Fan Site Summit 2011: Welcome To The Big Show!

Earlier this week, Ask A Jedi and about 15 other fan sites spent two days down in Austin, completely immersed in all things TOR thanks to the hospitality of BioWare! What you’re about to witness is a recount of those events, as they occurred. Names were not changed to protect the innocent :)

• First up, we sat down with Lead Systems Designer Damion Schubert for a one-on-one video interview, and tried to get him to answer as many Crew Skills questions as he could in 15 minutes! Click Here.
• Next, thanks to Brooks Guthrie and BioWare, we have professionally recorded audio of the group Q&A sessions with the developers. You’ll hear Georg Zoeller, Damion Schubert, Daniel Erickson and Blaine Christine field questions directly from the fan sites! Click Here.
• Then, in what was a huge highlight of the trip, is the tour of the BioWare Austin studio. Make all of the Willy Wonka references you want, because that’s what it felt like. Click Here.
• And as a nice bonus, we got a hold of an exclusive screenshot – so check it out! Click Here.
• We had a chance to play the awesome Black Talon Flashpoint – here’s what we thought!
• Imperial Agent Hands-On Impressions – 4 Hours Worth!

All told, we had about 10 hours of total hands-on play, including:

• Immersion Day with the Bounty Hunter and Imperial Agent (here.)
• PvP Overview (here.)
• PvP in the Alderaan Warzone (here.)
• Audio Q&A with Gabe Amatangelo (here.)
• All-Class Origin World Gameplay
• Flashpoints: The Black Talon! (now posted here.)

Oh, and we got a sneak peak at part of tomorrow’s update – WOW!

We’ll keep this post updated with our additional coverage, as well as items from other fan sites that come up.

Enjoy!

Darth Hater

TOROCast
TOROcast – Episode 100 – Its 100
Bounty Hunter Impressions and Q&A’s
TOROcast Exclusive Screenshot!
The Black Talon
Playing the Agent
Fansite Summit Gameplay Impressions
Fansite Summit: Georg Zoeller Interview!

Corellian Run Radio
First SWTOR Fansite Summit Day 1: The Gang’s All Here
Exclusive Screenshot – Nar Shaddaa
Georg Zoeller on Forum Polls
FanSite Summit Day 2, Morning: Studio Tour, Dev Q&As
FanSite Summit: CRR Interview Highlights with Georg Zoeller
EPISODE #22: Can We Go Back to Austin Now?

Mos Eisley Radio
MER Episode 37: The Summit

TORSyndicate
Damion Schubert Fan Site Summit Interview
Video Q&A with the Writers
Exclusive Screenshot
TORSyndicate Episode #26: Summit in Review
Imperial Agent Impressions

TOR-Talk
Episode 35: Texas Rangers
Interview With Georg Zoeller

SWTOR-Life
Unedited Video of Torocast Recording Show 100 at SWTOUR
Exclusive Screenshot
Impressions from Bioware’s Fan Site Summit 2011
Interview with Bioware’s Damion Schubert on Crew Skills
Bounty Hunter and General Gameplay Impressions

SWTOR-UK
Meeting The Sites At SWTOUR
SWTOUR Part 3 Points To Note
SWTOUR Part 2 Combat & Gameplay
SWTOUR Part 1 – Story
Random Pic’s From SWTOUR

TORWars
BioWare Summit: Incriminating Photos Pt. 1
Exclusive Screenshot
BioWare Summit: Incriminating Photos Pt. 2
BioWare’s Stephen Reid The Barstool Interview
BioWare Summit: Incriminating Photos Pt. 3
Playing the SWTOR Trooper First Impressions
The Making of SWTOUR