Author Archives: SynCaine

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About SynCaine

Former hardcore raider turned casual gamer.

The not-so-short “what I’m playing” update

Posted on February 9, 2015 by SynCaine

First, thanks to most who commented in last weeks little checkup on the MMO genre, good times. I’d say lets hope when we revisit in 2016 we finally have a F2P champion to make things a little more interesting, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Boom Beach, Clash of Clans, Final Fantasy XIV, iPhone, League of Legends, Random | 9 Comments

Before I give you money Massively…

Posted on February 6, 2015 by SynCaine

First, Syp needs to check his damn spam filter and get my account out of it over at Biobreak! As for the site, three simple request: 1: The majority of the main content should never require me to click once … Continue reading →

Posted in Kickstarter, Mass Media | 8 Comments

CoC: Fire Guardians Pre-War

Posted on February 5, 2015 by SynCaine

(Stats and writeup by Delpez) This is the first time we’re having a repeat war, but the previous time did not go that well (they were a lot stronger than us and we lost 102-119). I’ll show some of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans | 3 Comments

State of the MMO genre, 2015 edition

Posted on February 4, 2015 by SynCaine

First things first, it’s now 2015, and just like in 2014, 2013, and really since the beginning of time, we still haven’t seen an as-successful F2P MMO as we have sub MMOs (WoW/FFXIV/EVE). Until we do, this isn’t a debate. … Continue reading →

Posted in Age of Conan, Aion, Asheron's Call, Camelot Unchained, EQ2, EVE Online, Final Fantasy XIV, Life is Feudal, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, Pathfinder Online, Rift, RMT, Star Citizen, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 64 Comments

BHAHAHAHAHA SOE BHAHAHAHAHAHA

Posted on February 2, 2015 by SynCaine

What a freaking day! First the Pats win and become the greatest ever, and now every single defender of SOE and Smed look like complete and utter fools for arguing with me about the company, now dumped by Sony. Love … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, SOE being SOE | 21 Comments

Dear Massively, die and get better

Posted on February 2, 2015 by SynCaine

Massively is closing. I know, this is likely the first time a blog post is being written about it, but that’s just what I do, break news and set trends. You’re welcome. I bashed Massively often. Usually it was their … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media | 13 Comments

Best in the world!

Posted on February 1, 2015 by SynCaine

All is right with the world once more, and not even another circus catch could deny inevitability.

Posted in Random | 5 Comments

Avernum: Escape from the Pit review

Posted on January 29, 2015 by SynCaine

I pointed out more than a week ago that Avernum: Escape from the Pit was on sale, and that it was worth picking up. Based on the exact science that is my Steam Activity page, many of you did. Good … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Review | 1 Comment

CoC: Changwon LG Pre-War Statistics

Posted on January 29, 2015 by SynCaine

(Stats and writeup by Delpez) The minimum number of stars for TH9&10 bases are still based on player experience. In this war our opponents don’t have that many powerful high level bases, so we should have enough attacks to get … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans | 1 Comment

FFXIV: You know what helps server queues?

Posted on January 28, 2015 by SynCaine

A free weekend! Granted, the queue is generally under a minute, and that’s during primetime, but come on Square, isn’t being the second-biggest real (sub) MMO out enough? Do we really need all those WoW-babies coming back as they grow … Continue reading →

Posted in Final Fantasy XIV | 5 Comments