Category Archives: Clash of Clans

CoC: More war stats than you thought possible, and didn’t know you needed until now!

Posted on September 18, 2014 by SynCaine

Editor note: The following was put together by fellow CoC member Delpez. Excellent work all around, useful for our clan members, but I think also interesting for non-CoC players in terms of showing the depth of the game and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans | 8 Comments

Can we close the book on ‘accessibility’ now?

Posted on September 18, 2014 by SynCaine

File this as example 164,239 of “difficulty is good for everyone, faceroll is bad”: EVE Burner missions killing people make them enjoyable. This is pretty good timing too, given that Blizzard just confirmed example 164,238 (WotLK, the ‘accessible’ age, was … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans, EVE Online, MMO design, Random, Rant, World of Warcraft | 18 Comments

CoC: Bitterly entertaining defeat

Posted on September 15, 2014 by SynCaine

I’m the type of person who, once I get into something, I devour it. That’s kinda where the title of this blog comes from, because even as I casually (by my standards) play MMOs, I still do so with a … Continue reading →

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CoC: Blitz offensive

Posted on September 6, 2014 by SynCaine

Quick little Clash of Clans update: We have less than ten spots remaining in the clan; Supreme Cream! (cap is 50). If you have plans to join up, do so before it’s too late. As mentioned in the previous CoC … Continue reading →

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CoC: All we do is win win win no matter what

Posted on August 17, 2014 by SynCaine

Just a friendly reminder that if you aren’t playing Clash of Clans with us, you’re missing out big-time. Great group of blog readers just helping each other out in a great game and having a great time all around. Great. … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans, Uncategorized | 5 Comments

What happened to all those WoW-babies?

Posted on August 4, 2014 by SynCaine

TAGN, in a post about the closing of Vanguard, brings back a theory that was pretty popular around the 2006(ish) timeframe; mainly that those who played WoW would ‘grow up’ to eventually play a ‘real MMO’. Let’s revisit that theory … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans, EVE Online, League of Legends, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, Pathfinder Online, Rift, Star Citizen, SW:TOR, The Elder Scrolls Online, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 8 Comments

CoC: Growing our social mix

Posted on July 29, 2014 by SynCaine

Growing up I always hated movie tie-in videogames. I think part of the hatred was fueled by what magazines like EGM were writing at the time, because the guys working had to actually play those games to review them, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans, World of Warcraft | 19 Comments

Re-confirmed: I’m kind of a big deal

Posted on July 9, 2014 by SynCaine

Knowing how many ‘real people’ readers a blog has, much less how much influence a writer has on his readers, is almost impossible to tell. WordPress provides view/visitor statistics of course, but based on personal experience those numbers aren’t 100% … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans, Darkfall Online, Mass Media, Random, Rant, Site update, Warhammer Online | 19 Comments

Missing the Steam sale, not buying beta, leading in CoC

Posted on July 3, 2014 by SynCaine

Quick note about missing the Steam sale due to vacation: Unless Steam wasn’t sending out those “your wishlist game is on sale” notifications, I don’t think I would have picked up much, and I think the winter sale will be … Continue reading →

Posted in ArcheAge, Clash of Clans, iPhone, Random | 4 Comments

Clash of Clan tips

Posted on June 11, 2014 by SynCaine

In addition to these 10 great tips, here are some of my observations from having played a decent amount of Clash of Clans now. 1) Learn the wallbreakers AI as best you can, as they are the key to an … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans, iPhone | 2 Comments