Harakiri

It's a discussion about anime, if a guy says he doesn't like it that doesn't instantly mean we have to jump on him and tell him to GTFO, he posted his opinion on the subject at hand like the thread is supposed to be for. Whether you like it or not this is a place to state your opinion and by fighting you can not at all change the opinion of a person, especially on the subject of anime, which is one that leads to really stupid fights. I can agree that a lot of anime does suck. I very rarely watch anime anymore, I watch Bleach and that's it. The last anime I watched fully was Neon genesis Evangelion. I'm an anime fan, sure, but I can still say that a lot of anime sucks, can't I? I can say that Naruto is crap right? This is a discussion on the subject of anime/manga, not the thread creating a huge anime fanclub. So, why don't we all accept the fact that there are bound to people who don't enjoy anime/manga as much, and why don't we calm down and not take offense at the opinion, and why don't we just get back to talking about manga/anime. OK, now back on subject I am currently reading Bleach, tried to read the third arc of JoJo but found it way too stupid and am going to read ravages of time once I finish Bleach.

There is a racing game with Redneck in the name but I can't remember the complete name. Redneck Racing?

It's always one or the other isn't it, haha. I don't know many people that are a huge fan of both. No, I played one of the Quakes (two or three I believe)but didn't enjoy it quite as much as UT.

I personally hate UT3...The vehicles just don't feel right and the maps aren't as original and exciting. It just doesn't feel like '99. 2004 is really hard, I know 99's campaign is nearly impossible toward the end, but 2004 starts easy and then there is a difficulty curve like running into a brick wall.

I know there are quite a few PC gamers here, but does anybody still play the original Unreal Tournament? I can't believe this game has survived ten years and still has such a huge fan base and there were over 1200 people online playing tonight. I am obsessed with the online, and I was hoping some TIFers play as well.

GI JOE RISE OF COBRA It was waaaaaaaaaaay better then I expected, and I really enjoyed it.

I'm going to agree that your being F2P should answer why there are not as many yews around. And they take forever to chop and everytime I go for one I find myself with fifteen other people who are better at chopping then me.

[hide=] That's sad that people can EXPECTto see a flame war anytime you two come into contact. It's pretty sad that people can't post on a thread because you two are too busy fighting. Expect the expected.... It's sad that you don't see what Pie is actually trying to convey. Once again, expect the expected. :lol: I said that for humor, and to convey that this really is ridiculous. Almost every rant on this page regarding people thinking Jagex has messed up has turned into a quelmotz/canadiansmurf war zone. No...I cannot believe anyone would even say that...that's pathetic. Eatrunearrow, for anyone who doesn't know, is the dumbest troll known to TIF. We don't ever quote his words... Except for the sake of humor. Quote him seriously, and expect to get looks of "What on earth are you smoking? And they all seem to find TIF :? Not all of them, thank God. check out the RSOF rants forum. It's hilarious chaos. I agree no one has ever written a law that says that you can't defend Jagex, hell I can, he can, but you and your little "Jagex hate" buddies can't hold up your own arguments. Oh, they hold them up. They just don't hold them up well. It's like taking a wooden shield and thinking it'll defend you against a battalion of tanks. The Pie Remix of 6 O' Clock with Ratchet. Just replying to your last comment: Ever played Civ III? Wood shields CAN hold up to tanks... oh, how they can... In Games. I dare you to face off against an IRL tank with nothing but a wooden shield. [/hide]And Runescape is...? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?[/hide] Runescape is real life!!!

That's not Britney. Far too thin to be Britney. Ouch. Say that to her face and you'll be in for a close shave 8-)

