imaerehw14

I've made friends in RS that I've never seen or met face to face. The closest contact I've had with any of them is through Vent or phone. I haven't had members in about 3 months, and I haven't seriously played the game in over 2 years. I get on vent every once in a while, but getting on last night, I decided to log in and check out the duel arena/wilderness since it had been a while since i have played... and i mean, come on! the wild is back! I got on, got into vent, was talking for a few minutes. I was offered a membership card pin for free. just for the heck of it. then I got on and gave one of my friends my SoL that i had in my bank from my last membership. All of this happened because I know I can trust these guys/girls. Trustworthy RS friends can be found, its just a matter of where, and how willing you are to make the effort to see if they really are trustworthy.

too true.

You're telling me it doesn't matter to me weather I profit? I'm telling you it does matter, which is why I asked. That's like saying it doesn't matter how many charms I get bursting, if I get a lot it's just coincdence. I'm paying for maging and getting charms from lobbys. If I wanted mage exp I'd alch and If I wanted charms I'd kill waterfiends. I wouldn't have asked if It didn't matter, as it's a matter of personal preference. I would just like to at least break even or make some money, I can't afford to loose any more cash. I think the point he was trying to make was that there is no direct profit from demons, only a chance for profit. Frost dragons on the other hand, drop bones worth 17k each 100% of the time, which is greater than the money you are spending to kill them. If you are insistent on not losing any money, you should get your dungeoneering up.

As others have stated, I would occasionally use other websites (I would try them all to get the info i needed) for quest help. It's not that tip.it doesn't have good guides, but sometimes I would be using a guide and there would just be a gap in information. It could be obvious what you should do, however I will be the first to admit I am not the brightest crayon in the box sometimes.

fun? what's fun? this is runescape!

I've owned 1 party hat in my 7 years of having my account. It was about two years ago when i bought it. I can't remember exactly how much I bought it for, but I remember I was going back to F2P, sold all of my items, and bought a green. About a year after owning it, I decided to sell it for around 180m (making a lot of profit). I figured that the price would shoot back down eventually, like it normally does. I get back on a few weeks later to check the prices and see that the hat was 400m+. My only experience 'merching' a party hat was a positive one. I made more than (if i recall correctly) 40m and now I have a large enough cash pile to do what I like to do... comfortably. But now, it seems like the only way to get a partyhat would to be to pay for a party hat, and double what that hat is worth in poisoned addy arrows, which is beyond stupid. obviously people have found a way around the GE and max trade limits, which shows just how ineffective they are. kind of on topic: i cant believe how crazy the economy has become in 2 years.

I just got a task of gargoyles. Unfortunately, i only have 397 slayer points... bleehh edit: just crapped myself when i saw the right-click 'smash' option after like 60 kills. lol

Thanks for the info!

I've been away from RS for a while, and I am just finishing up my first month of membership after about 2 years of being inactive. I started a bit of slayer during this past month, and I noticed a few new options in the rewards screen. There is one that allows me to do killing blows faster. Unfortunately that's the only description i've been able to find (on the official website, tip.it skill guide, etc). Anyone have any more insight on the matter? If it's going to make a difference in my slaying, I'd like to know what it is. thanks!

I like my untrimmed defence cape. With more than 5 years of play time (and close to 2 years of being on a 'break'), I think it distinguishes me from a lot of other people. Do you know what it's like being called a def noob for more than 3 years of play-time? Some of the most interesting, and fun times i've ever had, haha. If you've ever seen someone 'rage-quit' because you were pulling out the whip combos in the wilderness, just think how people respond when their 99 strength hits a combo of 8 0's in a row. sometimes skillcapes are more than just a goal, as OP suggested.

a majority of my experience is from DKs and Barrows. Both have a pretty decent return on your cash investment, but you have to account for supplies other than runes. but keep in mind that DKs isn't as predictable as barrows. if you go to barrows, you can get your runes back, and make cash at the same time. Its not going to get you to 99 in a month, but it will get you some levels while gaining a decent amount of cash and runes. DKs: your money comes from drops, namely warrior ring, breserker ring, dragon hatchet, and dag bones. you lose 100% of the runes you cast (unless you use a staff that has the chance to save runes). barrows: in my experience, i only lost about 10-20% of the runes i put into it (mind and death runes) while gaining bloods and chaos. you can sell the extra runes for cash, or keep them for training later on. And since barrows armor seems to be pretty stable, and more expensive than it once was, the drops you get can go straight into the more expensive methods later on.

Have you ever thought that maybe this is intentional on Jagex's part? Maybe not just you in particular, but merchanters in general?

25,608 addy spears (metal dragon drops) 792 Steel axes (slayer drops) 32 rune pickaxes (clues) 51 rune hatchets (clues) None were bought.

I talked to someone in game, and they suggested it. I found a patch of ivy, started chopping, and I instantly fell in love with the xp i was getting. definitely no need for me to do anything else at this point.

