60 Standard Minutes: Special SWR Edition

[Mad78]

At last after a long wait I have been asked by AA to post the Special Edition since he can't because of technical difficulties. Note that some enteries might be a out of date.

 

Welcome to the 10th and very special edition on 60 Standard Minutes. This edition is to commemorate everyone at SWR! I am supremely and completely excited about this edition not only because I get to write about myself, but because I get to make fun of all of you! (Kidding, only kidding.)

 

Now, to be more serious, I must say that you all have been great people to write for, you have given me great and supportive comments and I thank you for that very much. I know it?s been a longer wait than usual for this edition, and I apologize. I have been very busy lately, I have been working on the text for Rebellion: Reloaded, and working on my first Star Wars based novel, which is untitled at the moment but I have finally come to finish this extraordinary edition. I hope you all enjoy it!

 

I believe it?s only fair to start with the webmaster behind SWR.

 

Evaders99 (E)

 

His origins date back to before I ever found SWR; he was always a man of whom I respected. He joined the forum way back in January of 2002 and has been with this us since the beginning, creating for us this wonderful web-site that we all hold so dear. He has always been a quiet person, rarely posting - considering the time he spends with us. A man, who I believe could never spam a thread if he wanted to (trust me I looked). He has always been very helpful to the new and old alike and has never abandoned us. I believe I speak for us all when I say thank you, Evaders, for this site, you, and your friendship.

 

 

 

Now, let us meet the man with over 3800 posts.

 

Trejiuvanat (Trej)

 

This man, or rather Yuuzhan Vong, has been an influential member since he joined in January of 2002 and he has been my friend since my joining in early 2003, helping me with the forum, Star wars lore and whatever I have needed. Day in and day out, Trej helped other people aswell, and finally he achieved something that I too long for, the 2000th post.

 

After achieving this extraordinary honor, he went on to become an assistant web-master at SWR along with another good friend of mine, Scathane. This great story only gets better though, Trej has then been more influential in the history of SWR, helping add a few things to the site aswell without sacrificing being there for anyone who needed help. During a more dark time of SWR, our boards were filled with un-supervised spam on almost all topics; Evaders further expanded his duties, making him a moderator of the SWR boards. I can now say that the forums are now cleaner and more helpful than they have been in a long time. I am glad I can call this man err? Yuuzhan Vong my friend.

 

 

Let us now meet another great person of SWR.

 

Scathane (Scath)

 

Our very own Grand Vizier, Scath has been another great and influential person of SWR. Scath started here at SWR in February of 2002, being a nice and friendly person to get along with. He eventually rose through the ranks of SWR until he himself became a member with 2000 posts. This achievement only increased his path, as he became an SWR assistant web-master.

 

Scathane became a highly respected person, and even helped our very first moderator, ElvisMiggel, with his duties when he was un-available due to his studies. Since then, Scathane has earned more than 3200 posts. I am glad to know you as a friend, Scath.

 

 

Our very first moderator?

 

ElvisMiggel (Elvis)

 

Not to be confused with the king of rock and roll, ElvisMiggel has been with us since July of 2002. He has since posted without stop, helped people, created interesting and helpful threads, and great polls. Elvis was also the very first person at SWR to reach the 2000 mark. He also became our very first official moderator, a man who everyone watched out for.

 

Elvis has currently been unable to post like he used to do to things in his own life, but I believe we have yet to see the last of this great person at SWR.

 

 

The man and a server?

 

JediIgor (Igor)

 

Well, what can I say about this man? He literally saved SWR, and got the interest in it back. It was way back in 2001, that SWRebellion.net was having problems, and the declining interest and lack of new cards and such began to come up. During this time a man cam along by the name of JediIgor helped get in back on track by hosting a new server for what is now called SWRebellion.com. With this and the help of phpNuke installer, Stormfront, SWRebellion.com was able to resurface with members that now total close to 3000. This amazing site and the great things in it we also owe to JediIgor. Thanks, Igor, you have given a home to this great web-site in need.

 

 

My wacky British friend?

[Mad78]

Jahled (Jahled)

 

I think we all know this man, (or at least his crazy GIFs) he has given us laughs over and over again. He has completely changed my view on wildlife with Lightsabers aswell. Becoming a member of SWR way back in March of 2002, he has constantly kept right on posting his wacky GIFs until he too made the 2000 mark.

 

Now at over 2500, he has yet to quit entertaining us with his odd yet hysterical pictures and GIFs. I cannot count the times I needed a good laugh only to find it in the Outside Interest forum in his Animated GIFs thread. I am glad to call you a friend, Jahled.

