Where all stars collide at Pachelbel...

When was the faction created?
It was created when the faction HBO was disbanded during OBT. - GuerreroX
Faction was formerly known as a 3 factions from Open Beta Pachelbel Server namely
HBO, Mafia and Extreme Pinoy to merged as one for all Pinoy to enjoy in one Faction to experience cybergaming and enjoy with the company in game and outside game relation. It was created June 14, 2007 and †PINOY†ALLSTARS† was Born to Granado Espada. - Shadowsoul


How did you guys come up with a name?
It is the merging of HBO and other smaller factions which are all Pinoy players so we named it as PinoyAllStar in coherence to the said merging of factions. - GuerreroX
We discuss this first and decided the name to entitled with all the Pinoys in-game to know
that there is a Solid Pinoy Faction that carrying all Pinoy Players in Granado Espada. -Shadowsoul


Pioneer players behind creating this faction?
Sanin, Shadowsoul, Severos, Cordero, Jowin Bro's many to mention sorry if I forgot ^_^ - GuerreroX
Half of the faction are pioneers of the game; we don't name whose the Pioneer because we
are all Pioneers of the faction; all equal treatment to each other to make it strong. - Shadowsoul


How many members? How many are active until now?
100 FULL FORCE yeah!!! - GuerreroX
Active players from PAS 70 family and during wars about 70-80 families - Shadowsoul

What's the current level of your faction?
Level 52 / Republicans


How many hours do you guys go on grind leveling / AFK?
Mostly around 8-12 hrs. some are 24/7 including myself coz my wife at home plays my account then when I return home then it's my turn to play - GuerreroX
Some of the players are 24/6 because we got maintenance average of 20hours a day
some are 15hours per day. - Shadowsoul

What are you guys into in GE lately?
CW is fun lately but we are helping other factions finish their Faction Quest too, however many of us play GE to make friends or meet friends which we do regularly in a form of monthly EB's and gatherings - GuerreroX


Do you often organize eyeballs and gatherings? What are your agenda/activities?
Yes, some are organizing monthly sometimes more, hmm agenda is 70% GE 30% personal mushy stuff, activities hmm PLAYING (again) , eating (donuts), swimming, drinking (non alcoholic beer ^_^) - GuerreroX
Yes, we do organize eyeballs and gatherings we always do talk stuff about GE and swimming etc. Eyeballs to know each other not in game but outside the game to make the bond strong inside the faction and to make friends in-game and outside game. - Shadowsoul


Do you have a message to send out to your fellow servermates?
There is no such thing as a perfect faction, in each faction there would tend to be some blacksheeps and troublemakers, though we at PAS try our best to discipline and educate our members and always remind them to "respect others if you want to be respected" - GuerreroX
Guys out there, all Pinoys are welcome in PAS gatherings and eyeballs and let make Granado Espada more alive, not a ghost town. Rock and Roll hardcore gamers. . . Long Live Granado Espada!! - Shadowsoul


The Family of Shadowsoul and GuerreroX


I like hanging out with these guys, they're terrific! They're one of the most active faction in our community, and always present in every Granado Espada event. I also love their makulit chat in-game, even into those not related to GE anymore, especially their life, and their stories on their latest gathering, and lots of stuff. You can also check them out on their friendster: http://profiles.friendster.com/pin0yallstars and you'll be able to see all of their latest EB pictures. They are the ones that truly make the Pinoys at home in the GE community.

Thanks to Bossing Sanin, Shadowsoul, and GuerreroX for the info and images. ^_~

Blood is thicker than water.


When was the faction created?
BH was created on the 17th of September.

How did you guys come up with a name?
It was the name of our guild in the last MMORPG we played.


Pioneer players behind creating this faction?
Lucius, Goldeye, Makisig, Uzuki, HeartzAngelz, Victorias are the 1st few members of BH in GE.


How many members? How many are active until now?
We have about 80 members currently and around 40+ active usually.

What's the current level of your faction?
We are a level 52 faction.

