Tip.it Times Presents: The Avatar as Art

[SixFootOne]

Great article, i only live to create.

[Fey_Warrior]

An amusing but rewarding read.

 

 

 

As another poster commented, some more examples of avatar art would've been good, but there's something to be said for keeping it short ;)

 

 

 

Regards,

 

 

 

Fey.

[LiChef]

Yeah i agree this was certainly a good read.

 

 

 

Great job.

[Dragon_lord]

Guest articles are always fun! :)

 

 

 

P.S: my girlfriend doesn't approve of my playing either. :P

[Plugpoint]

Good read, but I still preferred The Editor

 

I wanna see his friend's guitar though! Sounds like a Brian May in the making :P

[m1cha34l]

I thought that was a very good read :D

[MrBowser]

Wow, I loved this article! it was short, and to the point. Anyway, I loved the argument that anything we do now is pointless to infinity.

[Alina]

He did great on it! Well done, I'll be waiting to see more.

 

 

 

~Alina

[drizzt165]

I sure hope the title is a typo, It says

 

 

 

"Updates to Sink Your Teet Into" :shock:

[checkviller]

nice read! So now I found out I AM artistic

 

 

 

mwhahah! Owned you Mum!

 

 

 

Thanks Adamfostas, I enjoyed it :

 

 

 

hahahahahahahahaha, nice one dude xD

 

 

 

about the article: Adam dude, you totally think what i think about playin an MMORPG being pointless.

 

 

 

You can say it is in some way artistic, and i get what you mean by that but...er...

 

 

 

well in the end of the day it's just pointless...I mean, you advanced in the game, but irl you haven't got 1 step closer to succes, love, an education, or whatever you're after. Unless ofcourse you're a goldseller

[ayden7794]

Someone is trying a little to hard to find a reason why the play this game... After quiting for about a week I can comfortably say this game stinks. If adding on to a character through repetative and boring tasks is whats keeping you it might be a good idea to do something else.

[Rahila]

I enjoyed the article for the most part, but to be honest i think the asterict (*) at the end killed the mood and the main jist of the artical...Was that really necesary?

[whackster]

has been quite some time since a nice article like this came along.

 

reminds me of the previous editor (not to say that the current editor is not as good though lol).

[jojojohn_pau]

short, but interesting.

 

 

 

I fail to see how one's avatar can be considered "art", however

 

 

 

let's say that your avatar has full 3rd age melee armor. This is, as most scapers know, an extremely impressive feat. You've obviously spent great amounts of time and effort to get these, and that is much more artistic than that crack :P

[ineedaname22]

this tip.it times was riduclous! you are wasting your time playing runescape. does it make you money? no

 

does it help your social life? kinda

 

does it give you enjoyment? so do drugs

 

 

 

and then comparing freedom in runescape to WoW, in WoW you have over a million types of armor. and runescape as an art? WTF? runescape is just a game for people who have nothing better to do with their time.

[casthewiz]

this tip.it times was riduclous! you are wasting your time playing runescape. does it make you money? no

 

does it help your social life? kinda

 

does it give you enjoyment? so do drugs

 

 

 

and then comparing freedom in runescape to WoW, in WoW you have over a million types of armor. and runescape as an art? WTF? runescape is just a game for people who have nothing better to do with their time.

 

 

 

 

 

Eek! He's from the RSOF!

 

 

 

 

 

:ohnoes: :ohnoes:

[Will H]

this tip.it times was riduclous! you are wasting your time playing runescape. does it make you money? no

 

does it help your social life? kinda

 

does it give you enjoyment? so do drugs

 

 

 

and then comparing freedom in runescape to WoW, in WoW you have over a million types of armor. and runescape as an art? WTF? runescape is just a game for people who have nothing better to do with their time.

 

 

 

You know, you can tell a lot about someone from their first post.

 

WoW... tick.

 

Drugs... tick.

 

Bad grammar... tick.

 

 

 

Anyway, that was an inspiring, albeit short, article. It's like, you start with a block of wood, and you start chipping away at it with a chisel. The more work you put into it, the better it becomes. Put in enough effort, and it becomes award-winning. We are a community of artists, intent of creating something unique to ourselves. Nothing needs to have a true purpose because it won't matter in the end, so have fun.

[Adamfostas]

Thanks for all your encouraging comments. I'm fascinated by the application of unusual perspectives against a wide variety of fields, to bring out elements they hold in common that would otherwise be lost. I'm thinking of putting together something about the social evolution of Runescape since its inception, but I fear I need a lot more data than I have now.

 

 

 

I'd like to respond to some of your comments. I fully accept that the article was too short - it would have been improved by the addition of more examples of RS art, and at some point I may go back to look into this more. I'm thinking along the lines of examining the costumes and attitudes you find at the Catherby yews, which is always a great place to encounter new costumes.

 

 

 

To the various people who appeared to take this article as a justification for playing the game - it's important to realise that Runescape actually is a real-life activity. When I choose to play Runescape, I choose to perform a real-life action that gives me, in the real world, pleasure. All I've aimed to do with this article is provide a different perspective on that pleasure. Beyond enjoying myself, no justification is necessary. If you need one, you're doing something wrong.

 

 

 

To the people who wanted to see my friend's guitar:

 

 

It didn't have strings on it at this point. When I quizzed my friend about this, he replied:

 

I couldn't be bothered to put strings on, so I just cut a hole in the back and play it like an enormous kazoo.

 

 

 

@Rahila - no, it wasn't necessary, but regrettably my pomposity has limits.

[amenuh]

AGREEED, sometimes when im playing the game , getting a torso in 1day by spending numerous hours online i wonder to myself, why am i laboring over this, it won't get me anything in life, just something to look at threw a screen, but the fact of seeing something grow under your power is very fun, in an invironement such has runescape, great read. happy new year everyone!