Everything posted by Will H
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A new pair of eyes with every order of dreadlocks!
No. Boobs! :thumbsup: Jiggle physics! YAY. Anyways, I really like that they're improving the character models more. Ignoring the incomplete chin, the eyes are really good.
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RuneFest Tickets Sold Out & Venue Location
Wait, what? WHAT?!? Although I'm impressed that they managed to sell out, I would have definitely have gone if I knew this.
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dev blog. Court cases - back in session.
Reward for completing the court case: Horatio sunglasses. This better happen.
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Computer Dead becuase of RAM?
Booting without RAM is not harmful to your computer, it just doesn't achieve much. The flashing light just tells you that it doesn't have any RAM in. On the other hand, putting RAM somewhere where it isn't intended such as a CD case can damage it easily due to static or dust. Here's what I'd do. If a step doesn't fix it, move on to the next one: Step 1: Clear out any dust in the RAM slots, compressed air is ideal. Put the RAM back in and try again. Step 2: Experiment with different combinations and locations of the RAM modules. Computers can work fine with only one RAM module and the other empty. Step 3: See if you can get hold of another RAM module from somewhere else that should work with your laptop, and try it with that. Step 4: Your motherboard might be broken. Check with a professional laptop repair specialist.
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magic rework
That happens in all updates of this type. In my opinion, the more people who complain and leave for stupid reasons such as the Constitution mechanic, the more the community benefits. Only certain parts of magic need tweaking, most of it is fairly balanced now due to the Dungeoneering necklaces and the Staff of Light, which high level p2p magic really benefits from. If anything it's too weak in high level f2p because the defensive holding spells are inadequate, giving a high level f2p meleer a fighting chance when s/he doesn't deserve it. PvM isn't too good either because Magic lacks the ammo slot that Range enjoys and Melee doesn't need, as well as the huge guaranteed consumption of runes. I'd like to see some f2p features that let you condense Runes in a more efficient way than Combinations Runes did, but maybe along the same line of thought, as well as the use of the ammo slot.
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Behind the Scenes - July
It's still definitely worth it though.
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Behind the Scenes - July
Now these are the BTSs that we came to know and love! Fantastic set of updates here, and I can't fault any of them. New WOM quest: WOOT. I'm very glad I got 62 construction now, 68 doesn't seem so bad now. Dungeoneering reward dungeons: WOOT. This was the other half of the skill that it needed. And we haven't even gone into batch 2 yet! Dungeoneering ring upgrades: Why not? It's a nice way to get people to specialise, but they should do something about binding as well. Construction in Dungeoneering: Pretty much inevitable, and wootilicious. Jagex seemed to be on a crusade to make every single skill have a proper value in Dungeoneering, and it's a sensible idea too. Here's hoping that they'll make it good enough so people actually invest the time to do it in a raid. Fixing the single player Dungeoneering bug: WOOT. I can't believe how many times I've been screwed over by that. Treasure Trails: I don't think WOOT quite does this justice. THIS IS AMAZING.
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Installing new graphics card
I swear anti-static wristbands are overrated. Doing it in a room that doesn't have a carpet will normally do, since the action of opening the case will remove any charge.
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Icelander's Campaign a Joke, Until He's Elected
Heh, well, at least he's got some good ideas going (free admission to swimming pools for under 18 is awesome). I hope he does well.
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My great grandmother died
My condolences. It's thought-provoking when you think how much stuff in the world happens over 89 years, really.
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Will Jagex reply on Monday?
We're supposed to be a platinum fansite now, right? Why can't we have a J mod come here and explain. After all, they might be more tempted to do it here and receive at worst constructive criticism than in the RSOF and get mindless rants.
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World Cup 2010 - South Africa!
You could still use them only when it's a tough call. How do you define a tough call, if you leave that up definition up to the ref you leave them open to calls of bias every time they don't use the technology (and get it wrong). The same way it's used in every other sport... And if there's no "official review," the coaches can call a review if they want. If they're wrong and the ruling on the field stands, they lose a sub. Also, this isn't an endorsement of video reviewing. I don't know where exactly I stand on it. Just saying it could be done imo. The difference is in many other sports where such technology is used there is little room for interpretation - in tennis the ball is either in or out, in rugby the try scorer either had the ball incontrol when scoring or he didn't etc. If you even just look at a contentious tackles there are so many scenarios where it just comes down to a referee's preference and there is no way that a video review would alter a referee's taste. Having managers call for a video review wouldn't work either as they are not in a good position to see what happens in the penalty box (where the majority of game changing incidents occur). Also losing subs for a wrong call would be horrible as it would lead to injured players having to play on when they shouldn't and making injuries worse which could potentially shorten careers in the long run. Video technology can only work well in sports where there is little to no room for interpretation in regards to the rules, football in my opinion isn't one of them. The same goes for boxing where there can be a lot of things that go into judging who won a round - many of which are purely a matter of taste and preference. Yes, there will be room for human error by having people judging alone but video technology will not end contentious decisions in certain sports. By the way this is coming from a Scotland fan - we're continually robbed of results in one way or another but c'est la vie that is what being a football fan is about, some bad decisions go against you and some go your way. That's irrelevant, we're not talking about reviewing bad tackles, we are talking about the simple yes or no decisions that require a sharp eye but no brain, and only if it's contested by a player. They're rarely points of contention, the referee usually gets it right and the players agree. If a player is thought to be making too many intentional illegitimate contests, then they should be booked for time wasting. In fact, most games probably wouldn't require the intervention of video replays at all. Simples, and not expensive nowadays either.
