Its the start of a holiday weekend here in the USA. The unoffical end to summer holiday of Labor Day. All that really matters to me is that I have Monday off and am goiing to be spending the weekend at the beach. I hope everyone has their BBQ's fired up and ready to celebrate :)
The new quest, All Fired Up, has people firemaking like crazy. It seems like everyone has now gone pyromaniac. I have to say, its a little contageous. FM has always been one of my lower skills, with no real rewards from training it, I would rather either fletch my logs from kingdom, use them for Construction, or in a pinch, just sell them. The idea of the beacon lighting for some reason really appeals to me. I think it would be fun racing from one to another loading and lighting logs. A friend did point out, however, that, what's the point in a beacon system if it's one person running from beacon to beacon lighting them. I kind of have to agree with that.
Anyways, I figure I have to bite the bullett sooner or later, so I've locked myself away in Tai Bwo Wanna (also frees up a bankspace from using my trading sticks) to cut/burn mahogany logs. I'll probably do this till I get sick of it and demand escape. I want to get my Woodcutting to 75 (71 now) so I can cut my own Magic trees from farming. When motivation strikes to train two skills you really don't enjoy doing, you jsut have to run with it.
Kind of a slow week, got my 1700 total levels fireworks a couple days ago. That was pretty fun. September 1 starts my clan's Agility month. I love Agility, although my level is kind of low in it. I have a ton of tickets I need to cash in. This competition should motivate me to get a little more agile :) I definitely want to get it to 80 so I can use the shortcut in Taverly Dungeon to the Hellhounds, I hate having to walk all the way around. Its weird how motivating being lazy can be. I'll be back after the holiday, have an awesome weekend!
Friday, August 29, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
The Smell of a Grill Can Spark Up Nostalgia
Labor Day is upon us once again. I can’t believe the summer went by so fast. Seems like just yesterday I was freezing at the opening day of baseball season. I’ve watched about 90% of the games the Phillies played in this year, staying up for the West Coast games doesn’t work out to well with my work schedule. I watched riders tear through the mountains in the Tour de France (my favorite part of the year) and finally the Olympics just ended with all the amazement and controversy I expected. Soon we’ll be settling in for Sunday football and deciding what Halloween costume to wear while watching the World Series play out before our eyes. Shorts will be put away and hoodies will be dragged out of the closets.
It seems that Runescape is nearing the time of the usual changing of the guards. Some players won’t be on much because they’re starting high school again. College kids are coming back from their summers away and will be playing again. My friends that are commercial fishermen will be back soon because their season is closing. And so it happens when the seasons change. The same will happen in the summer, then the fall again. It’s always sad to see people leave, but its great to see them come back again.
I hate to see the summer leave. I’m not a fan of the cold weather. As much as I love fall, it still reminds me of trying to enjoy a Sunday night with Monday morning (aka Winter) just around the corner. Next week I go back to my 8-5 hours, leaving me a little more time to play the game. Snowy weekends will be spent with a hot beverage and the laptop set up and key for watching lots of movie while I try to level, instead of being out enjoying the sun. Everything is cyclical, with every change brings some good and some bad, which makes you appreciate the good more after going through the bad. I’ve been getting a lot of levels this week. As you go on, the days of getting multiple levels grow fewer and far between. I ended this weekend by getting 80 Attack, 64 Summoning to push my CB level to 108. Pushing me at 1698 total. That desire to stay up for “just one more level” was overruled by my exhaustion.
I got to witness a good friend get her 99 Range level and Skill Cape this weekend and its pretty inspiring. All you need is a goal and you can be entertained for hours :)
It seems that Runescape is nearing the time of the usual changing of the guards. Some players won’t be on much because they’re starting high school again. College kids are coming back from their summers away and will be playing again. My friends that are commercial fishermen will be back soon because their season is closing. And so it happens when the seasons change. The same will happen in the summer, then the fall again. It’s always sad to see people leave, but its great to see them come back again.
