Monthly Archives: December 2016

Battle Brothers review

Posted on December 31, 2016 by SynCaine

Battle Brothers is one of those “how f’n hard is this game?” types that I love. It’s not unfair hard, and its not ‘super hard to learn’ hard either. The difficulty is that every little decision before and during battle … Continue reading →

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BB down, CR and CoC way up!

Posted on December 21, 2016 by SynCaine

My three main mobile games update time. First the bad news; we are on break from Boom Beach. We lost a few key members over the last few weeks, and many of us had reached the cap in terms of … Continue reading →

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How to climb up in rank in League of Legends

Posted on December 20, 2016 by SynCaine

My climb out of Silver was short and full of S rankings, which wasn’t that surprising (was in plat 4 prior to the reset) but still interesting, as it has been years since I was that low. Here are some … Continue reading →

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2016 predictions review

Posted on December 16, 2016 by SynCaine

So my 2016 prediction post wasn’t much, mostly because I wasn’t all that into the MMO space at the time. I’m more into it right now (thanks EVE!), but lets see how I did with the little I said about … Continue reading →

Posted in Camelot Unchained, Crowfall, EVE Online, Final Fantasy XIV, MMO design, RMT, Site update, World of Warcraft | Comments Off on 2016 predictions review

SW:TOR and HotS win big!

Posted on December 16, 2016 by SynCaine

Hotbar salesman wins big award! Congrats to all those working on SW:TOR for proving that just because so many others are a cesspit of terrible decisions, that doesn’t mean you should rest on your laurels and just sell hotbars. Put … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, MMO design, Random, RMT, SW:TOR | 2 Comments

EVE – Circle of (production) life complete

Posted on December 14, 2016 by SynCaine

Until a few days ago my main sources of income in EVE have been ratting in my carrier, cleaning sites up with a Noctis, running Incursions with the Goon group, a bit of PI, and a little importing from Jita. … Continue reading →

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EVE – Humanitarian mission to free new players

Posted on December 12, 2016 by SynCaine

EVE has a reputation of being a harsh place, and it is. In-game players go to great length to win, and bitter feuds are what really fuels EVE forward. At the same time, EVE players are also very protective of … Continue reading →

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LoL – Placement result may yield unexpected humor

Posted on December 9, 2016 by SynCaine

The 2017 season for LoL has started, which means rank resets. Oddly enough, the new flex queue also got reset, after only being up for a few weeks. My placement matches for solo/duo were a trip. My first three games … Continue reading →

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League of Legends – Second ranked queue fun

Posted on December 2, 2016 by SynCaine

Riot adding a second, separate ranked ladder this season to League of Legends is an interesting development, especially because the new ladder allows for people to queue up with up to 4 others. Personally my wife and I use that … Continue reading →

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