Vann

Good luck on 99 Slayer mate! Almost there! Then we can duo LS Arma! peace, Vann

You sir are a noob. peace, Vann NOW POST ON MY BLOG

O god, you fail Saru. Well atleast your blog does, its attracting Stuffed cookies!!! Next think you know you will have MILK posting and you know what happens with milk... it gets sour after time.. peace, Vann

Bonus weekend was fun. Completed 2 goals of mine! 88 Summon and 88 Herblore! Then went Sara with my Unicorn and extremes! Now I'm going on Spring Break! peace, Vann

Well for this weekend I didn't plan too well because I didn't think I would be able to participate because it's my Spring Break! and I'm going to the beach tomorrow. But I somehow got supplies for my 2 goals, 88 Summon and 88 Herblore! peace, Vann

Its not ur birthday!!!! Not til Tomorrow here! Happy Birthday Sheynooba!! peace, Vann

"CURRENTLY: Beginning to move worlds over to new hosting" Soon??? peace, Vann

Thanks Rah, see ya soon I hope Pfft. I'm not that slow... ;-) Thanks Saru No party because Str is a fail skill, and organizing a party for Crafting and Magic was enough. After 3 99s its not the special unless its a cool 99 or expensive 99... and yes, first and only Visage. Thanks everyone. peace, Vann P.S. If no one gets it the "getting in shape for spring break" it was supposed to be funny bc im going to the beach in 2 weeks for spring break and gotta get in shape... getting in shape = str.. haha?

Dang, its the first day of my Spring Break, but maybe I can use my time up before I leave. I'll use my charms and hopefully get 88 Summoning then go for 88 Herblore while Farming trees on the side. If I get all that done then I'll use the rest burning Magic logs to try for 92 Firemaking and that lovely Adze! peace, Vann

