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JinxKurai came up with this... not what you're looking for but still funny

Crates of advanced droid brains.

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, advanced droid brains in crates would be it. The long term benefits of having tons of these things readily on hand has been proved by DE's everywhere, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience…I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your pre-nerf probot; oh nevermind; you will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until it has lost all its vitality. But trust me, in 2 weeks, you’ll look back at screenshots of your probot and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how fun that thing was and how much ass it really kicked. You’re not asgimped as you imagine.

Don’t worry about the bugs; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to fight a Krayt with a CDEF. The real gamebreakers are apt to be things that never got mentioned on the forums; the kind that make your shop disappear every Tuedsay at 4:03 PM exactly.

Do one thing every logonthat scares you .

Tip.

Don’t be reckless with other people’s droids, don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Experiment.

Don’t waste your time on whining; sometimes things work, sometimes they don't…the game can be fun, and in the end you know that DE will rock.

Remember the good customers, /ignore the idiots; if you succeed in doing this, send me your list.

Keep your old modules, throw away your old schematics.

Grind.

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what a data module is good for…the most successful DE's I know never sold a one.

Get plenty of steel and fiberplast.

Hoard extrusive ore, you’ll missit whenit's gone.

Maybe you’ll get rich, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll get patched, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll be stuck making MSE's, maybe you’ll be cranking out droidekas by the factory lot…what ever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berateSOE either – you might be the flavor of the month one day, and get nerfed 5 minutes later. Enjoy your skills, use them every way you can.

Dance…even if you don't have novice entertainer - people love dancing engineers.

Read the FAQs, even if you don't believe the answers.

Do NOT read the creature handler forums, they will only make you feel useless.

Get to know your fellow DE's, you never know when they’ll be gone for good.

Be nice to Bio Engineers; they are the one other crafting class we can look at and say "Thank god I didn't go that route."

Live inAnchorhead once, but leave before it makes you insane; live in Theed once, but leave before it makes you forget that some shuttles have waits.

Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths, dupes will happen, devs will overpromise, you too will become bitter and cynical, and when you do you’ll fantasize that when you were a newbie, duped didn't happen, the devs did what they said, and l33t sp34k3rz were rare.

Don't sp34k l33t.

Don’t expect everyone else to help you. Maybe you have a 70% ore spot, maybe you have a great guild; but you never know when either one might disappear.

But trust me on the droid brains...

Ah, the power of insomnia+boredom.

No this is what I meant, only someone re-wrote it for SWG, heres the original Rush song....

Rush, The Trees

There is unrest in the forest,
There is trouble with the trees,
For the maples want more sunlight
And the oaks ignore their pleas.

The trouble with the maples,
And they're quite convinced the're right
They say the oaks are just too lofty
And they grab up all the light.

But the oaks can"t help their feelings
If they like the way they"re made.
And they wonder why the maples
Can"t be happy in their shade?

There is trouble in the Forest
And the creatures all have fled
As the Maples scream "Oppression!"
And the Oaks just shake their heads

So the maples formed a union
And demanded equal rights.
"The oaks are just too greedy;
We will make them give us light."

Now there's no more oak oppression,
For they passed a noble law,
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet, axe, and saw

Cedig -

What you are looking for is here:

http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=droid_engineer&message.id=59154

And the lyrics are:

There is unrest on the message boards
There is trouble with the DE's
Because the droids want some loving
And the devs ignore their pleas

The trouble with tho DE's
(And they're quite convinced their right)
They say the devs are just too myoptic
And they just won't do the code right
But the devs can't help their feelings
And they like commandos as made
And they wonder why the DE's
Can't just go use a blade

There is trouble on the message boards
And all the old timers have fled
As the DE's cry "Myoptic!"
And the devs just shake their heads

So the DE's formed the DEU
And demanded some coding time
The devs are just too myoptic
We will make them give us love
Now there's no more combat droids
For the devs passed a law
And the players are kept equal
By hatchet, axe and saw...

I have to say, though, after writing that spoof, I can't help but think the Fleetwood Mac song, "Tell Me Lies", might be more apt for a DE theme song...

top notch Sketh. Thanks for finding this.