Category Archives: RMT

Skyrim 2.0, ELO, lies

Posted on February 1, 2012 by SynCaine

First, how good does the Skyrim Creation Kit look/sound? The Steam integration part might be the biggest leap in gaming since Rift introduced us to MMO 3.0! Too bad for our genetically inferior slaves (console players) since won’t get this, but hey, … Continue reading →

Posted in Console Gaming, League of Legends, Lord of the Rings Online, Random, Rift, RMT | 7 Comments

Hero Academy : TBS greatness

Posted on January 30, 2012 by SynCaine

Hat-tip to Keen on this one, because I’ve been playing Hero Academy like a fiend since getting it after reading his post. Just a great, great game for TBS fans. It also demonstrates how asynchronous multiplayer can work when done … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, iPhone, RMT | 6 Comments

What’s a man to a king, what’s a king to a god, what’s a god to a non-believer?

Posted on January 27, 2012 by SynCaine

My post about the 1% in F2P games did not finish my thoughts on that topic completely, and hopefully in this post I can bring all of this around and wrap it up (not likely). The predatory nature of the … Continue reading →

Posted in EQ2, EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, Rant, RMT, World of Warcraft | 25 Comments

Preying on the weak

Posted on January 26, 2012 by SynCaine

I have a friend who is in the 1%. No, not the Occupy nonsense, but the 1% of F2P players that spend a silly amount of money in the cash shop. He is the guy who buys up every DLC … Continue reading →

Posted in Allods Online, Atlantica Online, EQ2, FreeRealms, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, Rant, RMT | 13 Comments

You should return those glasses to their rightful owner

Posted on January 17, 2012 by SynCaine

Syp over at Biobreak has a post talking about the pre-2003 MMO market and todays, and how you can’t pay him enough to go back to that time. First I find this odd, as looking at his About page, I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Asheron's Call, Atlantica Online, EQ2, Housing, MMO design, Random, Rant, Rift, RMT, SW:TOR, Ultima Online, World of Warcraft | 82 Comments

EVE: PLEX and Power

Posted on January 3, 2012 by SynCaine

On two separate occasions, I’ve been invited to a convo with a corp mate, where said pilot sheepishly admitted to buying PLEX to fund some in-game activity. Both times they were sorta asking for permission / seeing if it was … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Inquisition Clan, Rant, RMT | 20 Comments

PoxNora on Steam, yay. SOE owns PoxNora, boo.

Posted on December 15, 2011 by SynCaine

The good news, PoxNora is on Steam. Why is this important? Because SOE owns PoxNora now, which would suggest you need to use their launcher to play the game. For those of you living under a rock, SOE + launcher … Continue reading →

Posted in PvP, Random, Rant, RMT | 9 Comments

If a stock’s IPO is zero, does the IPO really happen?

Posted on December 13, 2011 by SynCaine

Remember when I bought Zynga using some of my Darkfall Community Publisher cash a few days ago? Not looking like a great move… Maybe Dr. Lord Richard British A. Garriott de Cayeux Spaceman Jones the Ninth can give me some advice. … Continue reading →

Posted in Diablo 3, Mass Media, Random, Rant, RMT | 3 Comments

It’s only a problem if you can’t afford it

Posted on December 7, 2011 by SynCaine

I find the discussion around gold ammo/tanks/accounts in WoT fascinating for a number of reasons, and the subject reveals a lot about gamers and their tolerance for different things, especially in a PvP game. First let’s start with some facts. … Continue reading →

Posted in Allods Online, Atlantica Online, Combat Systems, League of Legends, PvP, Rant, RMT | 25 Comments

Silly WoWbies make up your minds already

Posted on December 7, 2011 by SynCaine

Wasn’t someone always arguing with me that 2004 WoW difficulty was not better than WotLK+ for leveling/instances, yet now claims SW:TOR is ‘just right’ because it feels like 2004 WoW difficulty? Where are all those ‘rose tinted glasses’ comments now? … Continue reading →

Posted in League of Legends, MMO design, PvP, Rant, Rift, RMT, SW:TOR, World of Warcraft | 33 Comments