Tip.It Times: 24 May 2009

[n_odie]

Time for a new release of the: >>>Tip.It Times!<<<

 

 

 

When replying please make sure to clarify the article you are replying to! Thanks!

 

 

 

Enjoy the articles!

 

 

 

~odie

[RayOxide]

I hated the Underground Pass so much. It took me 7 hours to do it lmao.

 

 

 

I liked the Fight or Flight article, cant be bothered to read anything else :lol: almost 4am.

 

Good read.

 

 

 

Although, skills like Herblore are pointless in ways. Many people just make potions, you barely have to wait 1 day max to get a potion or so many. But the efficiency of making your own is neverending pleasure

[BloodShard]

second post

 

 

 

I liked the article(Non fiction

 

 

 

I was kind of hoping for more than just one real and one fictional article though.

[greecl]

hey, nice articles, little short though :? i liked the fictional one best, we need more of those. by the way, what is that door on the west side of the grand exchange? been wondering about it for a while....

[psvstef]

Nicely written Ts_Stormrage ;)

 

 

 

I'll reach the goal i did set my self 8-)

[Gandorf61]

I can't understand how people have to patience to get 200M xp in a skill, it's just insane.

 

 

 

The only point of achieving it is to be able to say you have x skill maxed out. That and the glory of having such high xp in a skill.

 

 

 

Underground pass at 1 agility? *shudder*

[Maleficus1055]

I did the Underground Pass at 45 and only failed the bridges twice :?

 

 

 

Likewise, I did Mep2 yesterday with 63 and failed the handholds only three times. Am I just lucky with these things or are people really trying them at extreeemely low levels?

[Gandorf61]

I did the Underground Pass at 45 and only failed the bridges twice :?

 

 

 

Likewise, I did Mep2 yesterday with 63 and failed the handholds only three times. Am I just lucky with these things or are people really trying them at extreeemely low levels?

 

 

 

I did MEP2 at 65 agility and failed just under 20 times, You must have been lucky then.

[D Jay99]

I did the Underground Pass at 45 and only failed the bridges twice :?

 

 

 

Likewise, I did Mep2 yesterday with 63 and failed the handholds only three times. Am I just lucky with these things or are people really trying them at extreeemely low levels?

 

Really lucky. I failed like 10 times at 60 agility, and mep2 7 times at 61 agility, and I don't even think I was unlucky :x

[TheKoolKandy]

Only took me like 30 mins to do underground pass at 50 agility.

 

 

 

I can't understand how someone gets 200m xp like holy crap i don't even have patience to get 99 in firemaking, I gave up after 3 days.

[xlippsx]

Weak articles this week imo. I'm not really a fan of fiction and the non-fiction article just wasn't very interesting.

[brunokiller]

Did the pass quest at 26 agility, an 'If' fell off a sentence somehow, and the 'herblore is only a moneymaker when you farm the herbs yourself' is a bs argument.

[InkofDeath]

Lol, underground pass. >.>

 

 

 

I think that Quest was my sole motivation to get 60 agility after I had completed the Quest.

 

 

 

The article by Stormrage though was something that had already been touched upon countless times in previous articles:

 

 

 

http://tip.it/runescape/index.php?times=204

 

http://tip.it/runescape/index.php?times=196

 

http://tip.it/runescape/index.php?times=171

 

http://tip.it/runescape/index.php?times=110

 

http://tip.it/runescape/index.php?times=99

 

 

 

Just a few of the articles that heavily relate to this short, and very weak with arguments article. I know finding topics is a difficult one, but this article was short, and the arguments in it were very weak. And the main 'idea' around it was just so related to so many other articles.

[Hawks]

I felt that Stormrage's article was just repeating the same question over and over in different ways, and not really addressing the answer, I assume it was supposed to be more of a thought-provoking article, but it was quite awful... And rather pointless.

 

 

 

I did actually read the fictional article, I thought the 'contempt for CLOSED signs' was a rather nice bit.

 

 

 

But I'd rather have more articles to read, even if it means holding off for a week every once in a while (maybe don't go that far). I think the Times needs more writing talent in the form of guest writers... I know last week's guest writer was a fiasco, but that doesn't mean don't try again. Ask around; I'm sure there are people with the ideas and talent who just aren't writing because they figure no one will read it.

 

 

 

I think that the forums as a whole are going kind of downhill and the Times is falling with them... I mean look at the posts: mostly one line, once again mostly relating to the same article...

 

 

 

We need to get an exciting fictional article in there... (no offense to the fiction writers, it's good stuff but people don't read it) That will get people reading them. Perhaps a shorter installment is the way to go, I know people don't enjoy reading walls of text.

[Danqazmlp]

Just before i read them, i think theres a typo in the Did you know, i think it should be 'it's worth noting', not 'its worth nothing' near the end.

[Ts_Stormrage]

You're absolutely right that it is hard to find new subjects that have not been written about :oops: So yeah, it may seem like more of the same...

