You may have seen her lurking around here a bit, while she got to know us. I'm pleased to say TimeLady has taken the time to know Saga probably more than most applicants, so don't be surprised if she knows your secr ... I mean your habits ... more than you'd expect.
Otherwise I'll let her introduce herself. But I felt like she might be a bit shy so I thought I'd get the ball rolling.
Please note - all the rest of youse can continue to start you own "welcome" threads. Don't expect me to be coddling the lot of you.
Hi,
I'm a new member in SWTOR, and I wanted to introduce myself. I'm a college student studying Speech Language Pathology and Linguistics. I have a little bit of experience playing WOW, but I have never been in an active MMO guild before. I've also never done RP in an MMO, but I have been playing Pen and Paper RPGs for a couple of years. I look forward to getting to know all of you here on the forums and in the game. :)
Welcome!
I have been reading the forums for a while, and I am very excited to finally be a part of the family. I plan to create a couple of characters once the game launches, but I have included the profile for the first character I plan to roll below. She's based on a character I play in a friend's Star Wars d20 game.
Name: Catri Sage
Race: Human
Class: Smuggler (Scoundrel AC, Sawbones spec)
Age: 27
Hair: Black
Eyes: Blue
Personality Traits: Loyal, Friendly, Laid back
Character flaws: Stubborn, Sometimes becomes defensive too quickly
Background: Catri and her four brothers grew up around their father's machine shop on Nar Shadaa. Catri learned to fix ships watching her father and oldest brother around the shop. She learned how to fix people when she started doing odd jobs for a family friend in his clinic at age twelve. By the time Catri was eighteen she had a basic knowledge first aid and mechanics. Shortly after her eighteenth birthday one of Catri's brothers won a beaten up old ship in a pazaak game. The Sages fixed the ship up, and the rest, as they say, is history. Catri's oldest brother stayed in the machine shop to help their father, but within a few years four out of the five Sage siblings were running a successful "perfectly legitimate, 100% legal shipping business" with two ships and business contacts all over the galaxy.
Welcome to Saga
Greetings and welcome, dear TimeLady. Pull up a chair and enjoy your stay. :)
Welcome!
Welcome Time Lady!
Quote from: TimeLady on September 20, 2011, 07:40:47 PM
Hi,
I'm a new member in SWTOR, and I wanted to introduce myself. I'm a college student studying Speech Language Pathology and Linguistics. I have a little bit of experience playing WOW, but I have never been in an active MMO guild before. I've also never done RP in an MMO, but I have been playing Pen and Paper RPGs for a couple of years. I look forward to getting to know all of you here on the forums and in the game. :)
Looking foward to playing with ya!
Welcome, Time Lady!
I hope you enjoy your stay and it's always nice to see another Scoundrel in our company!
Welcome, i am new to all this as well. But me being me, i jumped right in and found out it is fun. I think you will too.
Good to see another sawbones! Hopefully we can keep these hot-headed Jedi on their feet. Honestly, the lack of self-control is staggering. They say that Han shot first, but I'd be willing to bet that Obi Wan would have beat him to it if he hadn't been busy buying drinks for Luke at the bar.
True that...just look at how quick ObiWan was to whip out his lightsaber and chop a guy's arm off in the middle of a crowded bar. That's a great idea when you're trying to sneak past the stormtroopers who are looking for your droids....make sure no one on the planet will forget you any time soon.
"This is not the chopped-off hand you are looking for. Move along."
Welcome TimeLady.
Glad to see you've already made friends with MostToys.
Now, here's a pre-emptive "Behave yourself" so I don't have to do it later, because obviously you're going to be trouble.
*Motions for a group of Ninja Ewoks to return to their hiding place* Why ever would you think I will be trouble? I will behave perfectly well, and I am not at all formulating plots for world domination at this very moment. ;D
Quote from: Askari on September 24, 2011, 09:10:34 AM
"This is not the chopped-off hand you are looking for. Move along."
That image is so wrong. :P
Please tell me you know Romana, TimeLady. Or better yet, that you are Romana.
Unfortunately, I am not Romana, and I don't know her well. She was a few years ahead of me at the Time Lord Acadamy.
Plus five geek points for recognizing the Doctor Who reference in my screenname. ;D
It was either that or you're a watchmaker. I'll bet on The Doctor every time. :)
Oh see, now you made me go and learn something.
I haven't caught up on all the past Doctor Who episodes. I've seen at least one arc with each Doctor though, except the Eighth of course, if that counts for something. And every episode with Doctors Ninth, Tenth & Eleventh.
Quote from: Ryland on September 26, 2011, 10:40:34 PM
Oh see, now you made me go and learn something.
I haven't caught up on all the past Doctor Who episodes. I've seen at least one arc with each Doctor though, except the Eighth of course, if that counts for something. And every episode with Doctors Ninth, Tenth & Eleventh.
Watching the old series can be tough for people who came in with the new series. At its best, the old series is like watching Masterpiece Theatre with cheaper plywood sets and rock quarries. What remains constant throughout both series is The Doctor as a hyper-charismatic figure.
