Does/Has Runescape Affected Anything In Your Life?

[rushrock]

 

 

Lemme see I now type over 200 wpm (not joking)

What does that mean? lol, i hear people talking about wpm's and stuff and i have no idea what it means :shock:

 

 

 

Words Per Minute. ;)

 

 

 

thats pretty damned amazing! 8-)

[wakka102]

Its taken away a little bit from my school work. I make B's and C's rather then just B's if i wasnt playing runescape. However, its made my typing about 200% faster. When I really get into it I can type things fast and accuretly that it looks as if I'm using an auto typer. I've been reported on several occations for using one too although I never have. Its given me alot more friends and something that I'm good at. People like me here (alot more then people irl do) and this is the place I can really let go and enjoy myself.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hurray for runescape!

[nikoli40]

Well lets see, it has improved my typing skills, which were already good enough. Like everyone else, it has taken away HOURS of my life lol. I have met some really nice people though. I did fail a class though (algebra 2 blows) which I had to make up in summer school :wall:

[AniseCookies]

EVERY SINGLE PERSON will learn to type fast whilst playing runescape.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMO, wrong, I'd say about 75% of people use auto-typers instead of just typing. Although there still is a good amount of typing not dealing with the market, but that area puts down that everyone will get faster at typing.

[dragon312]

yes alot :S

 

 

 

i now got much more cursing skills when i get scammed+i dont trust anyone in rl anymore (yay @ runescape)

[darkmage099]

I can type faster. It only slightly affected my social life. Actually, my typing is because of TIF not RS.

[Rebdragon]

Other than practically quadrupiling my typing speed, it's given me something to fall back on after an intense session of high school homework :lol: .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh, and the friends at SODB are great :thumbsup: .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can't say much for anything else though. Runescape isn't exactly the kind of game that you learn something from :lol: .

[Poopingman]

I don't let the game affect me in real life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you saw me in person, you would never think I am a long-time 'Scaper.

[Wrench_150]

Many, both positive sides and negative sides. Gladly more positive ones, it had helped me be more social (in a way) and meet some great friends.

[Celluzion]

200 WPM? Are you the fastest touch typist in the world? The fastest touch typist in the world hit only above 200 WPM with a DVORAK keyboard.

[Who]

I have friends, nuff said

[Malhavok]

All the usual, neglecting friends and family, forgoing sllep to play more, etc.

[ml417]

i acouly got somthing to do in my life (i no i got no life) and i type faster but i misspell a lot :-w

[Tbfgraphx14]

At my school we called it Gwam. Gross Words a minute or something like that :-k

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It has come to the point where I accidently told my friend there was a group of people who pick cabbage #-o

[ugafan_2009]

Not much lol...I just play RS instead of watching tv or playing ps2. My grades have actually gone up since I started playing. :shock:

[Intriguing]

Negative : It's ruined my typing ability. I used to play Habbo [shudder], and that got me really good at typing because of Revenge, then I moved to RuneScape, and as I hardly ever type when I'm on, my typing 'skills' have deteriorated.

 

 

 

It probably hasn't affected how much time I spend inactive, as I was playing on the computer alot before I started.

 

 

 

It's also had a pretty negative effect upon my dedication to schoolwork. Somehow I still get the same general scores in tests, but my work is pretty sloppy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Positive : It's made me slightly better at insults. :)

 

 

 

My social life has gotten MUCH better in the last 6 or so months, but I doubt that has anything to do with RuneScape.

[youknowwho]

well i probably wouldn't have learned the word noob any other way #-o

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

but ya it has changed me good and bad ways, i probably wear glasses because i played too much computer but i type faster and being a noob fora long time i learned to save my money better which i do alot better now in real life :

[rs2mercenarypker]

:uhh: My typinghas become better...i can type more faster without looking. but i can easily lose my temper when someone asks me to do something.ive gotten into trouble because this is so hard to get off(runescape) :ohnoes:

[tylersk8shop]

well i probably wouldn't have learned the word noob any other way #-o

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

but ya it has changed me good and bad ways, i probably wear glasses because i played too much computer but i type faster and being a noob fora long time i learned to save my money better which i do alot better now in real life :

 

 

 

pretty much the same as me lol

[InkofDeath]

well before i played all my grades were failing grades.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

now:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1, typing 7k % better, its unbelievable!

