Category Archives: Blogroll

Forget the rest of the noise, the real advice new bloggers need

Posted on May 25, 2012 by SynCaine

Have dreams of running a kind-of-a-big-deal blog with awesome amounts of traffic and comments? Here’s how! 1: Blog about the hottest MMO currently out or in the peak of its hype cycle. WoW, SW:TOR (before it died), and most certainly … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogroll, Mass Media, Rant, World of Warcraft | 29 Comments

Full circle

Posted on May 24, 2012 by SynCaine

Find your own items and get rich without doing anything annoying. – Gevlon Today Gevlon’s advice is to play for fun, rather than grinding the most soul-sucking activity just to maximize ISK gain. How far the little guy has come. … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogroll, EVE Online | 16 Comments

Friday Blogwar Failure

Posted on May 18, 2012 by SynCaine

Exhibit A: Unfiltered comments from EVE players about Gevlon. Exhibit B: Tobold’ed comments section at the little green guy’s site. Protip: Posting tough and then not having the confidence to back it up is not a good look. Who knew Gevlon … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogroll | 34 Comments

EVE: Social goblin

Posted on May 15, 2012 by SynCaine

Gevlon, once again, has disappointed. A few months back he set the moderate goal of just buying a Titan, rather than reaching market-dominating levels of ISK to truly impact New Eden the way major market barons do. Today, even the … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogroll, crafting, EVE Online | 26 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

Dear blog owners

Posted on April 1, 2012 by SynCaine

Today does not make your otherwise unfunny blog funny.

Posted in Blogroll | 21 Comments

Meta-blogging: WTF is up with #crap?

Posted on March 13, 2012 by SynCaine

Noticed a few blogs are doing this. Someone fill me in on the why? Is it some new meme I missed, or does it get you ‘followers’ on Twitter?  Looks ridiculous.

Posted in Blogroll | 15 Comments

New blog I’ve been reading

Posted on March 2, 2012 by SynCaine

Quick note: I like this blog about life in a wormhole. Good writing style, interesting stories, and written in a way that I think will be enjoyable even for non-EVE players. Head on over and check it out.

Posted in Blogroll, EVE Online | 4 Comments

Blogging is srs bsns

Posted on February 27, 2012 by SynCaine

This is one of those “it’s a comment but it’s too long so it becomes a post” deals, in response to Keen’s post about hype/excitement. I’m likely near the top of people who have criticized or at least taken a … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogroll, Random | 14 Comments

It’s all fun and games until you start making millions

Posted on June 30, 2011 by SynCaine

Via a link in Tobold’s soon-to-be-departed comments section, this RPS article is pretty funny, and the comments related to it are hilarious. I’m also surprised this has not happened yet. Not the whole “two paragraphs for free” part, but the … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogroll, Mass Media, RMT, Site update | 9 Comments