D. V. Devnull

In regard to #3, @Dracae's "Shades of Gray" (http://www.tip.it/runescape/times/view/1116-shades-of-gray) -- I can give you a pair of reasons why people become addicted to games, and are reasons usually bonded together with each other due to how they can happen... Accessibility and Stress. :geek: Just for a bottom-of-the-barrel example, say someone is doing something, anything, but it happens to be something that eventually stresses them out. Maybe having a nightmare while sleeping? I have no idea. The problem is, people can wake up stressed out by the nightmares they've had, or just from something entirely else they've been doing. They need something that they can get to quickly, something accessible and easy to launch. Worse, they might have to put up with a situation where they don't have many options, say from dealing with a computer admin (which could even be a parent) who makes it nigh-impossible to load and play something that interests them but requires an installer to be run first. Unfortunately, they fall short because the admin themself doesn't normally have an interest/inclination to play the particular style of game that interests the person who wants to have it installed to be playable. This renders that person with having to use a browser with plugins like Java/Flash/etc. to get at something they can actually play, especially if they're looking for (or even feel like they need) something multiplayer where they can honestly enjoy a good time with other people, and feel like their stress is an iceberg that's melting away. Eventually, that can bring some people to games like RuneScape, but even then I admit that only works to an extent as some won't have an interest for that type of game. :? The basic point is, the person feels squeezed for any chance of finding anything that lets them rid themself of the stress that's disrupting their normal line of thought and mental function, and it drives them to find some kind of outlet. Sadly, some people go mentally insane if they're pushed too far for too long, and that lands up affecting how they'll interact with everyone else. :( ~D. V. "I hope more people come back with possible extra answers to your article... I'll be looking forward to reading them." Devnull [Late edits by post author due to a glitch from starting a post with an "@" symbol...]

So, I know New Year's hasn't come as of yet, but how was everybody's Christmas (or other such similarly-calendared) holiday? :) 5*3*11*163 = 26895 ~D. V. "8th one, line 4!" Devnull

Welcome back to the Tip.It (aka: Rune Tips) Community, . Please enjoy your stay, watch out for the lunatics, and come play in the Forum Games! Yes, of course, don't forget to check the rest of things out... LOL! :lol: ~D. V. "My siggy's out-of-date..." Devnull

Welcome to the Tip.It (aka: Rune Tips) Community, @Pontins. Please enjoy your stay, watch out for the lunatics, and come play in the Forum Games! Yes, of course, don't forget to check the rest of things out... LOL! :lol: ~D. V. "My siggy's out-of-date..." Devnull

Welcome to the Tip.It (aka: Rune Tips) Community, @carol.monthero. Please enjoy your stay, watch out for the lunatics, and come play in the Forum Games! Yes, of course, don't forget to check the rest of things out... LOL! :lol: ~D. V. "My siggy's out-of-date..." Devnull (p.s.: I hope you're not a bot... We've had some "slightly off"-looking, weird posts from some.)

2*2*5*5*269 = 26900 -.- And now to not see those two digits sitting together in prolonged duration for a while... something I can be happy about. :) ~D. V. "So glad they're over for now." Devnull

Welcome back to the Tip.It (aka: Rune Tips) Community, @Erichermit. Please enjoy your stay, watch out for the lunatics, and come play in the Forum Games! Yes, of course, don't forget to check the rest of things out... LOL! :lol: ~D. V. "My siggy's out-of-date..." Devnull

26903 ... WTF ... It's another HUGE prime! *facewall* :wall: ~D. V. "2nd one, line 296..." Devnull

5*5381 = 26905 :wall: 9th one, line 56 :arrow: http://primes.utm.edu/lists/small/10000.txt -.- ~D. V. "AUGH!" Devnull

71*379 = 26909 -.- ~D. V. Devnull

Well, I see there's another GITP's "Order Of The Stick" fan out there. Consider the mini-comic approved. :thumbsup: I've just got a way of seeing the devastating implications of some random things. :twisted: :P ~Mr. D. V. "LOL'ing with you" Devnull

I skipped the first article (just had no interest in it), but definitely had fun reading the 2nd article, "Rejected Boss Ideas" @ http://www.tip.it/runescape/times/view/1110-rejected-boss-ideas :twisted: I think I would have loved to hear tons of people quitting RuneScape, and seeing Jagex falling to company-destroying ruin, with that utterly sadistic and nasty 3rd Rejected Idea! Imagine, Dragon Flashmobs popping up all around RuneScape, disintegrating most of the well-traveled sections of the gameboard. Even further, unsuspecting veteran players who could have handled the dragons but were totally unarmed, and having to run away because they would never have seen it coming. Then many others dead, and their stuff dropped, unreachable because of the assault that would remain active until those dragons were killed. And decking it all off? More flashmobs spawning up and blocking off more sections, until a very select few players were even able to reach one of the few remaining banks in existence, due to many of the other banks having been razed to the ground in an insanely spectacular fashion. :XD: Oh, for everyone's reference... Even though I know the idea is pure fiction, I would have enjoyed the ensuing ton of YouTube videos. :P ~Mr. D. V. "Just enjoying a rare chance to act sadist... The fiction leaves interesting implications..." Devnull

26912 ... Longest. Hundred. Ever. -.- ~D. V. "I think." Devnull

26915 ~D. V. Devnull

Welcome back to the Tip.It (aka: Rune Tips) Community, @Elnaeth. Please enjoy your stay, watch out for the lunatics, and come play in the Forum Games! Yes, of course, don't forget to check the rest of things out... LOL! :lol: ~D. V. "My siggy's out-of-date..." Devnull

26919 ~D. V. Devnull

26924 ~D. V. Devnull

26926 ~D. V. Devnull

26928 ~D. V. Devnull

26930 ~D. V. Devnull

26933 ~D. V. Devnull

26936 ~D. V. Devnull

29*929 = 26941 ~D. V. Devnull

26946 Glad to see you, Rainy! Please keep coming back every few posts... :thumbsup: ~D. V. "Always happy to have a fresh face here." Devnull

Welcome to the Tip.It (aka: Rune Tips) Community, @Foxy 420. Please enjoy your stay, watch out for the lunatics, and come play in the Forum Games! Yes, of course, don't forget to check the rest of things out... LOL! :lol: ~D. V. "My siggy's out-of-date..." Devnull