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Funny thing, I'm trying to get completionist cape, half an hour before Fate of the Gods comes out, on my account Arisen Zaros, for added suspense. :D OMG if you do I'll love you so hard bro.

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Sorry to hijack your thread Dreezer, but I would like a list of good events worth doing if you don't mind Hedgehog.

I get the feeling that the retro aesthetic is making a comeback thanks to indie games. There's a pretty big market for that kind of thing (not just because of nostalgia) and you can't discount it just because it's not as flashy as newer games. It's simple, expressive I might not like OSRS, but I still think they could learn a thing or two from it... Not the more-blatant-than-RS3 pandering elements (you're playing a game made specifically to cater to RS07 players who are upset about EoC, they're probably going to agree on stuff), of course, but the simplicity/clarity of it. RS3 is less a consistent game and more a collection of needlessly complicated features from different eras that only barely fit together. Or, as has been said before, compare it to other free MMOs (rather than itself) and see how it stands up. I tried a couple a few years ago and (at least from a couple of hours of gameplay) their combat systems managed to be about as involved as EoC without all of its arbitrary complexity - each action felt like it meant something. On the other hand, Scape has noncombat skills and options, and story-driven quests rather than gameplay-driven quests... Nowadays they've neglected the former and bad writing plagues the latter. Retro has been in for a while, but its already getting quite tired and old hat as people look forward with the innovations of the new wave of consoles. Equally yes indie games playing up the retro can work wonderfully, but I don't think a game like Runescape in the mainstream market can compete by trying to play up the retro and equally it was simply making the point that in this 'study' the test subjects weren't all that sound - they all seemed to like the nostalgia that the retro-look brought to them reminding them of what games were like when they were younger not because it added anything to the game or made it more appeal especially considering as the video admits the target audience is much younger and that 'retro' feel is gonna be totally lost on them because they come from a generation where things look so much better. Retro is certainly a hot button trend right now but it'll be dead soon enough and when the target market is an age that retro look is lost on and in a market that doesn't really play with the whole retro scheme it just seems like it'd be a bad idea to chase simply because people older than the target market get tingly nostalgia feels over low-res bad graphics that are a retro relic from their childhood. While I agree Jagex shouldn't try to market Runescape in the retro space, I disagree with you saying that retro will be dead soon enough. Like you said, retro works very well for indie games and considering many indie games get their start as apps for phones and small media devices, I would be inclined to say at the very least retro style games will be a niche market. But I don't see it dying out. As for the survey I agree with some of the points there and earlier points you made. The game is indeed too bright and if they could fix the color I think that will solve a large part of the problem. I also do agree some of the comments did not belong in the disapprove section of the survey and were more undecided/indifferent. And while I am used to it, I do agree the interface is too much and combat to complex for a newcomer, experienced or not. Player probably should have similar combat and interface like OSRS until they reach a certain point where they can diversify their playing experience. As for the tutorial, it was talked about in a topic in either the general discussion or rant forum and I think one of the solutions there was to introduce what one needed to know as they go along. I personally feel the current tutorial is better than what they previously had for RS3, but is still worse than OSRS. At the same I feel OSRS tutorial is just too long and some of the details there can be done away with, especially since we have quest that can teach you the same thing. Introduce what people need to know know and as they explore give them the option to learn more. I'd love to see a follow up to this with more subjects, a longer term playing. Like having a certain sample size play a beginner account and actually build their account up on both sides of the game.

HAX!

Here are the biggest loot drops from my Arma trip after getting 90 crafting. Sometime later (like the next day)

The best updates are some times the most insignificant things. 10/10

OMG I hate you. So much right now. I just really hate you Miss Lioness. Like. A lot. [bleep!] [bleep!]

After almost 1.5k potion flask and 130k bonus exp. I DID IT! Off to Armadyl God Wars I go!

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Leik you bum! We were yelling grats all in HYT and you weren't even in there!

I saw. I mean, but what can you do? You let up in the last 3 minutes of the game to blow a 2-0 lead and in over time you could have won but lady luck says [bleep] you and you hit the post and it just happen to rotate out. You can't recover from that. I also hear about the suit but gave up on speed skating when I saw how bad the Dutch was kicking ass. It wasn't .10 of seconds they were winning, it was full 1 or 2 seconds. In the Men team pursuit semifinal the dutch were almost 10 secs ahead of Poland. They had to slow down because the Polish skaters were right in front of them. It was like watch the biathlon. You know Norway will just hand you an ass beating. The Women's pursuit doesn't look promising considering we are paired with the dutch. As for the Men Hockey...I kinda just wanna cry now. Canada better get the gold or I will be flippin so much [bleep]. So yeah. [bleep] you Netherlands, [bleep] you Canada. You took the two sports I had the most hope for and stomped on my dreams! EDIT: Dutch kicked our ass by 3.59 secs and Olympic record in Women's pursuit. No medals in any speed skating event. I'm gonna go lay down and cry myself to sleep now.

It was a really good game to watch. I had so many heart attacks. But with Canada having so much momentum the US Canada Men's Hockey semifinal will be a game to remember. But as we talk about the biggest international Hockey powerhouses, let us remember Russia will get no medals in Hockey...yet again.

Women's Hockey. Canada wins 3-2 in OT on a 4-3 power play. [bLEEP] YOU CANADA! [bLEEP] YOU!

So Russia, for the third Olympics in a row, does not get a medal in Hockey, having lost to Finland in the elimination round. On a scale of one to Stalin, how mad do you think Putin is at the moment?

Witchy? Efficient? LOL Nice joke yo.

Your RA's actually cared? Wow.

If you are in the US, then it is replaying right now on nbcolympics.com. http://stream.nbcolympics.com/olympics/winter/14999/?ctx=citi

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http://www.stereogum.com/1664812/little-dragon-klapp-klapp/mp3s/ Found Little Dragon's new album coming in May and I haven't stopped listening to the single for like an hour now.

So...Evgeni Plushenko is Evgeni Plush-no-go as he had to drop out of the Men's single program for figure skating. And he retired. So much for the gold medal... Yuzuru Hanyu and Patrick Chan however. Wow, just wow.

The summer games will also be in Brazil. I'd only have to stay up maybe two or three hours to catch it live. I wanna go to Rio for the games, but I know I won't be able to afford to.

Yeah. I've heard for like 4 events now that people who they'd expect to do well are failing because the snow conditions are bad. Everyone has to adjust and play safe and it gets really boring when they have to settle for smaller tricks and conservative runs. I'm watching a recap of the Men's half pipe now and half the field is just doing so bad because of the bottom of the pipe. Getting boring to watch. It's blow 0 here in Chicago yet it's almost spring in Sochi. Putin doesn't need to add bad snow to the "things to remember about his Olympics".

I was sorta disappointed with the commentators on NBC. It seemed most of the banter during 20th century presentation onwards was just negative. Other than that I enjoyed the show. But personally I don't think it matches the scale they were going on which was Beijing opening ceremony. Nonetheless I enjoyed it, even if I didn't understand any of the reference made in the show. TO WIKIPEDIA! Right now Women Canada Swiss game is on. I wanted to watch slopestyle but I was too tired. Gotta wait for 8pm EST I suppose. But happy that American Sage Kotsenburg won first gold medal of the games. Summary of the remaining medal events. 9:30 AM EST: Biathlon Men's 10km Sprint (Medal) 1 PM EST: Freestyle Skiing Women's Moguls