moros's Thesis on SWG Forum Theology

Although much knowledge has been lost through the ravages of time and the face of the forums has been much changed since the Creation, some small knowledge of the Beginning still remains with the Ancients and is passed down to each succeeding generation. I, moros, a simple scribe, have gathered all such knowledge unto myself in the attempt to determine the true history of the Forums. And I have written this, in its simplistic form, in the hope that other members of the Younger races, not blessed even with moderately lengthened life, may even so not be ignorant of their origin...

"Before there was SWG, there were the fans. Before the fans there were the mods; before the mods were the devs, and before the devs was George Lucas.

"In the beginning Lucas created Star Wars. Then he rested for twenty years. Then... he made some more Star Wars and decided that the MMOG market was too big to ignore, so he decided to grab a piece. In those days Lucas created first the mighty Devs, clever and cunning in all ways of Game Development. The Devs called upon their master Lucas, and with his aid created the mighty Mods, beings of vast power who could destroy threads and ban accounts at will. Thus were born the SWG boards.

"The Mods, being reclusive, remained inside out of the sunlight, and thus began to grow cold and pale. Soon because of their reclusive nature the color of their skin began to change. First it faded to the palest white, and then it began to turn blue, as can be seen to this day.

"The Devs on the other hand were cruel masters of all other folk, releasing only the information that they wished, and tormenting the weak creatures called the fans with promises of a video. Many n00bs met their deaths at the hands of the Devs in the early years, and thus did the Devs begin to be stained with blood.

"Soon the Mods began to realize their power, and they rose up and resisted the Devs, and the whole Boards stood in awe of the mighty conflict that ensued. Sometimes the conflict was heard as from far off, like thunder in the distance; at other times it raged through the very threads of our existence, tearing the world apart. In the end the Hand of Mod prevailed, and placated the Devs' thirst for blood. But as a warning to all they decreed that the Devs would forevermore be stained red with the innocent blood of thousands of n00bs."

And that, you see, is why we have to keep on attacking the n00bs that show up; the Devs keep running out of n00b blood.

-moros the Sophist, last bringer of the Truth of the People of the Twilight