2:11
Scooter: Hey everyone, we are still waiting while people are checking in.
2:11
Scooter: Now the doors are opening.
2:12
Scooter: We just been told no photos or videos. USE IMAGination!
2:15
Scooter: THIS CONNECTION IS NOT VERY GOOD.
2:15
Scooter: Reception sucks here. I have no idea how well this will work.
2:18
Scooter: HOLY SMOKES
2:18
Scooter: I finally have internet!
2:18
Scooter: SW themeQ!
2:18
Scooter: Montage of movie clips
2:18
Scooter: DR Ray on screen talking about Star Wars RPG stuff
2:19
Scooter: all KOTOR footage on screen so far. nothing new
2:19
Scooter: So manu talking heads
2:19
Scooter: Now they're talking about KOTOR 2, wihch bioware didnt do, wheeee!
2:20
Scooter: Now they're babbling about the comics
2:20
Scooter: Dr Ray likes the toys, apparently.
2:20
Scooter: Some Lucasarts suit talks abougt "one of the worst kept secrets in the industry"
2:20
Scooter: Lucasrts suit = Gerry Rodriguez
2:21
Scooter: Darrell
2:21
Scooter: I totally got his name wrong.
2:21
Scooter: He finally called it the online KOTOR
2:21
Scooter: He's talkig about how awesome Buoiware is and how they're friends with EA
2:21
Scooter: Star Wars IP plus BioWare storytelling plus EA coolness
2:22
Scooter: Dr Ray and Greg are now here.
2:22
Scooter: Ray is still the Spock of hte gaming industry
2:22
Scooter: Ray is talking about the rumors, such as Howard the Duck the MMO
2:22
Scooter: I totally would play that.
2:22
Scooter: THX-1138 was another joke idea.
2:23
Scooter: MMO in the KOTOR universe, again, verified by Ray.
2:23
Scooter: "A dynamic period full of jedi and sith"
2:23
Scooter: Story-based MMO
2:23
Scooter: I hope it's like age of conan, but better.
2:23
Scooter: Ray wants to make something innovative and storybased
2:24
Scooter: Now he's talking about the KOTOR3 and going into KOTOR6, but decided to go MMO route
2:24
Scooter: listing the four pillars: exploration, customization, combat, and ...
2:24
Scooter: STORY
2:24
Scooter: story gives MEANING
2:25
Scooter: Ray is talking about living the archetypal moments of the SW universe
2:25
Scooter: Greg is talking about state of the game and how it's playable
2:25
Scooter: "We're not going to be playing it today"
2:25
Scooter: Doh
2:25
Scooter: Greg is dropping mad MMO acronyms like RVR PVP etc
2:26
Scooter: But he's talking about a game for KOTOR fans who don't play MMOs
2:26
Scooter: Companion characters are now the topic
2:26
Scooter: COMPANIONS ARE IN. HK-47 PET?!?!?!?
2:26
Scooter: You can't have Han Solo without Chewbacca is the analogy Greg uses.
2:27
Scooter: Companions will have own stories and quests, and you can manipulate them if you're an evil dark side duder
2:27
Scooter: BG2 is COMPLETELY DWARFED by this game (size-wise)
2:27
Scooter: TRAILER TIME
2:28
Scooter: still plying logos
2:28
Scooter: title scroll about imminent war between sith and old republic
2:28
Scooter: olde tyme space shio,and close up of a crystal thingy
2:28
Scooter: there's an assassin droid on screen
2:29
Scooter: some jedi dude is force choking some soldier fool
2:29
Scooter: DOORS ARE OPENING
2:29
Scooter: EPISODE 1 FIGHT MUSIC whike two jedi are dueling
2:29
Scooter: "your saga begins online"
2:29
Scooter: Star Wars: the Old republic = title
2:30
Scooter: Ray is introducing James Ohlen
2:30
Scooter: Lead designer on KOTOR and Baldur's Gate
2:30
Scooter: He's got street cred
2:30
Scooter: He's going to talk about high level design stuff
2:31
Scooter: KOTOR is the coolest game of my career, and SW: Old republic is even MORE exciting! compelling!
2:31
Scooter: "bringing story to the online space"
2:31
Scooter: takes place 3500 years before movies
2:31
Scooter: there's a haggard jedi looking guy plus some random monster art on screen while he talks
2:31
Scooter: 300 years after KOTOR 1 and 2
2:32
Scooter: New Sith Empire is THE MAN
2:32
Scooter: terentatex= ny Star wars nerd know what this is?it was just onscreen
2:32
Scooter: Faction: Galactic Republic or Sith Empire
2:32
Scooter: classes within each faction
2:33
Scooter: he's talking about individual stories of characters like han solo and luke
2:33
Scooter: that's the dynamic he wants; players with own stories who commune with others
2:33
Scooter: players will have to make hard choices
2:33
Scooter: "good, evil, pragmatic, or unpredictable"
2:34
Scooter: reiterates that companion characters are important to both bioware games and SW movies
2:34
Scooter: companions, player choice, unique classes, and players joining together are the key factors of the experience
2:34
Scooter: now here comes the art director
2:35
Scooter: Jeff Dobson, he's worked on other MMOs
2:35
Scooter: quick aside: no in game art has been shown so far
2:35
Scooter: I WILL DESCRIBE THE GAME LOOK WHEN I SEE IT
2:35
Scooter: all art is concept art so far
2:36
Scooter: Dobson is talking about making it Star Wars and recognizable
2:36
Scooter: oh wait, a kinda cool image of a olde tyme trooper just flashed by
2:36
Scooter: looks pretty KOTOR-ish
2:37
Scooter: it's a trooper design i haven't really seen
2:37
Scooter: NOT EVEN ANTHONY knows what the trooper was!
2:37
Scooter: he's a huge SW nerd
2:38
Scooter: he's talking about how they gotta get the character art right, since that's ALL YOU SEE IN AN MMO
2:38
Scooter: why is he talking about broad shoulders and square jaws if you're going to wear space armor? that's a mystery to me.
2:39
Scooter: AHA, he just talks about how the art is designed to run across ALL range of PCs
2:39
Scooter: he's talking about a video that's coming up
2:40
Scooter: pre-production footage marker just flashed by
2:40
Scooter: unoptimized framerate!
2:40
Scooter: just location shots so far
2:40
Scooter: now jedi and droids and combat sequences
2:40
Scooter: no UI, so i cant tell you how it's actually playing out.
2:41
Scooter: anythony said it reminded him of age of conan with a bit of WoW
2:41
Scooter: combat-aninmation wise
2:41
Scooter: choppy jedi swings
2:41
Scooter: back to the title card
2:42
Scooter: ray is talking about general overview stuff
2:42
Scooter: there will be PvP, raids, etc.
2:42
Scooter: still no specifics about classes or anything
2:43
Scooter: it's still early, and now they're done talking
2:43
Scooter: So really, all that's been said and shown is some choppy combat and talks about story stuff without specifics
2:43
Scooter: we'll have breakout sessions, and will try to get more info from them
2:43
Scooter: Q&A time!
2:44
Scooter: is the footage pre-alpha?
2:44
Scooter: YES
2:44
Scooter: howlong have you been working on this game?
2:44
Scooter: NO DETAILS ON SCHEDULE
2:44
Scooter: just that it's a typical bioware game
2:44
Scooter: CONSOLE PLATFORMS?
2:45
Scooter: goeff keighley asked that
2:45
Scooter: "we'r eonly talking about PC... TODAY"
2:45
Scooter: hmmmmmm
2:45
Scooter: someone just asked if there's a subscription
2:45
Scooter: "no details on business model just yet"
2:45
Scooter: someone just asked for release date
2:46
Scooter: "some point IN THE FUTURE"
2:46
Scooter: "why go faction and then side instead of organic 'make a new dude and just go'" begining
2:46
Scooter: there is a design reason for that
2:46
Scooter: "what about the future of SWG?"
2:46
Scooter: "today we're talking about old republic"
2:47
Scooter: open beta?
2:47
Scooter: "AT SOME POINT"
2:47
Scooter: anything about classes or races?
There's more in that link Dark_Lord posted.
