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<i><span style="color: #274e13;">By: Martin Coronell-Rodriguez/<a href="http://beta.starwarsunderworld.com/">The Star Wars Underworld</a></span></i>
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<span style="color: #274e13;">These past few weeks have been pretty rough for BioWare Austin, the developer company for <i>Star Wars: The Old Republic</i>, and the publishing company Electronic Arts. From the rumored layoffs of 500–1,000 employees EA was going to do to the subscriptions of SWTOR going down nearly 25%, there hasn't been much of a positive outlook for the game nor for EA or BioWare.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Approximately four weeks ago, a <a href="http://startupgrind.com/2012/04/exclusive-electronic-arts-set-to-lay-off-500-employees/">Startup Grind</a> report claimed EA was going to layoff 5–11 percent of its workforce, which would equal about 500–1,000 employees. Layoffs would begin as soon as the end of the week of April 8th.</span><br />
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The story is written by former EA employee and <i>Burnout</i> franchise Product Manager Derek Andersen, and cites multiple sources within the company
for the news. Andersen pointed out what have contributed to the layoffs, noting that the MMORPG
<i> Star Wars: The Old Republic</i> did not meet internal sales estimates and
is facing declining subscription numbers. Additionally, he pointed to
<i>Battlefield 3</i>'s post-launch marketing campaign, which he reported at an
estimated $30 million.</div>
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However, EA responded and denied the unconfirmed reports claiming it would lay off 500–1,000 of its employees. </div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Despite the article explaining the negative contributions of SWTOR and <i>Battlefield 3</i> and the ongoing internal pressure CEO John Riccitiello is going through, the publisher offered the following statement to <a href="http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/rumour-ea-preparing-for-500-1-000-layoffs/094475">MCV</a> after denying the news:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">"There are no layoffs as such, we always have projects growing and morphing. At any given time there are new people coming in and others leaving. EA is growing and hiring and building teams to support the growing demand for digital games and services."</span></blockquote>
<span style="color: #274e13;">And although "<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/10/27/seasonal-roll-offs-hit-ea-for-third-year-in-a-row/">seasonal roll-offs</a>" are nothing new for the publisher, it's <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/10/riccitiello-addresses-ea-morale-effects-of-negative-press/">been a while since mass layoffs hit the company</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Here is also an update that was sent to <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/16/ea-denies-report-of-incoming-mass-layoffs/">Joystiq</a> by EA Corporate Communications:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">EA is growing and looking to hire hundreds of people for our digital,
console, mobile and social games. Like all game companies, we make
occasional adjustments to resize teams as projects are completed and new
priorities are established. Overall, we expect that headcount will be
up at the end of this year<span style="color: #274e13;">.</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="color: #274e13;">A while after EA denied the report of its mass layoffs for the company, a confirmation from the publisher indicated that a "small" number of layoffs had been put into effect for the Montréal branch of EA—the branch with the same minds behind <i>Army of Two</i>, <i>SSX</i> and <i>Need for Speed</i>. However, EA noted that the number wouldn't be as expansive as the original numbers that were originally rumored.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">According to <a href="http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-04-25-ea-montreal-sees-small-number-of-layoffs-in-reorganization">GamesIndustry.biz International</a>, they received word from EA Corporate Communications that...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">"EA Montreal is reorganizing some teams to focus on digital initiatives,
including new mobile and social projects," ... "These are routine
changes which address the cyclical nature of the game industry. A very
small number of employees will be impacted - many will be assigned to
new projects at EA, others will leave the company."
