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  1. ForsakenMage
    So my last entry was over a year ago, with life taking a dramatic turn, leading me to work in the gaming industry. It has been a year full of blessings, and I have met so many awesome people along the way.
     
    Of course, after joining the industry, I was finding myself semi-glued to my phone with e-mails and general social media catch up, not to mention news. At this point, most people in our family have smartphones, except my dad. Now that he's finally gotten around to handling e-mails, he figured he could get one too.
     
    This, naturally, doesn't happen without some hilarity. So with this comeback blog entry comes "Oh Parents" Part XI! ^_^ Whole conversation is in Cantonese, translated into English. My parents were having this conversation while debating on whether or not to let Dad get a smartphone (Mom has one and is a total pro at it with little teaching from us kids).
     
    Mom: You know if you pick out a phone yourself, something will go wrong and you start yelling at the phone, the kids are going to say it's your fault and that you were the one that picked out the phone yourself. Whereas if you let the kids pick the phone for you, if something goes wrong they'll fix it for you with no fuss.
     
    Dad: What do you mean blame? If it breaks, I can get them to fix it no problem.
     
    Mom: But that's exactly what I mean! If you pick it yourself, and the phone goes bad, they'll say it's your fault for picking out a bad phone! But if they pick it for you they will try to fix it with no problem.
     
    Dad: It's not my fault if the phone goes stupid!
     
    Mom: That's the point. The kids want to make sure you get a phone that won't "go stupid." But if you do pick a bad phone, it's all your fault.
     
    Dad: I don't get it.
     
    :? We're holding off getting a smartphone for him.
  2. ForsakenMage
    It's been ages since I've shared with you the silliness my parents seem to throw at me.
     
    So Dad and I were talking about work (I start a new job fairly soon) while fixing the stove (one of the dials for the burner was broken), and the subject of phones came up. Now, sad to say my dad pays my phone bill for me because we're under a family plan, but I'm definitely going to be doing my part (finally whoohoo) to pay for the bill soon because of this. Again, this was all in Chinese translated into English.
     
    Dad: So it looks like you're going to have to get an iPhone* soon.
    Me: Uh, I guess. I mean, technically I could just get the internet on my current phone**, although it's a piece of cr-
    Dad: Get the iPhone.
    Me: Oh, okay. o.o
     
    * - By iPhone he really means any kind of smartphone.
    ** - I currently use a Samsung Flight. It works... But unfortunately, it's reception strength is pretty poor compared to my old phones. Not to mention I've noticed it's been locking up when it comes to processing certain applications, even stuff that's already pre-built in. Ugh.
     
    I used to use Sony Ericsson phones, but lately the models that have been coming around aren't too great or a bit out of my budget. :P
     
    Now of course he didn't mean get the phone right away, but it's something I'm going to have to consider...
     
    Considering my bad experience with Samsung so far, should I even consider getting a Samsung Galaxy S III, or should I just consider looking at the iPhone 4s or HTC X One? Or is there another phone in the market now I should consider saving up for? :D
  3. ForsakenMage
    So I spent the last 48 hours or so reading Legacy of Blood and am overall impressed. Admittedly I feel like there were some portions of the story that felt rushed and that Gar'rth's story seems thrown a tad messily together even though the title implied that this particular book would look into his history more. Still, T. S. Church did a great job keeping the thrill in the story, and tied up the one that was built up from Return to Canifis.
     
    But in terms of how Tenebra, the Dark Price, was eliminated: it just doesn't seem like a fitting end for him. I wished Gar'rth had put in the final blow like Vanescula wanted, instead of Kara-meir finishing it off for him. But I suppose in some views, if Gar'rth were to eliminate the Dark Prince, it would be viewed as him following Vanescula in addition to aiding his friends and the kingdom of Misthalin.
     
