Harakiri

Angels and Demons in the sequel, so start with Da Vinci's Code. I'm currently reading my dad's old version of The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin. Even though I fully understand evolution, I still think I can get some enlightening information from this book. LIES! Angels and Demons is the first, followed by the Da Vinci Code and then whatever his new one is. I don't particularly like his books. Right now I am reading The Age of Ra by James Lovegrove. A very entertaining story.

Yahtzee Croshaw said it best. "Fans are clingy complaining [cabbage] who will never ever be grateful for any concession you make. The moment you shut out their shrill, tremulous voices the happier you will be for it." "Why not buy a Zero Punctuation T-Shirt" :lol: Yeah, I love Zero Punctuation. And yes Quelmotz...forget I ever said anything...

Anybody who complains about the game as much as they do is probably more of a Jagex fanboy than any of us here.

What's smart mean. :lol: :D Thanks a lot. @JacTise I like on topic posts. @Quelmotz I agree that Eatrunearrow,ThedayRSdied, and others who can't get over it need to learn how to accept the fact that there are other people with different opinions and calling them names makes nothing better, just makes people look like idiots. @Canadian Smurf: RS was different in a bad way though. There were problems throughout and apparently nobody remembers the glory days with the little bald men with green shirts named "FGHYSHDIDU555" were plaguing all the good woodcutting sites. Nobody apparently remembers the glory days when people sat outside of the Varrock bank, waiting for unsuspecting victims to scam with "Armor trimming" or the like. Nobody remembers when you got lost so much because you did not have a map and had no guide. Tutorial Island seemed useless when you were thrown into a huge world where you knew nothing of where to go or what to do. I know people who gave up specifically because of how hard it was to figure out what to do. Nobody remembers all the dirtbags in the wild agility area who would kill you because you were minding your own business. Even places like that little shack with the lever, unsuspecting people would use it not knowing what would happen and would usually face certain death because of an idiot PKer at the other side. Why rename it Runescape 3? It is not too different from what it was before, it just fixed all the problems. Which, as with anything Jagex seems to do, leads to the bashing of the company for being a bunch of idiots. Yeah, younger players make up most of the population of Runescape. I am sure Eatrunearrow is a younger player because if he is an adult or even older teen he seriously has problems. I was eleven when I started playing Runescape, and I learned about it from Miniclips. That's where most of my friends learned of it. We have never gotten a black mark and have never done anything to ruin the game. The rants forum isn't dead. A forum isn't dead until no one posts anymore, and the rants keep a rollin'. Yes it does seem a bit like a nostalgic look back, but it still has garnered a lot of support and hate towards Jagex. I've played RS five years and continue to play because as long as I learn to adapt, it is all right. I would have never thought five years ago that Jagex would get rid of the wild, and when they did almost two years ago, I was surprised by how much hate, how much idiocy could be found on the RSOF, this forum, Sal's Realm. Everywhere you went, Jagex hate. I don't at all agree that more was lost than gained with the fight on RWT. The game is still quite popular, Jagex has fixed the game up to the point that anyone can hop on and play, and so what if the wild is gone? Jagex is giving all PKers another version of the wild, but because it isn't like the old one, you complain. PKer's like that are comparitive to babies, not in the fact that they never shut up (but that's a good one) but in the fact that babies are bad at adapting to different places, or change. I have never noticed a lack of player interaction. It's still there, and though it may be slightly less than before, it is still there. Most RPG's are like that. Runescape is not a social RPG as much as it is an RPG for people wanting to play an RPG. Adventure Quest Worlds is a social RPG because you can team up together on any monster, and the social interaction is high. I don't think Jagex wants Runescape to become a social RPG as much as just a plain ol' RPG. I never met a high level who gave me anything. Most would tell me to "Piss off Noob" so you and your friends must have been very lucky. Now for every spammer, lurer, and bot that isn't there, there are a bunch of decent players. Apparently you have never read another Eatrunearrow thread because over the past year and a half he has said multiple times he's going to quit and he's bashed Jagex. It might not be as prevalent as in his other threads but I am sure it is still there. O.K, most people probably knew that the loss of the wild was just giving everyone a reason to send hate mail at Jagex. Long term players didn't care, some Pker's didn't even care. There are a select few people though who can't get over it and seriously need to. I'll bring up the point that it is just a game. If you have to complain over a year and a half about one update in the game then you seriously need to do something. I won't say get a life, but I think that carrying this argument on for this long is overdoing it and stretching an argument that Jagex has even addressed too far. I think if you can't adapt, you need to quit complaining at Jagex and teach yourself that it is not their fault. It is your fault for disliking it. It's an opinion and you can't change Jagex's opinion. But the logical thing is for you to change your opinion or keep the opinion and leave, because complaining like people have been doing hasn't apparently done anything than make the game worse (LOL, NOoB PKING NOW). Less people may be playing, I don't know where the proof of that is, but Jagex is still making money and has a much more polished, much more accessible game. O.K, nitpicking over small things is stupid though. It doesn't mean you like the overall game, Eatrunearrow has announced to the world multiple times he is quitting, he hates Jagex. Not in this post, but in others. Seriously, if you have to nitpick about every little thing Jagex does, than quit. There is no point playing a game if you complain about everything that is going on in it. Veteran players? Like who? I am staying. I know a whole bunch of friends I made way back four years ago that still play. If people quit, it doesn't matter much, as long as Jagex continues to work on the game they will replace those lost players with new blood. That's just another one of my myriad of opinions anyway. Quit ranting about the old wild, complain about the new wild, but don't complain because it's not like the old wild. IT IS NEVER COMING BACK. Never. It's done, it's over with and if you don't enjoy the new wild then you might as well either quit complaining or quit playing.

