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Thanks Laieta! :) I've stopped using it for a while but if I get back into it I'll let you know!

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I got two new books in the mail that I'm excited about: I've actually already read Legend by Marie Lu and it's pretty awesome. I definitely recommend it if you like dystopian books. The sequel -- Prodigy -- is coming out in 2013 (January 29th, I think). Midnight City by J. Barton Mitchell is a book I got for review. I'll probably read this one next. It's the first book in a new sci-fi series about aliens, post-apocalypse, etc. Sounds pretty awesome! I hope it's good!

The reason why we're all assuming microtransactions is because they're advertising "The bank of RuneScape." We already have 'normal' in-game banks, so what other kind of bank is there other than one for microtransactions/buying gold? Sure, maybe you could think of other ones if you really try, but some kind of RWT gold bank is the most obvious answer.

It's hard to think of what it could be other than microtransactions. I'm nervous.

Here's a good article from an author about New Adult:

I must admit I don't think Serpent Eye was bashing. Rather, it seems he was expressing a degree of incredulity over what seems to me a rather bizarre and arbitrary division. Perhaps it's because I've never read young adult or 'new adult' fiction, but I cannot see how any of these age-based divisions constitute a 'genre'. To use film as an example of what I mean, if we were to have to give the genre of a film, we would answer based on thematic indicators, which would lead us to answers such as 'comedy' or 'action', rather than the age-rating given to it by some central board. Moving on from this slight pedantry, I can't see what purpose any of these age-based divisions serve. Is there that much of a difference between a 21 and a 26 year old that the former will not be able to pick up a book considered adult? As I said, the divisions seem rather arbitrary. If you want to use movies, then let's talk movies. Films have both a genre rating and a target age group rating (G, PG, PG13, R, etc.). The same goes for books. We have the genre (contemporary, romance, paranormal, fantasy, etc.), and then we have the target age group rating (Middle Grade, Young Adult, New Adult, Adult, etc.). There's not really a better word for labeling the Middle Grade, Young Adult, New Adult titles, which is why most people usually just call them a "genre." But really it's a way of determining your target audience. I must admit I don't think Serpent Eye was bashing. Rather, it seems he was expressing a degree of incredulity over what seems to me a rather bizarre and arbitrary division. Perhaps it's because I've never read young adult or 'new adult' fiction, but I cannot see how any of these age-based divisions constitute a 'genre'. To use film as an example of what I mean, if we were to have to give the genre of a film, we would answer based on thematic indicators, which would lead us to answers such as 'comedy' or 'action', rather than the age-rating given to it by some central board. Moving on from this slight pedantry, I can't see what purpose any of these age-based divisions serve. Is there that much of a difference between a 21 and a 26 year old that the former will not be able to pick up a book considered adult? As I said, the divisions seem rather arbitrary. I don't see the need for this category anyway, it seems pointless. To me you have Children's books - aimed at kids YA books - usually dealing with teenage/early 20s characters and playing up all the coming of age strife. For the older teens through to 20ish Adult books - For graphically sexual content etc not suitable for anyone else and General books - those that lack an age specific classification because they don;t have any adult only content yet they aren't aimed especially at the youths. eg Jurassic Park or Dracula or most other books. Nothing in them explicitly adult in nature, but equally not aimed towards children or young adults. This "New Adult" thing just seems to be pointless putting a genre-style age demographic on a book that doesn't really need it cause it's just a book. Plus it seems to entertain the notion that readers absolutely need characters of their own age range to be able to relate too them, which to me is utter nonsense. As is the idea that the early 20s are some how under represented on literature, I'd say the vast majority of books focus on characters in the 20 - 30 range. I mean from a writer's stand point the 20-30 year olds are kinda the ideal base character; old enough to not need to worry about what they can't do due to age but equally young enough to not need to worry about what they can't do due to aging. Plus in that younger bracket it's easier to have unattached characters that don;t have major job/family commitments that prove problematic in reasoning away to let them go off on some adventure. Pretty much all my characters start off in my head around that age range then get moved up or down based on any specific role they play eg if I need a naive school kid or a young sibling/orphan to throw a spanner in the works or if I need a parent or retired general or w/e People like to read what they can relate to. That is INCREDIBLY common in literature so it's not stupid that people want to read about people in their own age group. If someone is in college, they can better relate to books about people in college. If someone is an adult, they can better relate to books about adults. That's why my mom never touches Young Adult literature, because she can't relate to it at all and the characters are too immature and childish for her liking. You might not care what age your characters are, but I'd argue that the vast majority of people do. That's why most adults read adult books, adults who read Young Adult get weird looks, and why most teenagers read YA/NA, and most people 9-14 read Middle Grade. Of course there are exceptions to every rule, but people like to relate to books. And the easiest way to relate is to read about things that you are currently experiencing (or could experience) in your own life. The big difference between Young Adult and New Adult is that Young Adult is for a young teenage audience, and New Adult caters to people in their very late teens and early 20s and have a lot more mature content that is not found in Young Adult. I guess it's the difference between PG and PG13. There are plenty of parents out there who don't want their 15 year old kids reading books with really explicit sex scenes, so being able to distinguish between the YA books that DON'T have that and the NA books that DO, is incredibly useful. Well.. Much to my dismay, I enjoyed Eragon better. I kind of hate that I even liked Eragon since it's so full of blatant copying from other books, but I guess the reason I liked it is because I like all the books it copied from so it was like bringing some of my favourite books together under one book. For the most part I enjoyed the plot, the writing style, etc. Except at one point when one of the characters practically said "Luke Eragon, I am your father half brother." I love the story of LotR, but I honestly liked the movies so much better. I really can't stand Tolkien's writing style in the LotR books. His descriptions kind of bore me to tears. And in a way, I feel like the movies make it all so much more interesting. They elaborate on the Aragorn/Arwen romance, they make Gimli actually interesting (funny), and so on.. I liked The Hobbit though. That's written in a completely different style.