    The part that did bother me the most, however, was the romance between Theodore and Lady Anne. Somehow, it just never settled right with me at all. :( It just felt kind of dirty. Castimir and Arisha had their own romance, and I was okay with that, but with Theodore and Lady Anne, I got irritated. She presses herself onto Theodore so hard (no innuendo intended) that I wish I could just reach into the story world and go, "CONFOUND IT WOMAN! CAN'T YOU SEE HOW AWFUL YOU ARE?!" Between Castimir and Arisha, however, I feel like their romance developed in a more natural and sincere way. With Theodore and Lady Anne, it just feels like their love was more out of spite of Kara-meir, just because Theodore's feelings were hurt after hearing Kara-meir's lie about her intimate relationship with Gar'rth and Lady Anne viewing Kara-meir as someone below her.
     
    And Sulla's death. Finally. That guy was getting on my nerves with his sleaziness. <_< All the better for a fallen villain who believed up until the end he had some sort of power to exert over others. But somehow, I feel like his ending should've been more.
     
    But, it seems like there's still more afoot based on how the ended.
     
    But to my surprise, Jagex has announced on Facebook that it's the final book in the trilogy. WHAT?! :blink: When was this a trilogy?!
    But... there's still so many questions! D: WHYYYYYYYYYYYYY!
  4. ForsakenMage
    With all the excitement over the Combat Beta coming next week, it seems a little something that was highly promoted before got put back in the shadows. At least, from what I can tell so far.
     
    Some of you already know that I've actually gone and purchased the first and second RuneScape novels by T.S. Church, more out of curiosity than interest. And if anyone's taken the time to speak to the various NPCs in game that were mentioned in the book, you'll hear a few tidbits about the squire-later-knighted Theodore Kassel and Kara-Meir, although some of the things they say seem to bode something not good...
     
    The third novel to the series, Legacy of Blood, comes out on June 26th, the same day as the Combat Beta!!! (And yes, I did pre-order it on Amazon, and should be getting it on the day of release!) The majority of the rest of this post will be in hide tags so if you haven't read Betrayal at Falador and Return to Canifis, don't read the stuff in the hide tags!!!
     
    [spoiler='Minor Spoilers]Betrayal at Falador starts us off on a dark stormy night in Falador, where Squire Theodore discovers Kara-Meir, who appeared very near the castle walls despite wards against teleporting to it thanks to the power of the Ring of Life. Granted, the Ring of Life doesn't do that in game (rather, it'd teleport us closer to the crossroads in Falador), but a bit of creative license is not harmful, and it gives some body to the story.
     
    As we progress through the story, we meet Castimir--a young blue wizard in training from the Wizard's Tower south of Draynor, Ebenezer--an elder alchemist who some may call a heretic, Gar'rth--a young man Ebenezer had adopted and the nephew of Jerrod the werewolf, Arisha--the beautiful barbarian priestess, and Doric--yes, the very same Doric residing in the house just east of Taverley and north of Falador! Another character worth mentioning that you can speak to in-game for some possible hints from the novel is Sir Amik Varze. Together, these characters help to build the coming events of the Siege of Falador. You can see the damaged wall and ruins of the old ones along the north side of Falador.
     
    If you're into RuneScape lore, this is definitely a nice way of reading into the lore of Falador. However, make sure to keep yourself a bit more flexible on certain things:
     
    Adamant is considered to be quite powerful in game as seen in the characters' reactions to Kara-meir's sword, while runite extremely rare and is only mentioned being used to craft a very delicate piece of jewelry that Kara-meir repairs during her test to see if she would lead the dwarves to help save Falador. For those of us who haven't played Classic, adamant at one point was the strongest metal in RuneScape.
     
    All in all, I enjoyed the character development, particularly Theodore's and Kara-meir's.
     
    Return to Canifis lets us explore a bit more into Gar'rth's past, and some lore of Varrock and the dark lands of Morytania. We learn of the preparations made for the Dark Prince and his people to enter the kingdom of Misthalin, and the price that must be paid to learn of such dark secrets. We also get a view of Varrock's class-system, something not really seen in the game.
     
    However, the character development made in Betrayal at Falador seems partly reversed in Return to Canifis, which irritated me in some respects, especially Kara-meir's. Still, it's not a terrible book, but I feel it didn't live up to it's prequel.
     