 

 

His maskyness?

 

The_mask (mask)

 

Mask has been with us a long time, since February of 2002 to be precise. He is our little genius I like to think, he has found more ways around Rebellion?s supposedly no-change zones than any two people put together. He has created superb models and such with his great abilities aswell. But, he has also helped our fledgling (and veteran) Rebellion editors with a tough bug would present itself to them. He has truly been a great part of SWR. Now with over 2600 posts, he also is a frequent poster aswell. Thanks, mate for helping me and so many other people out!

 

 

My own little padawan?

 

Adarkjedi44 (Darky)

 

Ah, my dear, dear friend Darky. We have posted together for a long time, usually late at night when we should have both been asleep. I remember when we were both members for only a few months (you had bit longer than I) and we would discuss about the different topics that were being discussed then, I believe at that moment was the first time I knew I had found a forum that I would belong to for a long time.

 

You have come a long way since joining in January of 2003 (you actually joined on my birthday, the 15th). You have come to be a veteran of SWR, and a 2000 club member aswell. I am glad we have both had a wonderful time to share together, and I hope we have even more. You are a truly great friend!

 

 

Our little mad maniac?

 

Mad78 (Mad)

 

My good Swiss buddy, Mad. I have not had the pleasure of knowing you as long as some of these other guys, but I am glad to call you a friend just the same.

 

Becoming a member in March 2004, Mad has become a regular at SWR, chatting with everyone and making many helpful posts in the discussions. With over 1300 posts, Mad is quickly on his way to the 2000 mark. I hope you stick around longer so we can continue to chat away.

 

 

The artistically challenged blue man?

 

Grand_Admiral_Thrawn (Thrawn)

 

Joining SWR before I was ever present, Thrawn hung out with JediIgor and Evaders in an older version of the site. But sadly, he disappeared and went MIA for awhile, as it seems most of us do for a time, only to resurface and begin a new account in June of 2003. He is my favorite blue friend, and I hope I will get to know him even better in the future.

 

 

Our very own Ninja?

 

Lord_La_Forge (LLF)

 

I must say, I do not know you as well as I would hope, LLF. It seems we are both always not around at the same time. But in recent days, and a little bit before, I have gotten to know you some. I must say you are one the most talented artists I have met. You have created some magnificent work!

 

Joining SWR back in September of 2002, LLF became a usual when he could, posting with SOCL, Trej and Scath, along with Elvis and many others. He has worked on and continues to work on the Total Conversion, Rebellion Reloaded. He has also come to take up moderating duties in recent days. Although, not always around as most, he is still someone who I respect and love to chat with when I can, I hope to continue to get to know you better in these days ahead.

 

 

I guess it?s my turn.

[Mad78]

Admiral_Antilles (Double A, AA)

 

I joined on May 27, 2003, a day that would forever change my life. I began posting, intrigued with the rank system and how it worked. I posted as much as I could day in and day out, with great friends, SOCL, Trej, Scath, Darky, and so, so, many more. I constantly tried to be apart of every thread I could, and inconsequently, my nickname became the SPAM, a name that I would carry until recent days.

 

After Star Wars: Galaxies came out; I became less and less around SWR, until finally I was completely MIA for a good while. After a while of playing (about 6 months) I did not re-subscribe and went back to SWR, and meeting new friends, including Mad and Thrawn and many more.

 

Then, one day I began thinking of an idea to incorporate 60 Minutes into a Star Wars version, giving people a clue about all of these people in the Star Wars universe that are talked about on the forums. Coming up with the name 60 Standard Minutes, I began to post edition after edition until alas, my 9th one had been completed.

 

During this time, I began to live more like my old nicknamed suggested SPAM, and it began to catch on more and more, with Elvis? recent disappearance away from SWR. His problem got out-of-hand so much that Evaders prompted me, along with Trej and LLF to keep that from happening again. I must say, I was quite surprised to receive the promotion, but I made it a point to stop my old habits and begin anew.

 

Well, it?s not much but that is my history here at SWR, and I must say I am honored and grateful to know each and everyone of you.

 

 

Because some of us get lost in this world?

 

 

Honorable Mentions:

 

SOCL- This man was a great friend of mine, I enjoyed posting with him all the time, but as it happens in life, some things happened to him that changed his life forever. He has understandable went MIA, possibly forever, but his friendship he shred will last here.

