53876-wildstar-countdown-to-launch

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All right WildStar fans! Head Start is this Saturday, May 31, and we’re getting things going with an epic WildStar: Countdown to Launch livestream! Each day we will be joined by some familiar Twitch faces to explore WildStar and all Nexus has to offer! We’ll be doing arenas, dungeons, open world questing, and more.
 
We’ll have prizes from Logitech and Nvidia, as well as WildStar swag! Who knows, we may even be giving away copies of the game!
 
 
 
Check out the Full Schedule:
 
Saturday - 5/31 
10am – 1pm PDT Hot Pepper Gaming
2pm – 5pm PDT Monika Lee
 
 
Sunday - 6/1
10am - 1pm PDT Lewis & Sjin from Yogscast
2pm – 5pm PDT Bajheera
 
 
Monday - 6/2
10am – 1pm PDT MindCrack with PauseUnpause
2pm – 5pm PDT Sevadus
 
*All times and schedules are subject to change	
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			It's the final countdownnnnnnn. *music*	
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			Nice guys :)	
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			Wooo	
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			omg omg omg omg 	
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			I will also be streaming Wild Star all weekend! Feel free to come watch: http://www.twitch.tv/drunkenuff	
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			Baj is a beast !! 	
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			Where was DnT's invite :(	
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Sweet I will also be streaming and doing my YouTube Series!
 
www.twitch.tv/stonelegion
 
www.youtube.com/StoneLegionVideos	
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			You should add a link to the stream, Tony.	
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			Awesome, i'll root for you guys from the hospital bed :(	
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			ill cheer for everyone from my job;D	
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			Why are you guys doing it during headstart? :(, I'll be too busy playing to watch the stream and get the cool prizes.	
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			Do we get 30days free with the purchase of the game? Or do we have to pay a subscription fee right out the gate?	
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Do we get 30days free with the purchase of the game? Or do we have to pay a subscription fee right out the gate?
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Do we get 30days free with the purchase of the game? Or do we have to pay a subscription fee right out the gate?
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			What server will the devs be playing on?  It would be nice to join up with Frost's Rough Riders :D	
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			You been running a countdown clock on your forums for well over 2 weeks and the day before launch you change things up and set a new release time  WTF some of use took off work Friday night to make sure we didn't miss it and now it not till Mid-day Sat ? Not cool at all .   Head start begins on May 31st at 12:01am PDT.      http://wildstar-online.com/en/preorder/ the info came from here , You cost me a vacation day and missed wages . Again not cool 	
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You been running a countdown clock on your forums for well over 2 weeks and the day before launch you change things up and set a new release time  WTF some of use took off work Friday night to make sure we didn't miss it and now it not till Mid-day Sat ? Not cool at all .
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You been running a countdown clock on your forums for well over 2 weeks and the day before launch you change things up and set a new release time  WTF some of use took off work Friday night to make sure we didn't miss it and now it not till Mid-day Sat ? Not cool at all .
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			I still don't get it when the headstart starts... 31st 00:01 GMT? no?	
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			I will also be streaming from 8am UK time Hazak server with my guildies (yet we have no name as ours was taken on name res :( ! ) http://www.twitch.tv/jaymartiWill be a all day drinking beer n enjying this sweet game feel free to hop along :)	
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			Buuuutttt   what if we're busy playing the game....?   :(	
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I still don't get it when the headstart starts... 31st 00:01 GMT? no?
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			Looks like I'll be dusting off my Twitch account to participate in the chat.	
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Time zones are not rocket science.
 
Here is a countdown for the challenged - http://www.arewethere.yt/Wildstar-Head-Start-/7943.htm#.U4eip_ldU40	
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I still don't get it when the headstart starts... 31st 00:01 GMT? no?
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It's the final countdownnnnnnn. *music*
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			Really wish ya could have got Totalbiscuit for this. My favorite game caster. =)	
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Why wouldn't you do this 3 days ahead of Head Start?
 
I mean.... I will be WAY too busy playing the game to watch a livestream of a game I could be playing.	
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Really wish ya could have got Totalbiscuit for this. My favorite game caster. =)
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			I work from 11pm Fri night till 7am Sat morn	
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12:01AM PDT on the 31st 
= 3:00AM EST June 31st
= 8:00AM GMT June 31st
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I work from 11pm Fri night till 7am Sat morn
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			nm. 	
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Buuuutttt   what if we're busy playing the game....?   :(
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No
 
https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/topic/52613-head-start-launch-time/
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			Live streaming early access/launch is pretty brave, hopefully it shows that Carbine has alot of faith in it's ability to handle everyone trying to access the servers, and maybe for once we won't see an MMO launch where the servers are crushed and brought to their knees for a few days. 	
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I know there are a couple of these already floating around but I can't remember where I found them, so I can't link to it.
 