 

 

 

So, those of you who think this way, my mailbox is still empty :)

 

Give me a subject or a new angle on an old subject, and I'll turn it into a quality piece of writing you've come to expect from me and at least as good as you deserve...

[Racheya]

I'm very tempted to write a guest article you know... it's just trying to think up what I could write about :)

 

 

 

I suppose the lack of articles comes from last week's [cabbage] storm. Oh well :(

[Danqazmlp]

I have a very good topic for an article, and would very much love to write it or suggest it to the writers, however, it would get so many 'thats not how it works!' I am of course talking about ip in cw.

 

 

 

the article was an ok read, but i cant really comment, i only skimmed through it.

[Tesset]

I had a lot of trouble following the first article. I was just like "What is the point of this article? I don't get it..."

 

 

 

If it was about insanity, then it strayed off topic a lot. Plus repetitive actions aren't a sign of insanity. The only real sign of insanity is inability to control one's mind/actions. The most common sign in people's minds is talking to oneself, and I do that quite often, and I can assure you I am perfectly sane.

 

 

 

If the article was about Underground Pass, then not only has it been addressed recently, it's also not true. My favorite quest, long before I ever came to tif and knew that everyone hated the quest, was Underground Pass, because it was challenging. Despite using a guide, I felt challenged to defeat it because of limited supplies. I remember going through to Iban with no food left, thinking I was going to die despite my protect from magic prayer I was using.

 

 

 

If the article was about the pointlessness of skills like herblore, then I respond with, what's the point of anything in this game. It's a time waster. Sure, you can get a potion cheaper on the g.e. than via herblore. It's only because the game is combat based. Most combat people wouldn't want to train herblore for herblore experience even if it could make you 10m an hour starting at level one. They would train for the money, then go off and buy combat gear and kill things.

 

 

 

If the article was about people maxing 200m experience and how stupid it is, then there are other people who have argued this point many, many times. People do this for different reasons. At the very least, 200m experience shows dedication, along with a perfectionist impulse, and those are the people who are the most successful in the world.

 

 

 

It's not that I care that the topics discussed have been done. It's that I didn't understand what the article was about, and what it was arguing.

[Albel]

A good read.

 

 

 

Underground pass was a cool quest...i did it at like level 56, with 49 agility I think.

 

That was when I wanted a dragon hally so bad =P~

 

Thoses where the days 8-)

[Master_Smither]

First one was decent didn't read the second one they arn't my type of story :P

 

 

 

The tip was nice also :)

[Spuddy10]

Funny, I don't remember anything particularly hard/frustrating about Underground pass...Must've been real lucky \

 

 

 

Okay articles, I was wishing for more than 2 though.

[Zierro]

I did the Underground Pass at 45 and only failed the bridges twice :?

 

 

 

Likewise, I did Mep2 yesterday with 63 and failed the handholds only three times. Am I just lucky with these things or are people really trying them at extreeemely low levels?

 

 

 

I did MEP2 at 65 agility and failed just under 20 times, You must have been lucky then.

 

 

 

My agility level was around yours and it took me from midnight to dawn. :)

[strilmus]

When you think about it, the whole of Runescape almost entirely relies on pointless, repetitive actions.

 

 

 

The same could be said of pretty much most RPGs out there.

 

 

 

Of course, it's not necessarily a bad thing, but when the day a game comes where you are free to enjoy an endless assortment of entertainment (and not just repeated iterations of the same concept) that gives you a sense of accomplishment, all MMOs (and probably all human productivity) will cease to exist.

 

 

 

Anyway, I wonder what's on TV....

[Asellus5]

In response to fight or flight:

 

 

 

I desire to go all the way. Not to 200m in anything on purpose anyway.

 

I didnt always. I used to think that half my skills were useless or unbearable to train.

 

Then i thought i'd never finish all the f2p quests.

 

Then i dropped my jaw when i saw the members economy firshand.

 

Then i bought my first dragon items.

 

Then i quit three times.

 

Then I was talking down about myself when someone told me that i'd own them at duel arena.

 

Me own them? Lies.

 

thats when it hit me. Im not medium level anymore. I can do crazy high level stuff now that apparently im over leveld for most of the time. (Still cant compete with wealthy/pro pkers)

 

But I desire balance. I do wanna play this game: EVERY part of it eventually. At least once.

 

I know soooo many people have reached 99 in X skill faster/cheaper than me already.

 

Done quests or certain fights at way lower cb lvs. Im told all the time i'm weak/poor for my combat lv.

 

But... Cabbage off.

 

Im here for all you pkers, to shake my head at your bloodlust.

 

Im here for all you skillers, to show you the rewards of combat.

 

Im here for all you pures, to find your weakness hybriding.

 

Im here for everyone to help you see that if you deny yourself any part of the game, your wasting time (and members are wasting money)

 

Im wasting money, cause i dont pk outside of safe minigames. I will eventually, i just am to buisy enjoying the rest of the game without it.

 

 

 

The endline: I wouldnt reccomend going for the best cause someones beaten you there. Try to be better by tomorrow than you are today, and do that constantly. Works for me.