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Ooooooooooooo! Scary eggs and spooky coffee!
 
Good morning, boys and ghouls. Welcome to the Fright Night Edition of Morning Coffee, where we will dive into all the things in WildStar that are meant to frighten or startle us.
 
My first "oooooh crap!" moment came in the form of Outpost M-13. This was before we had Fragment Zero, and prior to M-13, most of my questing had been in bright, rural Algoroc. The first part of the mission is just a warm up. Once you escape the ship and enter that first cave ... your puny little headlamp barely cutting through the gloom. The chest-bursting aliens, the near-silence of the mines and ever-growing notion that something is very *NOT RIGHT* here.
 
And then, this hookerface!
 
 
Eeeeeeek! WHAT HAVE I GOTTEN MYSELF INTO!!!!!
 
Overall and in retrospect, this little piece sets the tone for so many other dark, ominous moments in-game. Sure, there are scarier spots, more startling stories and such in the game, but back then, in my earliest days of WildStar, this is the one the has stuck with me. To this day I look forward to M-13 every time.
 
So, what about you, Nexus? What sets off your radar and makes your hair stand up? What's most disturbing, most frightening?
 
Screenshots! Stories! Let's see 'em!	
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Ah, you beat me to it by a bare couple of minutes, says the forum clock.  I'll share this coffee anyhow, and take the time to write a longer post:
 
 
 
Sharing the crafting of the archetypal Jump Story with my classes today, and explaining The Cat to the third grade students as well.  Most of the school will be in costume for the afternoon, and then racing off to the geekery convention immediately following the last bell, to give presentations on SF literature, enjoy some other programs, and sell some of those historical tea blends I've mentioned before.
 
We've a "literary" blend as a limited edition for the Con' that some here may find shiny: "Companion's SereniTea."  Lovely stuff.  Madness of readying means that I've not had chance to build any new costumes for this convention, so I'll be reprising a costume I used a couple of years ago - a steampunk Green Lantern.  Not particularly scary. 
 
Here's a seasonal story or two for you:
http://www.argentarchives.org/node/36537http://www.argentarchives.org/node/58176
Just to tide you over until the REAL scares arrive.
			
				
	Edited October 30, 2015 by Gnapoleon	
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They be slackin' locking up dem old coffee threads.
 
Did I do that right?	
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My little corner of horror at work (ignore the Conan cross stitch). 
 
This is my favorite time of the year.
 	
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Morning everyone!
 
Don't have a lot of time to post today, but I've been tinkering with Fraps again and thought I'd share this 'teaser' video I made:
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b30FDIyYEs&feature=youtu.be
 
The last time I tried to record one of my plots was about a year ago. It didn't go well, there was a lot of chop and screen tearing, so I'm not sure if somehow the format I've done since then helped, or if updates from Carbine have improvde the quality of recording. But overall I'm happy with how the video quality turned out... just need to get used to moving smoothly while 'holding the camera'. xD
 
Oh and I need to get the full software, since this Fraps download only lets me record chunks of 30s. :rolleyes:
 
Plot is at 1600 as of last night, I've put about 15 hours into detailing the temple library at the top of the Core. I'm anticipating 2-3 more sessions to finish the first draft, since out of the 900 remaining decor about 500 is going to build the walls of the highrises, so there isn't a lot of creative building left to do. Pretty much just the penthouse of Adabine tower, and the three junky apartments in Sercus.
 
Then the real polish phase begins...
 
Happy Halloween and have a blast this weekend, all!
 
 	
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I have my own little recipe for horror with Friday science lab for my 6th graders today. xD They'Lloyd be growing crystals, so hopefully there are no accidents with boiling water or accidentally-intentionally eating borax. Wee!
 
I'm right with you oneed M-13, Tex! Loved that shiphand from the moment I first stepped in it. Also, try jumping off the asteroid some time for a chuckle!
 
Aside from that, the squirg area in Farside is my favorite creepy part of WildStar. Basically any time Carbine plays with lighting, I love it! Never seen an mmo go pitch black like that before. *spooky sounds*	
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I refer to the end boss in M-13 as "Kim kardashian" :D
 
Happy halloween for this weekend everyone, have a great one!	
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Mornin',
 
Supremely tired today for some reason, but hi-ho, hi-ho, sitting at work I go.  
 
