The Guild Sphere

The Guild Sphere: Death’s Fist

Another week have started, and another Guild took the time to answer our questions. Being an old SWG gamer my self, it’s nice to have a chat with some old timers again. So with no further ado, I bring you Death’s Fist: Where did your guilds name come from? Originally we were going to call ourselves Revan’s Fist, after a guild that existed for a few months on the Corbantis server in SWG. I was a PvP officer in the guild, and always thought it was a great, unique name. However, when we went to create our guild on SWTOR.com, it wouldn’t let us use Revan. So after some quick brainstorming we came up with Death’s Fist – still a unique name with an edge to it. Can you give me a quick 2-3 sentance description of your guild? Death’s Fist is an international, adult guild that will focus on…

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The Guild Sphere: Avant Garde

It‘s thursday, and time for us to have a chat with a new guild. This time Avant Garde was so good to answer our questions. Avant Garde, is a North American raiding guild founded in March 2011 [US West (PST)]. The guild has a laid back atmosphere but when it comes to PvE progression they put in 100%. Many of their members also enjoy PvPing or levelling alts to raid with on their off days. Chec kout the interview below: Where did your guild’s name come from? Our name is a throwback to an old WoW guild that several of our members were a part of. Literally translated Avant Garde means Vanguard, in that sense our mentality is to be on the cutting edge of progression. Can you give me a quick 2-3 sentence description of your guild? Progression and endgame will be taken very seriously but no one’s looking for…

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The Guild Sphere: Space Blasters

It’s Monday and a new guild has taken some time to answer our questions. This time the republic guild Space Blasters are in focus. Space Blasters will be based out of the EST timezone. However, they accept applications from all regions and countries, so check them out! Where did your guilds name come from? Contrary to popular belief, it has nothing to do with futuristic pistols or ray-guns. It’s a drug reference (woah!) Can you give me a quick 2-3 sentance description of your guild? We are a hardcore PvE and PvP organization focused on competitiveprogression and accomplishment. Although focused on our goals, we pride ourselves on a sense of humor and awareness that other guilds often lack. MMO’s are serious business – but that doesn’t mean players need to sign their lives away to some fascist organization in order to succeed. How did your guild come about? Myself and a few of the officers started the guild…

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The Guild Sphere: Lost Tribe of Sith

It’s Thursday and time for a new guild interview. This time the Sith PVP guild, Lost Tribe of Sith, Took the the time to answer our question. The guild is in the EST Timezone and is still accepting members. Check it out below. Where did your guilds name come from? Actually, it is from a piece of official Star Wars lore. I was reading about the Lost Tribe of Sith that crashed on a planet in wild space and decided to rebuild a new civilization. So I found it interesting, and the perfect way to Role Play what we wanted to do. We wanted a new system of rules and ranks, but wanted it to fit into TOR Lore without making it seem like we made our own tribe from nothing in a day. So we are using the time before launch to make our lore and explain how our tribe connects with…

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The Guild Sphere: Scions of Rage

  It’s Monday and time for a new guild feature. This week Scions of Rage is in the hot chair. Scions of Rage is a PVE orientated Sith guild. Check it out!   Where did your guilds name come from? Originally I wanted to name it “Scions of Mandalore” but Mandalore was a reserved word and so I couldn’t use it. After that didn’t work I was thinking about what sort of Scion would exist in the Star Wars universe and I went with the token selection: Rage, as it is featured prominently as a Sith emotion. It’s the opposite of inner peace which is what the Jedi strive after. So in that sense the implication is that the members of my guild are focus their hatred and anger as a fuel for combat. Can you give me a quick 2-3 sentence description of your guild? Currently we’re a group of friends…

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The Guild Sphere: DarkSith

Earlier this week I had a chance to talk to some of the leadership of DarkSith. A sith guild (doh!) that wan’t to experience all kinds of gameplay available in SWTOR. I hope you all enjoy reading the interview. Would you like to have your guild featured in The Guild Sphere? Drop us a line. Where did your guilds name come from? Back in 2009. I played a game called Star Wars: Forces of Corruption. There were 3 known clans there. TrueSith,TrueJedi,and DarkJedi. *I* feeling left out decided to make a clan called DarkSith. Can you give me a quick 2-3 sentance description of your guild? We are are fun well rounded group of people. We are like a big family just looking to be respected and able to be popular. How did your guild come about? Same for question 1 basically. I was new to the whole clan thing….