I hate to see the summer leave. I’m not a fan of the cold weather. As much as I love fall, it still reminds me of trying to enjoy a Sunday night with Monday morning (aka Winter) just around the corner. Next week I go back to my 8-5 hours, leaving me a little more time to play the game. Snowy weekends will be spent with a hot beverage and the laptop set up and key for watching lots of movie while I try to level, instead of being out enjoying the sun. Everything is cyclical, with every change brings some good and some bad, which makes you appreciate the good more after going through the bad. I’ve been getting a lot of levels this week. As you go on, the days of getting multiple levels grow fewer and far between. I ended this weekend by getting 80 Attack, 64 Summoning to push my CB level to 108. Pushing me at 1698 total. That desire to stay up for “just one more level” was overruled by my exhaustion.
I got to witness a good friend get her 99 Range level and Skill Cape this weekend and its pretty inspiring. All you need is a goal and you can be entertained for hours :)
Friday, August 22, 2008
One World, One Dream
I can’t believe the Olympics is coming to an end. I also can’t believe that Microsoft Word just auto-corrected “Olympics” to have a capital – O. The thought of spending 4 years without Team Handball is a complete bummer. Watching sports has always been inspiring to me. Spending 5 hours indoors watching the Tour de France riders leg out 100 miles through the Alps has always made me go out and go for a ride. Sure that giant hill I’d climb a few miles away isn’t the Alp D’Huez, but mentally it was.
I’ve never been that good of a swimmer. I grew up surfing the beaches in Jersey where you could always stand if needed. Getting around in the ocean without a board leashed to my ankle always meant walking in the sand against the current. Don’t get me wrong, I can “not drown” but I wouldn’t say my freestyle is anything close to graceful. That said, in what you might call a subconsciously Phelps-inspired move, I joined a swim program at my gym. Basically, it rewards you for little accomplishments you make in swimming the lap pool.
It starts off with some easy tasks. 100m, or 4 laps. Gradually working its way up. The equivalent of the English Channel, ending with 100 miles. Of course, these all aren’t going to be done in one sitting. I’ll do a few laps, go home, come back the next day and do some more. Each level is awarded with a patch which shows your accomplishment. If I could sew, maybe this would end up on something, but I have a feeling it’ll end up in a drawer somewhere.
Once again though, it’s a little bit of life imitating Runescape, or vice versa. The first few levels will be easy, and maybe I’ll even get a couple in a day. The end, however, will take days and dedication to get to the next level. Maybe I’ll sputter out in the middle somewhere and get distracted by another skill, or maybe I’ll keep with it to achieve my goal of completing them all. The reward is minor, fireworks above the head, maybe a sparkler lit in the backyard. A patch that shows what you’ve accomplished or a cape to cover the shoulders. Either way, regardless of how minor the actual reward, the sense of pride is really what we work towards. You don’t necessarily need a patch or cape to prove to yourself what you’ve done. So like all those amazing athletes we gather every 4 (or 2) years to watch, just stick to what you set. Proving something to yourself is almost better than proving it to others.
I’ve never been that good of a swimmer. I grew up surfing the beaches in Jersey where you could always stand if needed. Getting around in the ocean without a board leashed to my ankle always meant walking in the sand against the current. Don’t get me wrong, I can “not drown” but I wouldn’t say my freestyle is anything close to graceful. That said, in what you might call a subconsciously Phelps-inspired move, I joined a swim program at my gym. Basically, it rewards you for little accomplishments you make in swimming the lap pool.
It starts off with some easy tasks. 100m, or 4 laps. Gradually working its way up. The equivalent of the English Channel, ending with 100 miles. Of course, these all aren’t going to be done in one sitting. I’ll do a few laps, go home, come back the next day and do some more. Each level is awarded with a patch which shows your accomplishment. If I could sew, maybe this would end up on something, but I have a feeling it’ll end up in a drawer somewhere.
