a look into the dark side

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This article delves into gold farming, but can also include item farming, as well as gold!

SOE & SGO Sign The Deal

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How will the "merger" of SOE and SGO effect Vanguard: Saga of Heroes. Many of us left Everquest after past failures on SOE's part. Will the player base forgive and forget, or will we just swallow the WoW pill?

Oh Dear, Here Comes E3!

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Ahhh yes, it is that time of year again Vanguard fans, E3! You remember E3 - 2k5 right? Well a lot more has changed this year at E3 than just the scantily clad info babes!

What happens now?

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With the merger of Allakhazam into the other sites, this leaves a lot of questions and concerns.

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Misconceptions on Instancing

Brad posted a bit of a manifesto about instancing, in which he basically claims that instancing != MMO != Vangard. Lum fires back with some salient points. I’m only going to talk briefly about why Brad’s points are incorrect, and instead spend most of this po

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I'm sure everyone knows about the sweet little flame that has turned into a mountain fire! It started off calmly enough around here, but by the time it got to page nine, it was a full-blown war!

That's not a thread, in my estimation, to be proud of. Flames of Heaven should have had the courte

An editorial concerning the nay-sayers

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Had it with the people who try to talk down VSoH? Guess who else has?!

New Fanmusic

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From the inspiration of layered music comes a "look" into what a dungeon track might sound like.

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A long time ago, I was lead to believe as a child that strangers were bad. Sure, there were certain people that I was told this didn't pertain to. Police officers, Firemen, an ambulance driver. All of those people were set gently into my mind as the "helpful people" that I could trust to bring

How Artic_Slicer got the shock of her life

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Editor's Note: Artic_Slicer has been a regular with the Sphere for quite a while. While we all know she has definate ideas, her ability to grab hold of a subject and shake it out got the attention of the Sphere's staff. We welcome her offerings and submit this as her first to our community....

The Challenges of the Military Gamer

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There are all different segments of society who play MMOs. Female gamers, male gamers, casual gamers, and hard core gamers. However, there is one group of players out there you never hear a lot about, the military gamer.

Reflections on two days in San Diego

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Cobalt Katze relates his experiences from January's Fanguard event.

an editorial about upholding the artistry

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Put down the pitchforks! This is a story about not only what is infamously known as The Vision™, but about any vision. It is about what the effects of having such a vision are, and what the lack of one can harm. Because we hopefully strive for greatness in what we all try to accomplish, I feel th

Inspired by Vanguard

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A new piece by Cobalt Katze written with inspiration taken from Vanguard and its eventual cultural mix several years down the road.

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A RARE INSTANCE OF THOUGHT!
10:37 pm
Provoked by Brad McQuaid’s instancing manifesto, and Raph Koster’s comments on it.

Brad’s take is, in general, a well thought out argument against instancing - I just disagree with it. Here’s why. Read both links first, so that you’ll have some context wh