Those who joined the ranks of Scarab during the Dark Age of Camelot era deserve special honor. Why, you ask? The answer is quite simple: Because Gyst (Spark) was the Master of Admissions for most of that time... and anyone who put up with all those insane recruit quests, tests, tasks, and good ol' fashioned public floggings deserve special recognition. So let's hear it for our great DAoC additions!
I played with Scarab in EQ in the early days of Solusek Ro before the server split. Selgus had been a member of the Knights of Justice along with Briggs and myself, Selgus went to Scarab not long into the game and tried to bring me with; that's how I got to meet Hawke and Oz and Ven and that group. Then the server split and I went to Ayonae Ro, while Scarab stayed put. (Or vice versa, cant remember). Several years later I ran into Oz sitting on a bridge in Dark Age of Camelot. The rest is history.
Dwulin
I knew Goonar and his family while growing up. When I was 18 I moved in with Goonar and he got me addicted to Everquest. His brother, Kitsu, was in Scarab at the time and I knew a couple other people as well. When DAoC was released Goonar wanted to play with his brother (now Karasunaki), and so I joined them and was promptly invited to the guild.
Ikky
A friend of mine back in high school showed me daoc one day and i ended up buying it eventually and playing in his guild. we moved servers and the guild members joined the harbingers of light which became my home for quite awhile. While in that guild i met some people; barbs and her husband chris who told me about scarab and from there i found my way here.
Kinetete
I 1st started playing MMORPG with Torhald and Rose back in EQ1 on Mith Mar. After a time we dicided to head over to DAOC when it came out and Rose and Torhald wanted to lead their own guild. We all played and contributed to the new guild but alas the guild never really took off. Rose has always been extremely social and through friends of friends came upon Scarab. We decided to abandon the current guild and join the Scarab family. From then on we have played under the Scarab tag.
Saebian
As far as how I got into Scarab, my cousin, Sayuri, gave me an invite. I actually tried to join you guys in Everquest but he was too much of a wimp to ask if I could get in! I tried to go on some Plane Raids as a 'friend of' type but there never was enough room. So anyway, one day he tells me he's playing a new game and it's great. Dark Age of Camelot. He tells me what server he is playing on so I join up. I see him running around with his Scarab tag again and fully tired of being part of small disjointed guilds I strong armed him into getting me tagged.
As far as my initiation went, I and 3 others ran a guild written quest (can't remember who wrote it but if I saw the name I would recognize it). It basically took 3-4 hours to complete with us running all over creation from one of the world to the other and a couple of the initiates kept getting dumped from the server while on horse. As most people painfully remember, that would mean a long run and delay. The highlight of the night though was our perfectly synced dance routine. Someone saved a copy of that clip but I'm sure it's long gone by now.
-TZ
a.k.a. Tolmar/Janderon/Balligor/Xenaan/Ajerani/Ajwana/etc
I first heard about Scarab from a friend Rufance (He hasn't been active since Scarab left DAoC) who was playing DAoC. I wanted a mature group of people to hang around with. I went through the initial recuiting phrase where I have to group and get to know Scarab in a month. I enjoyed grouping with Scarab members who were lay back, light hearted, loyal, and willing to help any one out. My memory is a bit foggy on the details because I was only with Scarab for 3 months before I moved and join back a year later.
Urkgarr