ForsakenMage

This is why you don't over excite yourselves... Once you start doing that and something doesn't go your way, you start blaming Jagex for what YOU THOUGHT was gonna happen. :wall:

One night can be all the time needed to change everything you knew about. We've all heard that before. The question is, are we able to recuperate in the end? It's been over a month since the Grey attack. It sounds such a long time ago, but the memories are still there. The screaming and cold; it's all still in our heads, and embedded for who knows how long. Memories like these can't be magically erased. I'm sure the question, "What about medication?" lingers in your mind. The truth of the matter is nothing will erase them. It'll just be suppressed for however much time would allow us to hold that sense of security until something triggers us to remember again. They had trained us, the senior residents, earlier in the year to prepare us for attacks. They thought we were ready for such attacks, and if not, the Cavalry would back us up. So much for that. Everyone in the building died that night. Well, no, not everyone. There were the six "patchers," and then me. How the hell six druggies and I survived, I don't know. Then there were those that evacuated; they're all okay, but no one really pays attention to them. It's always about the survivors that escaped certain peril. I remember seeing the Grey just hovering over us, us being Josh, Katelynn, and myself. The Daemon really had no distinct features other than the typical mist they seem to go about as now-in-days. Not a lot of people could identify a Daemon just by looking it. Most of the time people mistaken them to be clouds or fog hovering over the world. The Grey was exactly that: just a big chunk of fog with a nasty energy signature. The three of us just stared at it, losing it as the world around us turned just as grey as it was. Those grey tendrils I saw in Katelynn's eyes were slowly enveloping her eyes entirely; the same was happening to Josh and me. The shriek we had heard wasn't the Grey itself, but actually Seren. Somehow she got into the building and didn't even bother to think about the alarm blaring. That wasn't surprising. I've written her up before for disobeying evacuation orders, even during drills. "Oh my god! Katelynn!" The Grey tuned around and stared at Seren before floating towards her. Seren shrieked again, running towards the stairs at the other end of the hall with the Grey chasing after her. A bit of the grey in my eyes pulled back as the Grey moved away from us. I tried to stand up, trembling a little as I uttered a spell. The Daemon turned around, sensing the energy I was building up and lunged towards me. I tried to hold in the panic as I muttered faster before putting out one outstretched hand. "Begone, Daemon!" A wave of energy surged down the hall, making a direct hit at the Grey. We shielded our eyes as the Grey howled and staggered back, shaking itself before letting out a shriek and began to head towards me again. "Why didn't it disappear? Why didn't it disappear?!" Katelynn whimpered besides me. I tried to ignore her as I cast the spell again, but to no avail. It wasn't fazing the Grey at all as it approached us faster, intent on killing. "MOVE!" I yelled at Katelynn and Josh. Katelynn scrambled up to her feet as well as she could and yanked Josh away just as the Grey slammed into me. "OOF!" I tried to cross my arms over my head as I felt my body seemingly float in the air for a moment before being slammed into the other end of the hall. I heard something crack right before my body slid to the ground, battered, cut, but otherwise I was still alive. I lowered my arms, looking up at the Daemon. The Grey stared at me, and for some reason I could sense confusion in all its desire to kill me before it turned away to go after the others. "No…" I could only say as I tried to reach out again with another spell. The last thing I heard were the shrieks of Seren and Katelynn as my world went dark. It was maybe an hour or two later that the Cavalry finally arrived at our House. Whatever happened between when I passed out until they arrived, I don't know. All I remember was being pulled up and feeling numb when I came to as they put me on the gurney. "Diotima! Are you all right?" I heard the head resident yell besides me. "Diotima!" "It's all right, sir. We'll take care of her," one of the Cavalry medics said. "Just move out of the way and let us do our job." "Diotima…" The head resident watched as I was pulled into an ambulance. I stared back, watching the rows of body bags pile up besides him, even as the medics closed the ambulance doors and we began to drive off to the hospital. Six "patchers." Josh, Seren, Katelynn were with me. The other three were found a few doors down in two separate rooms. Two guys and a girl named Alexander, Vincent, and Perdita. Alexander was in his room studying while next door his fraternity brother Vincent was having a private moment with Perdita. Josh was rushed to the hospital along with me while Seren and Katelynn were treated at the scene for minor cuts and bruises from the panic. Alexander, Vincent, and Perdita were hardly touched at all. "Couple of broken ribs and a slight concussion, but otherwise you're lucky to be alive." The doctor checked the chart in his hand a few times. "How do you feel?" "Like someone knocked me down one too many times on the football field, sir." "Well, no football for you for at least a couple of weeks, Diotima." He set the chart down and