Necromagus

Cammy is a murder vortex. Throw me a fireball at seven paces, and I'll show you a man in a juggle state. I'll just EX Quick Knuckle right past it and punch your neck a couple of times, or just drill your legs while you're winding up your slow-as-hell hadou animation. What you doing now? Jumping all over the place? Thats great, but don't you know I have a rising kick that hits the damn roof? What the hell is wrong with you? Don't do a spin kick you piece of fail - I have four ways to knock you out of it, two high and two low. Just stand there and shut the hell up as I fill my super bar. Cammy doesn't need miracles. She is the miracle. Now she's here. Are you ready for me? I'm here to tear down everything around you, and you know what I'm going to replace it with? Something new: Focus Attack Dash Cancels. The World of Focus Attack Dash Cancels. So take your bread and give it to the poor. What difference does it matter when you shoryuken? You have double-hit heavy punch? It's going to rot, and that rot is going to eat away your heart. All of you! There will be a flood of Cammys, and there will be a fire. Everything will be destroyed. But there will be a new Arc riding on that fire, and I hold the keys and I open the door, and I decide who goes in and who doesn't. You're my brothers from Street Fighter III: Third Strike, and you're the first I invite on the Arc. Don't wait. Don't waste your life. Come with me.

A Day on the Beat with the P.Q.R.S. (Originally ran March 1st, 2009) It was early in the day, much too early for me to be in any coherent state of mind, but somehow I had managed to drag myself out of bed. Still, I was not only standing but actually packed up for a long trip. Yesterday I had gotten the message I had been waiting for for weeks: I would be going on patrol with one of the most secretive law enforcement agencies in all of Gielenor, the Penguin Query and Reconnaissance Squad. As I desperately tried to warm myself over a cup of tea my contact walked in. He was a lanky adventurer, surprisingly lightly dressed. I bought him tea and listened to his story as we waited for the rest of the group to check in. "The P.Q.R.S. is an elite organization. Not just anyone can join..." he paused, winked, and continued, "well, anyone can join really, but not just anyone can do what we do. We're the only thing standing between freedom and the tyranny of the codbreaths." He punctuated the last word by spitting on the ground. "You mean penguins?" "Of course. You've gone north with our leader, Larry, you've seen what they're capable of. Now they have spies all over the land, which is why we have to keep track of them. They try to hide, see? Every week somewhere else! But we're onto them!" As I was about to ask what exactly they were onto my companion suddenly looked up, exclaiming that "they", which I assumed meant the codbreathing penguins, had moved. I could barely keep up with him as we dashed off to Larry, the frizzled leader of the P.Q.R.S.. I had of course met Larry before. I had accompanied him to the far north where we observed the penguins' peculiar behaviour and where I had even learned their secret handshake. I listened intently as he gave his briefing on the known whereabouts of ten penguin spies. My companion smiled grimly. "You got your water skins, rookie? Then we're off!" I followed him through the spirit tree and fairy ring network until we were standing in the middle of the scorching Kharidian desert. With penguins reported in both Uzer and Nardah and a fairy ring right between them, it would be as good a place to start as any. We ran north along the river Elid as reports kept flowing in from as far east as this sandy nightmare and as far west as the elven territories. I knew that those lands lay outside my reach, but I would do what I could on this assignment. I was just explained how penguins spying in the desert preferred to disguise themselves as cacti, when we suddenly skidded to a halt so suddenly that I almost stumbled straight into my companion's spirit terrorbird. I followed his extended finger. Through the shimmering desert air I could vaguely make out a row of small, round cacti. My remark that I couldn't see anything out of the ordinary earned me a menacing look so I tried to focus. When I suddenly saw one of the cacti move towards the bridge. My companion smiled and nodded, and we noted down the time and location where we spotted the penguin before moving on. Our next target would be in Nardah, and luckily for us P.Q.R.S. members had managed to isolate it. We quickly noted down its location before heading off again. Our next stop would be the haunted woods between Canafis and Port Phasmatys. As we headed there reports kept flowing in of penguin spotters all over the world, and I realized how truly vast this underground network of penguin hunters is. With the information they provided we soon collected the locations of penguins in the desert, Mort Myre, Varrock, Burthorpe, Neitiznot, The Wilderness and the Feldip Hills. As we ran the world over I could tell that my companion was warming up to me, and at one point he even trusted me to trap one of the penguin spies between two trees. Of course my attempts to approach it while whistling innocently and looking inconspicuously failed spectacularly, but we didn't let it get our spirits down. It wasn't until my companion announced that we'd be making a stop at the elf lands that I had to admit defeat. When I explained that I didn't have the agility levels to survive the elven lands he let out an exasperated sigh. After a moment of quick debate with other field agents he announced, with a sigh that was seeping with frustration, that it was time I went back to Larry. We were to report our findings to Larry, and claim our rewards. This confused me, as I thought that the P.Q.R.S. worked to protect Gielinor against the black and white threat out of conscience, not for material gain. When I told my companion as much he laughed harshly. "Of course we don't work pro bono. Larry gives us financial compensation for supplies we use while searching for the codbreaths and experience in various skills so that we may be able to look for them further afield than before. Which reminds me, I suggest that you do something about that pitiful agility of yours." I decided not to press the matter and simply follow my companion back to Varrock through teleportation, then to Ardougne through the Spirit Tree that had been planted there. Once there we headed east to the Ardougne Zoo to meet Larry, the leader of the P.Q.R.S.. He greeted us with all his usual paranoid nervousness, and my report on the nine penguins I had seen moving about that day only seemed to panic him further. He told me with a shaky voice that I had thirteen points that I could spend on either experience or money. At my companion's suggestion I used the money to become more experienced in agility, and to my surprise I instantly felt myself becoming more agile. At that point my companion had already left for the elven lands to find and report the location of the final penguin, leaving me with the dozens of other P.Q.R.S. members that were there to report their findings. I listened to their conversations a little longer, and while I got the impression that there were very few agents that cared nearly as much about the safety of Gielinor as they cared about Larry's money and training. Still, I realized that the P.Q.R.S. fulfilled, in its own twisted way, a very valuable public service, and to my surprise I already found myself planning next week's expedition.

