Category Archives: Rant

The MMO hype-release cycle getting worse?

Posted on April 9, 2010 by SynCaine

Is it just me, or is the hype-release cycle in the MMO world getting crazier and less professional as time goes on? It just seems like not only are projects being announced as soon as someone comes up with a … Continue reading →

Posted in Allods Online, beta, Darkfall Online, Mass Media, MMO design, Random, Rant | 20 Comments

April Fools=Themepark, Halloween=Sandbox

Posted on April 1, 2010 by SynCaine

Ah April Fools Day, the redheaded stepchild of Halloween. Instead of normally reserved girls dressing up as sluts in ‘costumes’, we get normally unfunny people making ‘jokes’.

Posted in Rant | 9 Comments

Because it’s Friday

Posted on March 26, 2010 by SynCaine

Playing WoW lately has reminded me of Blizzard’s development cycles and how they churn out patches very quickly. Put down the crack pipe.

Posted in Rant, World of Warcraft | 21 Comments

Lum the Director

Posted on March 19, 2010 by SynCaine

More embarrassing: How your in-game Aion character sounds, or the company behind the game producing this? That video actually encouraged me to buy Aion gold… sorry keno, or khino, or kihnananaan. Whatever… I’d love to have been in the meeting … Continue reading →

Posted in Aion, Rant, RMT | 8 Comments

Legalize it (macroing that is)

Posted on March 17, 2010 by SynCaine

What if Aventurine today announced that afk macroing was legal, but only by the rules they set, and that anyone breaking said rules would suffer consequences beyond the ones they have in place now? Instead of chasing every last person … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, Darkfall Online, MMO design, Rant | 18 Comments

DarkFall: Zergs and shitties

Posted on March 16, 2010 by SynCaine

This post is inspired by an email I received from Ragnarok Vanir from Persona Non Grata in DarkFall, who wanted me to comment on the term ‘zerg’, specifically how it is used on ForumFall whenever a battle breaks out. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, EVE Online, Inquisition Clan, MMO design, PvP, Rant | 15 Comments

DarkFall: Is macroing intended?

Posted on March 15, 2010 by SynCaine

I briefly mentioned some areas of unavoidable macroing in DarkFall on Friday, and it’s something I want to go into more detail today. While I’m not one of the “must grind everything to 100 before you can compete” people, no … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, crafting, Darkfall Online, MMO design, PvP, Rant | 46 Comments

Buying gold makes you a bad person, sorry

Posted on March 12, 2010 by SynCaine

Buying gold is today’s topic thanks to this post by Suzina over that Kill Ten Rats. Admitting you bough gold is never going to earn you friends in an MMO, but it seems some people are downplaying the significance of … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, Rant, RMT, World of Warcraft | 58 Comments

Tales from DarkFall: Dropping the soap

Posted on March 11, 2010 by SynCaine

Fan, meet my buddy shit, I believe you two just smushed. That’s what happened last night at around 2am EST. An in-game raping of Allods CS proportions, one that leaves you all cold on the inside, asking ‘why me’ while … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, Darkfall Online, Housing, PvP, Rant | 29 Comments

Visiting an old friend of the MMO blog world.

Posted on March 4, 2010 by SynCaine

Sandbox vs Themepark, I love this topic. But in this post Sid67 looks at the base words used to describe the two sub-genres in the MMO world, and disagrees with their meaning (and I’m fairly sure I was not the … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, Random, Rant | 39 Comments