Once again though, it’s a little bit of life imitating Runescape, or vice versa. The first few levels will be easy, and maybe I’ll even get a couple in a day. The end, however, will take days and dedication to get to the next level. Maybe I’ll sputter out in the middle somewhere and get distracted by another skill, or maybe I’ll keep with it to achieve my goal of completing them all. The reward is minor, fireworks above the head, maybe a sparkler lit in the backyard. A patch that shows what you’ve accomplished or a cape to cover the shoulders. Either way, regardless of how minor the actual reward, the sense of pride is really what we work towards. You don’t necessarily need a patch or cape to prove to yourself what you’ve done. So like all those amazing athletes we gather every 4 (or 2) years to watch, just stick to what you set. Proving something to yourself is almost better than proving it to others.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Vacation, All I Ever Wanted
Real life needs to take priority over online gaming. Spending time with friends and having fun needs to take priority over most things even in real life. Sure, we need to work for a living but when it comes down to either spending a night out for a friend’s birthday or wanting to wake up early to go for a long run, you can rest assured I usually wake up late with a headache. Some things can wait, but friends might not always be there.
That said, going to baseball games (Go Phils!), bike rides, days at the beach, camping trips, etc. have all taken up time I would normally spend playing RS. This is fine with me. My playing always takes a dive in the summer, every indoor activity does. I spend 8am-6pm in an office and when I get home I want to be outside. I’m convinced I am solar powered. I hate being inside, except to either watch the Olympics, the Tour de France or baseball. In the winter I can’t stand to fight the slush and wind and generally stay inside more. When I first moved to Manhattan, people thought I was from California because I was so adverse to the cold. I would tell them I’m from 99 miles south of this glorious island, they would tell me I should be used to the winters. Let me just say, you do not get used to it. All that time indoors those months drives me to stay outdoors these months.
That said, I travel about 2-3 weeks a month for work. Being in these strange cities has made me play a little more often than previous summers. This leads to a few different things. The first is, playing more makes me want to play more. The second, playing more makes me want to be inside playing more. I would have no problem with this if the conditions were miserable outside. However, its gorgeous. Some of this has been alleviated by being able to play outside on the deck using my laptop, while firing up the grill. The other point this brings up is that the more I play, the more goals and ambitions I set for myself in the game.
Playing roughly an hour a day, more on weekends and maybe about 2-3 hours when away on work trips has definitely made me into a “better” player. By that I mean, I’ve gotten more levels than I normally would have. However being less than 100k from an Attack level, and instead of being able to bang it out in a session, it takes about 3 days is incredibly frustrating. With that limited time, I try to get in the chores I can (definitely battlestaves, might sacrifice the pineapples though), then I’m usually indecisive as to what I should work on because its too insignificant to make any real kind of impact. My RS life has been hectic and part of me feels a little bad not devoting time to it. New friends meeting old ones (worlds collide!) and getting along, new friends in general, fun new clan events to places I’ve never been before, enough 99 parties to almost match the amount of real life weddings I’ve had to attend lately.
Part of me just wants to take a week off. A week off from work. A week off from all obligations and just play the game. Would I then be satisfied? A week is a long time with all those hours to play each and every day. I could get so much accomplished! I only have 30 quests left and I haven’t quested in about a month, I could easily finish that with a week off. 7 days, roughly 4-5 quests a day, definitely do-able. Think of all the Agility tickets that I could have. All the Cooking xp that would lead to my cape trimming. All those steels just waiting to drop a dragon face that I’ve wanted so bad. I guess this is just the mindset of your addicted player. Maybe the playing less is making me appreciate it more. Since I have so little time, I’m spending more time preparing for what I want to do as to not waste any time when I log in. Those 15 minutes of dazing off at work are usually RS induced by glancing at high scores. Since I get this much xp/hr, I can level at that in 15 mins, then make the quick hop over to *insert skill here* where I can almost level, but I’ll definitely get it tomorrow.
Maybe a vacation from real life is what we all crave at some point. Escaping reality is a major factor in a lot of players. So here, while I file state forms and call clients, I’m daydreaming of being at home, phone off, tv on, perhaps sipping a cold one and slaying some dragons because I am a mighty warrior. You feel that way too, right?
