Author Archives: SynCaine

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About SynCaine

Former hardcore raider turned casual gamer.

Civilization VI mini review

Posted on October 24, 2016 by SynCaine

I’ve got 20+ hours of Civ VI under my belt now, which I feel is enough to have a good feel for it, especially since I already have plenty of experience with the series overall. Spoiler: Right now, Civ VI … Continue reading →

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Quick thoughts on Civilization VI

Posted on October 21, 2016 by SynCaine

Sorry for the lack of posts around here, no excuse other than being lazy and nothing in gaming really jumping out to me and screaming “write a post!”. Civ 6 is out, and I’ve played it a little this morning. … Continue reading →

Posted in Civilization Series | 6 Comments

EVE: Gambling banned, shrinking the sandbox

Posted on October 12, 2016 by SynCaine

And so gambling in EVE has been banned. Along with that, bans have been handed out to individuals associated with the gambling sites who sold ISK for real money. Right now EVE Reddit (generally an anti-goon place) is rejoicing, as … Continue reading →

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EVE: Adding PI to the mix to make a little profit

Posted on October 10, 2016 by SynCaine

My adventures in EVE continue to entertain. Right now I’m still doing some ratting in my pimp-fit Rattlesnake, with my alt in a Noctis providing cleanup, doing Incursions as they come up in my Barghest, and have most recently added … Continue reading →

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Bad advice is bad, but entertaining in small doses

Posted on October 5, 2016 by SynCaine

A few people have sent me links to Gevlon’s blog since he picked up League of Legends, and I must say it’s been interesting reading so far. In a lot of ways the posts are similar to when Gevlon first … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogroll, EVE Online, League of Legends | 2 Comments

Trigger warning for Gevlon

Posted on September 27, 2016 by SynCaine

How many posts (you can estimate by the dozens) would Gevlon sperg out about this CCP tweet if he hadn’t ‘quit’ EVE and was off playing League of Legends with the one-armed children down in Silver V?

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EVE: Rat droppings and bling

Posted on September 27, 2016 by SynCaine

Ratting in Delve has left me with plenty of ISK to play with, and I’m still missing about 60 days worth of training to properly fly a carrier. So I’ve instead invested 1.3b ISK into an Incursion ship, and joined … Continue reading →

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Clash Royale: We fixed tourneys by getting you not to play tourneys!

Posted on September 20, 2016 by SynCaine

With the most recent update to Clash Royale, SuperCell ‘fixed’ Tournaments by… basically replacing them with the arena system from Hearthstone (as all things Blizzard, I’m sure HS wasn’t the first game to introduce such a system, but you know … Continue reading →

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EVE: It’s fine, just keep jumping

Posted on September 19, 2016 by SynCaine

Dumb happened Sunday night, to the tune of about 120m ISK. That pilot is my alt, who I just got into KarmaFleet to, among other things, fly a Noctis after my main pilot and salvage all of the dead rats. … Continue reading →

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EVE: Collecting purity

Posted on September 15, 2016 by SynCaine

EVE’s latest event, Purity of the Throne, is up and running. It’s also the first event I’ve taken part in that I can remember. The main (only?) reward are the new skins for Amarr ships, which at least stand out … Continue reading →

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