Monthly Archives: January 2008

EVE progress update.

Posted on January 15, 2008 by SynCaine

Been a while since I’ve made a ‘what I’m doing in EVE’ post with any depth to it, and since the last one, a few interesting things have happened. My miner alt has hit his stride in terms of production … Continue reading →

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Snow

Posted on January 14, 2008 by SynCaine

Snow, and lots of it = day off from work. Still working on Fire Emblem, chaper 22 right now. Good game. That is all, happy monday people.

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I think he might be on to something here…

Posted on January 10, 2008 by SynCaine

Guess we now know exactly what type of game 38 Studios is working on. Personally I think it sounds very plausible, I mean, it would ‘break the mold’, right…?

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Bringing joy, even when you don’t log on.

Posted on January 10, 2008 by SynCaine

EVE is by far the greatest MMO to play when not actively playing it. I am on somewhat of a break from EVE currently, trying to focus on Fire Emblem for the Wii to finish it and its sequel. Besides … Continue reading →

Posted in Console Gaming, EVE Online, MMO design | 2 Comments

Don’t put your PvE in my PvP, and vice versa.

Posted on January 8, 2008 by SynCaine

SUWT 17 is out, and as always, it’s high quality podcast goodness, go check it out. Near the end of the podcast a post of mine is linked and discussed, with the hosts talking a bit about PvP. I could … Continue reading →

Posted in Dark Age of Camelot, EVE Online, MMO design, Podcast, PvP, Ultima Online, Vanguard, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 8 Comments

Fire, Learning, Aliens, and WoW.

Posted on January 7, 2008 by SynCaine

So silly eBay finally delivered Fire Emblem, Path of Radiance (GameCube game I’m playing on the Wii, prequel to FE: Radiant Dawn, actually a Wii game) a few days ago and that’s been keeping me busy. I don’t know if … Continue reading →

Posted in Console Gaming, EVE Online, World of Warcraft | 2 Comments

Comp stupidity

Posted on January 4, 2008 by SynCaine

I must be missing something obvious here…  I’m attempting to attach my old hard drive to a new PC, yet the new one refuses to recognize the drive. Both are WinXP formatted, the older is a 120gig Seagate.  The current … Continue reading →

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The death penality, it’s a good thing!

Posted on January 3, 2008 by SynCaine

There has been a lot of talk here lately about PvP, griefing, and the differences between negative and positive sum PvP systems. As with most ‘hot button’ topics, the discussion tends to stray and generally degrades into a hardcore vs … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, EVE Online, MMO design, PvP, Ultima Online, World of Warcraft | 7 Comments

Goodbye 07, hello 08.

Posted on January 2, 2008 by SynCaine

So the first calendar year as a blogger is over, and it’s been a very interesting year indeed. The blog was started in June, with the usual ‘all my thoughts in one place’ idea that many bloggers follow. It started … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, Site update, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 3 Comments