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I've got to admit that the transition went much smoother than I'd anticipated.  DJ Crash got into game as soon as the server came up to break the new server in and had an awesome time.  I had a union meeting last night so I couldn't get in game much to see how things went but all of my guildies seem to be pretty happy and say that things are actually running smoother than they did before, so well done!  My show is tonight and will pretty much be the first full show after the megaserver launch so I'm eager to see what listener numbers look like and to see what RP happens as I do all of my shows out in the wild.  It leads to some heckling normally and a bit of griefing but i've been used to that since I started doing this back in Champions Online.
 
Morning Coffee this morning is a Starbucks Mocha with 4 shots of espresso.  I dared to try the work coffee but I think it looked back at me and said something about a sacrifice.  *shrugs*  I feel I made the safer choice.  Unfortunately I'm at work at 4am EST so there aren't many breakfast options available; Everything available is fast food.  Being diabetic makes it that much harder to find something to eat so I've made egg and italian sausage wraps on the Carb Balance wraps.  Awesome taste and next to no carbs!  win/win
 
And Good Morning Folks!	
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Good morning! 
 
My feelings about the new server are decidedly mixed. On the good side, there's a lot more people. On the bad side, there's a lot more people all of a sudden. So yeah I felt really overwhelmed. I'm sure I'll adapt. 
 
I got to finally RP that scene with Rocio and Kaelish. Rocio was every bit the loveable dork. And Kaelish got to meet his mate Elora and baby Luke.  The scene was slightly trolled, but the troll was really fail. I figure if most of the trolls are this easily ignore-able then I won't have that big of an issue.
 
I just wished the RP chat channel was better... or more user friendly. I can't figure the thing out, it's useless to me.	
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Yeah I'm getting to dive right into that with requests and such tonight and figure out the new naming stuff.  For some reason the tab that I have set up to get all of my tells for requests won't allow me to just backspace and reply to the last tell so I've ended up typing some out, so I'll be getting a crash course in that area it seems tonight.
 
I've always lived by the expression "don't feed the trolls" when it comes to griefers.  Most of them are truly laughable and normally provide me more entertainment than aggravation.  If you don't pay attention to them, they tend to go away.  it might have something to do with having young children, but I treat them like children and they react accordingly funny enough.  They sit there spamming the same thing over and over again I ignore them until they can present me with a well thought out and fluent sentence that doesn't include racial, sexual, or political slurs.  Most times they just wander off before i can even put them on my ignore list.  I'm also used to playing in games without RP servers at all so I'm used to mixing with the PvE'ers and don't mind them so much.  i normally copy pasta their chat log and laugh at it later if they're especially derpy.  Just don't let them get to you and they'll go about their business.	
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Yeah I was really worried when this one came up and Rocio's mate said "It's kinda crowded isn't it?"
 
Rocio said "What are you talking about? We're the only ones here?" Even though the troll was sitting on top of us on his mount, jumping up and down.
 
After Rocio said that, the troll stopped jumping... and went away.
 
The power of suggestion.	
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I just wished the RP chat channel was better... or more user friendly. I can't figure the thing out, it's useless to me.
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Hello Kolba!  Yeah Kilroy will give you some nice options for selecting what you consider an RP chat, so that might have something to do with that Rocio, looking at your other post in the rp channel thread with the screen shots.  I'm gonna have to fiddle with that some tonight as I hear that all of the channel settings got reset with the relaunch.  I have so many channels silenced normally that I just keep the rp tag just set to see everything. 
 
And hooray for doing stuff in Wildstar!  I do stuff AND things in Wildstar myself. 	
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I did post on it. I'll link to the post here.
 
I hope this is user error and it's not just everything or nothing with the RP chat channel.
 
https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/topic/116119-wheres-the-rp-channel/&do=findComment&comment=1208841	
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It's not really a channel so much as it is a... I dunno how to word it.  Sort of an... altered state in the same channel.  At least if we're talking about the RP talk on/off/all messages thing.  It's kinda weird and typing the whole "{*}" thing is pretty annoying but I think there's addons that make it easier.  Maybe Killroy, I haven't looked into its latest settings.  Definitely will have to see how much that's gonna be used down the line, though.
 
