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********************************************************* QUALIFIER AND DISCLAIMER: This is to be an academic and anonymous discussion of obsessive compulsive disorder as manifested in the behaviour of Runescape players. The ground rules for this discussion are: 1) Do not name any players other than yourself. 2) Do not denigrate or harass any players directly or even by inference. 3) Your comments in this discussion may not interfere with any other players peace and enjoyment of the game. I will assume no responsibility for anyone who breaches these guidelines and will be mighty upset if this discussion cannot continue because of it. ********************************************************* For those who are unfamiliar with obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) check the following link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsessive- ... e_Disorder (bear in mind that Wikipedia is by no means a definitive reference but it will give you the general idea). OK, are we all clear on that? Now that we have that out of the way, lets discuss observed obsessive compulsive behaviour in runescape. (Hopefully undisturbed and FREELY.) It has been observed that some players have leveled all their stats to round numbers except the one they are working on. (i.e. Str 1000000xp, Atk 1500000xp, etc.) This is certainly an exhibition of a somewhat obsessive compulsive behaviour. I find it most interesting that many players have done exactly this with all their skills, very odd. Myself, I have not done so with experience points but with the actual levels, where I'll level my attack to 40, strength to 50 and defense to 40, and then proceed with leveling them by five or ten. I'll even get upset with myself if I select the wrong combat mode and gain experience on the wrong stat for even a few minutes. Certainly somewhat obsessive compulsive. Another behaviour I exhibit myself is organising my bank so everything is tidy and grouped, which is another good example. Another is collecting bones, I just cannot pass them by and leave them on the ground. Runescape is definitely fertile ground for the manifestation of behaviours diagnostic of obsessive compulsive behaviour, and one could even argue that any player who sticks with the game for any length of time is at least somewhat obsessive compulsive. What obsessive compulsive behaviours have you observed in runesacpe in yourself and in other players? I look forward to the intellectual, academic and civil discussion of this subject.

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Add my voice to the chorus strongly objecting to the highly intrusive and unsafe ads recently appearing on tip.it. I mean are tribalfusion popups really necessary? They are notorious for malware. EDIT: tribalfusion ads are typically associated with pronography and warez/hacking sites. You don't want to appear to be part of that element do you? What's wrong with plain old Google or falkag ads? EDIT: You just need to be cagey about blocking gold ads... look up the owner of the domain, find all other domains they own, block all of them in the adsense blacklist, whether they are currently Google ad targets or not.(Block domains, not urls) That is the approach I have always taken with google ads and it has worked pretty well. It will save you a great deal of effort. For tip.it users, I strongly advise the use of Firefox with the popup blocker enabled and the Flashblock extension to browse tip.it, otherwise you are taking a severe risk with the security of your PC. Using the two of these block almost all intrusive ads without the hassle of the noscript or adblock extensions. Also, using flashblock allows you to run flash objects only when desired, this is a superior solution to uninstalling flash. To tip.it staff and management: this is otherwise a really good site, well executed, designed, hosted, lots of good info... overall an excellent job. It is a real shame to ruin it with intrusive ads that pose a real security risk to your users. I suggest you stop using them before it bites you in the rear.