muggiwhplar

What do you think you did wrong?

if you want open relationships it's a bad idea. otherwise it's still not a great idea but it's not as big of a deal

Stop hanging out w/ this girl

@Saqs Doesn't matter. Touch her anyways just like any other girl. If she's not receptive, then you move onto a girl that you're more compatible with. If you're waiting for every girl's "permission" to make a move, you're setting yourself up for trouble down the road. For the first date I find a place to sit where I can put my arm around the back of her chair for starters. Then eventually I put my hand on her shoulders or on her upper back for a bit. Then I'll put my hand on her legs, hold her hand, run my fingers through her hair, caress her face, etc. Just don't look at your hands while you're doing this, that's awkward. Just keep looking at her or looking off into the distance, as if it's completely normal :P

I was hoping he meant movie at his place. Movie at a theater's not a very good choice

does that mean 10+ hours

You'll be fine :P

How long did it take

Yeah I'm in the same boat as you. I don't see the point in investing any time into this since I'm not familiar at all with RS3. Just gonna stick to the Dead Man 07 version. Not really. EoC changed all of the equipment, spells, and monsters so I have no clue what the best gear is at any level anymore, or where the best places are to train, or what gear I should be aiming for or how to obtain it, etc. without having to do a ton of research on the wiki... As opposed to when 2007scape was first released I instantly knew what all the best gear and training spots and everything were since that's the version of the game I'd spent most of my RS career in. Similarly places like Al Kharid and Burthorpe are sorta unrecognizable. It's just a completely different game that I don't really have any interest in exploring. I don't think very many people play RS3 for PvP, they mostly just want to grind skills and PvM. 2007 was sort of meant to cater towards PvP but sadly it's starting to head down the skilling and PvM path as well with the removal of AFK training and heavy emphasis on skilling/PvM updates

I don't see that being a problem. New players can and should simply stick to low-risk areas until they get their stats high enough to venture farther out. There are level restrictions similar to the ones in the Wilderness so it's not like the entire map will just be a noob massacre. However, there is one glaring flaw with this release: Legacy Mode. This honestly comes across to me as Jagex waving the white flag when it comes to EoC PvP. The fact that rather than releasing separate EoC and Legacy servers like we have for the live game they force everyone to use Legacy Mode shows how little faith they have in their own combat system when it comes to PvP. I hope this doesn't indicate that they've given up on balancing EoC for PvP combat. Well the best places to train at low levels (AFAIK) are the trolls in the cave north of Burthorpe... and that cave is like a +/- 25 combat level difference. So whenever there were too many players hogging the trolls I'd just farm lower level players instead since they give more XP and they respawn right next to the cave entrance, ready to return for another whoopin' :lol: The Lumbridge catacombs have no combat restrictions, so I'd just walk through there and mow down everybody in my path since it's better XP than killing the monsters inside lol. At one point I was out of run energy from chasing so many noobs to their deaths. There was one guy left but he was running the wrong way in the catacombs, towards a dead end. So I was just slowly walking towards him like some kind of horror movie villain, till finally I caught up w/ him and killed him when he was backed into a corner. His last words were, "Why" :twisted: feelsgoodman

I did the circus so now I'm way stronger than everyone else. I'm just farming lvl 3 noobs and getting people to follow me around, telling them to "GET THIS NERD!" It's fun

I'm surprised they released this. I thought PvPers were in a teeny tiny minority these days since everyone seems obsessed with skilling and PvM. I'll be impressed if this game remains consistently populated

Since you didn't go radio silent, I think that ship has sailed :P Might as well ask her out anyways though since you've got nothing to lose

If you haven't talked to her AT ALL during your absence just shoot her a text and ask her to meet up. Worst case scenario is she tells you she's seeing someone else, you get closure and move on

Yeah I think you're free to make a move at any time if you want. Just be careful about shitting where you eat :P

Naw that's never happened. Though I think it'd be a pretty funny story if it ever happened so I don't worry about it :P I set my dates at 90-120 minute intervals and keep them down to 60 mins tops. So one date would have to somehow run 30 minutes longer than normal, while the next date arrives 30 minutes early