I can't put my finger on it, but for some reason you remind me of the grandpa from the Rugrats. Oooooooooh, you're so clever. You're so witty. You're so sophisticated. Is that what you wanted to hear? Are you satisfied? Then piss off. You and your little pals can keep spewing your sloppy arguments, and i'll keep tearing them apart cannonballs tear through wet cardborad. Was there ever an inbalance before a certain few updates? No. Was there so much idiocy and ignorance and stupidirty in this game before miniclip? No. And, before that particular bad update, did jag have to spend so much time "fixing" pvp? No. People are trying to personally attack Eatrunearrow in order to dance around the merits of the argument. It's obvious. Last thing you tore up was my brain with your stupid arguments. You have never torn up a rant, you are just another one of a myriad of people who need to get over it, and act like their "superior" opinion makes them better than everyone. Your just another example of how people who can't get over it are acting like idiots. LOL I TARE UP ARGUEMNT!!! Since when was this a contest and point out one time you have torn anything up. Get the hell over it. Quit your ramblings and live with the game. And what are the merits of the argument. I know you treat Eatrunearrow like a messiah, but where are the merits, point them out so I can tell you what's wrong with them. Come up with your own rant besides cussing someone off and then pointing out other peoples posts. Why don't you piss off from Runescape and get the [bleep] over it! 1 and a half years and we're still here complaining about the wild. If there was one thing I would send to Jagex it would be complaining that they created forum trolls like you who hide in the corner and cry because of the Wild. THE WILD IS GONE AND FOREVER WILL BE GONE SO DEAL WITH IT OR, IN YOUR WORDS, PISS OFF! CAPS MAKES EVERYTHING BETTER!

Shamu's Revenge?

100 more pages to go in Battle Royale and then I guess I'll read Public Enemies. I'm still trying to look for some obscure spy novels. I really like spy fiction, they usually have tons of action and I'm an action junky.

I thought you meant you were ACTUALLY published. Yeah, school newspaper isn't too big. I've been published twice in middle school, once for a fantasy story, and the other for a spy story. LOL, I know a lot about creative writing and I can say that Twilight sucks.

Pot .... kettle .... black ...... Omali's post was like yours, just more of a ramble. That joke just went right over your head, didn't it? Obviously not! :anxious: I don't know what was funnier, Omali's drunk duck or perfetc's :anxious: :lol:

Yeah, I remember getting lost all the time. I think I ended up in Varrock one time and was screaming for someone to help me get back to Lumbridge. Lol.

