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Posted By: Ni
Posted On: 22 December 2011 - 03:25 PM |
Title: Our server: Master Zhar Lestin
| The Knights who say Ni are on Master Zhar Lestin in SWTOR! |
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Posted By: Ni
Posted On: 19 December 2011 - 08:04 PM |
Title: Twas the night before launch
'Twas the night before launch, when all through BioWare,
Our CEO Ray Muzyka was pulling out hair.
The sysops were watching in their cubicle section
in hopes their ISP wouldn't drop their connection.
The machines were buzzing all snug in their racks,
with database updates of preorder backpacks.
I was watching my code run some optimization,
for new-user login and character creation.
When out on the monitor, the network scan screamed
there arose such a speedup, our netadmin creamed!
We've tripled our bandwidth?! I wondered out loud,
Somehow we might handle this incoming crowd!
I happily told the good news to the boss
but he was hairless on one side, and hitting the sauce.
So I looked at my screen to determine the reason
why things ran so well in this wintery season.
An instant message came over my screen
in a red Impact font with a snowy white sheen,
with a huge sluglike avatar and tiny green paws,
I knew in an instant, it was the Jolly Hutt Claus!
Now Network, Now DeeBee, he called them by name
On Processors, on ATM" I watched him exclaim,
"To Copper and Fiber and even DSL,
Now speedup, speedup, speedup like hell!"
And then in a twinkling, the drop-ceiling shuddered,
at the incredible weight of the huge Huttan blubber.
The sack that he carried was only himself
as he wedged himself between the racks and the shelf.
He was chubby... no, plump... No, he was gigantic,
but when Ray saw his presence, even he didn't panic.
His paunch -- how it jiggled! His hands were so tiny!
And with bacon-y goodness, he smelled kind of swiny.
With a huge tongue he ogled the racks and the cooling,
and muttered some Huttese between all his drooling.
He waved at the blades in some words much like elvin
and they started blazing at 1 degree kelvin!
He vanished through the fiber, just like he arrived,
and left only the hum of a machine room revived.
As we stared in shocked silence, on my monitor
was one last IM: "U HAS FUN PLAYING TOR!"
-- Vuelhering
-- knights-who-say-ni.com |
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Posted By: Ni
Posted On: 06 December 2011 - 02:43 AM |
Title: SWTOR downloadable for prelaunch
The SWTOR site has news about downloading the client before prerelease. If you played AFTER the thanksgiving weekend beta and got the new client, you do not have to re-download it and should be able to just run the launcher and patch. (If you have the file "assets_swtor_en_us.version" in your install directory, you have the latest version -- if you don't have that file, you need to clear/rename/move that directory, download the new client, and reinstall.)
As far as I can tell, the installer is located here: https://swtor-a.akam...SWTOR_setup.exe
Update: looks like the prerelease will start early!Quote Early Game Access* will begin on December 13th at 7:00AM EST, 2011 and ends on December 19th, 2011 at 10:01PM EST. During this time, we will be emailing invitations to join Early Game Access based on the order in which you redeemed your Pre-Order Code. Pre-load the game client now, so you're ready to play when your Early Game Access invitation arrives. Note that download time can vary and may take awhile. |
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Posted By: Ni
Posted On: 30 November 2011 - 05:00 PM |
Title: SWTOR: Recruiting Jedi Knnnniggits
[INDENT][INDENT]
We apologize for the subtitles.
Those responsible have been sacked.[/INDENT][/INDENT]
Mynd yøu, møøse bites kan be nasti.
When I say we're older gamers, that means you probably shouldn't apply if you're under 20, unless you're the spawn of one of our members. Our roots are from Asheron's Call on Solclaim, SWG on Kauri (created Caer'bannog on Naboo), WoW on Icecrown (Designed and created Ni Karma System addon for raid loot), and we've all played various other MMO games.
Our rules are simple!
- Have a sense of Humor
That means we're here to game, not bring up annoying things like politics and how you hate the 3.14159%. I've been running a guild long enough to know, however, that if you plan on applying here, you should be a fairly open thinker and tolerant of other people and walks of life. We have a lot of college students and foreigners, too.
- Have a sense of Honor.
When you carry our guild tag, you're representing us. We're all good people, and we hate it when someone runs past us to loot the chest or quest item we're clearing. We don't do it to others, either (unless we know it's on a fast respawn). We do not violate the TOS or cheat other players or afk in battlegrounds; but we do push the limits of thinking out of the box on beating instances. ("Honor" does not apply to roleplaying your character as long as it's not an excuse to be a jerk to other players. You can be as dark or light as you choose.)
If we were a powerpoint slide, we'd look like this:
- Age: 20+
- Raiding and end-game stuff
We are a casual guild that raids, and have done nearly all the end-game stuff on-level in WoW since the game launched, including many pre-nerf heroics. When we raid, for those few hours, we're more hardcore out of necessity. Raiding does carry some skill requirements; you have to pull your weight and not stand in fire, but the bulk of our members just play and do not raid. We expect to eventually see end-game content, but we do NOT expect to see it first. While many of us are power gamers, we're simply not a power-gamer guild and we do not recruit for end-game raiding. We recruit people we like to hang out with. If you are quite content to burn to max level and start up a new character while others catch up and chat with you in guildchat, you might fit in great. My vision is to level casually, and we'll raid when we raid. You should ENJOY THE RIDE, not just grind your way to the destination of max level.
- PvP
Many of our members like PvP, and I expect we will have several 4-man teams. While this is not a focus of the guild, lots of people love it and do well.
- Roleplaying
We might roleplay our characters a bit in-game (I know I have a strong character concept for all my characters), but guildchat is generally OOC. We use ventrilo for raids and fun, and I'll force-choke anyone that says "Thee" or "Thou" or always puts {marks around OOC chat}. Casual Star Wars roleplaying in chat is quite acceptable if it fits the genre.
- Socializing
We are fairly chatty and full of jokes, euphemisms, and innuendo; but we're drama-free. We don't want to hear your politics or sexcapades, not even in direct tells or on ventrilo and especially not on our forums. While vulgarity and excessive swearing is frowned on, we're not a 'G'-rated guild by any means. If you're a parent, you can request guild invites for your kids; but, do not expect us to change our chat when they're logged in. If we're an appropriate guild for your kid based on your observations, great!
- Questing
We love the PVE questing. Most of us will listen to the voice acting on the same quest for the first 3 times, trying all the different options. Some will listen to it 20 times and it won't get old.
- Crafting
Some of us live for crafting. We're good at it. We've built cities. We provide our own materials or pay each other fair prices for their materials, and we don't expect tips for crafting for other guildies.
- Exploring
Nearly all of us are explorers. Instead of counting sheep, we imagine searching for datacrons, but then that keeps us awake and we log back in just in case there's one that hasn't been discovered.
Here's how to get a guild invite:
- post an intro on our official forums and if accepted, you'll be sent an invite when the game goes live, or
- get a direct PM invite from me if you posted on the swtor official LFGuild thread and roll a character on the our server (when we know which server), or
- post an intro on our swtor recruitment thread (down temporarily) and get accepted, and you'll be sent an invite when the game goes live.
Remember, we're Western US-based (MST or PST), Republic, and on a PVE server. Our raids always shut down by 10pm MST, but again, raiding is optional. Raids may require ventrilo. Naturally we have a website, and you're expected to participate on the website (or at least read it now and then).
Also, go watch THE MOVIE. Yeah, that one you saw just before you drank 5 shots and went to Rocky Horror in gold shorts with a pocket of rice and a lighter.
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