===============Chapter 1=============== The smell of burning mixed with the smell of urine and feces and every other disgusting smell you could think of. My nose crinkled up and I added throw-up to that list. It was disgusting, almost barbaric what they were making me go through. Beside me were the dead bodies of my companions on this mission, two young minds who were going out on a training mission and would never get to see their newly acquired families. The bodies were another thing to add to that list. It's funny that I've been able to survive this long. It was probably the fact that I had gotten used to it until the smell of burning made everything's stench different. I could hear screams and gunfire above me. Adding to that was the distinctive sound of a helicopter preparing for flight. Explosions would occasionally rock the ground. The pit my captors had left me in for the past two and a half weeks was unscathed by whatever was going on above. I pretty much sat back and paid attention above, to see if something or someone fell in. I had been sitting with my back to a rounded dirt wall for a couple minutes when a man wearing a pair of Levi's and a button down cowboy shirt and leather vest walked over to the edge. He was holding a bandanna over his mouth with one hand and an AK-47 in the other. I could hear him cough, could see the wind gently blow the branches of the trees to the North, the opposite way of the battle. I could see the smoke following the wind like it was chasing after it. I stared at the man, and knew now why he was aiming his weapon at my head. The Americans had come, finally. They had come to save us. Well, myself and the corpses at least. He was about to pull the trigger when I heard a THUMP! as if from a silenced weapon. The man's forehead shot out and pink matter came with it, raining down on me. The body fell into the pit and lay face down in front of me. I looked from the body to the SEAL that stood over the pit. I could hear him scream into the microphone attached to his helmet, "One live soldier! Two corpses!". I scrambled to the AK and grabbed it. The SEAL tensed and aimed his silenced Beretta toward me. I got back against the wall and pulled the clip from the weapon. I checked it and saw it had about twenty out of a possible thirty one bullets inside. I shoved it back in and checked to see if the mud on the ground of the pit had caked inside of anything. It didn't, and I laughed. If I needed to, I might be able to fight. I felt a little dizzy since all I had been fed was bread for the past weeks (ever since my partners died, I got their shares, which was pretty good). I watched the SEAL who had found me throw a rope in and tell me to get up. I nodded, and as soon as I stood, I felt my brain kind of melt. I couldn't think very well, let alone coordinate myself. I wobbled to the rope and grabbed it, cradling the AK in my armpit. It was pointed backwards in case it went off. "Pull." I was able to tell the SEAL and he did. I was pretty skinny, though my beard probably weighed a ton. He needed the help of two others to get me on South American soil again. I coughed when I got to the top and then pumped my fist triumphantly. I had done it. "What happened to the other two?" One of the SEAL's asked me. "Thought they could pick a fight with the pirates. Couldn't think because of the little amounts of food." Just saying the words was making my head spin. The man nodded and took a blue blanket from someone. He threw it over me and I suddenly realized I was naked. And had mud and brain juice all over me. Then, the men tried to take my gun. I pulled it from his grasp and said, "I need protection." The SEAL nodded and tried to get me to my feet. I almost collapsed, but the guy grabbed me before my face met the ground. He let me lean against him and hurriedly headed toward the whirring sound that belonged to a helicopter. And of course, the helicopter had to be on the other side of the fires and the smoke. Great. I shoved the blanket over my mouth and went with the guy into the blackest smoke I had ever seen. We ran faster then I thought a man in my shape should be able. The helicopters rotors were probably helping to fan the smoke out, which was helpful, but my coughing told me that it wasn't enough. When we got to the black Apache, that's when the problems began. First a shot was fired that went through the neck of my companion. Next I fell to the ground with his dead body and smacked my head into the metal floor of the Apache, my head ringing. Then, I saw men start to surround it, dead soldiers being thrown out to show us that we had been beaten. I tried to pull myself into the helicopter but was shot in the leg. I screamed and was about to pass out when the co-pilot shoved me inside and yelled "Get the hell out of here!" The co suddenly ran to a mounted machine gun in one of the helicopters windows, and I was conscious enough to watch my captors be torn into swiss cheese. Blood and guts flew everywhere. Shots rang against the reinforced metal of the aircraft and I felt the Apache fly upward. We then flew over the trees of the Amazon jungle. The flight was pretty much a blur. The co-pilot patched me up and set me in a third seat behind the pilot and I pretty much passed out, occasionally waking to the sound of the pilot screaming that their team had been nearly destroyed. I remember prodding the pilots shoulder and whispering in his ear (it was pretty hard with all the gear on his head), "I'll take you on my team since I lost mine.". There was laughter and a conversation between the pilot and co-pilot and more darkness and nightmares and ringing. That day was not the best I've had in my life... --------------------------- The darkness would soon dissipate and I awoke as the chopper flew low over a large city. I could barely breath. Oh hell. "Hey!" I yelled. The co-pilot looked back. "Morning Sleeping Beauty!" He said with a smirk. I smiled and rolled my eyes. "How long was I asleep?" "A day." The man replied. "Enough time to get to Mexico City. You missed the two wonderful airstrips we stopped at. I swear to god if we weren't careful we would have gotten shot and this damn chopper would have been taken to a chop shop." I looked down at my leg and instantly regretted it. It had been tightly bandaged by the co-pilot and did not hurt quite as bad as it did before, but it was still a sharp pain that made me shriek. "The bullet was stuck in the bone and I had to pull it out with tweezers. You were barely conscious." He laughed. I laughed too, I don't know why, but I instantly regretted it and gasped for air. "Love that good ol' Mexico City air!" The pilot was apparently someone who had lived here at the American Embassy because no one should be able to breath this unless they had been here for years. I knew I would need an oxygen mask once we touched down. We landed at the Mexico City Aeropuerto. I was instantly thrown on a stretcher, an oxygen mask strapped over my mouth (thank god) and hauled to the nearest ambulance. Boy, my time in Mexico would only get better.

She's cute. Britteny Spears never did have fashion sense. 8-)

Leverage isn't crime solving. Eh, it involves crimes so I consider it crime solving. It is conning more, but I just like to consider everything under one collective name and then pick the ones that don't suck. Leverage is the only one I like.