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"Overall, we expect that EA's headcount will be up at the end of this year.<span style="color: #274e13;">"</span></span></blockquote>
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bF86UAxvBXc/T68vOJMya9I/AAAAAAAAACc/G65gvWdIkdk/s1600/EA+Conference+Pic.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="125" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bF86UAxvBXc/T68vOJMya9I/AAAAAAAAACc/G65gvWdIkdk/s320/EA+Conference+Pic.png" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #274e13;">This basically reinforces what EA stated before, that they would be <a href="http://www.cinemablend.com/games/EA-Do-More-Hiring-Than-Firing-By-End-Year-41505.html">hiring more than firing by the end of the year</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">No official number on the "small" number of layoffs, so there's no way to verify just how many employees have been fired. However, this does contradict what EA had reported denying the rumors saying that "</span><span style="color: #274e13;">There are no layoffs as such, we always have projects growing and morphing...", which they released to <a href="http://www.cinemablend.com/games/EA-Kinda-Denies-Lay-Off-Rumors-41460.html">a number of sources</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Regardless, EA had no choice but to deny the layoff reports for the sake of protecting resources, and ensuring that public perception of the publishing company wouldn't be tarnished any further than it already is, which in turn could affect the company's already-low stock price, which has steadily <a href="http://www.google.com/finance?client=ob&q=NASDAQ:EA#">declined by a few points</a> since the <a href="http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Mass-Effect-3-Extended-Cut-More-Than-Just-Cutscenes-41325.html"><i>Mass Effect 3 </i>fiasco</a> that began in early March.</span><br />
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<tr style="color: #274e13;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What the future population of SWTOR might look like.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #274e13;">And if all of that isn't bad news enough from EA, but <i>Star Wars: The Old Republic</i> has <a href="http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/05/ea-the-old-republic-has-lost-nearly-one-quarter-of-its-subscribers-since-march/">lost 400,000 subscribers</a> (<a href="http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/05/ea-the-old-republic-has-lost-nearly-one-quarter-of-its-subscribers-since-march/">a 24% drop of subs</a>), which leaves subs totaling at around 1.3 million active subscribers. That is quite the drop from the <a href="http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-02-01-ea-claims-1-7m-active-star-wars-the-old-republic-subscribers">1.7 million</a> reported in February.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">EA also <a href="http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-05-08-ea-blames-star-wars-the-old-republic-subscribers-fall-on-casuals-leaving-game">blames these drops in subscribers on the casual gamers</a> leaving the sci-fi MMO, and the Eurogamer article highlighted some quotes from an investor call. EA Games Label President </span><span style="color: #274e13;">Frank Gibeau said this about the significant loss of subs:</span><br />
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"When we launched the product back in December, it was an event launch. We brought in a lot of users, and with a brand like Star
Wars, it reaches out much past the hardcore MMO fan base into the
broader market."</blockquote>
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"And as the service evolves from here, what we're seeing is that some of
the initial casual customers have gone through a billing cycle and
decided not to subscribe to the game."</span></blockquote>
<span style="color: #274e13;">I find this quote to be quite interesting, due to the fact that it would traditionally be the hardcore players that would be harder to retain, as opposed to the casual crowd. They grind through the content at a faster pace, and are generally more critical of changes inside a game.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Additionally, EA CEO John Riccitiello made a few statements towards the amount of attention SWTOR is receiving:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">The Old Republic is in EA's top 10 franchises in terms of profitability,
"but it's not in our top five". "So it's a business contributor, while
important, is not as important as Medal of Honor or Battlefield or FIFA
or Madden or The Sims or SimCity, but it's more important than Tiger
Woods PGA Golf." </span></blockquote>
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"So while I understand there's an enormous amount of interest, I don't
know that it warrants as much as what we're seeing right now. But we
love the franchise, we're going to grow the franchise and just like we
want to see Tiger Woods Golf grow or SSX grow, or Madden for that
matter, we're going to drive this one for growth."</span></blockquote>
<span style="color: #274e13;">I found this really disappointing to hear. It sounds like EA is making the subscriber loss and the potential of the game in general very insignificant—which it isn't at all. Regardless if this is truly the case or if they're adjusting to the current situation, it remains to be seen, but EA should devote a ton of their time and effort into SWTOR. The sci-fi MMO has only been out for less than 5 months, and it has to expand in many ways in order to keep current subscribers, to receive new ones and to regain ones that were lost.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Even though <a href="http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2012/04/analyst-suggests-the-old-republic-is-already-losing-subscribers.ars">analysts were right</a> with the declining subscriptions, I'm hoping for the best for this game as it has a lot of potential and could bring in a ton of more money for EA and BioWare in the years to come.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Be sure to stay tuned for my appearance on <i>The Star Wars Underworld Podcast</i>, where I'll be talking about Game Update 1.2: <i>Legacy</i> instead of writing it, and get to hear lots more like a more in-depth look on the history of the Old Republic era and already-known information on Game Update 1.3: <i>Allies</i>.</span><br />