 

Dude21- This man, was also someone that I have not seen in a long time, but someone I hope will someday resurface,

 

 

 

Well, I hope you enjoyed this special SWR edition of 60 Standard Minutes and I hope you all did not think it bad because of the shortness of it. It was very difficult for me to write this mainly form memory and a few small dates that were on your personal bios in the forum. I also do not want to make anyone feel bad, that were not mentioned in the edition. I tried as best I could to include people. I hope you all also understand that I will be taking a break from 60 Standard Minutes to work on my as of yet, untitled novel. After it?s finished, I hope to give you all some more editions. May the Force be with you always.

 

Your dear friend,

 

 

Note to the Moderators by Mad:

i did this in several post since when i tried doing it in one i was forbiden acces to the site until I reconnected.

[Stellar_Magic]

 

What about me!

[Grand_Admiral_Thrawn]

Well, he did appologise for it being a little out-of-date. He'll probably get to you in a SWR II edition .

 

Nicely done AA. I feel I know those around me even more now.

[Mad78]

 

What about me!

 

We all know who you are.

Stellar magic Joined in april 2004. Not such a poster as some he is without contest one of the best writers on the site and has even invented the Race that shall replavce the Vong as prime menace... the Rapora. He has been working around this ever since a SW vs ST thread spawned it and continues with such projects like making a TC based on it.

[Stellar_Magic]

Considering I posted that as a Joke

[Mad78]

I was only posting the truth

[Jahled]

*Wipes back tears of nostalger*

[Evaders99]

Note that January 2002 was the release of the phpNuke site updated to phpBB2 and so forth. We've had other forums, from EZBoards to phpBB1.

 

So well, don't take the join dates too seriously - at least, not with us old-timers

[Guest JediIgor]

Ah, good descriptions of all the late members! Too bad a few people like Eville, EW, etc, aren't mentioned, but they have all "passed" on (except Eville! ).

 

What else would be really neat to see is a blurb on the Rebed Card Guild (if the name serves correctly), I do believe they were a good card making group in the beginnings of Rebellion?

[Krytos]

Ah, a good read. Nice to hear about the beginnings of the forum and the illustrious members of the forums.

 

Looking forward to seeing you back on the boards AA

[Mad78]

...illustrious members of the forums.

 

Looking forward to seeing you back on the boards AA

 

Thank you my ego needed that

[Stellar_Magic]

My favorite line from dilbert...

 

Don't feed the EGOS!

 

Thank you, cut, print, moving on...

[Guest Scathane]

Why, thank you, AA!

[BadSamaritan]

Im am not in there....

 

And frankly, thats a good thing. You people dont want to know anything about me.

 

*continues hiding the bodies*

[Mad78]

Sadly we already know too much.

[Evaders99]

Unfortunately, my memory is so bad... I can only give names and short blurbs of who I remember:

 

Zeblork - Zeblork's card site was one of the first I went to. Chalked full of good cards. He helped SWR's creation along with Eville Jedi and myself.

 

EW - EW was one of the most prolifous (sp?) card makers. Card Guild leader, he created two full TCs, joining SWR as one of the leaders of the card arena. After his resigning, he asked that I remove his work. I believe he is still active in the EH community though I don't really know.

 

Skippy - Card Guild leader, he was the one that funded the original SWR.net site. A great guy - leading the Card Guild to join our site

 

Ash Morley - another great card maker - I don't remember meeting, perhaps retired by the time SWR came around

 

 

I'm sure there are dozens of other people I'm forgetting. Sorry I can't go through the whole history, but maybe one day I'll go through all the SWR archives I have and you may get a glimse at the super-active days of card making.

[Mad78]

Why did some resign?

[Guest JediIgor]

Better to resign that disappear without saying anything (cough Revolution cough), don't you think?

[Mad78]

Okay. Is Revolution actually part of the SWR community?

[Grand_Admiral_Thrawn]

Rev dissapeared shortly after the creation of the Card Guild. Sad, really, since it was then that people were really getting into it, and his help in developing futher version of RebEd would have gone a long way. Even though his exit was less than appreciated, we must still recognise htat, without his help, we may never have united in this way.

 

The loss of EW was a big hit. I, too, would be interested in knowing why he chose to resign. The loss of major community members is always a big blow to everyone's moral. It would be like Scath, AA or Igor (or Evaders, Mask, etc.) leaving.

[bobandrubert]

or me

[Mad78]

I can't imagine the terrible blow it would be for the model making community if Mask left. Actually when any member becomes present and leaves its a blow.

[Evaders99]

EW, I never understood his leaving. I believe it is something to do with disrespect for his work, but I don't know the details.

 

Rev was already gone before SWR came about. We seriously did try to find him, but never could. We really wanted the RebED source code if at all possible, but oh well...