August 27, 2010 · Posted in News and Announcements  

I have added a link to the right for TOA Nomad’s Travel Blog.  It looks like he is having a blast so far and it’s fun to keep up with his adventure.  Take a look and follow if you can!

    
July 25, 2010 · Posted in News and Announcements  

We now have The Outlaw Army Store up and running.  We plan on adding many more options and items in the coming weeks and months, but there are already some items for sale.

Proceeds from this store will go to the TOA General Fund.


Check it out!

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July 23, 2010 · Posted in Reviews  

For my first piece for the blog, I’ve decided to review an interesting little arcade game which came out just a couple days ago. As many of you probably know, Xbox Live’s “Summer of Arcade” program has started now, and the first of the games in this program is Limbo. This is a game of the most basic kind in its mechanics; a 2D platformer of the kind which gamers have played hundreds of before. But the uniqueness of Limbo is entirely in the incredible, and beautiful presentation.

Limbo presents a stark, frightening world in which everything, including your character, is shown only in silhouette against the eerie, dark background, lit only by the intermittent rays of light which show through into this dark world. There is no real music in the game, the soundtrack being comprised almost completely of ambient noise and at certain points specific musical tones, which seems to fit perfectly the dark, mysterious atmosphere that the game tries to create.

One thing you should know; you will die in this game, a lot. Often it is truly impossible to make it through certain sections without dying at least once by something you cannot see. But the very efficient checkpoint system ensures that almost all the time, you will be checkpointed immediately before there is a point at which you can die, alleviating the frustration many other games can cause in killing you in ways which often there is no way you can prepare yourself for.

A fairly short while after you start the game, you’ll realize Limbo is not just a platformer, but a puzzle game, the puzzles using the realistic feeling physics engine to its full potential. It’s a very strange breed of game in its puzzles. Often in games that rely on puzzles, the solutions feel very arbitrary. In Limbo however, though the solutions to certain puzzles can be rather abstract, I found that in almost all cases they did make sense. Other than a few spots, in which precise timing was necessary, I never found the game particularly challenging, but it does require you to think, and the mysterious beauty of the game will keep you engaged throughout.

As for the story, the only real narrative comes from a very short piece of writing on the games download page, leaving you to produce your own ideas as to what exactly is going on when the game opens with no writing, no narrative of any kind, to find yourself playing as this boy, alone in the middle of a dark forest. It is not a particularly long game; I finished it in around five or six hours, but it is a game you truly should experience. At the very least try the demo, and see what you think. The full game costs 1200 Microsoft points, as do all “Summer of Arcade” games, but I can guarantee you that after playing the demo you will want to see where it goes from there, and you should.

-TOA DOOM

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July 22, 2010 · Posted in News and Announcements  

In an effort to get some stuff organized for our next convention, a new poll has been posted.  Please be sure to give your input on this as it is very valuable to everyone.

http://www.theoutlawarmy.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=309

    
July 19, 2010 · Posted in News and Announcements  

After a long weekend of partying, touring, and overall good times with great friends, St. Louis, Missouri and the Doubletree Hotel will never be the same.  I believe I have gotten word that everyone made it home safe and alive, so the mission has been accomplished.

Thanks to everyone who made it out, and thanks to everyone who will happily hear the stories about the 2010 Convention.  It was an amazing weekend, and I think it is safe to say that 2011 will only be bigger and better.

    
July 11, 2010 · Posted in News and Announcements  
With the possibilities and opportunities that The Outlaw Army will be heading into in the coming months and years, the need has been addressed to re-structure the Leadership of TOA.

The reason behind this is for efficiency and organization. TOA Willis and I felt that it was needed to give more job specific positions so that things operate in a more efficient manner and so that things get done in a timely manner. The old set-up had some holes that left some important things un-done for TOA, and this should fix the problem. It also allows us to add positions as needed as well as open up more opportunities for promotions within the community.

The new tier of leadership is listed below. You will notice the Recruiting Assistant position is listed as “To Be Determined”. The reason for this is we feel it will be a great opportunity to promote some of you who have been asking about moving up within TOA and taking on a role in the staff. We will be looking to fill this position in the next week or two.

Head Administration

President/Founder - TOA GODFATHER (Head Administration and Management of Community and Non-Community Operations)

Vice-President - TOA Willis (Community Specific Operations Management and Administration)

Administration Committee

TOA Advisor - TOA cakaroash (Basic duties of helping with listening to the community and giving a longer tenured perspective of the community in hopes of progressing in a positive direction)

TOA Media Manager - TOA Master Tsun (Will be managing Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Podcast, and any future Media Outlets TOA decides to approach)

TOA Staff

TOA Division Leaders - TOA Ska (Battlefield: Bad Company 2), TOA Duck (Modern Warfare 2), TOA Murph (Modern Warfare 2 for PS3) (Will oversee each individual division and practices. The will insure that everything is completed as necessary)

TOA Recruiting Manager - TOA Rescue1 (Will do recruiting for TOA and welcome new recruits to the site in an official manner as well as see to it they are taken care of once they arrive)

TOA Marketing - TOA Hazy (Will be working on the marketing of TOA)

TOA Graphic and Image Design - TOA x Ill Fate (Will take care of any images or artwork the community needs)

TOA Division Assistants - TOA Obelysk (BFBC2), TOA Whalio (BFBC2), TOA Grant (MW2), and TOA RedBull (MW2) (Will assist the division managers with their duties)

TOA Recruiting Assistants - To Be Determined (Will assist the Recruiting Manager in his duties)

Thanks to everyone who helps make this community what it is. I would like to note that there are more positions to come over the coming months as the need arises. If you want to do more for TOA, take the initiative to step up and ask the staff for more responsibility. We are always looking at the members for the staff positions so everything you do for this community is noticed.

    
July 2, 2010 · Posted in News and Announcements  

Last night was an epic confrontation between the Divine Knights and The Outlaw Army.  Check out the highlights and post comments in the BC2 Forums.

    
June 27, 2010 · Posted in News and Announcements  

We are under three weeks now until the convention in St. Louis. I believe you have to have your reservations made for the hotel at least 2 weeks in advance to get the awesome discount. Make sure you have your reservations made this week to get the great rates!

http://www.theoutlawarmy.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=5…2

    
June 21, 2010 · Posted in News and Announcements  

I am a little late on getting this posted but I wanted to tell TOA Ska and TOA Obelysk congrats on their recent promotions.  It takes a lot of work and dedication to do what these guys are/will be doing and I wanted to personally thank them for their willingness to work for TOA.

More details on their promotions here: http://www.theoutlawarmy.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=114

    
June 2, 2010 · Posted in News and Announcements  

I’m sure by now you’ve noticed the Alexa Ranking box to the right of the home page.

For anyone who isn’t familiar with what that is, it is where we rank on the web.  The number you see is our rank out of the millions of websites on the web.  I thought it would be a good idea to put that box there so everyone can see the progress we’re making.  The more people look at the site, the higher our rank goes.

We’ve went up about 20,000 spots in the last week!  Thanks and here’s hoping for the top 100k!

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