     
    All in all, I hope Legacy of Blood turns out to be good. I expect we'll learn more about Gar'rth, and how the people in the kingdom of Misthalin prepare themselves for the undead armies to come...
  5. ForsakenMage
    As stated here, I finally got 99 slayer. This leaves just three more skills to get to 99 for a max cape.
     
    These past few months have been rather incredible for me, getting so many 99s in such rapid succession. In some ways, I should have expected it to eventually happen, but at the same time I find it funny that I could have done the same thing many years ago if I wasn't so stubborn and got members back in the day.
     
    I don't regret those years on F2P though. It's helped me avoid making one of those "We Pay, We Say" pointless arguments when people bring up game changing discussions, and honestly it's probably made me more tolerable of some skills (although Agility is quite... blargh).
     
    So all I have left now is to get Runecrafting from 95 to 99 (which I'm doing now), Hunter from 88 to 99, and Agility from 91 to 99. No set date on when I will max, because I'd like to get 120 Dungeoneering before 99 Agility so that I can have true max of 2496. So that's about 500 dungeons, give or take a couple dozen, assuming mostly surviving heh. We'll see how things go I suppose.
     
    Thanks to all my friends for their support over the years, and I'm not just talking about in-game too. Many of the people I met from the Tip.it community I can honestly call good friends because they've looked out for me as I would look out for them, just like my friends in real life. You guys are honestly just some of the best people in the community. <3:
     
    Let the journey continue.
     

  6. ForsakenMage
    So I finally got my 20th Construction, making this my fifth 99 for the year (Summoning, Herblore, Crafting, Smithing being the previous ones). Still have five more skills to get to 99 for Max Cape, but in a way I may want to get 120 Dungeoneering before that so I can get the Completionist Cape and Max Cape at the same time. We'll see. =) Special thanks to all my friends for putting up with my whining and spamming of "11111111111111111111." :P
     
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  8. ForsakenMage
    And now, for some more fun from my life! :) This conversation was entirely in Chinese, mind you, so this is a translation of it.
     
    Mom: So I saw the eye doctor today.
    Me: Uh huh.
    Mom: And he said this word that I know means "blurry" but I don't know how he was saying it.
    Me: What do you mean?
    Mom: It sounded like aurry or asurry.
    Me: Um, you sure he didn't mean "blurry."
    Mom: What's "abarry?"
    Me: No mom, "blurry."
    Mom: "Barry?"
    Me: No. "Blurry."
    Mom: "Alurry?"
    Me: "Blur-ry."
    Mom: "Blar-ry."
    Bless her. XD
  10. ForsakenMage
    It's been a crazy two months ish, and of course there were many derps along the way. Unfortunately it was hard to remember them all. :P Doesn't mean I don't have anything to share though!
     
    So I was taking a shower when I heard my dad calling for me outside at the door. I turned off the water, asking him what's up...
     
    Dad: Hey, don't you need to go downtown later to pick up those lab results?
    Me: Yea.
    Dad: <Says something I can't hear>
    Me: What? I can't hear you. I'll talk to you when I'm done showering.
    Dad: What? I can't hear you. Talk to me when you're done showering.
     
    :lol: One of us needs to clean our ears I think.
  11. ForsakenMage
    Just nine more to go: Runecrafting, Construction, Agility, Herblore, Crafting, Slayer, Hunter, Smithing, Farming. Why did I leave all the hard ones for last?!
     
    Ah well. :P Many thanks to all my friends for their support. <3: Special thanks to Brandon/Naive/Sman for telling me to get off my lazy butt and get it already after finding out how many charms I had left over.... Which is now down to like 500 crimsons only rofl. :D Don't worry, slayer will replenish that quickly! :D
     
    The possibility that I could max out this year is still there... I'm just being slow about it. :)
     
    And now a bajillion images for your enjoyment!
     
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  13. ForsakenMage
    Phone call from my mother on my mobile...
     
    Mom: Hey your brother is home right?
    Me: Yea... he just got home.
    Mom: Okay, good. *Hangs up*
     
    A few minutes later, my mobile rings again.
     