I'd just like to apologize for the late inclusion of my article. This was entirely my fault and Nic is not to blame.

The first six episodes were taped this weekend at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia:[hide=Lineup for the six episodes (spoiler free)]Episode 1: - Jerry Lynn vs. Delirious - Kenny King vs. Sami Callahan - Brent Albright vs. "Addicted to Love" Rhett Titus - Tyler Black vs. Jimmy Jacobs Episode 2: - Kevin Steen vs. Eddie Edwards - Sara Del Ray vs. Daizee Haze - Claudio Castagnoli vs. Alex "Sugarfoot" Payne - ROH World Champion Nigel McGuinness vs. Jay Briscoe Episode 3: - Eric Stevens vs. Sterling James Keenan - The Dark City Fight Club (Cory Chavis and and Jon Davis) vs. Up in Smoke (Cheech and Cloudy) - Chris Hero vs. The Necro Butcher - "American Dragon" Bryan Danielson vs. Austin Aries Episode 4: - Austin Aries vs. Kenny Omega - Delirious vs. "Dirty" Ernie Osiris - Daizee Haze (with unknown partner) vs. Sara Del Ray (with unknown partner) - Jerry Lynn vs. Brodie Lee Episode 5: - Rhett Titus and Kenny King vs. Up in Smoke (Cheech and Cloudy) - "The King of Diamonds" Eddie Kingston vs. Sami Callahan - Bobby Dempsey vs. Orange Cassidy - Necro Butcher vs. Jimmy Jacobs - Claudio Castagnoli vs. Brent Albright Episode 6: - The Dark City Fight Club (Cory Chavis and and Jon Davis) vs. Grizzly Redwood (with unknown partner) - ROH World Champion Nigel McGuinness vs. "Sugarfoot" Alex Payne" - Jay Briscoe and Kevin Steen vs. Chris Hero and Eddie Edwards - Tyler Black vs. "American Dragon" Bryan Danielson[/hide]