On another note I don't think I've introduced myself here.  Hi!  Call me Kolba.  I do stuff on Wildstar and have fun with things, though don't get nearly as much RP done as I want.  Been lurking the forums since... preorder beta, actually, but haven't had much reason to post.  I figured post-megaserver was a good time to, though.
 
As for game stuff, oh yes!  It was somewhat jarring seeing everyone around in the megaservers after the last few days of mid/low population in Evindra.  But in a good way.  It's especially nice to be able to jump in on a Containment R-12 run and have it go insanely quickly with 30+ people tagging along.  Pretty invigorating, really.  Then to be able to do the Blighthaven events, oh boy!  Unfortunately there wasn't a healer to help so I had to give it a shot (Heads up, healing is hard for me) and ultimately I need to learn how to keep track of people better.
 
Aaaaaand it's 4 AM here and I have yet to sleep so I'm definitely gonna check back in when I'm not being a night owl.
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OK ... I know I didn't play in "Prime time" tonight for NA servers but, where are all the Blazing Saddles and Skullkickers?!? ;)  I need to add 6 alts to Skullkickers and find a rep for Blazzing saddles for my 12 exiles. ;)
 
Er .. Dt. Mt. Dew ... breakfast food (Chua Frittata ... or Aurin Frittata depending on your faction ) in the nexus.	
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Rocio,
 
When my Aurin are Gryphtre Foxleaf, Wyntre Foxleaf, and Briar Foxleaf.  If you see them please invite them to your Aurin circle. :)	
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Morning Coffee this morning is a Starbucks Mocha with 4 shots of espresso.
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			Yeah i read that earlier Rocio.  I was looking at your screenshots and it looked like you had Killroy installed.  it has it's own settings so you can go channel by channel and set them as an RP channel.  So when you select that RP Only option it just gives you the ones you selected.  Unless I'm misinterpreting the issue with it.  I saw where everything disappeared and thought maybe in Killroy nothing was designated as an RP channel so that was what blanked everything out for you.  Just hoping to try to help the situation out. 	
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			Very awesome.  We've actually had some old guildies come back in the days leading up to the megaserver launch so I can only hope that the trend continues and we get to see even more new people about and some more return to the game.  It's certainly seeming to be a boon for you PGGR so far :)	
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DJ Malak,
 
Make sure you get your DJ's to plug MC in GD ( er in the nexus ). ;)	
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I've got to admit that the transition went much smoother than I'd anticipated.  DJ Crash got into game as soon as the server came up to break the new server in and had an awesome time.  I had a union meeting last night so I couldn't get in game much to see how things went but all of my guildies seem to be pretty happy and say that things are actually running smoother than they did before, so well done!  My show is tonight and will pretty much be the first full show after the megaserver launch so I'm eager to see what listener numbers look like and to see what RP happens as I do all of my shows out in the wild.  It leads to some heckling normally and a bit of griefing but i've been used to that since I started doing this back in Champions Online.
 
Morning Coffee this morning is a Starbucks Mocha with 4 shots of espresso.  I dared to try the work coffee but I think it looked back at me and said something about a sacrifice.  *shrugs*  I feel I made the safer choice.  Unfortunately I'm at work at 4am EST so there aren't many breakfast options available; Everything available is fast food.  Being diabetic makes it that much harder to find something to eat so I've made egg and italian sausage wraps on the Carb Balance wraps.  Awesome taste and next to no carbs!  win/win
 
And Good Morning Folks!
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Yeah i read that earlier Rocio. I was looking at your screenshots and it looked like you had Killroy installed. it has it's own settings so you can go channel by channel and set them as an RP channel. So when you select that RP Only option it just gives you the ones you selected. Unless I'm misinterpreting the issue with it. I saw where everything disappeared and thought maybe in Killroy nothing was designated as an RP channel so that was what blanked everything out for you. Just hoping to try to help the situation out.
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Not a typical day, not a typical coffee thread, no typical intro.
 
I am ambivalent about the megaserver. Lots of new people means Thayd is super crowded and although the change in FPS is not awful, it still irks me to stutter once in a while. It is especially annoying during challenges in the capital city. The number of stupid character names really grinds my gears. I will take the day to test things and see how bad it is. I will go to Illium on my Dominion character and see how the lag is. If it is better at prime time, I actually might swap back to Dominion. Last night was an invasion of bad spelling, endless advertising and trolls.
 
