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Lady Shahdie here, pleasure to make your acquaintance! Some who have glimpsed my signature know I was one of the crazed hopefuls dreaming of 99 mining <img src='http://forum.tip.it/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_upup.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':<img src='http://forum.tip.it/ipbnew/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/happy.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='^_^' />:' />. Well I did manage to dream my impossible dream and I am still at it! I have decided for my next test of fate to wield my hammer and smith my way to the glory of 99 smithing! Below you will find a little about myself, details about my RuneScape character, and pictures of my levels along the way…

 

 

 

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I am a 19 year old college student. I am currently attending a Cal State college and majoring in English. I have future plans however to go to Cinema school and get an education in the art of film making. I always had a passion to tell stories and I love the way film can bring a story to life. I was born in America but do possess Persian blood in me and my RuneScape name "Shahdie" means happiness (so you can also refer to me as Lady Happiness :D). I am a total cat person and owner of a mischievous Maincoon but recently adopted a dog into my family. I am a rare breed of girl who enjoys playing video games, computer games, and any other enticing virtual adventure. I am particularly fond of RPGs (probably due to my story telling background). I also love graphic design and try some amateurish attempts in Photoshop (like designing my own sigs and headers).[/hide]

 

 

 

[hide=Lady Shahdie on RuneScape]The following is a run through of my character on RuneScape.

 

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Where'd You Hear About RuneScape?

 

A friend of mine at school mentioned it once. I became intrigued by his description of it, so I started researching it and decided to sign up.

 

 

 

F2p or P2p?

 

I spent a long stint during my RuneScape career as a pure F2P player. While I said in my previous blogs that it was my desire to obtain membership when I personally possessed the means…my first exposure to it was thanks to a very special gift from a very special friend (Kietaro <3). I now possess members again thanks to securing a reasonable income as a teacher’s assistant at my university. Members is quite an exciting new experience but at the end of the day, good old F2P will possess the most dearest place in my heart <!-- s<3: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_love.gif" alt="<3:" title="Love" /><!-- s<3: -->.

 

 

 

Favorite World?

 

Randomness is my mantra. I have no favorite world or home world.

 

 

 

Why the Air Tiara?

 

I've been getting this one alot lately so here's the story. Ever since I was a noob on RuneScape I always wanted a piece of clothing that would define my look (apart from the terrible looking bronze armor). I would scavenge for chef hats or shop at the Varrock clothing store and wear the items short periods of time before dumping them. One day as I passed the Falador air altar I saw a silver object on the ground that attracted me (similar to the way a child is attracted to "Oooo shiny!") I picked up the tiara and immediately fell in love with it. Even when I matured from noobdom and reached levels where I could wear more appropriate runite gear, I could not bear to give up the tiara and allowed it to be the signature item that would define my look. I certainly love how it goes quite well with my Saradomin now <img src='http://forum.tip.it/ipbnew/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_upup.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':<img src='http://forum.tip.it/ipbnew/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/happy.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='^_^' />:' />.

 

 

 

Other Stats?

 

Though I am truly committed to smithing at the moment, I occasionally take a break from my hammer and casually level other stats...(please don't poke too much fun at their noobiness :oops:)

 

 

 

June 29, 2007 (Beginning of Blog)

 

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Current Stats

 

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Why 99 Smithing?

 

There were several 99s that peaked my interest during my journey to 99 mining. Despite my old adage that "I'm not really a fighter," combat was a great way for me to take a break whenever I needed to and I'm quite sold on going for 99 def some day. However, I'm still a skiller at heart so I still decided against a combat 99. There were also the other gathering skills such as fishing (catch fishies at a faster rate, yes please) and woodcutting (not as a big a fan of wc however it still has its merits) that are impossible to be purchased. However, at the end of the day, I'm truly a Mason (no pun intended one of the clans I happen to be a member of) of Runescape. And what is a Mason without the ability to wrought amazing pieces out of precious metals? So after answering this question in my mind…I knew smithing would have to be the next 99 to chase![/hide]

 

 

 

[hide=Level Ups]Latest Level:

 

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Past Levels:

 

Level 80 Achieved[/hide]

 

 

 

Links/Progress Bars:

 

My Old Mining Blog

 

 

 

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Thanks for the great memories folks :).