    Mom: Hey, you said your brother is home right? I need to talk to him, give him the phone.
    Me: Er... why didn't you just call his mobile?
    Mom: Well you said he just got home... Oh nevermind. *Hangs up.*
     
    :blink:
  14. ForsakenMage

    Oh Parents, Part VI

    By ForsakenMage,

    Let's give a hand to parents and the challenges they face raising us, with derps along the way.
     
    A few nights ago, I was watching "Person of Interest" with my dad and one of the characters talked about burying an empty coffin... Again, the conversation is in Chinese, and my parents' English is rather limited.
     
    Dad: So does "bury" mean something like barely?
    Me: Uh, no! It means something entirely different!
    Dad: So what does it mean?
    Me: ... You mean you didn't get it when she said "coffin" in that whole sentence?
    Dad: Nope.
    Mom: Doesn't "bury" mean like those people who wear very little clothes?
    Me: What? Oh my gosh, no! O_O
    Dad: But I always hear Don saying something like "bury able" or something like that."
    Me: No no, that's "barely," not "bury!" O_O'
    Dad: Oh... I don't get it.
     
    The most awkward part of all is the fact that they had just attended a funeral earlier that week.
     
    Thank you Mom and Dad for making me rage and laugh all at the same time. :thumbup:
  15. ForsakenMage

    Oh Parents, Part V

    By ForsakenMage,

    ;) What? You think my parents can go through a week without this?
     
    Dad: So how long is your training again?
    Me: Two weeks on site, one week in field.
    Dad: Okay.
     
    Not even five minutes later...
     
    Dad: So your training is two weeks long?
    Me: No, three weeks total, one being in the field.
    Dad: Okay.
     
    A few minutes later...
     
    Dad: So, you're going to be there for two weeks?
    Me: :wall:
     
    :-? If he's trying to start a conversation, this is sure a bad way to get one going lol.
  16. ForsakenMage

    Oh Parents, Part IV

    By ForsakenMage,

    :wall: I've had my schedule posted on the refrigerator door for some four months now, including the time and location I'll be at while bouncing between work and school, since my parents want to make sure they knew where I was in case something happens.
     
    Except they don't seem to even bother with it.
     
    At 8:00am this morning...
     
    Dad: Why are you up so early?
    Me: Because I have class.
    Dad: You start at 11:00 though.
    Me: Yea, and I have to leave in like an hour.
    Dad: But that's early!
    Me: Oh. My. God. Dad, did you even check the schedule I had posted ages ago?
    Dad: Yea, it says 11:00.
    Me: Did you check the location I wrote next to it like you asked me to months ago?
    Dad: Uh...
    Me: I have to go across town, which will take me at least an hour and a half, for class today.
    Dad: Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
     
    Mfw. :wall:
  17. ForsakenMage

    Oh Parents, Part II

    By ForsakenMage,

    Since the last blog entry brought some smiles, here goes some more from my life lol.
     
    After I finished washing the dishes from lunch, my dad, being slow as he is, finally comes over to the sink with his bowl and chopsticks.
    Me: Dad, why is it that you always wait until I'm done with the dishes before bringing your own stuff over?
    Dad: Just wait, when you get older your kids will say the same thing.
    Me: Uh who said I'm gonna have kids?
    Dad: (Literal translation here) I will spank the three of you if neither of you have kids!
    Me: Why in the world do you want us to have kids anyway? Have you see how bad the economy looks? I'm not gonna raise a kid in this!
    Dad: Oh, we just want grandchildren to play with and spoil, like the dog.
     
    #-o
  18. ForsakenMage

    Oh Parents

    By ForsakenMage,

    Last night at the dinner table while we were watching this speed dating show from China...
     
