Unconquered gets First Blood Against Nothing Gaming, Wrath joins the fray!
Submitted by Brehon on Wed, 12/14/2011 - 19:41
Well folks if you have been paying attention to the banter between the members of Scum & Villainy, you know we have been talking about PVP and who is going to own who. Lots of bravado, lots of shit talking and lots of building up for what will continue to be a massive event between the Scum (Empire side) & Villainy (Republic side). But the tale of first blood has been set, at least between Nothing Gaming and Unconquered (Galactic Underground).
Who? What? Where? Hold on, its coming, lets us take a few moments and savor this. Just today, day number two in early access, a single member of Unconquered, Sqream (aka Timmeh) laid down the thundah! In a match of Voidstar Quiche from Nothing Gaming ran past ole Sqream and from there the first death between our groups occurred. In a blaze of Trooper glory, Sqream said screw healing and made sure he unloaded everything on the lovely Quiche... VIOLA BANG BOOM... between Unconquered and Nothing Gaming, Unconquered tallies the first kill. Dahaka was good enough to return to favor on Sqream (who eventually did get a bit of retribution on Dahaka) and indeed the Empire destroyed the match and sent the Republic home with a devastating loss (seriously it wasn't even close). But first blood belongs to Sqream and Unconquered.
Let loose the dogs of war, it has begun. Game on Scum... Game on.
In other news, Wrath of Tormonger has successfully moved to Vulgar Highway so the final piece of Scum and Villainy has arrived. War is here and the battle has only just begun.
Dimbo's Radar on hold this week
Submitted by Brehon on Sat, 12/03/2011 - 18:33
Our dear and good friend Dimbo is in the hospital folks, trying to get better. Instead of Dimbo's radar I ask that everyone send him your prayers or good wishes for a speedy and complete recovery.
We all love ya Dimbo GET WELL ASAP. In all things, personally from me, my God love you and keep you my friend. o/
~Brehon
Let the Holiday Season begin!!!
Submitted by Brennan on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 13:59
As we are approaching December Bootleg is looking at Holiday ideas as well as some major steps to improve the service that we are providing to the Community. While a lot of us have been stricken with the Plauge we are soldering on to get you the entertainment you want.
I want to thank our loyal fan base and those who are just joining our community. If any of you have an idea or want to see something provided from the Bootleg Crew please let us know so we can see about providing it.
This month with the NDA lifted we have been able to provide you with some live streamed work and with some new shows. As I said there are some plans in the works to bring you a better service and as we hammer out details we will let you all know.
Brennan
Bootleg Radio
Get better Dimbo & Timmeh streams a flashpoint
Submitted by Brehon on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 10:32
First and foremost our well wishes and desires for Dimbo to get better are filling the waves, air and all that good stuff. Yesterday during Pancakes and Blue Milk, we got word that Dimbo was heading off to the hospital to potentially have his gal bladder taken out. Last I heard he was at home resting waiting for his meds as he moves to recovery. We love our very own Dimbo the Trooper and wish nothing but the best for him. So get well soon and Godspeed on your recovery my friend o/
Second keep your eyes on twitter today, as we mentioned yesterday on GU, Timmeh will be doing a live stream of our crew running an instance so people can get a feel for it. Sure you have seen it everywhere else, but hell its fun and we enjoy it. So stay tuned and we will keep you informed.
~Brehon
Galactic Underground sits down and talks with Stephen Reid aka RockJaw from Bioware
Submitted by Brehon on Sat, 11/12/2011 - 20:22
If you missed the airing of the interview, go download it here:
Dimbo's Radar for the week of 11-12-11
Submitted by Dimbo on Sat, 11/12/2011 - 09:39
My Goal with this News letter is to let you know what’s on my Radar this week in SWTOR. I hope you enjoy my thoughts.
1) You better be tuned in tonight to the Galactic Underground (6pm-10pm CST) www.tormonger.com/bootleg to listen to our interview with Community Manager Stephen "@Rockjaw" Reid. Brehon and Brennan were able to sit down with Reid for a 34min (ish) interview. (this is prerecorded and not live)
-Grats Bootleg radio and the Galactic Underground for scoring what I think is a great will be a great interview.
2) This week's facebook image of the week via nothinggaming.com http://www.nothinggaming.com/home/m/1913843/article/421388
"Republic forces do battle against an ancient battle droid guarding a powerful evil buried deep inside a lost Belsavis prison"
3) From Awall over at TGN.tv check out his newest Ultimate Walkthru video on the Smuggler, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL7hQqyqZhM&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nothinggaming.com%2Fhome%2Fm%2F1913843%2Farticle%2F422832&feature=player_embedded
-Great job Awall thanks for all your hard work. It's 25minutes long but worth the watch :)
4) From TORwars.com Prima announced a 256 page hard cover "Explorer's Guide" http://torwars.com/2011/11/11/swtor-hardcover-explorers-guide-book-from-prima/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Torwars+%28TORWars%29
If you want to buy it check out http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Republic-Hardcover-Atlas/dp/0307890457/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1321039496&sr=8-5 b/c they have it for half off.
