Comments on: Genre Splitting

By: EVE – Newbie Thoughts | MMO Juggler

EVE – Newbie Thoughts | MMO Juggler — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:15:16 +0000

[...] be a good corporation member. If Syncaine is representative of what an average corp wants as far as weekly availability, let’s just say I’m going to be a [...]

By: So Long, Transient Players

So Long, Transient Players — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:34:59 +0000

[...] I’m fairly certain that this post will irritate some people, so let’s start it off right with a quotation from an established blogging shit-stirrer, SynCaine: [...]

By: Quote of the Week: Togetherness | Kill Ten Rats

Quote of the Week: Togetherness | Kill Ten Rats — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 05:05:43 +0000

[...] When you play with a set group, much of the ‘content’ is experiencing the stuff together, so even bugs or grind can become a source of amusement because you have 10 people in vent bitching about it and laughing rather than just you smashing your head into it solo. — SynCaine [...]

By: SynCaine

SynCaine — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:01:45 +0000

Man is home-growing his guild, literally.

By: Ettesiun

Ettesiun — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:44:45 +0000

I totally agree with you. The two sort of players need different game : I totally understand that Casual are not need and can be not desired in a Hardcore game, and casual game does not enjoy hardcore one.
In the opposite, hardcore player will not find casual game interesting, and can be “dangerous” by grabbing effort from developer off the casual gamer.

About your comment “GW2 activity is dropping, and Anet never attempted to charge a monthly sub (for a reason, and it’s not to be nice).” I would say it differently : they knew they want a game without subscription and build their game for it.

To see the bad effect of hardcore on casual game, see the Halloween event discussion on GW2 : casual players say that most of activities needs a lot of time in a week, and does not find it fun. GW2 is a strange beast : nearly all the game is built for casual, but some small pieces are for hardcore : legendaries, sPvP, hard jumping puzzle.

I agree that hardcore game create more interesting story to read, and awaits for your DF2 stories !

By: Mekhios

Mekhios — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 03:15:08 +0000

They could come in handy if he needs gold farmers for his MMO’s. ;)

By: Shadow

Shadow — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 20:35:36 +0000

When he started blogging about WAR he had none. I think he has four now if my mental recollection is accurate. Three at the least.

By: Mekhios

Mekhios — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 22:54:44 +0000

@Shadow
Oh? :) How many kids does he have?

By: Amalec

Amalec — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:52:48 +0000

+1 for TAGN

By: Shadow

Shadow — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:06:58 +0000

To be fair, he’s always just had a baby. The man adheres to the “go forth and multiply” pretty strictly.