Monthly Archives: June 2010

The secret to raiding

Many raid guilds keep their processes secret. When we were competing we had ours locked in a safety deposit box. If anyone else found out how we conducted business they’d be able to take our place as number one and … Continue reading

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Fallen Earth Goodies

If you were a winner in the Epic Fallen Earth Contest please keep an eye on your email. I’ve requested your mailing address to send you your goodies. If you do not want me to do so please let me … Continue reading

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Hopes for Velious

The EQ2 community has been talking about Velious a lot lately. We are all but certain that it is our next expansion. Thanks to E3 we’ve also learned that the next expansion is due out by Christmas this year. The … Continue reading

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Why you should play EQ2

I give EverQuest II and SOE a lot of flak. I won’t pretend otherwise. If you didn’t know better you might assume that I really don’t like the game and their products. In actuality the reason I get so fired … Continue reading

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Awesome EQ2 Quote

I’ve had a slow week here at Epic Slant. I haven’t done much writing and for that I apologize. I have managed to get some reading done and while browsing the internet a bit I came across a rather interesting … Continue reading

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Fallen Earth Epic Contest Winners!

I am pleased to announce the winners for the Fallen Earth Epic Contest! Thank you to everyone who entered! If you didn’t win this time look out for other contests in the future! The questions were awesome and we answered … Continue reading

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Iniquity work accidents

As a publicly traded guild we must disclose certain items to the general public in our quarterly filings. In previous filings safety was brought up as a major concern for our guild. Evidently a raid guild qualifies as a “dangerous” … Continue reading

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Are MMORPGs a competition?

The title seems very simple. Are MMORPGs a competition? I would say that when they were conceived the answer was very much yes. Players competed for limited resources in virtually every aspect in the game. Playing “fair” and not “cheating” … Continue reading

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A tale of two Ratties

It may come as a surprise to you that Iniquity is full of Ratonga. They represent about 25% of our entire roster. If you count alternate characters they may be as much as 50%! That has lead to a cult … Continue reading

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