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<i>By Fallon Sunstar</i><br />
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Though reading fanfic is fun, there are quite a few really bad ones out there. Here's an easy guide on how to avoid reading really badly written or inappropriate fanfics. <br />
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*Check the Rating. Ratings are as follows.<br />
K = Kids<br />
K+ = Older kids, minor violence and/or romance, etc.<br />
T = Teen, violence and more mature romance present.<br />
M = Adult, mostly mature content.<br />
M+ = Mature Adult. <br />
Watch the rating for what type of fanfic you'd like to read. From my experience, depending on what you search, certain characters with a higher rating is just NOT good. <br />
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*Read the Reviews first. Sometimes they contain spoilers, but most of the time, the reviewers will let you know whether or not it's worth the read. Like, if it says, "Your grammar and spelling are terrible, you need to go back to kindergarten," you know you shouldn't even try. If it says, "That was amazing, well written and exciting, can't wait for the update," you might want to try it. The reviewers are people like you, looking into the fanfics for enjoyment or inspiration! So trust their judgement. <br />
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*Watch for Flamers. Flamers are people who come and practically rip apart the story and the writer, just for fun. They often will use language and degrade people, so just ignore those. Look for positive reviewers.<br />
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*Narrow Your Search. Sometimes the Archive has just too much, or not enough of what your looking for. Narrow your search by character, length, genre, or status. Right now, I'm in the Han/Leia Family Complete Archive, and I found a few good stories. See how easy that is? You can also narrow it by rating. It's the easiest way to find stories!<br />
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*Read the Summaries. Most of the people just say: "I suck at summaries" or "just read it, it's better than it sounds". Read what the characters and genre are. If it says, "Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano," and the genre is "Romance" Beware! If it says, "Han Solo and Luke Skywalker" and the genre is "Friendship" read the summary and reviews to see if it's going to be disturbing or not. Be careful when the genre is romance, because you can get some VERY BAD romance fanfics that way. Like I said before, ratings, reviews and summaries. RRS.<br />
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*Leave Reviews! Some authors let anonymous reviewers leave responses. Give them feedback, and sometimes you might get a surprise! Once I got a gift fic, because I reviewed someone's chapter. And as a fanfic author myself, I love it when people give me feedback on my stories. It's helpful and it's exciting to hear what others have to say about your writing! <br />
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Optional...<br />
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*Read from the mobile version. If you have an iPod touch, iPad, iPhone or other type of smartphone, it's a GREAT Fanfic friend. I read almost ALL my fanfics on my iTouch, because it's fast, and easy! I flip through the pages, and am able to browse the different archives without any problem. I'd highly recommend the mobile version of fanfic, but the normal works just as well.<br />
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<br /></div>Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04100937765829312485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5242611069373818648.post-16153877867958084472012-04-25T13:10:00.003-07:002012-04-25T13:15:41.841-07:00Celebration VI “Trailer”!!<div style="text-align: center; float: right; margin-left: 10px"><br /><img border="0" src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/457609_10150673962681787_193981481786_9558243_581403045_o.jpg" width="250" /></div><br /><i>By Dominic Jones/<a href="http://beta.starwarsunderworld.com/">The SWU</a></i> <br /><br />Orange County Mayor, Teressa Jacobs post a "trailer" for the upcoming Star Wars Celebration VI event, happening this August 23rd-26th at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Forida. The video features footage from 2010's Star Wars Celebration V (also held in Orlando) as well as footage of Mayor Jacobs herself, dressed a Princess Leia(!!!) and surrounded by other Star Wars characters welcoming fans to Celebration VI!!<br /><a name='more'></a><br />Check out the video below:<br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/G9qWrgqfUGI" frameborder="0" width="560" height="315"></iframe><br />For more info on CVI and to buy tickets visit <a href="www.starwarscelebration.com">www.starwarscelebration.com</a><br /><br /><script src="http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"></script><fb:like href="" show_faces="false" width="450" font=""></fb:like><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-via="Galactic_Press">Tweet</a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];<br />if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";<br />fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");</script><br /><br /><g:plusone annotation="inline"></g:plusone><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br /> (function() {<br /> var po = document.createElement('script'); po.type = 'text/javascript'; po.async = true;<br /> po.src = 'https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js';<br /> var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s);<br /> })();<br /></script><br /><br /><script src="http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"></script><fb:comments href="http://thegalacticpress.blogspot.ca/2012/04/celebration-vi-trailer.html" num_posts="10" width="475"></fb:comments>Dominic Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06341240290214305959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5242611069373818648.post-92040044319659564652012-04-22T13:28:00.000-07:002012-04-22T13:30:35.818-07:00Fan-Art: Katie Cook and Grant Gould<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; text-align: center;">
