Within the Light: Elf-employed This week's update saw the long-awaited continuation of the Plague City storyline, the oldest, most complicated, and arguably most frustrating quest line in all of Runescape. So how does Within the Light compare? Does it do the story justice? Does it learn from the mistakes of previous installments? I won't let slip major plot details from the new quest without hide tags, so no need to worry about spoilers if you're a storyline buff like me. I'll put the r
Author's note: I wrote this speech in February 2009, but I didn't have a blog then, so I'm posting it here now. It's my case for legalizing marijuana. Enjoy. If I were to walk through a local grocery store, chances are Id see all sorts of foods. Naturally there would be bread. There would be dairy. There would be colorful breakfast cereals, brimming with sugar. Not to mention fruits and vegetables, chips, pasta, pickles, and entire aisles devoted solely [pause] to wine. This last one wouldnt
PVP Worlds initiate new drug testing policy Following the recent Overload Scandal that has shattered the confidence of PVP fans, the Runescape PKing Council has officially banned the so-called "extreme" potions from all player-vs-player combat activities in the interest of fairness. With the new policy, players will be tested for Special Restore, Super Antifire, Super Prayer, Overload, and Extreme Attack, Strength, Defense, Ranged, or Magic potions before being allowed to participate in any PV
Druids discover revolutionary new potions! Famed druidic herblorist Sanfew revealed today the recent discovery of several new potion recipes. "Well, I was working on a cure for baldness, as usual. I was experimenting with phoenix feathers to stimulate the hair's rebirth, but the heat from the feather kept boiling the water I put it in." said Sanfew. "I had the idea to try an antifire potion as a base, but my young apprentice Jojo mistook it for an ordinary antifire potion and took it with hi
Why potion-making is now an extreme sport, and how it affects your wallet! High-level Herblore Potions "This week, high-level herbalists will find a variety of new, untradeable potions at their disposal, including extreme combat boosts, complete protection from dragon-fire, and a gut-wrenching overload potion." I've complained for a long time that high herblore levels are useless because the skill stops short in the low 80s, long before it maxes out, and experience afterwards has no bear
The reason I titled this blog "Troacctid's Gielinor Review" was, see, I had this plan that I would type up reviews of the new content, and that would be the context in which I voice my opinion on "Runescape current events and stuff." So even though I already wrote more than one entry today, I'm going to write another, because I want to talk about this update. I figure that there's always a chance that Jagex Moderators are looking at me because they value my insight on their work, and I feel a ne
Let me start by saying I happen to have a high-school economics textbook handy, and I've been reading through it a lot lately. (Why? Because I'm in high school and I'm taking an economics class. Don't look at me like that. Geez.) The more I go through these basic economic concepts in the first few chapters, the more I find myself thinking, "Yup, that's just like in Runescape." Does that make me weird, a good critical thinker, or both? An economics professor might say it's because you can apply e
When I found out the new Tip.It Forums were going to include a blogging feature, I was ecstatic! Okay, that's a lie. I was mildly intrigued. Okay, that's also a lie. I pretty much didn't care at all. Blogs are boring. Then I thought, "Hey, you know, I'm kind of hungry. Maybe I'll go eat a banana." So I went to the kitchen. We were out of bananas. Then I thought, "You know, I'm an opinionated person. I really oughta blog about my opinions." Actually, that's not entirely accurate. For added