I've never had any problems logging in from school, work, etc., so it's not necessary to inform Jagex. If it was, they probably would have put it in the rules ;)

It's on all the screens, all the way down to my desktop wallpaper. Visual effects are set to none. I'll see about reinstalling the drivers tomorrow, as it's almost 4am here :oops:

This problem started pretty much suddenly as I started up my laptop. That's basically what my screen looks like right now, and I'd like to hear what people who are actually knowledgeable about this sort of thing before I crack open my laptop. I'm using a HP Compaq NC 8000 laptop with Ubuntu 8.10 as the OS.

First of all I'm glad to see this group is still very much alive after two and a half years... Second of all, I've been playing around with the compatibility thing and I've already found two people in the group that rate "Super" with me :D

The Carpenter is kinda weird. It's the only song where the horrible male vocals of the first album actually sort of work.

Is this the sort of thing you mean when you say heavy bass? [yt]5Ism2I3HCGU[/yt]

While I don't listen to Nightwish as regularly as I used to, they can still be very relaxing. Century Child will always hold a special place in my heart because it's the first real metal album I bought, and I think Oceanborn would still be in my personal top ten of albums.

I think that the herb plant might be a bit too much. It would be too easy to make a whole bunch of balconies and just put a Ranarr plant on each.

The problem with any assist for a skill that works with raw materials is that it would make training way too easy and probably crash the economy. People could simply offer to assist with hunter or mining and watch the XP flow in while the market gets flooded with chinchompas and runite ores.

Locked. Shades relocating to the Stronghold of Security is part of the relocation of retired random events and should be discussed in the thread for this update. -Necromagus, Tip.It Mod.

All those people saying that they wish they'd been at the TET event can easily remedy that by attending future events :P

Locked on request. -Necromagus, Tip.It Mod.

