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Have you played SWGEmu yet? We’re looking for your thoughts on it as the SWG emulator and what SWG fans could expect from it.
Guest Tosche Station actually posted a comment to that original article recently that we thought deserved its own post since it was so lengthy and well thought-out.
You can see the original comment here:
If anyone reading has an interest in playtesting for SWGEmu, there are a few things you should keep in mind;
1). If you’re never played Star Wars Galaxies at all, you’re gonna have a bad time. The SWGEMU community is comprised of diehard SWG players who put on a good show of being friendly and helpful, until you start asking questions they don’t know the answers to. Then you’ll discover just how insular the SWGEMU community is, and the fact of the matter is that the majority of those diehards are every bit as clueless as you are.
2). If you played SWG, but not until after the Combat Upgrade or the New combat system. They’ll cite nostalgia and how REAL SWGers did things the hard way uphill in the snow, and you’ll slowly back away and rethink your own life.
3). If you’re interested in SWGEMU for the 3d TIE Fighter or X-Wing.
4). If you don’t have an exceptionally thick skin, you’re gonna have a bad time. The SWGEMU deveolpers and “staff” (i.e. volunteers who don’t get paid, and will go out of their way at every opportunity to remind you of this…) aren’t the most cordial human beings on the planet (to be perfectly honest, they’re condescending jerks; classic IT and network istration), and God help you if you dare to ask a question on the forums that’s addressed in the stickies at the tops of the page (sandwiched into links to 8+ year-old see just how much they can emulate a game, caring not one bit if anyone playing actually enjoys it.
5). If you’re expecting a gameplay experience that’s even halfway playable, you’re definitely gonna have a bad time. The developers, for whatever reason, have chosen to put playtesters in the environment long before they should have, resulting in a “game” in which one is constantly working around asking other players either. An alarmingly sizable chunk of them have been spamming skills that have never worked for months and don’t even realize it.
6). If you suffer from OCD, are unemployed or a stay-at-home mom, spend all your free time on the internet, or generally have absolutely nothing better to do, then I think you’ll fit right in the SWGEMU community. I honestly don’t mean to belittle the players (or the staff for that matter, although they most certainly deserve it), you just really space combat or pets). By all means give it a try, but don’t expect….well don’t expect anything at all.
Do you agree with all of this advice? Thanks so much Tosche Station for your insights.
