HOG
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HOG "Host of Gerbils" was created on the first day of the Epsilon server.
History
We started as a group of friends on Delta, mostly from [FIST]. We wanted to see how we would fair with an even playing field.
VaeVictis (Fagin/ Darth Gerbil on Delta) was our first GM with a council including TSonien, ProfDon, Jim and a few others.
Early on, we recruited Ash (need spelling of full name) and Honeybee. She became Kung Fu Gerbil.
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Mergers Hog almost from day 1 absorbed the stronger members from the guilds in E03 it went to war with qickly making Hog the dominant guild in the galaxy. As Hog expanded, formed alliances and outlasted rivals the guild absorbed many other top players from other guilds, including USAF, ADK, LOL, VRAID, ONE and so on till its final merger with Lion that resulted in a new more aggressive guild Called [Blood] Bloodlines.
Change in Leadership VaeVictis was the man with the vision coming into delta. He was the prime force that kept the guild agressive and confident in Hogs early months on the server. However he had real life demands on his time. Once HOG had been established as a top ten guild, he wanted to move to a background position. EvilRain became GM. A promotion from War general where he proved himself leading the guild against Invasions by [SE7EN] [WL] and constant war with [0~] who Hog shared E03 with and fought many wars against till a bloodpact was arranged during Epsilons first server war. Evilrains promotion to GM from War General was a risky one for all of us. We were nervous because he had been rash in some actions on Delta and seemed very quick to boast on the forum. He quickly proved himself to be an apt and efficient leader. Evilrain wasn't originally apart of hogs leadership coming into epsilon but worked his way up, starting as a guild recruiter and eventually diplomat.
Death of HOG In November of 2008, HOG and Lion merged to form [Blood] and we became a more aggressive guild. Blood took on a much more proactive and forward moving direction, entering into war after war against the servers top ten, eventually emerging to be a solid rank 5 guild till its merger with 7Sins and Sperm.
[Author's note: this is a work in progress. There are holes in this article. My memory isn't perfect and I haven't had time to look up all the details. Please fill in any missing peices]
