"Cantina Tour"- Why is this front page news?

I agree. I can't say I care about these tours either, other than I know they're siphoning money off the game to fund their little parties instead of using it on the game. I cringe everytime I see a location....Oh, London, Paris, Vancouver, Los Angeles...Germany...hell I'm surprised they're not taking their road show to Australia. I'd better not give them any ideas.

I never see answers that I want to see, or even any indication that what I want to see will happen, so yeah, I get a bit testy when I hear about their globe trotting adventures full of beer, swag and good times. Whatever. <.<

*waits for the inevitable tarring and feathering by the party crowd*

You still don't understand this do you? It's called marketing. That budget is spent on, well, marketing. These cantina tours coincide with another event that the marketing team will already be attending. So actually, they are saving money.

I actually do not care either way. But at least they're trying to interact with fans on a personal level.

I'm ok with it. No commercials or any other advertising I can see, they need to do something. Unfortunately I too find myself disappointed with the questions asked at some of the cantinas.

Really, I do not get it. Prob fun for the devs (that are not deving) and the X folks getting some usb-key with new cartel stuff and free drinks.