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The Fish-cession
It's got nothing to do with the boots, pretty much all fish have the same graph that extends over the past month or so, but a rising trend for sara brews. I can't explain it.
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Dragon Defender confirmed.
People, I think that we all need to just put the Dungeoneering tokens to one side and focus more on these mini-dungeons more. I think we all agree that tokens should not be the main reward for the skill, and these so called 'reward dungeons' need 'rewards'.
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Support my runescape thread (Android Phones)
Patience, young tip.iter, wait until Android OS becomes a bit more mainstream, and then we'll be seeing the apps.
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Dragon Defender confirmed.
You know what? I think that putting the Dragon Defender as part of the mini dungeons that are planned would be a good idea.
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Tip.it Now Rated as Platinum Fansite!
About time. Hopefully we can put the advert kerfuffle behind us now.
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Dragon Defender confirmed.
It should happen. The game will be much better off if the combat triangle worked better, I think everyone knows that. People should stop being so defeatist about it. As awesome as the dragon defender is, it isn't what is needed in the game right now. The whip will be far too powerful as a non-degrading weapon if they don't put any downsides to the defender.
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Obama Administration Announces Massive Piracy Crackdown
*dials* "Hello, police, someone downloaded my car." "So you're calling to report a stolen car?" "No, someone made a copy of it." "Do you still have you car?" "Yes, but now other people have a car that looks just like mine." "..."
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Australian PM Step Down
That was what I'm thinking. Be warned, when this happened to us we got a PM that was even more unpopular than the original.
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Quiet Before the Swarm 24-Jun-2010 & Free to play quest changes
What's clear about this is that Jagex and the players of Runescape have two very different mindsets on how the market inside and outside the GE functions, and they're both blind to how each other thinks about the subject. I propose that both Jagex and a group of players who would be considered as knowledgeable of the economy both write two detailed articles with the title 'How the economy of Runescape works'. Both articles should address the mechanics of how the GE relates to the market outside the GE, junk trading, the rights of Jagex to adjust the prices of certain items and so on. This way everyone might be able to get a wider view of what Jagex is trying to do with the economy and how players are interpreting it.
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Quiet Before the Swarm 24-Jun-2010 & Free to play quest changes
Sweet, new quests are never a bad thing, and the Void Knights are a source of a lot of potential lore to add to the game.
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tip it vs runehq why we are better
Tip.it has better forums than anywhere else that I've seen, for obvious reasons. Tip.it has good guides and calculators, but for more specific information RSWiki is faster and more efficient. To be honest, that's not a bad thing.
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Balmung and Keris...
Rebalancing would be nice. By rebalancing though, I mean not nerfing the whip, but beefing up the other weapons to make them comparable to the whip. I wouldn't mind lowering the stats of the whip by a bit as well as making other weapons better, to minimise power creep. Balmung and Keris should be strictly better then the whip on their respective beasties, but not elsewhere. Judging from the stats of items in Dungeoneering, Jagex are far wiser now to balancing weapons and armour than they were back in 2006. They should consider putting that wisdom to better use.
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Getting the iOS 4.0 update? If you don't have 3GS, 4G, or 3G iPod, you're screwed.
I don't understand, then. 128MB of RAM in a phone was great three years ago. In fact, it was downright unheard of. Now the iPhone 4 has 512MB. I don't understand how you're saying that Moore's law plays a part in addition to Apple crippling their technology. Apple should be trying to get as close to the inexpensive limits of technology as possible, currently modelled by Moore's law, since they're selling their phones as such. Let's assume that 512MB of RAM in a phone is reasonably close to the inexpensive limits of technology and give Apple the benefit of the doubt. That means that two years ago, at the time that the 3G was developed, it should have had 256MB of RAM, instead of 128MB. Four years ago, 128MB of RAM in a phone would have been close to the inexpensive limit of technology. Instead, a year later, the original iPhone is released with 128MB of RAM. It was just behind the times of what is possible. Note the assumption that was we have right now is the upper limit, because it probably isn't. Every company does this. Intel does it with their roadmaps, Samsung does it with their NAND flash, LG with their displays, etc. They could have put 256MB of RAM in the 2G, but it was already what, $600 (w/o subsidy)? It's like the people pleading for a 64GB iPhone model at $300 - it's not going to happen without a bump in price. So those companies aren't trustworthy with their respective products either. Of course it isn't going to happen without a bump in price, it's Apple. They are making what should be a normal product extremely overpriced. This is what I mean by untrustworthiness. Google is the closest you get to offering OS updates for smartphones (Nokia's Symbian, WinMo?), hence the mention. Samsung and RIM don't even offer OS upgrades for devices one, two or, three years old. Heck, most people are lucky to even get one. In my opinion, Apple should be up there with Google as far as OS support goes. It would be far more honest to come out with it and say that once you buy a phone it isn't going to get OS updates from the start, than deny features to earlier customers when they didn't see it coming and imply them to buy yet another phone sooner than they need to.