Bright side? The AH/CX are loaded and Blighthaven's group quests are easier to get done. That's all I can see.	
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			Hey guys, what's the addon you all use to stalk tour housing plots? I moved my exile toon to the PVE server because of Thaydfest :D and especially to see the housing contest.	
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Good Morning Everyone!
 
Had the usual eggs and toast for breakfast, along with coffee. Finally got my shipment of Maxwell House K-Cups for my Keurig last night :) It took too long getting to me and I had to buy some other brand at the store. Yucky blucky other brand :(
 
This thread needs pictures! Enjoy this coffee and breakfast one.
 
 
 
 
 
I was able to log on last night and get my names for all my characters. Messed up on the SpousalUnits, though. Domi has Spousal Unit and Exile has SpousalUnit Fitch. Oh well, stuff happens when you are getting mauled by your dog to come play with him LOL.
 
I sat in my house for a little bit and watched the zone chat. I have never seen that many people in the housing zone chat before. It was awe inspiring and had me grinning like an idiot :D I need to figure out the RP chat channel stuff so I can talk to you guys. I am having a problem figuring out who is who though, so look for SpousalUnit Fitch in chat.
 
I went to zone to Thayd, but got dc'd before I got through zoning. It was strange, I got the you have been disconnected from the server message, but was still seeing the loading screen behind it. The zoning bar was still going up. I had to shut down the process because the game was not responding. I logged off after that and went to finish watching The Voice on my DVR.
 
Time to get some work done. Hope you all have a great day!	
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Yeah I was really worried when this one came up and Rocio's mate said "It's kinda crowded isn't it?"
 
Rocio said "What are you talking about? We're the only ones here?" Even though the troll was sitting on top of us on his mount, jumping up and down.
 
After Rocio said that, the troll stopped jumping... and went away.
 
The power of suggestion.
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Rocio,
 
When my Aurin are Gryphtre Foxleaf, Wyntre Foxleaf, and Briar Foxleaf. If you see them please invite them to your Aurin circle. :)
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Not a typical day, not a typical coffee thread, no typical intro.
 
I am ambivalent about the megaserver. Lots of new people means Thayd is super crowded and although the change in FPS is not awful, it still irks me to stutter once in a while. It is especially annoying during challenges in the capital city. The number of stupid character names really grinds my gears. I will take the day to test things and see how bad it is. I will go to Illium on my Dominion character and see how the lag is. If it is better at prime time, I actually might swap back to Dominion. Last night was an invasion of bad spelling, endless advertising and trolls.
 
Bright side? The AH/CX are loaded and Blighthaven's group quests are easier to get done. That's all I can see.
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			We tried last night to use Visitor but it's not recognizing the two name thing now.  I imagine it has something to do with being set up for only one name and doesn't recognize the new plots by the new names.  We're hoping that they get that straightened out soon as it affects the radio station since we sometimes do events from peoples' plots and it's sometimes hard to get everyone neighbored and Visitor made things so much easier.	
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Good morning everyone!
 
I hope you're all in good health, having an awesome day, and in wonderful spirits.
 
Last night was quite fun really. I had to run my butt to R12 event immediately after logging in hehe, then headed over to blighthaven to help with quests and events, etc...
The funny part was I....forgot I had my pvp flag on from the night before and *ahem* may have accidently contributed to the deaths of several exiles in the crowd. Luckily I only carry tank gear so anything that hit me was pretty much a tiny scratch XD
 
I didn't get to check my bank, but everything seemed to be there...
 
I also managed to snag the name Master Boo for my chua esper(because im a giant nerd...)	
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Hey guys!  Welcomed in a new guildie last night (the culmination of recruiting in every zone I was in as often as I could; recruitment is hard) and got to see everyone last night.  Entity is packed!
 