-Added to my ever growing list of "early Christmas presents"
5) SWTOUR: for a growing list of all the articles posted about the recent fansite summit check out Darthhater.com http://darthhater.com/2011/11/08/darth-hater-fan-site-summit-round-2-coverage/ where they have complied all of the sites information.
From Darthhater.com Q&A audio from Georg Zoeller, Gabe Amatangelo, James Ohlen http://darthhater.com/2011/11/09/fan-site-summit-qa-audio/
Write up from darthhater.com on Voidstar and Ilum PVP http://darthhater.com/2011/11/08/fan-site-summit-2-voidstar-ilum-pvp-demo/
Write up from Torocast.com on http://www.torocast.com/index.php/news/swtor-news/item/774-swtour-update-the-mysteries-of-illum
-Great job on the write ups and coverage and Congrats to everyone who got to go, I hope y'all had a blast.
6) Friday update: from Swtor.com the announcement that "The Old Republic" will be at DreamHack 2011 http://www.swtor.com/news/news-article/20111111-1
-So cancel your Turkey day plans fly to Sweden and go play SWTOR. (or you could believe my speculation that the "big upcoming beta weekend" will be that same weekeend then you can just stay home and play :)
Beta invites for ALL (if you have signed up for Game testing before November 11th) http://www.swtor.com/news/news-article/20111111-0
-If you haven't signed up (/facepalm) check out one of the many websites with beta codes to give away.
CHOOSE YOUR SIDE: inquisitor vs. TROOPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.swtor.com/news/news-article/20111111
-Check out this 4minute and 41seconds video on why the TROOOPER will beat the inquisitor every single time.
7) Dimbo’s story continues at http://dimbotrooper.wordpress.com/ my fan fiction story about a trooper named Dimbo and his adventures in Star Wars the Old Republic. Subscribe and leave a comment and let me know what you think.
I hope everyone enjoyed this news letter! Also please remember nothing is permanent so anything read/heard/scene here is subject to change by Bioware/Lucasarts/EA. You can email me at dimbotrooper@gmail.com and follow me on twitter at @dimbo56 and @dimbotrooper
I make no claim to the information stated in this letter and all links/information is the property of its perspective owners. (With the exception of my opinions, those unfortunately belong to me.) Please fill free to comment and let me know what you think or what’s on your SWTOR radar!!
Jeff Dimbo
“Got some Bootleg in ya?”
Writer/Commentator/CoHost
Stephen Reid aka Rockjaw on the Galactic Underground and Bootleg Radio
Submitted by Brehon on Fri, 11/11/2011 - 15:04
The other night Brennan and I (Brehon) were able to sit down and record an interview and chat with none other than Stephen Reid aka Rockjaw of BioWare. Although we can't give you the interview live, we got word today the recording is approved. With this news, tune in this Saturday for the Galactic Underground (show starts at 6:00pm CST) and we will play the 34 minute interview as part of the show.
It was great to sit down and talk with him and get his views on the community and what have you. While we all stuck around and talked after the interview, I was able to walk away from this humbled, happy and with a tremendous amount of faith in the BioWare community team. What I learned about Rockjaw and BioWares team in general just put me at ease on so many levels.
Next mission... tackle David Bass and get him on interview!!! :)
Special thanks to Mr. Reid, Mr. Bass and BioWare for allowing this interview (1 take, no recuts or similar so it was almost like live!) and the approval to play it on air. As I have said over and over again... thank you a million times over.
~Brehon
Dimbo's Radar for the week of 11-05-11
Submitted by Dimbo on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 16:33
My Goal with this News letter is to let you know what’s on my Radar this week in SWTOR. I hope you enjoy my thoughts.
1) This week's facebook image of the week via nothinggaming.com http://www.nothinggaming.com/home/m/1913843/article/412169
"The Senate on Coruscant has played host to countless diplomats from every corner of Republic space."
2) GUILD PHASE 3 article via swtor.com http://www.swtor.com/news/news-article/20111102
Guild phase 3 is "deployment" and it's live which basically means Bioware is reminding you to preorder the game.
3) Server types announced via swtor.com http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=10434480#edit10434480
What the majority of people had speculated from the beginning, PVE, PVP, RP-PVE and RP-PVP.
4) Revan Novel preview of Chapters three and eleven via nothinggaming.com http://www.nothinggaming.com/home/m/1913843/article/415280
Again I'm waiting for my copy to come in the mail, I was a little upset of the salel this week because I paid full price when it was first available for preorder lol.
5) The great people over at Republictrooper.com scored another Trooper heavy interview with Bioware's Georg Zoeller http://www.republictrooper.com/2011/11/04/once-more-unto-the-breach-general-georg-zoeller-shares-combat-directives-with-the-troops/
Great work guys your fellow troopers thank you!!
6) Friday update: Early Game access details revealed via swtor.com http://www.swtor.com/news/news-article/20111104-0
Early game access will stagger over 5 days, based on when you entered your preorder code.
