134610-introduce-ourselves

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Hello, everyone!  I figure as along as the servers are having issues, we could take this time to get to know one another?  Maybe?
 
I'll start: My name is Kevin.  I live in sunny Florida.  I'm a software engineer at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.  I work in the SSPF (Space Station Processing Facility) which does work to support the International Space Station.  I love playing MMOs and when I'm not programming, you'll find me on various games like World of Warcraft, EVE, and Everquest 2.
 
I tried out Wildstar last year, but couldn't really get into it because I'm not a competitive player and PvP isn't really my preferred style of play.  I'm the type that likes to explore, enjoy the quests, earn achievements, craft, etc.  So, back then, Wildstar wasn't exactly my cup of tea, so to speak.
 
Fast forward to this week, and I've read a lot of good stuff about Wildstar and it's re-emergence as a F2P game.  I was pretty impressed with what I read, about the changes, so I went ahead and subscribed.  Heh, I haven't actually got to play, yet, because of Carbine's various re-launch issues, but I'm patient.  I'm sure they'll get it resolved by the weekend (I hope!).
 
Anyway, I just wanted to say hello and introduce myself!  I hope some of you will do likewise.  I like to get to know the people that I'll be seeing in-game.
			
				
	Edited October 1, 2015 by Indirion	
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Hi, Kevin. My name is Eric, but I've been "Tex" in every gaming community since City of Heroes. I am a professional marketing designer for a small studio in Houston, Texas that does work for retail clients all over America. I've been playing console games since Pong was new and MMOs as long as they've existed.
 
I was part of the original beta tests and have been with the community over two years. I fell in love with the art, the music, the humor and the community of WildStar a long time ago. At this point, I'd call myself a "Lifer" here.
 
I was not shocked at the F2P transition, and while still unconvinced that everything was done well, I understand where they're coming from, and would rather have a WildStar than not - so here we are.
 
You can find me most every weekday morning in the Coffee thread, hanging out, posting pictures and talking game-talk. Feel free to join us any time. 	
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Hello, my name is Paul and I want your job. Nothing personal, but give! XD I'd love to work for NASA and that was a goal of mine. However, my calling is to be a teacher, physics to be exact. I'd love to teach Astronomy but that seems to be a bit more specialized, as in, most schools don't even host such a course.
 
Been playing MMOs since hrm...I think Guild Wars got me genre, then Final Fantasy XI made me miss out on the entire PS2 generation of games. WoW almost cost me my now ex-wife...so yeah, MMOs are my go to genre for a good time. While I may play a ton and I'm actually pretty good at some of these, I'm by no means a hardcore player. I play for fun, not stress.
 
As for Wildstar, I think it was the theme that hooked me. Sci-fi action MMO? I'm all for that. The art style and music hooked me. I played for a few months but ended up getting back into Final Fantasy XIV, my current MMORPG. I played that almost exclusively for a year, then the guild broke up, then divorce happened....so, now I have a crap ton of free time on my hands.
 
I can't wait to get into this game again. I got FFXIV to entertain me while the server recovers from all this madness. What sever do you plan on playing on? I have two characters on the PvE server, but I'm going to roll a new character before rerolling the other two.	
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Here is the community board:
 
https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/forum/200-community/	
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Hello all, good idea for a thread man! My name is Shawn, i live in Washington (the Evergreen state) 27 years old and I work as a Wind Turbine Technician for an Energy Company climbing the big wind turbines (not Windmills lol).
Ive been playing video games my whole life, mmo's only for the last couple of years and im loving it, started with ESO and thats not doing so well so switched to Guild wars 2 and started this since it went F2P. I love the style and classes and the exploration aspect. The humor in this game is also awesome a big part of what hooked me, I look forward to getting to know a bunch of people in game :)	
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Hello, my name is Paul and I want your job. Nothing personal, but give! XD I'd love to work for NASA and that was a goal of mine. However, my calling is to be a teacher, physics to be exact. I'd love to teach Astronomy but that seems to be a bit more specialized, as in, most schools don't even host such a course.
 
Been playing MMOs since hrm...I think Guild Wars got me genre, then Final Fantasy XI made me miss out on the entire PS2 generation of games. WoW almost cost me my now ex-wife...so yeah, MMOs are my go to genre for a good time. While I may play a ton and I'm actually pretty good at some of these, I'm by no means a hardcore player. I play for fun, not stress.
 
