123705-morning-hot-chocolate-31615-post-thaydfest-edition

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Good morning, ladies and Granoks!
 
Oh wow, what a weekend! Here, have some decadent hot chocolate:
 
 
Breakfast this morning consists of a hot chocolate (that I wish looked that nice), and some greek yogurt and fruit. Nom.
 
Yesterday was a blast! I could go on forever about all the fun we had at ThaydFest, but I won't--suffice to say I took some videos and I hope to be sharing them on YouTube tonight, along with a bunch of pictures, and the thread officially announcing the winners of Lifestyles of Nexus (though they were announced at ThaydFest and on Twitter yesterday), and then linking to videos of the winner's houses, as suggested by folks during the last Lifestyles of Nexus (who happened to be EU and unable to view houses)).
 
It was amazing to have both Sunshine and BusterCasey there helping and hanging out and having a blast! We have some pretty amazing community team members (and developers in general) in this game. :D
 
Just a quick pimp that to make the NEXT ThaydFest even more awesome (because HELL YEAH there's going to be another one!), please provide us your feedback and share your stories!
 
Tonight's plans include maybe a quick Vet Shiphand and a bunch of guild stuff--Daggers are opening back up recruiting, so we've all our officers on standby tonight. :)
 
What was everyone up to this weekend? What are your plans for tonight? And what's for breakfast?	
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For breakfast? Mini shredded wheat cereal!
 
Glad the event went well!
For weekend, was up to devious deeds in lab, building chua style stargate!
Will probably work further on filling underground bunker before raid tonight.	
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Good lord that hot chocolate looks tasty. So far no breakfast for me. That'll come after the kids get on the bus.
 
Yesterday was a blast at ThaydFest. To be honest I started the broadcast with three hours of music and with all the requests I made it the whole six hours without having to put more music on the list.
 
That was an amazing amount of fun. Everyone was awesome. I'm glad that I could stay for the whole six hours. The screens that I've seen on Twitter have been great.	
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Didn't get to see it. I had to be an adult and get a paper turned in. 
 
My wife was there, for the most part it seemed like a lot of dancing, and her having disagreements with things. First a warbot that was harassing some visiting dominion, and then with Sunshine who decided to stand there like a stop sign on a table of people dancing. Tony, you got to tell your friends to dance. Cause your friends don't dance and if they don't dance, well they're no friends of mine.
 
I don't even have screenshots. 
 
Breakfast for me today is leftover fish tacos. 	
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Good Morning Everyone!
 
Here's some breakfast to go with the hot cocoa Chestnut brought :)
I had a blast yesterday at ThaydFest. Our community is the best!! A lot of people came out to partake in the festivities and fun was had by all :)
 
I am very proud of my guild, Blazing Saddles, who stepped up and helped with the events we sponsored. Without you all, we wouldn't have been able to have them run so successfully and smoothly. You guys rock! :wub:
 
As I am at work, I can not post the pictures I took yesterday. But, you can view some of them on my twitter page. https://twitter.com/CirindeFitch
 
Thank you Sunshine and Buster Casey for coming out and enjoying the day with us. :)
 
Thank you DJ Malak for providing us with the music and the announcements for the events. I hope you enjoyed your birthday yesterday. I am happy we were able to spend part of the day with you. :D
 
And of course, thank you to the Black Dagger Society for putting together this event. I am very much looking forward to the next one!
 
Hope you all have a wonderful day.	
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I had a wonderful time at Thaydfest. Thank you for letting me be a part of it.
 
Players with Dominion mains and Exile mains alike are really getting a kick out of my Alt Universe writings.
 
My next short little one shot will be about Exile Chua.  Think of them as Cinderella's mice... of death! Sergeant Kara will be the Belle of the Battle!	
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I had a wonderful time at Thaydfest. Thank you for letting me be a part of it.
 
Players with Dominion mains and Exile mains alike are really getting a kick out of my Alt Universe writings.
 
My next short little one shot will be about Exile Chua.  Think of them as Cinderella's mice... of death! Sergeant Kara will be the Belle of the Battle!
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Where do I even start?  This breakfast, guys, it's for you....
 
