Category Archives: League of Legends

Sad mummy = happy results

Posted on August 22, 2011 by SynCaine

1498. Silver. Winning. As previously reported, my quest for Silver ranking for Season One hit a little snag after getting to 1494, just one ELO point below the cutoff. After dropping to 1440ish, last night I finally won the game … Continue reading →

Posted in League of Legends | 12 Comments

LoL-cloning should be amusing

Posted on August 18, 2011 by SynCaine

Attempting to clone LoL has been the FOTM in the gaming industry ever since Riot started seeing it’s amazing success. Luckily for most dev studios LoL is not an MMO, but the fact that it is a PvP game will … Continue reading →

Posted in DoTA, League of Legends, PvP, RMT | 5 Comments

Third faction finally added to Warhammer Online!

Posted on August 16, 2011 by SynCaine

The F2P knockoff game that is. If you are still playing WAR, how much does this kick in the nuts hurt? “Oh hi, we screwed WAR by making it two faction like WoW, but we made the knockoff a threeway. … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, League of Legends, PvP, Rant, Warhammer Online | 16 Comments

While I climb to 1500 ELO…

Posted on August 10, 2011 by SynCaine

A while ago Riot announced that when Season One officially ends, anyone with an ELO above 1495 would receive a special Jarvan skin as a reward. Prior to that announcement I was happily making my way up in ELO, getting … Continue reading →

Posted in League of Legends | 17 Comments

I’m back, and the games I’m playing

Posted on August 5, 2011 by SynCaine

Finally back from vacation. The plan to blog while there did not exactly work out (you might have noticed), but the blogging break was nice as well. I’ve got the “how to get RPG players who turn to MMOs into … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Combat Systems, DoTA, iPhone, League of Legends, Mount and Blade: Warband, Random | 10 Comments

Good F2P, bad F2P

Posted on June 30, 2011 by SynCaine

A proper free-to-play game allows players to enjoy the game and still spend money based on the amount they feel comfortable with Psychochild The “they feel comfortable with” is, for me, the key part here. Comfort to me is when … Continue reading →

Posted in Atlantica Online, Inquisition Clan, League of Legends, MMO design, Random, Rant, RMT | 10 Comments

Knighturn on the iPhone and what I’m playing

Posted on June 22, 2011 by SynCaine

Knighturn for the iPhone is a great TBS game with terrible, terrible graphics. I’m actually convinced it’s a social experiment to see just how many people judge a title based on looks alone, as everything BUT how it looks is … Continue reading →

Posted in iPhone, League of Legends, Mount and Blade: Warband, Random, Site update | 4 Comments

League of Legends Season One viewing

Posted on June 20, 2011 by SynCaine

League of Legends is running its season one championship, viewable here. At one point the stream reached 210k viewers, which sounds like a damn good amount of people. Riot was showing off its new spectator mode, and I must say … Continue reading →

Posted in Inquisition Clan, League of Legends, Mass Media, PvP | 12 Comments

Two for two, yet another “How to” with F2P

Posted on May 30, 2011 by SynCaine

This time with League of Legends being the second biggest online game in the west. Now granted, WoW might be down to like 1m accounts at this point, but assuming the bleed is not happening quite so fast, LoL likely … Continue reading →

Posted in League of Legends, Mass Media, RMT | 13 Comments

LoL Tribunal – Who are these ‘people’?

Posted on May 26, 2011 by SynCaine

Aria and I have done more than two dozen Tribunal reviews now, and not a single one was even borderline. Every. Single. One. was a clear demonstration that natural selection has failed us and that human stupidity knows no bounds. … Continue reading →

Posted in League of Legends | 10 Comments