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Q: Tell us a little history regarding your guild and when was it established?
The history of The Syndicate™ goes back 11 years as of Feb 07 so there is quite a lot to tell. So
much so that there is a book being published in the summer of 2007 all about the history of The
Syndicate. Avari Press will be releasing “Legend of The Syndicate” around the June timeframe.
A short summary is this: We were established in early 1996. We were involved in the alpha test
of Ultima Online. That led to beta involvement and finally in playing the live game, which we still
have a presence of a couple hundred members in. We spent a number of years in Everquest but
eventually retired from that game. We also have a very large 300ish member presence in World
of Warcraft right now. We have a portion of the guild that participates in our alliance with Prima
Games (the industry leader in print media strategy guides) to write expert content for their
guides. The idea is to give players more for their dollar. Guides aren’t just lists of zones and
quests. They now will more often contain expert content to make it well worth your time to buy
one. We have a Trademarked guild name and logo. We are currently being filmed for a
documentary about MMOs. We have a corporate sponsor. We have yearly conferences that
120+ members attend. Our 6th annual conference is coming up in August. We have members
from all walks of life including many military members… a good number of game developers…
we even have the guy who does the narration for many of the Rome series on the History
Channel.
The Syndicate is very old, hugely successful and much more than just a guild in the typical sense
of the word.
As for games we have played…. Our formal guild presences have been in UO, WOW and EQ.
Those are/were basically our day to day base of operations in the virtual world. However, at
any given time, if there is an MMO beta going on, we are involved in it in some fashion.
Q. Can you tell us what servers you play your MMO’s on?
I sure can:
Ultima Online - Atlantic Shard
World of Warcraft - Zuljin Server
Q. Since you play different MMO’s how do they compare and what is the guilds role with
each MMO?
The Syndicate is different from almost every other guild in that we don’t have a “role” in a game
because we don’t exist for a specific game. We are an online gaming community who’s purpose
in life is to build and grow our friendships & comradely which we do by using online games as
they are a common hobby of our members. In short, we don’t exist for a game or a group of
games. Rather, we use online gaming to grow our comradely and to proliferate gaming expertise.
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