 
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OK ... I know I didn't play in "Prime time" tonight for NA servers but, where are all the Blazing Saddles and Skullkickers?!? ;)  I need to add 6 alts to Skullkickers and find a rep for Blazzing saddles for my 12 exiles. ;)
 
Er .. Dt. Mt. Dew ... breakfast food (Chua Frittata ... or Aurin Frittata depending on your faction ) in the nexus.
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			The morning crowd has so far proven to be very nice. Crimson Badlands had many people who helped each others. Mobs being "world tags" helps a lot so we just pulled 3-5 mobs at a time and destroyed them. Thayd is much more manageable in the morning too. Good thing I am a daytime player!I am hesitant to put my characters' names. Being on the forum a lot means random people could contact me in-game for no good reasons o.o	
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The morning crowd has so far proven to be very nice. Crimson Badlands had many people who helped each others. Mobs being "world tags" helps a lot so we just pulled 3-5 mobs at a time and destroyed them. Thayd is much more manageable in the morning too. Good thing I am a daytime player!
 
I am hesitant to put my characters' names. Being on the forum a lot means random people could contact me in-game for no good reasons o.o
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I'm wandering back from being lost in chat settings again.
 
In my mind I want to do the following:
 
When its time to RP, mute all channels with the exception of System, Say, Yell, Emote, Guild, Party and Circles.
 
I want to do this without having to go through and unselect everything. One or two button presses.
 
Then when RP is over, turn everything on again.
 
If you can show me an addon, or a function that does this, I go in and it works, I will give you 2 platinum.	
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			I set up my tabs to do that to be honest.  Especially when I'm doing a show I have a tab that's just /tells since that's how i get requests.  You can set up a tab with just those channels and switch to it when you're RP'ing that way you only have that chatter and switch back to the tab with all the other channels on it when RP is done.	
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I set up my tabs to do that to be honest. Especially when I'm doing a show I have a tab that's just /tells since that's how i get requests. You can set up a tab with just those channels and switch to it when you're RP'ing that way you only have that chatter and switch back to the tab with all the other channels on it when RP is done.
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So! I have just completed Northern Wastes and the flow is relatively the same, if not a tad faster because I no longer have to cut my way through everything.First boom-box gave me the Entertainer rear flair and I got a new dye today, woohoo! Overall, I am much more satisfied now than I was yesterday. Last night was bad. If grumpy cat had a godly avatar, it would have been me.
Anyway, paperwork day! I'll be around the forums but not in-game much.	
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Two fancy-pants names for me (well, maybe more, but only two I actively play atm):
 
- Norah West (which if you read my sig block, has been Norah's name since launch more or less)
- Lament Grigova (again, what I've been using in game since I installed PDA.  So for me, a QOL improvement)
 
Breakfast Tea:  English Breakfast
Breakfast Food:  White nectarines
 
Had about 10 people online in guild last night, which was an absolute delight!  Like many places, things had been awfully quiet the last couple weeks, where we still had folks active, but not sticking around very long at any given spell.  We'll see how long the trend lasts, but it was great to hang out, RP with folks, chat about names, work through the RP settings kinks, and even run an adventure for some folks who hadn't gotten to.  Plus connected up with an old and dear gaming friend and got them settled into the guild too, so hooray!
 
I think my highlight of the game outside of guild activity was seeing Pappylicious Prime in the middle of Thayd dancing, which was kinda fun.  Doubt he connected Lament with the Crazy Osun Lady though. ;)
 
This morning, finished updating the guild recruitment post (though probably could do more with it), updated guild forums, finished housekeeping and game admin issues, and now work, work, work.  
 
See folks tonight!  Lament's slow crawl to 50 continues.	
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Good morning! 
 
My feelings about the new server are decidedly mixed. On the good side, there's a lot more people. On the bad side, there's a lot more people all of a sudden. So yeah I felt really overwhelmed. I'm sure I'll adapt. 
 
I got to finally RP that scene with Rocio and Kaelish. Rocio was every bit the loveable dork. And Kaelish got to meet his mate Elora and baby Luke.  The scene was slightly trolled, but the troll was really fail. I figure if most of the trolls are this easily ignore-able then I won't have that big of an issue.
 
