Category Archives: League of Legends

Fake life online

Posted on October 25, 2011 by SynCaine

I want to talk about the difference between PvP players who want to win, versus people online who are trolls or whatever meme is current this week to call idiots out as idiots, because I think people sometimes lump the … Continue reading →

Posted in League of Legends, Rant | 31 Comments

My genre can beat up your genre

Posted on October 21, 2011 by SynCaine

I’m melting!!! Wait no, that’s a pretty level graph isn’t it? So if the sky is falling, and I’m stable, does that mean I’m crushing it as hard as you suspected? I guess it does right? Epeen measuring aside (did … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, EVE Online, League of Legends, Lord of the Rings Online, Mass Media, MMO design, PvP, Rant, Rift, RMT, SW:TOR, Ultima Online, World of Warcraft | 12 Comments

LoL Dominion follow-up, and Bioshock

Posted on October 10, 2011 by SynCaine

League of Legend’s Dominion has been out for a bit now, and I’m still somewhat unsure about it. On the one hand, it’s a lot of fun and lets you play a bunch of different champions. On the other, I … Continue reading →

Posted in League of Legends, Random | 17 Comments

The sky is green, Rift is a WoW-killer, and other fun facts

Posted on October 7, 2011 by SynCaine

A lot of laughable quotes from Trion here (the only MMO out five years ago was WoW? Really…), but can you really outright lie about how well you are doing these days? I know Xfire is not an exact science, … Continue reading →

Posted in Aion, Darkfall Online, EVE Online, League of Legends, Lord of the Rings Online, Mass Media, Rant, Rift, World of Warcraft | 19 Comments

It is you

Posted on October 5, 2011 by SynCaine

Yes, it is you Zubon. Or anyone else playing with the dregs of (online) society. Copy/paste of my comment over at KTR: Getting better not only means you play better, but you play with better players that care more. The … Continue reading →

Posted in League of Legends | 14 Comments

LoL Dominion, Total War, and Borderlands

Posted on September 26, 2011 by SynCaine

League of Legend’s Dominion is out today. Hopefully the servers don’t totally explode. I think Dominion is a nice break from the traditional map (SR), certainly much better than the 3v3 map, but at the same time I don’t think … Continue reading →

Posted in League of Legends, Mount and Blade: Warband, Random | 9 Comments

League of Legends: One season ends, another begins

Posted on September 16, 2011 by SynCaine

Season one of League of Legends has ended, finally. I finished at 1524, high enough to get Gold status and earn the Victorious Jarvan skin. Too bad I don’t play Jarvan, but hey, free skin. Oh and my summoner icon … Continue reading →

Posted in League of Legends | 7 Comments

Breaking news: Games pitched as MMOs are not actually MMOs!

Posted on August 31, 2011 by SynCaine

Borderlands is more of an MMO than Global Agenda. It has a bigger “open world”, a longer character progression path, more itemization, more quests, more lore, etc. Both games are limited in how many people can be in one area, … Continue reading →

Posted in DoTA, Global Agenda, League of Legends, Mass Media, MMO design, Random, Rant, Rift, RMT, World of Warcraft | 17 Comments

League of Legends lets you see how much cash you have spent

Posted on August 25, 2011 by SynCaine

The latest League of Legends update lets you see your purchase history, both real cash and IP spending. From a quick survey on the Inquisition forum, it’s pretty clear Riot going F2P has earned them a whole hell of a … Continue reading →

Posted in League of Legends, RMT | 22 Comments

Videogames, coming to a bar near you

Posted on August 23, 2011 by SynCaine

Interesting article from the Wall Street Journal about watching SC2 matches in a sports bar. As gamers age, and as gaming continues to eat into music, movies, and TV, I think mainstream acceptance of gaming as an eSport is inevitable. … Continue reading →

Posted in League of Legends, Mass Media | 10 Comments