Vanguard: New Community Representative

Vanguards Community Representative, Michelle "Elionia" Butler, is moving to another project and thus stepping down from her current position in the Vanguard team. She'll be acting as the Community Representative of EverQuest: Online Adventures. Her farewell is as follows:

Greetings Telonians!

Today I must depart and move onto a new project. I am pleased to leave you in the capable hands of Ellyra. Please be kind to her.

I have truly enjoyed getting to know new people and reminiscing with some of the community that I have know for years. Thank you all for participating in the world of Vanguard.

I will never be too far away!

with her departure, a new Community Representative will be stepping into her place. We would like to welcome Ellyra to the Vanguard team.

I just wanted to take a moment to introduce myself to those of you in the Vanguard community who have not seen me around before. My name's Julie (aka Ellyra) and I'm the new Vanguard Community Representative.

A little bit about me and my background. I started with SOE in January as an intern and have dabbled in a lot of different things since then. I'm nearly finished with my degree in Media Studies and Political Science (after many, many long years of school!) I look forward to continuing my career in gaming, as it's something I'm extremely passionate about.

I've been gaming for quite some time. My first taste came back in 1994 or so when I found myself addicted to a text game called 'Legends.' The BBS I played on supported a dozen players, and wiped itself once a week. I was hooked from day one. From there I went on to play Doom on a BBS called H2H. As for MMO's, I've played a lot of what's currently out there, some more than others; EQ, EQII, WoW, LoTRo, and of course, Vanguard, to name a few.

A few personal facts you may find interesting: My main character was a Shaman, but I've recently been spending more time playing my Dread Knight. I've toyed around with a Blood Mage, and dabbled in Diplomacy. Also, I have a tattoo on my left shoulder which says "Gold Spammers FTS." (Okay, not yet, but I truly believe our world, and the world of Telon, would be a much better place without gold spammers!)

I look forward to being a part of this growing community. It's my goal to help the game, its players, and the fansites thrive by providing content, up-to-date information from developers, and hopefully a lot of fun in-between!