I actually spent nearly 10 months creating DVDs of every Doctor Who episode to replace my old videocassettes. So I actually have the entirety of the old series on DVD, even audio/production still recreations of the lost episodes. If you ever have a question or want to know one person's opinion about Doctor Who, just ask.
I've really enjoyed the 9th, 10th, and 11th Doctor Who episodes. But I haven't gone back and tried to watch the older stuff.
Even though it's science fiction, I most enjoy the episodes that have an almost gothic horror feel to them (like "Blink", with the Weeping Angels).
Quote from: Askari on September 27, 2011, 09:08:06 AM
I've really enjoyed the 9th, 10th, and 11th Doctor Who episodes. But I haven't gone back and tried to watch the older stuff.
Even though it's science fiction, I most enjoy the episodes that have an almost gothic horror feel to them (like "Blink", with the Weeping Angels).
The old series is a much different feel. When I heard about the new series, my fondest wish was that they "make it with a Buffy type feel." And I never watched Buffy or any of the spinoffs - I just knew that it was good quality, arching storylines, soap-opera aspects and much more focused on interpersonal relationships than the previous generation of SciFi.
I was really afraid that Doctor Who would reboot and be so geared toward being what the old series was that it would only appeal to a niche that couldn't guarantee the longevity of the program.
Coincidentally, I have heard more than once in the media about the new series taking on a "Buffy-like style" since. Which makes me feel a bit prophetic. :D
The biggest differences you'd see between new and old:
1. The old series is understandably dated.
2. The special effects are often poor, even when considering the dated nature, whereas the new series is on par with modern shows.
3. The old series takes a story and makes it much more drawn out and slower paced than the new series. The earliest stories would often reach to four hours worth of episodes (with the record being 6.5 hours). Up until the late 70s, seasons would regularly have a 6-episode story.
4. Despite the long nature of individual stories, there were often no running story arcs between episodes, although there are exceptions. (The introduction of The Master, The Key to Time, Trial of a Time Lord, the rebirth of The Master, and perhaps some more tenuous ones.)
5. The characterization of companions was grossly oversimplified, most notably in that they were plucked out of time and space and the writers would devote no stories reflecting on their life and family before the doctor. Again, some exceptions. (Tegan, in the early 80s had some minimal stuff, Ace, who was the final companion was in some proto-modern episodes where this dynamic did start to matter)
<==== card-carrying member of the Official Doctor Who Fan Club circa 1983 (still have the 8 x 10 glossy of the toothy one)
*huggles Tom Baker who will ALWAYS be THE Doctor*
Quote from: MostToys on September 27, 2011, 09:49:26 AM
<==== card-carrying member of the Official Doctor Who Fan Club circa 1983 (still have the 8 x 10 glossy of the toothy one)
*huggles Tom Baker who will ALWAYS be THE Doctor*
I was in a funk for about a week back in 1991 when I watched Tom Baker regenerate after watching the entirety of of his run on WLIW.
I think Tom Baker ranks in at either #2 or #3 in "most eccentric Briton" as voted in a poll in the UK. I don't know who #1 is off the top of my head.
Not that I google EVERYTHING, but...
QuoteIn a poll published by BBC Homes and Antiques magazine in January 2006, Baker was voted the fourth most eccentric star. He was beaten by Björk, Chris Eubank and David Icke
Quote from: Ryland on September 27, 2011, 04:53:38 PM
Not that I google EVERYTHING, but...
QuoteIn a poll published by BBC Homes and Antiques magazine in January 2006, Baker was voted the fourth most eccentric star. He was beaten by Björk, Chris Eubank and David Icke
I know of David Icke. He's a former prominent member of the UK Green Party, and he quit, and now does public speaking. He believes that the governments of the world are run by reptilian beings who have sacrificial orgies in order to maintain their power. That's just one of the conspiracies he promotes.
QuoteI know of David Icke. He's a former prominent member of the UK Green Party, and he quit, and now does public speaking. He believes that the governments of the world are run by reptilian beings who have sacrificial orgies in order to maintain their power. That's just one of the conspiracies he promotes.
Oh well, of course, I thought the reptilian nature of government officials was common knowledge. :-P
I've seen all of the new series, but I haven't watched nearly as much of the old series as I should have. However, my introduction to Doctor Who was some of the 4th Doctor's episodes that my Dad got from the library (He watched the 4th Doctor's episodes when they were first running on tv in the U.S.); so 4 holds a special place in my heart as well. :smitten:
I used to pretend to watch the Tom Baker stuff on the local PBS affiliate when I was a wee lad, and vaguely remember thinking how strange the show was, criticizing the cheap special effects, and having absolutely no flarkety flarking idea what the heck the show was even about. Back then, it was Sesame Street or bust, baby!
However, it wouldn't be the first time that a more current incarnation of an older television property actually gave me a far greater appreciation for the stuff that came before it (after I basically ignored the original stuff the first time around). These days, I consider myself a very fresh convert trying to soak up as much as possible. Apparantly, I enjoy my eras of television history through reverse chronology.