What, I couldn't hear you over the sound of your ego. Uh, yeah, do I need to go to all of Canadian Smurfs rants and show you what you said? Here's one of my favorite quotes of yours: If you didn't, you wouldn't still be talking about it. I was going to quit but you still carry it on. It takes two to have an argument, oh but as you said: Seriously though, don't quote this, don't mention my name and then I'll leave you to your trolling. If you want to continue to mention my name and quote me and try to boost your confidence or whatever by counter flaming me, then go ahead. It will just spread this even further than it needs to be, and I am sure if you report me, a mod will also tell you to shut up. P.S. That quote right there tells me you want this to keep going. P.P.S If your sick of this argument then leave my name out of your posts and quit quoting me, go back on topic, and I'll leave you alone. But you act like everytime you mention my name in a negative light I'm going to leave you alone?

I am an eighteen-year-old, heterosexual male and a published fantasy writer, and I liked Twilight. The sequels, however... they were pointless. The first book ended perfectly, and Taylor's Law of Unnecessary Sequels proved true yet again. Any info on this published work of yours? I only ask because anyone bringing up the fact that they are published to add credibility to a defense of Twilight . . . throws their credibility into doubt. :lol: I would have to agree. I don't see what being published has anything to do with Twilight as much as it does showing off...

^^^No, your just stupid enough not to realize you are trying to start a forum based religion. Since when has a PM been a thread. And if you want to stop the pointless arguing, then why not quit posting???

It's probably the ending to some beat em up or something. It looks, for some reason, familiar. Die Hard? No...

Ended up going in there to trade stuff in because I was desperate for a game. Traded in both Kingdom Hearts 2 and Hitman Blood Money. Got 6.50 for them both. Used it to buy Zone of Enders, Mafia, and Manhunt. All three work fine, except I just learned Manhunt only works with real PS2 memory cards and not the cheap MadKatz one I have. There was a new guy at the counter. He was pretty nice. He didn't shove any offers into my face, and I thought he was the best cashier in the history of Gamestop. He got my games, never asked if I wanted to preorder or buy an Edge card. Awesome.

^^^YOUR JUST A JAGEX FANBOY! NOOB! -.- -.- -.-

Currently playing Mafia, which I never heard of anything of before I bought it. It's pretty good and it came out before Godfather. Also, I found Zone of the Enders at EBGames and I think it's really fun. Never heard of that one and didn't really care til I learned it was a Hideo Kojima game.

Funny, you go from "You have birdbrains because you don't understand" to apologizing and fixing it. I don't think anyone's supporting the idea by the way. I personally think it takes away more danger from the wild.

Yeah, I've always wondered why people who want threads to die post. Kind of...keeping the thread alive. :lol:

(Not speaking directly to the OP, just the people who complain in general) People tell you that because it seems like a lot of people can't be happy with anything Jagex does. It doesn't matter if it helps or hinders the game, you still find every little thing wrong and complain about it. Jagex has been working with PvP for the past year, and I agree that the year of updates has basically been a year of updating PvP every week, which doesn't affect me. I can see where people are complaining that it is taking seven months for them to come out with a PvP system that works, and I can see where people are complaining because they aren't doing anything besides working on PvP. People simply tell you to leave because a lot of ranters complain about everything and then expect someone not to tell them to stop playing if it is so bad? You complained that the game is going to hell, and I know you probably have a decent character and that's why you don't want to quit but if you PKers and everyone else complaining would quit complaining about every tiny thing Jagex does wrong there wouldn't be so many people to tell you to quit. Jagex is busting their [wagon] to make a perfect PVP and have been busting their [wagon] to make this game accessible to everyone. And because making the game accessible to everyone severely hinders your progress in game (apparently) and makes you complain because "WAH! The noobies get it easier", you complain. I'm sorry but people who continue to complain over every little thing Jagex does wrong need to learn to accept what is going on around them. Adapting to change is an integral part of life, and this is no different. Just because it isn't like it used to be doesn't mean we have to all complain because it's changing. What did you expect seven years ago, that the game would stay the way it was, that it would never have any rocky points in it's life where the game designer was having a hard time fixing problems. The game is changing so that is accessible to new players and old and it is trying to create a PvP system because PKers wouldn't quit whining over not having the wilderness. And because Jagex is actually throwing Pkers a bone and giving them what they want, PKers have to complain again and again. "It's not like old wildy!" "OMG! This is noob PKing!"! Why is it that every little thing Jagex does to appease you people you can't appreciate. There could be no wild and the PKers could all be sulking some more because it's not there. Jagex is nice enough to do this for you and you can't be happy with it. Jagex continue to fail. They failed when they took away the wild, and they fail because they give you a wild? Take your pick, do you want it or not? It may not be the old wild, but it's still a place to PK. That's why I personally think people say for complainers to quit playing, because Jagex is sucking up to PKers and it still is not enough. Because every update sucks, because Jagex are idiots, because the game is not like it used to be and is changing. I'll even say it right here, if you think Jagex is dragging the game to hell, if you think PKing sucks and will never be happy with what you get, if you think every update they do is terrible and is ruining the game, leave. No ones stopping you. You complain because people tell you to leave because you complain that you hate the game. There, that's why I think people should quit and why I say it.