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Good luck on 99 mining!! you should be able to do it :D

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Good luck on 99 mining , its a hard 99 but possible and im

 

sure you will make it. Get out of that rimmington mine and

 

head for al'karid the random people stealing your spot occasionally

 

is far better then 30,000 xp an hour in rimmy.

 

 

 

Sell those addy ores , they have gone up to 1.4k each i

 

just sold all my. \'

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Good luck on 99 mining , its a hard 99 but possible and im

 

sure you will make it. Get out of that rimmington mine and

 

head for al'karid the random people stealing your spot occasionally

 

is far better then 30,000 xp an hour in rimmy.

 

 

 

Sell those addy ores , they have gone up to 1.4k each i

 

just sold all my. \'

 

 

 

Wubs that the super awesome Sumarai Lassie, the currently 94 mining legend, posted in her blog <3:...Somehow I just love the peace of Rimmington, but I will stroll by Al Kharid occassionally to speed things up. I did post in the smithing forum to sell the addy but haven't been able to meet up with the buyer any of these days.

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Hey all! Well here is the first batch of blog updates for you. The weekend was extremely busy for me so I mostly did some late night leveling. Pretty minimal xp gains, I believe I earned around 10k more than I previously had in mining xp. I am beginning to feel ever so closer to 85 rune mining! Since this time is soon approaching, I'm thinking of scheduling a mock wildy trip to the Rune Rocks. I'll take my pick and rune scimmy with me (hidden in my inventory of course), to similate what my future rune mining trips will be like. No telling what may happen to me on this simulated rune mining run. I may post a pic or two of the trip and post a few close encounters if there are any to tell :ohnoes:...

 

 

 

2:49 PM PST Edit: Went up 70k xp since this morning, go me :D !

 

 

 

3:08 PM PST Edit: Decided to end the day off with an 80k xp gain.

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Who can lose hope with US motivating you :P

 

 

 

Seriously.. good luck! I've actually never seen the mining cape.. so i hope urs will be the first :)

 

 

 

Ill be checking in from time to time.. Best of luck shahdie! :D

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For your blog reading enjoyment, I will now describe:

 

 

 

Lady Shahdie's First Mock Rune Mining Run

 

All pictures can be found inside the hide tags.

 

As I described in the post yesterday, I finally did attempt my first mock (by mock I mean pretend since I do not have 85 mining yet), rune mining run at 8:00 PM PST last night. Rather than a glorious first attempt, it turned into a rather pathetic effort...whether it makes you laugh or cry, for better or for worse, here's what happened to miss Lady Shahdie.

 

 

 

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The trip began on the quiet and uncrowded world of 128. I was raring to go with my pick and scimmy slyly concealed in my inventory. Though a bit more armor cover would have been smarter I threw caution to the wind and continued with my black rags (figuring that armor would slow me down in the case of an abort). I approached the wilderness ditch and with a hop and a prayer jumped across it. I remained close to the most western edge of the wild the whole time so as not to run into pkers too easily. For a moment my heart almost stopped as I saw a white dot just ahead of me in lvl 28 wild but fortunately they ran immediately to the east when they noticed my blip on the map. After what felt like hours but was only minutes of walking, I finally passed Evil Altar and approached the Lava Maze.

 

 

 

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There it was! The outcrop of two black rocks revealed themselves on my screen and I was blessed to see there was not a soul in sight. I gave a quick sigh of relief and took a few deep breaths. I decided that in order to simulate real rune mining, I would take out my pick and wait at least 2 minutes next to each rock if it contained a rune ore (due to the excruciatingly long time that I have heard these ores take to mine). So having commit to that plan I pressed log out and selected the next world to go to. I was again greeted by no ores. I logged out and chose another world. Again no ore to be had. The third time I selected a world and logged in I glimpsed something bright blue running down the vein of the rock. It was actual rune ore! I was about to start my simulation mining setup by equipping my pick and waiting two minute duration. All of a sudden, a white dot menacingly approaches. I logged out with Jedi reflexes and was glad to avert a potential death.