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<i>By Fallon Sunstar</i> <br />
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Fanart, like fanfiction, is a broad and often intimidating realm for one to navigate. The Star Wars fandom has so much fantastic artwork for it out there, it's almost hard to grasp. Today I'll show you two fantastic and quite famous fan-artists, whose art in general and for Star Wars in particular is becoming more well known across our galaxy. <br />
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The featured artists in this post will be Grant Gould, whose art has been featured on the badges for Celebration V and many Topps trading cards. Grant Gould has some fantastic art, and he illustrated the "How To Draw: Star Wars The Clone Wars", written by Bonnie Burton. His website can be found here: <a href="http://grantgould.blogspot.com/">http://grantgould.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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Some of my personal favorite art pieces of his include...<br />
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Adult Ahsoka<br />
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Young Obi-Wan, Qui-Gon and Satine Kryze<br />
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Thrawn Legacy, TRON: Legacy, Star Wars version.<br />
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The second artist I will feature is Katie Cook. Katie has done many pieces of Star Wars art as well, for trading cards and also clothing items, since her designs were featured on two Her Universe outfits so far. Her art is irresistibly adorable, and very fun to look at! Her website is found here: <a href="http://katiecandraw.typepad.com/">http://katiecandraw.typepad.com/</a><br />
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A few of my favorite pieces of art from Katie are....<br />
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The Clone Wars girls...<br />
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Sad-face Obi-Wan<br />
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Empire Strikes Back card<br />
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Check back next week for more fan-artists to be featured! If you are an artist, or know someone who is, let me know, your art may get featured in one of my articles here on The Galactic Press!<br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Another <i>TOR-iffic Awareness</i> article here! I will just be recapping the current events going on at <i>The Old Republic Cantina</i>,
that I believe none of you should miss! Participating in these events
will make the community a great place to go to everyday, where new
things will always pop up and everyone would like to mingle with others
at any time. Having a community with participation will bind us all
together, always helping to bring something fresh to the table and being
able to further enhance gameplay on <i>Star Wars: The Old Republic</i>, just the few of many things people already participating would like<i>.</i>
I just cannot fathom how some will "support" and then stay in the
background, not really putting their effort in a community they were
invited to join that they'd possibly like. So please, I urge you all to
support us! This would also mean a lot to communities that have been
helping us out like <a href="http://www.facebook.com/swunderworld"><i>The Star Wars Underworld</i></a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/OrderoftheSith"><i>Order of the Sith</i></a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/For-Fucks-sake-its-Star-Wars/110509675716334"><i>For F***'s sake it's Star Wars</i></a>, and more (that last page mentioned was censored for the younglings).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Already-drafted, in-game events for The Old Republic Cantina include:</span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="color: #274e13;"><u>Beginning the Journey</u>: Even
during the very beginning of the game, all of us will add each other and
go through our class' starting planet to keep track of our journey. Not
all classes start at the same planet, so we will keep track of our
adventure until we can all meet together at our faction's respective
fleet.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #274e13;"><u>Underworld Invasions</u>: We will
have schedules for raiding bases of the opposite faction and attacking
opponents and bosses that would generally require more manpower to take
down.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #274e13;"><u>Datacron Hunting</u>: While going
through the planets we will also be hunting down the datacrons. The
datacrons will give us a bit of an extra stats buff to our character
while giving us a sense of achievement. I plan to collect all the
datacrons with all of our group players.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #274e13;"><u>Flashpoints and Operations Campaigns</u>:
As a group or as a guild, we will gather to easily complete planet
Heroics, Flashpoints and Operations that would normally be extremely
difficult to complete if you're playing solo the entire game.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #274e13;"><u>R&R</u>: There are many things
