Mission: Bring LF Back to Life

[Sabretooth]

I see three possible scenarios.

 

One, we wait for LucasArts ElectronicArts to make new St- oh god i can't even bring myself to finish the sentence

 

Two, we convert LucasForums into LucasForumr, a hot new social webapp that allows you to be in control of the conversation, with dynamic, fresh, hot, SEO, keyword, viagra and integration with Twitter, Google+ and Foobcake.

 

Three, we negotiate a deal with EviLore and merge LucasForums with NeoGAF to form NeoLucasCamelCaseForumGaf.

[Pho3nix]

I vote LucasForumr

[Darth InSidious]

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[Al_Ciao]

As I am an avowed darksider, I want to see more Star Wars games, EA or not. xD Also, I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that Disney/EA is contracting with Bioware to make a new SP Star Wars game (post-2015). Of course, if that's true, it's probably old news here >.>

[Lynk Former]

@ Sabre: Diabolical!

[Sabretooth]

Also, I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that Disney/EA is contracting with Bioware to make a new SP Star Wars game (post-2015). Of course, if that's true, it's probably old news here >.>

 

Indeed, at present we know of three games in various stages of development.

 

DICE's game is Battlefront III, expected to release 2015.

 

BioWare's game will almost certainly be an SRPG. I imagine they will move to developing it full-time after DA3 is finished next year, and the full release may well take place after the fourth Mass Effect game. So yeah, we're looking at 2015/16 here.

 

That leaves Visceral's game, which inside sources tell me will be Yoda Stories II, available in a few months for iOS, Android and Online.

[Al_Ciao]

Indeed, at present we know of three games in various stages of development.

 

DICE's game is Battlefront III, expected to release 2015.

 

BioWare's game will almost certainly be an SRPG. I imagine they will move to developing it full-time after DA3 is finished next year, and the full release may well take place after the fourth Mass Effect game. So yeah, we're looking at 2015/16 here.

 

That leaves Visceral's game, which inside sources tell me will be Yoda Stories II, available in a few months for iOS, Android and Online.

 

Cool, thanks for the confirmation and additional info! I haven't even heard of Yoda Stories I lol. Ooh, this is my 100th post! Kudos to me! >.>

[Astor]

I think many of us still poke our heads regularly - in my case I'm still around, but generally it's a flying visit to see if anything interesting is being discussed, and half the time now I don't have time to read things properly before I have to worry about something away from the computer...

 

If this place is to move forward, we need to be more focused in our approach and consolidate things down to a much easier to manage structure so that people don't get lost in all of these really ancient foundations where no one really goes any more.

 

I think consolidation is a great idea.

 

And regarding Kavar's, I must admit I did play a part in some of the hostility and unpleasantness - and when I look back on my own activity there, I regret most of it. Maybe regret is too strong a word, but I'm not proud of many of my contributions.

[Prime]

I think consolidation is a great idea.

I concur.

 

<steeples fingers>

[mimartin]

Yeah that would work for some of the forums...others, not so much. It would however been welcomed to me for selfish reasons. I am tired of killing spambots the same time every day in the same dead forums.

[Darth Avlectus]

I joined initially as someone hopeful for a KOTOR3. I'd seen bits of KOTOR2 from a friend (now my roommate) on XBOX the winter it was released. I bought KOTOR 1 soon thereafter in '05 but left it be for quite awhile.

 

In late '06 to busy my mind from other things I was dealing with at the time, I made my debut here. Then I had a long absence from LF for awhile.

 

Came back and for awhile I couldn't get enough. Life has steadily drawn me away. But LF is sort of my baby. Or rather it was--its all grown up now. So I come back to check up on it.

 

Being on this forum has been something of personal growth for me. I cringe at some of my past posts but also realize it was personal growth and learning.

 

It's said sarcasm doesn't translate very well through text online, written medium, or otherwise. And yet I learned it here. I would always have trouble understanding it before, spoken in person and unable to distinguish sarcasm from serious. My spoken communication (and written) have improved for it.

 

I also learned a bit of self control. It's okay that people don't agree with me. In fact life beforehand was about being a social anomaly for me.

