Barihawk

Your taking someone else's suggestion. The rare trader would function like a specialty shop. You buy a tinderbox for 11 gp and you can sell it back for 5. The idea is not to remove party hats from the game, its to remove hard cash, which is what the people flaming me seem not to get. I am sure people would sell thier hats to players, not to the rares trader, since they would get more money. However, players who have worked hard to buy a hat can do it without hours of sitting in Falador World 2. The Rares trader would function exactly like a player merchant, but just serving as a money sink. The price would be completely player-set. Jagex would just have to assign a staff member to monitor prices and update them everyday. So really, yall are overreacting over nothing. My idea was exactly like what Ipinkus! posted. No removal of hats unless someone is stupid enough to sell them to the rares trader. Only like 1-3 hats would be in stock at a given time, so its not like a flood of party hats that would crash the economy. Oh, and Duke: I agree with Ipinkus! and you. Read the original post before you flame, Duke. My post is not about phats or rares, its about money sinks. The NPC trader is not a wholesaler, he will sell for the same amount as players, and that price will change everyday, just like the real prices.

You want to know what I feel about Rares? Fine. I think they were a mistake that should have untradable from the start. They were gifts to the community, and the only reason they were tradable was so people could grab a few for thier friends. Then they became these status symbols of wealth. Let's look at it from Jagex's angle: You are sitting under the tree at Christmas and give your girlfriend a beautiful bracelet that cost you say $400. You include the reciept in case it is too small or large for her, or if she does not like the style and can trade it for something more to here taste. BAM! Two years later she breaks up with you and sells it on E-bay for $800. Yeah, thats how rares turned out. In fact, the staff was so upset that thier gifts were being treated this way that they made the scythes and bunny ears untradable, which brought wining because the merchants were not able to make money. I think its amazing that they are standing by thier gift and not making the things untradable. While it may be easy for a so-called "famous player" like yourself (I dont give a rats-tail about how wealthy you are. I wonder what the hell you spend all that money on anyways) to glorify people who share similar ideas with him and spit on those who try to reduce his wealth by criticizing an immoral trade of items. Your somewhat right. I dont want a party hat, I've had a santa (and sold it because it was pointless) and do not wish to have a mask. I don't get why people are willing to pay millions upon millions of thier hard-earned money to get such a useless item. Which means, I dont see the use of rares. The problem needs to be SOLVED, not negotiated to make sure everyone is happy. Look at Guild Wars (which is slowly being infested by RS merchants). The party hat of Guild Wars is colored dyes, which have a use as they change your armor's colours. There is a dye trader in the largest city that relies completely on player input (just like Ipinkus! said, as well as I) and buys and sells the dyes at a fair price. The problem is, dyes are dropped by monsters, much in the way Shiva proposed in the original post. Actually, I have thought it over from both sides. Why do you think I hate them? I would much rather save up all my money for a set of Barrows Armor that actually serves me use. I am not going to waste hours of my free time making digital money to buy something that serves no purpose but to cause me to turn off public chat because people associate the item I bought with incredible wealth. Im sure your public and private chat is turned to Friends Only, Duke. Otherwise you would have hundreds of people PMing you asking you the weather, if they can buy something, or asking for Phr33 St00f. I am happy with all three communication options set to "public" and having to struggle just to get a set of barrows armor. I've never fallen for "get rich quick" schemes and train my butt off to raise skills (and make money in the process). Its been 14 months since I first started this character, and I am only level 91 with 1223 total and 950k in the bank. I guess that makes me an ignorant fool, since I dont merchant. And yes, I have been rude and egocentric. Guess what, so have you. And when you say to think about the other side, think about if you were Andrew or Paul, and having your bracelet sold on E-bay. And the topic is Moneysinks, thank you very much. Not on if Party hats should be taken out of the game or not, since I NEVER SAID THAT in the original and main post. I merely said it would not affect me in the slightest if that happened. Sorry for getting off topic in my own topic.

Mutual affection: When you love her and she loves you equally, before you begin a relationship. True love can also form later in a relationship, but it is stronger in the first case. And whoamygod, the flashing flash ad is making me dizzy.

A level 58 named Wildcat101 (not sure on numbers) co-founded it six months ago. Yeah, its not that profitable, but its free laws for some of us.

