150044-01032016-the-origins-of-morning-coffee

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Okay,
 
Since there was a request for a Morning Coffee thread and the last few days we have all been slacking on them, I was thinking to take the opportunity to look back at the origins of our Morning Coffee tradition.
Like any good tradition, we have to start at the beginning: Namely the posting of a nice cup of coffee to get everyone started:
 
 
The Origin of Morning Coffee
For those who are not familiar with Morning Coffee, a brief explanation and history lesson:
 
The Morning Coffee threads were something that started during the closed beta of WildStar, almost 2.5 years ago.
Every day one of the Beta Testers would start with one of these topics to simply wish everyone a good morning, recap his experiences with the game and testing as well as start conversation about topics concerning the game and real life.
This was a trend that picked up extremely fast, and usually had a fixed few participants that always hung out in these threads.
The moderators at the time approved of this, as well as the developers who frequented the topic, discussing formal and informal things.
 
It didn't take long for even the roleplayers to jump in, making these threads a vibrant oasis of serenity amongst the many topics on the forum.
There have been times where these threads received a lot of criticism and even had to be fought for against some of the moderators.
But the tradition preserved, and it's something that has been going on for  along time now.
 
The thread needs to adhere to a few rules though:
There has to be Wildstar related topic in it.	
It has to follow the remainder of the forum rules	No drama
And that my young ones, is the brief history lesson of the Morning Coffee tradition.
 
WildStar
By writing this topic,I can't help to look back at WildStar.
Comparing to where this game once started, and what it has become now, all I can say is, some of us on these forums have seen the entire ride...
I've been here since the beginning, along with several others. We have seen the highs and lows of this game.
We have endured, preservered and adapter to what was once advertised as "HardCore" to what the game is now.
 
Many of us made quite a lot of friends in this game. Friendships that even extended to outside the game.
Pretty sure I, and others, have made many enemies as well on these forums and in the game.
And you know what? It was all worth it.
The entire journey so far has been a bumpy ride, but worth it. WildStar has been extremely fun to play, even with all it's flaws and errors. This game delivers.
 
Looking at my guild, we've been through a bumpy ride.
Merging, Breaking Off, Rebooting, Rivals, Alliances......
I've done it all with my guild. And we have endured.
There's things I would probably do different now when given a chance to do it all over, and there's things I regret.
There's also things I'd repeat and do exactly all over again because they were worth it.
 
Which brings me to the future of WildStar.
I'm really looking forward to ArcTerra.
Like always I try to avoid the PTR and spoilers on the Internet. I want to experience this thing when it hits the live servers, and not spoil myself in advance.
Got still several side projects related to WildStar that I want to finish or even start, but I simply do not have the time for it.
There's always something, somewhere interfering with my plans.
But hey, that's life and I have to deal with it.
And those hating because of it:  Grow up, you don't dictate how I live my life.
 
 
 
 
So to my fellow Coffee-thread-goers:  What is your Wildstar History, and how are you looking ahead to the future?	
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			But Today is March 1st, not January 3rd   :P
			
				
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But Today is March 1st, not January 3rd   :P
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My computer clock has 01/03/16!
 
I started Wildstar with the beta, about a month before launch. Played for a day and it seemed good enough to buy, so I waited for launch then picked it up. The gameplay side didn't hold me for too long— mostly MMO burnout— but once I hit 14th I became addicted to housing.
 
Since then I've nursed this addiction and today have more Wildstar in my veins than blood. I need help.
 
It's been strange to continue seeing worries about the game's future here on the forums lately. I would say that last fall was the worst of times, by far, and now we're just starting to enter what I hope will be the game's real Golden Era: A stable population having a lot of fun, a game making a healthy amount of income, lots of cool cosmetics, the best damn housing on the MMO market, and a lot of stuff to do (I think the game has built up a nice bank of content at this point, we just need more people actively running it to alleviate queue concerns).
 
At this point, assuming I don't end up living in super rural Japan with limited internet access come August, I look forward to building grander projects and making more new friends in 2016. :)  Hell, if I have the time I even plan to get into raid shape for Redmoon Terrror next fall, cause it looks awesome. ^_^	
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Yay, coffee!
I'm working as usual and that's why I love having these threads going to read and follow during work :)
My history in Wildstar is not very long but I can share it.
I got invited to beta event before official launch and got really hyped about the game, especially the combat that I really love.
I was even thinking about preordering the game. But after beta event ended, my friends were not into the game, I played other games and hype went away and I ended up not getting the game.
However, I kept an eye on it, and I hate to break it but I was sure f2p-announcement would one day come and it was all about if f2p-model would be good or not that would decide if I would join the game.
F2p-announcement came and the f2p-model couldn't be any better. So in august last year I bought the physical box to join in early for the f2p-launch. I also wanted a chance on snarflelynx mount that I also was lucky to get :)
 
I joined pvp server and it was great times at start, ended up in a big and active guild with lots of friendly souls. However pvp had it's issues with the pvp patch, then came bots and during that time a lot of players moved to pve server or quit. Christmas and forward has been pretty lonely in game. But not completely lonely, sometimes the few of us left on server met around contract boards and talked to eachother or queued bgs together. The server merge will give me a fresh start and I'm looking forward to it. I already know the community in Wildstar is awesome, it's just about having those people around and everything will be great :)	
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Thank you Olivar and well said!
 