How many hours do you guys go on grind leveling / AFK?
Maybe around 8 to 10 hrs a day average grinding mode of members. Most of the time when they are online they are doing boss raids :)


What are you guys into in GE lately?
Boss raids, Colony Wars and PVP :)
(Veya: And Hide & Seek, or hunt me in-game @_@)



Do you often organize eyeballs and gatherings? What are your agenda/activities?
We do sometimes, usually when there is a GE event.


Do you have a message to send out to your fellow servermates?
Level hard, raid hard, ignore whiners! :)

The Family of Lucius


The members are quite very active in-game, has lots of stories to tell, whether it be GE-related, or their love and life problems, experiences, etc. They are also very accommodating, friendly, hyper, and loves in-real-life and in-game events.
I had a blast with these guys. They were active both during the Launch Party (the BH name wasn't even created yet) and Oktoberfest. Makwela sila at sobrang active sa mga events. They're probably hot in their server right now with all of those issues, but hey, I still had fun hanging out with them. Goodluck to all of your endeavors! ^_~

Thanks to Bossing Lucius and Lightbreeze for the info and images.

Carracci Players are not just 'non-PK' gamers.

Renaissance. A cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th through the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance

When was the faction created?
Renaissance faction was created during the closed-beta phase.


How did you guys come up with a name?
I researched about Granado Espada before actually playing the game for the first time. Along with the game's features, I also learned that it is set in the 17th century, a century that was also covered in the Renaissance era, the period marked by a humanistic revival of classical influence expressed in a flowering of the arts and literature and by the beginnings of modern science which really fits in the baroque setting of Granado Espada. Also, Renaissance can also be defined as a movement or period of vigorous artistic and intellectual activity -- thus made me believe that the word is a very suitable name for a faction in this game. So there.


Pioneer players behind creating this faction?
Actually, there were just two people behind the creation of our faction.
One is me and the the other one is Pyramus, one of my best friends in real life.
We created this faction hoping to find and recruit players having similar mentality as ours and sharing the same views and objectives in playing and living GE.
Thankfully, we somehow achieved that and we are currently growing with members that are conscious with their reputation and for the faction's reputation as well. (Many many thanks to Obviar, †Bayushi†, Serneo, Magnificient, Xavier, holmez, Oliveoyl, Azuren, and to the other influential members of this faction. Without them, I don't think the faction will have this very good atmosphere)


What are the objectives of your faction?
To provide an appropriate place for Pinoys that are bothered by other ill-mannered Pinoy players that disgraces the Filipino community -- thus, giving the Pinoys a bad reputation from the other nations' view.
Renaissance aims to grow with members that will be respected because of humility, righteousness, and smart gaming.
The faction ought to grow stronger while protecting every member's reputation along with the name of the faction.

How many members d'you have and how many are still active until now?
Right now we have about 70 loyal members.
And more or less than half of them are active until now.

What's the current level of your faction?
52.

How many hours do you guys go on grind leveling / AFK?
Most of our active members are online 24/7! We rarely disconnect from the game even when going to sleep.
As for the hours we spend on grinding, roughly it's from 12 to 20 hours. We really try to utilize our Combat manuals to the fullest. :D


What are you guys doing in-game lately?
We are more into boss hunting lately, for we want all of our active members to have good equipments so to last and be more effective in battles.


Do you often organize eyeballs and gatherings? What are your agenda/activities?
We organize IRL meetings, yes. And we often schedule it simultaneous to a GE event somewhere. We find it more convinient to meet in an event for our game.
As a matter of fact, we are planning to have a Christmas party for all the members to bond, get to know each other more, and of course, enjoy.


Do you have a message to send out to your fellow servermates?
Oh yes! Hello Carracci players! Especially to my fellow Pinoys.
On behalf of the Renaissance faction, I would like to thank all the other players from other factions in supporting and helping us all the way.
And many thanks also to some players from Royalist factions for being sport and making our gameplay more challenging and lively. Thank you, guys.
The Renaissance faction really appreciates you all.
Lastly, I would like to take this opportunity to promote our guild to our fellow Pinoy players.
Kindly visit renaissance-ph.webhop.org for more info.
Thanks again and see you guys in-game!