Rammstein-Du Hast The rock station won't quit playing this song!

^^^That's been posted.

Leverage is one of my favorites. I watch House occasionally. That's about it, I am not much into all the crime shows and that kind of stuff. I tried to watch Burn Notice but it was another of those petty crime solving shows and I got bored. Leverage is like that but it's funny.

I want to see Ponyo... :shock: I am an avid anime fan but manga has seriously gotten annoying because I can't find anything different enough. I am thinking of reading the comedy ones about a boy meeting a girl and that kind of stuff but it doesn't sound as appealing as an action manga. I bought the first three volumes of Rouroni Kenshin and it's all right, but I'd personally rather watch manga. Trigun and Cowboy Bebop are my next things to watch.

Quel, not to get off topic or anything but you tell people to let threads die and then you bump your own thread? -.- Seriously?

SIX O' CLOCK WITH RATCHET Yes. That is the truth and nothing but the truth. Don't blame Jagex for what the PLAYERS were doing. If the players had been more reliable, more trustworthy, less inclined to cheat and do all that stuff then Jagex would have left the game the way it was. Players were the problem, not Jagex. If this rants forum ever gets some peace then pigs will fly out of my arse. Oh my god...This is the problem with you, you blame Quelmotz for replying to your posts that apparently have problems. You are just as bad, I could say that Gerbils post has become another battleground between Q and C. Canadian, you need to get used to the fact that this is a rants forum and there are bound to be people who disagree with you, because that's kind of the point in these debates. Quelmotz isn't ruining anything, because he has an opposite opinion to that of the OP or yourself (god forbid) he is not tarnishing this thread, merely giving his opinion. You are more the problem because you stalk him like Michael Jackson stalked that hooker in "The Way You Make Me Feel". It annoys the hell out of me that you blame other people for your obvious problems. Give your opinion and leave, there is no need to start a flame war and blame the opposite party because you are starting something. YOU are tarnishing this thread by starting a flame war. It's pretty sad when we get quotes like this: That's sad that people can EXPECTto see a flame war anytime you two come into contact. It's pretty sad that people can't post on a thread because you two are too busy fighting. It's sad that you don't see what Pie is actually trying to convey. Yeah, that's what this forum has always been like, it has always had people who can't see reason (canadiansmurf, Eatrunearrow, thedayRSdied) and would rather fight over something stupid. No...I cannot believe anyone would even say that...that's pathetic. Eatrunearrow, for anyone who doesn't know, is the dumbest troll known to TIF. We don't ever quote his words... And they all seem to find TIF :? Now, back to the Quelmotz fight thingy: The continued rantings of CanadianSnark From what I can tell, you are the idiot who pulled the thread off topic. You are the idiot who started this whole fight. Personal attack! Ouch, that hurt, he has no friends. I'm sorry to say that if that had been a more original attack and not some stupid thing because your mad, that it would have hurt more, but this just proves that you are getting more defensive because you can't come up with anything. Screw reading skills, you need ranting skills. To be a successful ranter you never jump out and personally attack anyone. You can call them an idiot, but you never attack someone based on their life, because that's getting defensive. And everyone knows you on this forum, and knows that you follow Quelmotz like an obedient dog with the idea that if you continue to bark at him, he'll go away. To bad he keeps slapping you silly because your rants aren't going anywhere and you are being made out as the bad guy here. I agree no one has ever written a law that says that you can't defend Jagex, hell I can, he can, but you and your little "Jagex hate" buddies can't hold up your own arguments. Yes he is an idiot who continues to follow you to start flamewars, flame you with flames that are basically copy and pasted from the previous war, and is one of the most annoying trolls I have seen in a long time. At least all the other big trolls only post every once in a while, Canadian's Troll surname has to be "The Stalker". Yes I did. That was back when Canadian was a relatively new member and I saw that Quel was getting more full of himself then he should. But over time I've found that Canadian Smurf seems to stalk, and while I don't like Quel's style at all, I have to side with him because I think that Canada is getting defensive in the bad way (personal attacks=desperate attempts to throw in a punch because you can't bring up a good point). He is stalking Quel, he is blaming him for everything. You both started this little stupid cat fight that has gotten nowhere. Quel continues to fight then he leaves and posts somewhere else and SOMEHOW the fight has moved over to the new thread thanks to someone else. I feel like the intermediary though because I always seem to get thrown in the middle by someone. I may have ranted more on Canada because I feel that his rants are getting stale, but I think the both of you need to leave each other alone. Canada, quit stalking and starting wars on other peoples threads, Quel, ignorance is bliss. Ignore this guy and maybe he will screw off. If this continues I am sure a mod will step in (I'm surprised one hasn't stepped in yet). Why not PM each other if you want to fight so much because this is getting old and I haven't posted in a while because I know what's going on on rants, it's pretty easy to tell... 1. Anti-Jagex rant 2. Skill rant 3. Some troll backing up Anti-Jagex rant causing flame war 4. Omali using smileys and now to add to the list: 5. Quelmotz and Canadian Smurf fighting over seemingly nothing and one blaming the other for ruining the forum/thread/etc. /END

Yes, I am going to pool my money with my brother for Christmas to buy this thing and get some games! This console will definitely boost sales and should help Sony get out of the hole they dug a bit.

