Hello World!

I'm Ajantis, the Guildmaster of <Aisthesis>, a guild in Star Wars: the Old Republic (Swtor).

I'm blogging because I think people inside of MMOs, not just Swtor, would enjoy reading about and perhaps learning about some of the issues with running a guild. <Aisthesis> started two years ago in August. I had been doing some leadership roles before that, not with a guild but with a loosely-connected alliance of people, and I founded the guild to bring my friends together. It had seven people and about twelve characters back then:

Ajantis
Aceofthesky
Ys'chian
Darian
Woozy
Azucena
Vedista

Now, at nearly the two-year mark, I've grown the guild (a completely voluntary activity group) into an organization of 100+ people across both factions of Swtor. We have an assistance fund for guild members in financial hardship. We have a thriving community. And we're having our very first real-life meetup next month!

I've helped some people with leadership advice and I'd be glad to help out anyone who reads this blog. I'd also like it to be a place where I can share the good and bad of leading a guild and stories from other people in <Aisthesis>.

But I would also like to reach people who don't play video games, much less MMOs, and describe to them not only what a guild is and what real-world skills it takes to run one, but also the fact that we're so much more than a bunch of twenty-something nerds living in our parents' basements.

So, posts will describe the business, the personal, and the interpersonal side of things, all interwoven together. It's what makes <Aisthesis> great.

Please comment, share, and participate! And if you're interested in playing Swtor, we're always recruiting!

Here's our official guild website.

I will be updating this blog at least once per week, so check back!