As for Wildstar, I think it was the theme that hooked me. Sci-fi action MMO? I'm all for that. The art style and music hooked me. I played for a few months but ended up getting back into Final Fantasy XIV, my current MMORPG. I played that almost exclusively for a year, then the guild broke up, then divorce happened....so, now I have a crap ton of free time on my hands.
 
I can't wait to get into this game again. I got FFXIV to entertain me while the server recovers from all this madness. What sever do you plan on playing on? I have two characters on the PvE server, but I'm going to roll a new character before rerolling the other two.
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Hi, Kevin. My name is Eric, but I've been "Tex" in every gaming community since City of Heroes. I am a professional marketing designer for a small studio in Houston, Texas that does work for retail clients all over America. I've been playing console games since Pong was new and MMOs as long as they've existed.
 
I was part of the original beta tests and have been with the community over two years. I fell in love with the art, the music, the humor and the community of WildStar a long time ago. At this point, I'd call myself a "Lifer" here.
 
I was not shocked at the F2P transition, and while still unconvinced that everything was done well, I understand where they're coming from, and would rather have a WildStar than not - so here we are.
 
You can find me most every weekday morning in the Coffee thread, hanging out, posting pictures and talking game-talk. Feel free to join us any time. 
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Hi Kevin, I'm zombiechan, I'm a software engineer, but not at a cool place like NASA, just a lame place that manages vendors. I've been playing Wildstar since closed beta and never quit. Love this game, probably the only MMORPG that I invested a lot of time in.
 
I'm glad you decided to come back to Nexus to join in the fun. Hope to see you in the battleground/arenas when the server starts to behave itself.
			
				
	Edited October 1, 2015 by zombiechan	
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Hello! I am Mike. I am from Nebraska. Its in the USA, I get asked what country its in a lot :P Never met anyone else from Nebraska in MMOs before, and I been doing this since 1999.
 
In the real world, I am on disability. For reasons. So nothing special on that end!
 
In Wildstar, I been a member here since before the first launch last year. I think I signed up in Feb or so. Purchased Deluxe before release. Haven't played the game a whole lot though. Maybe 2 months paid for a sub since then. Max level I have had is somewhere below 20. Hoping to get above that now that its free!
 
My first MMO was EverQuest, played it for 5 years straight with very little breaks. Still watch it and log in every now and then. Have played nearly every MMO under the sun, current favorite is FFXIV. Hoping Wildstar will become a more regular game for me to log into every now and then. I don't have a set "I play this every day" type of game. I love variety (is why you might not see me in guilds, they kick me for inactivity all the time lol).
 
As for my name Shaggybodom. Not many do, but please don't mis-pronounce it :P Shaggy was my very first account name (part of it) when I started EQ. Bodom comes from the metal band Children of Bodom. I thought the 2 names fit well together.	
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Hello all, good idea for a thread man! My name is Shawn, i live in Washington (the Evergreen state) 27 years old and I work as a Wind Turbine Technician for an Energy Company climbing the big wind turbines (not Windmills lol).
Ive been playing video games my whole life, mmo's only for the last couple of years and im loving it, started with ESO and thats not doing so well so switched to Guild wars 2 and started this since it went F2P. I love the style and classes and the exploration aspect. The humor in this game is also awesome a big part of what hooked me, I look forward to getting to know a bunch of people in game :)
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Hello! I am Mike. I am from Nebraska. Its in the USA, I get asked what country its in a lot :P Never met anyone else from Nebraska in MMOs before, and I been doing this since 1999.
 
In the real world, I am on disability. For reasons. So nothing special on that end!
 
In Wildstar, I been a member here since before the first launch last year. I think I signed up in Feb or so. Purchased Deluxe before release. Haven't played the game a whole lot though. Maybe 2 months paid for a sub since then. Max level I have had is somewhere below 20. Hoping to get above that now that its free!
 
My first MMO was EverQuest, played it for 5 years straight with very little breaks. Still watch it and log in every now and then. Have played nearly every MMO under the sun, current favorite is FFXIV. Hoping Wildstar will become a more regular game for me to log into every now and then. I don't have a set "I play this every day" type of game. I love variety (is why you might not see me in guilds, they kick me for inactivity all the time lol).
 
