About

TOROZ (short for ‘The Old Republic – Australia / New Zealand’) is a site devoted to covering the Massive Multiplayer Online game Star Wars The Old Republic (SWTOR) . Launched in May 2009, TOROZ is a sister site to The Metaverse Journal.

David Holloway – Founder and Editor

David Holloway has been involved with gaming since the early 1970′s and with virtual worlds since heavy use of a MOO in 1993 – he even admits to having owned a Vic 20 and used it heavily to play cassette-based roleplaying games.

As far as Star Wars goes, he still owns his original set of Star Wars figures and can vouch for the fact that a 1978 Stormtrooper can be blown to bits by shooting it with a slug gun from a distance. He’s also played Star Wars games as far back as the Super Nintendo console and to this day is devastated by the accidental erasure of all his progress on Lego Star Wars on the Wii.

David refuses to confirm or deny that he’s also a Level 80 Mage in World of Warcraft.

Contact David via our contact form, or drop a line via Twitter.

Edward Wilson – Writer

An avid Star Wars fan, Edward Wilson owns every single Star Wars game that has ever been put out for PC starting with the original X-Wing. He has played every single arcade, platform or PC Star Wars game in existence. He has been a Star Wars fan since he saw it from the back seat of his father’s car at a drive-in theater in 1978. Admittedly, since he was six at the time, he spent every scene with Darth Vader in it, hiding behind the seat in front of him. He has since then grown up, but still feels an irrational pang of fear when he hears heavy breathing. When Star Wars came out on VHS, he was one of the first in line in his city to get the movies. And when the DVD came out, likewise.

As far as MMORPGs go, he is remarkably tightlipped about his experience. Something was dropped about having level 50 heroes and villains battling somewhere called Paragon City and something about the joys of sniping at level 50 when one had a blank slate. Or was that a Tabula Rasa?

Currently, Edward is writing fanfictions for SWTOR under the pseudonym Kalenath. Names have been changed to protect the guilty and incriminate the innocent. And he cannot wait until he can roll a trooper and allow some Sith to join the Force. By blasting them.

Contact Edward via our contact form.

Phillip Street – Writer

Phillip has been gaming for well over a decade and recalls fond memories of when he finally convinced his parents to buy him the Sega Master System 2 in 1991. Following that, many of his younger years in high school were spent learning the finer arts of MUSH coding and Tinyfugue client scripting.

Phillip is familiar with the Star Wars universe primarily through the major films, having seen the first three films mainly on television and VCR followed by watching the more recent trilogy at the cinemas (he’s also a proud owner of the DVD collection).

To be honest, he’s still somewhat of a noob when it comes to the mythos and lore of the Star Wars universe and is only familiar with what took place in the films, but is really looking forward to being a part of the online multiplayer experience that will be “StarWars: The Old Republic”.

Contact Phillip via our contact form

TOROZ is a publication of Creative Shed Services, Wollongong NSW Australia. ABN: 64 969 281 861