    Mom: You're not bad looking. Why don't you get to know someone?
    Me: :wall:
     
    Hours before that, a beauty guide show was on...
    Dad: You should watch that. You don't know how to dress yourself.
    Me: Dad, you do realize those women on there are like 40+ right? The styles aren't the same.
    Dad: No, there are some young people there.
    Me: Dad, there are old people on the screen right now.
    Dad: You still can't dress right.
    Me: Right, and dressing right means being super conservative dress for you. You have absolutely no sense of the current trends or styles thank you! :wall:
    Dad: No, I didn't say you have to dress like that.
    Me: Right, like that one time I wore a v-neck top. That was totally not freaking out. :rolleyes: And that other time you yelled at mom when she was wearing a sweatshirt...
    Dad: I did not...!
     
    And before that:
     
    Dad: You're getting fat.
    Me: . . . I've been losing weight. And I don't eat as much as you think.
    Dad: Look at your legs. They're so fat.
    Me: Why are you even looking at my legs? <_<
    Dad: You're going to be as fat as your sister if you don't work out more!
     
    :wall: :wall: :wall:
  20. ForsakenMage
    I am finally living up to my name. :thumbsup: A very special thanks to Mr Cammybear for providing me the money and runes to get me to 99 Magic. And of course, thank you Tip.it, GamingHeavens, and Excl's CC community for the support! ^_^ Wubs you all!
     
    I basically fire surged from level 96 magic to 99. From 85 to 96 I was passively training magic by using it for metal dragon tasks. :P
     
    And now for lots of pictures... 26. Some are probably just repeats, but I was mashing the key like mad just in case I missed something. XD Some pictures may contain some minor swearing. :|
     
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  22. ForsakenMage
    Well, I don't think I'll get 99 mining on BXPW, but I should get pretty darn close to it! That'd make mining my fifth 99 for the year... If I don't get 99 Mining during BXPW I should have it sometime next week.
     
    No, this does not mean I'm going for max cape. :| I don't think I have the patience, let alone the time and money, to do that, especially with Runecrafting. :unsure: Dungeoneering is still on my list of 99s to get this year though so maybe after 99 mining I'll start doing that. :pray:
     
    In real life... Eh, the usual. Research papers. Work. Lectures. Good stuff. :thumbup:
  23. ForsakenMage

    Lots of Rain...

    By ForsakenMage,

    Living in California, it didn't always mean the stereotypical sunshine and warm weather. It meant depending on which part of the state you lived in, it could be really warm if you were living out by the desert or pretty muggy in the middle of July.
     
    Wait, California has deserts? Yes, and snowy mountain peaks too. It's only a four hour drive from San Francisco to South Lake Tahoe, CA.
     
    Winters where I live in in California have been significantly cooler and wetter over the past few years. The past week alone has been non-stop rain, and it nearly drove me crazy. Sure it's not as bad as the snow storms the Midwest and East Coast had to deal with, but it was bad enough to cause some nuisances around here like flooded roads and downed trees when the winds were gusting at over 50mph/80kmph.
     
    Several times this past week while going to and from class, I had to find alternative routes because of deep ponds that were forming around the sewer drains and depressions in the ground on campus. My umbrella turned inside out a few times, but thankfully did not break. Yet. :???: My jeans, sneakers, and socks were already soaked through due to the rain going sideways thanks to the wind, so there wasn't much more I could do other than avoid getting more water in my sneakers. By the time I did get home, I was pretty much numb from the waist down. >.<
     
    I honestly thought the rain season would be over after the series of storms we got out here in December, but they came right back in February. And we're supposed to get more rain next week. :wall: Hi again to the snowy peaks and elevations of barely at 3000-ft. (914.4m) while temperatures fall to freezing.
     
    Time to invest in some galoshes, extra pairs of leggings to wear underneath my pants, and unpack the winter coats. The groundhog lied. It's gonna be a long winter. :evil:
  24. ForsakenMage
    Despite all the "changes" that have recently been put back into the game, I've decided to mostly ignore it, mostly because I don't see it as something so drastically important that I need to dedicate time to it.
     
    Instead, I'm going the complete opposite route.
     
    For the past few years, I've been making it a point to not do anything combat related in RuneScape for the entire duration of the Lunar New Year celebration, and two weeks after that. This means a whole month dedicated to pure skilling. In years past I've done woodcutting, firemaking, fishing, and crafting. This year I'm planning to mine. This may mean I might just get 99 mining after all after having attempted to last summer but failing because it was just too boring.
     