Now that I am on my 4th cup of coffee, my brain is waking up! My history with WildStar reminds me of an ex lover, one who I keep going back to. I started with WildStar during Beta and played passionately until a year ago. Disappointed in the way things were going, not seeing any future with the game I came to love, along with real life issues, I decided to break away from WildStar. I didn't expect to be gone as long as I was (nearly a year), but as time went on, my old flame started calling and I decided to rekindle the relationship. I am glad I did! Even though learning all about the changes have been a challenge, it's still fun! I am excited about the new zone coming and with that the possibilities of increased PvP!	
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*sniff* A touching recount of a grand and storied history, Olivar... Or is that just my allergies?
 
Wait, I don't have allergies. Dangit!
 
I've been enamored with this game since... holy crap early 2011?! Good grief, has it really been that long? XD Well I guess this game is not gonna let go of me any time soon haha. Transitioned from the WildStar Central community onto the closed beta forums, probably earned a few enemies with my strong feedback, and have generally enjoyed the game from the moment I glimpsed the very first concept art. With some caveats here and there, of course. :p The art style lured me in; the combat gripped me; the dungeons wouldn't let me go; and the roleplay I've had continues to tear into my heart with gleeful abandon.
 
I should endeavor to start more Coffee threads, but my brain doesn't work too well early mornings when it comes to thinking up conversation topics... that and I'm often rushing about finalizing lessons for the day. xD Oh well. I have faith the Coffee will remain, even if it isn't an every-day occurrence anymore.	
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Sorry, not making an exception to an International Standard for one Country that writes dates wrong :P
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From the moment I received my shiny Beta key, I was hooked and been here ever since. While I'm not as vocal as some, whether to shower praise over the game or to express my frustration of things that aren't working well, I'm commited to seeing this adventure through to the end, wherever it may lead.
 
Though I don't regularly participate in this "regular" tradition of the coffee consumption, I do enjoy reading it and hope that it continues. :)	
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Sorry, not making an exception to an International Standard for one Country that writes dates wrong correctly, because 'Muricuh  :P
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these posts made my day on quite a few occasions.  one of my first stops in the morning at work.  
 
it has been a long road to avatus for myself and some in game friends.  multiple guilds and raid groups, all still progressing.  started out in one guild, that collapsed before f2p due to roster boss.  moved on to another guild with a few of the remaining guildies who still wanted to kill avatus.  in that guild there was a faction that broke off to form another guild which is still going good and is where myself and most of these people now reside.  this has allowed me to raid with most of the same people for close to a year.  we are all still having lots of fun in game and looking forward to killing avatus and the new content on the horizon.  I am optimistic about the future of the game!	
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I just want to pop in and say WILDSTAR fans are amazing!! To Olivar and all the regular Morning Coffee crew and all the awesome people who fill these threads with positivity and meaningful feedback, I am very grateful to all of you. This game has taken some bends and curves in the road since closed beta, but the fact that you guys hang in there are patient with us while we make the game better is fantastic. I have met some wonderful people through this community and I have been humbled and honored by the kind words posted about the game Carbine devs have worked so hard to create. Thank you again for keeping the WildStar torches burning - and thank you all for being a great group of fans!!
 
-jeff	
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I just want to pop in and say WILDSTAR fans are amazing!! To Olivar and all the regular Morning Coffee crew and all the awesome people who fill these threads with positivity and meaningful feedback, I am very grateful to all of you. This game has taken some bends and curves in the road since closed beta, but the fact that you guys hang in there are patient with us while we make the game better is fantastic. I have met some wonderful people through this community and I have been humbled and honored by the kind words posted about the game Carbine devs have worked so hard to create. Thank you again for keeping the WildStar torches burning - and thank you all for being a great group of fans!!
 
-jeff
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I'm with Foul, your music is one of the key reasons I am still playing Wildstar :)
Using your soundcloud often as background music during my programming sessions at work to isolate myself from the world.
And hey, if we don't stick up for the game, who will :D	
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			Having been here since the start myself, I have to say that I have truly loved seeing us all grow together in WildStar. Without doubt, this is the best community in existence, and I've been a part of some epic communities. I love you all, and I'm so glad to be your CM. Keep making WildStar awesome by giving us your feedback. Also, I'm really craving this right now.....	
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So far I've built several plots using Jeff's music as key inspiration (which is quite a thing considering we have an entire internet's wealth of music to choose from):  Into the Unknown for the Gattaca-Dust Academy and again for its current reimagining as the Explorer's Guild Starport— Perception of Beauty for Gnosis— Dusty Trails and Rowsdower Tails for Terra Caelum— and now The Fortress for an Eldan temple RP event plot I'm building. :D
 
So yes, much inspiration! And on that note, I'm currently on the lookout for Legend of the Blue Horizon for my upcoming Arcterra-inspired build... if anyone on Entity-Dominion has a copy they'd be willing to trade or sell, please let me know!	
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Having been here since the start myself, I have to say that I have truly loved seeing us all grow together in WildStar. Without doubt, this is the best community in existence, and I've been a part of some epic communities. I love you all, and I'm so glad to be your CM. Keep making WildStar awesome by giving us your feedback.
 