Simple timer for those that are still unsure: Countdown	
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12:01AM PDT on the 31st 
= 3:00AM EST June 31st
= 8:00AM GMT June 31st
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For me it will start Friday night, so yeah I'm not going to college this day. It will begin 21:01 Friday to me.
 
And for those bitching about the livestream time, you don't need to go if you don't want to, it's more chances to win the prizes for us. Also, you don't need to eat the game, it will be there for a loooong time and I'm planning to take every fun I can get out of it, and not just grind all the way to level 50 and farm like crazy like some ppl will do. Let's enjoy it people, and you know that the livestreams by Carbine are always good.	
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			Just curious, will there maybe be any sort of events for people... already playing the game? I'd *LOVE* to score some WildStar swag, but honestly, I'll probably be too busy playing to game to be super involved with the stream :(	
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It's the final countdownnnnnnn. *music*
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			Yay Baj!!	
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			I need it now, pelase please pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 	
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			I will also be streaming http://www.twitch.tv/xombie21 and so will Watch Wildstar http://www.twitch.tv/watchwildstar/ come drop in and say hi.	
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			Cool, I'll keep the stream running on my laptop while playing on my pc :D	
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So 2am cst is when the game goes live.  That means I can still hit the bars.
 
Sweet	
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Time zones are not rocket science.
 
Here is a countdown for the challenged - http://www.arewethere.yt/Wildstar-Head-Start-/7943.htm#.U4eip_ldU40
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You get 30 days free with that purchase and that starts when the game is officially launched. 
 
And that's cool about the stream.
 
I will be streaming as well, my info is in my signature. Hook me up with some Follows :)
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Who knows, we may even be giving away copies of the game!
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I'm not sure anyone asked him, it seems off his radar kinda? Granted he's also probably a tad preoccupied with RL issues too, but I feel he'd really enjoy the game.
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That is incorrect, the free game time starts 5/31, this has been verified under billing & subscriptions as the next billing cycle charge is done 6/30, so the head-start is actually the start of the billing cycle. So if you pre-ordered, keep in mind your billing cycle starts day one of the head-start, not the official 6/3 launch date.
 
from Wildstar billing -----"Your next payment date is scheduled for: Jun 30, 2014"
 
if official launch is 6/3, basic math will clarify that its not a full 30 days before June 30. Does this mean your official launch date varies, depending on purchase type? If so, just keep in mind if you pre-ordered w/ the promise of early start, your 3-day early head-start is your official launch date and therefore the start of your billing cycle. Unless this a major #&$^ up.  Please clarify this Carbine.
 
 
this is a false FAQ from the support billing site as i am being billed differently
 
"I bought a 3 month subscription. Why is it telling me I'm going to be billed in July?There are two pieces of information at work here: First, you get 30 days of free game time by buying the game. That activates on Launch Day, June 3rd. Second, you will not be charged anything until the start of the next billing cycle, so no matter what subscription type you pick, if you're pre-ordering, the first bill won't appear until 30 days later (early July)."
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Just looking at my account, and it says "Playable Until Jul 3, 2014"
So would that not mean it starts on official release? o.o
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That is slightly wrong.
 
Head Start is as follows on the 31st of May.
 
12.01AM PDT
03.00AM EDT
07.00AM UTC
08.00AM BST
09.00AM CEST
 
World Time Buddy
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Ill just cancel my subscription and re-sub once the promised free time has actually run out on the 3rd of july, 
 
kinda shady practice to bill someone before the alleged free game time expires. cant say if this is carbine or NCsoft, but i've just lot a lot of trust because of this billing issue	
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so now im worried, why am i being billed ahead of free 30 days? is it because i signed for 6 months up front instead of 1 month?
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Your billing date will not start until your 30 days are finished.
I contacted support a while back asking about this.
Look on your account, it will say when your first actual payment will happen.
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Just got my info from my page, stating it was July 3rd.
If your having a billing issue, then I would recommend just contacting someone from: https://support.wildstar-online.com/home
I am sure they would be more than happy to help you get through your issue.
They helped me very quickly from my point of view.
Well, way faster than WoW ever did for me. lol	
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			Rather than wait, i fixed it myself by cancelling the subscription. This way i can still play as promised, without worrying about being billed earlier. 	
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			I agree.	
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			I'm glad I put in for a week of paid time off. Headstart on my monitor, twitch stream on my TV. Can't wait to jump in to Nexus.	
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcJ-wNmazHQ
 
 
Guys, it's REALLY happening.
 