Did a search, and found that 'Clinging Ivy' would be the fastest experience. But as I sit here, chopping yews, I want to know how fast it actually is. I bought my daxe, ran to the magic trees south of seers village, and after about 5 minutes, I only had 5 logs. (forgot how long this takes). So I ran north to the yews, and after about 7 minutes, my inventory was full. Money isn't much of a factor for me, so if I can level faster doing something else, I will. a few questions: How fast do i receive the experience? How long until the plant grows back? Do I need to world hop/teleport to other locations to make the best of my endeavors? Thanks in advance.

I don't know whether to call that dedication or absolutely nothing to do for a week, but its impressive none the less. I don't think I could handle it.

http://www.consumerfreedom.com/pressRel ... elease/258 tsk tsk PETA. You should have thought that whole thing out before you decided offing kittens and puppies.

the point of a high powered weapon is to counteract high powered armor, prayers, foods, potions, and shields. Whenever you add bandos, see a drop of SIGNIFICANCE in barrows, and see a rise in the use of food that has a higher healing power, along with all of the armor, prayers, and potions we have already had, there needs to be something to counteract that. the dragon claws, if no one has noticed, has a big downfall. when you switch to them, you leave your self anywhere from 15 to 75 (or more) points lower in defense bonuses than you were. If you have someone with a VLS or an AGS and they have piety and vengeance activated, then shouldnt the person with the dragon claws have a chance? and if so, shouldnt them getting a chance to ko also give a negative effect at the same time? its a game of positives and negatives, and more recently a lot of people are only looking at the positives.

I see the argument that you only obtain high level, useful combat items through combat, and not through other skills that also take time and effort, but that's also just the point. Does anyone else but me think that it's smart to only let certain high level combat items be obtainable through combat? Why should someone with 99 woodcutting get a nest with an armadyl hilt in it? The risk simply does not amount to the reward given. A better idea in general would be updating the game this year (as jagex has promoted through their Behind the Scenes 2008) and give skills more rewards at higher levels, not necessarily being armor and weapons, but something valued towards the skill you were training.

Thanks for reading :) I see your point on the NCLB point, it wasn't 100% bad, but for my speech it really isnt that good of an idea to put anything positive. Trying to maintain cognitive dissonance while at the same time praising a cause of my problem would be impossible to achieve.

