Real life first name : Billy
Forum handle: Iheamylap
Main Character name: Iheamylap Hovybet
Server : Tarquinas
PA :  Light Side Warriors
Where in the real life world do you live?   Carrollton, Georgia; USA


How long have you played Star Wars Galaxies?  
For a year starting early May


What other MMOs have you played?  
Lord of the Rings Online, but only recently. SWG was my first and remains my main MMO.


How long is your typical gaming session when playing Star Wars Galaxies?  
Two to Six hours a couple days a week.


What does a typical Star Wars Galaxies day consist of for you?  
Log on. Check mail. Respond to about five /tells, if I am lucky. Review any notes regarding a to-do. Clone if I log in a corpse.  I am usually checking in my my guildmates, Forwarding event information I receive.  Forwarding GCW grinding information.  Answer questions more often than not.  Checking in on my vendors and sales. When I'm in a frisky mood, I will get an Ent buff and run a 'patrol" around the Galaxy Special Forces.  As a smuggler I seem to PvP better in cities than in Restuss.  Most of my day though is spent chatting and responding to /tells, especially in the heat of battles...I have sent some very amusing messages.


What was the race and profession of your very first character?  
Twi'lek, and started out as Jedi, but now I'm a dedicated smuggler.

Who got you into gaming and what kind of games do you like ?
I was bored one day, and came across the 14day free trial. I was hooked from the first minute!  I used to play Starcraft, Diablo II, though I did not get into computer games as much until SWG.

Do you have any other hobbies then playing Star Wars Galaxies ?
 Reading psychology and researching fill my times outside of SWG and work. Lately though I've been remodeling a house I recently bought.


What is your highest level Character in Star Wars Galaxies?
90


What race and profession is your main character ?
 Twi'lek, Smuggler


What do you like the most about the profession you have chosen for your main character ?
 I enjoy being, as a smuggler, the minority in PvP professions. I enjoy the challenge of having to play with tactics and skill to be good in PvP as a melee smuggler and even high end PvE.  The smuggling missions are fun, if a bit repedative.  Generally, I feel smuggler has the best chance of "flavor" and diversity of all of the current professions.

What faction is your main character and why ?
 Rebel. I was rebel from day one because I felt akin to the struggle that the Rebel Alliance goes through.


What is your favorite ground vehicle?
 Colonel Barc


What is your favorite player owned ship?  
I'm an absolute noobie in space, so it would have to be the Yatch!  Its slow, decoratable, and does not make me dizzy.


Which professions in Star Wars Galaxies have you NOT played?  
Commando, Structural trader and Munitions


What is your favorite expansion?  All of the above?


What is your favorite planet and why?
 Tatooine.  I love the atmospheric effects from the twin suns to the sand storms.  The dunes there are amazing to me and there is an incredible diversity in terrain of the planet, if you don't assume its all sand.  My home city is there and I love working there.  The very first Force shrine I visited was on Tatooine, and it sticks in my mind.

Which planet do you like the least?  
Dantooine. Its too purple and is plain to me.


Which expansion do you like the least?  
Jump to Lightspeed, since space makes me dizzy!


What is the most credits you have ever spent on purchasing a single item for one of your characters?
121million credits on the Purchase of High Plains, Tat.


What do you like best about Star Wars Galaxies ?
 The Community, by far.  If it was just a "game" I would be bored by now, but my friends in this game keep me coming back.


Describe your best experience playing Star Wars Galaxies.  
My first month playing, I remember being invited to a live event/party, held by ITEC in Galia, Theed, where I met a lot of the community and acted like a crazy fool. Of all of the events I've been to, this one stands out as the first and most memorable.  That was the first time I saw fireworks in game.  Unfortunately, both the guild and city that sponsored that event have passed on into the history books.


What type of pets  do you have  ?
 In live, I have a bol mount.  On TCPrime I have a little green Bantha that I am raising.


Do you run or work for a Star Wars Galaxies Fan Site?
 Nope, although my guild has a website that I help maintain.


Who is your best friend in the game ? And did you have any apprentice. Or have you been a mentor for someone ?  
There are a couple who would go in the "best friend' category, although they do not play as much anymore: Scu, Risle, Eagle and Talan'sen.  I have an apprentice, named Obi-Yugi.


Do you run a PA ?  
Yes, I run Light Side Warriors along with Eagle


What type of work do you do in real  ?
 I am an Executive Assistant for a Real Estate team.


Do you want to greet in this interview anyone of your IGN and Real life friends ?  
Only a select few of my most "understanding" friends know of my SWG addition, and I'm not sure they would want to be named lol


Thank you for your time and have a nice day. Our Service wish you good luck in the future !!!

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