Obligatory Retirement Post - Final Bank + Stats!

[munchkinmage]

I'm moderately proud to say that I've been with Runescape so long that I can't remember precisely when I joined. I know it was well before the Scythe drop in RSC but after the Bunny Ears drop, so I'm going to venture a guess and say it was June 2003. I didn't play for a fair while near the end of RSC, and was actually rather turned off by the release of RS2, but I ended up getting back into the game heavily. My first account was Samiam303, but a couple years back I retired that account and moved to my mage pure, Munchkinmage. Since then, my character has gone through many changes, and is no longer anything resembling a pure. I've been with the game through it's ups and downs, but I've gotten to the point where I just can't justify to myself paying for it.

 

 

 

I've been almost completely inactive for several months now, so I figured it's 'bout time I made my retirement official.

 

As some of you may or may not know, I was hacked in June. I'd recently plunked down 17.9 Million gold for a Green H'ween Mask, which I'd planned on keeping over the summer then selling to fund whatever I wanted to do next. However, apparently I forgot to bank it one night, and when I log on the next morning I'm in the Lumbridge Castle Tower with nothing on me but my fire cape. At least they had the decency to leave me that... :x

 

 

 

Surprisingly, that really wasn't what made me quit. I'm one of those people who can go lose hundreds of thousands PKing in an afternoon and not think much of it, just because I'm having fun. However, losing the mask really set me to thinking.

 

 

 

I could have set to work and probably made the money back quickly enough, but what's really the point? Losing that much in one shot made me realize how truly valueless achievments on the game are. I mean, sure, when you're logged into the game it's an ego boost to feel superior to the newbs who are working towards being able to mine coal, but really, when you log off, what do you have? Nothing tangible, and you've spent hours that you'll never get back. I met some really awesome people this summer, and I've just had enough of this game.

 

 

 

That said, I'm going to miss the friends I've made on here. I'm not going to make a big list because it's been long enough since I've been on Runescape that I'll just feel bad about forgetting people. Suffice it to say

 

that if I've ever talked to you on RuneScape, I probably liked you a lot more than you realize. I've become REALLY good at getting people I don't like to not add me to their friends list, and I have to say that the Tip.It community is BY FAR the best I've found. You're all awesome. Give yourselves a round of applause. =D>

 

 

 

That said, here's the final bank and stats of Munchkinmage. Rate meh pl0x?

 

 

 

Final Stats: (8/23/2007)

 

 

 

 

Final Bank: (8/23/2007)

 

 

That first line still holds my Fire Cape, which I was planning on wearing in F2P, but to check out the new player kits, I was forced to remove it. Next to it sits my Fighter Torso, Rune Defender and Purple Naval, which I just couldn't bring myself to drop because of the time I spent on them. Also on that line is the unstrung yew longbow which got my good friend 99 Fletching. That I'll also be keeping. Other than that, it's just the junk I bought for F2P with the bit of cash that was left in my bank. I've got almost a mil left, but I'm sure I'll lose that F2P pking soon enough. :lol: :roll:

 

 

 

As of 8/23/2007, I've done every quest except for Olaf's Quest. I simply didn't have the woodcutting for it, otherwise I'd have done it right away!

 

 

 

If I haven't lost everyone who read this page already, here's a few random pictures I still have around that I liked.

 

 

 

I don't even remember who this was, it's so old... But it was awesome.

 

 

 

 

This was an AWESOME house party I went to... don't know who's house.

 

 

 

 

Panda, you were an amazing guy. I don't know where this line of chat came from... :lol:

 

 

 

 

Early in my days as a mage pure, training Thieving for Desert Treasure...

 

 

 

 

Getting massive ownage delivered to me by TzTok-Jad.

 

 

 

 

And two more from my glory days as a pure:

 

 

 

 

 

I'll still lurk around these forums a bit, but with all that said, it was good knowing you all! I'm outta here!

[Italian5kamikaze]

Your stats are nice, sucks you got hacked though. :cry:

[munchkinmage]

The part that really confused me is that to this day, I still haven't found a single keylogger on my computer. Nobody knew my password, so I'm still kinda scratching my head as to what happened. :-k

[Theoknight2]

:( well cya dude gl with your new addiction: real life! Dont stay up too late or pk too much, the cops'll come

[toast647]

Bye munchhkin :(