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  The Great Goon Giveaway Part Three You may have come to A Shutup Wesley Christmas and you may have even made it to The Great Goon Giveaway Part Deux, but chances are you haven't even heard of either of those events and have been toiling in space obscurity for the two years since our last bash. In any case, I'm pleased to invite you to our holiday party, conveniently scheduled after the new year, on Saturday, January 3rd at 3pm PST (23:00GMT). We're still not sure what day would be most convenient for people, so please speak up and let us know! For the uninitiated, a Shutup Wesley holiday party is a glorious time of brotherhood and revelry, where we come together in the holiday spirit to participate in contests for fabulous prizes! This year's prize pool is bigger than ever before, featuring: one of each lobi, lockbox, and promotional ship, 50 Fleet Ship Modules, 50 Starship Requisition Upgrades, and plenty of master keys, doff packs, bonus pools, and various loot to assuage even the greediest soul. For anyone who's been to one of our parties in the past, beware this year's event has a Shyamalan twist: pubbies will be invited as well. Party details are being released to goons first, so you should have an advantage and I hope the competition will bring out the best in you! The public invitation will be made in a few days, so try not to poo poo it up and lets get back some of that good we may have lost since we launched NoP Public Service. If nothing else, maybe we'll teach St Olivia what a real giveaway is supposed to look like. Everything pertaining to the event will happen in the "WesleyChristmas" channel. Its open now so join up if you'd like. Featured Events Include:
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Costume Contests Show us your mastery of the tailor. First place wins lockbox ship of your choice, runner-up receives a lobi ship of your choice.
Where's Wesley A series of Shutup Wesley characters will be hidden throughout the known galaxy. At the time of the event their names and locations will be revealed. Be the first one to find them and open (and keep open) a trade window with them to receive a fabulous prize pack, including:
Tactical Ski Racing If you were at our parties before you definitely remember this event, whether you loved or hated it. Slap on some Frosted Boots and line up for a race! Playing dirty is encouraged so bring your cover shields or any other obstacles you want to throw at your competitors. Winner will receive any remaining ship of their choice. Foundry Foundation - A Goon Exclusive!All good Dentists and followers of Dear Leader must be well versed in the history of our people. Create a foundry mission extolling excerpts from the Book of Butts. We've seen some real gold from goons in the past, so show us what you can do! The winner will receive a Jem'Hadar Ship Pack! So make sure you've got your costumes created in advance, pick up some Frosted Boots from Q's Winter Wonderland and get ready to have some fun! Hope to see you there, The Members of Shutup Wesley  Premium ships are limited in supply, choices will dwindle as the event goes on. Freighters will be considered lobi ships for prize purposes. The event will begin with Costume Contests and end with the Ski Racing, with trivia being asked in between events. Where's Wesley will run concurrently until each character is reached and the prize is claimed. I'm sure this event will draw some of our most strident opponents, but being a shitlord during the party will not be tolerated. We hope you won't engage them and maintain a truce until the party has ended. This stuff is a pain to coordinate already so don't make it harder on us. Mondian fucked around with this message at 13:02 on Dec 27, 2014 |
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Dec 23, 2014 12:04
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The game is doomed, we're all doomed, might as well watch it all burn. Edit: Christmas Giveaway! Yay! Technical Analysis fucked around with this message at 12:11 on Dec 23, 2014 |
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Dec 23, 2014 12:05
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I've been kinda expecting them to drop the grind and cost of a lot of the more outrageous DR stuff after a while; thinking they might have set it higher than it was eventually planned to be at release to milk the eager.
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Dec 23, 2014 12:05
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Am I allowed to play in the costume contest?
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Dec 23, 2014 13:02
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Why wouldn't you? You won the Nazi contest last time didn't you? e: Nevermind, that was @rhakathered. Better luck this time! Mondian fucked around with this message at 14:11 on Dec 23, 2014 |
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Dec 23, 2014 13:24
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I don't know why I bother making these, enjoy folks.
