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Where did the idea originate
everything from coming up with
the event concepts to making
from? Was it something you
sure that everything happened
did previous to Wildstar? Or
on the day of the event itself.
was it a sudden inspiration?
Chestnut: I’m going to leave
Chestnut headed up our team
of judges for the Lifestyles of
that one to Neph, because
Nexus competition, and put in
he’s the inspiration. ;P
a lot of work on the back end to
Nephele: It’s something I did
help me with social media for
ThaydFest overall as well.
before Wildstar - I ran a guild in
Vanguard for several years, and
Ellias: I definitely noticed her
flurry of activity on the twitters.
Nephele: She’s all over
we did similar community events
there. We started doing them in
Vanguard because of the ships that
twitter. Which is good,
took teams of crafters to build - we
because I’m a newb at it. :)
would build the ships, come up with
contests to give them away, and
Of course none of it would have
been successful without a lot of
and can become quite discouraging
then race them around the oceans
at times. What made you and your
and rivers to finish the event.
team decide that it was worth
When we decided we wanted
other people, both from the Daggers
the effort to make it happen?
and the rest of the community.
to do a server event to help build
Chestnut and I were just two
community here, the format
small parts in a really big event.
seemed like it would move over
going to say “Because Nephele
really well. Although sadly we
wouldn’t take no for an answer” ;)
Chestnut: Yeah, we can’t
Nephele: Chestnut’s probably
don’t have ships to race.
Chestnut: Bahaha, pretty much.
really take all the credit. So many
Chestnut: Yet!
other guilds, and individuals
But honestly, when Neph
assisted with prize support,
Ellias: (Space)ships!
running events, and more.
presented it to the guild, and a few
of our allies, everybody’s reaction
Nephele: Yeah! One day :)
Ellias: Yes, I noticed in the forum
was, “Hey! That sounds really neat!”
posts for the event that there were
Ellias: Organizing a large event
many people contributing, which
is a wonderful thing to see.
with many moving parts is not easy
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