
What we’re about
https://discord.gg/7GjbdeC8ty Here is our discord link (SD Locals MMO Meetup) please come check it out & say hi!
https://www.instagram.com/sdlocalsmmomeetup/ check out our IG too!
Hey all, I'm Tom, 40 years old, looking for more players (25+ years old preferred). This guild started in late March as a single static group & has grown to 14 active players and 35 in the discord quickly. We have a friends & family feel with players all over SD in North, South, East, & Central county. We just met our first invited member in-game very recently that asked what the SD in SD Locals was for and he and his girlfriend joined the guild :)
We are currently playing Pantheon as the main MMO and are open to changing MMOs down the road. We are about to begin on the fresh start server Veil of Azeris this Friday as level 1's. The guild is to serve as a local connection hub for us to hang and meet in person when we can every few weeks & have an MMO we all play be the glue.
The pool play days are done day of signing up by listing your characters you wanna play and I hash out the groups before the sessions. Our goal would be to have a big enough pool, maybe 15-20 active players & 10+ show up per play day so we can mix & match 2 groups easily if not more down the road.
We are starting to form a culture around Friday being the main play day where the people that play more frequently end up having a Friday character(s) that stay at the level of people who only play Fridays. They either play that lower level alt character or they help powerlevel & protect the group(s) with their higher level character. Sometimes we have 2 groups that hit the same dense camp next to each other with everyone in the same voice channel.
Main drop-in play day:
Friday 7-9pm
Second drop-in play day:
Mon 6:30-8:30pm
Meetup:
Every other Sunday 5-7pm rotating through local arcade bars or gastropubs in central SD (Coin Haus, Gaslamp Coin-Op)
The main MMO in the group will always be an affordable and accessible one so the pool can easily grow. There is heavy interest in games like Monsters & Memories and at least 4 people have bought the Alpha 2 & Beta 1+2 keys for Ashes of Creation. These are very likely to become main MMOs in the future for the guild when they are easily accessible & affordable. It'd be nice to keep growing a pool that could sustain a few MMOs at a time.
Anyone that wants a preview of the Pantheon if they haven't played can join the discord, say hi, and then you can come hang during at one of our weekly set play sessions for a bit while one of us screencasts to see how you like it. Even if you don't want to play the game you're welcome to hang in the discord and come to the meetups. I'm sure people will also play some games on the side together and we have a text channel for people to link up for that, we also have people that like boardgames. Girls don't be shy, we have two female group members already and they'd love more female company!
We people that have played Panth and new players, EQ, DAoC, WoW vets.
I live in North Park and moved here last June and I've been familiar with it for a long time visiting friends here for years, and it is now home to me. It would be great if everyone lived within a 20 minute drive or something easy enough that many of us can meet up at the central SD get together every 2 weeks or so!
The idea for the group is something relaxed and casual, and something to look forward to as a nice easy way to be social & have camraderie. I'd like to have people that have some roots down in San Diego so there is more room for some long friendships to form over time.
The reason we picked Pantheon is because 3 of us have already started playing before and already enjoy it, it's a fresh game, and it is a very social game where all group members have unique and important roles for the group to succeed so there is a lot of teamwork & camraderie! Beyond that there is also lots to talk about - different classes, zones, mobs (enemy NPCs), gear, crafting, new content & game systems etc... Some people describe Pantheon as the modern successor to Everquest 1 & 2 with some combat feelings from World of Warcraft and Vanguard. It is in early access right now, and has a development roadmap and active community. I've been playing since mid December with my cousin and had a lot of fun playing many different classes.
Pantheon Official Site
Pantheon Discord (#screenshot-sharing channel in Member Discussion section has lots of great player taken shots, the group profile pic on this page is a player-taken one posted there)
The game and playtime are meant to be the hub & glue of the group. I'd like to have a group where friendships form and people meet up to hang out or play other games together outside the organized playtime.
I live in North Park and moved here last June and I've been familiar with it for a long time visiting friends here for years, and it is now home to me. It would be great if everyone lived within a 20 minute drive or something easy enough everyone can meet up at the diner get together when we want.
Here's my rap sheet to see if you feel something in common:
- Right now I am playing Pantheon's Early Access with my cousin that lives in NY very casually and enjoying
In the past:
- Everquest L60 Shaman during Velious
- Dark of Age of Camelot once during the original L40 Troll Thane Midgard
- second time private server during Covid mained L50 Pac Healer Midgard & Bonedancer
- Orignal WoW L30 Shaman
- Tried Guild Wars 2, ESO, FFXI, BDO, couldn't get into them
- I always like other Fantasy games like Final Fantasy 7, Final Fantasy Tactics, Tactics Ogre etc.
I'm a pretty relaxed guy want the group to have a welcoming culture where everyone is just happy to hang. Outside games I'd say my personality is like half nerd, half jock, and some goth kid (anyone else have a Thursday or The Used phase?) on the inside. I fiddle around on guitar, watch some Latin American streamers to not totally forget the Spanish I've learned over the years. Intermediate surfer that hasn't surfed much lately, used to play basketball in high school, snowboarded a bit in college in Colorado, longboard skateboarding stuff like that. I've got a spotify playlist I've been building for years with 43 hours of songs of all types. I'd like to get into playing tennis more to keep in shape. I go for walks and to the cafe to read, been pretty low key easy going lately.
My top artists over years I have always come back to are The Smiths, Mac Miller, Smashing Pumpkins, The Cure, Nirvana, 311, Rebelution, At The Drive In, Modest Mouse, Interpol
Artists I've found lately (country kick recently it seems): Sam Barber, Zach Bryan, Gavin Adock, Treaty Oak Revival, Thundercat, Men I Trust
Lived in: Chicago, Orange County, Boulder, Denver, Santa Barbara, Houston, DC
Travelled to a dozen countries across Latin America, Asia, & Europe