I am less concerned about the rares than I am removing as much money from the economy. If it were up to me, bronze-dragon armor would degrade like barrows and stuff like that. But Shiva and I do agree that if all rares would made untradable or removed from the game permamently, we wouldnt cry. 500,000 people suscribe as members, and at least that many play the free game. About maybe...15%...of them can afford a party hat? I dont think that would make a dent in Jagex's pocketbook, and the holes would easily be filled by newer players with no clue what a rare item is. The only thing wrong with this is that Jagex cares too much for all of its players. I wish they would take a stand on this issue like they have with other unpopular notions like the crumble undead and magic short bow nerfs.

Then why bother making that post? The inflation is still going on, and is very rampant. There is too much money on the game, and not enough to spend it on while removing it from the game (money sinks).

A euphanism of going to the restroom is to say that you "go". "Went" is the past-tense form of "go"...so his grammar...and mine...were correct. He went in his pants = He went potty in his pants See the relevance? Anywhoo, back on topic.

:lol: How is that possible :lol: He was alluding ghost island to a ghost town. Usually there is noone on Entrana save a few glass-makers. World 66 has 500+ people in a line from the law alter to draynor bank. I know all that. See that bolded out line? Ah, that. He meant that he almost wet his pants in surprise when he saw people on Entrana. That better? Its entirely possible if you are not careful.

:lol: How is that possible :lol: He was alluding ghost island to a ghost town. Usually there is noone on Entrana save a few glass-makers. World 66 has 500+ people in a line from the law alter to draynor bank. Oh, and even Zezima runs laws when his stock gets low. Ive seen him off and on all night in Draynor bank. That or he buys the extremely cheap laws from the bank.

Clothes, a warm-ups set (red and black for Uni colours), red and black Nike running shoes, money (for desperately needed car repairs) and maybe if I save up enough from working over the holidays, Ill buy a cheap wireless notebook.

IF things haven't changed since I last ran ess for laws: Ok, first, you need to be a member(pay to play or p2p). If you are, then keep reading. What you do is, first go to world 66, then get 27 rune essence in your inventory(26 if you're fally teleporting). Now, with the 27 ess, go to the entrana law altar and wait outside if you don't have a law tally/tiara(if you do, go inside the law altar). Now, trade with the people in bright red robes(zamorak robes I believe). Offer all 27 essence, and they should offer 27 laws and 27 noted essence back for your 27 ess. Go through with the trade, then head back to a bank(Draynor banking is the fastest method for me). Deposit(or put in) the laws and essence in your bank. Now, withdraw 27 unnoted essence, and repeat until desired amount of law runes has been reached. Exactly how it works. I got 200 laws to refill my inventory there today. Im going to do it heavily in the next few days and work up my magic on Camelot Teleport. Theyve been doing it for 6 months, and the founder is a level 58. Its an impressive operation, especially if you are smart and take a law tiara. Then you can see the inner workings.

Have ropes on the boats, so warriors can swing to the enemy's boat and kill people :P.

People seem to be complaining about two things when it comes to the economy: the soaring price of rares, and the flood of money into the Runescape economy. Rares: Shiva had a good idea in RSPM that functions on the premise of the roulette wheel drop system. Drops are determined by a...roulette wheel. There is one spot on this wheel (1/64 chance) that is the "rare drop" wheel. This second wheel is flooded with gems, half keys (lesser chance) and continously lowering chances of getting a dragon med, spear, etc. Shiva's idea was to have a SINGLE bar on the rare wheel (1/4946 chance...which is godawful rare) that leads to a new wheel. This wheel has many common rare drops on it (half keys, etc) but it also has two slots for each of: Christmas Crackers, Halloween Masks, Santa Hats. Like PMG, its liek in infintiscmle chance of getting a rare item! From a Goblin-King Rex no less! Rare prices would slowly drop and stabilize like the Dragon Chain. Prices will still be good, but not rediculously high thanks to the manipulators. (Before you say, Shiva is a n00b who cant afford party hats: he has owned like 20 of them, and just bought dragon chain for the heck of it. :P) Solution to inflation: You are going to hate my idea: A rares trader. But not some guy who buys and sells them for a few GP. It would require close control of the market, but Jagex can adjust prices on the rare store items to match the current demand. Maybe even a little cheaper? Think about it...a guy saves up enough money to buy a white party hat. He thinks, "I could sell it to a player, or sell it to Larry and still have a little left over!" He would buy the hat, and walk away with a shiny prize. His 90-100 million would go *poof!*, gone forever. (Before you call me a noob who cant afford rares, pat yourself on the back, because you are right. But then slap yourself, because my idea will in no way make you poorer :P) So...yeah...money sink and cracker drops.

