We all have our little things that motivate us. For me, recently it’s been hiscores. I know it might seem petty, but I love watching my rank change. I like seeing how positions fluctuate week to week. I love the contrast between the member and free to play skills. I got a lot of levels this weekend, I just happened to be close to a few and banged them all out at once. I love how 74 Farming ranks you at 27,000 but 74 Woodcutting doesn’t even get you under 500,000. I planted my first Magic Trees with the use of a garden pie. As cool as they look fully grown, I kind of think they look awesome as half grown saplings. Can’t wait to get the xp from checking health later on tonight.
I’m kind of disappointed with a few recent clan events. Our Bandos trip this weekend was cancelled due to only about four people showing up. Only a few have been taking part in training Agility as well. Even though I really don’t like cb that much, I try to make all the trips for a number of reasons. First, the more the better. With a large group, chances are you’ll be perfectly safe. You can stay for multiple kills and if anyone needs something, everyone’s willing to share. Second, I’ve done some things that I wouldn’t have done on my own. New music is always a plus. I’m just willing to try anything new, as long as I know its safe. Last, I just like to hang out. Everyone’s friends, its more like a group in that sense, opposed to other clans that are rank and cb level based for Clan Wars or what not.
It seems skilling kind of takes a back burner sometimes. People get upset no one shows up for cb trips, but no one even cares about even a mass skilling event. A lot of skills people find boring and much improved when you have good company. And think, if you do it now you won’t have to do it later. It’s just disheartening when you come up with a seemingly good idea, and no one pays much attention. At least just feign interest…
Ok sorry, gripe over. I’ve been really struggling with bankspace recently. I still haven’t done the circus yet because I know I have no room for whatever items it gives me. Next month is Crafting and I’ve been hoarding all my uncuts and battlestaves for then. That should free up some space, but still have to wait about 2 weeks to do it. I see they’ve come out with the follow up to the Wildy quest today. I’m sure that’ll end up taking even more bankspace. With so many things added just in the past couple months, I wouldn’t be surprised to see an expansion on the horizon. I guess the real basis of it is that I need to get my Construction up. When I got 60 Hunting this weekend it left me only having 2 skills left in the 50s. 58 Runecrafting and 57 Construction. I keep my RC up so I can use my tears for Construction. It kills me spending an arm and a leg without having any real way around it. I guess I could just use limestone, but where’s the fun in that?
Phils sweep the Brewers! As great as it is that they are tied for the wildcard, I would rather they won the division and once again the Mets fail to make the playoffs. Let’s see if that can happen, ok? It was sad to see the Jets fail to beat the cheating empire that is the Patriots. It’s awesome when your team plays on Monday nights, but it makes Sunday seem a little off. So tonight I’m going to hunker down, play a little RS. Watch The Sarah Connor Chronicles then watch my Eagles destroy those wretched Cowboys in their own home. Go birds!
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Monday, September 15, 2008
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?
Thursday, July 10, 2008
40,000 Men and Women Everyday
Death and taxes, they're unavoidable. At least Runescape doesn't have sales tax and the G.E. is more like the airport's duty free shop. Death on the other hand, happens. Over the past four or so years, I've died a lot on RS. I hate it. I was never into clans or PK before, and I'm still not a big fan of PK. I wasn't into the competitiveness of trying to prove I'm better than somone by puffing out my chest and trying to defeat them in battle. I'd much rather have a relaxing conversation next to the ol' fishing hole. My thoughts on clans have changed a lot recently.
About 6 or so months ago a friend asked me to join a clan. It was just a few people I already new and was brand new. I kind of like to do my own thing in game. I expressed that I really tried to shy away from anything that I'd be forced to do. I don't mind attending some things, but one day your mood can be different and you feel like working on something else. I didn't want to tie myself down. I was assured I wouldn't have to do anything I wouldn't want to do, and decided to join.
That was a great decision. So many new things to try that I never did. I never knew if you had a group that KBD was basically harmless. I never knew how much fun Trawler was. I was being shown new ways to train skills I had previously avoided. New music was opening up everywhere. My association of clans with pk and being solely cb based was terribly wrong.
The other night a few friends and I decide to make a quick KBD run. We had 4, it would be no problem. We get there to see a bunch of other people. We manage to get a kill, but I'm a little impatient so I decide to hop to see if there's another empty world available. I ran to the corner as to not "wake up" under the dragon itself. As the clock to world hop finally hits 0, I found myself under the dragon (must have gotten bored and started wandering around) and dead withina few seconds. The world was empty, I called to my friends and they promptly got there to bless my grave. I run to the fally bank, grab a games and tele to BH. I make the run from BH bank to the wildy tele obelisk and activate it. Level 13. Level 18. Level 23. Wby does this thing never go where I want it to? Try it again. World 50. And there it is. That sound. That sound I despise more than anything in RS. A rev is attacking. More appropriately, revS. Plural.
Needless to say I'm frozen, and taking damage. Then there it is, a change of scenery. Central Falador. With a PM stating, "what happened to your grave? it disappeared." I have to do the walk of shame to fally bank again. My friends dash to bless my second grave, losing all the items from my first death (nothing major, just a bunch of p pots). Then it happens again, friends death. I think the thing I hate the most about death is the hour or so of errands for getting all the quest items back. Mass blessings and graves everywhere. How quickly a little clan field trip can turn into a disaster.
About 6 or so months ago a friend asked me to join a clan. It was just a few people I already new and was brand new. I kind of like to do my own thing in game. I expressed that I really tried to shy away from anything that I'd be forced to do. I don't mind attending some things, but one day your mood can be different and you feel like working on something else. I didn't want to tie myself down. I was assured I wouldn't have to do anything I wouldn't want to do, and decided to join.
That was a great decision. So many new things to try that I never did. I never knew if you had a group that KBD was basically harmless. I never knew how much fun Trawler was. I was being shown new ways to train skills I had previously avoided. New music was opening up everywhere. My association of clans with pk and being solely cb based was terribly wrong.
The other night a few friends and I decide to make a quick KBD run. We had 4, it would be no problem. We get there to see a bunch of other people. We manage to get a kill, but I'm a little impatient so I decide to hop to see if there's another empty world available. I ran to the corner as to not "wake up" under the dragon itself. As the clock to world hop finally hits 0, I found myself under the dragon (must have gotten bored and started wandering around) and dead withina few seconds. The world was empty, I called to my friends and they promptly got there to bless my grave. I run to the fally bank, grab a games and tele to BH. I make the run from BH bank to the wildy tele obelisk and activate it. Level 13. Level 18. Level 23. Wby does this thing never go where I want it to? Try it again. World 50. And there it is. That sound. That sound I despise more than anything in RS. A rev is attacking. More appropriately, revS. Plural.
Needless to say I'm frozen, and taking damage. Then there it is, a change of scenery. Central Falador. With a PM stating, "what happened to your grave? it disappeared." I have to do the walk of shame to fally bank again. My friends dash to bless my second grave, losing all the items from my first death (nothing major, just a bunch of p pots). Then it happens again, friends death. I think the thing I hate the most about death is the hour or so of errands for getting all the quest items back. Mass blessings and graves everywhere. How quickly a little clan field trip can turn into a disaster.
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