Interview: Elin Dance Squad's Mikichi

This is a interview done with Gwobbles"Mikichi" from EDS guild, concerning the recent events regarding EDS. 

Malera: Okay so you're Mikichi, the creator of the guild EDS (Elin Dance Squad) Is that correct?
Mikichi: Yup, that's me.

Malera: For those that have not heard about your Elin community, would you care to explain a little more about EDS and what you're all about?
Mikichi: At EDS, we are a community of like minded people. We consist of a boat load of Elins, as the name suggests. The guild goal is simple. We want you to enjoy TERA as much as we do! Therefore we prioritize having fun above all things!

Malera: What made you settle for a Elin only guild? Is it because the Elins are a cute race, or was there another reason?
Mikichi: To be honest - EDS was originally going to be a guild for me and a couple of my friends. While most of us liked the cuteness which radiated from Elins. The reason why we are a race exclusive guild, is because Elins are just plain awesome. I mean a lot of people like chasing people with ridiculously sized weapons right? Or is that just my twisted humor?

Malera: On the 27th of April, a statement came out on the Tera forums that EDS would not be playing on the essenia server, due to another guild attempted to steal your guild name. Could you fill us in a little on that matter?
Mikichi: During the time between OBT and Pre-launch, a lot of planning went into how we could roll our guild out smoothly and undistracted. At that point, we already saw signs of this happening. Therefore we captialized on the community's assumption that we will be playing on Essenia, thus decided to suprise everyone and save ourselves some trouble.

Malera: "Doom Multi Gaming Community" Took on responsability for this, claming that they did it because players from EDS stole names aswell. "Some member from EDS took other peoples names so why not" - Tashohnie
What is your answer to that?
Mikichi: Haha, I didn't even know they said something like that! It just increases the hilarity factor, and I know the whole community knows this - ever since EDS was created, we have had very little contact with other guilds. We kept to ourselves and stayed out of everyone else's way, so we held no grudge against anyone and we faulted no one either. Plus we at EDS are all mature people with morals. Stealing names gives us no benefits anyway.

Malera: Okay, one last question about this subject. How did you feel when you knew that this was attempted, did you feel let down by your fellow community or did you simply brush it off?
Mikichi: When I first found out the situation, I was not taken by surpise, and neither was the guild. We all saw it coming, and had planned countering measures ready for what was about to be thrown at us. I then calmed my mind - released a statement on the forums, and cleared up the rest of the rumours. I have to say, I, on behalf of EDS, want to thank everyone of the TERA community for not losing faith in us, and also for giving us so much support!

Malera: Durring your transfer over to the Samael server, a guild named "Elin Kill Squad" arose, how was it to be welcomed by a guild based on hatred for your favorite race?
Mikichi: When this guild arose on Samael, we immediately knew who this was. But since then, we have not even seen one member from that guild.

Malera: Did you feel worried at first, thinking that it would be a group of players constatly looking for you?
Mikichi: We did not feel threated by it at all. We are on a PVP server, and we understand we will not be on good terms with every guild/ player out there, therefore we expect there to be conflict 24/7. So having a guild called 'Elin Kill Squad' makes no differecne to us at all.

Malera: Since rolling on Samael server, how are you personally feeling about the server community, for these few short days that you have been here for?
Mikichi: I have to say, coming from Essenia, Samael seems a lot more peaceful. On second day of pre-launch, I was half expecting to be in a GvG already, but when I logged in, to my suprise, there was none.There have been times where we wished we were on Essenia, but most of the time, we are glad that we are on Samael and enjoying TERA together!

Malera: Now with Tera servers finally opening tomorrow for everyone to play on, without limitations. What are you most excited about? Expect finally get to play.
Mikichi: Everything! I personally look forward to end-game content! I am also excited to see how the political system will be shortly after launch! I think everyone in the guild is eager to find out too!

Malera: So, is it a possiblity that we'll see a little Elin Vanarch from the EDS guild in the future?
Mikichi: That is entirely possible! It is certain that we will be participating in the politcal side of the game. Plus it is also possible to see other Elin Vanarchs from other guilds too! Not just from EDS

Malera: Okay, that was all the questions for now. Thank you so much for taking your time talking with me!
Mikichi: Haha, I thank you and everyone else that has to read and get critically hit by my wall of texts! Even I get sick of them myself sometimes xD!

- Malera, Samael News

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