I just wished the RP chat channel was better... or more user friendly. I can't figure the thing out, it's useless to me.
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On the good side...more people..on the bad side...more people rofl.
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I wish I could share images, because I've unleashed upon the unsuspecting planet Nexus an adorable, feminine, and very pink Chua named "Yuno Peeking"
 
She can kill you with her mind.	
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I wish I could share images, because I've unleashed upon the unsuspecting planet Nexus an adorable, feminine, and very pink Chua named "Yuno Peeking"
 
She can kill you with her mind.
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			Rocio might make a scene in Thayd today...	
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Rocio might make a scene in Thayd today...
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"There were no survivors..." Protostar news
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"What can I say? I'm a lady-killer."
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You should be able to do that.  Save it to imgur in its native PNG format and link it from there.  The only way it won't link is in an unrecognized format or a .gif.
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I wish I could share images, because I've unleashed upon the unsuspecting planet Nexus an adorable, feminine, and very pink Chua named "Yuno Peeking"
 
She can kill you with her mind.
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Good morning! 
 
My feelings about the new server are decidedly mixed. On the good side, there's a lot more people. On the bad side, there's a lot more people all of a sudden. So yeah I felt really overwhelmed. I'm sure I'll adapt. 
 
I got to finally RP that scene with Rocio and Kaelish. Rocio was every bit the loveable dork. And Kaelish got to meet his mate Elora and baby Luke.  The scene was slightly trolled, but the troll was really fail. I figure if most of the trolls are this easily ignore-able then I won't have that big of an issue.
 
I just wished the RP chat channel was better... or more user friendly. I can't figure the thing out, it's useless to me.
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Good morning everyone!  Driveby post in between meetings at work.  Bleh, work.
 
Last night was amazing.  It was so great to finally meet Kaelish and a bunch of other people!  ThaydFest is going to be so awesome, I don't have words.
 
Oh yeah.  THAYDFEST IS SATURDAY!!!  2 Days left!
 
Ok, back to work.  I'll leave you with this tidbit of awesome.  In housing chat last night it was realized that people from Stormtalon and people from Evindra were now all glommed together.  So the conversation turned to what to now call the newly-merged Stormtalonites and Evindragons.  The answer?
 
Storm Dragons
 
Have a great day everyone!  I'll pop in whenever I can come up for air.	
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Hi peoples!
 
Had brief look in game this morning to try dailies with some guildies. While baddies go down fast, have to wait while for them to pop up as many peoples also doing dailies. Will try dailies at different time each day. Find good less populated time, to reduce future time consumption.
 
At the moment city Illium feels like this:
 
 
But I'm sure after a few days playing it won't seem as big and non-people persons can relax once again.
 
Shredded wheats consumed for breakfast this morning. Looking forward to reading more stories in forums about extra peoples, be it explosive or not!	
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Eye Are Elle: eggs and pork chops.  Why is all the kombucha gone?
 
Last night was . . . noisy, I guess, would be the best way to put it?  I liked noisy.  I'm looking forward to my favorite housing addons getting updated so I can do some friendly breaking and en, er, exploring.	
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Lunch.
 
It's too quiet in here.	
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Lunch.
 
It's too quiet in here.
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Hi everyone!
 
WS was so much fun last night. It felt like a smaller version of launch (that I didn't have to wake up at 3am for). :P
 
I got all of the names I wanted, and even added two extras, so I now have one character of each race (I updated all of my character names in my sig). Once I had the name in my head, I couldn't help making a Cassian Stalker named Vega Vitruvius. And, as I was playing around with character creation, I also ended up making a Human Medic named Ororo Munroe (one of my favorite comic book characters ever). I was thrilled that the name wasn't taken, even if it is stretching my naming rule a bit...I'm sure there's an architect named Munroe out there somewhere. :lol:
 
I decided not to try to find the AH/CX NPCs under the absolute mountain of nameplates and bodies last night. I had fun doing R-12 with a good group of Dommies (especially after Hellrose Bowl bugged out for us on Tuesday).
 
