The Old Republic Guild Summit - March 4th-6th

[Tecknik]

Posted this in Randomness, but I feel it deserves its own thread and discussion...

http://www.swtor.com/news/news-article/20120201

Today, we are pleased to announce the first ever Star Warsâ„¢: The Old Republicâ„¢ Guild Summit, being hosted in Austin, TX in March. Over the course of a few days, guild leaders from around the world will gather together to discuss the state of the game with the developers from BioWare Austin. Guild leaders (or a designated officer in the event of a guild leader being unable to attend) will participate in Q&A sessions with developers, roundtable feedback discussions, and will get a preview of some upcoming game features.

The goal of the summit is to facilitate an open discussion between guild leaders and the game design team. This event will provide an opportunity for attendees to voice their feedback directly to the teams responsible for the design of Star Wars: The Old Republic, hear the team's thoughts and reasons behind design decisions, and discuss the current direction of the game.

The Guild Summit will be hosted from March 4th - 6th, 2012 at the DoubleTree Hotel Austin. Due to space limitations, the event will be invite-only. We've already invited guilds of various backgrounds and sizes to the Summit, from Endgame to Role-playing to PvP guilds, but we've got some space left for additional guild leaders who wish to attend. We ask that interested leaders submit an application, which can be found at this link.* Guild leaders will be evaluated based on the information provided in their application.

While we welcome applications from guild leaders from anywhere in the world, please be advised that the Summit will be conducted entirely in English. Applications will be accepted until 11:59PM CST (GMT -6) on February 10th. If you have any questions regarding the event, send us an email at guilds@swtor.com!

*Must be 21 or older to attend. Guild leaders selected to attend are responsible for all of their travel, food, and lodging expenses.

Will a member of FA be in attendance?  Were we invited already?

[Manic Velocity]

Sounds slightly similar to EVE's Counsil of Stellar Management.  The EVE CSM is composed of I think ten players, voted into the position by the community, who meet personally with each arm of the development team and act as the voice of the community.

This sounds more like a guild convention with a dev Q&A.  Don't we have a member or two in Austin?  It would be cool if someone could attend and represent us.

[Da6onet]

Seems like a blend between EVE's CSM and Fanfest http://fanfest.eveonline.com/en/default

[Fuse]

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?! I'M GOING TO AUSTIN END OF FEB/BEGINNING OF MARCH!

I've mentioned it a few times already, but I may be moving there near the end of the year, so am going to check the place out as soon as tax return cash comes.

[ZephixLeer (Zephic)]

Somehow I missed this thread and started my own last night. :p sorry about that.

Anyway, there are a few of us that live in Texas and would gladly make a 4-5 hr drive to attend if possible.

I may plan a trip down around that time anyway.

Could have an FA gathering of all the texas people then too.

Maybe we all walk in wearing mxo whites and crash the meeting. Ooooh yeah! Sure it'd go over well. Lol

[Maglorius]

Austin, TX is a 6 1/2 hour drive from where I live in Lafayette, LA, bad thing is this summit is being held from the 4 to the 6 of March. My brother gets married on the 3rd in Gulfport, MS.