Episode 2: Many Taurens Died To Bring Us This Information

In Episode 2 Brian and I are joined by Josh Augustine, Associate Editor of PC Gamer & co-host of TOR Reporter. We discuss the release date, pre-order numbers and have a healthy debate on the pros and cons of a PVP server vs a PVE server.

Follow Josh on Twitter here and check out his Star Wars: The Old Republic podcast here!

You can check out the pre-orders for TOR here.

Have comments or questions leave us a message at 1-330-TCB-TALK (1-330-822-8255) and you may just hear yourself on the show!

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If you listened to Episode 0 of The Cantina Band you may remember us talking with Scott Johnson and the idea of allying/adversary our guilds was touched upon...

It is with great pleasure I announce today we have formalized our relationship with AIE (Alea Iacta Est.) as allies AND adversaries in the upcoming MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic.

Bioware has moved their pre-launch guild program in too Phase 2 now. During Phase 2 of this program guilds can choose up to a total of 3 other guilds to “ally” or “adversary” with. This is simply a mechanic to tell Bioware we wish to be on the same server. We will still retain our individual and unique cultures while creating the unique opportunity to share our game experience with other like-minded folks outside our normal sphere of influence.

I had the opportunity to meet with AIE’s “Dark Council” and we agreed that bringing together our large communities that share the same principles of respect and love for the game is a great opportunity to assist in the creation of a server population dipped in awesome. The potential for shared community events of all varieties (PvE, PvP, and RP) with their guilds is great.

We look forward to seeing our newly aligned friends and foes alike on a server this December. 

In case you missed it Star Wars: The Old Republic is set to release on December 20th 2011 in the US and December 22nd in the EU. No word yet on the Early Access date yet...

Each copy of Star Wars: The Old Republic will come with 30 days of subscription time, after which you have the option to continue playing with one of the following monthly subscription fees:

• 1 Month Subscription: $14.99 (£8.99/€12.99)
• 3 Month Subscription: $13.99 per month (one-time charge of $41.97/£25.17/€35.97)
• 6 Month Subscription: $12.99 per month (one-time charge of $77.94/£46.14/€65.94)

You can read the full annoucement here.

And yes this will be a topic of discussion on this weeks TCB. :)

We have our next mystery guest booked and Brian will be back home and ready to go by months end. Who is the mystery guest? Well stay tuned and you will see. It will be worth the wait we promise. 

Wow folks! You are all awesome! It was brought to my attention last night that not only are we in New and Notable in iTunes we are #29 in the Games and Hobbies category and the #1 Star Wars: The Old Republic Netcast this week!

We are stunned! Stunned and we thank you from the bottom of our heart. Not one to waste this momentum Brian and I will get a new episode up sooner then planned. Stay tuned! :)

Hey all just a quick update today! I am getting a lot of questions about when the next episode goes live.

In short Brian is on tour at the moment so he is VERY busy these next few weeks. Once that settles down we will get a new episode out.

The plan is to go weekly once the game is out of it's Non Disclosure Agreement phase and we have a release date in hand. Till then we will be sporadic.

Till then, enjoy the first episode and we will be talking to you all again soon...

Just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone for checking out the show! Subscribers count keeps climbing and the feedback has been great. We are really excited you all have enjoyed it so far.

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In our very first episode of The Cantina Band, Brian and I are joined by Scott Johnson of the Frogpants Network and we jump right into an extensive round table discussion on our hopes, fears and expectations for Star Wars: The Old Republic.

If your interested in joining Brian and I in the game our Guild info can be found here.

You can find all the info about Scott's Star Wars: The Old Republic AIE Guild here.

Have comments or questions leave us a message at 1-330-TCB-TALK (1-330-822-8255) and you may just hear yourself on the show!

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