    What started this tradition was simply the superstition that doing anything remotely violent during the new year celebrations meant I'd face more violence that year. Not that I entirely believe this superstition, but better safe than sorry. :P
     
    So some of you will find me at the Living Rock Caverns mining the concentrated old ore in world 77. I have about 78k gold ores left to level 99 mining, and I usually mine about 3k a day with school, more during the weekends. :P
     
    Anyway, in regards to the wilderness and free trade returning, I've found myself needing to turn rather Scroogey in some ways. For one thing, I realized just how much my so-called friends really considered me a friend. Last night I was bombarded with "OMG WHEN IS THE UPDATE COMING?! YOU SHOULD KNOW! JAGEX TELLS YOU ALL." It was rather saddening to see that those I considered friends were merely using me as a tool for their update news, not to mention their bank. As much as I'd like to help all 200 of my friends, there is simply no way I can go and choose a random 15 or so people to give away rares.
     
    Simply put: I won't be giving anyone anything. This sounds awfully selfish, but I don't want to make it seem like I favor one friend over the other. :unsure:
     
    Free trade may be nice and all, but honestly if you're gonna just beg for free stuff and get used to that rather than working for your items, then you're no better than a scammer. :unsure:
     
    Anyway...
     
    祝你們新年快樂﹗恭喜發財﹗身體健康﹗(Happy Lunar New Year. May you have a prosperous healthy year! :shades:)
  25. ForsakenMage
    I had meant to write an entry, but as you can tell I usually don't blog anyway. XD
     
    So it's been about a year and a bit over a month since I got P2P on my main. And honestly I have no regrets. Sure I lost my status as one of the higher skill-total F2Pers, but I gained a renewed interest in the game as well, not to mention even more friends.
     
    As of now, I have achieved at least three P2P stats to the 90s, including Thieving (99), Fletching (90), and Slayer (90). I've also managed to get 80+ in Herblore (80), Farming (81), and Summoning (85, with enough charms to get me to 93 at the moment). The rest unfortunately are in the 70s, but I can deal with them later.
     
    As you can tell from my signature, I got my quest cape pretty fast. I still have yet to get a fire cape (5-0 Jad), and still need to try to get full void. But all in all I guess I'm pretty happy having made this switch.
     
    So let's talk about the Wilderness & Free Trade instead! It's the talk of the community for the most part, with a majority of the votes going for their return. And now it's officially been announced that it's going to return on February 1st.
     
    Most of you know my opinion on the vote, that I was okay with the old Wilderness coming back but not Free Trade, so I voted no. Not surprisingly I got quite a bit of flames for my choice in game. They thought I was crazy to think that the prices were going to skyrocket once everything was said and done with the vote. I wonder what they're thinking now as they're trying to buy their supplies. Currently Super Restores (4) are at 13.5k each median, while Super Sets (4) are going for about a total of 3.8k each and rising. Rune Armour sets are also rising, now above 170k each. This trend will continue until close to the release date, and chances are the market will crash hard once that does happen. We can thank the merchant clans who a majority of us hate, who now have a schedule to play with to once again manipulate the prices sky high. Hate to say it to the PKers, but I told you so. :P Have fun trying to buy your stuff. But it isn't just the PKer. Skillers are also facing an increase in raw materials as well. Herbs needed for the potions that PKers commonly use are going up, ores are going up, etc.
     
    Honestly, with free trade, merchant clans will have more power than some think. That might not seem the case now, especially since we really have no reference. There were solo merchants back in the days of free trade, and many of them managed to get quite a profit. But now with the large number of merchanting clans, they can easily take advantage of the market and control the prices even more. The GE put restrictions on how fast the prices can raise. Imagine without that restriction.
     
    So prices may go down, but would they go back down to what we're used to and what we want? Or will merchant clans completely take over? Who knows.
     
    On the real life bit...
     
    I'm currently finishing up my last semester hopefully at the college I'm at now and will hopefully start working on my therapist license starting this coming Fall. ^_^
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