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The Guild Sphere: Sith’ari Council

First of all I would like to apologize we didn’t have a guild column all last week, but we will try make it up to you this week. First off is the fellow Scandinavian guild Sith’ari from Finland who will be playing RP-PvP as soon as that will be possible. Where did your guilds name come from? Well the first name that we had in mind was Ikirouta, but since either Finnish or English version of the name was not getting through the Guild system, I stumbled to Sith’ari in Wookiepedia then added council in to it since founding members form the council with me. Can you give me a quick 2-3 sentance description of your guild? Were mature guild age going from from 22 to 35. Were flexible and relaxed social Guild How did your guild come about? Group of people who know each other from other MMO / PnP games that all were…

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The Guild Sphere: The Elder Knights

Even though the internet has gone mad with reviews of SWTOR ( Don’t worry we get you covered) we had the time to get to know the guild ” The Elder Knights”. The elder Knights is a guild for adult players join the republic site of the conflict when the game lunch. Check it out below: Where did your guilds name come from? The Elder Knights name came from the fact that we are a 21 and up guild for adults who enjoy gaming. Can you give me a quick 2-3 sentance description of your guild?  The Elder Knights were founded as a haven for adult gamers who enjoy mmos. We’re a friend group of 30 to 50 players who enjoy good times while enjoying our mutual hobby, Gaming. How did your guild come about?  During closed beta for Lord of the Rings Online, our founding members started a kinship to avoid the drama and issues brought on by…

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The Guild Sphere: V Squad

Today I had the opportunity to have a chat with Vincer, from the old Star Wars galaxies guild “V Squad””. The guild is a friendly, casual guild that supports the galactic Republic. Check out the interview below. Where did your guilds name come from? “”V Squad” was named by a member of my Star Wars Galaxies guild. I ran the squad as “Vincer Kaden”, and this person took to just calling me “V” in chat. When we formed up as an official player guild, we took the name but decided to make the “V” stand for “Victory”. Can you give me a quick 2-3 sentance description of your guild? V Squad is a friendly, casual guild that supports the Republic and each other. We are organized and respectful, with the primary goal of having fun in Star Wars: The Old Republic. How did your guild come about? The guild was formed out of…

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The Guild Sphere: Diminishing Returns

Where did your guilds name come from? The name Diminishing Returns originated from a conversation me and a friend was having about a year back. We were talking about how diminishing returns affects you in WoW and managed to somehow come to the conclusion it would make a catchy guild name. Can you give me a quick 2-3 sentance description of your guild? Diminishing Returns is planning to be an active social guild, offering all aspects of game play such as planned fun Random Events, Flashpoints and PvP. We are also focusing on making an Operations group for any members planning to take endgame more seriously. How did your guild come about? We started out as a small social guild back on WoW about a year ago. Unfortunately the server we were on was suffering a massive decrease in members. We never really managed to grow as a guild. It…

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The Guild Sphere: Condemned

We haven’t had a guild interview up for a few weeks. but we will try to make up for it, with a rather long interview with hte Team-Focused PvP and Raid Guild Condemned. Enjoy! Where did your guilds name come from? While our guild initially formed back in Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, the current tag was not instituted until our second title Warhammer: Online. Upon our entrance to Warhammer, we began the process of selecting a new tag and worked to find a name that represented the feel of what we envisioned the guild to be. A thread was posted on our forums requesting members to post suggestions. We knew we wanted the name to be both concise and serious in nature. Once we had gathered a substantial amount of names via member submission, leadership whittled down the available options to a list of the top five. With list in hand we…

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The Guild Sphere: The Greek Lords

Normally I think of beautiful sunny islands when someone mentions Greece. Other people will properly think about the huge economic crises the country is going through. But today we will be talking SWTOR, as the Greek sith guild “The Greek Lords” took the time to answer our questions. Where did your guilds name come from? From our country and and because we are on the empire side Can you give me a quick 2-3 sentance description of your guild? Our guild is a interested on PvP , Operations , flashpoints on questing and helping each other on crafting so we can get usfull items a lot quicker. Plus when we get about 88 members we will make a schedule on how we will help each other on craftin by meanig that each member will use on of hes companions for online on crafting and helping the guild . We ar developing and our guild web (for more…

