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 85 Mage in World of Warcraft.

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

Edward Wilson – Flash Point Podcast Co-Host and 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.

Alec Bailey – Writer

Alec has been a gamer for more than 16 years starting with a NES and a Gameboy. Being a huge RPG fan, which most likely comes from his first real addiction: Pokemon, Red version. Alec has played every game Bioware, Obsidian, and Bethesda have made and beat Mass Effect, Mass effect 2, and Dragon Age at least 10 times. He also enjoys gunning down helpless noobs at FPS games such as Black Ops and Killzone.

Alec has been a Star Wars fan since the first time he saw A New Hope at the age of 8. He has played almost every single Star Wars game and read a modest amount of the EU (mostly comics). He is also proud to be a geek and loves everything that comes with being one, such as the endless amount of useless knowledge he has obtained.

ALec has also played nearly every MMO from EQ to FFXIV but, is proud to say that out of all the MMOs he’s been addicted to, World of Warcraft was not one of them. Alec’s play style is usually main or off tanking. He loves helping out new players with quests and helping them get a grip on the game. He will be rolling a Trooper Vanguard as well as a Jedi Guardian.

Alec is a self proclaimed Playstation fanboy. Any like-minded individuals are invited to send their Playstation friend invite to Emo_Slayer. Alec is enrolling in college in February. He is majoring in Game Design.

Contact Alec via our contact form

Mark Duncan – Flash Point Podcast Co-Host and Writer

Mark has been a gamer for almost 30 years, owning a Sinclair ZX81 with a whopping 1k of memory to the Commodore 64 with more games than he knew what to do with. (Last Ninja FTW)

As far as Star Wars goes he was hooked from A New Hope and collected every figure and most of the other toys that were released around the time of the original 3 movies. He has spent many a dollar on the Star Wars arcade machines and has played through just about all the Star Wars computer games that have been released through the years. With regards to MMO’s he spent many hours on SWG (Unlocked his Jedi pre-CU), WoW and has lately been seen on World of Tanks while waiting for SWTOR.

He owns just about all the Star Wars novels and is currently reading through the Old Republic novels gearing up for SWTOR’s release but is still un-able to quench his thirst for all things Star Wars. He will be rolling a Sith Warrior Juggernaut.
He currently spends his time recruiting for his Sith based guild, working on the guilds website and looking for inspiration for his next tattoo which will be a Star Wars tatt.

Contact Mark via our contact form

Simon Potter – Writer

Simon has been into Star Wars since 1978 when the original movie blew his mind. Some pieces remain missing. His first Star Wars game experience was the original vector arcade game and he still owns almost every Star Wars game ever made for PC and XBox. At night he dreams that LucasArts will release an updated version of Tie Fighter. He’s played a variety of MMOs including LotRO, WoW, DCUO and (briefly) SWG.

He’s owned Star Wars on every media, from 8mm film to DVD but refuses to buy the blu rays until George stops tinkering. He also owns the double LP of the soundtrack, but doesn’t own a turntable. That’s how committed he is.

His Star Wars figures were lost during the fireworks powered SFX of a diorama, ‘Destruction of the Death Star’ which also set fire to the school gym’s scoreboard, however he is the proud owner of a full size Darth Vader which unfailing frightens unsuspecting visitors.

Simon will be a Powertech Bounty Hunter and he hopes to be able to put shock collars on all his companions in a future expansion.

Contact Simon via our contact form

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