Honestly, it just felt good to see so many people who are still enjoying the game, even if it was at the expense of seeing lots of surnames like Bawlzdeep and other exquisite examples of class. :rolleyes:
 
 
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Hey guys, what's the addon you all use to stalk tour housing plots? I moved my exile toon to the PVE server because of Thaydfest :D and especially to see the housing contest.
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			All my like. That is what I'm talkin' about!	
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I avoided it on purpose actually, but addressed it somewhere else. ;)
 
Last night was a wee bit tiresome repeating myself about KHT while people bemoaned Visitor, precious Visitor, not working for them. :P After about the twentieth person going on about how it was the best, I just decided I was done trying to explain KHT to them.  <_<
 
It does currently work for the /ht pl = this gives you a public list which is refreshing more and more to reveal players as their names are synced up. Whatever, some people haven't logged in to change their names, some have. Everyone just has to be patient for now. The command line control of /ht NAME is obviously not working, nor will the Touring feature.
 
Will work on it, in time. Maybe. :P If I do, I should easter egg it so everyone has to come to my house for the achievement. Bwahaha.. I kid, I kid... no really...  :ph34r:	
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I avoided it on purpose actually, but addressed it somewhere else. ;)
 
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			Kaelish I need you to write me a bio of your character pls.	
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Kaelish I need you to write me a bio of your character pls.
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onion bagel + cream cheese + lox = very very happy Vick (might need a towel for the drool...can't help it)
 
Looking forward to meeting your Draken!
 
Try out the addon called MagicMail. It auto-fills as you type names from the guild roster, contacts list, etc. It also fills out the subject line and text if you're just sending items. It also has a "take all" button that's useful if you do a lot of auctioning.
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I looked at Visitor, I went,"I don't need that". Yeah... I do need a housing addon. So, I will ALSO be downloading NN and KHT when I get home. ;)
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Ahhhh how detailed? Most of her info is on my tumblr. What specifically do you want? I can pull it from gdAnd you want a bio to know about her or do you wanna learn about her IC? Pretty sure not all RPers are gonna go with the gist I had on Stormtalon for her.
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Also, you are a godsend for letting me know about this addon. I really wish I'd known about it earlier. I do SO. MUCH. AUCTIONING.
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You'd be surprised. Can you link it please? I cant find it?
 
I can't type and talk either
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Hmm...I did a long write-up of addons that I liked for my Warbringer guild...I wonder if I still have access to their website. I could copy/paste it.
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Caaaarbine,
 
What have you dooooonnnnnee to meeeee...
 
Looooook...
 	
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Caaaarbine,
 
What have you dooooonnnnnee to meeeee...
 
Looooook...
 
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I'm sorry Kaelish, but this made me laugh :lol:
 
Do you know who it is?
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This... this makes Rocio a very angry Aurin.
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			The screenshot doesn't help your case if you are worried others might follow suit... if anything, you just prompted more to do so. :P	
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			This... this makes Rocio a very angry Aurin.	
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The screenshot doesn't help your case if you are worried others might follow suit... if anything, you just prompted more to do so. :P
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omg i have the perfect name for my Aurin alt now...
 
Rocio Kun! oh oh oh or maybe Rocio Sama!*heavy breathing*	
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omg i have the perfect name for my Aurin alt now...
 
Rocio Kun! oh oh oh or maybe Rocio Sama!*heavy breathing*
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LoL Yes, but I worry moreso if others decide to jump in on this. It'll be very, very confusing and slightly shady. 
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Oh, jabbit.
 
Impersonation is the greatest form of flattery -- Right Carbine?
 
A guildie has Tony Rey as a character name.	
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Oh, jabbit.
 
Impersonation is the greatest form of flattery -- Right Carbine?
 
A guildie has Tony Rey as a character name.
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In EVE Online, a game where scams are sometimes considered to be a form of gameplay, there were several incidents where people would make characters with names almost exactly like some well-known player, and then try to pretend they were that player.  I've also seen this sort of thing happen in other games as well.
 
So for example, my character name is Nephele Veridian.  There's very little preventing someone from making Nephele Viredian and then trying to pretend they're me.
 
In most games (I think including Wildstar) this sort of thing is an EULA/TOS violation and will get someone banned if reported, but it's still something that happens.
 
Thankfully most of my friends and guildmates are smart enough not to get fooled, but this is a danger that exists in all online games.  It just got a little bit easier now that name uniqueness is determined by the combination of first name + last name.
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Well that was a solid 4 minutes of fun! :lol:
The randomizer even rolled a pink haired aurin.	
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Well, that's better than the Miley Cyrus one I saw last night.
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Well that was a solid 4 minutes of fun! :lol:
The randomizer even rolled a pink haired aurin.
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It was hilarious, point made. :P I realized rather belatedly you were not, in fact, the other person as they had logged back into their main.
 
