Chris "Syeric" Coke

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Date registered: July 25, 2009
URL: http://www.gamebynight.com

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Follow me at MMORPG.com where I cover games and hardware! — November 20, 2017
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Book Review: Little Heaven by Nick Cutter — July 27, 2016
Book Review: Death Follows by Cullen Bunn — March 16, 2016

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It Has Begun… (Joining the Cataclysm Beta!)

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a. MMORPG

July 13, 2010

by Chris "Syeric" Coke

Normally, I’m not a beta guy. Honestly, under usual circumstances, and as a fan of surprises, I avoid them. But, this time, I’m excited to dig in and see what the new expansion has to offer. The way I figure it, with WoW being such an end-game focused MMO, this preview will not only let …

Tags: World of Warcraft

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Turns Out Freemium is a Great Move!

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a. MMORPG

July 13, 2010

by Chris "Syeric" Coke

It’s a good time to be a LotRO player. I’ll admit, I’ve been taking a break for the past couple of months, but Syp’s recent developer tour leaves me wanting to log back in (parts one and two here). When the news first dropped that the game would be switching models, there was a lot …

Tags: enedwaith, f2p, free to play, Lord of the Rings Online, LotRO, turbine

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New Rules

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a. MMORPG

July 11, 2010

by Chris "Syeric" Coke

I’m kicking this Real ID business off of the top spot! Yesterday’s news, I say. Instead, I thought I’d take a cue from Bill Maher and drop a couple new rules on world of gaming and blogging. If you see a pile of gold, you should be able to loot it. I mean, really. Do …

Tags: bill maher, blizzard, gearscore, humor, new rules, World of Warcraft, wow

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And Like That It’s Over

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a. MMORPG

July 9, 2010

by Chris "Syeric" Coke

Yep, they listened. Blizzard will no longer require the use of real names to post on the official forums. Looks like they didn’t think it through as well as they said they did. Good job to the seventy-thousand plus people who earned this victory. You’ve safeguarded yourself and, more importantly, you’ve sent the message that …

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The Wanderlust Experiment

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a. MMORPG

July 9, 2010

by Chris "Syeric" Coke

Following all of the uproar of RealID, I thought I’d try something new this month. As we progress through MMO releases, we tend to let the games of yesterday slip from our minds. When was the last time you saw Star Wars Galaxies make the news? As the weeks wear on, and World of Warcraft …

Tags: experiments, games, projects, sony, sony online entertainment, vanguard, vanguard: saga of heroes, vgplayers, What I'm playing, World of Warcraft

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Blizzard’s Partnership with Facebook

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a. MMORPG

July 7, 2010

by Chris "Syeric" Coke

Victor Stillwater of Games and Geekery dropped an interesting link in a comment to me this morning. Coming from USA Today back in May, apparently word got out that Blizzard had plans to partner with Facebook for its Battle.net service. They make it very clear in the article that RealID was a step towards integrating …

Tags: blizzard, facebook, privacy, realID, social networks, World of Warcraft

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RealID on Forums is an Identity Threat

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a. MMORPG

July 7, 2010

by Chris "Syeric" Coke

This topic has been talked to death already, so I won’t rail on it too hard. I don’t like it. Even though I believe that it probably will decrease the amount of forum trolls, it’s still too big of a risk for me to be able to support. From a former banker’s perspective, it’s absolutely …

Tags: banking, blizzard, financial, forums, fraud, real id on the world of warcraft forums, World of Warcraft, wow

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The Multiverse – Episode #21: “Overhauls for Cash”

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a. MMORPG, d. Everything Else

July 6, 2010

by Chris "Syeric" Coke

Hey Gang, Sorry for the silence on the Multiverse front. We’ve been recording this whole time, honest, but a mix of travel and technical issues have kept us from getting them out to you. Well, that ends today. We begin with Episode 20, in which we group up with the MMO Voices podcast for our …

Tags: blizzard, Global Agenda, LotRO, MMO podcast, mmo radio, multiverse, podcasts, star wars galaxies, wow

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On Age Discrimination in MMOs

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a. MMORPG

July 6, 2010

by Chris "Syeric" Coke

Larisa’s latest post inspired me. In it, she comes out and admits that she is no longer in her teens, that she’s a mother, and is proud to be both. Good for her. I’ve always looked at MMOs as they great equalizer. In them, we can be whoever we want to be. No one need …

Tags: age, age discrimination, blizzard, guilds, old players, reasons for guild rejection, the older gamers, World of Warcraft, wow, young players

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The Games We Play (or Why I’ve Enjoyed Gearscore)

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a. MMORPG

July 5, 2010

by Chris "Syeric" Coke

As readers of my Lagwar column will know, my death knight recently hit level 80. I topped out with a low 2k gear score, some tanking skills, and enough defense to jump right into heroics. Even so, the late addition ICC 5-mans were still beyond me, so I had some work to do. In the …

Tags: 5-mans, addons, being competitive, blizzard, comparison, dungeons, gearscore, raiding, World of Warcraft, wow

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