Category Archives: EVE Online

Look ahead to the Nvidia 1080 GTX

Posted on July 19, 2016 by SynCaine

I’ve decided that I’m going to get an Nvidia 1080 GTX at some point ‘soon’. I don’t know when exactly, because I still haven’t decided which version of the card to get (feel free to offer advice here, I’m not … Continue reading →

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EVE: My first major “I was there” moment

Posted on July 1, 2016 by SynCaine

Let the record show: I now have not one, but four titan kills on my record. Killboard green for life! The story behind this brawl is a good one too. Ever since Lenny’s money has stopped blowing, the MBC has … Continue reading →

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EVE: Goons are dead, but we have a savior!

Posted on June 30, 2016 by SynCaine

The EVE-based entertainment continues! First, a reminder that not only are Goons ‘dead’ and we don’t undock because of that horrid hellcamp of Saranen, but we are also very bad at EVE. We are so bad in fact that we … Continue reading →

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EVE: We have a capital again

Posted on June 25, 2016 by SynCaine

Lenny’s money runs out, PL ‘has to go train for the tourney’ that’s not for a few months, and suddenly Goons are back on the map. Imagine that. Hopefully that super-effective PvP group MoA doesn’t push us to the brink … Continue reading →

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EVE: The first step towards victory?

Posted on June 24, 2016 by SynCaine

Last night on Jabber an interesting ping went out, in which it was announced that we (Goons) had just taken Pandemic Legion’s capital system without a fight, as PL and friends were off shooting at a citadel or something. The … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Goons | 9 Comments

EVE: Lets check in on the insane asylum

Posted on June 21, 2016 by SynCaine

This is some solid reading about World War Bee. So good in fact, that village idiot and master of the tinfoil hat, Gevlon, is back raging about EVE. Guess his self-imposed ban on posting about that terrible, terrible game EVE … Continue reading →

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“Empires of EVE: A History of the Great Wars of EVE Online” Review

Posted on June 15, 2016 by SynCaine

Empires of EVE: A History of the Great Wars of EVE Online by Andrew Groen is a must-read for any MMO fan, even those who have never played EVE Online. I say this because the book does a masterful job … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Inquisition Clan, MMO design | 3 Comments

EVE: So effecient

Posted on June 7, 2016 by SynCaine

99.9% ISK efficiency is good, right? First Super kills, felt good. Was lucky to jump into that fleet too as I had just finished up some Total War: Warhammer, and when that game is in full screen it blocks Jabber. … Continue reading →

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So a good game sells a lot of copies? Get out of here!

Posted on June 2, 2016 by SynCaine

100m+ copies of Minecraft have been sold, and today the game sells 53k+ copies A DAY. Who the hell is still buying Minecraft? And I don’t mean that in a “Minecraft sucks!” way, because it’s a great game/tool, but in … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Final Fantasy XIV, Kickstarter, League of Legends, MMO design, Random, World of Warcraft | 12 Comments

EVE: The hardcore and casual partnership

Posted on May 19, 2016 by SynCaine

Too often we talk about hardcore vs casual players in an MMO from a content perspective. Raiding is for the hardcore, the main quest must be casual, form X of PvP is hardcore, form Y is casual, etc. How you … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, MMO design, World of Warcraft | 8 Comments