Category Archives: Uncategorized

EVE: Living it up in Delve

Posted on September 7, 2016 by SynCaine

Life for me in EVE continues on. Goons have now taken almost all of Delve, and KarmaFleet has made 7G-QIG our home. For the first time since joining goons I’m doing more KF-based stuff than alliance stuff, and it feels … Continue reading →

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EVE: Now with a not-exactly F2P option

Posted on August 31, 2016 by SynCaine

The line between a F2P option and an extended/unlimited trial continues to get blurred, this time by EVE Online. In some respects, this new option gives people access to all of the game (high sec, low sec, null, and WH) … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, MMO design, RMT, Uncategorized | 9 Comments

ARK: Primitive+ time?

Posted on July 29, 2016 by SynCaine

Quick friday note: ARK has released a new official mod called Primitive+, which limits the game to stone and below tiers, and also introduces new lower level tiers of building. It looks pretty interesting overall, and ARK has changed so … Continue reading →

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Recent gaming update

Posted on February 24, 2016 by SynCaine

Little bit of “what I’m playing” time. I wrapped up XCOM 2, but don’t have a whole lot else to say about it. I enjoyed the game, but I think it came out at the wrong time for me, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Final Fantasy XIV, Random, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Dear Tobold: Fuck you and the bridge you live under

Posted on February 19, 2016 by SynCaine

Just a quick recap for everyone. I wise man once said: “Also if F4 isn’t game of the year on PC for 2015, there is some serious corrupt voting.” – Really smart, attractive individual. To which an ugly troll replied: … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogroll, Fallout 3, Tobold being Wrong, Uncategorized | 14 Comments

CoC: Season 3 stats

Posted on February 11, 2016 by SynCaine

(Write-up and stats by Delpez) Supreme Cream Performance – Season 3 Season 3 is done and dusted – here is a link to the Excel spreadsheet (for best viewing open it as an Excel file): https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1TPRzXrSjCvWVNvcmpFZXZ3bzA An explanation of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans, Uncategorized | 10 Comments

Good try, good effort Smed

Posted on January 26, 2016 by SynCaine

Since the upset loss by the Patriots, I’ve been a bit down of late and needed some good news to cheer me up. And wouldn’t you know it, right on time Smed delivers. It continues to amaze me that an … Continue reading →

Posted in Kickstarter, SOE being SOE, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

The MMO genre really has been terrible for a long time

Posted on January 25, 2016 by SynCaine

TAGN has a post about the PC Gamer 50 most important PC games, which includes five MMOs (UO, EQ, EVE, WoW, Second Life). As noted in his post, all those MMOs came out prior to 2004, which basically tells you … Continue reading →

Posted in Guild Wars, MMO design, Rant, Uncategorized, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 9 Comments

Warhammer Online killed the MMO genre

Posted on January 19, 2016 by SynCaine

Sensationalized blog title for all of the clicks! Except not really, because WAR really did kill the MMO genre, at least in terms of being a mainstream genre similar in popularity to say RPGs, Sports titles, or FPS. Now don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Age of Conan, Aion, Camelot Unchained, Crowfall, Dark Age of Camelot, Darkfall Online, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, Rift, Star Citizen, SW:TOR, Uncategorized, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 10 Comments

Sadface blogs

Posted on January 17, 2016 by SynCaine

The annual “start fight, get humiliated, ragequit but not really” post is out from Tobold, at a new record of just 17 days into 2016 this year. His thin skin is getting thinner with old age I guess. It’s pretty … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogroll, Uncategorized | 8 Comments