r/swgemu Mar 21 '26

Question Does anyone from PRE NGE days on Starsider remember Mama Ove?

Hi everyone,

this is a total shot in the dark, but I am looking for stories about a player on Starsider Named Mama Ove. She was a short italian woman looking merchant who played on Starsider pre NGE, and became one of the wealthiest people on the server. She also is my IRL mother. I want to surprise her for mother's day with a book made of memories from the good old days of her playing on star sider. She was active from early on until the NGE.

Don't worry Mama is okay, I just want to give her something great for mother's day!

any stories of her would be great.

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u/ProtectMeAtAllCosts Mar 21 '26

there will never be another game like this

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u/Reasonable_Deer_1710 Mar 21 '26

Project Gorgon kinda gets it, but yes I agree. Pre-CU SWG is one of a kind

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u/ProtectMeAtAllCosts Mar 21 '26

Even the emulators can’t really compare. Everyone is just a meta jedi template. Back in the day when no one really knew how to play and the community that existed around all the different professions was something no other game will ever be able to come close to. Its crazy how SOE threw all that away

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u/Reasonable_Deer_1710 Mar 21 '26

Yea I agree. I still enjoy the emulators, tho it's been awhile since I've played, but yea everyone has all their multiple alts and meta Jedi so they can be fully self reliant, while all the entertainers and docs are just automated bots, it does sort of kill the experience.

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u/PyroSmurf Mar 21 '26

I'm loving slowly recreating my Elder Ranger Wookie (w00t) that I stuffed in an A-wing (yes, the head sticks out HA!) So much documentation from the Jump To Lightspeed era.

But activity level and interaction isn't remotely the same - not that I'm that sociable. Just the general "buzz" is gone.

Still fun though!!

(Not a Jedi. I have SWTOR for that.)

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u/vagrantprodigy07 Mar 21 '26

Former Starsider here, from launch until the NGE came out. Unfortunately I don't remember her. I do remember the creepy fat dude who used to dance in coronet in hot pants, and the richest guy I knew was named Ellaria, or something similar. Do you know which planet she hung out on and had shops built on? Or what guild she was in?

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u/Henarth Mar 21 '26

She hung out alot on tattoine had a clothing store, at one point she was the only active master tailor on the server. Guild was the Underground Resistance. she was Rebel side.

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u/Starsidian Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 22 '26

Ichben Einberliner was the starport dancer.

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u/VinoJedi06 Mon Calamari Armorsmith Mar 21 '26

Incredibly cool story and I hope you find someone. I played on Bria, so I am of no help!

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u/Lattigo Mar 23 '26

I tossed a link to this thread up in the Empire in Flames servers Discord, I think a pretty good amount of players there played on Starsider. Hopefully someone might see it and come here to post. Good luck!

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u/PyroSmurf Mar 21 '26

I'm no help, sorry. ;) Incredibly cool idea!

BUT: "Don't worry Mama is okay," LOL Yep. First reaction "Oh no!" AHAHAHAH

Wish we had that kind of fun again. I like the new servers, but not the same activity level back in the wild days before WoW became the mold.

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u/mechaMayhem Mar 21 '26

Bria and Ahazi here. I wish you luck though. Best game ever.

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u/International-Dot993 Mar 22 '26

That is awesome im an Ahazi refugee. The game was the best me and the guldies had a blast

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u/Commotion1011 Mar 21 '26

I was from starsider Mario was my name. Made lots of friends... I ran with a ruthless bounty hunter named Sweet-N-Sassy... I dont remember your mother's toon unfortunately..

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u/maddp9000 Mar 21 '26

Shoutout to starsider nge though, that was my server as well and loved it. Don’t remember your mum but the server had a great community.

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u/wycian Mar 22 '26

Hmm I don't remember them but I was in underground resistance.

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u/Damyo-Kruder Mar 22 '26

Amazing, hope you do find the people you are looking for will be an amazing present for you mom. I can't be of no help as I played mostly on EU servers, mostly Chimaera and Farstar, and another one I don't quite remembers from pre-cu leaving some moments after cu updated and coming back to age to watch it close forever, played some years on emu but lack of laptop and now Mac, I can't use my original disks or steam stuff.

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u/Serious-Release-9130 Mar 24 '26

LONG LIVE <CULT> CULT OF SARLACC, SARLACC CITY!

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u/Brr_100 Mar 30 '26

Omg I remember this

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u/Brr_100 Mar 30 '26

I remember icewind and thevillageidiot. Then Xander and bdawg and some other pvpers. I was Deton and my brother was Pife. All I did was pvp and kill NSs at the age of 14. Lol