The Old Republic: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 04:38, 12 November 2009

The Old Republic is a new game coming out on Windows on a yet-to-be-specified date.

Establish primary voice server - ask Sarriah or someone else about current RSPA ventrilo server
Clarify Josh Hawkins's rules posted in the general forum
Recruit from SWG PA / see who's interested in joining up with the new group / establish some prior support
Establish vision for the entire group (become news source?)
Naming scheme for group
Plan for keeping ingame and regular RS together.

See Rahj's forums thread of updates.
SWTOR.com: The Story of the Sith Warrior (Oct 2 2009, via Rahj, forums)
The Old Republic: A Paradigm Shift for the MMO Genre? (Oct 3 2009, via Rahj, forums)
Massively: Latest SWTOR video showcases astounding levels of in-game footage (Jul 18 2009, via Talon Starblazer, forums)
GamesRadar: Star Wars: The Old Republic â€“ hands-on (2LT Ygrez Mistrunner, forums, Jul 7 2009)
GamaSutra: BioWare's Erickson: Unique Character Class Experiences Key To The Old Republic (Josh Hawkins, forums, Nov 1 2008)
IGN: Star Wars: The Old Republic First Details (Giz, forums, Oct 23 2008)
GameSpot: Star Wars: The Old Republic revealed (Josh Hawkins, forums, Oct 23 2008)

i.e. a quasi-roster for now

During beta: information on what's going on (if any RSers are accepted into it)
Quick-start guide: how to play reasonably in 5 minutes
Introduction
Walkthroughs (particular areas, boss fights, quests)
Blogs
Articles (pithy observations)

What not to focus on:

Literal duplications of news announcements without commentary. Many people will subscribe to the official news feed. It's good, however, to offer commentary in the second part of the article/post after reporting the facts.
Large databases of information or statistics. These can be easily maintained in wiki format (e.g. the SW:TOR wiki), or by other websites. Our valuable contributions can be interpreting this information for others - acting as leaders in the field, being experts. We could maintain such a database and benefit from it, but only if we can guarantee consistent and careful updating from dedicated members, and justify their time spent on that rather than offering higher-level commentary and interpretation.

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 * TeamSpeak at rebelsquadrons.org, max of 100 people
 * TeamSpeak at jkrich.homeip.net:8922 (RSPA TS server), max of 80 people
+=== Proposed info site ===
+* '''During beta: information on what's going on''' (if any RSers are accepted into it)
+* Quick-start guide: how to play reasonably in 5 minutes
+* Introduction
+* Walkthroughs (particular areas, boss fights, quests)
+* Blogs
+* Articles (pithy observations)
+What not to focus on:
+* Literal duplications of news announcements without commentary.  Many people will subscribe to the official news feed.  It's good, however, to offer commentary in the second part of the article/post after reporting the facts.
+* Large databases of information or statistics.  These can be easily maintained in wiki format (e.g. [http://www.wikiswtor.com/Swtor_Wiki the SW:TOR wiki]), or by other websites.  Our valuable contributions can be interpreting this information for others - acting as leaders in the field, being experts.  We could maintain such a database and benefit from it, but only if we can guarantee consistent and careful updating from dedicated members, and justify their time spent on that rather than offering higher-level commentary and interpretation.
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