Ginger_Warrior

So you want to turn a skill that necessitates genuine skill in teamworking, organisation and leadership in order to reach the highest XP rates, into (yet another) skill that can be done and dusted with X hours of solitary grind? If anything, RuneScape needs to go the opposite direction to the one you're suggesting. The skills that are in real need of renovation are ones like Smithing, Firemaking and RuneCrafting where the above is exactly the problem with it, where success is nothing more than lazy measure of time spent rather than talent displayed.

RuneScape doesn't need a new skill. It needs to vastly improve some of the skills it already has.

Dunno whether you're a troll or just have no business sense. I'll assume good faith and go with the latter.

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They got rid of that? That was actually one of the very few things I missed when moving to Chrome. :( It still does that for me, although that going straight to the page has only rarely worked for me anyway :/ It comes up with the following message when I type "bbc" into the address bar: File not found Firefox can't find the file at jar:file:///C:/Program Files (x86)/Mozilla Firefox/omni.jar!/chrome/en-GB/locale/browser-region/region.propertiesbbc. * Check the file name for capitalisation or other typing errors. * Check to see if the file was moved, renamed or deleted. I'll try re-installing the whole thing. EDIT: No, still not working. Hmmm....I know I've had that error at one point...but not sure if I did anything to fix it or it fixed with an update...let me try to find out. Okay, try this: Type "about:config" into your address bar. It tells you to be careful(you should, don't change anything on a whim ;)) next to "filter", type in "keyword" and press enter. Look for the line that says "keyword.enabled". It should say that it's type is boolean, and whether it's true or false. If this is on false, double click the line to make it true, this will activate this system. If it says true already...then the problem is somewhere else. To be sure, try deactivating and activating it again. Also look at the "Keyworld URL" line...this should probably say "http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=" for the URL that the address bar uses for the search. If not, it should at least be another search engine. I got the info from these pages: http://kb.mozillazin...tion_Bar_Search http://kb.mozillazine.org/Keyword.URL http://kb.mozillazin...Keyword.enabled If this doesn't fix the problem, you might want to look around for related articles as well[/hide] Keyword URL line had "chrome://browser-region/locale/region.properties" instead of the URL you provided. It's working again as it was before now I've changed it. Thanks. :thumbup:

Zynga would disagree, given their popularity mainly comes through Facebook, but RuneScape is so far removed from Zynga's games that it barely deserves comparison. Browser-based MMORPGs on the scale of RuneScape are all but dead, even if browser-based gaming itself isn't.

I believe a BIG part of Runescape's success is based on it's accessibility. It's the top of browser games in terms of quality and gives it some reputation as well. Plus, the developers at Jagex right now are familiar with this engine, this kind of development - I don't think making it client based would be better for Runescape. I don't think it would make sense for them to change RuneScape like that now. The horse bolted about five years ago, there was some talk about a physical PC release and even a Nintendo DS release but they never came to fruition and it's too late to start. As an aside though, it should be noted that browser-based games are horrible when you need to spend literally tens of thousands of hours on the thing to get anywhere near "finishing" it, and we live in the age of fibre optic broadband, which itself only opens up the question: "Why am I still suffering 20 FPS average and getting lagged out on a 20 meg Internet connection?"

Yeah, the textbooks reinforce what is taught in lectures, not the other way round, is the point I'm making. If you're talking about anatomy flashcards, I actually found them to be quite useful in learning the general structure of an organ/tissue but not on their own. The trick is photocopying them, blanking out all the labels, and putting them in until you know the gross anatomy of whatever organ you're studying off-by-heart. Otherwise you're learning superficially. The colouring in books you can get are an amazing tool too. There's a kinaesthetic part to the exercise, in the colouring in, and a visual part in the image itself. The massive anatomy books are then used take notes so you can learn the functions, histology, blood supply, clinical conditions etc. I think the point is, you should really found out what studying techniques work best for you before heading off to university/college, and buy textbooks appropriately. No point buying a clinical medicine book worth £100 when it's full of terms you don't understand and therefore have to spend two hours with a dictionary over each paragraph. Buy a textbook that puts things in simpler terms. If that's too "babyish" for you, then get the £100 book.

No one's claiming the company has shrunk. All anyone's said is that the company is growing (yes), but growing at a drastically slower rate than before, which is alarming... No one on this thread so far has been "mislead". Make no mistake though, it's a pretty negative picture. It says the company isn't attracting new customers as well as it once was capable of.

Do you remember how much Gordon Brown was ridiculed for coining the terms "negative growth" and "zero percent growth"? You're heading there. He also saw a quick turnaround in his own downturn. How's that one going for him? Businesses have to grow in order to survive, you make it sound like breaking even is OK. A 1.85% increase in turnover is bad news when that's barely a quarter of what you were achieving only twelve months ago.

They released War of Legends and FunOrb. I rest my case. All I can say is StellarDawn must be a vast improvement, because RuneScape won't survive for much longer, perhaps a few years, with current forecasts. I'm sure they'll always keep a version of it open for the die-hard fans to play but as a business exercise it wouldn't be tenable to update regularly any more.

If the skills are relevent, place them in. Dispute resolution requires skills in people management and negotiating, definitely useful if having to deal with members of the public in general or working in an environment where co-workers arelikely to disagree with each other on a day-to-day basis. If you're wanting to be a website designer though, I'm not sure you really need to solving any disputes since you'll spend most of your time working solo. "Quick learner" isn't a skill, it's a personality trait, like "hard working" or "dependable". Studying is the skill. Just be aware that anything you put down on paper you could be asked to describe evidence for. "I just am" doesn't cut it when they ask you to explain what you mean by "quick learner".