 

 

 

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World after world started passing before my eyes yielding no ores till the unthinkable happened. First blood was finally drawn, mine! It was a lvl 68 skulled mage with staff at the ready, just waiting for a rune miner to appear. I metaphorically tightened up my boot straps and...ran like a totally scared chick wanting to get the heck out of there! I immediately opened the log out tab after hitting Print Screen and managed to escape death yet again. For ten minutes I was able to relax again and just passed runeless and pkerless worlds. The feeling of failure was starting to set in after not being able to at least simulate mining one rune rock.

 

 

 

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The ten minutes of temporary peace were finally broken when I logged into a world holding a lvl 73 swordsman/archer clad in iron. His swiftness in attacking me was enough to make me jump in my seat when I had only been logged in for a few milliseconds. I took out my scimmy and booted for the non-multi combat area to start whacking at the deadly red spiders (an old rune miner trick to avert disaster). He was clever and with sixth-sense like actions cut in front of me whenever I tried to click on a spider. I should have right clicked them instead and select the "attack" option from the drop down menu but I was too nervous to think. I started heading back to the lava maze and then sprinting a little to the south to escape long enough to log out. He whacked a couple 10s and 12s with his rune scimmy (it didn't help at all that my hitpoints were already halved by the previous attacker). Finally he pulled out a willow bow and let two steel arrows fly into my back to finish me.

 

 

 

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As I witnessed my character collapse to the ground and appear at lumbridge castle I felt like a failure :cry:. I logged out and called it a night. Though it was an unsuccessful first attempt I realize many more like these are going to be ahead of me when I really reach 85 mining. Though I am inexperienced and made many mistakes (not taking a bit of food with me, not taking a few teleport runes with me, not training range enough to wear light d-hide, not attacking a red spider when I had the chance, etc.)...tomorrow is another day and I can always keep trying till I become worthy enough to be...

 

 

 

A Rune Miner

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Lvl 80 Mining ACHIEVED!!!

 

 

 

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I am absolutely ecstatic! After several months of hard work, I have reached a number of godly proportions...80! The final 94k xp sprint from level 79 to level 80 took a good 3 and a half hours. After the disaster of my mock rune mining trip last night, this was just the pick-me-up I needed :D. As on-top-of-the-mountain as I feel right now, I still realize that it is a long way to level 99. However, with head held up high and pickaxe in hand, I continue my epic journey to reach this impossible goal...

 

 

 

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Hi again!

 

 

 

Gratz on 80!! :D

 

 

 

What id advise you to do (when u actually do start mining), is get a few close friends, and have one stand west of rocks, and one east in order to warn u of pkers or even to defend you lol.

 

 

 

What you think of that? lol id be willing to help lol

 

 

 

Gratz again.. cheers :)

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...is get a few close friends, and have one stand west of rocks, and one east in order to warn u of pkers or even to defend you lol.

 

 

 

Smart thinking! Bodyguards would certainly help in the wildy. This was just a mock run to gain some experience. Thank you very much for your kind offer to help me on such trips! I certainly would be very obliged :thumbsup:!

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Wearing dhides and a full helmtet (rune, or addy at least) will help a lot without slowing you down.

 

 

 

Also bring maybe 10 lobsters per run.

 

 

 

If you don't happen to be attacked, you would lose 2300 dropping/eating them.

 

 

 

Now consider that rune ore is 12k each.. and it isn't a huge loss. 8-)

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Oh your story of your visit to the Rune Rocks had me quaking in my boots! :ohnoes:

 

 

 

I am a wildy scaredy cat myself, and anyone who knows me can tell you that! lol

 

 

 

Good luck with your 99 Mining Goal, I will be sure to keep watching your blog, a very enjoyable read! =D>

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99 mining, that is pretty intense. Look forward to seeing you reach it.

 

 

 

I see your mock rune mining run didn't go so well. I remember when I got 85 mining my first trip was not very good, I brought a friend along with me and we ended up having to kill a few pk'er before I mined my ore and left. I don't care much for wilderness and therefore don't like to mine rune much.

 

 

 

Anyways, good luck with your goal! :thumbsup:

 

Maybe say hi in-game some time.

