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Is something wrong with the pathfinding?

I was doing the latest quest (I'll probably post a review of it at some point), and I noticed my character was having some trouble maneuvering around objects properly:     It was particularly pronounced during the barrel puzzle, but I've seen it elsewhere too. Anyone have any idea what's going on?
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July 2010 Review, plus a bonus

Very meaty blog entry today. I hope you like my opinions, because I'm reviewing July. Love Story   The first update of the month was Love Story, a tale of the Wise Old Man and his estranged lover Zenevivia. (Spoilers.) Zenevivia, a PKer who despises adventurers and questing, challenges you and the Wise Old Man (her ex-boyfriend) to a battle. Then, basically, you go to her house, battle through her dungeon, and fight her. It's not an especially complex plot, but it works pretty well and it's
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After reading this entry, you owe me a penny.

I was just reading Scientific American while munching on some Wheat Thins and potato salad, and there was this article about lab safety in science classrooms. This one kid died in a lab accident because her clothes caught fire and nobody got her to the safety shower in time. Her death was totally preventable, and she died anyway. It got me thinking about how much we seem to latch onto the sorts of death which are near-impossible to prevent, like random acts of violence, when we ought to spend a
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Signature Heroes (and July BTS)

I've always been a fan of team quests. Not Shield of Arrav and Heroes Quest--those were a pain in the neck. I mean the quests like Swan Song, My Arm's Big Adventure, and Dream Mentor, where we get to work alongside NPC versions of heroes like ourselves. Zanik, My Arm, Cyrisus, and the Wise Old Man all made it onto my Top 10 Quests back when I first wrote the list. (As an aside, if I were writing it again, I'd probably add the Temple at Senntisten someplace towards the front. I liked that one a l
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I am not Jagex

I am not a representative of Jagex. I'm not affiliated with them in any way and I don't have any contacts who are.   I do, however, have some mild psychic abilities. And I will happily abuse them to telepathically find the answers to all the pressing questions we have for the developers at Jagex. How does this process work? Well, it's really quite simple. First, I think of a question. Then I visualize it in my mind, repeating it silently to myself fifteen times while imagining an astral project
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What goes down must come up: A short blog entry about solo merchanting

I mentioned briefly in my previous entry that I had bought a Staff of Light and then sold it again at a 200k profit. As I was writing that, I realized how long it's been since I've done any merchanting on the Grand Exchange. Last time, I completely misjudged the bottom on the Amulet of Ranging's crash and never ended up reselling the amulet. The time before, I bought up monkfish when I thought they were undervalued and they proceeded to drop another 50 gp (although I did eventually make some goo
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A blog entry about things that you could catch in a butterfly net

I'm going to start by showing my Adventurer's Log from Thursday.     There are a few things you should notice here.   1. Check out that stylish monocle. I've been sporting it since I noticed they exist sometime last week. 2. Some sort of bug caused Fairy Tale 3 to show up twice. Weird. 3. I finally hit 75 slayer. Those two granite mauls are from my first-ever gargoyle task. :^_^: 4. I also finally finished Fur 'N Seek and killed the skeletal horror! (That's where the 75 slayer came from) 5.
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How I spent my weekend

Guess what I did on Saturday. Go ahead, guess.   I know, you probably don't want to guess. You're just going to keep reading until I tell you, aren't you? But I'd really prefer if you guessed, so let me give you a hint:       Okay, I doubt very many of you will recognize that view, so I may as well spill the beans. That would be Carnegie Hall, AKA probably the most prestigious concert hall in the United States. So yeah. I was there. In fact, let me be a bit more specific. I was here:      
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What to fix in Dungeoneering 2.0

I'm back from my hiatus to talk about the newest skill! Dungeoneering is a skill where you crawl through a themed dungeon filled with puzzles, monsters, and locked doors while searching for new equipment to use to defeat the unique boss monster at the end. For example, you might defeat some Moblins in a Fire Dungeon to find a Small Key and unlock the door to a room with Bombs that help you defeat the King Dodongo boss.     Dungeoneering has a lot of problems, but before I talk about them, let'
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Something other than Familiarisation

So we had an update today, and it's a new thingy for summoning. That's great, because I always need more charms. Is it strange, though, that what made me want to log in for this update was this little bullet in the patch notes?     "What? They changed the Dramatic Point emote? I have to see that!" As it turns out, it looks the same as it used to look, and so does the Freeze & Melt emote. But it had me excited there for a moment; I'm not a big fan of that flying snow thing they have going on
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Brief impressions on strykewyrms

Just a short blog entry today. I thought I'd share my feelings on the most recent slayer update, strykewyrms. If you're out of the loop, strykewyrms are new slayer monsters with high level requirements that can only be fought if randomly assigned as a task; they drop new ranged and magic analogues to melee's black mask and a new staff with powerful special abilities.   Anyway, I get the feeling that these strykewyrms are more of a "training" update disguised as a "reward" update. It only affect
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Rune Mechanics: Live Quest Review

I'm going to do something different for this quest. I'm going to review it while I complete it. You'll be getting my impressions of the quest live (well, prerecorded) as I go. Then at the end, I'll sum up how I felt about the quest as a whole. I'm standing at the quest start right now, so let's jump in! SPOILERS if you care.   10:55 Starting the quest; just entered the basement. I assume we're going to be making rune guardians. That's interesting--continuing the "rediscovering runecrafting/magic
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7 Brilliant Machinima Ideas

For those of you who missed the announcement, Jagex will be holding a new Machinima contest for 2010, complete with another round of lifetime membership for the winners and a trip to Jagex HQ for first prize. This time, the theme is advertisements--the video must be a 30-second ad for something in Runescape. You know what I think? I think that [cabbage] is easy! Anyone can write one of those, and to prove it, here's a good half-dozen or so ideas right off the top of my head!   Do you have permis
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2009 Highlights, Part 3

