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Originally Posted by Taeme
EJ is the beta somethingawful.com goon squad. We were named differently because (they) wanted a tight-knit group of people who had run together for a while, not the bloating behemoth that GS promised to be. I'm not a beta member, though, so there might be more to it.
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Actually, that's the most accurate description I've seen in a long time.
A lot of us played beta together, wanted to keep playing together, but got spooked when open beta happened and guildchat turned into an ever-increasing mess that required constant moderation. That and it was obvious that most of the "new blood" wanted to play casually and goof around more than knuckle up and get to the endgame. So, we split prior to release and renamed ourselves Hooligan Syndicate. Months later, when we found ourselves in MC et al and using /random, we announced to GS (who we were still raiding with) that we were going to implement a point system for looting. The shit hit the fan because they were still pretty casual and GOONY GOON GOONS SHOULDN'T CARE ABOUT TRIVIAL THINGS LIKE WHO GETS WHAT LOOT BECAUSE WE'RE ALL GOONS AND WE PLAY JUST TO HAVE FUN, we renamed ourselves Elitist Jerks to reflect the resulting sentiment, and we pretty much divorced from GS altogether.
Also, you can now stop switching to M'G, people. Go away. The lag and queue last night was crap and we're full and don't want more of you.