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[spoiler=Stats:]Updated December 22, 2011:

 

Total level - 1442 - 170M+ XP , Combat level - 115

Combat skills: Attack - 90, Defence - 99 (24.45m+ XP), Strength - 90, Constitution - 99 (16.42M+ XP) Ranged - 99 (13.32M+ XP), Prayer - 60, Magic - 99 (13.25M+ XP)

Non-Combat skills: Cooking - 99 (13.80M+ XP), Woodcutting - 99 (31.95M+ XP), Fishing - 90, Firemaking - 99 (24.82M+), Crafting - 90, Smithing - 90, Mining - 85, Runecrafting - 60, Dungeoneering - 85

 

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Lvl 80 Mining ACHIEVED!!!

 

 

 

Achieving Level 80 Mining Screenshot

 

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I am absolutely ecstatic! After several months of hard work, I have reached a number of godly proportions...80! The final 94k xp sprint from level 79 to level 80 took a good 3 and a half hours. After the disaster of my mock rune mining trip last night, this was just the pick-me-up I needed :D. As on-top-of-the-mountain as I feel right now, I still realize that it is a long way to level 99. However, with head held up high and pickaxe in hand, I continue my epic journey to reach this impossible goal...

 

 

 

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Congratz and why don't u get membership?

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Thanks everybody for the congrats, glad you all found my blog somewhat interesting to read ::'. I would love to meet any of you in-game sometime!

 

 

 

Congratz and why don't u get membership?

 

 

 

As far as membership ickdeep, if you read the section "Lady Shahdie on RuneScape" in the first introductory post, it explains why. Maybe by the time I achieve 99 I'll be able to obtain it :thumbsup:...and if not, the dream and the accomplishment is what matters to me more.

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Ooh,I don't understand how you like mining,but ah well =P.

 

 

 

Well,good luck on 99 mining,I got bored mining 10 loads of iron.

 

 

 

Post on my blog pl0x?Just click the dancer,it helps speed it up.

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Good luck, like omg a girl is playing like this game no wai!!! Well, I've added you in game so hope to talk to you sometime!!!

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Hey all, back again. No real xp gains since yesterday due to the 4th of July holidays. Instead I spent time with my family and watched some of the local fireworks from our backyard on the hill ::'. The only update I have to bring to your viewing eyes is this rather controversial new mining update Jagex has implemented. Below is the new mining animation (or what some refer to as the new zombie mining):

 

 

 

Lady Shahdie Swinging the Old Pickaxe

 

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What was once clean solid strokes are now realistic heavy swings. Though this brings some realism to the mining skill, the animation is a bit on the odd side and causes some technical concerns. Many miners have noted that the animation seems to slow down mining "easy" rocks (such as iron) but is relatively the same for "harder" rocks (such as mith/addy/rune). I cannot say I am extremely happy with this update nor do I enjoy it much, however; it has not seem to terribly affect my powermining. The day in which I achieved level 80 mining was the first day this update was being implemented. It will still take some getting used to and it may even slow down things...but as always, I look at it as just more difficulty added to this exciting challenge :)!

 

 

 

3:22 PM PST Edit: Just hit the 2 Mill mining xp mark! Yay...

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It will still take some getting used to and it may even slow down things...but as always, I look at it as just more difficulty added to this exciting challenge :)!
I like your optimism. Easier isn't always better, and harder is not always worse. Challenge is one of the things keeps me playing as non member.

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[spoiler=Stats:]Updated December 22, 2011:

 

Total level - 1442 - 170M+ XP , Combat level - 115

Combat skills: Attack - 90, Defence - 99 (24.45m+ XP), Strength - 90, Constitution - 99 (16.42M+ XP) Ranged - 99 (13.32M+ XP), Prayer - 60, Magic - 99 (13.25M+ XP)

Non-Combat skills: Cooking - 99 (13.80M+ XP), Woodcutting - 99 (31.95M+ XP), Fishing - 90, Firemaking - 99 (24.82M+), Crafting - 90, Smithing - 90, Mining - 85, Runecrafting - 60, Dungeoneering - 85

 

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It will still take some getting used to and it may even slow down things...but as always, I look at it as just more difficulty added to this exciting challenge :)!
I like your optimism. Easier isn't always better, and harder is not always worse. Challenge is one of the things keeps me playing as non member.

 

SAme as me, NJE. Look at my quote on GES in my sig. :wink:

 

And I can't wait to see you get another level! =P~

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