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Dec 23, 2014 13:31
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DataDyne posted:I don't know why I bother making these, enjoy folks. Because they're amazing every time you do.
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Dec 23, 2014 13:53
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that was pretty amazing. also i'm in it so that makes it even better. poor garret  also i want to talk to this "JOIN MY CHANNEL" fellow.
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Dec 23, 2014 14:11
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Ah, pubtastic Wesley Christmas! I'm going to be on questionable internet/laptop for the next week but I'll be back on my proper rig for this. I might not be a Wesley but let me know if Granny Torval can help out with anything.
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Dec 23, 2014 14:27
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DataDyne posted:I don't know why I bother making these, enjoy folks. Because you are a godly man. My recent post in xeans thread mentions "xean trek online" right in the first sentence.
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Dec 23, 2014 15:07
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I finally decided to post on the STO forums, my first post being a reply to your post Hakimashou, so I'm expecting to get banned, which for my first post would be quite a feat. Lets hope Xean likes the look of Xean Trek.
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Dec 23, 2014 15:16
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That Xean thread sure is something  I've never played any other MMO, are they all so full of incredibly broken people?
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Dec 23, 2014 16:32
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We Wish you a Wesley Christmas We Wish you a Wesley Christmas We Wish you a Wesley Christmas And a happy goon year
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Dec 23, 2014 17:10
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Soviet Commubot posted:That Xean thread sure is something Some are far worse.
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Dec 23, 2014 17:19
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MikeJF posted:I've been kinda expecting them to drop the grind and cost of a lot of the more outrageous DR stuff after a while; thinking they might have set it higher than it was eventually planned to be at release to milk the eager. They've kind of given with one hand and taken with the other so far, so it is hard to say. The queues themselves are nowhere near as unpuggable as they were at launch of DR, but space is still a crap shoot because many players are just really bad and the now mandatory optionals were a crap shoot back when they were truly optional and difficulty wasn't raised. This has made a situation where a semi-competent pug can complete most queues if you're lucky to get such a group, but players can no longer carry whole teams. Then exp, which is actually worse than at launch, because they "readjusted" exp values needed to level up without changing those values for exp from kills. I wouldn't be surprised if the exp changes are part if what's really killing the game, as most STO players don't put too much thought into gear let alone how to get the most out of it and costs, but leveling up is a very immediate hoodwink that every player faces. Most disheartening for me is I'm not really optimistic about any new future developments because it feels like everything announced is some hustle. Even the interesting new stuff from DR like Intel abilities are tied to dil costs and the spec grind.
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Dec 23, 2014 17:39
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I've maintained that Cryptic could fix 90% of the bad will and player population numbers by doing a few simple things.
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Dec 23, 2014 18:06
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az posted:playboy hired a nerd to watch some star treks Someone really hated the Dungeons and Dragons aliens.
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Dec 23, 2014 18:28
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Asimo posted:I've maintained that Cryptic could fix 90% of the bad will and player population numbers by doing a few simple things. Add 'add some ship for the peanut gallery at 50 or 60'. Stopping progression at 40, with everything else scaling up whilst your ship does not is a foul thing in and of itself. Though I imagine it will become a badge of honour soon if it isn't already; 'I did everything in the game with a level 40 ship. Without a carrier, either'.
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Dec 23, 2014 18:34
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Bloodly posted:Add 'add some ship for the peanut gallery at 50 or 60'. Stopping progression at 40, with everything else scaling up whilst your ship does not is a foul thing in and of itself. Though I imagine it will become a badge of honour soon if it isn't already; 'I did everything in the game with a level 40 ship. Without a carrier, either'. Or at least made free ships upgradeable too, to like T4U which could be roughly equivalent to T5 non-upgraded counterpart and awarding a free token at 50. Edit: ship prices are all real weird across the board. Like t1 ships costing like tens of thousands of dil and its like...why Berke Negri fucked around with this message at 18:52 on Dec 23, 2014 |
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Dec 23, 2014 18:49
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Don't think of Dil, think of the ZEN, AKA Real Cash. If it's a 'real' ship, the price goes up because people will really want to fly the 'real' ships NOW. It doesn't matter that they'll be in it for a short time, all things considered. There's also the fact that some prices ain't been changed for the times. 40 used to be the top level, as did Mark 10. Changing your top-level ship was, I believe, meant to be a big thing. Hence the 100,000 cost to buy a new one. Dil in itself was, if I recall what I've read correctly, added as a sop to the player base because apparently way back in the day there were a bunch of currencies and people complained. Then of course, more and more have shown up again, in the marks and Lobi and Fleet Credit, to say nothing of secondaries like Neural Processors. Though half of those are a carry-over from elder days when there were more. Remember the old way of dealing with Borg rep, with random drops required to get a hold of gear? And the Borg console was a story reward? Though I speak on things I don't have total perspective of.