Just got back from one of the worst first dates ever :lol: She wasn't super hot in her profile pictures but she seemed cute. I gave her benefit of the doubt that maybe she's just not very photogenic. I was wrong. Scheduled a date w/ her tonight at 6pm at my favorite first date location... usually I try to wait until 8pm to meet up here since the best place to sit is outside and it's still really hot out until nighttime (like 90F degrees). But in this instance I already had a girl lined up for 8pm so I said [bleep] it let's try 6pm and see what happens. Big mistake :lol: I walk to the coffee shop since I live down the street... after 5 minutes of walking I'm already drenched in sweat because it's so hot out and I'm wearing jeans (ffffffuuuuuuuu). I arrive, order a beer, and see her sitting down inside... she's a lot heavier than her profile pics and she's not wearing any makeup. Ffffffuuuuuu I suggest we go sit outside (at the ideal place to sit where kino'ing is easiest). As soon as we sit outside, I realize I've made a terrible mistake. Besides the fact that it's 90 degrees outside, the sun is shining directly at us right in our faces so I can't even make eye contact w/ her without getting the sun in my eyes. I try to make it work for a few minutes till finally I'm like "let's go sit somewhere else." So I go to the plan B location, which is also outside, and I sit such that the sun isn't in my eyes anymore... but now it's in her eyes and she looks miserable because she's sitting with her hand shielding her eyes for the next 20 minutes. On top of this is the fact that I'm pretty apathetic about making any moves or trying to get to know her since I'm not attracted to her, so there's a lot of silences and breaks in the conversation where I make no effort to keep the conversation flowing >_> Eventually she starts complaining about the sun and I'm like "ok let's go inside then." We go inside, sit down, and then I realize it's only been about 30 minutes. I just sit in silence awkwardly, not really bothering to come up with questions to ask her, and finally she just goes "So how are you feeling right now? Are you feeling anything?" I was kinda stymied by her bluntness but I just said "I'm kind of bored." She's says, "Yeah I'm not really feeling anything between us." I say, "Yeah let's leave." I enjoyed the irony of the only thing we really clicked on was our agreement to go our separate ways :lol: I also really appreciate her honesty and straightforwardness. A lot of girls don't have the courage to do that so they'll be like "OMG i just got a text from my 3rd cousin's wife's brother's step-niece's great aunt twice removed! she's been in a car accident I've gotta go! was nice meeting you bye!" Oh well, got another date at the same location w/ a hot girl in about an hour. The sun will no longer be cockblocking me by then :)

Yeah I visited GameFAQs first too. It sucked cuz most of the guides were written for RS Classic instead of RS2. This was back in like July 2004.

Too complicated? Borderlands 2 is the greatest game that was ever made :| It's definitely worth investing any time needed to learn the game. It's so fun. Keep in mind my brother grew up playing Atari :P

Then why do you feel the need to jump into every discussion that even marginally involves political/social issues with either "I don't care about that and my life's great" or "Have you every considered... NOT caring about the thing?" Like, it's not helpful, it's just obnoxious. And if you really don't care if other people followed your example, you wouldn't feel the need to offer unsolicited advice/commentary. I enjoy writing and just because you don't find my posts to be helpful, doesn't mean everyone else feels the same way. I get a lot of PM's from random people on here asking me for my thoughts on stuff.

No I really don't care if people follow if my advice or not. People do whatever they believe will make them happier or less unhappy. I'm consistently very happy doing what I recommend to others. If others are as consistently happy as I am, great. If they aren't then they should probably reevaluate their life and do something differently. None of my friends have ever regretted following my advice (on the rare occasion that they do haha). Many of them remain unhappy after rejecting my advice. Wonder why. Honestly it just boils down to the fact that a person with an internal locus of control cannot give advice to a person with an external locus of control, and vice versa. It's like atheists and theists arguing. Their core beliefs are in direct opposition.

Which is sort of where willful ignorance becomes a trap: you won't know that your 'solution' isn't viable and you have every incentive not to find out why that is, or how it could be improved.It's only a trap if it consistently makes you unhappy.

It's definitely easier to move out of a small town than it is to start a campaign, win the election, implement changes, and have everyone adapt to the new system the way you envisioned it with minimal backlash. You're proving my point. Regarding learning about taxes and such, there's plenty of free books to read at the library.

I have a feeling that things really won't be that much different from how they are right now, regardless of who's elected. Though I don't think Trump actually wants to be president-- he's just enjoying all this attention

I basically agree, but there are occasions where you can make a big difference. For example, one guy I know of started a campaign to win a specific riding for a political party in our last federal election and it ended up going over (and it was a pretty close race). Without his specific campaign and outreach it could well have gone the other way. So it is minimal, but individuals can and do make a difference sometimes. Sure. But working on direct options doesn't preclude you from working on indirect ones as well. You're right, but the analogy isn't perfect. To complete the analogy: You HAVE to be a member of a club (live in a country) and MUST conform to the rules of club or force will be used against you (which will significantly decrease your personal happiness, most likely). In addition, changing clubs cannot be done without some effort, and many clubs have major disadvantages compared to the club you were originally in. So, if one makes the decision that their current club is their best option, they can still have an active interest in improving it. See above. Just because one is active politically doesn't mean they don't also actively make changes to their life to better it. ------------------------------------------------- I care a fair bit about a bunch of different issues (politically speaking), so I take some interest in politics (including occasional activism of sorts). However, the majority of these things will not be personally detrimental to my life one way or another. If it gets to the point that a political decision is made that would have a substantial negative effect on my life, I would gladly take the direct option (of moving, essentially). There are a few things I can think of that would cause me to do that. However, there are some things that would not be a major enough inconvenience on my life to warrant leaving the country or province (the club), but would still detract from my personal freedom (and happiness by extension). In these cases, where direct action is not appropriate, I take indirect action as a less effective but still potentially useful alternative. Yeah I more or less agree with everything you said. I'd argue that you're in the minority here as well, though... it seems that most people who become invested in politics never give any attention to their direct options. They view indirect options as their only options... and then they end up unhappy as a result. And then if someone comes along and offers them some direct options, they get pissed off :lol: