Yva Xorna

~2 row tool bar is coming back :)

I keep remembering things they said ~they are aware some of the fight animations look "stupid" (their word for it) and are fixing it.

Oh I had camera problems. I need a new one. I've had this one for several years and it's trying to die. Oh there were some people at my table from Wanderhome. Raleigh from RTECH Fivah from SOD (she was in KEG too I think at one time) Lopaka Nicholas Holiday Scrap and Bodin Blaze (who I think 'stole' my T-shirt but that's ok because I got another one) No pics of them yet but will post as soon as I get it in my email. Dev's were Julio, Eli Holding, David "Darth Vapor" Jones, and this other guy who's name I forgot (oops). Julio is the burry guy standing up. 2 of the Dev's actually were sitting at our Wanderhome table for a bit before the 'show' started. Oh, the 3 burry guys sitting down were actually on my flight back home. They were very cool people and we ended up chatting a bit while we were all waiting for the flight. big blurry pic oh and here's the view out my hotel room at night hehe. I really hate this camera. night view of parking lot

Hi all. Ok I just got back from the SWG Community Summit April 2006 in Los Angeles. And I have to say, I'm impressed. I was actually ready to cancel my other account due to it being useless and whatnot and I was thinking my dog could progam better than the Devs et cetera et cetera. But now I think I actually understand what they are trying to do. They *DO* acutally play the game. [incidentially Julio said he actaully has played an Entertainer for years *gasp athe shock*] Some of this you may already be aware of but just in case ~focus on bug fixing (including Hero of Tatooine) ~GCW will be back & working. They haven't ironed out the details. Considering having [oops forgot to finish this sentence]...some sort of PVP where it's only against your CL (maybe 9in battle fields) so it's not just like 4 90's gang up on the CL5's. ~3& 4 year vet rewards ~vetran rewards that actually DO something (other than sit there and look pretty) ~differentiation within the profession (so no more cookie cutters!) ~Jedi to stay as a starting profession (they said this was a decision made by HQ because so many people want to play Jedi) ~harder mobs (to encourage group hunts) ~groups to stay at 8 except they are exploring possability of PVPing groups possibly being more and/or allowing people to be in more than 1 group (They said they can't currently support a group content for more than 8 because it ends up just a group going around invincably killing stuff and that's not what they want. Then the one guy, I think it was Vapor, said actually they can't even support content for groups of ONE right now so they need to work on that first LOL) ~new high-end theme parks. Look for the Village to make a comeback in some capacity. Also same for the Jedi Enclaves- those will be doing something soon. ~CH won't be coming back as a profession but they are working on taking some of the CH duties and assigning them to other professions. ~There will be some sort of battle fatigue coming back so that entertainers will have a purpose :) ~ADK kits, hang on to them you never know (they wouldn't be specific) ~no current plans for more server consolidations ~working on fixing the problem with abandoned houses. It's on their list but they are having some difficulty with it. ~adding true collision (ir being able to hide behind rocks) I will upload a pic soon as I figure out who's in it :P [sorry typed this while I was 1/2 asleep and forgot to finish a few thoughts]

Yeah with bases inactive and no jedi hunting by BH, the combat between players has totally like evaporated. But bases will be back soon I think so things will pickup. I honestly thing SancT is going to be one of the Big Dogs. We've got the numbers and the know-how and we're all pretty freindly with each other.

There are no safe topics with you around :P

*stomach rumbles audibly* oh now you done it!!! :(

Some of it is cooked. It depends on the type.

oh chopsticks FTW :) heheh about the wasabi, yeah I hear you Draejth, first time I had it my freinds told me it was avocado :blink:

hey Nola :)

Sashimi is fresh, raw, chilled, sliced, and elegantly arranged. Maki Sushi contains strips of fish or vegetables rolled in rice and wrapped in crisp, thin sheets of dried seaweed. Can be cooked or uncooked. Nigiri Sushi is a slice of fish (cooked or uncooked) pressed by hand onto a pad of rice. Fish roe is also served as nigiri sushi in a style called gunkan, meaning "boat". Nigiri sushi contains a hint of horseradish and is meant to be dipped in soy sauce. They are always served in pairs. My favorite is the California Roll. They hide the seaweed in the middle. It's avocado and either crab or immitation crab (cooked).

I dig any type of fish. I hate going to restaurant because most of them lol can't cook (according to me). Any time I get anything I think 'I could do this better'. I made some really good baked mahi-mahi the other day. I think technically it was poached. It was awesome though! I'm unhappy about the current problem with the salmon season (namely the 75 fish per boat per day limit for commerical fishing out my way ) but these things happen. So I expect the price will go up. Right now its about $4-$5 lb for a filet of salmon. OMG speaking of Indian food, Shaw, mmmmm yumyumyum went to this new Indian restaurant today for a coworker's birthday. $10 buffet omg the tandori chicken mmmm oh god everything was good. They didn't have vindaloo but they made up for it by having a smashing good Chicken Tikka Masala *drool* (ok its too late for me to spell)

Yva is a version of Evangeline- which is Greek for "like an angel". I thought it was a great BH name at the time. Angel of Death maybe :lol: Vrach is as close as I can get to the Russian word for doctor/medic. Since he was a Medic at the time. I specced him back to Medic now actually. Bellea is from Bella which is Latin for "beautiful". Aren't all Iths? :) Feire is Norwegian for "to celebrate", which I thought was a good name for an Entertainer. Xiao-Doa is Chinese. "Xiao" is "night" and "Doa" is "steal, rob, plunder..." I thought it had a nice Spy quality to it. Really though, its kinda piratey. Yarrr! The surname is by choice, too. Xorna is a sort of a bastardization of Russian patronyms. My first toon was Xorendax so all my others are sons & daughters of Xor. Of course you can't call it a patronym if you're using the mother's name and the males names should end in "vitch" not "na" but anyway... :woot:

Xiao-Doabacca? oh dear that gave me a headache just trying to spell that.

congrats :)

lol Mav Welll they didn't 'destroy' it so much as they really changed it. I'm sure that from their point of view the NGE was going to totally rock and everybody would love it:P I don't think they see the game the same as we do. I really can't believe they are DUMB as we make they out to be. I think honestly the problem has been a disconnect between the way we like to play and the things we understand and then the mission they are on. My report will be better :P

*cheer* yay :)

wow sounds like they been busy fixing quests (it's about time!!!)

I'll take photos and notes of course :) Sorry don't have any spy cams I can bring along.

Well looks like I'll be representing SancTuary at the LA one :) *does happy dance* If you have any feedback you want me to try to give them, gmail me in-game and I'll bring it with me.

ventrillo is a specific software so is teamspeak

oh take pictures both of you so we have something new to look at :)

yes indeed a lot of them run around barefoot I think :lol:

Wanderhome is dead if they aren't winning any big battles. Although come to think of it they were never really winning any big battles *lol*. Hey if they want to think Wanderhome is dead that's fine. MAYBE THEY WILL QUIT THEN!!!! :H5: We know the truth and we don't have to share it with them :)

....my 2 toons lived on Lok and had to walk 5k to the town. Sometimes they would die along the way. lol We've come a long way since then!!!!!!!!