As for my name Shaggybodom. Not many do, but please don't mis-pronounce it :P Shaggy was my very first account name (part of it) when I started EQ. Bodom comes from the metal band Children of Bodom. I thought the 2 names fit well together.
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Hi Kevin, I'm zombiechan, I'm a software engineer, but not at a cool place like NASA, just a lame place that manages vendors. I've been playing Wildstar since closed beta and never quit. Love this game, probably the only MMORPG that I invested a lot of time in.
 
I'm glad you decided to come back to Nexus to join in the fun. Hope to see you in the battleground/arenas when the server starts to behave itself.
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Nebraska!  Way too cold for me.  
 
I played EQ when it came out (Ultima Online, too) and loved it!  The only reason I stopped playing is because my real-world buddies wouldn't give it a chance.  They thought it was too hard and ended going to Asheron's Call.  I liked AC, but EQ always had a special place in my heart.
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Hello all! I'll break the ice for other female gamers out there. :P My name is Karin, though I much prefer being called Melinoe, the name I use in basically every game or platform (like Steam) I can. I don't live in Nebraska, but I do live in Iowa which is next door. :) Close enough, right? I work from home doing various things like test websites. Mostly because I get horrendous migraines so it's hard to have a "normal" job.
 
I've played a ton of MMOs. They are my favorite genre. The main games I played were WoW for years, LOTRO, Rift, and FFXIV.
 
I played a bit at the tail end of the beta, loved the game, but only played about a month or two at launch. I've always wanted to come back, but I felt like I was too far behind the player base. I even got my husband to come back and play too, so I'm really happy about that. We're playing Dominion on Entity if anyone wants to play together sometime. :) My character's name Melinoe Anatolia, feel free to add me! :D	
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I don't live in Nebraska, but I do live in Iowa which is next door.
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Hello all! I'll break the ice for other female gamers out there. :P My name is Karin, though I much prefer being called Melinoe, the name I use in basically every game or platform (like Steam) I can. I don't live in Nebraska, but I do live in Iowa which is next door. :) Close enough, right? I work from home doing various things like test websites. Mostly because I get horrendous migraines so it's hard to have a "normal" job.
 
I've played a ton of MMOs. They are my favorite genre. The main games I played were WoW for years, LOTRO, Rift, and FFXIV.
 
I played a bit at the tail end of the beta, loved the game, but only played about a month or two at launch. I've always wanted to come back, but I felt like I was too far behind the player base. I even got my husband to come back and play too, so I'm really happy about that. We're playing Dominion on Entity if anyone wants to play together sometime. :) My character's name Melinoe Anatolia, feel free to add me! :D
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Hi, Melinoe!  Thanks for joining the thread!  Iowa, huh?  I flew over that once :-)  Saw lots of cornfields.
 
Dominion, eh?  Aren't they the "bad" guys?  ;)
			
				
	Edited October 1, 2015 by Indirion	
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HEY NEIGHBOR! :P
 
I have spent to much time to count on LoTRO, love that game! :) It was a fav of mine for a long time, I don't get on it as much as I used to, which is sad.
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I'm a software engineer at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.  I work in the SSPF (Space Station Processing Facility) which does work to support the International Space Station.
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			I'm currently overnight in Savannah GA for business. What kind of business? My business  :P	
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			I'll jump in this. My name's Kurtis, I'm a composer (films & games), live in Austin, TX, and am a huge MMO fan. I too started with EQ (well, actually with text-based MUDs on AOL, and D&D table-top before that, lol). I remember my first day on EQ, I made a High Elf, and tried to walk out of the city into the front play area, and the tunnel had no lighting, and I had no personal light source, and I bumped around in the dark of that hallway for like an hour, lol. Fond memories. I'm not a PvP lover at all, but GW2's WvW system is really fun, as is the massive guild war system on ESO. Still, I'm a serious raid dog, and for a while there was a ranking raider in WoW/US. I really love the team feeling of a well coordinated raid. I consider it my version of the local softball league :P    I'm looking forward to raiding in WS. What I've seen on YouTube looks good. 	
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