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Today, dear friends, is a day of mourning. A day of sadness. A day that will haunt my dreams. It’s the very last day of the SWTOR beta.
Even as I write these words, I can hear you crying tears of geeky grief. I, too, feel your pain. What will become of our beta characters? What will happen to the virtual galaxy we lived in for lo, these past few weeks? What will happen to all those padawans we rescued, all those villagers we saved, to all those distress beacons we reactivated? I fear that it was all for naught, that the virtual universe we inhabited will now simply be powered off, patched, and restarted by the BioWare gods without pause.
Oh, the horror! Oh, the humanity (and Zabrakity, and Twi’lekity, and Cyborgity)!
Oh, boo hoo hoo, somebody call me the waaaaambulance. Who am I kidding? What kind of a Zabrak am I? The whole thing will be restarted in a mere 11 days, since early access starts on the 15th. I figure that, with a couple of cases of beer, I should be able to hold out for that long. That’s especially true since I’ve got a good three episodes of The Walking Dead, and half a dozen episodes of Nova waiting for me on my neglected Tivo. I am confident that The Walking Dead + beer = a great way to kill my SWTOR withdrawals, so there is hope.
And another podcast is underway! I've got a bad feeling about this...
Of course, we cover the end of beta in this week’s show. We also cover the newly opened Bioware Sacramento story, the latest news about Advanced Class switching, hot new free music from BioWare, and when the Razer peripherals are going to ship. We also discuss why Bobby Kotick is going to win lots of “humanitarian of the year” awards, why Agents are sneakier than Consulars, and why the space combat mini-game is going to force you – yes, force you – to fall in love with it.
So, yeah, it’s a full show. Sure, we start off all sad, with the news of the beta ending. But, considering how much we drink before, during, and after the show, things really pick up. Heck, by the end of the show, David has passed out on the floor, and I write obscene things all over him with a marker, all for your listening pleasure. Trust me, friends, you don’t want to miss this one.
Of course, after it’s all over, leave us a comment, and tell us what you think – we really want to hear from you!
TORWars Podcast #151: Aren't You the Pretty Kitty?
NOoOooo!!!!! Not tonight!!!
But perm charters is a ++
a-freaking-mazing shows if ur that far behind your gonn have a great 12 days
Just had my last round of beta… ended it all with a Black Talon run with one other person, that was completed just in time.
Siiiigh, these next 10-14 days are going to be dull and boring…
But the improvements promised, permanent characters, and millions of regular players is going to be very welcome.
As I wipe a single tear from my eye the server tells me 3 min and it’s over. I had a great beta experience and will have a massive headstart in-game for early access. The 15th can’t come soon enough. I’m not only counting the days, I’m counting the hours.
Welcome to the 6 O’clock Coruscant News.
This sad day has been marked by an even greater tragedy, as the usually tranquil Senate grounds hosted a horrific event.
At approximately 11:59pm local time, countless citizens, soldiers and party-goers decided to leap to their deaths, in what is already being called, the Kisai Caste Suicides.
Early reports are indicating that this unspeakable tragedy was planned and organised by a single individual, who’s name the police have not yet released.
It is not known what caused so many to take their own lives, but several witnesses have reported that many of the participants were laughing and cheering as they prepared to jump, leading many to speculate that some kind of intoxicants may have been involved.
Unfortunately the death toll from this unprecedented event has risen even higher in the last hour, as police have confirmed that the jumpers did indeed fall directly into a busy speeder lane.
One driver who was lucky enough to fly away with his life reported that the experience was “…terrifying. Absolutely terrifying. Ah’ve been flying taxi’s to ‘n from the Senate for 20 years and I aint never seen nothing like this!”
But perhaps the greatest sorrow is felt by those who have been left behind to carry on, the family and friends of those whose lives were lost. Many of those we asked for comment were simply unable to speak, they were so overcome with grief.
It is truly saddening that such an event should take place on today of all days, and everyone all across the planet is left wondering why this had to happen, and how we are going to move on from here.
And in other news, it was a surprising day in the sporting world today….
additional information about the software industry.
Where I work, we have been told that that 13% of sales revenew is fed back into the development costs to keep the product working.
so, if we generate 10 million dollars in sales, 1.3 million is returned into the dev process to maintain it.
so, when your looking at the 65% that bioware is going to keep, remember that its 10-15% less because its going to be fed back into the company.
50% is still awsome profit, but I bet there are more costs I dont know about. I can only speak on the dev costs.
OMG that Jeff dude sounds like the biggest douchebag in the world. Grow up dude, get a life, stop complaining about stupid things.
That’s biggest douchebag in the *galaxy*, dude.
C’mon, man, get it right!
Excellent come-back
Unless you’re being sarcastic I think we just found the biggest douchebag in the universe…
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HELLO! Its Syro here from the SagaCast.net!
I had a fantastic time in the last two beta weekends, and was overjoyed to hear about the “TORWarriors”, Myself and my cohost Johan would love to join! SEE YOU IN 2 WEEKS!
As always a fantastic post boys, keep it up.
-Sy
people that signup for betas that there characters will be deleted they never keep them cause then it would give you a unfair start on everyone else i dont like betas cause it ruins the real launch