Hello!

 

My name is Andufus, and this is my blog. Please follow me on my journey, currently to 99 fishing!

 

A little about myself...

As a 'real-life person': I'm an 18 year old, UK-based University student studying English and Philosophy at Warwick University. I want to be either a journalist or a novelist, and thus am mostly drawn to the questing aspect of the game, or interaction with other players. As a quirky fact about me, when I drink champagne I add lemonade.

As a RuneScaper: I've played on and off for several years. Before October 2012, the last time I logged on was over a year ago, and the time before the odd few weeks or so of that playing was at least another year before that. Now that I'm at University and have some time to fill, I thought it would be a good idea to return to a community I missed. My main intention is to AFK skill whilst reading the books I have to for my course, to make both tasks a little more interesting because, trust me, some of the books I have to read are torture. It'd also be nice to catch up with any old friends I catch online.

 

I have multiple goals, some requiring a lot more attention to the game than others, but the main one is this: making friends. In the time since I've left the game and re-joined, most of my friends have left: there are maybe a token three or four still around, either with ridiculously high skill levels or one of them actually maxed out. I want to get in touch with people I sued to know and meet new people, to make the game as social as I believe it should be.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying I want to reforge TET under the banner of friendship or anything, I just want to do more than grind sometimes.

 

Anyway, some of the other goals are...

- Level 99 Fishing. This is the main reason I came back, before I left 2 years ago or so, I really wanted to trim my Firemaking cape and I put it on my 'bucket list'* to do. Now is the time I'm aiming to cross this off that list.

- 4000 Chompy kills. This seems like a really quirky, fun goal to go for that I can do whilst training range, one of the skills that I wanted to find a way to work on. I dunno, it seems like a rare achievement that might be fun to do.

- Complete as many quests as possible. Because, as I said, I love the narrative aspects and story-lines, this is a no-brainer. I used to have a Questing cape, but one of the big quests (I believe it was one of the elven ones) knocked me off that pedestal and I never got roudn to reclaiming it. I started this tonight with 'Stolen Hearts' and 'A Diamond in the Rough', both easy quests that came out since I left, which seemed like a good place to pick up.

 

So, on with the 'bloggy' part, I suppose...

 

Actual Progress:

First few days: The thing that struck me when I returned the other day is how different the interface is. I barely know my way around the controls, let alone my way to anywhere other than Varrock or Lumbridge. All of my RuneScapian knowledge seems to have abandoned me, which is a weird position to be in. I feel like I'm learning to play all over again. For example, I keep right clicking to move and being annoyed when nothing happens, because I played too much League of Legends in my absence from RS. Eventually I worked my way round to completing both 'Stolen Hearts' and 'Diamond in the Rough', having been swayed both by Wouter and myself to rejoin RS membership.

21/10/12:6 96 Fishing! :)

28/11/12: 97 Fishing - I should probably play a bit more....

 

* Bucket list = if you don't know, a bucket list is a list of things to do before you die (IE 'kick the bucket'.) My personal rule is that onc it's on the list, you can't take it off until it's done, which was the main temptation that brought me back: I wanted to get it out of the way.

The right click thing made me laugh, because I just started playing league of legends and I'm doing the same thing :P good luck with your goals!

The right click thing made me laugh, because I just started playing league of legends and I'm doing the same thing good luck with your goals!

 

I do it like, every other time I try and move. It's so annoying!

I don't know the etiquette for posting on your own blog - given that posts in Blogscape aren't counted towards your post total, I'm hoping double posts are permissible.

 

I caught around 150 monkfish today whilst completing an essay, using an Ibis to catch swordfish. I've realized I've forgotten how summoner points work and had to quickly look up a guide for that. If I get a time after finishing the rest of the reading I have to do tonight, I want to try and complete the Elder Kiln so that I can do as much of the current mini-event as possible.

Don't worry. Double posting in your own blog is allowed. ;)

 

Good luck with your goals. :)

Don't worry. Double posting in your own blog is allowed.

 

Good luck with your goals.

 

Ah, awesome, thanks :)

 

I did Tears of Guthix for the first time in a LONG time today. I got 154 tears (which isn't TOO shabby) and got level 47 DG out of it. I tried to upload a picture but imageshack was being weird.

I'm now 100k exp away from 96 fishing, too. :)

I don't know the etiquette for posting on your own blog - given that posts in Blogscape aren't counted towards your post total, I'm hoping double posts are permissible.

If they didn't allow double posting in Blogscape, most of the blogs would die. 8-) There are times when you end up posting eight consecutive times in your own thread.

 

Good luck on getting 99 fishing - are there any other 'bucket list' items related to Runescape?

If they didn't allow double posting in Blogscape, most of the blogs would die. 8-) There are times when you end up posting eight consecutive times in your own thread.

Only eight? :twss:

 

Fishing is always nice. If you're interested in AFKing it you could stick to living rock caverns.

I'll keep watching this.

If they didn't allow double posting in Blogscape, most of the blogs would die. 8-) There are times when you end up posting eight consecutive times in your own thread.

 

Good luck on getting 99 fishing - are there any other 'bucket list' items related to Runescape?

 

Aha, fair enough. Thanks!

Not at the moment but depending on how much I get back into the game I might add some stuff onto it - regain quest cape, for example.

 

Only eight? :twss:

 

Fishing is always nice. If you're interested in AFKing it you could stick to living rock caverns.

 

That's what I've been doing so far. Turns a nice profit, though I'm thinking of not selling them and saving them for an attempt at 99 cooking after fishing - it's another relatively AFKable thing :)

 

I'll keep watching this.

 

Thanks :)

 

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Haven't played at all for the last 3 days - I've been ill with freshers' flu, so I haven't done much at all! Will hopefully post a more entertaining update later tonight.

Just hit level 96 in Fishing :)

Woot! :thumbsup:

Woot! :thumbsup:

 

Thanks :)

As I believe I stated in my initial post, I'm not playing a wole lot at the moment but I have some goals for the end of the week.

- Finish 'The Elder Kiln'

- Fish 1k Rocktails

- Put pictures on my original post.

Did some DG to take my mind off some things in the personal life.

Dinged, realized it was 1am. Off to bed.

Been a bit absent recently due to degree stress. Came back and got to grips with the evolution of combat today, I'm liking the changes.

The experience tombs and my ToG meant I got two levels...

Congrats on the progress!