Enjoyable night on Nexus last night.  We plowed through System Daemons, Limbo, Winter Wonderland, and started making significant progress on Volatility Lattice.  No tanking gun dropped.  I've not had a tank gun upgrade since Phage Maw over six months ago.  The ONE TIME it dropped off of Ohmna, I was on vacation (and I don't take vacation very often).  I've been hoping for the tank gun off of Limbo Infomatrix, but no dice thus far.  
 
In the same time period, I've upgraded my DPS gun 3 times.  For my offspec.  Yay RNGesus.
 
Anyhow, still fun regardless.  We were sort of getting to where we'd just group pull all the stuff at the same time.  I rather like taking all six of the laser bots going into SD's room at the same time.  Makes my melee people pucker up :-).  (They also cackle with glee, mainly the stalkers for Neutralize AOE damage I believe, but I'm not usually running DPS meters when tanking.)
 
So, super tired as it goes.  Just need to get through another 7-8 hours and then I can go pass out at home.	
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Morning everyone!
 
Don't have a lot of time to post today, but I've been tinkering with Fraps again and thought I'd share this 'teaser' video I made:
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b30FDIyYEs&feature=youtu.be
 
The last time I tried to record one of my plots was about a year ago. It didn't go well, there was a lot of chop and screen tearing, so I'm not sure if somehow the format I've done since then helped, or if updates from Carbine have improvde the quality of recording. But overall I'm happy with how the video quality turned out... just need to get used to moving smoothly while 'holding the camera'. xD
 
Oh and I need to get the full software, since this Fraps download only lets me record chunks of 30s. :rolleyes:
 
Plot is at 1600 as of last night, I've put about 15 hours into detailing the temple library at the top of the Core. I'm anticipating 2-3 more sessions to finish the first draft, since out of the 900 remaining decor about 500 is going to build the walls of the highrises, so there isn't a lot of creative building left to do. Pretty much just the penthouse of Adabine tower, and the three junky apartments in Sercus.
 
Then the real polish phase begins...
 
Happy Halloween and have a blast this weekend, all!
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What happens if I stroll on in here with iced tea for a morning drink?
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What happens if I stroll on in here with iced tea for a morning drink?
 
I'm planning to get the last of the shade silver I want this weekend so I can purchase the front and rear mount accessories and then I'll have everything from the event that I wanted (all costume parts, and all mount and hoverboard accessories + hoverboard itself). Anybody else a little dissapointed at how plain the Shade's Eve hoverboard is on its own? Or is that a plus for you?
 
Beyond the event fun I'm having I have just reached Grimvault for the first time on any character, so exploring things I haven't seen before is pretty exciting. I've also been trying to get renown from my housing challenges whenever they refresh so I can buy the 35000 renown space sky. If there are any suggestions for other things I could be doing to get renown in addition to housing challenges I'd happily take them.
 
Speaking of housing @EsperXIV that's a pretty impressive housing plot setup you've got going on. What server are you on? 
			
				
	Edited October 30, 2015 by Beartornado	
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I am still stuck making these... what have you done!	
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			@ Wolf and Bear, the plot is public! It's Proxima Dust - Dominion - Entity :D	
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@ Wolf and Bear, the plot is public! It's Proxima Dust - Dominion - Entity :D
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Should've guessed from the decor your faction. Exiles can't violently liberate dominion housing plots visit dominion plots can they?
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Spooky friday to you spooky coffee people! =)
I just finished my lab, after a looong night, too few hours sleep and most of this day working hard, and being saved by some last minute help from teacher :P
Going out to buy us some pizza, take a nap and then it's the weekend, I will actually have time to play and relax :D Will you guys be playing too or will you be preparing for tomorrow's trick n treating?  :ph34r:	
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Good morning everyone!
 
My favorite spooky areas in Wildstar were the silo on farside and outpost M-13. However, I though carbine threw away a lot of scariness potential in the strain.
 
My favorite type of horror is lovecraftian. I love the slow, suspenseful build-up, the sense of smallness in the face of universal scale, all building up to the ultimate moment of horror where we flee for our lives. I got that feeling a couple times during the drusera instances, but once you get to see the strain in the open world, its just body horror galore. Its not scary, its barely even disturbing because you just desensitize to it so fast. I would have been happy to leave the strain to small instanced pockets of zones, where they are just starting to peek out of their hidden homes. Better build up and ultimately a scarier reveal. 
 
Then again, the secret world will always be for me the game that encaptured the lovecraftian sense better than any other. 
 