WARNING: This is a medium-long read. If you take the time to read it, I would really appreciate feedback! Hello, I am Imaerehw14, or Dave if you wish. I am a senior in high school and I participate in Debate and Forensics. This year I am trying something new, Original Oratory (OO for short). OO is a competition where I write, memorize, and recite an 8-10 minute persuasive speech on any subject. I have written mine, and I was looking for some feedback. Any and all constructive criticism is very appreciated! Seeing is believing. This is a common phrase weve all heard, but what does it mean? The truth behind these words is much stronger than simply suggesting only what is tangible is real. Many believe it is an exhortation to believe only that which we can see, hear, touch, taste, smell, or understand is reality. The truth is that we cant help to believe that only tangible ideas and objects are real, its the way the mind works. The conflict between imagination and reality has been an eternal battle, but in the recent years with the advances in technology and the changes in the education system, the decline in imagination has been steadily increasing. Technology has a large audience, and that audience willingly suspends their disbelief to accept what is put before them. August 1, 1950 was arguably the first day of the decline of imagination as we know it. This day is special because this was the airing of the first full length animated series; a childrens cartoon. Crusader Rabbit was a fun-loving rabbit who always got himself into predicaments, and with the help of his friends, he eventually got himself out of the situation and everyone lived happily ever after; until the next Saturday morning. The cartoon was a great success, having 195 episodes in the first two years. Many other stations had noticed the success this fun loving rabbit had in the ratings, and had begun to adopt similar shows. This is what started the progression from imagination to stagnation. We now had something to occupy our minds, instead of allowing our minds to occupy us. Mercutio, from the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, said I talk of dreams, which are the children of an idle brain. When you sat in front of a television and let your mind take in everything that was presented to you, there was no room for imagination. Everything was shown to you frame by frame, leaving little for the mind to interpret. In the 21st century, it is hard to stray away from technology. Cell phones, TVs, computers, iPods, and video games all present your mind with information, leaving you little to decide on your own. Of course we cant blame this all on technology. The education system also has a share in this endeavor. In 1965, the federal government enacted the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. This act had six sections that outlined how the government was going to regulate the act of learning. The act was passed with the intention that it was to be reauthorized every five years to meet the current standards. The current reauthorization of this act is the ever popular No Child Left Behind Act. Ever since 1965, the education system had some sort of mandated curriculum or test the students of their respective states had to pass with the fear of lost funding somewhere in that state if they did not meet a satisfactory rating. This led to the current style of education we all know today; teaching specifically to the test. This method is the epitome of the public education system. You enter your class, you take out your book, you take notes from the current chapter, you study for the test on Friday, you take the test on Friday, and you repeat the cycle the next week. Information is learned, but experience is not. When the information is fed to you, you have no time to wonder what if. You gain no experience and learn no lessons, you merely take what is thrust upon you as fact and dont question or experience the information you are learning. At the end of the day, you might know the concept of a general idea, but you will never be able to experience something like you would if you had just imagined how it would happen and take a chance with actually partaking in the educational process. Why is it that our brains function like they do? Well when we read or hear something, images start to form in our brain. The images, the meaning of the images, and our emotional response to those images are formed by the interaction between three parts of our brains. The reptilian part of our brain controls our fight or flight reaction and our emotions, our midbrain controls our cognitive sensory processing, such as sight, and our neocortex is in control of high-order reasoning. When these three parts of our brain start to work together, ideas, images, and emotional responses are generated together at the same time; this is imagination. Because of the images we have seen on TV, in movies, and on the internet we have no need for our midbrain to function when creating an image in our mind. We have more than likely already seen the image somewhere else, therefore our brain doesnt need to go into the process of creating that image, it just recalls that image from the images you have seen on TV, in a movie, or on the internet. At the same time, we are looking into our cerebrum for the information that we have already learned via the teaching-to-the-test method of education. If we already have had that information implanted in us, then there is no reason for our neocortex to reason and come up with a solution. In short, because of technology and regulated education, imagination ceases to be important to us because we already have the images, the meaning of those images, and the emotional responses to those images pre-planned. In time, this destroys the ability to imagine since we are just recalling previous events that we take for fact. Robert Bly, author of Sibling Society, explains the repercussions of the decline of imagination. Consequently, the decline of imagination leads us to rely ever increasingly upon the very cause of the problem. It takes more of the same visual gluttony to be entertained. If all we know is excess, where will we find the beauty of balance and simplicity in the stories that we tell? As Bly stated, we will just need to keep feeding ourselves images and information to keep up with the steady pace of our declining imagination. How do we fix this? Is it even possible to reverse the decline of imagination? First, we need to recognize that technology is part of the problem. Technology provides many great benefits to our culture and society, but when it gets to the point where it takes over our lives and starts to degrade imagination, something needs to be done. Only after we recognize the problem can we look for a solution. But even after accepting that there is a problem, were still at a stand still. What is the solution to the problem? It would be ridiculous of me to stand up here and ask you to throw your TVs out the window, unplug your computers, sell your videogame systems for scrap metal, and chuck your cell phones into the river when we all know that tonight after I get home, I am going to watch TV, get on the internet to check Facebook, play my new video game I bought last week, and text on my cell phone. I think the true solution to this problem is moderation. Sure, we like to think that we dont watch TV all that often, or we dont get on the internet all that much, but if we really thought that, we would be lying to ourselves. The Stanford Institute for the Quantitative Study of Society came out with a report in July of 2008 that stated the average internet user spends at least 3 hours a day of online recreational use and that the average American spends 1.7 hours a day watching TV. So if we simply moderate ourselves and cut those numbers in half, we could be using that extra 2 hours and 20 minutes a day doing something that could enhance our imagination, such as reading, doing any form of art, or creating music. Even the sky isnt the limit when you are using your imagination. Secondly, the only way to fix the problem in the education system is reform. Paulo Freire was an education reformist in the 20th century who promoted learning through experience rather than the accepted theory of teach-to-the-test. Freire thought that if you learned through experience, you actually gained more knowledge because you learned through trial and error. Learning through trial and error is more beneficial because you will be able to understand the right and wrong way to do something rather than just being taught what is thought to be the right way. If you have more knowledge on a subject, you are more likely to succeed in that area. If you can teach children at a young age that failure is not an option, rather, an inevitability, then you will be teaching them something that they can take with them for a life time. Lets look back at the problem. We see children sitting in front of TVs at a young age, learning that it is okay to accept everything they see as reality. I mean, why not? Its not like anyone is telling them there isnt a yellow sponge living in a pineapple in the ocean. As they grow up, the same thing happens; they are given information in school that they are expected to learn for a test. Why question a single theory taught in a book that they know is going to be on the test? Questioning the information presented would do them no good since the tests are already pre-made from the mandated curriculum anyway. There is no inherent benefit to question the lesson if there isnt going to be a change on the test. Imagination ceases to be useful when imagination is frowned upon. So next time you are presented with something, dont take it as fact. Ask questions, think about other possible scenarios, and create your own theory on the subject. Because remember, seeing isnt always believing.

there isnt a solution for the weapon problem. You chose to be a ranger or mager, and you take that responsibility knowing that you will need ranged weapons to do any kind of training on the skills.

99 defence AGS + bandos outfit most recently.. Green Partyhat I finally quit.

Thanks for the comments :) I probably wont come back. If I do, it wont be to P2P. I have a lot on my plate, and if I ever do get bored, I Invested in a 360 and some pretty cool games. Runescape will forever be an afterthought for me. I might log on every once in a while to see how the party hat is doing tho, lol.