 

 

 

2, Spelling, spending time in market has taught me if you spell correctly frequently you'll get more buyers(of course i still spell words incorrectly)

 

 

 

3,Math has tuaght me my multiplication tables up to 20 amazingly

 

 

 

4, Math yet again has been increased by over 100%

 

 

 

5, My creativeness, which is nessacary in L.A. or english, has imporved

 

 

 

6, all my school grades have become into the 90s

 

 

 

7, My social life has become better since i have learned generousity, courtesy, companinship(see spelling?), loads of irl skills needed

 

 

 

8, Historic events i have learnt(yes, in rs there's several things based on rl events)

 

 

 

9, I'm better overall

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bad things:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vertebrai(spelling) back bone or w.e. it is, is bent or w.e. its in the 2nd state of what causes bone fusion.

 

 

 

Missed major irl events

 

 

 

lost interest in music for 3years

 

 

 

spent 4years of my live on rs killing people earning no profit from it, just experience.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

yup fun!

[Harrington]

Hasn't made a massive difference in my own life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To be honest, if I wasn't playing RS I'd probably just waste time watching TV or playing some other game.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I can remember a few occassions where I've not went out coz I'd rather play a Castle Wars game with a few clan mates :)

[runite]

Used to spent too much time playing, I play a lot less nowadays.. Hasn't affected my real life in other ways really.

[Allu]

other than taking away mucho hours of my life, its changed my attitude towards stuff - in a good way. ive become more witty, thoughtful, and more concerned about certain issues about stuff. im better at making up points or rebuttles, not to mention fast typing skills. EVERY SINGLE PERSON will learn to type fast whilst playing runescape.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That is certainly true! Boy I was a slow writer but after RuneScape oh :D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well took so many hours off my life, but still I think it was a good thing I started to play it and quit playing it;) but it took so much time off..

[beniscool218]

I was a professional pianist... I saw some one playing it once, so I decided I wanted to try. I then began playing so much I developed carpal tunnel syndrome. However, I played through the pain of nerve trauma until I lost all feeling in both my hands. This obviously affected my profession as a pianist and runescape player. I went to the doctor and when he looked at it, he lost all emotion in his face. I had damaged the nerves so badly that my pinky and middle finger on my left hand and my ring finger on my right hand had to be amputated. This devastated me, as my two favorite things to do had been so untimely torn away from me. I now had nothing to live for... I attempted suicide twice without success and when one of my band mates (a good friend too) heard what was going on, so he took me to counciling three times a week. I was almost broke after paying for counciling and I needed a job. I got a job as a Wal-Mart greeter (it was the only job I could think of that didn't really need hands). This payed enough to get me a very small apartment which was getting me along. I thought my life was really starting to get back on track. In a few months I was able to buy a car, and I was promoted at Wal-Mart so my pay doubled. Life was looking up. But one day as I driving along a notoriously dangerous roadway (2 lanes of traffic going opposite directions separated by 4 feet of shoulder), a presumably drunk drive swerved into my lane hitting me head on. Luckily for me, he was in a small compact car, while I had a fairly large pick-up truck. He was killed in his car as the airbags failed to open and he cracked his head open on the steering wheel. My truck was sent spinning into the next lane and another car hit me on the passenger side. The passenger seat next to me unhinged and flew at me pinning my right leg to the cupholder area between the seats. I began to loose feeling in my leg and I realized I had to get out of there fast or the truck might catch on fire. I pulled and pulled on my leg and I pushed on the chair but the seat wouldn't come off. Fortunately and ambulance arrived shortly after and using the Jaws of Life they were able to cut the seat off without harming me. But the damage was already done. My leg had been cut off from blood and oxygen for so long the nerves were fried and there was nothing the doctors could do. They amputated my leg that day. So I was stuck. My life was finally beginning to turn around and everything was going well for me. But I was stuck... Stuck with a bad apartment, 7 fingers, and 1 leg. Then suddenly everything went white, and I was sitting up in my bed. It was just a dream... It was just a dream...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But yeah, Runescape hasn't really affected me all that much. I'm pretty lucky because I've heard some horror stories (not as bad as mine) that were indirectly caused by Runescape.

[xialinman]

Runescape is the reason I don't do much homework. Im the type of person that leaves everything till the last minute and has 2 weeks of no sleep because of homework. If it wasn't for runescape i would probably be a B average student.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the good side it has tought me patience and time management (in the game, still learning real life). Also i have met some friends on here witch i contact regularly to chat with, even though they live in different states.