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The Guild Sphere: Republic Defenders

To day we feature the republic guild “Republic Defenders” that focus on PVP and Role playing. Where did your guilds name come from? We created that name when we were around 10 years old for other Star Wars games. When we found out about The Old Republic, we decided to continue using a simple name which ended up being The Republic Defenders. Can you give me a quick 2-3 sentance description of your guild? We are a Galactic Republic guild focusing on mainly PvP and RP and have no age or class limit. We currently have around 115 members and are one of the oldest guilds in SWTOR. We don’t ask much of our members besides acting mature and being respectful to other players no matter the faction or class. How did your guild come about? Well, the main three leaders, Von, Alek, and Xanto, were always huge fans of Star…

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The Guild Sphere: Parabellum

Today I had the chance to speak with Valkir. The guild leader of the Sith Guild Parabellum. Turned out to be an interesting speak as these guys are really crazy. Check it out: Where did your guilds name come from? Our Guild name came about from a discussion with friends when we decided to setup a progressive raiding guild for SWTOR, we had the usual run of the mill silly names proposed, We Eat Baby Ewoks, I Crit My Pants, Boba Fett!, Boba Fett Where? and so on, when the discussion got serious we decided we wanted something simple but with a military twist on it. That’s when Koulmia a close friend and member of our Guild suggested Parabellum. The word Parabellum was coined by German arms maker Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken and is derived from the Latin saying ‘si vis pacem, para bellum’, meaning ‘If you want peace, prepare…

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The Guild Sphere: Immortals

This week I had the chance to speak with a fellow Scandinavian as the Guild leader of Immortals took some time to answer our questions. Check it out: Where did your guilds name come from? Well I’ve always been a fan of science fiction and ancient mythology, and the name “Immortals” is something I can connect with both parts, also to be honest, I have had the name Immortals stuck in my head since I was a little kid .. I think the name is fascinating. Can you give me a quick 2-3 sentance description of your guild? Immortals are a laid back, social and casual guild, suited for people with families, students or other reasons they may have for not be abel to spend so much time behind the computer, but want to experience the game to the fullest. How did your guild come about? Well, here it goes. The reason behind this…

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The Guild Sphere: Cerberus

A new week and a new guild feature.  This week the republic guild Cerberus took the time to answer our questions. Check it out: Where did your guilds name come from? Cerberus (Our Guild Name) came from the video game series, Mass Effect. Can you give me a quick 2-3 sentance description of your guild? Now Cerberus is a human-survivalist paramilitary group led by the enigmatic “Illusive Man”. We believe that any methods of advancing humanity’s ascension are justified, including illegal or dangerous experimentation, terrorist activities, sabotage and assassination. Cerberus operatives accept that these methods are brutal, but believe history will vindicate them. Basically our motto is “The ends justify the means”. How did your guild come about?. Several months ago, while waiting for the release of SWTOR, my brother and I were curious to play some of the other Bioware games such as Mass Effect 1 and 2. Gametrailers also…

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The Guild Sphere: Guild Vendetta

Little later then normal this fine Monday we present to you this weeks first guild feature. This time Vendetta,   A republic guild aiming ti explore both PVE, PVP and RP is in the spotlight. Where did your guilds name come from? The name Vendetta was picked agreed on since it sounded cool, short, and tells people we are a PvP guild. Can you give me a quick 2-3 sentence description of your guild? Vendetta is going to be slightly different from any guild out there. We plan on being a hardcore style guild that demands quality players, but with an undertone of casualness. What I mean by an undertone of casualness is that even though quality will be the demanding factor to be a guild member, maintaining a schedules of 40+ hrs a week of game time and things of that nature are not a requirement for the guild. How did…

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The Guild Sphere: The Force Reapers

Today I have to pleasure introducing a real role playing guild with own guild story. Check out the interview with  The Force Reapers below: Where did your guilds name come from? I am a Mass Effect and BioWare fan. So took Reapers. Then the force. Force Reapers. Right simple but it became popular and suits us. Can you give me a quick 2-3 sentence description of your guild? Our guild is for role players. We have our own story. We have ranks. We want nice and loyal players. Each class has its role in our Guild. People who can Star Wars and want to take a role in the story. We support the Empire but we don’t like the Sith and they don’t like us that much. How did your guild come about? Me and some friends were longing for the game and wanted to role play and I love to fiddle…

