Adam007

Everyone please try to be a little more civil, there's no reason to make personal attacks. Why are we discussing utility? Does the gold piece, the central unit of currency in this game, have any utility? Utility - n - the state or quality of being useful Gold pieces are used for buying items, therefore they are useful. Strawman argument decimated. A party hat can be exchanged for gold pieces to buy items. A party hat represents gold pieces. In terms of use or utility, which in my opinion should not be debated since everything is relative, x gold pieces have less use relative to their party hat equivalent. An actual gold piece(s) is the most useless item in the game if you think about it. But much like a party hat, it's value is not derived from how you can use it, but by what it represents. If the only use of an item is to sell that item, then its a useless item. Once you have a party hat you can't do anything with it other than wait to sell it. What can you do with gold pieces? They are the most useless item in the game. It's their value as currency, much like party hats, which gives them worth. (And aside from that argument, I would like to point out that party hats do have aesthetic value as well as the value in representing wealth)

Why are we discussing utility? Does the gold piece, the central unit of currency in this game, have any utility? Utility - n - the state or quality of being useful Gold pieces are used for buying items, therefore they are useful. Strawman argument decimated. A party hat can be exchanged for gold pieces to buy items. A party hat represents gold pieces. In terms of use or utility, which in my opinion should not be debated since everything is relative, x gold pieces have less use relative to their party hat equivalent. An actual gold piece(s) is the most useless item in the game if you think about it. But much like a party hat, it's value is not derived from how you can use it, but by what it represents.

Why are we discussing utility? Does the gold piece, the central unit of currency in this game, have any utility?

I dont play Runescape to make money. I prefer having fun. All the money you've earned from Runescape is useless the moment you quit. The fun stays with you forever. Just a little advice, since I was exactly like you when I was a kid ;) Making money and having fun in runescape aren't mutually exclusive last time I checked. Maybe merchanting is radically different now, but I played runescape because I really enjoyed playing the market and making money. But that was back when there was a free market, so maybe things are different now.

It's funny because when it comes to drawing attention party hats used to be like that. I could log in on a f2p server and literally have crowds following me. Now I log on f2p and people don't know what party hats even are. I feel like you'd get less reaction wearing one on a f2p server also just because most people might not know what they are. But party hats no longer are universally known as status symbols.

I thoroughly enjoyed it. It felt at times like it was made to make you feel like you yourself were actually dreaming.

I don't normally care if a thread gets slightly swayed off topic but there's no need to turn a vuvuzela thread into a "WHOAMG FOOTBALL IS BETTER THAN SOCCER I KNOW THIS OBJECTIVELY" debate. Let's all chill out.

Good one!

This is amazing.

Congrats! That's geographical!

Quality thread. Good seeing you posting here again, it's been awhile since I last saw that signature.

Over time you'll get used to your own limits and should probably get a better idea with experience. Plus your tolerance will go up so you shouldn't have much trouble. But if you really want to look cool and impress your friends you should get everyone to take beer shots. Last party I was at I had 10 beer shots and got sooo waaasted man. I'm never having that many beer shots again LOL (to avoid coming off as a troll, I should to say to ignore that :P )

Somebody doesn't know the definition of irony... :roll: (irony: of, resembling, relating to, or tasting much like iron)

You forgot about the awesome (and modest!) staff.

It's not whether or not this bill will actually be enforced if passed that bothers me. It's the principle that government has any right to interfere so intrusively. While most likely this may not get passed and if it even does it will not be enforced, I hate the idea of it for the same reason I hated the principle of the patriot act whether or not I was directly affected by it.

@Mike_Ike111 - Great sig, great movie. I would love to see a graph made of max players over time. It seems for all the time Jagex puts into updates it only seems to retain its numbers and has yet to achieve real growth.

Player moderators are players first, moderators second.. doesn't mean they need to be on the lookout constantly for things to be moderated >_> Yh not what I meant. Overall I like mods I guess (on a personal level) but their all around usefulness is something I've never seen. I mean yea they can mute people, but they rarely do. Why is this a problem?

Poopingman, you'll have to describe where you go out and what you do. If you're going to bars/clubs, you will not meet any girls if you play the nice guy card. No girl wants to have a conversation with a nice guy who pulls her to the side and just wants to talk and make a friend for the night that might eventually lead its way to something bigger. Girls want excitement, a challenge. You can still be nice, but you have to be fun. You have to flirt and tease. No girl is ATTRACTED to 'niceness.' They say they are but they are lying to themselves trying to appear less shallow. If you want to meet girls going out to parties/clubs/bars, you have to be somewhat loud, approach them confidently, and be funny. They can tell when you think they're out of your league so keep the mindset that you have just as much, if not more value than them. The second point is that you have to exemplify value to a girl. It can be through success, money, power, intelligence, or humor. But being nice is not a quality that exemplifies value. It's a nice side effect most girls wish (or say they wish) guys have, but being nice alone will not cut it if you're going out to meet women. You can meet different types of girls at places like book clubs or comic book conventions who are looking for a different type of guy with their heads rather than who they feel a strong attraction for, but by and large the women you'll meet out at parties/clubs/bars generally have been drinking and just want a guy that will excite them, attract them, and show them a good time. My bet is that's what you need to focus on.

