Category Archives: League of Legends

Removing player skill crits you for 1.034%

Posted on September 28, 2010 by SynCaine

Put this one under “accessible” benefits please. WoW dev Ghostcrawler is wondering why the meta game in WoW includes (or excludes, depending on who you ask) a large section of the player base, and more or less defines the culture … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, Darkfall Online, League of Legends, MMO design, Rant, World of Warcraft | 56 Comments

Welcome to ELO hell

Posted on September 20, 2010 by SynCaine

I’m going to preface this post with a little back history about Boink/Paragus and his approach to League of Legends for anyone not fortunate enough to experience it personally. You see if everything played out like Boink predicts, we would … Continue reading →

Posted in Inquisition Clan, League of Legends, PvP, Rant | 16 Comments

Darkfall: The expansion, ever closer

Posted on September 17, 2010 by SynCaine

Tasos posted an update regarding the recent connection issues, the upcoming expansion, and beyond. From the tone of the update it sounds like things are finally picking back up and the final touches are being put on the long-delayed expansion, … Continue reading →

Posted in Civilization Series, Darkfall Online, League of Legends, Site update | 3 Comments

A new low for toasters

Posted on September 16, 2010 by SynCaine

In this thread about upcoming changes to League of Legends, which includes a graphics upgrade, some people are worried that they will no longer be able to run the game. One person posted that they currently run the game at … Continue reading →

Posted in League of Legends, Rant | 4 Comments

Time to tune in?

Posted on September 15, 2010 by SynCaine

Professional gaming has yet to really catch on in a major way here in the US, and while I don’t think that is going to change much, hearing that the recent League of Legends live event had 17,000+ viewers watching … Continue reading →

Posted in League of Legends, Mass Media | 11 Comments

LoL’ing the weekend away

Posted on September 13, 2010 by SynCaine

Another weekend in the books, and another bucket or ten filled with delicious League of Legends rage. My newest source? Trying to time Tryndamere’s ult ‘just right’ and having the screen go gray right as I hit ‘R’. Bonus points … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Inquisition Clan, League of Legends | 4 Comments

The WoW-like growth of League of Legends

Posted on September 9, 2010 by SynCaine

League of Legends has experienced some rather phenomenal growth in recent months. Growth that in many ways mimics the early days of World of Warcraft, where an initial niche group of players (DoTA for LoL, pre-WoW MMO player base for … Continue reading →

Posted in League of Legends, RMT, World of Warcraft | 29 Comments

League of Legends update

Posted on September 1, 2010 by SynCaine

League of Legends continues to dominate my gaming time, and my account is now midway through level 25 while Aria is at 15. Her current two favorite champions are Garren and Blitzcrank, while I tend to favor Amumu, Katarina, Poppy, … Continue reading →

Posted in Civilization Series, League of Legends, PvP | 8 Comments

Banning an entire country?

Posted on August 31, 2010 by SynCaine

On the one hand, having a thread asking Riot to ban everyone from Brazil (edit: thread deleted now) might seem a bit extreme. On the other, when that thread gets 260+ ‘thumbs up’ votes and many of the comments more … Continue reading →

Posted in League of Legends | 34 Comments

Love and Rage

Posted on August 25, 2010 by SynCaine

One thing that I love about League of Legends is how rage-inducing it can get. It’s more or less a nightly occurrence on vent that one or more individuals will reach the breaking point after some horrible loss, and a … Continue reading →

Posted in Inquisition Clan, League of Legends, PvP, Rant, Site update | 14 Comments