20 days of SWTOR

[virtualvoyages]

I started this blog as a place to babble about MMOs and write journal entries in character as various MMO characters I had.  Then I bought SW:TOR and things took a left turn (or is it a right?) at Albuquerque and there was suddenly actual fan fic.  (Which I am supposed to be writing.  Like right now.  Since it's been over a week since I posted part two.  I suck.)

Um, how does one get an entry out of this question?  I suppose my reasons for starting this blog were just too straightforward and easily summarized.

So, um... How about them...are there sports teams in the Star Wars Universe?  There must be.  I don't know the names of any.  Nevermind.  I have been trying to sort out the timeline around SW:TOR, and the ages of various companion characters.  (Because I am easily distracted by missing information.  I don't know if that makes me research inclined or just prone to "Oooh, shiny!")  End result: I can't figure out most companion characters' ages.  Though Corso is 19 (two dialogues plus math = 19).  At least I finally know when the Treaty of Coruscant is in comparison to when the game is taking place.  And nailed down how old my characters are.  And that was completely off topic.

Going to go write fan fic now.  *looks at clock*  Oh, who needs eight hours of sleep.  *goes to work on fan fic anyway*

20 Days of TOR (Redux)
Day 01 – Introduce yourself
Day 02 – Why did you decided to start a blog?
Day 03 – Your best SW:TOR playing experience
Day 04 – Your favorite SW:TOR quest or quest chain
Day 05 – Favorite item(s) in game
Day 06 – How many active characters do you have? Do you suffer from "altitis"?
Day 07 – The reason behind your blog’s name
Day 08 – Your favorite class so far, and why
Day 09 – Favorite attack or special move
Day 10 – Crafting: yay or nay? What professions, if any, do you seriously pursue?
Day 11 – Bad in-game habits and flaws
Day 12 – What's a typical TOR gaming session look like for you?
Day 13 – What do you hope Bioware will add to the game?
Day 14 – What aspect of the game upsets you the most?
Day 15 – Have you created a unique headcanon for your characters? If so, what is it?
Day 16 – Your favorite character companion
Day 17 – Your favorite in-game location
Day 18 – Your favorite outfit
Day 19 – What strange things do you keep in your bags or bank?
Day 20 – Conclude with a free day! Write about a SW:TOR topic that the previous 19 days failed to address

Comments

[nebelstreif]

I'm so glad you're sticking to this! And don't be down on yourself for not finishing something as soon as possible, or not posting regularly -- the whole point of these things is to have fun, right?

[virtualvoyages]

That is true.

[nebelstreif]

Also: wat, Corso is 19?!

... that explains a lot, actually.

[virtualvoyages]

He tells you he joined the Peace Brigade and went off to do good works on planets destroyed by the Empire at 14. He tells you his cousin went with him, but jumped ship, so to speak. And that was 5 years ago.

Math says Corso is 19. (Conceivably 20, depending on when his birthday is)

And, yes, yes it does. Not quite enough, but a lot.

[loquat.myid.net]

There are almost certainly professional sports in the SWTOR universe, but what I want to know is whether they're allowed to use the Force in-game. Either way it's interesting - if they can, that gives teams with Force-users an advantage, which means every team that wants to win is going to heavily recruit players strong with the Force; if they can't, there's going to need to be a sophisticated monitoring system in place to make sure no unauthorized Force usage affects the game.

I lean towards the former, if only because the latter seems hellaciously hard to enforce, though I suppose a blanket ban on players with an overly high midichlorian count might do it. You'd still have to deal with unscrupulous Jedi/Sith masters reaching out to affect the game for their own reasons, of course, which could play merry hell with the professional sports industry if it became common. ("Welcome back to the 294th annual Tookaball championships! For those of you just tuning in, the Hawkbats pulled ahead when rookie Darlu Seema blasted through the Snowbears' defense to score the first goal of the game, and the question on everyone's mind is: will she live up to the- uh, hang on a minute here, folks. Oooooh, bad news, sports fans. I've just been informed that a Jedi Master and a Sith Lord with a long-running rivalry have decided to turn today's game into a personal competition. Guess we'll just have to wait a little longer to find out what Seema can really do; in the meantime, we'll try to get one or both of our two new 'players' up here for an interview at halftime.")

[virtualvoyages]

:D

That is awesome.

[loquat.myid.net]

Oh hey, just noticed SWTOR is having a free play weekend. I forget what server you're on, but if you feel like telling me I'll roll a toon there and say hi.

[virtualvoyages]

Um...not sure how much I'll be on this weekend, also there's the whole terribly shy thing, but, eh, I suppose...

I play Imperial side on Kath Hound and Republic side on Vrook Lamar. ( Because my friends feel the need to have two of everything to experience both advanced classes.)

[nebelstreif]

You could surround the playing field with Ysalamir, I guess?

[jaebility]

There's Huttball!

Re: characters' ages. I wish Bioware gave us official stats, because I'm also having a hard time figuring out ages. The Imperial Agent has personal files on his/her crew members which states their ages (or approximated ages), but other than that, yeah there's little canon available.

[virtualvoyages]

I'm not sure I trust even an Imperial Agent file on Kaliyo. But it would be a best guess.

We're not even given enough information about Jedi/Sith training, Imperial education, or the Republic military to do more than a best guess on character ages for those classes. And people's best guesses aren't going to agree.(Bounty Hunters and Smugglers really could be just about any age.)