Real life first name : Mike
Forum handle: Skuzz
Main Character name: Boomyyyrr
Server : Lowca
PA : WOK (Warriors of Kashyyyk)

Where in the real life world do you live?
The Midwest, USA, Earth, The Milky Way

How long have you played Star Wars Galaxies?
Since the original beta-2 of SWG (No breaks, no hiatus, yeah I know I'm a loon).

What other MMOs have you played?
Oodles. I've also done beta testing for UO, earth and beyond and Eve online.

How long is your typical gaming session when playing Star Wars Galaxies?
Way to long!  Probably around 5 hours a day.

What does a typical Star Wars Galaxies day consist of for you?
Logging in, talking to guildies, scanning for potential Imp base busting parties to crash, rolling GCW stim bases, and helping guildies on any number of activities/instances, etc. ...Of course once chapter 6 hits I will be joyously busying myself with creating and leveling pets!

What was the race and profession of your very first character?
Wookiee Master Creature Handler. I flopped the remaining skill points around constantly between Rifleman, TK, Pike, ranger, and BH.

Who got you into gaming and what kind of games do you like?
As early as I can remember my mom had my brother and myself playing games. I love any type of game; from chess to computer games to outdoor activities like airsoft (ie; paintball for men!).

Do you have any other hobbies then playing Star Wars Galaxies?
Illustration and game design.

What is your highest level Character in Star Wars Galaxies?
90. But seriously arent we all 90's at this point?

What race and profession is your main character?
Gheesh your gonna make me pick?!! okay I guess I have to go with Boomyyyrr, my Wookiee Commando.

What do you like the most about the profession you have chosen for your main character?
Commando is just pure unmitigated carnage and mayhem. How can you not love the mando profession? Not to mention its a near perfect prof for wookiees.

What faction is your main character and why?
Rebel forever! My toons are wooks so there is only one option here. There's no such thing as an Imperial wookiee, those are called imperial slaves.

What is your favorite ground vehicle?
Hmmm... I'm quite found of the AT-RT actually.

What is your favorite player owned ship?
Man another tough one. I'll go with the Krayt gunship. Its the best ship point for point in the game and it looks pretty tough as well.

Which professions in Star Wars Galaxies have you NOT played?
Sorry, I've played them all.

What is your favorite expansion?
Trials of Obi-wan. Mustafar has a near endless amount of replayability and high level content, both of which are key to keeping vets around.

What is your favorite planet and why?
Endor, its a great looking planet with cool beasties. Now if they would only let us have tree cities there...

Which planet do you like the least?
Naboo

Which expansion do you like the least?
Shockingly I have to say Rage of the wookiees. There is zero special content there for wookiee toons (the NPCs dont even recognize you as a wookiee if you have a wook toon), alot of the planet is lower level content, its far to gated, and (this is a big one)... SOE nearly completely ignored the actual cannon material for Kashyyyk for this time period.

Imperials and trandos never were never able to establish permenant bases of operation on the surface, the resistance was far to fierce and it cost them way to much manpower and resources to maintain a presence there, hence the reason they resulted in pulling back to simply blockade the planet from space. Theres still fun stuff to do there but it was a missed opportunity I feel. oh yeah, and I wish we could have player treehouses there.

What is the most credits you have ever spent on purchasing a single item for one of your characters?
27 million for a sunriders destiny way back when.

What do you like best about Star Wars Galaxies?
It lets me romp around in the star wars universe with a bunch of friends. Thats a pretty **edit** cool thing.

Describe your best experience playing Star Wars Galaxies?
Meeting my lovely soulmate in game while Krayt hunting. Which resulted in a real life relationship. She rocks!

What type of pets do you have?
Real life: 2 old grumpy mouthy cats. In game: to many to count.

Do you run or work for a Star Wars Galaxies Fan Site?
nope. Although I wouldnt mind working for SOE on SWG.

Who is your best friend in the game ?
Tyyssa my real life love. We are constantly together and have way to much fun in game. My guildies are also unbelievably cool. I'm blessed with a seriously great group of people to enjoy playing this game with.

Do you run a PA?
Absolutely! WOK (Warriors of Kashyyyk). Its an all wookiee guild thats been around since beta-2. My lovely lady is guildleader for our sister guild FOW (Friends of WOK) which is a home for our non wook alts and non wook friends ingame. Both guilds share a metropolis on Dantooine.

What type of work do you do in real?
Previously I was a senior Illustrator and game designer for a chicago based game company. Currently I'm just an artist.

Do you want to greet in this interview anyone of your IGN and Real life friends?
I'd like to give a shout out to my lady and all our awesome guildies! Also a special Yo! to all the fellow Lowcians out there!

Thank you for your time and have a nice day !