Tag: social gaming
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Boom Beach: My Task Force Collapsed
So as a major change just happened in my life the other day, simultaneously my Task Force collapsed. Another guy who runs two other Task Forces essentially poached my guys and left me empty. It didn’t bother me until he revealed to the other members that I was playing with two accounts.
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Amazon Buys Twitch.tv (Not Google) for Almost $1 Billion
In a twist that I think has everyone surprised, Amazon has just bought Twitch.tv for nearly $1 billion. Originally, it was heavily suspected that Google would be the ones picking up the livestreaming site as Google desperately wants to get into the livestreaming market. Twitch.tv provides a very interesting vertical because of the insane amount…
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Diablo 3/World of Warcraft Vlog: Gaming Etiquette Part 2
After having a demotivating event occur during a public Diablo 3 game, I became motivated in providing some more thoughts on how the gaming community at large needs to start looking themselves, behaving and treating each other. It’s nothing new that anyone with common sense should be able to easily figure out. But I think…
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What Makes A Good Streaming Game
If you’re thinking about getting into the livestreaming business as a gamer, you might ask yourself, “What is a good game to stream?” Most people probably will go with a game that is popular just to get into the rankings. However, what makes a game popular? Or more importantly, what makes a game attractive to…
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Combining Livestreaming/Twitch and Social Media
I’ve written several articles on the high level ideas of becoming a Twitch broadcaster and getting into the world of livestreaming for gaming. One thing that I’ve noticed though is that there’s quite a few people who livestream but don’t really understand many of the social media tools out there. They might use systems like…
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World of Warcraft: Mike Preach on Diving Into Heroics
[embedplusvideo height=”388″ width=”640″ standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/YPuP0V_6DZQ?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=YPuP0V_6DZQ&width=640&height=388&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=” id=”ep1006″ /] Mike Preach has another video up on his view when it comes to diving into Heroics. This comes in direct contrast to the way I handle heroics and gearing. His belief is that you should just head straight into Heroics without spending a dime on the Auction House…
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World of Warcraft: The Aspect Blizzard Needs to Improve Upon the Most
The last two days I befriended someone in my guild by helping them via professions and questing. We talked quite a bit and I came to the realization that by being proactive, I was able to create a friendly environment that garnered me respect. He credited being in my current guild compared to his previous…
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Diablo 3: Group Play is the Way
My ex-coworker got back from his trip and we were able to help him finish up Inferno on his barbarian. At the moment, I’ve lent him my barbarian’s gear and he’s able to progress quite easily. We gave Monster Power 3 a try just to do Siegebreaker and look for a key. No such luck…