The Cross Family (Roy Cruz)

These guys were nice, especially Cross. We got to talking during our event at APC. This faction is a bit homey and very accommodating. Their togetherness really gives out the essence of a family, and the true meaning of friendship. I only got to know them for a short while, but I'll try to re-visit them again, that's for sure! ^_~

Thanks to Serneo, Cross, Obviar and Oliveoyl for the images.

Spread the Love in GE!

Pasaway din si Ate Veya...
Those were the words pronounced the minute that they invited me in the faction. But hey, I got tons of fun meeting them on their first unofficial EB at the Trinoma Mall. ^_~

A very weird in-game moment...
I was peacefully strolling around Ferruccio Junction, when this Hill Giant suddenly appeared (and nope, not the 'Great' Hill Giant ^^) and yes, I wasn't able to do some damage because of my level. T_T

I ain't no princess! lolz~ I told them where I was, so their veterans went and killed it within a minute or so. @_@



This faction in Caravaggio was created during closed-beta, but with a different name, AMAQC. The name was Kerigan's idea from his previous guild. He wanted to continue and propagate in the New World. (@_@ ehehehe...)


The Pioneers

The people behind this lively faction were Kerigan / Kupz / beedee / Crestfall / Being / Nett / BlackDove / Riskbearer / Onigiri / Hisame / Adubal / Lapislazuri / qVasquez / Todo / Xelestia.


They currently have 81 active members playing on different schedules. They're also on 24/7 adik mode, 12-14 hours of AFK mode.

Currently they're all trying to reach level 100, getting their much-awaited veteran stances and helping the others to get kick-ass gears as well.

Did I mention that they're addicted in organizing EB events not only for themselves, but for all servers for GE? ^^

Usually they hangout at Kerigan's place, his computer shop, playing DOTA and doing crazy things like videoke and drinking red horse at the same time eating pizza. (hope no one's a minor!)


PP with CM Veya

Kudos to PasawayProphecy~! May they always be pasaway, and hopefully still abiding by the game rules as well! XD~

Till next post! ^_~

MilitiaSangre. A faction created by blood, and bounded by blood.

This faction was created a week before POBT. It took them 2 hours just to come up with a name. At first, they wanted to have Amistad, it backfired due to lots of meanings behind the name; it was a name for a movie about slavery, and the other meaning is friendship. Basically, they wanted to retain their bond of trinity (naks!) in the New World. The pioneers behind this are Caelesti (their faction leader), Washburn (Vice-leader), eLfshimmeR, Lightbreeze, Loredan, Silvercross and Hevendrop.


A pact you can't forget...
They had 52 members, and at least 10-15 are active and plays 3 hours of grind leveling and almost 24/7 on afk mode due to work and career. There are some active players that manage to go on a 24/7 grind leveling, and some of them are now in the level range of 90-100.


The action doesn't stop in Carracci...
Even though the PK system is not implemented here, they still participate in the Colony Wars actively, and practice PvP, micro / individual mode. This way, they enhance their control in their three characters.


Never question the authority, especially if it's a woman!
Caelesti is the one who manage the faction and lead them in the Colony Wars. But she always do the questioning first on information and the cons before they take on the action, which leads to debate among the members. And so, she's now busy with work, and decided along with her members to do a remake of their faction, and appointing another leader to lead the Colony Wars and to increase the level of their faction. Well, goodluck on that! ^_^

You can check out their thread here & they're currently recruiting for the remake of their faction: http://forum.iahgames.com/ge/showthread.php?t=4749

Faction Reputation is important. We don't tolerate our faction mates to do some nasty and silly things because our faction was from our last online game we played and we intend to keep it clean up to the New World.

