Nexus Dummies	
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Heh, I suppose I wouldn't be able to run the guild if Seeger had a "people".  Seeger barely considers himself to still have a race; he's been completely separate from the other Mordesh all his life, flung far out into deeps space.  He's also incredibly hard to relate to from a nationalist standpoint because he also barely considers himself an Exile; it's largely because anyone that looks like him is KOS for the Dominion, but he himself has his own agenda and interests (to say the least).
 
He's a very scary man.  He's schooled in magical rituals few other people understand, sees the world from a prism very few other people would want to see it through, and considers everyone and everything on its own merits.  He's certainly not giving anyone any help, or causing any additional harm, based on what housing their spirit is confined in.  That said, he's incredibly hard to pin down since he sees death and life in a very different way than most people, especially most other Mordesh, and he can be pretty overtly disturbing.  Most Mordesh aren't bothered by the death of an animal during an experiment.  Most Mordesh are bothered when ones' blood is spattered on the nose of a grinder to ask for a victorious journey.
 
He can be a little weird.  He's very tribal, very spiritual, and probably a little out of his mind (which, to most people, makes him seem a LOT out of his mind).  But he's also incredibly loyal, very generous, and not at all afraid to use violence to protect people.  The same man who might spread a captured soldier blood-eagle over an altar to quelch a forged blade in blood is also the same guy who might protect a shopkeeper being harassed by his loan shark and it's not always clear why.  But it all makes sense to him (and me, as his player).
 
He was going to be essentially working for Tex as a sheriff, since that's how it would work best.  I can sort him out to operate in all kinds of frameworks, but as a GM, I'm not sure law enforcement is something he'd do on his own.  He barely cares about the laws of other people, only knowing he has to follow them in plain sight just so that he isn't causing too much mayhem.
 
We'll see where the discussion goes on Friday night.  We'll see what we'll run with a scary sword-swinging voodoo priest running the show.
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All mordesh are kind of crazy at this point. My mordesh really does care when people die in experiments, kill people in a way that she does not think is working towards a cure, and she might have you sent to get your vitalus checked. Keep doing it and she will put you in the ground before you turn ravenous. Those who died, or were tortured for information in regards to curing the contagion get mentally filed in her "grieve later" box. 
 
She does not approve of the more spite motivated actions of some of her superiors, but the tools and information that are at the disposal of the Blackhoods makes up for it. 
 
I don't know that she would meddle in Rocio's affairs as they seem to be just Aurin politics. Unless he manages to do something truly unnatural like raise the dead. Then he might need to answer a few questions......For the good of the Blackhoods of course. 
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"Law....I don't think that that ones that you see waving a badge have any claim to the moral authority to be The Law. The humans are cassian traitors, the granok are the same. I'm not interested in that kind of "Law". I do what is required. Maybe if a Matria flashes a badge I will care. At least they have the backing of their Queen.....Then again they aren't the type to go around flashing a badge and a gun and think that is a good argument for what is "Right" " 
 
 
I understand that line of thinking Rocio, but the primal life will not differentiate between the mordesh and the contagion, both are alive after all. Primal life is a start, but we need to be looking at the black focus to reverse some of the effects. There seems to be a flip side to the primal elements that will need to be properly addressed. 	
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All mordesh are kind of crazy at this point. My mordesh really does care when people die in experiments, kill people in a way that she does not think is working towards a cure, and she might have you sent to get your vitalus checked. Keep doing it and she will put you in the ground before you turn ravenous. Those who died, or were tortured for information in regards to curing the contagion get mentally filed in her "grieve later" box. 
 
She does not approve of the more spite motivated actions of some of her superiors, but the tools and information that are at the disposal of the Blackhoods makes up for it. 
 
I don't know that she would meddle in Rocio's affairs as they seem to be just Aurin politics. Unless he manages to do something truly unnatural like raise the dead. Then he might need to answer a few questions......For the good of the Blackhoods of course.
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"Law...."
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There is only one proper response to that thread....
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Yeaaaaaah because I think MMO RP is different from what I've done.  ;)
 
My partners used to love the 2k+ word responses because it gave them setting, actions to respond to, inner character reflection, and such. Basically, when you read it, it's like reading a story with the POV changing every so often. It's pretty easy to edit afterwards to read as a short story with one POV with all the information thrown into those initial posts to use to restructure it. But most of us didn't mind the alternating POV. :)
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Pretty much. The other issue is that the Judge Dread half mask is on Dominion Soldiers. Are they The Law?.....Dread would say they are.  
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Rocio's law is simple. Whatever is good for the future of the tribe.
 