Actually if you go on the Home page of Runescape and scroll down to the bottom there is a Developer's Blog called "Save the Date" and it is actually legit. http://services.runescape.com/m=devblog/view_post.ws?post_id=84 It is March 12th-15th and you will receive 2.7x Experience down to 1.1x Experience the more you play. [Hide=Developer's Blog]On the weekend of the 12th of March 2010, we will be running a "bonus XP weekend" for RuneScape members. This has been officially announced in our newsletter (if you haven't already, then sign up for it here). We've put together this blog as more of an FAQ to answer any questions about the weekend and we will be around on the forums to answer any questions that come up. What exactly is a bonus XP weekend? As the name implies, there will be the opportunity over the weekend of the 12th of March to gain extra XP for standard training activities When will this be happening? Between the hours of 12:00PM GMT on Friday 12th March and 12:00PM GMT Monday 15th March (so, all of that Saturday and Sunday). These times are a rough estimate, but we will put a news post out as soon as the event starts. I don't use GMT! Tell me what time this will be in my country. Here's an idea of times in different areas: EST - 07:00 AM Friday 12th to 07:00 AM Monday 15th PST - 04:00 AM Friday 12th to 04:00 AM Monday 15th Australia - 23:00 PM Friday 12th to 23:00 PM Monday 15th CET 12:00 PM Friday 12th to 12:00 PM Monday 15th Brazil (east) - 09:00 AM Friday 12th to 09:00 PM Monday 15th For more information, please use the handy and helpful Time Conversion Thread. How does the bonus XP work? When you initially log in on the weekend, you will gain approx 2.7x XP for all "normal training" activities (see the question below for a list). While you are logged in, a timer will be running over the time you are logged into the game. Over time, the bonus will decrease to a minimum of 1.1x your usual rate. Your XP rate will be shown in-game over the course of the weekend, and you will have access to an interface showing a running total of the extra XP you have earned (over what you would have normally earned) as well as the amount of time you have logged in. Your bonus XP rate will NOT decrease when you are not logged into the game, so do not feel pressured to play continuously. What activities will earn me bonus XP? Normal training activities will earn you the bonus XP. Every fight, log cut or hunter trap you lay will grant you a multiple of the XP it would normally give. Typical training activities for each skill (not an exhaustive list): * Attack and Strength - melee combat * Ranged - ranged combat, Circus * Magic - magic combat and other spell casting (e.g. enchanting jewellery, alchemy, teleporting), Circus * Defence and Hitpoints - from all forms of combat * Agility - completing courses, using shortcuts, Circus * Construction - building furniture in your POH * Cooking - cooking food on range/fire/spit * Crafting - crafting pots, armour, jewellery, battlestaves, blowing glass * Farming - weeding, planting/harvesting crops, checking tree health * Firemaking - lighting fires, burning evil tree roots, lighting beacons * Fishing - catching fish * Fletching - fletching bows/arrows/crossbows/bolts, etc * Herblore - cleaning herbs, mixing potions * Hunter - setting/checking traps, butterfly/bird/impling catching, falconry * Mining - mining ores/gems, mining shooting stars * Prayer - burying bones * Runecrafting - crafting runes at any altar, combination runes * Slayer - doing Slayer tasks * Smithing - smelting ores, smithing metal bars * Summoning - infusing pouches, summoning familiars * Thieving - pickpocketing, thieving from chests/stalls * Woodcutting - cutting trees/evil trees What is the specific calculation for my modifier? Formula and graph of bonus XP calculation Formula and graph of bonus XP calculation WARNING: Maths below. The calculation for this is as follows: If you put this into a graphics calculator or even Wolfram Alpha you will see a parabolic curve. It has a nice smooth reduction over time. At 10+ hours we set the multiplier to be 1.1 (the tangent of this equation). We hope any of you that are studying maths will get a kick out of knowing the internal calculations we are doing to get the value of your multiplier, and of discussing it on the forums. What activities will NOT earn me bonus XP? * Quest XP rewards * Items that give XP (e.g. genie lamps, tomes of experience) * XP rewards at the end of minigames (e.g. Tears of Guthix, Soul Wars, Pest Control) * Anything which allows point exchange for XP (e.g. Penguin Points, Brimhaven Agility Arena tickets, Slayer incentives, Mrs Winkin's World of Seeds shop from Vinesweeper, jade vine) Can I use my clay items, Penance horn, brawling gloves, etc, to add to my bonus XP? These items will not work during the weekend as the effects of the bonus XP weekend will override any other items or areas that enhance XP rates. The item will not degrade when used during the bonus XP weekend. This includes clay items, Penance horns, brawling gloves, flame gloves/ring of fire, Fishing/Runecrafting/dragon slayer gloves and POH altars. Why are you running this? It's an idea we've had for a while (and were obviously not the first gaming company to think of it; many online games have bonus XP weekends). We wanted to give people a chance to do training on existing skills before we launch the new one (note: this isn't a teaser for the skill's release date). I'm not around that weekend. Will I be able to use my quota another time? No. The bonus XP effects will only be available over this weekend. What happens if I miss out Don't worry. If this event goes well, then we will likely be running further bonus XP weekends. Why is this members-only? Future bonus XP events may well be opened up to free players as well, but we're waiting to see how this one works before making that decision. But what if I don't want to play for the whole weekend? The ideal time for training with bonus XP is during your first few hours of in-game time over the weekend - the diminishing returns means that once youve played for more than 10 hours you will no longer be getting a significant advantage in your training. Dont you think this cheapens training?/I already have 99 in all skills. We think this is an update which appeals to a wide spectrum of players - from people who have just started out and will welcome a boost, to mid-level players striving for a goal, to high-level players training their last few skills, and even to those maxed-out players who are aiming for the 200 million mark in a skill. As everyone is being given the same opportunity, and that the significant benefit only lasts for ten hours, we do not feel it cheapens anything. Isnt this going to ruin the economy? Ten hours of increased XP isn't going to harm the economy any more than the release of any other new way of training skills. We do expect prices for certain items to rise in the run up to this weekend, but to then naturally level out afterwards. This is one of the reasons we are giving plenty of advance warning. What will you do to stop merchant clans, etc, taking advantage of this knowledge? To effectively manipulate a price you need a unique item that doesn't usually have a lot of variation in value. We're expecting demand to go up for certain items in the run up to this update, but this isn't something which can be set by a single agenda as the economy as a whole is going to be up. Who developed this/who will answer my questions? Mod Fnord was the technical developer for this project, with Mod Chihiro helping with design and Mod Knox being around to answer questions. Any further questions that we havent covered will be edited into this blog entry in time for the bonus XP weekend. Well be monitoring the forum thread for the next few days, but please be aware we cant always give personal answers to questions immediately. If you'd like to discuss this blog on the forums, please visit this forum thread. Project: Bonus XP Weekend Tags: community, event, FAQ, skill, xp[/hide] peace, Vann

