WoW PvP Changes in Patch 5.2
This is a brief analysis of the proposed upcoming PvP changes coming to WoW in patch 5.2. My capacity to comment might be qualified by my standing as a sub-2k player (my best Arena personal rating is...
View ArticleX-Com, Player Immortality And Emergent Narratives In Gaming
I am a big fan of emergent narratives. Having played X-Com: Enemy Unknown and completed it on Normal and Classic difficulty (with Ironman toggled on), I have witnessed my brave band of heroes grow from...
View ArticleWoW is for Morons and Slackers: A Dissenting View
If you are a regular reader of Gevlon (aka the Greedy Goblin) you will know that the term "morons and slackers" is his pet phrase to describe players who don't fit his typology of the competent gamer....
View ArticleMassacred by Gladiators: Rated CTF Games in WoW
This will hopefully be, given time and inclination, a series of articles about Rated BGs in WoW. This is my favourite part of WoW at the moment - I love the 10v10 format - I think it is the best team...
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The Quest For Meaningful World PvP, Part I - Eve Online and WoW
The war in Fountain continues to rage, and as part of my daily blog consumption I avidly pore over the usual sites looking for news of the latest developments. I read posts written by representatives...
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CFC Victorious in the Largest Online Battle in MMO History
As stated in an earlier post I am a big fan of the player driven conflict and emergent story unfolding on EVE Online between the forces of CFC and TEST. Surfing through the forums and various blogs I...
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WoW PvP Changes in Patch 5.4
With patch 5.4 just around the corner this might be an opportune time to review some of the upcoming changes to WoW PvP, as well as to briefly summarize the changes that have been implemented in PvP...
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The Quest for Meaningful World PvP, Part II - Asymmetry and Fairness in...
Note: This post was originally a reply to a discussion on Hypercriticism. I have tried to clean it up and reorganize it so it makes better sense, but the argument is essentially the same. I have...
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Diaries of a Ganker, Part I - The Horde Triumphant
Imagine, if you will, the following scenario.Garrosh Hellscream is triumphant. King Varian Wrynn is dead, along with his son Anduin, both fallen in the siege of Ogrimmar. Jaina Proudmoore, dead. The...
View ArticleDiaries of a Ganker, Part II - Landfall in Pandaria
I transferred my 85 rogue to Illidan because I was taken aback at the massive disparity between the Alliance and Horde as illustrated on the WoWProgress and US Server Population websites, and I wanted...
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Diaries of a Ganker, Part III - The Art of Combat
It's been a couple of months since I transferred my rogue to Illidan. Since that time I've attained the PvP power cap in WoW by gearing her up in full Grievous, and have ganked over 100 people on the...
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Diaries of a Ganker, Part IV - Cross Realm Exploitation
I've decided to make Halfhill my main base of operations. Drawing upon my own experiences I realized that the gankers that stood out for me in the past were those people who were associated with...
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Diaries of a Ganker, Part V - Farewell to Arms (Season 14 Wrap-Up)
The release of TESO is now just under a month away (for people like myself who have pre-ordered the early access edition) and with it my days as a rogue ganker on Illidan are coming to an end. This...
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Letters from Tamriel, Part I - Prophets, Prognosticators and Party-Poopers
Opinions and PredictionsThe release of TESO is nigh, and I thought that this might be a good time to collate some of the vast and wildly varying opinions about the game under one roof. I intend this...
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The Quest for Meaningful World PvP, Part III - World PvP as a Driver for...
In the first post of this series I outlined a basic typology of PvP, differentiating between simple PvP, ladder/tournament PvP and world PvP. In the second I argued that asymmetry is a fundamental...
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Letters from Tamriel, Part II - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
TESO has now been out for over a month, and I thought this would be an opportune time for me to add my own personal thoughts to the pool of opinions wallowing around on the Internet. My avatar is now...
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The Rise and Fall of WoW as an E-Sport
I love WoW ladder PvP. In my eyes it is a fast paced game of skill and teamwork which requires a deep knowledge of the meta in order to succeed. To anyone who complains that WoW is too easy I would...
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Letters from Tamriel, Part III - Welcome to Wabbajack, Son
I bought TESO on the promise of its open world PvP, but my attempts to engage it on an ongoing basis have been sabotaged by the instability of the Mac client, which crashes every 10-15 minutes in...
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Letters from Tamriel, Part IV - The War in Wabbajack
The following is the continuation of my brief history of the first Wabbajack campaign as seen from the eyes of a casual Daggerfall Covenant player. I play two to three nights a week, mostly on...
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TESO, Wildstar and Archeage Walk Into A Bar
In the red corner, Wildstar.In the blue, The Elder Scrolls Online, commonly abbreviated as either TESO or ESO.Two up and coming subscriber-based MMOs with aspirations of greatness. Or at least, a...
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