Rocio.will never side with someone outside the tribe against his own. Ever. They are all he has. That said, if someone has an issue they can try to work out an agreement. But if someone wants to attack someone in the tribe over a vendetta or something... forget it. The whole tribe will attack.	
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"Law....I don't think that that ones that you see waving a badge have any claim to the moral authority to be The Law. The humans are cassian traitors, the granok are the same. I'm not interested in that kind of "Law". I do what is required. Maybe if a Matria flashes a badge I will care. At least they have the backing of their Queen.....Then again they aren't the type to go around flashing a badge and a gun and think that is a good argument for what is "Right" " 
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"Law....I don't think that that ones that you see waving a badge have any claim to the moral authority to be The Law. The humans are cassian traitors, the granok are the same. I'm not interested in that kind of "Law". I do what is required. Maybe if a Matria flashes a badge I will care. At least they have the backing of their Queen.....Then again they aren't the type to go around flashing a badge and a gun and think that is a good argument for what is "Right" " 
 
 
I understand that line of thinking Rocio, but the primal life will not differentiate between the mordesh and the contagion, both are alive after all. Primal life is a start, but we need to be looking at the black focus to reverse some of the effects. There seems to be a flip side to the primal elements that will need to be properly addressed.
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I honestly keep my responses very short  because of how the chat is on Wildstar.  it's easy to lose the response and then trying to read it is equally hard with things scrollin' to fast.   It's very hard to keep it so short though :o but it works better.
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About roleplaying  you can respond as yourself in the game,  it's most basic of forms of RP  and a lot of rpers do snob these people.  I do not as this is usually first stage of wanting to rp with others but do not know how.   We gotta just accept it and rp back eventually they will want to get deeper involved with story and character backgrounds and needs and wants their character has  that isn't  what the player wants or needs.
 
At very least if you got a problem with someone like this just treat them like they are crazy and continue rping with them :P  We should embrace new rpers  :P
 
Also  Rocio,  Imma attack your tribe!   *throws pies at Rocio and company*  It's pie war!  	
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			Also out of time got works too!   Byes! *hugs Rocio and Kael!*   I'd hug Olivar but he's snobbing us Aurin.   Have to set up a Chua trap.   *goes to get science stuff to bait the Chua Olivar*  >:D	
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			Snogging Olivar just came to mind. Couldn't help it.	
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			I love piiiie! :O	
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See, but that's the thing, Seeger doesn't see anyone or anything as having ultimate authority.  In his world, all the technology, all the progress, all of the political changes, it's all meaningless.  As far as Seeger is concerned, life hasn't changed for billions of years.  The Mordesh aren't any different than countless other species that may possibly go extinct, and no sentient being is any different than a Girrok.  Everything in the universe that lives consumes, reproduces, and dies.  So Seeger doesn't have any particular affinity for racial relations.
 
However, he's also a good friend to have because that same moral fabric means he doesn't see the difference between killing a rabbit for food and torturing someone for information.  He has a sense of kharma, so he knows that continually doing horrible things for his own gain instead of doing horrible things for "good" reasons will be bad for his soul, but he can go a LOOONG way before then.  So while he doesn't tend to recognize governments, the law, or things of that nature, that's why he's also at various points been contracted to act on their behalf.  They don't want to go where he goes and do what he does, but most of them will gladly pay for someone to hunt down a rogue double agent with Seeger's tenacity.  He's Hell on wheels.
 
It's just harder to deal with him because everything is idiosyncratic to him.  He'll save your son from his kidnappers and gouge your partner's eyes out for haughtiness.  Things like factions, governments, government entities, all those things are absolutely meaningless.  So the Exiles and Mordesh can't pull the sympathy card on him; he just doesn't care.
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Exactly.
 
The cool thing about Chaotic Neutral character is that you can do whatever.
 
The bad thing is no one has any reason to trust you good or evil. Chaotic neutrals are selfish, treacherous, twofaced, and double agents.
 
Rocio's entire tribe is chaotic neutral. He has enemies but no real friends. Fighting dirty is the only way to survive.
 
His current situation is a perfect example. The people out to get him are Lawful characters. They hated his ideas because it went against tradition. But because Rocio's tribe retaliated in a way that broke their laws even further, even though they claim self defense, the Lawfuls have reason to come after him... being as they are Lawful Evil, the Wildseeds are in big trouble.	
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*Writes Seeger down on the list marked "Enemies of the People", and goes back to her coffee and muffin.*
 
"Pffffpffff......Licorice muffins again Imalia?"  
 
((There, you are an outlaw. RP wise I can't figure out a reason I wouldn't just kill you.))
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Everyone is a spectrum. To my wife and family I am neutral good, my mechari is oddly probably also neutral good. Most of the time I'm Lawful Neutral, as that is what is required of me as a teacher. My personal feelings have to be put aside in the name of fairness. At my worst I can be Lawful Evil, using a system to grind someone to a pulp is something I am capable of doing, and not something I really like about myself.
 
My mordesh straddles that Lawful Neutral <==> Lawful Evil divide. It takes some odd mental gymnastics to turn off my ingrained need to protect and nurture, and replace it with a very cold drive of the ends justifying any means. 	
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For Rocio's tribe money is the determining factor. The ideals of the Exiles mean nothing to him. Just because you're Aurin doesn't mean they'll be rushing to your defense. They're poor, they need funds and weapons. Alliances are temporary. Rocio can like you but he can't rally the troops like a Matria would. And if something is dangerous or Expensive it has to be to their advantage some how.
 
