There has been a considerable amount of media put out about TOR. Given its status in the gaming world thats expected. Out of all the short movies released I have felt this one entry does a great job on its own to build up the hype for TOR.
It blends music, graphics, and elements of a broad story between the Republic and the Sith into one very short movie. Personally I love it.
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Monday, July 18, 2011
Absolutely Not! No Way, No No No - OUT! Fishing that is . . .
The wordiest man on the forums from the BioWare staff is at it again. None other then Greg Zoller. We need a nickname for this man!
When the poll was presented in the official TOR forums "Should fishing be in The Old Republic?" It was Greg Zoller that stepped in for us and responded with his standard YELLOW wall of text.
Hmm, let's see:
Hutta - Poisonous swamp, all fish are horribly mutated creatures that would eat you on sight. Better not go fishing.
Ord Mantell - Wartorn world, full of Separatists and men of fortune. Overabundance of unexploded ordnance polluting landscape and the ocean. Better avoid fishing there.
Tython - Lush landscape, so peaceful, except for those Flesh Raider guys. Who look like Sharks (at least according to Tython chat on the test servers). Just think about it. Sharks that walk. Better don't think what's in that water. Avoid fishing!
Korriban - Barren desert world. Full of evil and Sith. Empty of water, though. The only fish died millions of years ago. Some say it's because the Sith are allergic to water (another reason they never learned to swim apparently).
Coruscant - Are you kidding? Remember the trash thing in the Death Star? Think about an entire planet dumping their garbage down the various drains. Better not fish there!
Dromund Kaas - Nice jungle world. Healthy climate. Well, except for lightning strikes. Some natural, some clearly overly angry Sith raging at the resident weather. Fishing during lightning storms? That's a no. Well, maybe if you're a Sith Sorcerer, but then again, you're probably allergic to water. Dromund Kaas is out.
Taris - Lush jungle world.... full OF A DESTROYED CIVILIZATION. What little water is there is infested by .. things. Probably fish ... with Rakghoul plague. Too dangerous to fish.
Balmorra - Hmm, perhaps. If it wasn't for those bug things. Nasty large bug things. With claws. Ah, and the fact that Empire and Republic are fighting. No relaxing fishing in a war zone. Better avoid that.
Nar Shaddaa - Ah yes, a techno moon. No water to fish there. If there was, it'd be full of drowned gambler corpses and hutts. Hutts don't like being fished. Out.
Tatooine - The Dune Sea. Great place to fish ... for most.. I hear you can fish for Sarlaccs there. But there are Jawas. With Rocket Launchers. Out.
...
As you can see, it's clearly not very viable to fish in this galaxy. Maybe if you'd fly over to that Calamari planet. But then again, as soon as you'd deploy your fishing gear, all the fish would just go 'It's a trap' and there is that.
Thus proving that not even Yoda on Dagobah spent his lonely hours fishing. This is just a sample listing of all the planets in the game. Maybe Greg's nick name should be the "Great Wall of Yellow"?
When the poll was presented in the official TOR forums "Should fishing be in The Old Republic?" It was Greg Zoller that stepped in for us and responded with his standard YELLOW wall of text.
Hmm, let's see:
Hutta - Poisonous swamp, all fish are horribly mutated creatures that would eat you on sight. Better not go fishing.
Ord Mantell - Wartorn world, full of Separatists and men of fortune. Overabundance of unexploded ordnance polluting landscape and the ocean. Better avoid fishing there.
Tython - Lush landscape, so peaceful, except for those Flesh Raider guys. Who look like Sharks (at least according to Tython chat on the test servers). Just think about it. Sharks that walk. Better don't think what's in that water. Avoid fishing!
Korriban - Barren desert world. Full of evil and Sith. Empty of water, though. The only fish died millions of years ago. Some say it's because the Sith are allergic to water (another reason they never learned to swim apparently).
Coruscant - Are you kidding? Remember the trash thing in the Death Star? Think about an entire planet dumping their garbage down the various drains. Better not fish there!
Dromund Kaas - Nice jungle world. Healthy climate. Well, except for lightning strikes. Some natural, some clearly overly angry Sith raging at the resident weather. Fishing during lightning storms? That's a no. Well, maybe if you're a Sith Sorcerer, but then again, you're probably allergic to water. Dromund Kaas is out.
Taris - Lush jungle world.... full OF A DESTROYED CIVILIZATION. What little water is there is infested by .. things. Probably fish ... with Rakghoul plague. Too dangerous to fish.
Balmorra - Hmm, perhaps. If it wasn't for those bug things. Nasty large bug things. With claws. Ah, and the fact that Empire and Republic are fighting. No relaxing fishing in a war zone. Better avoid that.
Nar Shaddaa - Ah yes, a techno moon. No water to fish there. If there was, it'd be full of drowned gambler corpses and hutts. Hutts don't like being fished. Out.
Tatooine - The Dune Sea. Great place to fish ... for most.. I hear you can fish for Sarlaccs there. But there are Jawas. With Rocket Launchers. Out.
...