The problem with the world today is that we have more people looking for jobs than jobs available, so employers get to be extremely picky. Basically all job postings I've seen -- regardless of field -- say "Must have a bachelors degree" in their requirements. Some jobs may not really require that you have a degree since they're talent-based (like art), but if an employer gets two applications: one with a great portfolio and a bachelors degree, and one with just a great portfolio, guess who they're going to pick? And then there are the employers who just remove every single applicant from the stack who doesn't have a bachelors degree, without looking at the rest of the application. The cold hard truth is that if you have a bachelors degree, you'll have a hard time getting a job. But if you don't, it will be that much harder. Oh and side note: tuition fees are absolutely incredibly freakin' absurd. Moral of the story: life sucks. ======== I'm in the process of getting my bachelors degree, and that's probably the highest education I'll get. I'm honestly getting my degree just so I can have a little piece of paper that says, "Yay, more employers will consider you now!"

I know you personally didn't create this "genre," but... seriously? :wall: All hope is lost. XD Uhh, what's wrong with it? I guess nothing is "wrong" with it... I just don't know why they would need to create a new genre for that. I don't see how there's something between YA and Adult... >.> You're either a Young Adult or you're an Adult. :D Besides, don't they already have Teen Fiction for that? :-w And to be semi on-topic, I abandoned reading my other books and am once again rereading Jurassic Park >.> Tbh if you read the genre you'd understand. It's about the target audience. YA is generally books about people ages 15-18. Those books are not for "mature" audiences so they nearly always lack sex and usually have very limited swearing, underage drinking, etc. Then Adult is usually about "older" characters like 26+. We're missing an entire target audience: university. That's what New Adult brings in. It targets people in that age range, has sex, more underage drinking and other realities of college life. If you were interested in reading that thing, which you're clearly not, then you'd appreciate being able to fill that gap. I'd just appreciate if you didn't bash a genre that you clearly don't read or understand.

I know you personally didn't create this "genre," but... seriously? :wall: All hope is lost. XD Uhh, what's wrong with it?

I've been reading several "New Adult" books lately (basically a genre in between Young Adult and Adult). I'm loving it. Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire == OHMYGOD!

Time for a new release of the: >>>Tip.It Times!<<< WRITE FOR THE TIMES - SUBMIT A GUEST ARTICLE: Remember, YOU can write an article for the Tip.It Times! You can apply to write full time, or just submit a "one-off" guest article any time you want! Our editors will work with you to ensure that your article is ready for publication. All guest articles can be submitted to @tripsis or any other Editorial Panel member. For more information, including details on how to apply full time, read this forum thread: http://forum.tip.it/topic/209138-how-to-write-for-the-tipit-times/ I'd like to remind people of the rules pertaining to Times threads: [hide=Read these rules before posting in this thread] [/hide] When replying please make sure to clarify the article you are replying to! Thanks! If you spot any typos or mistakes in an article then please PM them to @tripsis. :) Enjoy the articles!

I talked to MageUK and he's hoping to do some major changes to the dynamic signatures, but we're not sure when. But this quest point/adventure log idea would be considered then... whenever then might be.

I've seen The Maze Runner around a lot but haven't read it. :P

Currently reading The Paladin Prophecy by Mark Frost. This book is AWESOME o_O I almost didn't read it but I'm so glad I am. I love it! It feels very Harry Potter-esque. It's totally different but it has a similar vibe to it, I guess. And it's hilarious!! I adore the dialogue! I was cracking up at the airport while reading, lulz.