That said, going to baseball games (Go Phils!), bike rides, days at the beach, camping trips, etc. have all taken up time I would normally spend playing RS. This is fine with me. My playing always takes a dive in the summer, every indoor activity does. I spend 8am-6pm in an office and when I get home I want to be outside. I’m convinced I am solar powered. I hate being inside, except to either watch the Olympics, the Tour de France or baseball. In the winter I can’t stand to fight the slush and wind and generally stay inside more. When I first moved to Manhattan, people thought I was from California because I was so adverse to the cold. I would tell them I’m from 99 miles south of this glorious island, they would tell me I should be used to the winters. Let me just say, you do not get used to it. All that time indoors those months drives me to stay outdoors these months.
That said, I travel about 2-3 weeks a month for work. Being in these strange cities has made me play a little more often than previous summers. This leads to a few different things. The first is, playing more makes me want to play more. The second, playing more makes me want to be inside playing more. I would have no problem with this if the conditions were miserable outside. However, its gorgeous. Some of this has been alleviated by being able to play outside on the deck using my laptop, while firing up the grill. The other point this brings up is that the more I play, the more goals and ambitions I set for myself in the game.
Playing roughly an hour a day, more on weekends and maybe about 2-3 hours when away on work trips has definitely made me into a “better” player. By that I mean, I’ve gotten more levels than I normally would have. However being less than 100k from an Attack level, and instead of being able to bang it out in a session, it takes about 3 days is incredibly frustrating. With that limited time, I try to get in the chores I can (definitely battlestaves, might sacrifice the pineapples though), then I’m usually indecisive as to what I should work on because its too insignificant to make any real kind of impact. My RS life has been hectic and part of me feels a little bad not devoting time to it. New friends meeting old ones (worlds collide!) and getting along, new friends in general, fun new clan events to places I’ve never been before, enough 99 parties to almost match the amount of real life weddings I’ve had to attend lately.
Part of me just wants to take a week off. A week off from work. A week off from all obligations and just play the game. Would I then be satisfied? A week is a long time with all those hours to play each and every day. I could get so much accomplished! I only have 30 quests left and I haven’t quested in about a month, I could easily finish that with a week off. 7 days, roughly 4-5 quests a day, definitely do-able. Think of all the Agility tickets that I could have. All the Cooking xp that would lead to my cape trimming. All those steels just waiting to drop a dragon face that I’ve wanted so bad. I guess this is just the mindset of your addicted player. Maybe the playing less is making me appreciate it more. Since I have so little time, I’m spending more time preparing for what I want to do as to not waste any time when I log in. Those 15 minutes of dazing off at work are usually RS induced by glancing at high scores. Since I get this much xp/hr, I can level at that in 15 mins, then make the quick hop over to *insert skill here* where I can almost level, but I’ll definitely get it tomorrow.
Maybe a vacation from real life is what we all crave at some point. Escaping reality is a major factor in a lot of players. So here, while I file state forms and call clients, I’m daydreaming of being at home, phone off, tv on, perhaps sipping a cold one and slaying some dragons because I am a mighty warrior. You feel that way too, right?
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
There Will Be Blood ...Runes
There’s been some recent updates and some interesting future updates I feel that I should at least touch on. The Runecrafting Guild has opened with its new mini-game. I loved the freeing up of bankspace by combining all talismans (talismen?) into one Omni Talisman. However, it was really annoying that I didn’t have a complete set, would buy some on GE and still not get the talisman. I couldn’t figure out which one I needed (I really wish the wizard would tell you “I just need these remaining:______ to make your talisman” or something like that. Minor point, but still annoyed me.
The minigame is interesting. Its an interesting way to train RC, although its really not a lot of xp. I got excited that the robes you can purchase with your points gave up to a +8 RC bonus, but was disappointed that they are only used for the mini-game and not for actual RC. I do love the Astral teles, making it super easy to switch to Lunars, a skillers dream. It took me a couple rounds to finally get the hang of it, but when I did it was fun. However, it quickly became corrupted (sadly like many of the mini-games) where friends would join both teams, and would take turns winning and losing. The few times I played that were a fair fight, it was fun. I just can’t get on board with the 1919 Chicago Black Sox mentality and throw games. Its just not fun. I just wish you could exchange points in for xp, like Vinesweeper. I guess it’s a good, fun way to obtain Pure Ess though.