7) Friday update: Imperial Agent character progression http://www.swtor.com/news/news-article/20111104
And once again we see (what I think is) a Jedi Knight getting pwned by another empire class.
8) Dimbo’s story continues at http://dimbotrooper.wordpress.com/ my fan fiction story about a trooper named Dimbo and his adventures in Star Wars the Old Republic. Subscribe and leave a comment and let me know what you think.
I hope everyone enjoyed this news letter! Also please remember nothing is permanent so anything read/heard/scene here is subject to change by Bioware/Lucasarts/EA. You can email me at dimbotrooper@gmail.com and follow me on twitter at @dimbo56 and @dimbotrooper
I make no claim to the information stated in this letter and all links/information is the property of its perspective owners. (With the exception of my opinions, those unfortunately belong to me.) Please fill free to comment and let me know what you think or what’s on your SWTOR radar!!
Jeff Dimbo
“Got some Bootleg in ya?”
Writer/Commentator/CoHost
Why is the message about the problem being missed?
Submitted by Brehon on Wed, 11/02/2011 - 10:26
48 hours ago we were all told about Fan Summit II. People were told to email for details. It was believed (flawed in such a belief is understood) this was a chance to be a part of it. The response was basically, um no, we already selected those who were going to go. When questioned about this, the response was poor, defensive and in many cases offensive. This lead to counters of anger. For clarity people were told to listen to a Podcase featuring David Bass via Mos Eisley Radio (MER). So many flocked to this podcast to tune in. During this podcast, David Bass explained the 13 chosen were done so as they were relationships they (Bioware) wanted to continue to build a relationship with. Not a problem, while we may not like to hear that because we all want to be special and seen in that light it is the part that came next which sent fury into overdrive. Mr. Bass continued on to say for post launch success they (Bioware) believe those 13 selected sights are the anchor and direction they are taking for post game launch community building because the majority of the sites will have died off. No one sees the flaw in that statement or the slight felt by sites that are not one of the 13?
Had Bioware come out and said directly "We have chosen 13 sites after going through our options as our community building focus post launch, to represent and build further direct community relations" (or something to that light), people would have been upset and would have qq'd about it, but rationality would have set in and people would have understood.
It is NOT, I repeat NOT about who is going to the Fan Summit II. We are happy for those sites going. Sure there are those of us that believe they should have picked 13 sites that have never been (which is a separate issue). The main issue, the real source of all the anger is about how this was delivered in a one way, responded to and then redelivered. Next time just give it to us straight up with directness.
We are indeed a community and we will not always agree, but we all have the same focus: Deliver our view, comments and dedication to SW:TOR to our respective circles, the play the game and create the community we want to be a part of. That hasn't change, that wont change.
So I agree if you are upset you weren't asked to go, get over it. If you are upset about how this was delivered and responded to by our community leaders at Bioware, then you understand why I was upset. With that I ask those reporting on this issue to at least understand the issue before taking this whole "stop qq'ing because you can't go" stance.
~Brehon
Dimbo's Radar for the week of 10-29-2011
Submitted by Dimbo on Sat, 10/29/2011 - 11:40
My Goal with this News letter is to let you know what’s on my Radar this week in SWTOR. I hope you enjoy my thoughts.
1) First off I want to personally thanks The Flasherman for doing a special 12 hour Mashup Madness here on Bootleg radio. Thanks to Flasherman and all parties involved! I was able to tune in for 4 hours and it was a great time.
2) This week's facebook image of the week via nothinggaming.com http://www.nothinggaming.com/home/m/1913843/article/404369
We see a little more of the damage Malgus did during the sacking of the Jedi temple
3) A special Excerpt from Drew Karpyshyn's novel "Revan" was released http://www.randomhouse.com/book/7861/star-wars-the-old-republic-revan-by-drew-karpyshyn#excerpt
I didn't read it but I've heard good things (I'm waiting for it to hit my front door)
4) Friday update: Bioware put all of the warzone videos on one page and made it all pretty http://www.swtor.com/info/systems/warzones
The main update was the Voidstar warzone video http://www.swtor.com/media/trailers/voidstar-warzone
Very cool update but I'm hoping I can change the color on that Trooper armor! I'm going to go watch it again right now!
5) Dimbo’s story continues at http://dimbotrooper.wordpress.com/ my fan fiction story about a trooper named Dimbo and his adventures in Star Wars the Old Republic. Subscribe and leave a comment and let me know what you think.
I hope everyone enjoyed this news letter! Also please remember nothing is permanent so anything read/heard/scene here is subject to change by Bioware/Lucasarts/EA. You can email me at dimbotrooper@gmail.com and follow me on twitter at @dimbo56 and @dimbotrooper
I make no claim to the information stated in this letter and all links/information is the property of its perspective owners. (With the exception of my opinions, those unfortunately belong to me.) Please fill free to comment and let me know what you think or what’s on your SWTOR radar!!
Jeff Dimbo
“Got some Bootleg in ya?”
Writer/Commentator
