Monthly Archives: July 2017

Station trading by another name

Posted on July 31, 2017 by SynCaine

This is more of a placeholder for later, but thanks to him sharing, we can see Gevlon is playing over 7 hours of PlayerUnknown’s Battleground every day, for a week straight so far. This is consistent with how he played … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Rant | 14 Comments

This hole isn’t going to dig itself!

Posted on July 28, 2017 by SynCaine

“bot detection should have done nothing with the client. Bots should be detected by behavior: repetitively grinding whole day.” “showing that he grinded mobs for 70 hours a week, which point everyone will agree that he was botting or had … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogroll, EVE Online | 4 Comments

This War of Mine DLC review

Posted on July 27, 2017 by SynCaine

I reviewed This War of Mine in January 2016, and the review still reflects my views on the game, including highly recommending it to just about anyone. Since that review the game has received two major updates; the first being … Continue reading →

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Poor, dumb, and maybe corrupt

Posted on July 25, 2017 by SynCaine

Some high quality posting from Gevlon going on right now related to his favorite tinfoil hat: everything is corrupt! It starting with his theory that the only reason anyone works in the gaming industry is because they are corrupt and … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Goons, League of Legends, MMO design, Random, Rant, RMT, World of Warcraft | 13 Comments

LotRO: Still a dumpster

Posted on July 21, 2017 by SynCaine

On a whim I fired up LotRO, which was a mistake. I’m not sure the last time I played LotRO, but it’s been a while, perhaps as far back as the F2P change. My history with LotRO is that initially … Continue reading →

Posted in Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, Rant | 6 Comments

In case you needed a reminder why devs and the sane laugh at Gevlon

Posted on July 19, 2017 by SynCaine

This is overall a pretty funny post, and gets better in the comments section. Dear devs, how many players do you think you would have in your MMO if you follow this logic: I farmed 8 hours yesterday evening in … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, Random, Rant | 10 Comments

Short burst gaming

Posted on July 18, 2017 by SynCaine

I got 61 hours out of Dying Light, and at a cost of about $25, that was a good purchase in terms of gaming value. I got 9 hours out of Convoy, and at a cost of $3.50, that was … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans, Clash Royale, EVE Online, MMO design, Random, Rant, Steam Stuff | 3 Comments

CoC and CR update time

Posted on July 17, 2017 by SynCaine

Mobile gaming update time. In Clash Royale, 2v2 mode has received some interesting variations. We recently had an event that was 2v2 sudden death, meaning the game ends when the first tower goes down, and the game starts in double … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans, Clash Royale, Inquisition Clan, iPhone | 4 Comments

Appreciating great voice acting

Posted on July 13, 2017 by SynCaine

I generally like voice acting in games, and view it as a plus most of the time. Yes, you do occasionally get voice acting that is so bad it detracts from the experience, but from the games I have played, … Continue reading →

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WoW is gankbox, EVE is not

Posted on July 7, 2017 by SynCaine

And the gankbox discussion continues. What I find most interesting about all of this is that it reveals just how little most people understand about MMO design, or even what they themselves want in an MMO. Let’s talk about the … Continue reading →

Posted in Asheron's Call, Combat Systems, Dark Age of Camelot, Darkfall Online, EVE Online, Mass Media, MMO design, PvP, Rant, Ultima Online, World of Warcraft | 8 Comments