Tip.It Times Tip.It Times - 8th September 2013

[tripsis]

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[cowmaster187]

2 problems,

 

first: there is no "did you know?"

 

Second: some of those hints for the crossword are a bit eh. second id say the bottom half of the puzzle was high level slayer, they top half not so much.

 

 

that is just me though

 

~~~legoman187~~~

[The Floating Pen]

We've been running short on DYK Facts for a while, so if you can think of any, please submit them! We will definitely appreciate it! :)

 

As for the crossword, I considered anything assigned by Kuradal to be "high level" although other criteria could be used. I'm definitely not the best at coming up with these clues every week, so if you can create some awesome clues, I would really appreciate the help. :P

[cowmaster187]

mmmm, i had no idea you guys were low on DYK, not sure how to help with the clues, but i do appreciate them, something new to do is good.

[V O R K]

Get a job hippie! :p

 

Haha time... if I attend a clan event it's 0:00-06:00am my time, insomnia has it's perks ; ) . Monopolized FC's do make up for a quik meetup but it's so hollow. & the overall attitude towards PVP on the(se) forums it doesn't suprise me at all, you're to the point, it's all but xp, money and NO FUN. I do appreciate the effort and sometimes efficiency some of these FC's churn out but along with this form of community people take it all for granted too easily.

 

Time... I spend a few hours of my day PCing various items, respect is gone, i'll tell you that!

 

In the meanwhile i'll be hosting a Duel arena "tournament" soon :>

 

Great article.

[Viv]

I would say the people that "grew up" with rs are long quit or late college now

I started at 15 lets say others started at 13 or so so maybe midcollege? or if people started in 2004 /2005 in the work world.

College you have way more choice over your schedule. Many people also move to other games too especially ones that don't only involve grinding or are more friendly to play irregularly. I think there is much less teenagers though they still are replacing people that grew up with scape though I read a statistic 56% of people have played over 5 years so it probably does mean not many people are coming in fresh. I also Think scape is harder to start fresh I mean you can't really jump in and be able to compete with people that have been playing for years. Other games that have higher fan bases have this problem too but its not guaranteed grinding and it is possible to speed up learning a lot but with scape it isn't really.