To Nick: The credit check is a bit much unless you're working for the government or will be in charge of financial transactions/records. However, as for the rest, no I don't think it's too much at all (as Colivia outlined some examples).

As far as the drug test, there are some drugs that leave your system pretty fast, but if you've done anything with the past 48 to 72 hours, it will most likely show up in a urinalysis.

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For the record, asking for one's login to facebook is silly and if asked during an interview I would decline to provide it.

However, as an employer (referring to my postering business) I do not think it is unreasonable to perform a background check.

If someone has been busted for embezzlement, would you really want to hire them as your accountant?

Here is a newsflash: People lie on their resumes and only say good things about themselves during interviews. :huh:

I don't care about drug tests because all they can really screen for is pot anyway. However, if I was running a heavy machinery company it would be dangerous to hire someone who is stoned to drive a bulldozer for example.

Here is a good site that lists some common and good reasons why employers do the checks: http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs16-bck.htm

While I do run background checks, that doesn't mean I haven't hired guys that have had criminal histories. If someone got a DUI or was busted for a minor drug possession, etc. it may show bad judgement at that time, but doesn't automatically disqualify you. However, since the person I'm hiring will be coming to my home to pick up materials, I would not feel comfortable hiring someone who is known for larceny/murder/etc.

On to social networking:

I did interview a guy one time who immediately posted on his twitter after the interview: "Just interviewed with lame poster company, prospects look good, hope to have manager's job in 6 months" or something to that effect. Yeah, I didn't call him back.

G,D,B

As someone who has contributed to this problem of inactivity in KoS I thought it might help to share my perspective.

Long Story Short: Perhaps it is different on the Empire side (and it's a shame we have to be in two separate silos in the first place), but I just never got the same vibe that I felt during my pre-SWTOR days in Stonewall on STO.

Long Story:

I mostly played Republic, and during my time the really active people I teamed up the most (who were former STO friends, happened to be on at the same times, had toons around the same level, were always fun to be around (not uptight), welcoming, regularly doing flashpoints/instances etc.) decided to separate themselves from KoS. Regardless of why, the ripple effect was that it made things kind of awkward for me because I didn't really have any other KoS friends to fall back on that were around my same level. So-to-speak, the rug was "force-pulled" from under my feet.

Personally, I prefer to be part of a larger guild (like Stonewall) where you can have your "clique" or the folks you regularly play with, but then there are enough other guildies around to help fill empty slots in teams, which in turn helps to build new relationships. While it's noble to start a new guild, unless everyone lives in the same time zone and has the same schedule it gets lonely pretty fast. While we have our share of drama, Stonewall is still a collection of the most level-headed, generous and kind gamers I have ever met (even the folks I'm not personal friends with). I tried to get to know folks in other gay guilds like Rough Trade but frankly I found the people there to be too vulgar and/or mean (and for those of you who know me, it takes a lot for me to think something crosses the line). In other words, Stonewall is still the best.

There were a few reasons why I quit the game:

I was noticing that a lot of folks I befriended one week would be gone the next regardless of it was due to "drama," cancelling their "sub," technical issues etc. It got old investing time/energy getting to know someone only for them to disappear. To be frank, I want to play a game to have fun, not feel depressed. Some games playing alone is ok, but SWTOR is not one of those games IMO.

Coincidentally around the same time I just got tired with SWTOR. Zep pretty much nailed it; I was just one of those people where the novelty wore off. While all MMO's are repetitive, I raised my JK to 40-something and I just lost interest in seeing it through to the end because every mission felt the same and it started to really bug me that bad guys just stand around in a field. Sure, I could start another character class, but without other friends around to do missions with I didn't see much of a point.

I also didn't like the physiological effect that paying a subscription fee does to me. I feel that I have to play as much as possible to get the most out of my $15. And then if I didn't feel completely satisfied with my gaming experience then the money was wasted. At least with being a lifer on STO I can play in whatever short spurts I want without feeling I left money on the table (I have more than received my money's worth).

