Archive for March, 2008

SOE Community Blog: SWG Friday Features(3)

Sony Online Entertainment employees share their thoughts about the gaming industry and lets gamers know what it's really like to work at SOE in the blogs on Station.com.

Alan "Brenlo" Crosby asked me to make a guest appearance on his blog, where I wrote a little about writing Friday Features for SWG. (Thanks to NerfMan for asking on Friday!)

I hope you enjoy reading it. I admit it's a little boring. )

RuneScape Stats

panic985 posted a photo:

RuneScape Stats

These are my stats now. I had another picture but thats old. My usual outfit is Full Rune and a Dragon Longsword with an Amulet of Strength that my friend gave me and a team cape with the combat boots you get from the Barbarian Village. I don’t have Rune boots or gloves. My combat level is 72. My Name is Killer 8337.

Movie Contest(8)

Star Wars Galaxies Stratics announces a new contest for all you SWG movie makers out there!

Winners will receive an autographed copy of Star Wars Galaxies: Complete Online Adventures. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place movies will also receive a 60 day game card!

The contest starts on April 1st, 2008 and ends on April 30th, 2008. To avoid confusion, entries will be accepted on the 30th.

The categories are:

Comedy - Make us laugh

Example: Gotta admit, Darth Velveeta is pretty funny now.

Musical - music that goes with the movie

Example: Can you beat the Grease movie?

Drama - Serious types of movies involving conflicts and emotion

Example: Hill 354

Action - PvP

Example: Carnage

The rules are as follows:

You must have an active account with Star Wars Galaxies and be registered on the SWG Stratics forums to enter.

A link to your movie needs to be posted in our Contest forum.

Please provide your in game name when submitting your movie, as well as the category you are entering. If you think your movie can go into more than one category, please name them.

Winners will be notified via e-mail and you must provide your full name and address in a reply. That way, we can send you the prize. If you'd rather not post your email address with your entry, please email me at rainstar@stratics.com and let me know which entry is yours.

All winning entries will be posted on SWG Stratics.

Movie Contest(8)

Star Wars Galaxies Stratics announces a new contest for all you SWG movie makers out there!

Winners will receive an autographed copy of Star Wars Galaxies: Complete Online Adventures. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place movies will also receive a 60 day game card!

The contest starts on April 1st, 2008 and ends on April 30th, 2008. To avoid confusion, entries will be accepted on the 30th.

The categories are:

Comedy - Make us laugh

Example: Gotta admit, Darth Velveeta is pretty funny now.

Musical - music that goes with the movie

Example: Can you beat the Grease movie?

Drama - Serious types of movies involving conflicts and emotion

Example: Hill 354

Action - PvP

Example: Carnage

The rules are as follows:

You must have an active account with Star Wars Galaxies and be registered on the SWG Stratics forums to enter.

A link to your movie needs to be posted in our Contest forum.

Please provide your in game name when submitting your movie, as well as the category you are entering. If you think your movie can go into more than one category, please name them.

Winners will be notified via e-mail and you must provide your full name and address in a reply. That way, we can send you the prize. If you'd rather not post your email address with your entry, please email me at rainstar@stratics.com and let me know which entry is yours.

All winning entries will be posted on SWG Stratics.

Verified by visa and MasterCard Secure are now Live!(18)

To provide our customers with more credit card security Sony Online Entertainment has partnered with Visa and MasterCard.  Verified by visa and MasterCard Secure have now been added to our Station store purchase flow.  

Q. How will this affect our customer? 
A. When adding new subscriptions, changing a subscription or purchasing software from the station store you the customer will be prompted to join Verified by Visa or MasterCard Secure. An application will pop up and prompt you to join the security program.

Q. How much does it cost to join Verified by Visa or MasterCard secure?
A. It is completely free to join Visa and MasterCard?s security for online purchases.

Q. Why should I give Sony Online entertainment my personal information?
A. The information requested for these programs is not stored on any SOE servers. These programs are provided by Visa and MasterCard. Only Visa and MasterCard will retain the information you provide for your security.

Order page- VBV and Master Card sign up page- Please enter all requested information. This is a secure sight and only Visa or MasterCard will have your information.

Login Screen- after you have signed up for the security program you will need to login again to verify that the card has been secured.

  

~Gnobrin!

Live Gamer to Remove SMS Validation Requirement!(0)

This is not a Bristlebane Day joke!  George Scotto of Live Gamer contacted us today about the launch delay and also informed us they'd be removing the unpopular text-message validation requirement.

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Bon Voyage, Gaile!

After five years as our dedicated Guild Wars community manager, Gaile Gray has decided to assume a new role at ArenaNet. To honor her and the commitment she has shown, we are hosting an in-game farewell party this weekend. For more information about Gaile’s new role, visit her user page on the Guild Wars wiki. We’ll have more information about our plans for the Guild Wars community team next Monday.

Movie Contest(6)

Star Wars Galaxies Stratics announces a new contest for all you SWG movie makers out there!

Winners will receive an autographed copy of Star Wars Galaxies: Complete Online Adventures. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place movies will also receive a 60 day game card!

The contest starts on April 1st, 2008 and ends on April 30th, 2008. To avoid confusion, entries will be accepted on the 30th.

The categories are:

Comedy - Make us laugh

Example: Gotta admit, Darth Velveeta is pretty funny now.

Musical - music that goes with the movie

Example: Can you beat the Grease movie?

Drama - Serious types of movies involving conflicts and emotion

Example: Hill 354

Action - PvP

Example: Carnage

The rules are as follows:

You must have an active account with Star Wars Galaxies and be registered on the SWG Stratics forums to enter.

A link to your movie needs to be posted in our Contest forum.

Please provide your in game name when submitting your movie, as well as the category you are entering. If you think your movie can go into more than one category, please name them.

Winners will be notified via e-mail and you must provide your full name and address in a reply. That way, we can send you the prize. If you'd rather not post your email address with your entry, please email me at rainstar@stratics.com and let me know which entry is yours.

All winning entries will be posted on SWG Stratics.

RF Online - Chip War Clip

RF Online - Chip War Clip
killing85
3 min - 2007-08-13

Um pequeno vídeo de uma das últimas cw´s do servidor Naigar, do RF ONLINE Brsil.

Podcast #32(0)

Official SOE Podcast #32 is live!!! It?s April fool?s time; did we make you laugh with our little jokes? This podcast features an interview with a member of the Agency team, the EQOA CRM Joel Sasaki and Project Manager Sam Parra. We sing Happy Birthday to the Matrix Online, chat about the latest SOE news, and of course talk about the games we are playing and what we are currently watching on TV and in the movies.

Be sure to tune in! There are two different ways to download the Podcast first by heading over to the Podcast?s official site, and click on your preferred bandwidth, second if you have iTunes installed select iTunes store, type SOE into the search box and click Subscribe! Your feedback is always welcome either on the Station forums or via email.

 

~Gnobrin!

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