Monthly Archives: October 2009

The Best of Epic Slant: Disney Edition

Posted on Friday, 30 October 2009 by Ferrel

Ferrel is on vacation still and couldn’t be torn away from the costumed Lion King characters to write an article! Instead you’ll be treated to nothing but links to older articles that you may have not read. Please understand that … Continue reading →

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When a Guild Falls

Posted on Wednesday, 28 October 2009 by Ferrel

I’ve always made an effort to cover a wide variety of guild related topics on Epic Slant and have managed to do an alright job of it. One of the things that I have not covered is what happens when … Continue reading →

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Cheaters!

Posted on Tuesday, 27 October 2009 by Scarybooster

Warning: This is not Ferrel. This is Scarybooster. I volunteered to come to Ferrel’s Epic home and “watch” it while he was gone on vacation to Disney World. Don’t worry,

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Ferrel meets Disney

Posted on Monday, 26 October 2009 by Ferrel

I just wanted to throw a quick heads up to my readers and subscribers. I will be on vacation from the 25th of October to the 1st of November! That means that there might not be new articles showing up … Continue reading →

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The Dark Side of Voice Chat

Posted on Friday, 23 October 2009 by Ferrel

It seems these days that everyone and their pet has a voice chat server. Guilds, groups, games and anything else that starts with a G want to be sure that we can shout at each other instead of type. Obviously, … Continue reading →

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Ferrel is a guest on SUWT

Posted on Tuesday, 20 October 2009 by Ferrel

This weekend Darren of Common Sense Gamer and Karen of Journeys with Jaye asked me to be a guest on their podcast Shut Up We’re Talking. I haven’t been on an MMO themed show in quite some time so I … Continue reading →

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Problems with the MMO Quest Grind

Posted on Monday, 19 October 2009 by Ferrel

I’ve made it no secret that I am fatigued with the quest grind system that all MMOs seem to have moved to. It is because of that leaning that I’ve been accused of living too much in the past. If … Continue reading →

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The tools of the MMO guild trade

Posted on Friday, 16 October 2009 by Ferrel
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Epic Slant’s First Real Milestone!

Posted on Tuesday, 13 October 2009 by Ferrel

Some people judge success by total page views. Others judge it by daily unique hits. Anyone who worries about such trivialities is missing the big picture! Everyone knows that the real measure of a blog’s triumph is blocked spam comments. … Continue reading →

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