It also didn't help that I started playing Skyrim. Playing with myself has never felt better (that statement came out wrong, maybe I'll come back and edit it later ;) ). I've probably put in 100 hours and am still finding new/interesting things to do at my own pace. And then once I'm done with that game I have Mass Effect 3 to look forward to. Long story short, I have been enjoying my "offline" time.

Just to throw in my two cents to the issue at hand: I wouldn't hate the players, hate the game. If there isn't anything going on or other people around willing to team up then what is the incentive to stick around? While I may have a deep loyalty to Stonewall and have no plans to change my allegiance, at $15/month it is asking quite a lot for folks to wait around hoping things will improve. That's too high of a price I'm willing to pay considering the alternatives that are available to me. I doubt I'm the only person who feels that way.

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Episode 563 - Voyager - "Thirty Days" - 12/09/1998

http://www.allstepisodes.com/megvid.php?n=4509

Tom Paris disregards orders by helping an aquatic world and is demoted to Ensign.

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Welcome to our first character competition. This week it is the Hottest Empire Character!.

We took screenshots of the Hottest Republic and Empire characters at the beginning of March during the Social events for these competitions, so if you didn't enter then, you will have to wait until the beginning of April to enter our next set of characters competitions.

To cast your vote on which of the Characters below you think is hottest, just reply to this thread with your top three letters in order from hottest to 3rd hottest, left to right, like this:

X,Y,Z.

The closing date for casting your vote will be Midnight EST on Saturday the 31st of March, and the winner will go up against the winner of the Hottest Republic Character competition to be crowned Knights of Stonewall's Hottest Character!

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I think it's ethical for a company to do an online search of a current or potential employee to see what exist about that person. To me, it goes along with doing a drug test and background and credit check. But, asking for login information definitely crosses the line and people should resist that every chance they get.

You don't think doing a drug test, a background check and a credit check is too much to start with?

Best half sci/fi half fantasy series I've read has got to be the Exiles Trilogy... well 2/3 trilogy. Melanie Rawn has been draggin her heels for over a decade.

Either way, human beings with semi-magical abilities. Matriarchal society based loosely on Catholic traditions. It's intense and awesome and is about the size of war and peace.


If you're in the mood for a break from fantasy - best nutball series is by Tim Dorsey and starts with Florida Roadkill. It's the ultimate in tourist directives.

I have fewer titles rattling around in my head than authors, as I tend to remember who writes my favourite books more than I remember individual books.

Terry Pratchett
Robert Asprin
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Larry Niven
Alan Dean Foster
Jack Williamson
E.E. "Doc" Smith (Purportedly one of lucas' "inspirations" for Star Wars was Smith's Lensman)

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Although I haven't read a lot of Smith's work, so I don't know if what I had read was a fluke and the rest of his works are shite. :p

Same here MrIzzy.


I think it's ethical for a company to do an online search of a current or potential employee to see what exist about that person. To me, it goes along with doing a drug test and background and credit check. But, asking for login information definitely crosses the line and people should resist that every chance they get.

Yeah, absolutely, I'd love to get some roleplaying done. I also applied to be a staff writer so I'm excited about that as well. Shoot me an in-game email and let me know what we can do to get this ball rolling!

Janar@johnniehero

Asking someone for there asking for there Facebook password dose cross the line. I do understand looking up someones(a date) facebook for info, (dated a PI I'm good at it), its public knowledge if you don't set your privacy just right, watch what you put out there.

Well, since you like "literature," my personal all-time favorite is The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy (also loved Tess of the D'Urbervilles and most of his other works). It's set in pastoral 1880s-90s-ish England. In the first two chapters the guy sells his wife and daughter at a county fair. He later builds a respectable life, then things unfold from there. This is the only book that I have ever had physical and verbal reactions to; for example, "OH NO HE DI-IDN'T!" and "OH SNAP!" as well as "NO EFFIN' WAY!" and the ever classic "hmmmm...."

I'd recommend American Gods by Neil Gaiman, The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams, and Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil by John Berendt

I personally don't use my real name, and untick the "allow to find me by email" option. I have to add people if they want to be a friend or find me through another friend we have mutually. :whistle: They would never find my profile! B)