started for the doorway. "Doctor, what about Josh? Is he all right?" "Mostly. He overdosed on the patch but that's probably what saved him." Overdosed on the patch? Saved him? "What do you mean?" I asked, baffled. "I mean the Grey didn't appear to have touched him at all." "Are you trying to tell me that because he was using the patch that that's why the Grey didn't touch him?" The doctor shut the door, sitting down on a chair nearby. "Well, it would seem that way. All the other residents that survived with you were all wearing patches at the time too." "But Seren quit-" "She had one on when the Calvary found her." "But then that means I should be dead then, not alive." "Supposedly yes, but you're not. It's a most curious thing. As far as we can tell, you don't even have any of the patch's chemicals in your system." "So what saved me then?" The doctor shrugged. "Consider yourself lucky. I'll check up on you in a few hours. For now, just try to get some rest." "Thank you, Doctor." As the doctor left, I sank back down into the pillows and thought about what happened tonight. Why did the Grey let me live? Why did it attack me and then left me alone to go after the others? Did being on the patch have anything to do with some of residents surviving the attack? ~ "The Calvary has captured another Grey last night after another attack on the City. At least twenty people are dead and two are in the hospital. The attack happened at one of the University's residence halls. A majority of the students were evacuated by their senior and head residents. Unfortunately, some ignored the alarms and efforts to evacuate. Of the students still inside the building, seven survived the attack, including the two in the hospital. A senior resident was one of the survivors. Their head resident explained that she, the senior resident, had run back inside to try to rescue the remaining students…" The television broadcast droned on and on about the attack. I watched as my picture and Josh's flashed across the screen, followed by the faces of Katelynn, Seren, Vincent, Alexander, and Perdita. They called us the Grey survivors. I turned my attention to the hallway, where the sound of excited news reporters and nurses seemed to grow louder. It's been like that for the past few days. Now and again, a reporter manages to sneak in somehow, but before they could ask any questions, a security guard or nurse would chase them out. I wondered if Josh was having the same problem. "The Calvary Daemon Investigation Team, CDIT, have discovered something quite interesting from this recent attack. Six of the students that survived were found to have "patches" on and came out of the attacks with very minor injuries. It is too early to tell whether or not this could be the reason why the students have survived the attack, but experts in the field are saying that because the "patch" alters the state of mind for its users, the Grey is left confused in its attempts to feed." Wait, what? "The CDIT will release an official statement later this week once their tests are complete. The results may help the City find a way to defend itself against further Daemon attacks." "Diotima?" I turned from the television and found the security guard peering into my room worriedly. "The CDIT wishes to speak with you, if you feel well enough." I turned off the television, biting my lip a little. If I heard right, we were just told on national television that the "patch" was now a miracle life-saving defense mechanism against the Grey Daemon. Another reason to allow the "patch" on campus, and if found legitimate… "Sure, let them in," I told the guard. He nodded and motioned to someone in the hallway. A woman dressed in the standard light blue uniform of the CDIT stepped into the room, regarding me quietly for a moment, then whispered something to the guard. The guard nodded again and stepped back into the hallway. I watched as the CDIT walked towards a chair and sat down, still watching me. Finally, after some more seconds of awkward silence, she spoke. "Diotima, you're aware of what the CDIT's investigating right now according to the news?" "The "patch" making its users immune to the Grey's attacks?" "More or less. There's something we don't understand though. The Grey… It didn't feed on you?" "No… It just left me alone after slamming me into a wall." "Do you know why?" "No… The doctors are just as confused." "If you're willing, Diotima, we'd like for you to help us in this investigation." I could see where this was going. "So you're going to have me poked and prodded at by one of the captured Grey's and figure out why they won't eat my brains?" "No. That'd be unethical. All we need is a blood sample." "Wait a moment, the doctor said there weren't any chemicals from the "patch" in my system." "No, but perhaps there's something else in you that made the Grey step back." "So now I'm some sort of freak. That I have some sort of genetic material that made me repulsive to the Grey." "The CDIT isn't trying to call you a freak. But yes, there is a possibility that your genetic makeup may have something to do with the Grey not attempting to feed off of you." I felt angry. I don't know why, but I did. "Get out." "But-" "I'll let my doctor know what I want to do. Now please, get out." The CDIT agent looked at me, shaking her head. "I've read your profile, Diotima. You want to be a CDIT. You'd make a good one. This is your chance to prove how much potential you have." She left her card on the nightstand. "I look forward to speaking with you again."