I would love to see Carbine try to make a casual raid instance that really captures a story of horror and discovery. More like a 15-25 person expedition, than an actual raid I suppose. 	
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Got some morning errands done and had a good breakfast....might try to do some shade event runs on the domion side....I kinda want the wings and I kinda don't.
 
Althought seeing and hearing the Mayor and Etty talk.....and trying to lure us in their web of sex games.......would make it worth it again....as for the weekend....just gonna buy some Ice cream on sale and have that to myself.
			
				
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What happens if I stroll on in here with iced tea for a morning drink?
 
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Hey ho folks!
 
Adrenaline makes me super jittery.  Consequently I'm not at all a fan of horror and it's why I tend to be somewhat ambivalent towards instanced PvP and think non-objective oriented Open World PvP is for the birds.  That said if there's a very strong sci-fi flavor to it I can be convinced to experience it.  Lifeforce, The Wraith, Aliens (but not Alien), and Dan Simmons' Hyperion Cantos were things I enjoyed.  Yes yes, some of that is B-grade (or worse) sci-fi but if it bothers to try to be plausible (unlike a certain MMO that insists on an alchemical basis :rolleyes:) I'm so there.
 
My view of Wildstar's horror elements is that it's trying to flow with the zombie apocalypse trend that was wildly popular 3-5 years ago but is slowly starting to fall out of fashion (thank $DEITY).
 
So.  Brianna, my medic, hit 50 last night.  Going to be interesting to get her geared up.  Tonight, back to Kitty where we go say mean things to Ohmna and maybe a few pulls on System Daemons.
			
				
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Happy Friday! Or, to our friends and gentlefriends in ANZ, Happy Saturday!
 
Despite the short week for me, I am glad it is over; I have Shade Silver to acquire!
 
As for scary stuff... I'm going to side with PlasmaJohn on this one; I get anxiety from crazy scary *cupcake* stuff... but not all the time? I think it's mostly Zombies- I have a Zombie phobia.
 
Watching 28 Weeks later in theatre, I had to get up and leave because I was blacking out. ADRENALINE SAYS YOU MUST FIGHT OR FLIGHT. But aside from a wildly overactive imagination, The Grudge didn't bother me at all.
 
I love a good horror book; Lovecraft, Poe, good western classics! I admit to playing The Secret World and being in love with the Mythos there; that game gave me some serious creep-tastic vibes. Wildstar, by contrast, has done some really great space horror. They've done a great job playing with lighting, and making things feel really creepy; M-13 was all claustrophobic space illness, and Farside was all eerie open ancient horror. My favourite, though, was actually the sewer/tunnel in the Osun area of Auroria; if it were a bit darker, it would be great Silent Hill replica.
 
Anyways, I hope you all have a good weekend- and if you're still gathering Shade's Eve stuff- may the RNGesus be ever in your favour! :)	
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			SOMETHINGS WRONG...I CAN FEEL IT...	
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SOMETHINGS WRONG...I CAN FEEL IT...
 
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Yeah, my little girl's wedding rehearsal is in an hour and a half and I am so sick to my stomach I want to drink a bottle of Pepto.  :wacko:
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SOMETHINGS WRONG...I CAN FEEL IT...
 
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Just relax, nice slow deep breaths and keep a hip flask in your back pocket. Everything will be fine  :wub:
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Hey all! I'm having my evening coffee with dinner at this point.
 
Honestly, I can't think of anything in WS that has really startled me. The Drusera quest where you 
go into the strain-infected cavern
 is kinda creepy, but meh. It just not hat kind of game for me.
 
I finally finished my nephew's rocketeer helmet and jetpack just under the wire and now I can relax a bit. Still have to edit and post the second video of me making the helmet, but the first is up, so half my work is done (Now if I could just find people interested in watching them :P ). Think I'll listen to some Halloween podcasts and do some editing. Then I can get back in to making the Spindrifter! Finally!
 
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A hip flask full of Pepto?
 
Why does that sound oddly satisfying?
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Hey all! another evening of bgs down with the guild and friends :)
 
Had a great time (booo nasty premades.... i hear you cry) but remember if you're dominion Luminai, just hit me up with a friend req and ask to join my pvp circle, I call for bgs there every day :)
 
But now I have a headache and I need to lie down and watch a film.
 
And tex, good luck! I'm sure it'll go all smooth! <3	
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