Still. Amusing none the less.
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*hugs Kaelish and puts up a "no trolling" sign* :<
 
No trollie.
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I need to know, now.
 
Though I did see a "Doctor Whom" and giggled a little bit.
 
 
 
 
I hope they got their keister banned.
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Aw, it's okay. *comforting pat* Been trolled across numerous games now. :) They're less inclined to do it if you laugh it off.
 
Also? Dragging my heels on Kael's bio. >.> We'll blame Reconditioned for now.
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I will not be outdone.
 
I hope to maybe recruiting folks tonight in Thayd. I'll stay IC so probably will get trolled but... it's for a good cause.
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I may sit around and watch then.
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I like Rocio's style of using public events to recruit. He's a natural born preacher. The past two in the Godwood were great, but he's gotten a bit more radical.since then.
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I wish I could draw. I have this image in my head of Kaelish standing there like a warrior princess while Rocio has one hand behind his back, face lowered looking up at her, and his right foot slightly forward .. like a shy/nervousness.
 
Okay, so I am lousy at describing it, but I can picture it perfectly lol	
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I can't envision Rocio being shy around her... though she totally overlooked him flirting with her yesterday. She misses Icelus, obviously. :P
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I wish I could draw. I have this image in my head of Kaelish standing there like a warrior princess while Rocio has one hand behind his back, face lowered looking up at her, and his right foot slightly forward .. like a shy/nervousness.
 
Okay, so I am lousy at describing it, but I can picture it perfectly lol
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I wish I could draw. I have this image in my head of Kaelish standing there like a warrior princess while Rocio has one hand behind his back, face lowered looking up at her, and his right foot slightly forward .. like a shy/nervousness.
 
Okay, so I am lousy at describing it, but I can picture it perfectly lol
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Awww! Don't you just hate it when that happens? :)
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I would be interested in reading it, if you can get to it. I need to take a look at my addons and get some new ones. I think I have 7(?) installed. This weekend I will be able to sit down and really concentrate on WildStar.
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Well, it took about 1.5 hours, but I redid the list and posted it to the Skullkickers website. You don't have to be logged in to read the thread.
 
Vick's Addon List
 
I just wish we could get our members to use the website more.
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Well, it took about 1.5 hours, but I redid the list and posted it to the Skullkickers website. You don't have to be logged in to read the thread.
 
Vick's Addon List
 
I just wish we could get our members to use the website more.
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			I copied it over to the BDS website as well, since I have access. Hope it's helpful. :)	
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Seems people don't like websites these days. I find them very useful for strat info, guild meetings/activities, etc.
 
Maybe you can start posting stuff like that and suggest they go to the website for guild information?	
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You know what's really awesome about the merge yesterday?  There's so much more positivity and energy on the forums now.  I hope we can keep that vibe going.
 
2 and a half more hours of meetings, then I can escape from the office early, I think.  Yay!
 
Tonight:  Crimelords!!!  Then sorting out and posting final ThaydFest event details and partial prize lists for each event.	
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I copied it over to the BDS website as well, since I have access. Hope it's helpful. :)
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You know what's really awesome about the merge yesterday?  There's so much more positivity and energy on the forums now.  I hope we can keep that vibe going.
 
2 and a half more hours of meetings, then I can escape from the office early, I think.  Yay!
 
Tonight:  Crimelords!!!  Then sorting out and posting final ThaydFest event details and partial prize lists for each event.
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You know what's really awesome about the merge yesterday?  There's so much more positivity and energy on the forums now.  I hope we can keep that vibe going.
 
2 and a half more hours of meetings, then I can escape from the office early, I think.  Yay!
 
Tonight:  Crimelords!!!  Then sorting out and posting final ThaydFest event details and partial prize lists for each event.
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I am so looking forward to ThaydFest on Saturday. It is going to be lots of fun, even if I just stand around and watch you all :)
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Seems people don't like websites these days. I find them very useful for strat info, guild meetings/activities, etc.
 