Think before you post. Seriously. viewtopic.php?f=77&t=771081 The movie is adapted from the book, so you can talk about the book there.

They're pre-paid cards you use to purchase things on-line without having your personal information sent. http://www.wallie.com/

I'm gonna put it bluntly for those who are saying there is no discussion value: Quit being jerks. If you think the post has no discussion value, then why post? Go post on something where you think has discussion value and move on. Don't raise your post count by flaming and spamming. :roll: If someone wants to talk about the Wallie Cards and how they're helping Jagex to expand their business, by all means go ahead. But if you're gonna come post on this topic just to say "NO DISCUSSION VALUE, BAN OP PLEASE," then you need go somewhere else and post something more meaningful. Your post alone does not contribute to any sort of discussion at all. And now I'm gonna go on topic. Wallie Cards being available in Sweden may not seem like a big deal for some of us (particularly to those who don't have a clue about what they are), but to those there it makes it that much more convenient to get members. It is a big deal because Jagex is continuing to make their membership more purchasable in different countries.

"Death Aboard" now has the Finale (Lighthouse) out. It's not the same Lighthouse as on Survival mode (although quite similar). [hide=Spoiler Video of the Finale! (Video may contain some inappropriate language and images...)][yt]QWmmOj5xGvA[/yt][/hide]

In the future, please make sure you've proof-read your thread, as well as having done some proper research, before hitting the "Submit" button. Otherwise, you'll make yourself look like a fool calling people liars and contradicting yourself.

Agility was a teaser to non-members in that especially in clan wars and The Great Orb Project for example, you think, "Ugh! They've recharged their run already?!" If you got one team full of members and one team full of non-members that never had F2P before, it can make all the difference. "How far will they go?" " is in reference to how much will Jagex withdraw P2P aspects from the F2P areas.

Looks pretty good. I would definitely play it if the boat rocked. It shudders now and again, to add onto that seasickness. :P Kinda gets scary too if you don't have the music on and you think, "OMG TANK?!"

Haha yea, Criken's great. Kilplix has some awesome videos too like that. So last night, my friends and I decided to change things up a bit. I was looking around this website that had custom L4D maps, and downloaded the Zelda map first. It was... Exciting? Well no, not really. The high vaulted ceilings made it seem too easy. :wall: Like the Zelda games there were a few puzzles, but nothing extremely mind boggling. :? Good try on the mapmaker's part. This, however, kicked [wagon]: http://www.l4dmaps.com/details.php?file=33 Right now it's still in beta, with four out of the five levels completed. If you do play this map, careful with the fourth level of the map. If you've never been seasick before, this map will get you feeling a bit quesy. :lol: [hide=Death Aboard (L4D Custom Map) In Normal Detail][yt]DB_I3i3SOcc[/yt][/hide]

Bwaahaahaa! Got two levels late last night (day off ftw!). 97 Range and 83 Mage. :twisted: I could be insane and get 87 mining as well... But I rather go back to ranging. :thumbup: So close, yet so far to 99!!! GAAAAAH! :wall:

97 range tonight. 98 range maybe next week (not this weekend since I may have work and I may be going out of town...) depending on how my life goes. 99 Range sometime in July for sure. After that it's either 99 crafting or 99 mining next... If I go with mining, it's either iron or coal... I knew I should've gotten 99 mining back in the old RSC days. GAH. I might get a random magic level and mining level if I go with 99 crafting though since I'm already close to 83 magic and 87 mining. :lol: I'm saving up my gold bars from the Greater Demons at the moment. :lol: I need to level faster. :oops:

I'm so slow with leveling. Gonna work on 99 crafting next I think.

No I think I know what you're saying my dear. Its just that I find this rest feature 100% positive whereas I found every aspect of the fatigue system with beds and bags 110% negative towards the dynamics of the game. I can't seem to draw any parallels between the two, except of course that we have to "rest" back than and now hehe. Fatigue really discouraged myself and many others but rest seems to have raised the bar and made alot of ppl happy . : Roflmao I said that in my article silly! I still think you're my hero though. :P

:? Hrm. Either people are just skimming through my article or the whole idea was completely missed somehow. Rest and fatigue. Sleep. Think about it. :lol:

This I like. I don't like the fact that they're just stationary in the current game because we can always just get past her. I'm sure her wandering around won't give THAT much of a challenge, but it will make you look over your shoulder more often just in case. :twisted:

99 Range for sure. And then maybe 90 prayer, but that's still up in the air. Otherwise, maybe 80 RC instead. :thumbup:

The guy named Destiny died a bit too early... And I gave him my health kit too. :wall: Would've lasted an hour if it wasn't for that premature death. Key thing for sure on Survival: DO NOT HEAL UNTIL YOU'RE BLACK AND WHITE!!! :shock: Save the pills for the very last if you can.

Seems really early for a sequel when there's so much more that could be done now with the current L4D... Ellis - Reminds me of Louis for some reason. o_O' Coach - Reminds me of Bill just by the way he talks: serious. Nick - Francis. Seriously. Conman and gambler? Sounds like another "badass" character. Rochelle - Well... She's wearing a red shirt, similar to Zoey's red sweatshirt... :wall: Anyone see the video showing "fire ammo?" That threw me off completely. :lol: The Charger special infected seems like a pretty good idea. I like the idea of double switches too so that we don't have so much boring wait time for the panic event to send. :P The only thing that bugged me was that the game's set in the daytime. It just doesn't seem right for some reason. When I hear about zombies, I think about the "night of the living dead." The swamp portion of a campaign that I've been hearing about should turn out pretty interesting. :) Whole game itself sounds like its based in the southern states of the US (there's a Savannah campaign apparently). Looks like we've moved from Pennsylvania to the South. Next thing you know we're gonna move to the Midwest, the West, the Great North, and Hawaii. :?

So last night a team of my friends and I got on Versus and started to play Dead Air and No Mercy... Kicked butt... And in the process watched five or more teams rotate in and out of the server, i.e. rage quit. :wall: Ah the joys of kicking [wagon]... :thumbup:

Finished it. Won't post the answers though. :P I'll save it for PMs only haha.

Haha that looks awesome!

Not unless your friends and you get together to pitch in for the four-pack special ($119.99), which would run to about $10 less (normal price is $39.99 for individual unit).

:twisted: 37mins, 37secs on The Drains. :lol:

Funniest thing just happened while playing Versus on Dead Air. So these two guys were on the roof past the crane and were headed for the building across the planks. I was a hunter, and I had set up on the window behind them. They don't see me... One goes across, and tries to jump. Just as he does I pounce the guy behind him. The guy that went first ends up danging from the planks going to the next building while I'm scratching his friend to death. The other two teammates who had gone ahead suddenly realize what happened and run to rescue them, only to get bombarded by the rest of my team and a nice sized horde. :twisted: Final Score: 7985 (my team) to 485?. Forgot to take a screenie. :P