Monday, June 6, 2011

Star Wars The Old Republic and E3 2011

Make sure to check out the Officially Unofficial E3 2011 thread on the TOR forums during the next week for all the information you need about Star Wars The Old Republic. Even one of GAR's own members will be at E3 this year.
Here's a link to the thread: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=330619

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Star Wars The Old Republic; The Grand Army of the Republic [ GAR ] Update 3

GAR Update 3 :

We've been having lots of people applying to our guild in the past few months. We've been playing games with all of our members and having a great time. It's been a while since my last update, so there are some new things I should let people know about. I'll provide links to our new pages.

First of all, I've been working on making a Flash website for us. Here is the link: http://www.wix.com/jal_me_tvenom/thegrandarmyoftherepublic

Second, the SWTOR Wiki has a new host domain and we have re-established our page on it. Here is the link to SWTORitem.com : http://www.swtoritem.com/The_Grand_Army_of_the_Republic

We have also registered on the fragworld.org gaming website. Link: http://www.fragworld.org/frag/clans-and-guild-communities/the-grand-army-of-the-republic.html

Important links:

Official SWTOR Guild Recruitment Page: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=226355

Main Forum: http://grandarmy.forumotion.com/forum

Flash website: http://www.wix.com/jal_me_tvenom/thegrandarmyoftherepublic

Pre-launch Guild Page: http://www.swtor.com/guilds/8161/grand-army

Youtube.com Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/testyvenom?feature=mhee

Other SWTOR Information:

News and Announcements: http://www.swtor.com/community/forumdisplay.php?f=4

Surveys and Polls: http://www.swtor.com/community/forumdisplay.php?f=5

General Discussion: http://www.swtor.com/community/forumdisplay.php?f=8

Suggestion Box: http://www.swtor.com/community/forumdisplay.php?f=30

Adding Guild Ranks: Link 1 http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=309480&highlight=guild+ranks & Link 2 http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=277210&highlight=guild+ranks & Link 3 http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=323821&highlight=guild+ranks

Adding a "Helper" Title for Players to help Noobs / Newbs: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=312243

Cantina Entertainment (Suggestion/Poll): http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=157126

An in-game Developer-controlled Poll System: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=322747

GW2 and SWTOR | MMOrgue 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0Sd7BsnX9g


Check out more suggestions and polls in the Suggestion Box (links provided above) and the Polls & Surveys sections of the official website. Help make the game and the community great.

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Star Wars The Old Republic; Make your voice heard!

Make your voice heard for Star Wars: The Old Republic, a new game being developed by BioWare! Thanks to the efforts of the community, there will be accommodations made for colorblind players and more.
Check it out! http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=54377
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[Foreword]: Due to a thread merge that changed the topic of the old thread, now dedicated to subtitles and Dialogs display/options, please find below a repost:




I would ask Bioware to always keep in mind these people while making TOR.

I know many players with such annoyances and it's harder for them to enjoy games than anyone else.

Not that I'm for macros, but for example, NGE prevented many SWG players from playing anymore.

At least let the player choose the UI colors. If possible make it so there is more than the color to differentiate things (typos, icons...)
The world viewed by color deficient people
How color deficient people see colored palettes

Thank you.


[edit I: players modests requests]
- Subtitles for all spoken dialogues
- Enhanced font scaling.

[edit II:]
- Due to the requests in the old thread I added a poll in this new one

[edit III:]
- As some people tend to think colorblind people aren't that many: actually +7% of the male North Americans (clicky)

[edit IV:]
- BioWare heard us, a color blind mode can be activated! Thank you

Quote:
Originally Posted by Chrohno
There WILL be a color-blind option for those who need it.

http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/8...0904101211.jpg

Check it out, the top option which is unchecked, is Enable Color-Blind Mode.
I might sound as the devil advocate but this is only a battle, we didn't win the war yet.
A toggle option might certainly not fulfill all needs...

We also need improvements on the subtitles, especially for the readability and being able to move them away from the middle of the screen. jump here
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Friday, January 28, 2011

Stargate Worlds

Sorry, Stargate fans... It looks like the Stargate MMORPG that was in development is currently "canceled". Even though I probably wasn't going to play it, I was really rooting for that game. I'm a fan of the Stargate series. I also liked that they were using the Unreal Engine 3 game engine to develop the game. That's a pretty difficult task to have an MMO on Unreal Engine 3.
For those of you that don't know much about this game, it was being developed by Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment (CME). Here's the wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_Worlds
and here's the youtube.com profile: http://www.youtube.com/user/InsideStargateWorlds

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Grand Army of the Republic [ GAR ] Update 1

We have reached a total of over 330 registered members! We're still growing and we're very active! Don't waste time in other guilds, come join GAR and have fun before and during the game (SWTOR). We are multi-platform gamers, but plan on focusing on SWTOR when it is finally released. BioWare is currently shooting for a Holiday 2011 release. I expect a lot of people to be playing upon release. The description of this game is way beyond any MMORPG currently out there and is being produced by an experienced company (experienced in the way of story and gameplay). This game should be appealing to all people that like MMORPGs. Anyway, if you are looking for a fun and active guild that is also striving to become one of the best Galactic Republic guilds in the game, come check us out.

Here is our forum: The Grand Army of the Republic

Here is our Guild Hall thread on the SWTOR website: The Grand Army of The Republic Recruitment HQ