Day One of Early Access

Anticipation, excitement and constant login refreshing..........oh my!

We're day one into the Early Access for Star Wars The Old Republic, and for those that pre-ordered the game early enough braved the countless of hours of login desperation to start off their eagerly awaited adventure in the Star Wars realm.

As 2000WST hit here in Perth, Western Australia an abundance of players flocked to the SWTOR login launcher to test their might at what I'd like to call "The Login Game". Millions of Star Wars enthusiast (cough cough..nerds) like myself were awaiting to see if they were lucky enough to get selected by Bioware to get into the servers. The feeling, I would like to compare it to would be like Charlie in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" scoring that Golden Ticket! (see here) and for others not so lucky it would be this feeling (see here).

One could say the Early Release went off without a hitch(no innuendo intended)! Albeit a very carefully planned structure of slow access releases by Bioware, the access waves were painstakingly slow which allowed the hours of login attempts drag on into the early morning. Unlike my comrades, Magmaros, Alejandro/Abel, Thanos, and Dern who got in first time, I was left like millions of other enthus-nerds calling out to the internet gods "What about me?!".For me I gave up the login game at 2130 and re-woke up at 1300 to try again with no luck, and once again at 1400 which this time proved to be worth the wait! I WAS IN!!!!!!!

To highlight a few achievements of the night, our early-access login heroes were successful in power levelling hard to purchase and secure our guild name of "It's a Trap" and our recruitment officer already working hard to attract potential guildies - we are currently sitting at 19 members (5 which are db).

So with that said a big welcome to our new recruits, I'm sure we'll find a good use for you all on the front lines!

Trudging onto the closure of Day 1, we expect to see more db members and new recruits help flourish and bolster our numbers as we head towards a great adventure of PVP and PVE goodness. So you can expect many more post updates from your fellow guildies to keep you filled in, furthermore in the next couple of days the guild ranking, and roles within the guilds will be revised, calendar event days scheduled, and the continual grind towards Level 50!

-Eva

“Watch your mouth kid, or you’ll find yourself floating home.”