It depends on whether or not a sequel adds enough value/substance to differentiate it from it's predecessor.

I wouldn't tell her that. That's a lot like saying she's just not smart enough to be with you. Just do it gentely, try to hurt her as little as possible, tell her it's just going to be hard to keep long-distant relationship, something around those lines. That's what I have been saying but she feels like if I like her enough the distance shouldn't matter. Therefore I have to have a specific reason why I basically am not willing to put in the effort to maintain a long term long distance relationship which is where I'm stuck at.

I told her that if she thinks she won't be able to handle the likelihood of this being short term than she should be emotionally responsible and let me know. She was pretty upset to hear this but wants to keep hanging out most likely in the hopes that I decide at the end of the summer I want to keep dating. Which means my plan kind of back-fired but at least she's ready for a potential breakup. I have been thinking about calling it off soon. I'd like some advice on how to do it though. We do have a strong emotional connection but how do I tell her that I can't stand normal conversation with her? Say that we don't have an "intellectual connection"? Not on "the same wavelength"? Have "different interests"?

This sounds like a seinfeld episode. To put it bluntly, you don't like her but she likes you and she's hot. Your brain is telling you no, but your penis is telling you oh god yes. If you don't want to hurt her, stop seeing her. If you don't care and just want action, continue what you're doing. My life literally is Seinfeld/Curb your Enthusiasm. I'm actually working on a cartoon in my spare time that I'm basing off my college experiences similar to both shows. Essentially you're right though. But you don't think the idea of a mutually accepted summer fling would work? Additionally I don't know how I would even break it off at this point.

-Don't tell her you play runescape :-P -Not everyone will be perfect for your, choosing the hot blond over the flat chested braniac is a decision you need to make up for yourself. -Long distance is haaardddddd stuff. There will be a void of physical love in your life, and you will want it more and more. It drives you to the point where you will dump her and find someone else who will fill that void. Sad, but true. -If i were you, just try it out. You won't loosing anything, even if its just a summer thing, atleaste you can try to have fun and make the most of it. I don't think I've explained well enough the complexity of the situation. I could tell her anything negative about me at this point but she's crazy about me so it wouldn't make a difference. I'm mostly looking to not hurt her. She's in a really emotional place right now and I don't think I can provide the support she needs once school starts. I enjoy spending time with her but know the longer we're together the harder she'll take it when we have to break up. Do we enjoy it while it lasts or do the responsible thing and break it off now so she doesn't get hurt down the road?

Ok guys, I need some major help. So I've been going out with the girl for a little while. Physically I'm extremely attracted to her but I just do not enjoy having conversation with her very much. She doesn't get me but she's not aware of it. I feel like I have to dumb myself down talking to her and am constantly inner eye rolling. But she isn't aware of that, she feels like we're connecting, and I can't just say that she's intellectually just not on my level because emotionally we have been connecting. But again, I'm not sure if I can handle the lack of intellectual connection. We live in the same area. She lives with her Dad and I'm a senior living at the nearby university. She is two years older than me and has temporarily dropped out of school because of grades and then because her mother recently died. Since it's the summer I'm back and forth between the university and the area where we both live so we can hang out once a week or so. I enjoy what we have but I will be graduating and going to a med school in a year from now. I like this as a summer fling but number one feel like she isn't 100% right for me. By committing to a long distance relationship of sorts, I would only be prolonging a relationship I'm not fully interested in pursuing long term. The problem is that she is basically falling in love with me. And I do like spending time with her. But it's mostly physical. It got to the point today where I had to tell her that she has to decide if she can handle the possibility that the relationship will only be a short term thing. It's still very early and we don't consider ourselves boyfriend/girlfriend yet. I don't want to enter a serious relationship but I can't just tell her that she's not clicking with me because I would ruin her self-esteem by essentially calling her too stupid for me. She's currently in a very emotional state and possibly very clingy. Again I do enjoy spending time with her but what do you think I should do?

Oh a Darkwebz e-clique thread, nostalgia rush! Rizla, your name's familiar. Did you have an avatar or sig I would recognize?