A Night with TET (ran February 22nd, 2009) On Saturday, February twenty-first, a group of adventurers gathered around Edgeville. Like most people gathering at this place they were quite literally dressed to kill. Unlike most groups of bloodthirsty adventurers though, this group had an air of general giddiness about it. They were not just another band of killers-for-treasure, but also friends, brought together under the guidance of the Tip.It Events Team. This night's event was dedicated to killing big stuff, one of the favourite activities of the team. Our target would be the King Black Dragon, the fearsome three-headed beast that lurked deep inside the wilderness. While these days its reputation as a fearsome devourer of men (and women of course) has diminished somewhat, it does not even hold the status of most powerful dragon anymore, it was still a worthy foe. At level 72 I was definitely one of the weaker players, but I did not came unprepared. As usual my method of attack would be ranging, so I came wearing all the obvious choices: Black dragonhide armour, an archer helmet, Ava's Accumulator, an amulet of glory, a rune crossbow with adamant bolts and of course an anti-dragon shield. My inventory was filled with the usual array of colourful potions and sharks and a teleport tablet to bail out in case of emergency. Of course, even without this quick escape death would hardly be an issue, as we had plenty of holier-than-thou enough players who could bless the graves of the fallen. Our leader for tonight would be TET-veteran Evil_mumm_ra, who would lead the expedition towards the King Black Dragon's lair. I did not envy his task, but as always he took it upon him graciously and with the authority necessary to keep a group of our size in check. The difficulty of herding dozens of players to a single place became evident quickly, as every time the ancient magicks took us to a random place within the wilderness we lost more than a handful of players who in their bloodlust ran off the platform before we could move on. Once the main group had made its way inside the King Black Dragon's lair, the party continued to be a victim of its own success. With dozens of players jockeying for position, it became almost impossible for people to see what was actually going on. The King Black Dragon probably didn't know what hit it either, as it never seemed to last for more than ten seconds within its initial spawning. From that point on the party took on an atmosphere of controlled chaos. People were constantly scurrying about trying to find their loot and trying to find their place in the square. There was yelling, much yelling, at people who didn't move into the right place, at people who yelled at people who didn't move into the right place, at people who got a disproportionate amount of loot and at people who yelled at people who got loot. There was plenty of other randomness, such as the lone attendee in the chicken suit (I guess the idea of dragon bait was worth exploring) and the person who released an army of mechanical dolls on the unsuspecting crowd. A special round of applause here should go out to Evil_mumm_ra, who did his very best to keep the entire group together even though people were complaining constantly about the fact that there didn't seem to be enough loot to go around, and that the dragon was often dying too fast for them to get their shots in. It was with remarkable patience and authority that he kept the party on track, and it was only because of his hard work that the party lasted as long as it did, even after he left. Of course these events are rarely attended for its profits. With 100 yew logs and 6 Toadflax from the random events that always seem to haunt TET parties I ended up making more money than most. Of course we still saw plenty of nice drops. Rune longs especially seemed to drop by the armful, and everybody's patience seemed to be rewarded eventually (even if some got rewarded more thoroughly than others). When the second kill of the night already yielded a Dragon medium helm, people seemed to expect the very impossible, but despite various chants and spammed emotes, over fifteen hours of dragon slaying and over 550 confirmed kills yielded no visage. Did I mention the party went a bit long? Apparently I didn't. I had left the party at 1am local time, having spent nearly three hours killing the three-headed menace. When I woke up after eight hours of deep sleep the first thing Skype told me was that the party was still going. Slightly frazzled I hurried back into the wilderness to find that the party was indeed still going strong. From the original group of about sixty, fifteen or so diehards were still holding strong. Of course the smaller group meant that the dragon would take a little longer to die and people were going through their food a little bit faster, but even though fatigue had begun claiming its victims we were still having fun. There was the occasional random-napping and one or two people actually died, but the party had gone all through the night and well into the wee (and not so wee) hours of various timezones. It might be corny to say that time flies when you're having fun, but in the case of tonight's party it was most certainly true, and fun is what TET does best. While this party wasn't as elaborate as some of their past celebrations, it definitely shattered the record for longest party ever held. Of course we didn't get visages, most of us didn't even cut a profit, but we all had fun, and in a game that can be so much like work it's not even funny, isn't that the most important thing?

Locked, as we already have a similar thread right on the very first page of General. -Necromagus, Tip.It Mod.

Bump, I really need help. I'm stuck at permanent black and white now :(

I think that lever puzzle has attracted quite a few people over to various fansites over the past few years... I know it's why I joined seven years ago :P

Locked by request. -Necromagus, Tip.It Mod.

Puzzle Quest: I'd want something to fix the ridiculously overpowered Deathbringer/Berserk Rage spell combo of the Warrior class. Basically, Puzzle Quest is an RPG that uses a Bejeweled-like system for combat where you use the gems to fill your four mana pools, gain gold and experience and deal damage. Deathbringer turns all red gems into skulls (skulls are the gems that deal damage) and Berserk Rage randomly creates skulls equal to half the red mana in your mana pool. This, combined with craftable equipment that increases your starting mana and that gives you mana for creating four or five in a row means that you can go off on a massive infinite damage loop on turn 1, then blow up the whole board when you're done.

Split an order with a friend for some hard to find industrial stuff from a specialized store. Together we ordered enough for 15% off and free shipping. My part of the deal: The Bombs of Enduring Freedom - Kalashnikovs and Carbombs The Bombs of Enduring Freedom - The Bombs of Enduring Freedom Zeromancer - Sinners International Combichrist - Today We Are All Demons Diorama - A Different Life Genitorutrers - Flesh is the Law Genitorturers - Society of Genitorture (DVD)

Clearly this means that Tip.It will be given its own private servers for future research purposes :thumbsup:

Locked to prevent this whole topic from descending into a flamewar. -Necromagus, Tip.It Mod.