ardwulfslair.wordpress.com - 6/8/2009
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In the interests of delving into a point made by Openedge in the comments for the last post, let me say firstly that I am deeply reluctant to take Xfire statistics at face value. They only reflect the activity of Xfire users , for one thing, and not even all of those – life myself, ...
blog.weflyspitfires.com - 6/11/2009
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blog.weflyspitfires.com —
I was absolutely gutted when I found out
that World of Warcraft didn’t have any open dungeons....
No idea what I’m talking about? 18 months ago I would’ve been shocked by that but not any more. Read below: Open Dungeon A MMORPG dungeon zone which is not instanced, can ...
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Open Dungeons
blog.weflyspitfires.com - 6/14/2009
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Last week I posted an article about MMO
classes that I love and since then Syp over...
at Bio Break has chipped in with a great article on his favourite classes of all time . Now that we’ve talked about the classes we love, I figured I would have stab at the classes that I just absolutely ...
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MMO Classes That I Hate
westkarana.com - 6/11/2009
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westkarana.com —
I have JUSt heard from a very reliable
source that EverQuest II’s next expansion will be on...
the frozen continent of Velious. This was EverQuest’s second expansion, and for the first time brought a three faction war into the game, ...
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EVERQUEST II’s NEXT EXPANSION: VELIOUS
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Concerning Guilt...
Van Hemlock —
Some fascinating numbery analysis here:
Ardwulf's Lair: Digging Into Xfire Numbers
Ardwulf is quite clear on the pinch of salt with which Xfire's statistics are to be taken; a self-selecting and possibly unrepresentative subsample of online gamers, mostly in the FPS and RTS demographic. But for want of any better numbers, they make an interesting yard stick.
Specifically, hes out to examine the Sony Access Pass stable of titles in the light of Matrix Online's imminent closure, possibly to determine if Vanguard is next, but the one that got me worrying ...
Nightly Blogroll — Though Amaryllis dance edition
West Karana —
... , and is looking to see if XFire can answer which games are teetering on the edge. It’s not looking good for Pirates of the Burning Sea and Planetside, but Vanguard might just sneak through. ...
A Scale of Skill...
Massively —
... , a title I do have fond personal memories of. Based on an analysis of Xfire statistics at Ardwulf's Lair, it now seems as if ...
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