 
It's a great Haitian breakfast, and it comes from the heart.
 
I really want to thank the Blazing Saddles last night who really came out and supported Thaydfest.  I know I sort of roped everyone in (I didn't exactly ask the guild if we SHOULD help out, I just sort of volunteered us).  With that said, the amount of involvement we got was incredible!  First, the dueling contest wouldn't have been possible without Cirinde and Cast acting as "line judges".  That equalized the playing field a lot, and made it possible.  Second, I don't know if it would have even been ATTENDED except that Khandi went the extra mile and threw a CREDD into the hat as a reward.  Big props to the players who took part, were great sports, and had drawn a pretty sizeable crowd by the end!
 
The Saddle Classic 1000 was even more labor-intensive, and I know it wasn't as interesting to admin that.  I had to set up people to watch transmats and taxis, since that was all I could really monitor.  But it went off great, and it wouldn't have gone off at all without people keeping their eyes on maps and donating their time.  Cast, PlasmaJohn, Khandi, our buddy Cerauno, Parthenia, Sulli, and especially Cirinde for not only watching the line but also donating a CREDD for the winner.  We had a great race, which was tighter than you'd think for not having any restrictions on mounts or flasks.
 
Parthenia also made it home in time to help judge the costume contest.  Not only that, but all of the above were around, hyping Thaydfest, dancing around, making requests, generally giving us a great showing.  People I haven't mentioned yet like Noxic, Khavell, Riley, Evelyn (even though Thaydfest hates your computer, we saw you and we have much love for you!), Koob, Mythilt, Vunnu, Sanlron, and probably more I can't even mention.  You guys help make us what we are in this community and help make this community better.  I couldn't be happier, couldn't be prouder, and couldn't have a better bunch of people to play this game with!
 
And, of course, this wouldn't be Thaydfest without the Black Dagger Society, and the hard work put in by everyone there to farm up rewards.  Especially big props to Nephele, who put in so much work organizing it.  I know it was stressful, but I think it all went well!  Also, a big shout-out to Chaide and Chestnut who put in a ton of work and helped to run events.  A lot of thanks to all the people who donated prizes, up to and including a Pristine Genesis Key.  A HUGE thank you to DJ Malak who DJed the event LIVE.... on his birthday!  Instead of partying?  IF you aren't listening to quantumstateradio.com, you really should, because he values this community more than any other station out there (and will, I can guarantee you this, play whatever you request!)  I wanted to thank DD "Sunshine" Hollis and Buster Casey for both being there and supporting our community endeavors.  There's no better indication of how Carbine values this game than that we get community moderators actually coming and being part of the community!  And finally, to everyone who participated, got off the wall, and had a great time!  I wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for making Thaydfest great!
 
Speaking of, Thaydfest wasn't all that happened for us this weekend.  Koob took a group through vet Malgrave Trail, mostly first timers.  Not to be outdone, I formed a group from the other people who hadn't gone, and we went through vet Malgrave Trail as well.  Most of my group had never seen it before, but gave it the old college try.  And we struggled through that first leg as everyone figured out how to get supplies and keep an eye on the caravan.  I assume that's how the other group went.  I know several of them hadn't seen the inside of MT before at all, let alone vet.  And both groups got silver!  First tries!  That was fantastic!
 
We started on vet STL the next night, and cleared all the way up to Stormtalon.  I think that, with a bit of practice, our new members will perfect that Eye of the Storm mechanic and that following lightning mechanic and we'll be good as gold!  I also need to get a shoutout to Chestnut again for coming with us and giving us (and especially me) some much needed instruction.  The feedback helped a lot, and we came so close to clearing the dungeon I could almost taste it!
 
Okay, I've got to get to work, but again, thank you to everyone who was there, especially those who donated their time, their items, their money, and sometimes their own fun to put this show on.  We can't have this kind of community without you!
 
