Category Archives: League of Legends

Last-hitting in a MOBA is like XP in an RPG; don’t leave home without it

Posted on March 25, 2015 by SynCaine

Much like when the MMO genre was king and we broke down ‘core systems’ like daily quests, breaking down a core system like last hitting in a MOBA is today’s topic, and much like with daily quests, people tend to … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, League of Legends | 36 Comments

HotS: Shut up newbie

Posted on March 24, 2015 by SynCaine

First, we have one spot open in our CoC clan, “Supreme Cream!”. If you are at least TH7 with lvl 2 dragons and a functioning brain, feel free to apply and just mention the blog. Also the Boom Beach Task … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans, Combat Systems, League of Legends, Random, Rant | 26 Comments

HotS: A new low for Blizzard

Posted on March 23, 2015 by SynCaine

Heroes of the Storm is to League of Legends as Hearthstone is to Magic: The Gathering, and yes, that’s not a good thing. Old Blizzard made games that were easy to get into but hard to master. New Blizzard makes … Continue reading →

Posted in League of Legends, Random, Review | 19 Comments

The not-so-short “what I’m playing” update

Posted on February 9, 2015 by SynCaine

First, thanks to most who commented in last weeks little checkup on the MMO genre, good times. I’d say lets hope when we revisit in 2016 we finally have a F2P champion to make things a little more interesting, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Boom Beach, Clash of Clans, Final Fantasy XIV, iPhone, League of Legends, Random | 9 Comments

Looking back at 2014, looking forward into 2015

Posted on December 15, 2014 by SynCaine

Time to review 2014 and make some 2015 predictions (I don’t get as fancy as some people and do two posts!) Here are the 2014 predictions: EQNL will have everyone loving it the first month of release. Shortly after just … Continue reading →

Posted in ArcheAge, Camelot Unchained, Clash of Clans, Darkfall Online, EQ2, EQNext, EVE Online, Final Fantasy XIV, Guild Wars, League of Legends, Lord of the Rings Online, Star Citizen, SW:TOR, The Elder Scrolls Online, Trion being Trion, WildStar, World of Warcraft | 43 Comments

LoL – The future is here, and everyone is watching

Posted on December 3, 2014 by SynCaine

As mentioned before, I greatly enjoyed watching much of the League of Legends world championship, taking in about two dozen or so matches (though all on replay due to the time zone differences), including watching the final matches on the … Continue reading →

Posted in League of Legends, Mass Media | 5 Comments

Burnout is a myth

Posted on November 25, 2014 by SynCaine

When WoW was declining due to one crappy expansion after another featuring accessibility-inspired dumbing down, some people tried to write this off as not being about the content, but just due to ‘burnout’. They would have you believe that after … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans, DoTA, EVE Online, Final Fantasy XIV, League of Legends, MMO design, Random, Rant, World of Warcraft | 36 Comments

Hearthstone: New Blizzard vs Old Blizzard

Posted on November 13, 2014 by SynCaine

TL:DR – Hearthstone is the perfect example of New Blizzard, and the perfect example of why I miss Old Blizzard so much. It’s still Blizzard, so they still have the whole polish thing going. For a great example of this, … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans, Diablo 3, League of Legends, Random, Rant, Review, World of Warcraft | 32 Comments

Games I’m playing these days

Posted on November 4, 2014 by SynCaine

Little roundup of what I’ve been playing recently, because this is info you need to know. Clash of Clans: “Supreme Cream!” has hit 50 clan member, although a few are alts as we are holding two spots for former members … Continue reading →

Posted in Civilization Series, Clash of Clans, Final Fantasy XIV, League of Legends, Random | 3 Comments

So dumbed down its just dumb

Posted on November 3, 2014 by SynCaine

There is a good post and fun comments thread over at K&G about Blizzard’s upcoming League of Legend’s clone (get it), Heroes of the Storm. Here is Keen’s basic statement of the game: Heroes of the Storm is, essentially, a … Continue reading →

Posted in DoTA, League of Legends, PvP, Random | 42 Comments