As you can see, it's clearly not very viable to fish in this galaxy. Maybe if you'd fly over to that Calamari planet. But then again, as soon as you'd deploy your fishing gear, all the fish would just go 'It's a trap' and there is that.
Thus proving that not even Yoda on Dagobah spent his lonely hours fishing. This is just a sample listing of all the planets in the game. Maybe Greg's nick name should be the "Great Wall of Yellow"?
Friday, July 15, 2011
Player vs Player, Empire vs Republic, Jedi vs Sith, You vs Me
Allison Berryman, Senior Community Coordinator has posted the next month long topic for SWTOR fans.
Community Q&A: PvP
So basically this is your chance to dive into the many questions you have built up over the last few years about The Old Republic's PvP system. Please don't ask if you can gank someone on their own ship.
The Old Republic™ community has a lot of questions and we want to answer as many as we can. In fact, we’re starting this new discussion on our forums solely dedicated to finding out what you want to know. Each month we’ll create a new thread for you to ask questions in. We’ll be reading and reviewing all of your questions and featuring some of them to be answered in a future Community Q&A section of the Studio Insider!
This month, we want questions focused on PVP in The Old Republic. Please feel free to ask us anything you want to know about it!
So ask away. Get if off your chest. Can a Sith Pure Blood take on three republic Jedi? We all know Jedi are less powerful! Can a Trooper shoot down the Bounty Hunter with a rocket launcher? Does the trooper even get a rocket launcher? When a Smuggler goes into stealth mode can he use daggers like a rogue? Are only blue-skinned Imperial Agents good at PvP?
Just get those questions out there....
Keep in mind that there are some questions we’re not able to answer right now, so please don't feel upset if we do not select your question, and please do feel free to ask it again in the future!
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
SegWays out. Speeder Bikes In?
STAR WARS: The Old Republic - Sorry... I dont want Segway for a speederbike.
In yet another bizarre community response. BioWare listens to the masses??? While I am not a huge fan of bully tactics and the constant parade of complaining you might see from the game community it has all paid off in this case.
Stephen Reid posted the following yellow nugget today:
Hey all. Apologies for being a bit late to the party on this.
Here's the good news: the development team has been paying close attention to your feedback on vehicles. So thank you for those who said things that didn't involve rude words.
Here's the better news: we have more things to say about vehicles. Can't elaborate yet, but there's more to come.
Here's the best news: we'll start saying more about vehicles before too long. (No, not "This Friday" which seems to be the usual expectation.)
Stay tuned.
Clearly BioWare loves its community and proves once again that they do read the forum posts.
Ctrl+Alt+Del - Joy - Beta Comedy
Ctrl+Alt+Del - Joy (2011-07-06)
The boys had CAD have done something great today. They made 50% of the Star Wars community laugh uncontrollably for 5 minutes or more. Truly a noble feat in the gaming world as we know it.
This piece of art-work could not have come at a better time. David Bass from BioWare was having to squash a silly rumor about 'Fan Sites' in regards to the beta:
I keep seeing this rumor pop up in various forms and I'm still not sure where it's coming from. To clarify:
There is no such "blacklist" for fan sites. Working for a fan site does not mean you are excluded from our testing program. You have just as much of a chance as anyone else who has signed up for Game Testing.
Which of course is hot off the press from the recent Stephen Reid post squashing the TOP guild and the beta.
Not true.
As we select Game Testers randomly from a large pool of potential testers, yes, it's likely that some people from 'top' guilds are going to be selected. I think it's fair to say we have Game Testers from well-known guilds.
However, we're not issuing invites to entire guilds. That may be something we do in the future, but it's not guaranteed, and there's no timeline for when that might happen.
We also do not make development decisions entirely based on any one person or group's opinion; it's always a mix of a variety of different factors.
It seems like parts of the TOR community have a hard grasping the simple concept of 'random selection'. Once can only hope that natural selection will come into play at some point with these people.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Dev Tracker - Quote of the Day
STAR WARS: The Old Republic - Better communication to the Community - George Zoeller
Have you had enough talk about the release date? Have you finally reached the point where you just hate to read those QQ posts about "Give us the release date!"? Are you sick and tired of loading up the forums and reading the BioWare bashing over the release date?
Well Georg Z has stepped up to the plate like so many BioWare champs before him and laid it out in clear perfect english.
George Zoeller you're my hero this week! Thank you. I am thinking about adding this to my signature.
Have you had enough talk about the release date? Have you finally reached the point where you just hate to read those QQ posts about "Give us the release date!"? Are you sick and tired of loading up the forums and reading the BioWare bashing over the release date?
Well Georg Z has stepped up to the plate like so many BioWare champs before him and laid it out in clear perfect english.
Q: When do you release
A: We plan to release in 2011
Q: When do you release exactly?
A: We plan to release in 2011
Q: Surely you must have more precise plans?
A: We plan on 2011. We're not precise for [number of reasons]
Q: I think those reasons are not valid. When do you release?
A: We plan to release in 2011
George Zoeller you're my hero this week! Thank you. I am thinking about adding this to my signature.
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