we'll do to get some more fun out of SWTOR. We will be taking a run
through the planets to explore the scenery, listen to the sounds and
look at the different species, play Fleet Tag, and have Speeder Racing
events with prizes.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #274e13;"><u>Formation: The Republic/Imperial Underworld!</u>:
Once we get to the capital planet of our faction's planet, I will take
my main character for the Empire and the Republic and we shall form both
guilds. Those members who do assist me in the creation of these guilds
will be given a high-ranking position within the guild.</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="color: #274e13;">The in-game events shown above were last mentioned in <a href="http://starwarsunderworld.blogspot.com/2012/02/tor-iffic-awareness-enter-old-republic.html">this</a>
article. It'd mean a lot for you to join me and other possible
supporters and make a big part of the community from the servers we will
be joining—we'd eventually be well-known. We're also trying to reach
200 'likes' by the end of April, so sharing and advertising our page to
friends and other communities would be grateful—just make sure you have
permission, if needed!</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #274e13;">The
Old Republic Cantina is now hiring, and we are looking for writers and
consultants to collaborative with Chris and I to make more frequent
updates on <i>Star Wars: The Old Republic</i>. Here is what I said regarding the information on the recruitment:</span><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iqbDw_PO_UY/T4nt19vQ4uI/AAAAAAAAAB8/6zvsu4mqO18/s1600/Join+the+Team%21.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="CSS_LIGHTBOX_SCALED_IMAGE_IMG" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iqbDw_PO_UY/T4nt19vQ4uI/AAAAAAAAAB8/6zvsu4mqO18/s1600/Join+the+Team%21.png" width="250" /></a><span style="color: #274e13;">If a team is going to be assembled, I
would take on the role as the Lead Writer for the team. Chris Seekell
would be a consultant for us, and the rest of the team would consist of a
few reporters and writers, with more consultants to help the team. You
will also receive an administrative position on The Old Republic Cantina
page on Facebook, and will have the chance to organize the Imperial and
Republic guilds for The Star Wars Underworld. Keep in mind that this is
a volunteer-type of service so you will receive no payment. This is
because I'm looking for people who <i>want</i> to help The Star Wars
Underworld-Old Republic community. This doesn't mean you can't
participate in any events that could win you money or a free 60-day
subscription, because we will try to organize events that anyone in the
community will be eligible to join, whether you're an admin or not,
consultant or writer, droid or Wookiee, Quarren or Mon Cala, Jedi or
Sith; no matter the preference, most of our events will be held for
anyone!</span></blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="color: #274e13;">So if you're interested in working with me and Chris Seekell, please send me a message at <a href="mailto:HomicidalWhales@facebook.com" target="">HomicidalWhales@facebook.com</a>, or preferably, contact me at <a href="mailto:HomicidalWhales@yahoo.com" target="">HomicidalWhales@yahoo.com</a>.
Please give me a brief explanation on why you'd like to be part of the
team, and if you're applying as a Writer or Consultant. I recommend
providing me with related works you've done in any other communities.
The deadline is Saturday, April 28, at 11:59pm EST. I will be discussing
with Chris and possibly other Star Wars Underworld sponsors on each
entry, and then we will choose from there. You will be notified via
email or Facebook private messaging, whichever you prefer (make sure you
tell us in your message).</span></blockquote>
<span style="color: #274e13;"><a href="http://starwarsunderworld.blogspot.com/2012/04/tor-iffic-awareness-explain-yourself.html">Here</a> is the full article, which also explains my disappointing, reoccurring absences.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #274e13;">The Old Republic Cantina is now hosting our first <i>Profile Picture and Timeline Cover Contest</i>! Click <a href="http://www.facebook.com/SWTORC/info">here</a>
to read the rules on the contest and how you can participate. I'd
really love to see what people can do creating Old Republic era
pictures! So if you're just an art newbie or an expert and are
interested in participating, I highly recommend joining in the
festivities!</span><br />
<br />
<a href="http://files.enjin.com.s3.amazonaws.com/70955/module_gallery/original/488282.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="180" src="http://files.enjin.com.s3.amazonaws.com/70955/module_gallery/original/488282.jpg" style="border-style: none;" title="" width="275" /></a><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>Cleansing the Galaxy</i> is another newly formed, in-game event The Old Republic Cantina is hosting on <i>Star </i></span><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>Wars: The Old Republic</i>. This is the first official, in-game event that is being conducted by the page, and it will all begin on Saturday, April 21</span><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: small;"><sup style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">st</span></sup></span><span style="color: #274e13;">, at 1pm EST/10am PST. The event will last until Monday, April 23</span><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: small;"><sup style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">rd</span></sup></span><span style="color: #274e13;">, at 11:59pm EST. For more information on this event, please click <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/349173561797262/">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-size: small;"><sup><span style="font-size: small;">Thank you all for reading this <i>TOR-iffic Awareness</i> article, and please stay tuned for my upcoming <i>Legacy</i> article, which will I write soon! You all will like what you see about Game Update 1.2—I guarantee it!</span></sup><b> </b></span><br />