I think it’s a good idea overall. RC is one of the hardest skills to level in and I have a lot of respect for those who trained it so hard. It’s good to see that they’re trying to make it more interesting. I was a little late to start taking my RC level seriously and I feel like I really missed out on some good xp by using runners at the Air Altar. 2k and noted ess lasted me only a couple tries before the limit kicked in. I don’t do it to make money, it just would have been easy getting those early levels up. I mainly use RC to do just that – craft the runes I need. The thought of never having to buy Nats or Laws is comforting to me. Plus, a little extra profit from alching never hurt anyone :)
The future PvP updates… Wow. Not sure I’m really going into new territory, everyone seems to throw their two cents in for that. I was never into the whole PK aspect of the game. I always associated it with trying to lure inexperienced players into a place where they can get ransacked by 10 people and take all their stuff and claim it as a legitimate way of making money. It was never a fair fight and don’t think it ever will be. I never really understood pures who would limit themselves so much on a game either. Complaining about needing to do a quest, but then upset about getting xp as a reward from it.
Maybe its different. Maybe I have a limited field of knowledge about it. I’m happy that those who have complained and threatened to quit repeatedly have a place to go, although I’m sure it will still come with numerous complaints. I’ll also be glad that its only in certain worlds, and entire certain worlds. The idea of death battles going on in Lumby is definitely entertaining and maybe there’ll be an ‘observe’ option.
I normally don’t like to write about the updates of the game. It seems there are a lot others out there who do it a lot better than I do, and I’m not really into turning this into a reference site. I more want it to be a place I can write what I think about it, hopefully instigating some interesting conversations. These two updates just seemed to be a bit too big for that matter.
As for me, I just got my 73 Smithing! Good bye Dwarf Stouts! Look out Avansies, I’m coming for ya!
The minigame is interesting. Its an interesting way to train RC, although its really not a lot of xp. I got excited that the robes you can purchase with your points gave up to a +8 RC bonus, but was disappointed that they are only used for the mini-game and not for actual RC. I do love the Astral teles, making it super easy to switch to Lunars, a skillers dream. It took me a couple rounds to finally get the hang of it, but when I did it was fun. However, it quickly became corrupted (sadly like many of the mini-games) where friends would join both teams, and would take turns winning and losing. The few times I played that were a fair fight, it was fun. I just can’t get on board with the 1919 Chicago Black Sox mentality and throw games. Its just not fun. I just wish you could exchange points in for xp, like Vinesweeper. I guess it’s a good, fun way to obtain Pure Ess though.
I think it’s a good idea overall. RC is one of the hardest skills to level in and I have a lot of respect for those who trained it so hard. It’s good to see that they’re trying to make it more interesting. I was a little late to start taking my RC level seriously and I feel like I really missed out on some good xp by using runners at the Air Altar. 2k and noted ess lasted me only a couple tries before the limit kicked in. I don’t do it to make money, it just would have been easy getting those early levels up. I mainly use RC to do just that – craft the runes I need. The thought of never having to buy Nats or Laws is comforting to me. Plus, a little extra profit from alching never hurt anyone :)
The future PvP updates… Wow. Not sure I’m really going into new territory, everyone seems to throw their two cents in for that. I was never into the whole PK aspect of the game. I always associated it with trying to lure inexperienced players into a place where they can get ransacked by 10 people and take all their stuff and claim it as a legitimate way of making money. It was never a fair fight and don’t think it ever will be. I never really understood pures who would limit themselves so much on a game either. Complaining about needing to do a quest, but then upset about getting xp as a reward from it.
Maybe its different. Maybe I have a limited field of knowledge about it. I’m happy that those who have complained and threatened to quit repeatedly have a place to go, although I’m sure it will still come with numerous complaints. I’ll also be glad that its only in certain worlds, and entire certain worlds. The idea of death battles going on in Lumby is definitely entertaining and maybe there’ll be an ‘observe’ option.
