Monthly Archives: August 2017

PUBG: 3rd vs 1st person

Posted on August 30, 2017 by SynCaine

I have two groups I play PUBG with. One group is mainly the old Inq guys from way back in the Darkfall days (which has since grown to a rather large network of people between my blog and Paragus streaming … Continue reading →

Posted in Inquisition Clan, Random | 2 Comments

Black Desert Online T20s itself

Posted on August 23, 2017 by SynCaine

Oops. The really odd thing about this though is why is it news? I mean, I’ve heard from very, very reliable sources that all MMO devs are corrupt, so this happens in every game. What’s the big deal about this … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, RMT | 6 Comments

Watching Early Access games progress, or not

Posted on August 23, 2017 by SynCaine

Following Early Access games, especially smaller indie games, is both fascinating and very frustrating. On the one hand, you get to see a game shape up in almost real-time, as well as see how they are learning and adapting their … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, League of Legends, Random, Steam Stuff | 4 Comments

PUBG: If a broken ladder falls in the woods…

Posted on August 21, 2017 by SynCaine

Gevlon’s last project in PUBG has come to an end, with a result very similar to his LoL project. He played a huge amount of hours, come up with a pretty terrible plan/strategy, and failed utterly. The main different between … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Blogroll, Random, Rant | 28 Comments

This is a Castle Story post, 5 years after the last

Posted on August 18, 2017 by SynCaine

Way back in 2013 I posted that I bought Castle Story off a Steam sale, and wasn’t very impressed. Bonus content in the comments section of that post, good to see some things never change. Double bonus about that post … Continue reading →

Posted in EQNext, Random, Rant, Steam Stuff | 1 Comment

Since he asked…

Posted on August 15, 2017 by SynCaine

show me a bad player and I show you a bad person. – Gevlon Does playing 1000+ games and not making it out of the tutorial ranking qualify as a bad player? Does playing 1000+ games of PUBG without a … Continue reading →

Posted in Random | 13 Comments

PUBG mini review

Posted on August 14, 2017 by SynCaine

Forgot to mention I went on vacation. Sorry about that, but hey, I’m back now. And that was “SynCaine life updates”. Moving on. I picked up PlayerUnknown’s BattleGround (PUBG) a few days prior to vacation, and have somewhere around 150-200 … Continue reading →

Posted in Inquisition Clan, Random, Review | 1 Comment

EVE: Off to war we go

Posted on August 3, 2017 by SynCaine

When Dear Leader speaks, especially for a war deployment, our numbers in local were great than local in Jita. Seems our ‘dead’ or ‘defeated’ alliance still has a little bit of life left in it… So we are off to … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Goons, MMO design | 6 Comments

Mobile games and ‘real’ games

Posted on August 1, 2017 by SynCaine

Az over on his blog contemplates his time spend playing Clash Royale vs his time spend playing FFXIV. My gaming time split is somewhat similar overall I think, were I’d say 50% of it is mobile games now (Clash of … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans, Clash Royale, iPhone, MMO design | 4 Comments