Also, I'm really craving this right now.....
 
 
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Been moaning and praising since day 1, that will never change :)	
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Gosh darn it, I live down south in good ol' alabama and I have to tell you that looks like a good ol' southern boys breakfast....sans the mushrooms ><
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Having been here since the start myself, I have to say that I have truly loved seeing us all grow together in WildStar. Without doubt, this is the best community in existence, and I've been a part of some epic communities. I love you all, and I'm so glad to be your CM. Keep making WildStar awesome by giving us your feedback.
 
Also, I'm really craving this right now.....
 
 
 
 
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Looks like Irish breakfast to me. Eggs, potato cake, banger sausage, back bacon, tomatoes, mushrooms, irish baked beans and toast. Its not a southern boys breakfast w/o grits, belly bacon, and country gravy at least.
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My history has been a fairly straight line. Been here since launch, and played consistently. Never intended to raid. In fact, I don't think I worried much about end game. Got hooked by Stormtalon.
 
I formed a guild with my friends, who have by now all left the game. But at the time, we where a handful. When the servers merged, we merged in with a second guild. That guild teamed up with a few others to get X-89 down. I was hooked after that. I never thought I'd ever SEE x-89, and we actually beat it!. Then everyone left the game. They tried to make a go of raiding, and after a few weeks of being shy 20 people, people left one by one.
 
I still wanted to raid. I'd helped a guy I met on the forums get SSM down (back then, no one ran SSM), and I started to play with some of his guildies to help them attune. I really wanted to get X-89 down again, so I formed a circle. My guild was dead, so I joined up with the guild of that guy I met. Except he left. So I ended up stuck with these TCO guys. :p  But, we stuck together and I've met some of my best in game friends in this guild.
 
Our circle took off: we had a handful of people, a few more from ADK, and some random others (and one or two from my old guild that dispersed among other guilds). We got X-89 down, and then, miraculously, Kuralak! I was so excited I even made a post about it. That's when I felt like a real raider. The raiding circle held together for four months, but after we godtdown Convergence, both ADK and TCO had too many people. We went on a heavy recruiting streak and split. From then on, TCO was TCO, no more circle. At that point, we just wanted to get Ohmna down.
 
And then there were whispers we might get System Daemons down. So we worked on it. And worked on it. And worked on it. And then it happened, and now we are on our way through DS.
 
I've met a lot of great people along the way, in game and on the forums. I've met leaders from other guilds and I've helped more than one as they've helped us. I've become a leader in some areas, which I never intended to do, and now through the forums and Kal's stream, I'm finding more and more people know who I am. Which can be unnerving at times!Through everything, I always remember that relationships and people are the best part of MMOs. And while many I've met along the way have now left, I'm not sorry for all the people I've met. It's been a wild ride and it ain't done yet!
			
				
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From the moment I received my shiny Beta key, I was hooked and been here ever since. While I'm not as vocal as some, whether to shower praise over the game or to express my frustration of things that aren't working well, I'm commited to seeing this adventure through to the end, wherever it may lead.
 
Though I don't regularly participate in this "regular" tradition of the coffee consumption, I do enjoy reading it and hope that it continues. :)
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			This looks so unhealthy.	
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Haha my Wildstar history is quite a funny one. It started with young me receiving a beta key right as the beta was about to end, I had to play but sadly my virus filled laptop could not handle it so Wildstar sat there on my screen a reminder of what I oh so wanted to play. Open beta flew by me and then the game came out, I was happy that I had a computer that could actually run it and I immediately bought the game only to be dissapointed by the fact that a subscription was required to play. Once again the game sat there, every place I looked wasn't hiring so I had no way of paying for a subscription. 
 
But wait what's that over the horizon that slightly younger me can see, a trailer for Wildstar? Are they releasing a new expansion? New zone? That's when the glorious words appeared in front of my eyes "Wildstar is going free to play." I had never been more excited in my life, and thus I waited. The game finally launched as free to play and I downloaded it as quick as possible, made my character and fought through the massive server queue's and lag from so many new players hopping on. My first character was a Chua named Tanonti Wonti thanks to this games amazing random name generator. My friend was interested in the game and he hopped on as well with a few of his friends and so we all made exile characters and we all had a fun time together and then real life hit all them with a sack of bricks and they left the game. With no one to play with I hopped on occasionally but then I stopped. Months later double exp weekend happened and my friend got a job so I looked around to see what I had to play. Played Wildstar and I remembered why I love this game so much. 	
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This looks so unhealthy.
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