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!!!	
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2pm – 5pm PDT Monika Lee
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			Hodor!	
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 :mellow:
 
*sigh*
 
I'd really hoped you using her for your booth was a one-time error in judgement. At least she is not the "other" one.
 
I have so much respect for you as developers, Carbine. Your marketing department is another matter.
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			Please tell me Canadians are eligible for the prizes too! I want some WildStar swag!	
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Halfway down the EULA i spotted this:
 
"Canadian owned characters MUST run around without any armour on for the first 14 days"
 
 
You didn't read it did you?	
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			I apologize for asking this, Im new to forums and only able to browse on my phone right now, At what time exactly to the servers go live for head start ?	
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			EEEEeeeEEEEeeeeeEEEEeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  \o/ \\o o// \o/	
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			Will we need to uninstall the beta client before early access launch?  	
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			Well guess I'll be cheating on my own feed during those times ;) If Im a bit quiet sorry kids! hahaha!	
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			me and my friend are both going live at 10 prior to early access tonight. we both intend to stream and were both going to be leveling as fast as possible. dominion side. come join myself nightfiree  (IM LIVE NOW IF YOU WANA KILL TIME) and derrydino if your feeling lonley leveling by yourself join us for some fun banter and maybe learn a thing or two while u level. 	
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Do we get 30days free with the purchase of the game? Or do we have to pay a subscription fee right out the gate?
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			Got all my snacks, case of beer.. Time to go to sleep so I can wake up at 1am and play. Even upgraded my rig to the max - Its going to be an EPIC morning!	
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When all else fails, *cupcake*, *cupcake* and *cupcake* again till someone calls you an idiot, than call foul.
 
I am sure Iainb is correct.  This forum said nothing about the Launch Time, just the live-streaming times.
 
I will be better able to answer the question at 12:01am, when I try to log on.
 
I just hope they fix that third-party bug where the game's pre-order quit showing up in the NCSoft Account Info.
 
Good luck to all that are ready and waiting, just stay away from my ORE.....   Muahhhh.	
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			DvoidOfBrains;  I have not uninstalled but I HAVE brought the game up so that it could dload all the latest.	
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			Digitox;  Speculation is going with 12:01am, PST (which is California time.  And Arizona since we don't change for DST).	
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			To the community manager... Thanks for the schedule and picture... but you might want to include the locations as a link below!	
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Toxical Wrote: 
[Halfway down the EULA I spotted this:
 
"Canadian owned characters MUST run around without any armour on for the first 14 days"
 
You didn't read it did you?]
 
Oh yes, Toxical, canadians MUST be naked for two weeks so that others can get honorable (or dishonorable?) kills...	
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			I'll also be streaming! Dubstep, oldies, rap and PvP :) www.twitch.tv/chiefofgreen	
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So, go my prestart all set up.
Well, got drunk for a few days, and got all the urge to drink sated, and out of the way.
Now I'll be able to play without distractions!
Well, unless that urge to eat gets in the way. o.o	
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			So when exactly is the early thingy start for Europe?	
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http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20140531T0001&p0=137
 
I have seen countdown timers (including in this thread) with 1 h early and 2h early (on google).
 
That link is countdown to 00:01 AM San Francisco (same as L.A.) time (which is PDT). I don't know where other ppl got the -1h countdowns from. (Probably gonna be up 1.5 h before the start anyway and checking once in a while, ESO started 1 h early becase...morons...and ppl lost names and stuff).	
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			SQUEEEEEEEE!!!! :lol:  I have been waiting for this game since PAX 2011 when they launched their preview video!!! I don't know how much more I can take!!!! JUST A FEW HOURS AWAY FROM PLAYING!!!! :wub:	
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			12 am sat IS Friday Night. I only look at it like that because I used to work 3rd shift and I would have to ask off for Fri night in order to play at midnight.	
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			12 am sat IS Friday Night. I only look at it like that because I used to work 3rd shift and I would have to ask off for Fri night in order to play at midnight.	
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			I WANT TO PLAY RIGHT NOW BI*** MOT***F***** WH*** AAAAHHH!!!	
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So, go my prestart all set up.
Well, got drunk for a few days, and got all the urge to drink sated, and out of the way.
Now I'll be able to play without distractions!
Well, unless that urge to eat gets in the way. o.o
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Must admit, getting quite eager.
 