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Fanfiction is a thrilling and entertaining world for the fan of any movie or book series, and especially for Star Wars fans!! Throughout the years I've found some fantastic works of fanfiction, many of which I'll be reviewing for this site! I'll review stories and take you step by step into the world of fanfiction.<br />
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My amazing and very random friend, <a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2524046/Bluesaber3">Bluesaber3 </a>wrote the most hilarious trilogy (she's in the process of writing a fourth story too!) of stories that I have EVER read. This Clone Wars era series has everything from Ahsoka getting hyper on coffee and Anakin having a bizaare obsession with unicorns to Obi-Wan eating too much candy!! Then there's the great crayon vs. corndog war, and Mace Windu trying to woo Aayla Secura. "Check for your pulse" has become an everyday term in my house, and so have many other quotes from Blue's hysterical fanfics.<br />
<a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6357459/1/A_NotSoNormal_Week">NotSoNormalWeekOne </a> <a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6466439/1/A_NotSoNormal_Week_2">NotSoNormalWeekTwo </a> <a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6823996/1/A_NotSoNormal_Week_3">NotSoNormalWeekThree</a><br />
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Han Solo gets his own holo-documentary in this hilarious and very fun fanfic by <a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/u/396598/GreatOne">GreatOne</a>. <a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5125592/1/How_Han_Solo_Became_a_Hero">How Han Solo Became A Hero</a> is by far one of the funniest and best fanfics I have ever read. I never tire of it. The story includes everyone's favorite Original Trilogy and Expanded Universe characters in an extremely hilarious, musical, setting.<br />
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Also by <a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/u/396598/GreatOne">GreatOne</a>....<a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5124451/1/Exchanging_Places">Exchanging Places</a> is another favorite of mine. In this very insane story, Han Solo and Luke Skywalker somehow switch bodies, which leads to disaster and hilarity for our favorite characters!! Find out what happens! (seriously, this is one of my favorites, I am gonna re-read it too.) <br />
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<a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2574190/JediMara77">JediMara77</a> and <a href="http://lanefic.livejournal.com/">LaneWinree </a> have written an INCREDIBLE collaboration story with about X-Wing Rogue Squadron on an insane mission to a lovely planet called "Plooma". <a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7165446/1/X_Wing_Knights_of_Plooma">X-Wing Knights of Plooma</a> is a hilarious adventure with Luke and Mara romance and plenty of hilarity. Be warned though, there is quite a bit of awkward sexual tension and even more awkward situations that make this story a hit. <br />
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I hope you enjoy, and laugh! Let me know how you like these stories, and if you'd like to see any specific reviews on either stories, or genres! <br />
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<i><span style="color: #274e13;">By: Martin Coronell-Rodriguez/<a href="http://beta.starwarsunderworld.com/">The Star Wars Underworld</a></span></i>
<span style="color: #274e13;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Yesterday, BioWare kicked off a dynamic event for <i>Star Wars: The Old Republic</i>,
with a surprising Rakghoul Virus Outbreak which has been contained on
the desert world of Tatooine. The Rakghoul plague, which BioWare
invented for the original <i>Knights of the Old Republic</i>, is somewhat like a zombie apocalypse in the Star Wars universe.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">As
of now players are being alerted about the growing threat via news
reports at their faction's fleet, with additional reports on Tatooine
itself. Players are warned to stay clear from Tatooine, and to avoid
travel. The desert planet has been put on a level 1 "state of
emergency", and that other planets whether Republic, Imperial or
unaligned, are being affected by the growing threat.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #274e13;">Becoming
infected is very simple—one scratch can immediately turn you into one
ravenous, rampant Rakghoul. You definitely don't want to turn into one,
believe me!</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #274e13;">This virus
outbreak of the Rakghouls has been a part of the game for some time now,
but this is the first of many to come for a dynamic world event. This
also puts a new twist on the story of Rakghouls, and many players seem
to be enjoying what the event offers.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #274e13;">Currently
there is an event going on with Urtagh, who's been infected with the
virus, and is a level 50 world boss wandering the Outlaws Den. Just
north of the Republic Outpost in the Dune Sea is a crashed ship
surrounded by Rakghouls.Visiting this area will grant you the first in a
chain of new daily quests available for levels 25 and up. If your
character is currently traveling through Tatooine finishing its class
quests there, you're bound to run into the short quest chain.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #274e13;">Since
players can become infected with the plague, they can explode;
therefore, spreading the plague to anyone else in the vicinity—this will
happen if you're left untreated. You can make yourself temporarily
immune with a vaccine sold by all medical droids, and quarantine droids
are in place in all major starports to prevent the virus from spreading.
