Christmas in July - nah. Star Wars: The Old Republic Junkies

July 16, 2010 1:43PM by Ryan
As I get ready for a weekend of cleaning my apartment and polishing the site, I posted a poll over in the 'Front Desk' area of the forums. You know, for customer service. ;p

http://swtorjunkies.com/forums/front...vertising.html

Let me know what you think (through comments and the poll) about site advertising.

I want to keep this place a community as much as possible. I'm indifferent to more site design issues than you may think! The ads will stay on the front page for obvious reasons, least of which I think they're non-obtrusive and seem to be more relevant than the forum ads. But ads on the forums got in my way this morning which means they may get in your way too.

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Star Wars: The Old Republic Game Testing

July 12, 2010 8:10PM by Ryan
Bioware  Quote From: Bioware

Game Testing for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ is underway! Those selected to test will gain access to the game and be able to provide valuable feedback to help us tune particular areas of gameplay and begin the process of balancing and tweaking our content.

Game Testing is an on-going process being rolled out in several phases. These phases began with smaller, more focused tests with community members from North America, and later will expand to other territories. Users selected for the test program will be notified via email with more information on accessing the Game Testing Portal. If you’ve not been chosen yet, you may be selected in the next wave!

If you haven’t signed up already, it’s definitely not too late! If you’re not already a member of the Star Wars: The Old Republic community, click here to become one today! Be sure to check the box to indicate you are interested in becoming a tester. If you’re already a member, go to the Game Testing Portal to begin the sign up process. Note that you must be at least 18 years of age to accept the Game Tester Agreement.

Please keep in mind that there are no guarantees that you will be selected once you have completed the sign-up process. For more information about testing Star Wars: The Old Republic, take time to read the Game Testing FAQ.

We’re looking forward to your help in making Star Wars: The Old Republic a success!


For a frame of reference, I submitted my stats when the option first became available. I have not heard anything yet - though I'm patiently waiting.

Let me know if you have better luck than me! Comments (0)

Welcome to the Star Wars: The Old Republic Junkies v 2

July 12, 2010 8:09PM by Ryan
Update: Need to find where the header image went....

Welcome to the new and improved version of the site. There are still some items that need tweaking, but you get the idea.

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Site Upgrade This Weekend - aka Love for Star Wars: The Old Republic Junkies

June 25, 2010 12:09PM by Ryan
UPDATE: Server side upgrades are complete. Cosmetic upgrades coming this weekend. (7/9/2010)

Hi folks.

Just wanted to remind everybody that this weekend will begin the first phase of site upgrades to SWTOR Junkies.

This also happens to be the biggest of the upcoming upgrades. The first change you'll notice is a completely new front page. The site will remain an integrated forum experience - yet that same forum back end will also populate the homepage. The new layout is more 'newsy', with a visual flow to it so you get what you want up front without having to click "after the breaks" or be logged in to reply. TLDR - I streamlined the process.

I'll tell you up front that this is going to be an interesting experience. Over the past few weeks, I've debated going a different route, namely integrating a Drupal or Wordpress solution with a vBulletin bridge. This provides an incalculable amount of benefit to both me and you - but there is a great loss initially for a starting community such as us. Simply stated, it would mean an article database reset and I'm not willing to go there yet.

What I did was hand code a PHP solution. This was my first time dabbling, but I like the outcome. It's a standard design with my own little version of flare mixed in. The only real drawback to you is one that won't be apparent for a few years yet. I'll leave out the rest of the technical details but this is really a medium-term solution. We will need an upgrade in the next 3 years probably. Heh.

The upgrade shouldn't take more than 5 minutes. The only thing involved is copying a file or two. When you see the new front page, please click on everything to put it through it's paces. Let me know if anything is broken or funky, no matter how small it may seem.

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Questions answered while more arise

June 11, 2010 6:14PM by Kadin Orna

E3 is nearly upon us! The Ticker on the official Old Republic website should make that obvious.

However Bioware has not decided to hold everything back and has released yet another holorecord and in my opinion the best one to date.

The question of what Revan and Malak found when they went into deep space has finally been revealed. However, where Revan went after the events of KotOR still remain a mystery.

Bioware  Quote From: Bioware
BTC 303 – Three hundred years before the Sacking of Coruscant, two prominent Jedi Knights pursued enemy forces into Deep Space at the conclusion of the Mandalorian Wars. When the two Jedi, Revan and Malak, returned to Republic space, they had fallen to the dark side. As Sith Lords, Revan and Malak began searching the galaxy for a powerful ancient artifact known as the Star Forge. During their dark campaign, however, Malak’s ambitions grew and eventually drove him to betray Revan, sparking the bloody Jedi Civil War. Though Revan was ultimately redeemed and restored peace to the galaxy, he disappeared afterward in search of a great darkness in Deep Space. Through his investigation, Master Gnost-Dural now confirms that this great darkness is the Sith Empire the Jedi Order battles today….
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