Unsure what timers to follow now, there is so many random ones. Is the headstart for Europe timed from the US?
 
If so, is this the accurate one? http://watchwildstar.com/countdowns	
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			Excellent.	
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Aha, found the answer..
 
31st May . 7 AM GMT
 
So, http://watchwildstar.com/countdowns is more or less okay, a little before.	
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			That I have to work saturday makes me a sad, sad, sad person. 	
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Why are you guys doing it during headstart? :(, I'll be too busy playing to watch the stream and get the cool prizes.
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The link wasn't provided but I'm assuming they will be streaming here:
 
http://www.twitch.tv/wildstar	
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			I've got Twitch open just to watch the countdown ***6 and 1/2 hours to go!!!!***	
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Too bad there might be cool Wildstar swag at those events.
 
I'll be too busy PLAYING the game to have a chance at getting them. You know ... like a real fan.	
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I hope this game works out for players and developers alike.
I am really looking forward to this game.	
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One question... The preorder says you get 3, 7 day passes. Are we getting them when the game starts its head start or when it goes live on June 3rd? Where will we get the passes, in our e-mails? Game? or account? 
 
Thanks	
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One question... The preorder says you get 3, 7 day passes. Are we getting them when the game starts its head start or when it goes live on June 3rd? Where will we get the passes, in our e-mails? Game? or account? 
 
Thanks
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			I hope everyone has their energy drinks and snacks ready ...   INB4SERVERMELTDOWN	
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Too bad there might be cool Wildstar swag at those events.
 
I'll be too busy PLAYING the game to have a chance at getting them. You know ... like a real fan.
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Can't sleep while waiting for headstart, so.... mixed this up while waiting!  
 
https://soundcloud.com/rhakka/pre-launch-trap
 
If you're into trap or dubstep, you deserve a listen.  :)
 
Now... what to do with the rest of the time until realms are up...	
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Can't sleep while waiting for headstart, so.... mixed this up while waiting!  
 
https://soundcloud.com/rhakka/pre-launch-trap
 
If you're into trap or dubstep, you deserve a listen.   :)
 
Now... what to do with the rest of the time until realms are up...
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Aw! I want to win WildStar swag, but I'll be too busy playing the game to watch the livestream.
 
#firstworldproblems	
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			Its a nice idea, but I'll be too busy playing during headstart to watch...	
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http://watchwildstar.com/countdowns
 
and another countdown timer	
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Can't sleep while waiting for headstart, so.... mixed this up while waiting!  
 
https://soundcloud.com/rhakka/pre-launch-trap
 
If you're into trap or dubstep, you deserve a listen.   :)
 
Now... what to do with the rest of the time until realms are up...
 
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			It is 12 AM EST right? Please say yes :)	
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It is 12 AM EST right? Please say yes :)
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Ok, game goes live 12:01am Pacific Time.  Hundreds of peeps all try to log on at the exact same time.  I can't get on.  I try again.  Still too many to get on.  I try yet again.  And I will keep trying till I actually do get on.  Why?  Because I am a glutten for punishment.  Especially by my own computer and a game that I paid for in advance.
 
This is just the scenario that I expect to happen in just over 3 hours, 25 mins from now.	
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			Holy Frak 3 am just cant come any sooner..	
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			Anxious as a mofo.	
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Can't sleep while waiting for headstart, so.... mixed this up while waiting!  
 
https://soundcloud.com/rhakka/pre-launch-trap
 
If you're into trap or dubstep, you deserve a listen.   :)
 
Now... what to do with the rest of the time until realms are up...
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			Do we use the same client from Open Beta?  I didn't get a d/l link or anything, just updated beta launcher.	
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			I just let the game update the client from beta.  It would have complained if that was not suitable.	
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			Good night everyone see you well rested tomorrow.	
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			can anyone confirm that the patch server is currently down?	
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			can anyone confirm that the patch server is currently down?	
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			can anyone confirm that the patch server is currently down?	
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			It's a pity that we in EU have to that much longer, as you won't open the serves before 12:00am PDT, that's around 21:00pm here in EU.	
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			Did the Ncsoft servs crash? Cuz it shows down for me and even durin the night it was showin down even if it said 09:00AM CEST.	
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