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The Guild Sphere: Warmadden

A new week has begun, and a new guild is answering our questions. This time Warmadden, a progression PvE focused Sith guild, took the time to answer some questions about them self. Enjoy! Where did your guilds name come from? Warmadden is a combination of War and Madden, or War Crazed. The name was first thought of years ago and was actually the name of one of my toons in EQ. Can you give me a quick 2-3 sentence description of your guild? Active, active, active lol. There is literally not a time that you can make a thread on our forums and not have it replied to within a few minutes, if not seconds. We are a true community of friends, while few of us ever knew each other before Warmadden. We are a progression guild that believes that are members have lives outside of a game. How did your…

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The Guild Sphere: The SinFul

It’s Thursday, and time for the second guild feature of the week. This time we Finnish Sith guild “SinFul” took the time answer our questions. Where did your guilds name come from? The SinFul is trying to describe the Darkside players as being sinful beings. Also as a Finnish guild, the capital S comes from Suomi and the capital F from Finland. So we sometimes use the abbreviation TSF. Can you give me a quick 2-3 sentence description of your guild? Finnish only guild that aims to experience the whole scale of SWTOR which means both PvE and PvP end-game content. Our main principle is having fun as a guild. Because of that we will maintain the fun and positive atmosphere. That way we believe we can achieve moderate or even hardcore achievements in the game content progression. How did your guild come about? Our leaders were part of a…

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The Guild Sphere: Sentinels of the Light

European PVE guild Sentinels of the Light took some time to answer our questions this week Where did your guilds name come from? The name was originally created by myself and Myphos long before SWTOR was announced. The name was based on our love of the Sentinel class in KotOR. A guild was created on World of Warcraft for our little cohort of friends to play, mingle and socialise while tackling a few of the end game features. We eventually decided to make an addition of “of the Light” to reflect our Lightside loyalty (or good in the case of WoW). This name then followed through with the knowledge of a future Star Wars MMO. Can you give me a quick 2-3 sentance description of your guild? A European based, casual guild that is all about fun, maturity and taking our time, while still aiming to tackle the end-game content…

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The Guild Sphere: Compendium

It’s Thursday and therefor time to put a spotlight on the second guild this week.  This time Compendium – A republic guild focusing on both PVP and PVE took the time to answer our question. Enjoy the read: Where did your guild’s name come from? I love unique and uncommon words that sound really catchy. The word Compendium has several meanings, but the meaning I like to think of is “an inventory or gathering” – in this case a gathering of quality gamers that are share common interests and goals for The Old Republic. Can you give me a quick 2-3 sentence description of your guild? Compendium is a tight-knit, family style guild and we’re looking to have a small-medium sized group of core members during our existence in The Old Republic. We offer both PvE and PvP activities but do not support role-playing. We offer a great social environment through several…

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The Guild Sphere: Danes of Darkness

M0fu from DanesOfDarkness.dk took some time to answer a few questions about his guild, for this week first guild column. M0fu is also a writer on swtor.dk and like me from Denmark. So it’s a great pleasure I can introduce, the Danes of Darkness: Where did your guilds name come from? – Well, when we first decided to create an all Danish Empire guild, we wanted a name that would suggest we where from Denmark, and at the same time where kinda evil (as we are a dark side guild) :). We let the members make suggestions, made a poll, and in the end Danes Of Darkness won. Can you give me a quick 2-3 sentance description of your guild? – Sure: “Danes Of Darkness is a Empire, PVP, 18+ guild. We are 100% danish, and therefor only Danes are accepted. We focus on the socializing, Flashpoints, Operations, end-game, and most important…

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The Guild Sphere: Council of the Exalted

Thursday meens a new guild feature here on SWTORStrategies. This time the guild leader of Council of the Exalted took the time to answer our questions. Council of the Exalted is a PVE guild playing the republic side in the conflict. Where did your guilds name come from? Well me and my brother were just throwing out random guild names and then this one popped up and we thought it was awesome so we researched it and no one else had it so we created Council of the Exalted Can you give me a quick 2-3 sentance description of your guild? We are the Exalted, Council of the Exalted. We are the fragile line between victory and complete domination. We are in a word, “winners” Stay cool and keep your hood up. REPRESENT. We accept all classes and any race. How did your guild come about? Started as a family and…

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