I bet you thought I was done after the Top 10 Updates of 2009. Nope, there's more! It's time for the Bottom 5 Updates of 2009, the five updates I thought were the worst from the past year. Remember, this is based on my opinion, so if you don't like it, go make your own list. Or comment. Or both. Troacctid's Bottom 5 Updates of 2009   5. In Pyre Need   What is it? In April of 2008, players voted in a Guaranteed Content Poll on a new type of summoning familiar to add to the game. The winner of t
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2009 Highlights, Part 2

Troacctid's Top 10 Updates of 2009   PART 2: THE LONG-AWAITED SEQUEL   Okay, here we go. My top five. Part 1 can be found here if you missed it. Now...ready? Here we go...   5. Forgiveness of a Chaos Dwarf   What is it? The third installment of the Rise of the Red Axe quest series, released in September. In Forgiveness of a Chaos Dwarf, we were asked to investigate mysterious disappearances in Keldagrim and ended up *spoilers I guess* revealing the secret evil scheme of the Red Axe mining com
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2009 Highlights, Part 1

Well, it's the end of 2009 at long last! A time for reflecting on...what? What do you mean "It's January 10th"? So what if it is? A guy can't write a year-end review unless he does it in the first week? Jeez!   Troacctid's Top 10 Updates of 2009   Now before I start, I should explain that I'm only going to list headline updates. Smaller updates, though they certainly have an important impact on our gameplay, are just too hard to sort through without the risk of missing some. Or perhaps they simp
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15-Dec-09 Blood Runs Deep: A Dagannoth Christmas

Blood Runs Deep: A Dagannoth Christmas     It's that time of the year again. The time when we set aside our differences to celebrate peace and love, feel the spirit of giving, and of course, violently cleave some dagannoth skulls with a large axe!   "Guthix bless us, every--*thwunk* Aargh my arm! What are you doing?! Gaah, no, not the spine, not the--*crunch* Oh Jesus, the pain!"   From Jagex's Twitter hint, I totally thought this week was going to be the Christmas Wintumber event. Turns o
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8-Dec-09 Kuradal's Dungeon: It's KuraDAL. Jeez.

Kuradal's Dungeon: It's KuraDAL. Jeez.     Before I start my review, let me make this abundantly clear:   KURADAL. With an A. Her name does not rhyme with "Duradel." It's DAL. As in "Dalai Lama."   Kuradalai Lama: Freeing Tibet and kicking Abyssal Demon butt.   Okay. Now that we have that settled, let's talk about KuraDAL's new slayer cave. Located in the Ancient Cavern underneath Baxtorian Falls, Kuradal, daughter of Duradel and our newest slayer master, has captured a variety of rare cr
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3-Dec-09 The Temple at Senntisten: The slings and Zaros of outrageous fortune

The Temple at Senntisten: The slings and Zaros of outrageous fortune     For our latest quest, we've been asked to retrieve some ancient artifacts to restore the Zarosian temple unearthed at the Digsite. Let me tell you my initial reaction to this quest. I saw the title and thought, "Senntisten was the Zarosian capital at the Digsite. Hmm." I read the description (quoted above) and thought, "Dr. Nabanik is a Mahjarrat. Who would have business in the Digsite? Probably Azzanadra. Hmm." Then I lo
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How to eat a shark

How to eat a shark   Sharks are well-known for eating people, but we often forget that people eat sharks far more often. Want to get in on the feeding frenzy but aren't sure how? I've compiled a handy guide on how to capture, prepare, and feast on your very own shark.   Step 1: Get a shark.   Fig. 1: A shark   Gourmets in search of the delectable shark will first need to obtain a shark to cook. The most obvious method is to simply purchase a shark in trade; however, as any fisherman will tell
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On Thanksgiving

Folks, it's no secret that I am not a Thanksgiving person. Sure, I'm thankful for a lot of things. Friends, family, freedom, love, hot chocolate, apple pie, ice cream, cookies, internets, material possessions, five-dollar footlongs, digital watches, modern plumbing, all that jazz. But let me be frank for a moment. Thanksgiving is lame. What, so some European settlers got together with the local indigenous tribes and had a party back in the 17th century, so we celebrate...for some reason...by inv
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Music in Runescape

I like even numbers. There's something elegant about the way that each even number is double some other number. So I went to page 246 in my thesaurus. (I believe a thesaurus is more useful than a dictionary for everyday writing.) Then I went six words down, because six is a perfect number and I like it. What did I find? The word "Hearing." (Nouns - 1. hearing, sense of hearing; audition, auscultation; eavesdropping, audibility...etc.) Realizing that this was no coincidence, I immediately got an
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The past three updates

Remember all those little changes to the game that we all forget about, but couldn't live without if they suddenly disappeared? It's almost time for Thanksgiving, so to take note of what we take for granted, it's time for another installment of Upgrade Watch! Now with title banner!     See, cuz Burgh de Rott needs to be upgraded...right? ...Yeah...anyway, moving on.   October 26   The week of Halloween brought us Web of Shadows, a typical short-and-sweet holiday event with a cute toy as a re
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Top 10 Favorite Quests

It's no secret that questing is my favorite aspect of Runescape. It's not just the rewards earned--it's the story. Lots of players never truly explore the storyline of Runescape; for me, it's one of the game's greatest strengths. So this week, I've compiled a list of my 10 favorite quests based on their story.   SPOILER WARNING.     10. Grim Tales   Grim Tales doesn't offer much in terms of substance, but it has a lot of style going for it. I really enjoyed climbing a beanstalk to conquer a gian
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