And for my Saddles, this one's for you!  I'll see you on Nexus!	
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You can read here or on my rociosilverroot tumbr blog.
 
https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/topic/123507-the-ravaging-of-arboria/
 
Feedback gives me ideas. So if have questions and comments I'll try to respond with a story.	
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Was disappointed that i missed thaydfest but had some family matters come up so i was out most the night. Really glad everything went ao well and everyone has fun :)
 
Otherwise, just ran a couple runs with the guild.over the weekend and had lots of fun. Definitely perfer healing over dps, but it was a good time.
 
My plans for this week is to try to get my fiancee to play, but she has never played any Mmos or any computer games really, so im trying to.figure out what class to start her with. I asked a couple people last might but figured id ask here as well.
 
So whats your all opinions on a class that would be easiest for a complete Beginner?	
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Hi everyone :)  I only have a little time this morning - darn that work thing - but I wanted to stop by and grab some of that hot chocolate :P
 
I also wanted to say that it's all of you that made ThaydFest II so great.  From start to finish I have been working on that event for about 3 months - laying the groundwork, creating prizes, lining up help and donations, planning the contests, organizing everything, and then finally running the event itself.  When I saw everyone yesterday out there having fun, tweeting screenshots, and just enjoying the event though, it really made it worth it :)
 
I know that there were new players on trials who ran into ThaydFest II yesterday and were so impressed with the community that they bought the game and immediately subbed.  I know there were folks who made new friends, found guilds, and joined circles because of the event.  There were people like Aislyn who showed us that being a lorehound *can* pay off, and roleplayers like Agent Texas that were reminded that they're not alone in the game.  I feel like this event brought the community together and made it stronger, and because of that it was an amazing success :)
 
I only wish I could do it for the folks on the other servers too.  But hopefully they will be able to run their own events and build community in their own way.
 
Anyway, today is the start of another probably-80-hour work week for me, so I have to head out.  The things we do to pay the rent, right?  I'll see you all when I can :)	
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Players with Dominion mains and Exile mains alike are really getting a kick out of my Alt Universe writings.
 
My next short little one shot will be about Exile Chua.  Think of them as Cinderella's mice... of death! Sergeant Kara will be the Belle of the Battle!
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I... uh...forgot about Thaydfest. Drat. Spent almost all of my time Dominion-side yesterday. At least the event was a success again, from what I'm seeing here.
 
So good morning everyone! The weekend's been sorta eventful for me. I've been leveling a new engineer alt, which has been fun. I had no idea artillerybot looked adorable when swimming. I also got to complete Ultimate Protogames! I didn't realize the protostar contestant had armor variants, and now I've got three pieces of armor contestant gear (One of which is actually a gear upgrade!). Meanwhile, on the battle front, I just need to work on Hut-Hut. Positioning is easy but... uh... I keep forgetting not to get between Hut-Hut and the goal. Which... really should be easy, especially for a spellslinger.
 
So yeah, pretty fun weekend.
 
...also I really like the look of that device, Moska.	
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...also I really like the look of that device, Moska.
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Haha! Am actually currently building device to see parallel universes in my lab!
Reading your story reminds me to build re-usable sick bag for journeys! Never know where you'll end up.
 
 
Looking forward to your next one! No matter who chua work for, there will always be explosions!
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What was it about any footage and yes do another one
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Yow, now that's how you do hot chocolate :lol:
 
And just like that I'm up to the Dungeon step of attunement.  Maybe we got incredibly lucky but Malgrave Trail didn't seem to be all that bad.  We had a very rough start due to unfamiliarity, we lost a party member to RL about 2/3'rd's of the way through and I don't think we managed to recover any of the lost caravan members.  Yet we still managed to squeak out Silver and it took us 73 minutes.  I think I like this better than SoTR and maybe WotW.  Crimelords is still my favorite though.
 
Actually got a Daggerstone pop which we wound up winning.  Won a couple other matches and lost a few.  I tend to do a match here and there but I think I need to pick a day to just focus on PvP.  Finally being effective feels so much better. 
 
