Monthly Archives: July 2010

Risk vs Reward

Posted on Wednesday, 7 July 2010 by Ferrel

You don’t hear “risk vs reward” around MMORPGs very often these days. I imagine that most players are unfamiliar with that term. It is almost a relic of an age gone by. It has shifted from being the basis for … Continue reading →

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Epic Over Simplification – The PvP Market

Posted on Wednesday, 7 July 2010 by Ferrel

As gamers we went through a long cycle of MMORPGs where developers bought into the hype that the majority wants PvP. In EverQuest we called them the vocal minority. The non-vocal super-majority has spoken and PvP/RvR games are no more … Continue reading →

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Site moved

Posted on Tuesday, 6 July 2010 by Ferrel

I’ve completed the site move tonight. It seemed to go without a hitch but I’m still not positive yet that I’m on the new hosting. I would ask that you guys browse around a bit and see if anything broken. … Continue reading →

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Downtime soon

Posted on Tuesday, 6 July 2010 by Ferrel

Epic Slant has been hosted at GoDaddy for a while now. Over the last year I’ve seen extreme slowdowns when it comes to the database on both this site and some of my other projects. I transitioned one of the … Continue reading →

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Iniquity, back in action

Posted on Thursday, 1 July 2010 by Ferrel

When I returned to EverQuest II I wasn’t certain what my plans were. We had our guild tag still. The Iniquity name was too precious to simply let go. We also didn’t want to tarnish all the work we had … Continue reading →

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