56: That's Eight Years, Folks!

Entry posted by Dax October 24, 2012

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Quite a nice day for me, to the best of my knowledge, around eight years ago at around this time (6:30PM), I first signed up for RuneScape. After going through a few names, I finally decided upon Daxter76, and so it began. After taking my time through Tutorial Island, I found my way to Lumbridge, and so I played, I can't remember much past that moment on my first night, but I know it was enough for me to keep playing, and get both my brother and sister watching me (They signed up the day after, and both no longer play).

I have many fond memories of my old F2P days, such as my sister withholding the secret ways of Defence training (I had once worked it out before and gotten to level 8, but couldn't work out how to do that again), she eventually gave it up and I ended up getting many more levels. I remember finishing Knight's Sword and jumping up a lot of levels and being able to make full iron, and I spent many a day mining, smelting and smithing the ore into full sets, in which I often took back to Lumbridge and gave away for free. I also remember selling hundreds of natures and laws and various other runes for 2k, which I thought was a good deal. I spent a lot of time questing, and I had finished all quests except Dragon Slayer. I couldn't work it out and couldn't beat it, so I asked my friend, who was a lot better, to help out, he watched me as I did Melzar's Maze and Elvarg, and supplied the lobsters.

It wasn't all good memories, I remember getting scammed for nearly everything I had in the old trust game scam. I remember running back to the bank multiple times to grab more things to win. 'Oh I still have a couple of hundred chickens and some iron in my bank! Gimme a sec!'. I started getting worried a bit after that and continually asked for my things back for a few minutes, but the scammer knew that was it, and off he ran 'Jacked noob!', he said. And off I ran to my room and bed and punched it, screamed and lied down for a while. But I had learnt my lesson, I worked my way back to where I was and I was more aware of scammers from then on.

I got jealous of my brother and sister a lot, too, they seemed to be in the right place at the right time a lot more than I did. My sister ended up walking away with a member's account of someone she met in Varrock, I watched her play on that for a while and got quite jealous. I though full Rogue looked amazing and wanted it greatly (Which I did do, once I was reminded of its existence many years ago). My brother ended up getting a free 100k (Which was crazy money for me, I'd never seen that much in one spot, I'd slowly acquired my full rune set over time). I forced him to give me 10k, though.

I played F2P for many years, before finally having some spare Christmas money and I worked up the courage to ask dad for members, and so I got it. And it was one of the best days ever. The first way I remember heading out was through the Dig Site gate, and started that quest, the track Venture still gives me intense nostalgia, I believe I got held up later and couldn't do something because I hadn't done Druidic Ritual, so off I went that way and did that quest, starting Witch's House and other such quests. A week later (I could only use the internet often on weekends at my dad's house, so RuneScape was a weekend thing, and a weekend thing I much looked forward to), I found myself in the Karamja jungle, doing Tribal Totem, but I had to log out because it got stormy and rainy outside and dad didn't want the computer going.

I skilled a lot (I remember recording all the levels I got on one of my first weekends as a member, I remember recording 67 levels, all low levels, but still quite a lot for me) and did a lot of quests over my time. Questing became quite a big thing to me, and so I decided to obtain the Quest Cape. I did quests as soon as I could, and found a lot of them quite a lot more difficult than they were for that reason, but I loved them anyway. The last quest I finished to get my cape was Mournings Ends Part 2:

(I was quite happy, as you can see by that)

I was planning on having a party for my cape, but no-one was online, so I got two people to come along and got that awesome cape, but I could only enjoy it for a half hour, as I had to go back to my mum's house for the week.

But man, I looked cool.

I continued on, doing each quest as they were released, and slayed a lot, so much so that I decided I needed a 99, and so I got it. Defence was my first 99, which I got alongside 85 Slayer (The whips didn't come along soon after, unfortunately). It wasn't my first choice for a 99, but it was good, and I felt awesome. My second 99 was my first choice, I always had loved it and the cape, so I got Woodcutting after that (And after Ivy, I changed my name part way through to Dax Cuts Ivy, I was walking around for a couple of weeks not doing that, hehe). Time passed and I acquired more 99's, third was Firemaking (Which I was lucky enough to get a Visage part way through, so I went and bought myself some yews and magics), then Attack, then HP, then Farming (Oh man I loved this one, my favourite 99 and cape for sure, now), then Fishing and Cooking (In that order, but within minutes of each other), then Strength, then Fletching, then Prayer, then Thieving (Which I got solely for my girlfriend, cute, I know), then Runecrafting (Runespan 4 lyf), then most recently, Summoning.

Part way through that list of 99's, I decided I'd get a Completionist cape, and so that has been what I've been working towards for some time.

I have many more little memories to speak of, and to ramble on about, but I think 50 minutes of typing is good enough for now. I regret none of the time I've spent playing RuneScape (Which is still 100 days less than a year total, aww yeah). I've enjoyed it thoroughly and I'm fairly sure I will continue to enjoy it. Here's to eight years! Catch you next time, ~Dax.

(Also, here's all the levels I've gotten this week)

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