Ronin (PA)

Ronin
A Guild which was formed in the universe of Star Wars Galaxies. The guild members later spread out to several other online video games.

Origin
Originally Members of the now defunct guild LFO in the Star Wars Galaxies universe, four gamers, later to be known as "The Founding Four" (Soule Survivor, Simbr Weken, Togarwan, Jintow Laserwolf) became disenchanted with their positions and membership in LFO. After voicing their unhappiness and repeated requests that fellow LFO members join them in PvP Combat went unanswered the four friends broke away from their guild to form their own.

In their search for a new home of their own creation the name Ronin was chosen as a nod to the small groups belief that their former guild leader had cost a once powerul gaming guild to fall into ruin. They were now four video gaming warriors without a master. Almost the exact definition of the ancient Japanese Ronin only with a modern cyber twist.

Tenets
The dogma of Ronin was simple. The founding four felt that it was imperitive to protect their new guild from the failings of their previous guild. They set out to isolate and label the failings which drove them away in the first place. First among these was the constant power struggle for guild leadership. Second was a unanimous decision that over recruitment of guild members had destroyed any chance of creating loyalty among members. Third was the incessant drama brought about by the second failing of over recruitment. Fourth was a lack of guild presence in PvP battles. It was then that the founding four decided that membership would be exclusively offered to friends and friends only. People who had proven to be capable of loyalty and comraderie before ever being approached about membership. By keeping the guild small they understood that a tight group would stay a strong group. They also required all members to be serious about PvP combat.

Evolution
Ronin as a guild has kept to its tenets as its history has grown. Members have come and gone through attrition due to the nature of the MMO universe of subscription players, and natural human relationships evolving. However though players come and go in any gaming world, members have striven to keep connected and game together in an ever expanding world of online games. Through the use of e-mails, news letters, phone calls and a web site under creation the guild continues to thrive.