My message: I'd like to thank Caelesti, eLfshimmeR, and Lightbreeze. The tres cepas of this faction has been so very nice, and yes quite entertaining in my stay. This EB-lovin' faction will make a memory for me in the world of Carracci. Kudos to y'all! ^_~

Action speaks louder than words...

Trust builds trust. Never say never.
This faction was honest to me, one also mentioned that hopefully I won't leave them because most people left their faction because they're not too showy or loud in-game. ^^

I'd only leave due to my Faction Visitation schedules though, not because they're not that into chat conversations.

This was founded by MonteCristo. According to Abellanosa, they don't have any level or other pre-requirements for getting into their faction. All they wanted is for the Pinoy players to have fun in leveling, and for their faction get-together in-game such as Interchange or other faction missions, they wanted the players to go voluntarily.


We had fun during the Interchange Mission last time wherein I luckily got a wand. ^_^

I only got a chance to talk to some of them, mostly Abellanosa and Lucino. They were really nice, it's hard to think that they're in this PK server and yet they seem to hardly make any trashtalks and/or go against other factions.


So for peace-loving players, and for those who would want to go into a faction without any much pressure, this is the place to be. ^_~

I do apologize for leaving the faction without so much goodbyes, but there are lots of factions pending and would want me to visit them. Plus, the Esthesia family will no longer be visiting factions, I'll be using the Veya family from now on. ^^


My stay in the AxisAvenger family...
Hmm... I'm going to miss the mIRC-style chat conversations we had, especially typing in !ping during lag intervals. Plus the names they would call me (the famous artists that also has my first name -_-) and their weird comments whenever there's a mic war... ^^;

Till next visit again! ^_~

Before CARNAGE, there was PCQuest.

This was the first Filipino Faction to be created since Closed-Beta. It already had 100 members even before the Open-Beta began. The name was suppose to be Guardia Civil, according to the poll created at PinoyLag. The pioneers who created this all-pinoy faction was Overseer (Faction Leader), Infernalz, Stormrage, and Estradz.

"We call it --->>> adik-mamaw mode."

CARNAGE members are usually online all day (24/7). They go on grinding from 10AM onwards, and will be on AFK leveling early in the morning, from around 6-7AM to sleep... That makes their sleeping mode in total of three hours only. So basically, their characters are online 24/7. (I feel sorry for the computers doing all the hardwork! Just kidding ^^v) They claim that they're hardcore gamers, but not that geeky or nerdy in real life. @_@


They don't call Cervantes a PK server for nothing...
The factions that they've already challenged to test their skills and unity, was Yakisoba and VietNam. They don't go after other Pinoy Factions that much, but when some insisted and provokes them, they give them their piece of mind... (but they don't bite in real life! they're really nice to hangout with ^_^)


Teamwork please!!!
When it comes to leveling, PvP and Colony Wars, they also had some conflicts, especially in the PvP mode. In leveling, they'd usually form a squad in one map, depending on who would want to go. But when it comes to Colony Wars, they're all working together. They made it clear on the tasks assigned to each member during the recent CW testing.


My stay-in at the CARNAGE family...
It's probably the best one, eventhough for a short time. This faction may had issues and conflicts among their members, but they still manage to go through it. I'm also hoping this faction would stay for a long time. I had fun knowing their persona in-game and in real life. I was laughing so hard especially during the "graveyard shift" conversation. We also had fun in the shouts, and hopefully no one would mind it... until our microphones run out. ^^ As Estradz and I would quote: emo emo emo emo. We are under the influence of emotional overdose. \m/

You can visit them in their blog: http://gecarnage.blogspot.com/ and their forums here: http://z7.invisionfree.com/CARNAGE_Faction

And if you ran away, I'd still wave goodbye, watching you shine bright.
***My biggest thanks to Overseer, Infernalz, Seighart, MuRdOCkKiLLeRs, Lawliet, ford, Ino, Quicky, Stormrage, and of course, Estradz for making my stay entertaining. *cough* ^_^***

Credits: Hawksmoor & Estradz