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In a very light news week we discuss the DDoS attack on EA’s servers and some other Star Wars news. Then our guest Martin tells us about his experience living with Fibromyalgia, and how SWTOR helps him deal its chronic pain.

1. Introduction

2. Tip of the week

Congratulations to this week’s winner, Mykehl! Thanks to Johnny, DR2000 and Kal for entering.

DR2000’s shows us his work in progress collecting gear sets on his Jedi Knight:

Please send your tips to ootinicast@gmail.com by next Tuesday for a chance to win a Taunfawn or M8-3R droid code, courtesy of BioWare, and an OotiniCast-provided Cartel Market pack from the latest shipment.

3. Holofeed

• Game Update 4.7.1 will be released on Wednesday 7 September. It will include the “Shroud of Memory” chapter where you play as HK-55.
• It would appear that SWTOR was caught in the crossfire of a DDoS attack on EA’s servers launched to coincide with the release of Battlefield 1.
• The petition directed at Netflix to create a TV series based on Knights of the Old Republic now has nearly 17,000 signatures!
• Star Wars: A New Hope has been converted into infographic form by Martin Panchaud. It’s 123 meters long!
• A 3D printable model of the Ebon Hawk can be found here.

4. The Academy

This week Swtorista tells us how to make credits! She recommends these posts on Reddit for more information: Building wealth in SWTOR basic course 101 and Building Wealth in SWTOR 102 – Playing the Market (GTN).

5. Force Feedback

Johnny was reminded of the following infrographic by last week’s episode:

Peter Bartal believes the following scene from the starter area on Hutta looks so familiar:

6. Sarlacc Digest

Martin tells us what Fibromyalgia is, how it affects his life and how SWTOR helps him deal with the chronic pain. He also answers questions from the chat room.

The compression gloves that Martin was wearing can be found at Amazon US or Amazon UK.

7. Outro

On the show this week were Chill (@BrandonLStarr, twitch.tv/chillswtor), Teo (@jasonetheridge) and Martin (@FibroJedi, fibrojedi.me.uk).

Information about our guilds on The Harbinger, Ootini Knights (Republic) and Ootini Rage (Empire), can be found here.

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