 

There's some people I met here whom I will definitely keep contact with outside LF.

 

I also save pages and archives of the modding subforum. I have mod projects going but like many projects and things I guess I don't take it seriously enough...or this that and he other thing are preventing me from doing it. Or it's simply remembering to get around to it.

 

Though it'd be nice if I could once again find the audacity VST plugin for the green box/army recon effect. My Audacity1.3 doesn't seem to want to start anymore and I'm afraid if I uninstall-reinstall, all the VST plugins will go bye-bye. I was making an HK droid voice demo for a newbie.

 

 

@ Astor: I praise your humility on that front.

 

I don't enter kavar's often but I have on the rare occasion I needed advice that the limited perspective of the people I know in real life couldn't give me. The people of this forum have been almost like a family to me and its one of the few places on the Internet I trust to at least try and help. Even though Im not active there I would be saddened to see it close down.

If I ever caused a big issue with it-I know one of my threads had been quite controversial- I apologize.

 

You know something I had been meaning to reply to a thread of yours but was never sure how you looked at me or anyone else here. I'll keep that in mind.

[Sabretooth]

I think consolidation is a great idea.

 

I concur.

 

<steeples fingers>

 

 

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*laughs; cries; cowers in corner*

[Lynk Former]

Right now, there are a lot of ideas floating around, but I'll make sure to discuss it with other staff and see what they think... and definitely discuss it with all of the members too since ultimately we'd be doing this for you guys and the continuing future of LFN.

 

...The problem is that I don't know whether it's achievable with the current availability of staff. We're talking about a pretty big overhaul and that requires a lot of work. One of the reasons why the updated SWK site design didn't go up (the one I posted not too long ago) was because there wasn't enough people available to convert stuff over from the old design to the new one.

 

So while we can make all the plans we want... getting it all done is another thing entirely.

[urluckyday]

Right now, there are a lot of ideas floating around, but I'll make sure to discuss it with other staff and see what they think... and definitely discuss it with all of the members too since ultimately we'd be doing this for you guys and the continuing future of LFN.

 

...The problem is that I don't know whether it's achievable with the current availability of staff. We're talking about a pretty big overhaul and that requires a lot of work. One of the reasons why the updated SWK site design didn't go up (the one I posted not too long ago) was because there wasn't enough people available to convert stuff over from the old design to the new one.

 

So while we can make all the plans we want... getting it all done is another thing entirely.

 

Any way I can help, let me know!

[Fallen Guardian]

Right now, there are a lot of ideas floating around, but I'll make sure to discuss it with other staff and see what they think... and definitely discuss it with all of the members too since ultimately we'd be doing this for you guys and the continuing future of LFN.

 

...The problem is that I don't know whether it's achievable with the current availability of staff. We're talking about a pretty big overhaul and that requires a lot of work. One of the reasons why the updated SWK site design didn't go up (the one I posted not too long ago) was because there wasn't enough people available to convert stuff over from the old design to the new one.

 

So while we can make all the plans we want... getting it all done is another thing entirely.

 

I'd be happy to help in any way I can.

[Sith Sizzle]

It's sad that there seems to be more random posts and less about KOTOR these days. Of course there aren't many of those posts either. Don't get me wrong those types of posts are appreciated and needed to have some variety, but the main focus should always be the games the forum is about, the reason we're all here.

[Canderis]

It's sad that there seems to be more random posts and less about KOTOR these days. Of course there aren't many of those posts either. Don't get me wrong those types of posts are appreciated and needed to have some variety, but the main focus should always be the games the forum is about, the reason we're all here.

 

There has always been way more posts about anything but kotor here. At least as long as I've been here.

[Taak Farst]

I must admit I did play a part in some of the hostility and unpleasantness - and when I look back on my own activity there, I regret most of it. Maybe regret is too strong a word, but I'm not proud of many of my contributions.

 

This forum is a statement to how well I have matured and improved my grammar over the years. I am appalled at some posts; The moon landing was a hoax and "the blacks" have too much power. That is what listening to conspiracy theorists and racists here in Manchester will do to you...

