Author Archives: SynCaine

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About SynCaine

Former hardcore raider turned casual gamer.

EVE: Overpopulating New Eden

Posted on April 24, 2012 by SynCaine

EVE is still called a niche MMO, despite having more subs than most sub MMOs, and despite being the only MMO with sustained growth after 8+ years. Perhaps when people say niche, they mean that EVE is the only truly … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online | 18 Comments

EVE: CCP ‘borrowing’ from RL

Posted on April 24, 2012 by SynCaine

I found this amusing: RL beats EVE to mining asteroids. To be fair, RL is ‘borrowing’ moon mining from EVE, so it all works out.

Posted in EVE Online | 5 Comments

Job hunt

Posted on April 23, 2012 by SynCaine

RL interruption: I’m currently looking for a new job. I’m a business analyst in IT right now, with experience running projects and just received my PMP. If you work at a place near Boston MA that has an opening, or … Continue reading →

Posted in Site update | 12 Comments

EVE: Lame newbie excuses

Posted on April 20, 2012 by SynCaine

One comment I often see related to EVE is that a new player was never able to find a Corp to join, and so only played the game for X amount of time and quit because he got bored, or … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Mass Media | 77 Comments

EVE: The skill plan trap

Posted on April 19, 2012 by SynCaine

One of the biggest decisions a new player to EVE will have to make is how they approach training skills. At a very high level, you either train for now, or train for later. Training for now gets you going … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Inquisition Clan | 31 Comments

EVE: WH building blocks

Posted on April 17, 2012 by SynCaine

Gevlon posts + unfiltered comments = internet winning. That aside, WH life update time. I like our WH. Having a low-sec static means we can roll it in an attempt to get favorable Empire access, or roll it to a … Continue reading →

Posted in crafting, EVE Online, Inquisition Clan | 30 Comments

Three amazing games and everyones favorite mistake

Posted on April 16, 2012 by SynCaine

In shocking news no one saw coming, SW:TOR is doing really well. Someone should start a “is it 6 months yet?” meme. That would be cute. Hey at least the game is free now, how very FFXIV of EAWare. Speaking … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Combat Systems, EVE Online, Inquisition Clan, Mass Media, Random, SW:TOR | 18 Comments

Wish I had kept that 50 on my account

Posted on April 13, 2012 by SynCaine

Busy day at work means you just get a link. /agree with Paragus Only question left is who came up with this? The Mythic failures, or the “Sundays are busy” crew? Put me down for $5 on white shades.

Posted in SW:TOR | 39 Comments

EVE: Aim higher

Posted on April 11, 2012 by SynCaine

Back when Gevlon (and countless other bloggers) droned on and on about WoW AH ‘strategies’ I always laughed to myself. Posting that you dominate the kiddy pool just makes you look bad, and the only people who are impressed by … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogroll, crafting, EVE Online, World of Warcraft | 27 Comments

EVE: Getting knocked into the whelp eggs all over again

Posted on April 11, 2012 by SynCaine

Playing multiple pilots in a wormhole is not smart. I won’t be making that mistake again, but it’s too bad it took losing about 500m ISK to learn the lesson. I was mining a grav site on one account in … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Inquisition Clan, MMO design, PvP | 10 Comments