Maybe you can start posting stuff like that and suggest they go to the website for guild information?
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You are required to at least participate in a raffle, if nothing else ;)
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So!  Not morning over here right now, but during the one hour I was awake it was, I had oatmeal.  Nice, maple/brown sugar oatmeal.  Ingame I see it's a bit more quiet, though I can't tell if it's because it's early or just things dying down.  Or both.  Hopefully the former, though I almost never get a chance to catch prime time.  Meanwhile, was gonna respond sooner but then Scorchwing and R-12 happened again.
 
Oh!  One other thing I remembered.  I wanted to share some screenshots I've made while looking for some nice viewpoints.  All... probably three of them, but I'll start with this one. It's also a link to a larger version I use as one of my wallpapers.	
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That's a catch 22 right there. At least in my mind it is. You want people to use the website, but are not requiring them to post something on the website prior to being invited or after they are invited (like an hello I am ___ post)?
 
I know recruitment needs to be a focus. I just don't understand why you are not utilizing your website from the very beginning of the recruitment process. I guess I am so used to it being a requirement for the guilds I have been in, that it confuses me when others don't do that.
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God, the website.  Outside recruitment, there's nothing else I'm dreading dealing with more.  The problem is that websites have been good for archiving, such as for player stories and such.  However, they're terrible for much else for me.  If I had someone else running the thing or even just logistics in general, that would be nice.  As it is, even when I put in the MOTD that I need people to read something, I get one or two people dropping in.  Nobody really cares much for the website.
 
I finally got admin for it, so I pruned the forums a bit, but I feel like it's so far down on my list of priorities.  Between recruitment and trying to put together some kind of content and RP to do, I haven't even had time to play around with it for about a week.
 
At least I think our lore is mostly good to go, so I can start figuring out whether to archive and alter the site we've got, or to just raze it to the ground and start a new site from scratch.	
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That's a catch 22 right there. At least in my mind it is. You want people to use the website, but are not requiring them to post something on the website prior to being invited or after they are invited (like an hello I am ___ post)?
 
I know recruitment needs to be a focus. I just don't understand why you are not utilizing your website from the very beginning of the recruitment process. I guess I am so used to it being a requirement for the guilds I have been in, that it confuses me when others don't do that.
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Holy...Elite Thickets are listing for 50p buyouts now?!?
 
*jaw drop*	
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			I need to think of a new name for my character and I have no idea now that I have two names.... Ideas?	
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I need to think of a new name for my character and I have no idea now that I have two names.... Ideas?
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Cheqaut Thedek?
 
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Your point is valid, and I've had the same experience with most guilds at least requiring an introduction post on their website. But, for me, having warm bodies in-game is far more important than the website. With that said, I think recruitment and encouraging more activity on the website is going to go mostly hand-in-hand.
 
Skullkickers is more casual than any guild I've been in before (as an example, not having to log in to read everything on our forums), and it functions more as an impromptu group of friends playing the same game than it does as an organized guild. Changing that into something with a little more active or structured participation is going to change the dynamic of the guild somewhat.
 
I'm also newer than just about everyone else in the guild, so I'm hesitant to make changes. Although I suppose as one of the officers I have the right to at least make suggestions and see what the response is.
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It used to be that people loved a private forums to call home. Not sure what happened there but I for one miss it. As to making changes.......well the grey hairs probably won't bite you. lol, Use the tools you have put up votes or requests for input on the forum (not this one) and make sure you direct people there from in game to the forums. You can use the guild message of the day in game. The big thing is training the members, if that makes any sense.
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It does make sense. I actually put a message about the addon list that I rewrote earlier today in our MotD earlier tonight, so hopefully that'll entice a couple people to revisit the forums. :)
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After about a day's worth of megaserver, I can safely say that the capital city's challenges are perfectly doable even with the absurd number of people around. Can't say the same with world challenges at prime time though. There are many group forming to kill world bosses, lots of trade and guild advertisement in zone chat. The AH/CX are loaded (and grossly overpriced) which is a great change. Next step is Drop 3 and a truckload of changes.
 
I am somewhat looking forward to it. The itemization changes can't get here soon enough though. I'd love to have a reason to do adventures and dungeons.	
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			Scene created and completed. I love it.	
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