Many players are also taking advantage of the virus by using
fast-travel and warzones as an expressway to transmit the infection, and
by hanging around at their faction's fleet. I've also noticed there is
some humor added into this because in the roleplaying aspect, if this
were real, you would probably become infected (like being at airports,
major transit hubs, commercial districts, etc).</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #274e13;">The
event will allow you to obtain new Rakghoul DNA items, which can be
used for exclusive lightsaber crystals, companion customizations, and
you can also receive a new cute, mini-Rakghoul pet.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #274e13;">Here are some screenshots (<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/swtor/comments/sauc0/news_terminal_on_the_fleet/c4cl59a">courtesy of Physo</a>) and info on completing the quests and achievements for this new world event:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">There are 3 infected bosses that each give a Codex Entry:</span></div>
<ul>
<li><b><a href="http://imgur.com/I2gp5">Trapjaw</a></b><span style="color: #274e13;"> He's at his usual spot. Still at level 30, this would be a cakewalk for any level 50.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #274e13;"><b><a href="http://imgur.com/YXVXl">Urtagh</a></b>
At Outlaws Den. This is the PvP area in which anyone that's not in your
group can attack you, even your same faction. Boss does AoE damage from
time to time that bursts out to 20 meters, but unfriendly players are
the biggest threat. It's recommended you bring lots of friends! Urtagh
has a 2 hour respawn timer.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Zam Brak</b> He's near the Sarlacc Pit. You can't miss him.</span><span style="color: #274e13;"> </span></li>
</ul>
<span style="color: #274e13;">There are 2 new AREA quests that each give a Codex Entry:</span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="color: #274e13;">One is located at the northeastern part of the Dune Sea; just north of the Republic Entrance to the Dune Sea (loc. -800, -1700).</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #274e13;">Another is located in the Jundlands, south of Outpost Largona and east of Ridgeside Sentry Post (loc. 2000, -600).</span></li>
<ul>
<li><span style="color: #274e13;">These are daily repeatable. These 2 AREA
quests give 'Rakghoul DNA Sample' (non-bound) that can be traded in at a
vendor located at (-889, -1920), for a Rakling pet, crystals with a
black-green color and a 'Infected Companion Lockbox'.</span></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<span style="color: #274e13;">There is a last quest which requires you
to be infected, and you have to let the infection run its full duration
(20–30 mins). When it's completely done you'll explode! If your
explosion hits other players, it will start a quest to infect 10 more
players with the explosion. Infecting other players will also give you a
'Rakghoul DNA Sample'.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #274e13;">More on spreading the infection can be found <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/swtor/comments/sauc0/news_terminal_on_the_fleet/c4cl59a">here</a>.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #274e13;">There
is also a title for this event, and killing the 3 bosses should grant
you the title. I've heard that the title is quite buggy, and if it ever
bugs when you complete it only 1 player in the group will receive the
title.</span><br />
<br />
<div style="font-family: inherit;">
<span style="color: #274e13;">I also noticed that the mechanics of the outbreak strongly resemble <i>World of Warcraft</i>'s infamous </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrupted_Blood_incident">Corrupted Blood incident</a><span style="color: #274e13;">,
except in this case it's not a bug. I will continue to inform you all about the world event as it develops.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: inherit;">
<span style="color: #274e13;">More information about the world event can be found <a href="http://almarsguides.com/swtor/flashpoints/rakghoulworldevent.cfm">here</a>.</span><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></div>
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