[Lynk Former]

Thanks for the interest in helping... I think the first thing to do is to get ideas, suggestions, whatever from the community. Ithink I'll start a new thread for that entirely so we can makei it a bit more prominant

 

Of course, with that said, everything is informal at the moment. I have ideas of my own but having ideas coming from just me isn't good. I'm sure there are people in the community that can come up with some good stuff if they thought about it.

 

The whole process should be productive since it may spark some things and also allow everyone involved to help shape this place for the future and feel a little more invested in what goes rather than some guy in the background pulling all the strings.

 

I'll post a thread soon, look out for it...

[urluckyday]

This forum is a statement to how well I have matured and improved my grammar over the years. I am appalled at some posts; The moon landing was a hoax and "the blacks" have too much power. That is what listening to conspiracy theorists and racists here in Manchester will do to you...

 

Haha if you think that some of your posts are a reflection on a lack of maturity, imagine what it feels like for this 23-year-old to look back at some of the posts he made when he was 13. /facepalm lol

[Totenkopf]

Lucasforums.....Lucasforums.....sounds familiar. Since getting sucked into the blackhole called SWTOR, I've only come back here (lurking or otherwise) very infrequently. I'm not very familiar w/the skpe posse uproar, but do remember threads getting nasty in '08. Considered quitting, but not out of anger, more like concern about moderation issues. Not the type to roll over easily anyway (as several here can attest. ). Do recall several people obsessing about that issue, but had enough faith in most of mods I dealt w/to not be dbags that I stayed on. It's been bumpy at times, but no regrets. While I don't think that KC necessarily needs to be kicked, people should check their egos and just accept that sometimes you can't convince the other guy to see things your way and avoid taking things personally. To Purifier's point about nastiness, there was some in KC, but the senate was much more aggressive in that way w/a more detached moderating style than you got in KC. But given that people will fight about anything given the chance (and even take it personally), I'd just say.....read content and if not your cup of tea....avoid area altogether. Other thing I'd say on that is to remember that most of us don't know each other irl, so why worry about what a stranger (you'll likely never even meet) thinks of you. Just post or not as the whim hits you and avoid ad hominem battles whatever the subject material/thread. Or accept you may have to take as good as you give and maybe even be banned for your trouble. That said, I generally agree that till a new game that catches fire w/people here comes out, it'll just hum along.

[urluckyday]

Lucasforums.....Lucasforums.....sounds familiar. Since getting sucked into the blackhole called SWTOR, I've only come back here (lurking or otherwise) very infrequently. I'm not very familiar w/the skpe posse uproar, but do remember threads getting nasty in '08. Considered quitting, but not out of anger, more like concern about moderation issues. Not the type to roll over easily anyway (as several here can attest. ). Do recall several people obsessing about that issue, but had enough faith in most of mods I dealt w/to not be dbags that I stayed on. It's been bumpy at times, but no regrets. While I don't think that KC necessarily needs to be kicked, people should check their egos and just accept that sometimes you can't convince the other guy to see things your way and avoid taking things personally. To Purifier's point about nastiness, there was some in KC, but the senate was much more aggressive in that way w/a more detached moderating style than you got in KC. But given that people will fight about anything given the chance (and even take it personally), I'd just say.....read content and if not your cup of tea....avoid area altogether. Other thing I'd say on that is to remember that most of us don't know each other irl, so why worry about what a stranger (you'll likely never even meet) thinks of you. Just post or not as the whim hits you and avoid ad hominem battles whatever the subject material/thread. Or accept you may have to take as good as you give and maybe even be banned for your trouble. That said, I generally agree that till a new game that catches fire w/people here comes out, it'll just hum along.

 

Wait, what issue in '08 are you referring to?

[Totenkopf]

Right before the election of our reigning monarch.

[Sabretooth]

Wait, what issue in '08 are you referring to?

 

I think this thread was more or the less what it came down to and more or less settled the matter.

 

It involved wonderful terms like "open civil war", "neo-communist democracy", "gothic mysticist", "disbanding Kavar's", and "festive pagan clockwork".