Isn't the reality for the vast, vast majority of artists (namely, all but the very big guns) that they have only partial control over what stuff they record and release, though? When you're taking someone else's coin, they get to request the tune. That's the way art has always worked for the vast majority of artists. I'm not going to burst an artery over this. They'd be foolish to tamper with RuneScape too much. The game doesn't seem to be doing a truly fantastic job of attracting new blood or generating potential interest so they'll need to keep the customers they've currently got onside. That's why so many updates in the the game's recent history have been high-end content, bluntly aimed towards people who've stuck around for year after year.

I'm with Riku. If something needs changing, I'll change it when it needs changing so I'll put a full effort into it. Making resolutions you don't really want or need to keep is going to fail, everytime. One resolution I did see going around was to start donating blood. I've been doing that for two years anyway but, from other people's perspective, it might work better because you only need to do it three times a year and the NHS nags you by post and text to remind you when the next appointment's due. If you can't follow that regime, then you've got deeper issues. NYE I played Skyrim. Family had a bash a few days earlier for Christmas and NYD so... that was it. At midnight I went outside and watched the fireworks (I live near the town centre). Very pretty. :-)

They got rid of that? That was actually one of the very few things I missed when moving to Chrome. :( [/hide] It still does that for me, although that going straight to the page has only rarely worked for me anyway :/ It comes up with the following message when I type "bbc" into the address bar: File not found Firefox can't find the file at jar:file:///C:/Program Files (x86)/Mozilla Firefox/omni.jar!/chrome/en-GB/locale/browser-region/region.propertiesbbc. * Check the file name for capitalisation or other typing errors. * Check to see if the file was moved, renamed or deleted. I'll try re-installing the whole thing. EDIT: No, still not working.

Thought I'd highlight this. Fancy textbooks are no substitute for proper studying techniques and revision--the equipment for which costs, what... £40 tops?--and they're useless if you're planning on a lie-in when you should be in a lecture hall at 9am. The golden rule we were told was that we could be examined on anything taught in the lectures, not the books. Hey presto, plenty of stuff reared up which wasn't present in the reading lists. Go figure.

His defence helped. Game could've been beyond them in the first fifteen had they not limited Ben to two field goals. Tebow couldn't buy a first down in the opening two possessions. OK, he came up good in the end and fair play for the three or so big plays he made but... can he afford that against the Pats next week? My money's on Brady showing a QB masterclass just like he did only a month ago.

When I was at medical school a fifty page revision guide would set you back £40. The anatomy textbooks cost £120. Add that for about four different parts of the course, plus the lab coats, the smart clothes to go on placements with and the stethoscope and it's definitely something I don't miss about the place. My strategy will be to ask for a reading list, then seeing what I can get cheap with Amazon and which books I'll only be using situationally, therefore I can avoid buying those altogether by going to the library early and reading ahead of my studies before all the other classmates hog them.

Ego stroking through K/D spreads. When people start qutting because they're the zombie though, that's when it gets silly. I kind of wish they'd remove Invasion and Living Dead from representation in "Matchmaking kills". You'd get less people playing them but at least they'd be playing the game properly. Watching a Banshee spawn kill on Spire while the core gets delivered is pretty disheartening. Watching four of your own team get wiped out by a sticky because they're waiting for it and not watching the Elites spawn behind them is just lulz.

Well, we all know the big clubs don't care about the FA Cup any more. A captain sent off, three or four controversial game-changing decisions, five goals, Scholes coming out of retirement. Neither team giving it their all obviously.

This game has taught me that if I ever get married in real life, it will not be to someone who finishes every sentence with "<comma> love". In northern English dialect, "love" is often used colloquially when talking to any one of the opposite gender, especially when they're younger. I've grown up with most older women at work and school calling me "love" for 21 years, and yet every time I walk into my house in Skyrim, even I find this infuriating.

In a previous version of Firefox to the one I'm currently using (9.0.1) it was possible to type a word into the URL bar and it would automatically generate a Google search, or go straight to the page if it's obvious what you were looking for. "BBC" would go to "www.bbc.co.uk", "youtube" to "www.youtube.com" etc. Is there any way of restoring that tool into version 9.0.1?

I get a strain in my wrist occasionally if I'm doing a strenuous activity. It might not be RSI strictly, just muscle fatigue perhaps. I used to play RuneScape on a laptop's mousepad, so that definitely made it worse because my shoulders were cramped over the keypad as well, causing spinal strains. I just reorganised my desk, bought a USB keyboard plus a mouse and it's improved a lot. I've never played RS for long periods of time though, three hours per session at the very most followed by a break. The really horrible thing is when I put my hands in a rested position. You can really see the curve in my fingers where a mouse/controller would go.

I'll do something that only 100,000 people have achieved before me. I know due to real life I'll play less this year anyway. Happy New Year to everyone on TIF. :^_^:

It's a "big problem" with just about every other company involved with video games, then. Jagex are hardly alone in being guilty of turning a blind eye to rampant cheating. Clearly, the whole industry has this "big problem". Can you really be that harsh to someone when they're only failing something that's been failed by everyone else who's tried before? At least Jagex have had some success; other companies have had none with their efforts. It's always easier to criticise than praise though, I guess.