I normally don’t like to write about the updates of the game. It seems there are a lot others out there who do it a lot better than I do, and I’m not really into turning this into a reference site. I more want it to be a place I can write what I think about it, hopefully instigating some interesting conversations. These two updates just seemed to be a bit too big for that matter.
As for me, I just got my 73 Smithing! Good bye Dwarf Stouts! Look out Avansies, I’m coming for ya!
Monday, August 18, 2008
Silence is... Boring.
I signed on one day last week and started chatting with my friends when I realized no dialogue was appearing on my screen. Unless there's a clan event in our home world, I generally try to stick to the least populated worlds. More than one occasion, in doing so, I've unwittingly logged into a Quick Chat world and I thought this ahd been the case again. I hop worlds, still no dialogue. I look a little closer and doh! I've been muted.
Now, I've been playing this game for a long time and I've never been muted or had any sort of marks against me. I never understood those with lifetime mutes, bans or who are in constant trouble. It never seemed that hard for me to not get in trouble. In fact, its kind of easy. At the same time, I've also never reported anyone. I can see where it can come in handy, especially if you're a parent, but for me, there's not really anything some random person on the internet can say that would offend me. Granted they can say some things that are offensive, but I never really cared enough to take to heart what some random person I'll never meet and probably never even have another conversation with, thinks about me.
The situation was this, someone was standing around on the docks complaining about how badly he would much rather be playing WOW and how much better it is. I responded something along the lines of "Why don't you stop complaining about it, and just go play it." Which seems fair enough. Why so many play RS only to claim that they hate playing it is beyond me. To which I was met with a hail of threats, swears, not-so-cleverly spelled words to articulate his point using curses, but that the censor wouldn't pick up. I fell for the bait, I made one quip about his intelligence and then the next 10 mins of moderately-amusing anger. After which I logged and didn't really think about it.
That's all it took, one quick line rebuttal to a hail of insults and I get a 24 mute. I would love to know what happened to him, if anything at all. In this though, I found out how frustrating a muting actually is.
The Quick Chat system is completely awkward to use if you've never really done it before. There also don't seem to be a number of options for fairly simple things. I ran into several of my friends who would run up, say hello, and about 30 seconds later after fumbling through the greetings I would come up with "Good Day!" - Something that I would never actually say, and they would guess right away that I was muted.
They would ask me how long and I was frustrated once again there was no responce to this particular question. I was asked "Is it 24 hours? Nod if it is." Oh darn, emotes. Flip over to the emote screen. Which one is nod, where is it? "Nod if it is, or even shake if its no." Looking...Looking.. Jig? No. Dance? No. My finger slipped on the skillcape emote which was met with the equivalence of a blank stare. "Just nod if yes." Muted frustration: I'm trying! I'm trying! At this point about 2 minutes has gone by, and the next words I see are "well, gotta go!" Dah! I failed. I wouldn't really want to wait around for an answer if it seemingly wasn't happening either. There are levels to be gotten!
Luckily, about 2 hours later the mute wore off (must have started while I was alseep or at work). I can't imagine how to work out common things like what you feel like doing, interesting trades or pretty much whatever. I can't imagine playing if I ever got a lifetime muting. The silence is deafening. I would have to start all the way over from scratch, and I think that would be too depressing. In the end, no matter how stupid or insulting someone is being, or how incredibly rude they are, realize your words are very important in this game. Save them for those who deserve them, your friends.
Now, I've been playing this game for a long time and I've never been muted or had any sort of marks against me. I never understood those with lifetime mutes, bans or who are in constant trouble. It never seemed that hard for me to not get in trouble. In fact, its kind of easy. At the same time, I've also never reported anyone. I can see where it can come in handy, especially if you're a parent, but for me, there's not really anything some random person on the internet can say that would offend me. Granted they can say some things that are offensive, but I never really cared enough to take to heart what some random person I'll never meet and probably never even have another conversation with, thinks about me.