I still fail to believe you on the 190 db because that would shatter the safety glass. As Runesmithie stated earlier, thats almost like a bomb going off 6 feet away from you. And the current record is 170 db. If you can break that, then you should contact someone to get your name in the record books.

This post sounds smart, your previous posts made no sense. 190 db can easily kill someone with undeveloped eardrums (which is less than 27 years old). I drive a Saturn, so my "rig" is not "pimped". I have Saturn stocks in front, Pioneer 6x6's in back, and a Pioneer stereo that owns all (except stereos that are more expensive than it).

I am very fond of the classic Mobile Suit Gundam...watched it back in England as a kid. Out of modern Gundam shows, I only really enjoyed 0079 8th MS Group, and 0083 Stardust Memory. The only other anime I have seen is Read or Die (the movie). Not bad...not good...meh.

New York out of those two. I prefer just the normal crust you usually get from Dominoes and all, but thin crust at hole-in-the-wall pizza parlors (which usually are better :)).

I have a Sony 80-watt with 4 speakers! Eat it! Then I have a 120 watt 5.1 system for my computer. No, I know nothing of electronics.

I am currently working on an Arts and Sciences degree with a minor in secondary education. After graduation, I will start teaching somewhere near San Antonio while working on my Masters degree in History. Then, I will either teach advanced high school or work for a College or University while paying off my loans, and do research work. Eventually, I might get a Doctorate, but whats the point in that except to be a tenured professor (I'll wait till I'm at least 40-50 before working on a Doctorate). My overall life goal is to start a family, support it well, and see my children find God and success in thier lives.

Now that he has edited it to make more sense, I stand down. In its raw, unedited form, it was phrased differently. Thank you Kirby for making that distinction. Although I still think this topic is turning from a discussion on Islam into a quiet flame war.

I did not misread it...look at it again. He blatantly says these passages refer to Christ when they refer to a completely different person.

The portrayal of Eadgar from FF6 is priceless. And Malon looks exactly like this girl I know from Hawaii...freaky.

Thats only the Japanese version. In the International version, you can get Anima after defeating Yunalesca. You only need to have gotten the Aeons required by the storyline (ie Valefor, Ifrit, Ixion, Shiva, and Bahamut). After you get the airship (after defeating Yunalesca) you search the ruins near where you started the game and have a battle with that squid thing that nearly killed you in your first boss battle. Then you will enter the Temple and learn many neat things about the origins of Anima.

That's one example from the Bible. Exactly WHO is "the Prophet" this passage is referring to, if not Christ (pbuh) nor Elijah (pbuh)? I say Muhammad (pbuh). Here's the rest of the passage: It is very suspicious... who is this Prophet they were expecting, if not Jesus nor Elijah? (The person they are asking is John the Baptist, but he already said He is not the Prophet they are thinking of) 11. Since christianity is already laid out till the end of time, how can you call all of it "the past"? Because Christianity was corrupted... that's why God sent one more messenger to clear up His message and protect it from further alterations. I have no problem with what you posted except for right here. Lets review the strategically edited verses: I think its funny that you try to convince people that John the Baptist is Christ. You failed at your attempt to misguide people. Listen, as I said, I have no problem with Islam. But if you are going to try to make your case, at least GET THE FACTS STRAIGHT!!! John the Baptist was not Christ Oh, and besides the 24 versions of the Bible and Torah we have at our house, we have the Kuran in both Arab and English. Yes, I have studied it a bit. My dad and I are both theology buffs.

The only story in Varrock Library I have read this year better than this one has been Gaal and Smoke...only because I am addicted to them. Wow, I applaud you. This is definately one of the better works here.