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What about the marginal profit of visiting just the Ardougne patch?

Back in the old days we actually had to walk to the location we were needed at. Everyone is in such a hurry these days and nobody has time to take a nice walk from Ice Mountain to Taverley Dungeon while smelling the fresh, clean Catherby wind blowing through Taverley.... Im starting to sound like my grandpa... Yeah nobody wants to do that. Or if they do, nobody's stopping them. Knock yourself out.

If you're DIYing your logs for firemaking, it's actually better to chop willows. Because you chop them so much faster, you end up getting faster firemaking experience AND faster woodcutting experience (especially if you burn on the spot instead of banking). And obviously since you burn them, the profit is the same either way, so seems like a no-brainer, right?

Since it's relevant, I figured I'd better go ahead and post the link to Jagex's response to this exact question, which I happen to agree with: It's at 12:15.

Some more info from the RSOF thread that looks like it's on the right track.

Okay, I took this as a date. However I wasn't sure if this was October 7 or July 10 :P It would be Day/Month/Year. That's how they always write it.

Obviously: [hide] ...Racheya is secretly a Pokémon.[/hide]

Dreadlocks, dreadfowls, and Judge Dredd? Brilliant! So something about a dreadnaut.

Hi I have read as well as done a comparison of the sword vs. my trusted Dragon Longsword at the Rune Wiki site and I must say that I'm not impressed with the stats. Did you notice that it's faster than the d long? Cuz that's kind of a big deal.

No respect for the Fairy Godfather? He was easy, sure, but I thought the fight was a lot of fun.

Beats a whip for stab. *shrug*

The efficient philosophy recognizes that grinding is a necessary component of the game and seeks to minimize it.

The obvious response is that Johnny has misevaluated his most efficient moneymaker and needs to reexamine his value of time accordingly.

Well, I didn't claim I can write better articles (although I think I can), but I did write one. http://tip.it/runescape/index.php?times=391

One of the quotes you picked out has the phrase 'I think' in it. She uses the phrase four times in the article, and uses 'I' no less than twelve times. Even when she uses 'we' it's in an editorial 'we' context. That's substantial considering the article is only a bit over a thousand words long. 'Many people' doesn't necessarily speak for others, it just means that's what she thinks many people do, believe and enjoy; it says a lot more about her than anyone else. "I think that many players believe X"? Whatever. Same thing. You're still saying many players believe X. No, it's not the same thing. One is stated as though it's fact, the other is clearly stated as though opinion. Considering the context of how the article is delivered, 'I think' is implied pretty well every time she uses 'many people' (or 'many players,' whichever she actually uses in the article). Stating 'I think' clearly indicates to the reader that something isn't just based on facts; that's why professors eat you alive if you use it in an academic essay. Using 'I' implies the same thing. Yeah, that's what I said. It implies that she's laid out where everyone else stands and is, at the end, saying what she thinks. Um, no. I honestly can't tell if you're deliberately misinterpreting my words, but what I'm saying is that she's laying out what she thinks the situation is for the entire article; meaning that the entire article is comprised on her own thoughts on things, even when these thoughts are about what others may think of things. The entire thing is her interpretation of a situation, a set of ideas surrounding a topic within the community; then she comes to a conclusion about that situation. Yes, she lays out what she believes is generally where people stand, but that doesn't mean she's laying it out as fact (immutable, without question); she lays it out as her opinion. She then gives her conclusion about it, which is still her opinion. The shift from interpreting to coming to a conclusion doesn't change that it's her opinion. In an editorial, saying "I think you think this" is functionally identical to saying "You think this." We know it's what you think because it's an opinion piece and you're the one writing it. Stating it outright is redundant.

One of the quotes you picked out has the phrase 'I think' in it. She uses the phrase four times in the article, and uses 'I' no less than twelve times. Even when she uses 'we' it's in an editorial 'we' context. That's substantial considering the article is only a bit over a thousand words long. 'Many people' doesn't necessarily speak for others, it just means that's what she thinks many people do, believe and enjoy; it says a lot more about her than anyone else. "I think that many players believe X"? Whatever. Same thing. You're still saying many players believe X. Yeah, that's what I said. It implies that she's laid out where everyone else stands and is, at the end, saying what she thinks.

Except, like I said, she's writing as if she is representing the opinion of lots of different players. Sorry, was there a specific paragraph you're speaking of? I thought it was pretty clear it was all her own opinion, even the parts where she uses 'we' seem to be using the editorial 'we' (which, I hate on a stylistic basis, but that's neither here nor there). The whole article is written in terms of "many people believe this" and "many people play like that" and "many people enjoy this". The conclusion is prefaced with "And where do I stand on this matter?" implying that everything before it is laying out and evaluating where everyone else stands.

Correct. Been like this for well over a year now.

Except, like I said, she's writing as if she is representing the opinion of lots of different players.

Should be doable with Ice Burst actually.

Since when are opinion essays supposed to be unbiased? Tip It Times has features and editorials, it doesn't report the news. Seriously, people need to stop criticizing articles on the merit of bias. Saying "that's your opinion" is quite possibly the most meaningless criticism you could ever make to someone, because literally everything could be construed as an opinion. It's not written as opinion. Racheya's article purports to speak for multiple groups of players, not just herself.

DONT GIVE ANY REWARDS ?!@?!@!@!@!@!@!@ they give great rewards if you do enough of them besides the reward is having fun and distracting yourself from the grind that is the entirety of runescape. ~~~legoman187~~~ No matter what I do, I'm going to make money. Since clue scrolls make no more money than I'd get if I ignored them and kept slaying, I gain no quantifiable benefit by completing them.

Clues don't interest me much. They can be an entertaining diversion occasionally, but the gameplay isn't all that deep and they don't give any rewards, so meh.

But that's the point. In its niche (i.e. Castle Wars) the spec goes from near-useless to flat-out amazing.

Technically, we haven't "established" anything in this thread because it's all been well-established already. It's only a matter of explaining it to people who don't understand it.