Anyone have any thoughts on it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZnpzfcMheA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjihaK7HfGs Coming out August 14! I think it looks pretty cool.

I watch too many movies and because of that I seem to fight like some weird mix between James Bond/Jason Bourne/Steven Seagall. It's like, I'll throw people over stuff, I punch people everywhere, if they try to strangle me (and this happened once) I head butt them and then throw their head into the wall behind me (which was pretty cool til I got suspended). I know how to break arms and legs if need be, but I never really needed to do that (yet). So basically, I fight like a guy who learned how to fight from movies nad videogames. Which actually works pretty well.

Should I get Yakuza 2? Does anybody know if it's any good?

^^^Thanks for translating it. Once again though, you are fighting in the wild and you should know the risks before you go out to fight. You got killed, so what? It's the wild. Even if it was a lucky kill that's what the wild does to you, it kills you. It doesn't matter if you are a low or a high level it's still the wild and everyone out there is sticking their neck on the line for something good. There shouldn't be a five or ten second time limit for you to run without getting attacked, because that makes it too easy. And to think that people used to complain that there was NOT enough risk in the wild. :lol: Now people complain because there is too much!

--------------------------- Part 2: Enter the Dark Arena ---------------------------- He drove to the designated area on the designated day at the designated time. There was a parking lot sitting in front of a grocery store. A large, dinghy bus was parked in front, and the letters playing across the electronic sign at the front read Dark Arena. Jason carried a duffel bag over his shoulder. He slowed his gait entering the bus, and showed the bus driver what was inside. He didn't even look past the blanket that sat at the top. Perfect. What the [bleep] do you need that stuff for? The bus driver was snotty, fat, and looked like he belonged in a trailer park. This is my stuff. I'm surviving this goddamn game of yours, and then I'll make sure to get back home on this bus. The bus driver laughed. Believe that if you want. Jason did not respond to this, just sat toward the front. There were about fifty people in the bus, tons of tough looking bald guys who's eyes squinted like they couldn't hold up the muscle. There were elderly folks, and even children of every age, each crying for their mothers or fathers. Jason decided that he would sit next to one of the older kids, who didn't seem to give a damn. Hey. Jason said. He set the duffel bag between his legs. The kid just nodded. You looking forward to this? Jason asked. What the hell kind of question is that? The kid cried out. Jason smirked. You kids are going to form your own cliques during this game. I want those cliques to stay as far away as possible from the fighting. I don't know you, but you seem reliable. I know you care for these other little ones who are going in to get slaughtered. The kid looked up at Jason. How'd you know? Jason smiled. I just had a feeling. How can you smile at a time like this? The kid was crying even harder now. Because I've got a plan to get the hell out of this. Yeah right. Tons of people have tried. This one will work. But we need to survive the first half of the games, which should be easy. There will be a lot of the elderly, and after surveying a lot of games over the past month, I know the elderly are the first to go. Then the weak looking. Kids are usually afterward, mostly because nobody wants to kill a kid except for the crazy ones who fight in the final minutes of the battle. The kid knew he could depend on Jason. There was just something about him he could trust. What's going to happen at the end of the first half? Quite a bit. You wouldn't believe who I was able to contact. Jason whispered the name in his ear. No way! Yeah, way. The kid laughed. Jason did so to. The bus rolled on, into the Peoria fairgrounds, and towards the large arena. It was getting dark out, and spotlights were waving back and forth. The inside was probably blindingly bright. The bus entered the gates of the arena, and parked inside a warehouse like area. Everybody got out, and noticed that another hundred and fifty or so people were all crowding around a man in a white suit. Hey, there's the rest of today's meat. Come on, crowd around. Hey, what the [bleep] are you doing? Duffel bag? He was directing this at Jason. I'm just carrying some