Sorry for the delay - we'll look into this! Today MageUK applied a patch that should have fixed the slowness quite a bit. :) Hopefully you notice a significant improvement!

Time for a new release of the: >>>Tip.It Times!<<< WRITE FOR THE TIMES - SUBMIT A GUEST ARTICLE: Remember, YOU can write an article for the Tip.It Times! You can apply to write full time, or just submit a "one-off" guest article any time you want! Our editors will work with you to ensure that your article is ready for publication. All guest articles can be submitted to @tripsis or any other Editorial Panel member. For more information, including details on how to apply full time, read this forum thread: http://forum.tip.it/topic/209138-how-to-write-for-the-tipit-times/ I'd like to remind people of the rules pertaining to Times threads: [hide=Read these rules before posting in this thread] [/hide] When replying please make sure to clarify the article you are replying to! Thanks! If you spot any typos or mistakes in an article then please PM them to @tripsis. :) Enjoy the articles!

What do you mean? It's a new IPB feature. Basically if you get a warning and then go to post, it doesn't let you post again until you acknowledge your warning (read it and press some sort of "I acknowledge" button).

Time for a new release of the: >>>Tip.It Times!<<< WRITE FOR THE TIMES - SUBMIT A GUEST ARTICLE: Remember, YOU can write an article for the Tip.It Times! You can apply to write full time, or just submit a "one-off" guest article any time you want! Our editors will work with you to ensure that your article is ready for publication. All guest articles can be submitted to @tripsis or any other Editorial Panel member. For more information, including details on how to apply full time, read this forum thread: http://forum.tip.it/topic/209138-how-to-write-for-the-tipit-times/ I'd like to remind people of the rules pertaining to Times threads: [hide=Read these rules before posting in this thread] [/hide] When replying please make sure to clarify the article you are replying to! Thanks! If you spot any typos or mistakes in an article then please PM them to @tripsis. :) Enjoy the articles!

We're not forcing you to use SwiftKit if you choose not to. Brainymidget already answered your comment pretty well, but I'll reiterate. It's not fair to use only the past to form your opinion. Yes SwiftKit USED to have "unfair advantages" but that was years and years ago. That is certainly not the case now. SwiftKit abides by all of Jagex's third party client rules. They may not be officially supported, but why does that matter? Should we be prohibited from partnering with any unsupported RuneScape fan sites? Just because they're unsupported does not mean they violate the rules. And yes the SwiftKit WEBSITE was hacked. The client itself was not. Tip.It was also hacked a few months ago, so does this mean SwiftKit should be the ones saying, "Don't partner with Tip.It -- they're unsafe!" ? At the end of the day, we can't change your feelings, but we can reiterate that no one is making you use SwiftKit. If you don't want to use the client then you don't have to. And then for you, nothing will seem any different.

How often do you usually shower? Always every day. The only time it would be every other day would be if a long flight gets in the way or extreme exhaustion kicks in (I shower at night). But then I always shower again ASAP (like the following morning). What sort of personal care products do you use (shampoos, conditioners, deodorants, colognes/perfumes, hair products, soaps/bodywash, toothpaste, aftershave, etc...)? I use Herbal Essences shampoo and conditioner. They both smell amazing. I use some strawberry body wash from The Body Shop. Ban deodorant. Arm & Hammer toothpaste. Some kind of shaving cream but can't remember the brand right now. Do you exercise regularly? If so, how long/often? I go for a daily walk.. that's about it. Do you work out (whether at a gym or at home)? No.

ArenaScape was never actually/officially shut down, but we did stop updating it many years ago. I honestly can't promise that the bug will be sorted out because of the lack of interest in the game. We did stop linking to ArenaScape from Tip.It (and removed the ArenaScape boards here) when we stopped supporting/updating ArenaScape, but it's not really our place to shut down the entire site. It is owned by Silverion but he's not really actively updating the site anymore. So due to Tip.It's lack of involvement and Silverion's inactivity, it is most likely that the issues won't be fixed. Sorry :(

I'm SO EXCITED! I'm officially reading my most anticipated book of 2012! Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas! I got a signed copy too! :mrgreen:

I'm currently reading Ashfall by Mike Mullin. Pretty cool. I love post apocalyptic books but this one is particularly interesting since it could very very realistically happen (and most likely will some day, whether that's soon or in a few hundred/thousand years).

Quite possibly. This exact same model 'saved' LOTRO. It seems to work. I like SWTOR a lot, but my problem was that I was just bored of this kind of MMO. I think I spent too much time playing LOTRO, which is the exact same kind of quest, level up, quest, crafting, level up, quest, quest, quest type of game. It was fun for a while but it gets boring.