I'm not much of an achievement hunter, if it happens it happens and I'm the same way about titles.  Except I found one I'd love to have: War-Forged.  My mission, if I choose to accept it, is to find a rated-battleground team that'll take me and work until our rating is in the top 1% :ph34r:.  This paragraph will self-destruct in 10 seconds.  Mmf oh well.
 
Thaydfest II was awesome!  Props to all that made it possible :wub:	
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Yow, now that's how you do hot chocolate :lol:
 
And just like that I'm up to the Dungeon step of attunement.  Maybe we got incredibly lucky but Malgrave Trail didn't seem to be all that bad.  We had a very rough start due to unfamiliarity, we lost a party member to RL about 2/3'rd's of the way through and I don't think we managed to recover any of the lost caravan members.  Yet we still managed to squeak out Silver and it took us 73 minutes.  I think I like this better than SoTR and maybe WotW.  Crimelords is still my favorite though.
 
Actually got a Daggerstone pop which we wound up winning.  Won a couple other matches and lost a few.  I tend to do a match here and there but I think I need to pick a day to just focus on PvP.  Finally being effective feels so much better. 
 
I'm not much of an achievement hunter, if it happens it happens and I'm the same way about titles.  Except I found one I'd love to have: War-Forged.  My mission, if I choose to accept it, is to find a rated-battleground team that'll take me and work until our rating is in the top 1% :ph34r:.  This paragraph will self-destruct in 10 seconds.  Mmf oh well.
 
Thaydfest II was awesome!  Props to all that made it possible :wub:
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Hey everyone! Didn't get to go to Thaydfest cause Sunday is guild raid night. Glad you guys all enjoyed yourselves though :).
 
Sunday didn't go quite as well for DD unfortunately. We spent all night working on Ohmna and... we have achieved 1% wipe status >_>. I tell you it is not a great feeling to leave off on. We're definitely gonna get it done this week though. My hope is Thursday, though it'll probably be next Sunday.
 
Also are the Thaydfest housing contest winners posted anywhere yet? I checked twitter but didn't see anything and otherwise it looks like stuff hasn't been posted yet?	
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Hey everyone! Didn't get to go to Thaydfest cause Sunday is guild raid night. Glad you guys all enjoyed yourselves though :).
 
Sunday didn't go quite as well for DD unfortunately. We spent all night working on Ohmna and... we have achieved 1% wipe status >_>. I tell you it is not a great feeling to leave off on. We're definitely gonna get it done this week though. My hope is Thursday, though it'll probably be next Sunday.
 
Also are the Thaydfest housing contest winners posted anywhere yet? I checked twitter but didn't see anything and otherwise it looks like stuff hasn't been posted yet?
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Hey everyone! Didn't get to go to Thaydfest cause Sunday is guild raid night. Glad you guys all enjoyed yourselves though :).
 
Sunday didn't go quite as well for DD unfortunately. We spent all night working on Ohmna and... we have achieved 1% wipe status >_>. I tell you it is not a great feeling to leave off on. We're definitely gonna get it done this week though. My hope is Thursday, though it'll probably be next Sunday.
 
Also are the Thaydfest housing contest winners posted anywhere yet? I checked twitter but didn't see anything and otherwise it looks like stuff hasn't been posted yet?
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Weee just got back from a day hike around Brazos Bend... There, it is not uncommon to get within 6 feet of gators, because they do things like this. Hello, mister gator on the edge of the trail. xD Dozens upon dozens of them. I'm still amused by this photographer lady we ran into, and her watcher.
 
Fun day! Gators, lots and lots of lovely, interesting birds, turtles, insects, and one 5-foot-long snake. :D
 
I feel bad for not logging into WS over the weekend, but DA:I's siren call reached me after having taken a break from it... so close to the end of the campaign. Must make the big push!
 
Maybe I'll work on my housing a bit tonight, though. I'm glad ThaydFest went well, too.	
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So whats your all opinions on a class that would be easiest for a complete Beginner?
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Easiest for a beginner? WARRIOR
 
Run around, beat on things with your giant sword, be invincible :D	
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