things. Jason said. Don't talk so goddamn sweetly to me. I swear to god I'll kill you before you enter the arena if you continue to be so snide. Now, what's in the [bleep]ing bag? Nothing. I'll put it back in the bus if you want. Do it! The man in white was pissed off. Jason threw the duffel bag into the first seat on the left row. The bus driver sneered as Jason left the bus and joined the crowd. Jon was standing toward the back of the crowd and Jason put a hand on his shoulder. The people here are about as stupid as you can get. Jason whispered his his ear. They didn't care that I was not Arthur Jones, and they did not check my bag. What's in the bag? Jon asked. In between a bunch of blankets there is a bomb and tons of gunpowder. Once it goes off, the whole place will be a mess. YOU! I SWEAR TO GOD! The man in white's face was turning red. He looked comical. Jason quit whispering and listened to what the man in white had to say. Now then, you idiots are all going to go inside and stand on top of one of the white dots spray painted in various areas. Choose one. Then wait. It will probably be a couple minutes before we can get the game going. Remember that at the half way point weapons will be available if you can get a hold of them. Five axes, five knives, nine brass knuckles, and one pistol. Now then, if you try to get out, the referee's will blow your brains out. If you beat up a referee or member of the staff you will get your brains blown out. So, get your [wagon] in gear and lets go. Two hundred and one men, women, children, old folks, convicts, rich people, poor people, whites, blacks, Hispanics, farmers, business owners, teachers, every kind of person you could ever think of, all walking into a small hall in single file to walk out into the Dark Arena, the ultimate game of life and death. Jon, you have to survive the first half of this. Jason whispered. Why? What's going on? You wouldn't believe who I was able to contact. Who? Jason mouthed the name Zach Archer. Jesus! The leader of the resistance movement? You hired him?Jon whispered back. Yup. He'll be here at the halfway mark. He has another appointment at the moment, but he can make it and help us bring down this hellhole. He has the remote for the bomb, and he didn't even make me pay! He wants to help! This will make us wanted fugitives! Not if Archer and his rebels can find a way to destroy the government. And I am sure he could. They walked out to the arena. People in the stands were screaming, the referees paced back and forth, cradling their shotguns in their arms. About five yellow school buses stood in various places around the arena, and in the center was a large platform, atop it stood a man with slicked back hair and a microphone. Camera men were running about everywhere, most wearing nothing on their torsos but the Kevlar body armor provided to them by their boss. On the North side of the arena, atop the stand stood a giant television, currently doing a slide show of all the people who were fighting's picture and descriptions. Jason and Jon stood towards the back of the arena. The kid from the bus and a couple other kids crowded onto dots around Jason. "We're going to survive." The kid said. "Yes we will. All the old seem to be crowding around the entrance that we came from." The roar of the crowd was deafening and Jason had to literally scream to talk to the kids and Jon. "The old will go. Then a couple of fights will take place between the men with more muscles." Suddenly, fireworks shot up from the stands, exploding into dazzling lights in the sky. The announcer smiled brightly and waved his arm across his body. "WELCOME..." "TO..." The crowd said. "DARK ARENA!" Both the crowd and the announcer screamed in unison. "Tonight's fight is going to be action packed and is promised to make you grin or cringe! Some key people for tonight, a talk show host from Chicago who's show had been running for twelve years..." The name was read off and then more key people were mentioned. "A WWII vet" "A restaurant owner" "An Actor". It took about five minutes for the announcer to yell out "ARE YOU READY!" "YEAH!" The crowd screamed back at him. "WELL THEN LET'S GET THIS GAME STARTED!" More fireworks, more screams from the crowd. That is when the chaos began... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Constructive criticism would be appreciated. This is not going to really be an integral part of my main story, this will just cover the first two chapters of it. I won't post my main story because that's my big writing project, but if it isn't too great I'll post it here. It's going to be an expected 6-700 pages.