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'''Eric Olson''' was named on Decipher's first team of Star Wars '''Player Advocates''', listed under '''Gameplay Support''' with [[Doug Taylor]].<ref name="pc1">[https://web.archive.org/web/20020611042314/http://decipher.com/starwars/playerscommittee1.html The Star Wars Players' Committee], decipher.com (Wayback, 11 June 2002; letter dated 25 January 2002)</ref> On the December 2002 swccgpc.com Advocate Council roster he is listed as '''Card Design Advocate''' (alongside Doug Taylor in the same role title).<ref name="council2002">[https://web.archive.org/web/20021209221742/http://www.swccgpc.com/council.htm Advocate Council], swccgpc.com (Wayback, 9 December 2002)</ref>

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== Documented PC roles ==

* '''January 2002:''' First Advocates roster — Gameplay Support (with Doug Taylor).<ref name="pc1" />
* '''~December 2002:''' Card Design Advocate on council.htm.<ref name="council2002" />
* On the June 2004 council.htm capture, one Card Design Advocate slot is vacant while Doug Taylor remains listed under Card Design Advocate; Olson is not named on that capture.<ref name="council2004">[https://web.archive.org/web/20040603222905/http://www.swccgpc.com/council.htm Advocate Council], swccgpc.com (Wayback, 3 June 2004)</ref>

Doug Taylor's April 2002 GPN interview states he was one of two virtual-card designers; the interview does not name Olson in that sentence, but the contemporaneous first-team and council listings place Olson with Taylor in gameplay / card design support.<ref name="gpn">[https://web.archive.org/web/20030120211736/http://www.gameplayersnetwork.com/card/features.asp?gm=starwars&id=84 Interview With The Advocates, Part 1 (Doug Taylor)], GPN, posted 19 April 2002</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Players Committee advocates]]
* [[Doug Taylor]] · [[Greg Anderson]]
* [[History of the Players Committee]] · [[Virtual Sets (2002-2009)]]

== Sources ==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020611042314/http://decipher.com/starwars/playerscommittee1.html Decipher Players' Committee announcement] (Wayback)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20021209221742/http://www.swccgpc.com/council.htm council.htm] (Wayback, 9 December 2002)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040603222905/http://www.swccgpc.com/council.htm council.htm] (Wayback, 3 June 2004)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20030120211736/http://www.gameplayersnetwork.com/card/features.asp?gm=starwars&id=84 GPN Doug Taylor interview] (Wayback)

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