Quote from: Ryscandor on September 27, 2011, 10:02:13 AM
I think Tom Baker ranks in at either #2 or #3 in "most eccentric Briton" as voted in a poll in the UK. I don't know who #1 is off the top of my head.
Well he did become a monk at age 15. What 15-year-old boy enters a monastery? I think he just got weirder from there. Perfect for the Doctor.
Quote from: Ryscandor on September 27, 2011, 07:38:28 AM
I actually spent nearly 10 months creating DVDs of every Doctor Who episode to replace my old videocassettes. So I actually have the entirety of the old series on DVD, even audio/production still recreations of the lost episodes.
Are you in the market for a new best friend? I have pie ...
Quote from: Alirrin on September 28, 2011, 02:44:37 PM
Quote from: Ryscandor on September 27, 2011, 07:38:28 AM
I actually spent nearly 10 months creating DVDs of every Doctor Who episode to replace my old videocassettes. So I actually have the entirety of the old series on DVD, even audio/production still recreations of the lost episodes.
Are you in the market for a new best friend? I have pie ...
You can imagine my joy when my little brother's first serious girlfriend turned out to be a huge Doctor Who fan (sucking my brother into the fandom). And she even wanted to borrow the first 10 seasons (1963-1973) to watch them. I'm pretty sure my brother needs to marry her. :smitten:
Please write an introduction to your character, including name, race, gender, class, alignment, god(if any). If you tradeskill or have other talents, please include those as well.
Name: Catri Sage (subject to change based on availability)
Race: Human
Class: Sawbones Smuggler
Crew Skills(tentative) : Slicing, Cybertech, Underworld Trading or Scavenging
Do you have alternate characters on the same server?
For me characters are like potato chips. I can't have just one. I am going to start out with two, the above mentioned smuggler and a Telekinetics Sage, but I will probably roll just about one of everything at some point.
How did you hear of us?
I joined a small guild (just me and the guild leader) that I found on the SWTOR guild site, and after a long time trying to recruit on the forums I posted on a thread for small guilds interested in merging. Vilidius had also posted on the thread for Saga which had fewer members on the TOR site then. The guild I was in did not last, and Saga looked like it was exactly what I had been looking for.
Is there anyone you have gotten to know from our family, IC or OOC?
I have gotten to know many people OOC through the mumble chat nights (Mixxi, ValGith, Vilidius, Reborn, Kael, Menemas, Sigil, Thibidau, Cyrian, Raven, Rumze). I have also done forum Rp with Val Gith, Raven, Cyrian, Thibideau, Kael, and Aerion.
What Roleplay games have you participated in?
I have played WOW off and on for a few years. I didn't Rp in game, but my characters always had some sort of backstory. I played a little bit of Rift. I have also done some Pen and paper RP (D&D 4th edtition, a little Star Wars d20, a little D&D 3.5, and some RP on a friend's home grown system)
What are you looking for as a member of our guild?
I want a group of people to explore the world and build stories with. So far, I feel very much at home and I haven't even spent much time with the guild in game. I hope to be in Saga for many years.
Have you read and agree to our Guild Policies and Guidelines?
Yes.
Please answer the following three questions, IN CHARACTER:
Tell us of your past.
My past? Well there's not too much to tell there. I grew up on Nar Shadaa with my dad and my four brothers. People say it's dirty and noisy and dangerous- and in all fairness they're right, but frack I love that planet. There's always something going on. Dad and my oldest brother Andros run a little machine shop. You name it they'll fix it.
Dad's best friend, a Duros named Monty, runs a little clinic nearby. I got my first job with him when I was twelve cleaning the clinic, running errands, cleaning his tools, and occasionally helping him stop the bleeding from knife wounds. He taught me a few things about keeping people alive over the years. When you get down to it fixing a person isn't so different from fixing a droid.
I spent most of my days helping Monty keep people breathing until one day my brother Javin won a ship in a Pazaak game. I don't know what shocked us more, that somone bet a ship in a Pazaak game or that Javin won. Well, once he had a ship he decided to start a shipping business. He talked me and the Twins (Devron and Jett) into flying The Lucky Draw for him while he took care of arranging jobs. We thought it would only be a few weeks before he ran the business into the ground, but for once one of his schemes worked. After a few years I was able to save up for my own ship. Now the Twins still fly Lucky, and I have my Wildcat.
What hobbies and directives do you presently have?
I guess you could say I'm a fixer. Ships, droids, people, if it's broken I'll fix it. It kind of runs in the family. I'm fond of a good game of Pazaak , although I don't like it if the stakes get too high. I also like an occasional Huttball match, either in the stands or on the field.
I can't say that I have much in the way of directives. I'm out to make a (mostly) honest wage. I'm not adverse to bending a few customs rules, but I'm not a thief. I'll fly near anything anywhere outside of Imp space, but I never and I mean never fly slaves , I don't care how good the credits are.I try to stay out of trouble, be true to my word and do right by my family and friends.
Where do you see yourself in the future?
Nar Shadaa will always have a special place in my heart, but The Wildcat is my home now. It would be wrong to keep a beautiful lady like my Wildcat shut up in a hangar all the time, and I'll go wherever she takes me as long as there are jobs to be had.