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Dec 23, 2014 19:17
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Dinictus posted:Post it in that Design a DOFF thread already. I forgot to and now I have done so. http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?p=21410101&posted=1#post21410101
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Dec 23, 2014 20:36
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Bloodly posted:Add 'add some ship for the peanut gallery at 50 or 60'. Stopping progression at 40, with everything else scaling up whilst your ship does not is a foul thing in and of itself. Though I imagine it will become a badge of honour soon if it isn't already; 'I did everything in the game with a level 40 ship. Without a carrier, either'.
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Dec 23, 2014 23:53
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Dates, people. Tell us when to run it!Asimo posted:Oooh. The last one went really well, and it'll be fun to be on this side for a change. Still got the costume that won you the Medical Emergency event last time?
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Dec 24, 2014 00:09
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I wish my faceless toon was still around.
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Dec 24, 2014 00:11
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Mondian posted:Still got the costume that won you the Medical Emergency event last time? Somewhere. My saved costume list takes about five minutes to load.
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Dec 24, 2014 00:14
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Asimo posted:My saved costume list takes about five minutes to load. Look on the bright side, most of those are probably with the old costume format and are 'no longer valid'.
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Dec 24, 2014 00:24
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I really need to clean all that crap out, yes. But hey, found it! It's not really well known, but (intentionally or accidentally) a bunch of extra options appeared in the alien chargen at or shortly after Delta Rising launched. The Hierarchy head/face, Xindi hair, several other forehead/nose options though I forget which ones were there previously. I haven't seen them used much, but in this case they can make him even more 
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Dec 24, 2014 00:35
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Dec 24, 2014 04:30
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i don't think people actually hate the members of his terrible fleet, just him.
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Dec 24, 2014 04:33
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I'm sure all the innocent fleet members he's kicked for petty reasons don't make a distinction between him and his fleet.
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Dec 24, 2014 04:39
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Mondian posted:Dates, people. Tell us when to run it!
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Dec 24, 2014 05:50
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This is particularly funny considering he just ate a forums ban for that super-creepy "I'm the only adult in the room" thread.
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Dec 24, 2014 07:56
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Mondian posted:Dates, people. Tell us when to run it! Do it on the Saturday so the aussie's can't complain about it being Monday morning.
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Dec 24, 2014 11:34
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Aleth posted:Do it on the Saturday so the aussie's can't complain about it being Monday morning. ^ I might not make it on any day anyway, but I'll still share my outfits if I miss the contest.
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Dec 24, 2014 14:17
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Mondian posted:Dates, people. Tell us when to run it! Saturday works best, time to polish up my Hitler costume!
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Dec 24, 2014 23:47
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Dec 25, 2014 00:06
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Just checking in on this thread after my latest long hiatus and it's a depressing read lately.
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Dec 25, 2014 01:35
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That guy is a frequent user of NoPPS and apparently is in his fifties and retired. He is very well known for being nearly illiterate, but he sent me a bunch of expensive poo poo to sell on the exchange for putting up with him.
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DonDoodles posted:That guy is a frequent user of NoPPS and apparently is in his fifties and retired. He is very well known for being nearly illiterate, but he sent me a bunch of expensive poo poo to sell on the exchange for putting up with him. Tbh he seems like a nice guy.
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