Got an email supposedly from Jagex about a Bonus XP Weekend, seemed phishy (pun intended), but the URL looked legit and the links in the email take you to the real Runescape website. I'm just questioning it because I have never received an email from Jagex other than saying my membership payment has gone through. Anyone know about this? [hide=Jagex News] [/hide] peace, Vann

Yay? #3 peace, Vann

Finally got 99 Str. Topic can be found here: http://forum.tip.it/topic/259203-getting-in-shape-for-spring-break/ peace, Vann

I got my 3rd 99 today, Strength. I did it mostly through Slayer and I started a drops tab for Slayer, Solo Bandos, Dks, and other random MH trips from 96-99 Strength. I achieved 84-87 Slayer along the way. Here is my drops tab: Here is Value of it: The drop tab is excluding a Hexcrest I got (which I am keeping for full helm) and a Draconic Visage I got (Sold) here are the pictures of them: Next goals are 88 Herblore (this weekend) followed by 99 Attack and HP and 92 Range all while I work toward 90 Slayer and gathering charms for 88 Summoning. All bones I get from Slayer will be kept and used on Prayer because I eventually want 95 Prayer. Rate/10 Peace, Vann

Don't plan on being on Scape too much... I kinda got in trouble at the bar last night and got a Minor in Possession... here comes a $500 fine! So thats like 100 months of scape... great peace, Vann

Noob get off [dumb game] and scape more peace, Vann

chck4this After dying twice in two days at Solo Bandos (dc'd both times) and losing 3M each time I was glad to make 37M in one day of Slaying: First Visage First Hexcrest Currently on another Iron dragon task and 780k away from 99 Strength, then I can ALCH MY D SCIM! After 99 Strength I will train Slayer with range to level 92 then start on 99 Attack peace, Vann

After failing at Solo Bandos (dc'd and died for 3M twice so 6M) I had a nice day of Slayer: First Visage First Hexcrest Currently 780k from 99 Strength so hopefully I will have it in the next week. peace, Vann

Thanks for not telling me. Grats tho peace, Vann

Thanks for telling me =( Grats peace, Vann

My lowest skill is thieving :rolleyes: And it was only semi-market! Ok yeah, you win. Haha. He was pretty nice to sell it to you, of course he is a pretty cool guy. Ohh btw, we should do some FFA Bandons one day Eeek 200M... I have a feeling thats like 9 years off. haha. Glad you are back Stilla <3 Thanks Clifford. Yeah I know its not amazing, but I still haven't recovered from 99 Crafting like a year ago. Did blue and black bodies bc it was fast and it killed my bank plus the inflation over the past year and getting 85 Herblore killed it even more. Do you still play? If so add me again, would be cool to camp Abbies together or something peace, Vann

cute/10 peace, Vann

Well after 9 years of being very inefficient I have finally reached the 100M total experience milestone! This is my full bank (not cropped well) at the moment. The first tab is my Slayer tab (84-86 Slayer) and I don't plan on selling any of the drops until level 90 Slayer. Current value of Slay tab is ~16M and my total bank value is ~60M (85 Herb killed bank). The tab with the Legend's cape as its icon is just full of junk used for Quests and Clues that's why it''s not shown. peace, Vann

Thanks and yeah it's kinda sad I've wasted 9 years of my life on this game Yeah, laugh it up. I was gonna get 60-70 thieving in 1 day after all my other 70+ stats, but gave up on my 70+ goal. I actually enjoy thieving was just putting it off. Planning on 81 when I get bored of Slayer and need something to keep me occupied. Thanks tho lalalamarketphatfromrsw44... yeah I'm jealous peace, Vann

Well after 9 years of being very inefficient I have finally reached the 100M total experience milestone! I know my stats aren't the greatest and I was working on getting all 70+ but got bored and just started Slaying because I just don't like skilling. Ill eventually get all 70+ and maybe 80+ but not sure yet. This is my full bank (not cropped well) at the moment. The first tab is my Slayer tab (84-86 Slayer) and I don't plan on selling any of the drops until level 90 Slayer. Current value of Slay tab is ~16M and my total bank value is ~60M (85 Herb killed bank). The tab with the Legend's cape as its icon is just full of junk used for Quests and Clues that's why it''s not shown. Current goals are: 99 Strength 99 Hitpoints 99 Attack 99 Cooking 88 Summoning 92 Prayer 89 Herblore And finishing a bunch of quests including RFD, DT, and WGS Yeah I'm a noob, so what. Rate/10 peace, Vann