MY EYES! BLOCK OF TEXT HURT EYES! Seriously, do this in paragraphs please so I might actually have a chance at reading this without going blind.

Well, if Quelmotz can do that then you should copy and paste all your arguments as well because you say the same stuff all the time. EDIT: Didn't see you up there Quelmotz. :lol:

Since when did this thread turn into a F2P rant that they don't get anything? There is a sticky for this sort of stuff...I don't know why you expect Jagex to hand you free stuff...Anyways, there are quite a few quests to be done. Once you hit level forty though, that's when you will want to fork over the money and play members because I find that, as a quester, the threshold in F2P for quests is forty. Give the cash or no new quests. Plain and simple.

I agree with Quelmotz that they aren't quite as annoying as they were before. Oh my god, before you couldn't fight anything for five minutes without some idiot NPC showing up. I'm fighting a monster, I can't talk to you...I can't talk...oh great, thanks bread lady! Now I'm way back in Falador because god forbid I kill a monster. I haven't seen her, I don't know if they got rid of her, but I sure do hate her.

You got 90+ CB stats on otherworldly beings? Good for you. To put it simply, THE GAME EVOLVES. It changes with its audience as its audience calls for different things. They wanted faster training, they got it. Also, just ask the kid if he has any trimmed capes. If he doesn't just laugh at him. If he does, then... well.... bummer for you. Or you could take it the mature way and ask him why he's insecure enough to insult you over a game. I agree with you Mister Eaten. The audience does change. This can be compared to James Bond movies. The Sean Connery audience were the people who read the books, but as kids slowly started watching the movies, here comes Roger Moore with a more friendly and likeable and comedic attitude. It evolved to make the majority of people watching (or in this case playing) happy.

Another edition of 6 O' Clock with Ratchet! Um...your welcome? Um...I would hardly constitute constructively murdering each other words as "picking on each other". Yeah, because I'd rather fully reply and tell you why I disagree than tell you "You fail, get a life, GTFO". First of all, no compliments forum. Second of all, I don't think Jagex is perfect, I don't think anybody does but a lot of people certainly find some of your views a bit radical. So your going to continue to rant the next year and a half until Jagex decides to turn everything around and give you what you want? No, but some people do find flaws in a lot of the words you and others have said. Many people do think, including myself, that fighting this long over a video game seems pointless. I thought you were a scammer because you were defending them. There were a ton of scammers, you must not have populated there play places such as the Varrock west bank, where many a scam has been fallen for. I am going to generalize because you are part of a group. Just like myself, Quelmotz, Omali and others are all part of a group. We fit you into groups because it makes it much easier to debate when you know the team of people you are debating against. You fall in with ThedayRSdied and Eatrunearrow. I can generalize most of your view points because many before you have said the same thing. I know you never said you hate Jagex, but many in your group have and while you may not "hate" them, I know you have to dislike them. But I never said it wasn't happening, see? And I am bringing up a point that this kind of stuff is not as readily apparent as before. Runescape doesn't have the same kind of people it used to have plaguing it. And so what? I am sure when you die and lose items you get pissed and complain because you lost them. Now you can get them back. So what if it makes it easier for people to get their stuff? I don't know how you can expect Jagex to make the game into some hard as nails RPG. And my OPINION is that it doesn't affect the gameplay enough to be a big deal. I ADAPTED to what was happening. I continue to play because I don't care what Jagex does to make the game easier, I enjoy it. But since I am not a hardcore gamer, I guess that makes my opinion overshadowed by the opinion of hardcore players. Except, once again, trying to trade was a pain in the [wagon] because there were twenty people selling what you were selling, you were usually the lowest level which made you the one nobody wanted to trade from. Hell, it happens to me even today, I am almost level 70 and people don't trade with me during bank sales because they see a level 99 to trade with. Because it doesn't matter to me if the wild is gone. It doesn't affect me and you act like the update stole a part of your life. Whether Runescape is with or without wild I don't care. I am a casual player and do not play to level all my stats up to 99 or kill other players all day. I play to do a bit of everything. And the update didn't affect a player like me. Not necessarily. While some people might be pissed at that, a lot of people would just quite with a big "[bleep] you jagex" instead of complaining for years. I'd do that, just say "[bleep] you" and leave.