The situation was this, someone was standing around on the docks complaining about how badly he would much rather be playing WOW and how much better it is. I responded something along the lines of "Why don't you stop complaining about it, and just go play it." Which seems fair enough. Why so many play RS only to claim that they hate playing it is beyond me. To which I was met with a hail of threats, swears, not-so-cleverly spelled words to articulate his point using curses, but that the censor wouldn't pick up. I fell for the bait, I made one quip about his intelligence and then the next 10 mins of moderately-amusing anger. After which I logged and didn't really think about it.
That's all it took, one quick line rebuttal to a hail of insults and I get a 24 mute. I would love to know what happened to him, if anything at all. In this though, I found out how frustrating a muting actually is.
The Quick Chat system is completely awkward to use if you've never really done it before. There also don't seem to be a number of options for fairly simple things. I ran into several of my friends who would run up, say hello, and about 30 seconds later after fumbling through the greetings I would come up with "Good Day!" - Something that I would never actually say, and they would guess right away that I was muted.
They would ask me how long and I was frustrated once again there was no responce to this particular question. I was asked "Is it 24 hours? Nod if it is." Oh darn, emotes. Flip over to the emote screen. Which one is nod, where is it? "Nod if it is, or even shake if its no." Looking...Looking.. Jig? No. Dance? No. My finger slipped on the skillcape emote which was met with the equivalence of a blank stare. "Just nod if yes." Muted frustration: I'm trying! I'm trying! At this point about 2 minutes has gone by, and the next words I see are "well, gotta go!" Dah! I failed. I wouldn't really want to wait around for an answer if it seemingly wasn't happening either. There are levels to be gotten!
Luckily, about 2 hours later the mute wore off (must have started while I was alseep or at work). I can't imagine how to work out common things like what you feel like doing, interesting trades or pretty much whatever. I can't imagine playing if I ever got a lifetime muting. The silence is deafening. I would have to start all the way over from scratch, and I think that would be too depressing. In the end, no matter how stupid or insulting someone is being, or how incredibly rude they are, realize your words are very important in this game. Save them for those who deserve them, your friends.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Back to the Grind
It always amuses me when Runescape things come to mind while doing activities in real life. I apologize for being away for so long, but a few friends of mine and I decided to take some time off and go camping. Daily chores in the woods are as common as the ones in game. Every morning we’d drive to the secluded spot, cut down some dead trees with our hatchets and saws (clearing out dead trees greatly decreases the chances of the spreading of forest fires, being that the alive ones are less likely to burn), chop them up, bring them back to the camp, start a fire and start making breakfast. I wouldn’t have minded a Dragon Woodcutting Axe at all because I believe my real life one was the equivalent of a bronze one. I laughed to myself at the thought of maybe a little firework explosion over my head and the realization “Oh awesome! Now I can cut down that fir over there!”
It also occurred to me that our Runescape characters don’t seem to shower too often. The scents of the medieval era are something I’m not too upset about missing out on. The ones with Firemaking Capes must smell like campfires, the fishermen like myself probably aren’t the most popular bunch. Spending hours out on a fishing trawler in August in heavy metal armor can’t be good. There are the unexpected ones which help, maybe a dip in the whirlpool, or failing an agility shortcut that will leave you having to dry out.
I sometimes feel like there’s too many time constraints while playing to do my daily chores. If I only have about 2 hours to play, do I really want to use it running all over collecting battlestaves, sand, pineapples, seaweed, etc? The sad thing is, when I don’t do these things, I feel almost guilty for having neglected it. Pushing Tears back yet another day, or missing out on the cash and great Crafting/Magic xp from the staves kills me a bit.
Speaking of Tears, I just set my new record high at 123. The running around frantically seems to work tons better than just standing in one spot and waiting those few seconds to see if the vein will change back. It brought me up to 55 Construction. I’m glad I can level in this skill without spending a truckload of cash and also I’m happy that my lowest level is now 55. I’ll be excited to get all skills to 60. I’ve been keeping all my uncuts and battlestaves in preparation for a monthly challenge involving Crafting xp, but it’s really taking a toll on m bankspace.
Sadly since I’ve been away, I don’t really have that much more to contribute. Fear not, loyal and MUCH appreciated readers I’ll have something new to print soon.
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