For the 5th anniversary of SWG, here's a great read. Beta http://www.massively.com/2008/06/27/star-wars-galaxies-a-nostalgic-look-back-on-beta/ Launch to NGE http://www.massively.com/2008/06/26/a-star-wars-galaxies-history-lesson-from-launch-to-the-nge/ NGE to Present http://www.massively.com/2008/06/27/a-star-wars-galaxies-history-lesson-the-post-nge-era/
Xen had the very first city..setup the first minute citys were possible..which also made me the very first mayor in swg. We had the first of everything possible..we grew faster than any other city..we reached each city rank first on any server. So therefore we also gained each perk first..first one to have its own nightclub..markets...first to have its own shuttle. Best of all... we were the first to have our own military base..and it stood for almost two years...imperial bases didn't last days..xen made sure of that. Then the fatefull Valentines day massacre...the guild and city started by us..is still there to this day...the xen city hall..the first in swg..still stands right where I put it. The xoo guild is still there....still going. The city was handed over to another guild...xenia was the city name outside theed on sunrunner server..the names been changed.
I believe it probably still is going today as you said. A while back ago while I was playing WoW, I ran into someone that was in XoO on Sunrunner. The person said we still have a presence there, It was baffling.
Baffling would be why we have a presence in a game we arent even aware of. Even more so is what fucking nitwit thought the NGE was a good idea.
It was about 6 months ago I talked with one of the members who told me the xoo guild was still going. He said it was no longer a fighting force but a well respected economic force. One of the original xen members has ran it since I left as guild leader. Whats most awesome..is that the phrase "Follow Trambok"!!! is a rebel yell on sunrunner ...Trambok was xoo poostick ..he was "THE" combat medic...and our military planner. WE ruled. They still use the honor code I wrote when I founded the guild. Xen had a presence in swg since day 1....many xen members like me..moved on to other games. It was a good guild..I'm glad they kept it alive. The ones who stayed just drifted away from the xen forums..we were never busy on the xen forums..the game had all the tools we needed to get things done as a guild. That was a gripe of mine..trying to get them to post here. Not many xoo PS players went to SWG..so it was an influx of new players to xen who had nothing to do with PS. So we had two camps..getting them to interact was like pulling teeth. Its something we deal with to this day..so many camps now,so many people,who don't interact. Lets all get free second life accounts and meet face to face at a big giant xen meet..we can use the ballroom XoO Chasej (GW) built. we can even do PVP to some live DJ...dash can hijack my music stream and spin us some tunes.
yeah that was back when it was just PS and SWG for XoO... I remember the SWG group just sorta vanished off of TS and the forums and we were never really sure what happened to them lol... It's almost like a SCI FI story... "The legend of the missing XoO" or OMG Shoji will love this one... "the 13th Colony of XoO"
Just thinking about SWG makes me sad. They took the best sandbox mmo ever made and trashed it. Hopefully ANH or SWGemu can come through. Here's a link to a good community if anyone is interested http://www.truegalaxies.com/forums/
I played SWG for a bit, i only really remember some sort of chewy type character driving one of those hover cars. I couldn't speak his language, but im sure the poor fella needed repairs for his vehicle, it was on freaking fire! He was driving it around and crashing into things in a panic to get it repaired lol....
The best part about swg was taht once you beat yourself in the face trying to unlock the jedi class, you could lose it if you died 3 times. GoGo bounty hunter grief groups. And long live the jedi wielding the power-hammer!