Rocio is not a bad guy. But the day to day realities trump his personal feelings.
 
Chaotic mrans your character is willing to break laws and traditions for what he feels is right or just. Neutral means he is capable of both good (rescuing the kitten from the tree) as well as evil (chasing a kitten up a tree)
 
Looking at a chatacter from the views of others, while a character may be true to himself, others won't trust a character like this.
 
Even my Black Hoods Circle bros after an interview with Rocio that lasted an Hour said that Rocio was. "Marginal" and "Not to be trusted" based on his responses.	
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The bad thing is no one has any reason to trust you good or evil. Chaotic neutrals are selfish, treacherous, twofaced, and double agents.
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Reading all your posts got me thinking about my character........ that's just bad while I'm at work lol.
 
I have come to the conclusion that she just doesn't 'fit' in any kind of mold. She is just 'there' or not.  :wacko:  Killing who/what needs to be killed, herding who/what needs to be herded, rescuing/saving who/what needs to be rescued/saved, and sight-seeing - can't forget about the sight-seeing :)
 
But, most of all, she is a Human SS that is never seen. She eavesdrops, can walk past people, take all kinds of incriminating pictures, and is not seen doing any of it. 	
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			He's forward thinking but not that forward. Dominion are his rivals for Nexus and kill on sight. :(	
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Everyone is a spectrum. To my wife and family I am neutral good, my mechari is oddly probably also neutral good. Most of the time I'm Lawful Neutral, as that is what is required of me as a teacher. My personal feelings have to be put aside in the name of fairness. At my worst I can be Lawful Evil, using a system to grind someone to a pulp is something I am capable of doing, and not something I really like about myself.
 
My mordesh straddles that Lawful Neutral <==> Lawful Evil divide. It takes some odd mental gymnastics to turn off my ingrained need to protect and nurture, and replace it with a very cold drive of the ends justifying any means. 
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My mechari actually has a lot of empathy for the Aurin. Partly because she thinks Aurin were created by the Eldan or Hoogles from the Forest Guardians. The other half is her "What would Drusera do?" thought process. If all life is sacred and must be preserved, then so be it. I will do the will of the Eldan.
The exiles never seem all that thrilled when I try and pull them from tarpits, or strain eggs ect. Makes my mechari a little sad that politics get in the way of something as important as stopping the Strain.  
 
 
D&D alignments are a very simple way to get across the basic ideas of mask theory. I guess I could break out the ol intj and intp, but if you got the idea then why over complicate things? 	
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My mechari actually has a lot of empathy for the Aurin. Partly because she thinks Aurin were created by the Eldan or Hoogles from the Forest Guardians. The other half is her "What would Drusera do?" thought process. If all life is sacred and must be preserved, then so be it. I will do the will of the Eldan.
The exiles never seem all that thrilled when I try and pull them from tarpits, or strain eggs ect. Makes my mechari a little sad that politics get in the way of something as important as stopping the Strain.  
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Rocio's idea for stopping the Strain involves investigation of Exanite. He and tribe members rob the near by Osun for samples and if a Mechari has a crystal with Life-colored exanite, they'll kill it, remove the crystal and remove the Primal Life taint to purify it for study.
 
The goal is to create an Exanite gun or Exanite forcefield.	
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Rocio's idea for stopping the Strain involves investigation of Exanite. He and tribe members rob the near by Osun for samples and if a Mechari has a crystal with Life-colored exanite, they'll kill it, remove the crystal and remove the Primal Life taint to purify it for study.
 
The goal is to create an Exanite gun or Exanite forcefield.
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Off-Topic: But so true :)
 
 
On-Topic: What I want to know is how did you all come with your back stories? I am curious about 'your' way of thinking.	
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You need pure Exanite to halt the strain, you are just being a d-bag. Like thinking that chopping up albino people will cure aids.
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Hey, if anyone wants a hand with the Strain, Seeger's usually game.  Crazy as he probably sounds, he doesn't like the Strain.  It's not that it's a ravenous devourer of life, it's that it's unnatural.  It tends to knock things out of balance. and eats variety.
 
It's not just evil, it's manufactured evil.  Evil in a can, with all artificial ingredients.	
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Off-Topic: But so true :)
 
 
On-Topic: What I want to know is how did you all come with your back stories? I am curious about 'your' way of thinking.
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Off-Topic: But so true :)
 
 
On-Topic: What I want to know is how did you all come with your back stories? I am curious about 'your' way of thinking.
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Off-Topic: But so true :)
 
 
On-Topic: What I want to know is how did you all come with your back stories? I am curious about 'your' way of thinking.
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Off-Topic: But so true :)
 
 
On-Topic: What I want to know is how did you all come with your back stories? I am curious about 'your' way of thinking.
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I love watching guys play video games, seriously. Someone make note of that.
 
Also... mine was created when my guild wanted to create some machinima videos named "Real Plots" where we were going to have a "Real World" type theme on Nexus,  but we got busy, no one knew how to video edit, annnnnnnd yeah.
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