My Bonus Experience Weekend Plan

Well, as you probably know by now, the next Bonus Experience Weekend starts tomorrow (Sept 9th - 12th) so I am going to be Runecrafting like a mad man. Because the bonus experience only comes around once every six months, I don't want to miss out on the opportunity to get loads of xp. If you want to craft some runes with me and chill, you will be able to find me at the Z.M.I. Altar *Shudders* in world 70. Also, you could chat with me and my clan (Mutinous Rcers), which is open to all guests and is recruiting, so feel free to join me anytime.

Hope I don't get Zombified. O_o

I R Back

I've been so caught up with my new classes that I forgot about my blog for a good while. Fortunately, I've just remembered it and will be making new posts regularly. Just to give you a quick update on things, I've recently gotten 95 Ranged and 95 Runecrafting and now plan to start going to the ZMI altar in preperation of the upcoming Bonus Experience Weekend that will last from the 9th to the 13th this month. You might already know that I absolutely despise the ZMI altar, but I can't let an opportunity like BXPW slip by - It's only twice a year, after all.

Out side of RS, I've recently begun my Sophomore year at my university and it has already proven as exciting as I thought. Most of them are still Gen Ed classes, but I have taken three that are either directly related to my major, accounting, or are classes recommended to me by a few proffessors that are supposed to be very helpful for an accountant.

Anyway, I've only got about 5 minutes to get to my next class now, so I'll make another post later today.

Take it easy everyone.

2011 Fall Semester Around the Corner

Well, my Sophomore year is coming around, about two weeks from now, so I'm preparing for some of my classes by reading up on some books I still have. I'm really looking forwards to my next Accounting class and I was lucky enough to get the professor I had last time. However, there is one class that I just know I'm going to hate... Biology. I've always hated science class and I don't think that's about to change anytime soon. I don't know what it is about it, really. I think it's just that there is so much to it and so many difficult words to memorize.  Still, I'm overall excited about going back to class soon.

Hmm... I really have to get back to my usual sleeping schedule.

93 Runecrafting & New Runescape Update

It's been a while since I've talked about RS. I've been Runecrafting for a good while and am now lvl 93 which allows me to assist up to lvl 93 effigies. However, I haven't been training it very much recently, aside from effigies and peng points. I'm more interested in getting 80 slayer so that I can wield the Abyssal Vine Whip when it comes out soon. The new whip is obtainable by killing a new slayer monster (80 slayer required) which has a chance to drop a vine that you can attach to your whip. This vine will increase the whip's stats, add a new special attack, and even add poison, so I'm really looking forward to getting it.


Note:
Sorry for the shitty writing. I'm in a rush :O Also, it's hot as fuck atm.

Gotta Love Netflix :)

A few weeks ago, I used a free one-month subscription for Netflix but didn't actually use it often in the start. To be honest, I nearly forgot that I had a subscription for a while... until I cracked open my old Film Appreciation book (Couldn't sell most of my books so I just kept them) and started to read through a few chapters. Ever since, I usually watch a movie or an episode of Nip/Tuck a day to help pass the time. Recently, I've watched Kick-Ass and Memento which are both very great movies.

You may have seen a few commercials on Kick-Ass and thought it was just another lame ass comic book movie, like I did, but you would be dead wrong. Within the first minute of the film, I was laughing my ass off and I knew that I was going to enjoy it. The movie itself is a mock-super-hero movie/drama, but not your average one. It's much more profane and violent than what you might be used to, but it does give the same message to the audience as Spider-Man or Batman does. 

You would recognize many of the actors which include: Nicholas Cage, that guy from Super Bad (McLovin), that one dude from the Hot-tub Time Machine (kid who starts to disappear),, the girl from Let Me In, and that tall kid with curly hair from Drill-bit Taylor.   

Memento was also amazing. It's about a man named Lenord (played by Guy Pierce ) who suffers from a short-term memory condition which he got after a head injury when he tried to save his wife from being murdered. Because of his condition, he can not form new memories and so he must keep constant notes of everything he does and who he meets. Throughout the story, he tries to track down and kill the man who killed his wife and hit him in the head which caused his condition.

This film was probably one of the most unique movies I have ever seen in my life. It is a one-of-a-kind movie that will probably be watched a hundred years from now. It's so unique because the plot is not linear in that it starts at the end and works its way back, but that's not all. Each segment leads into the segment you just finished watching and allows the viewer to feel just how Lenord does by them not knowing what preceded each segment (I.E. Short-Term memory loss). Also, there are essentially two halves to the plot: one starts in the beginning  of the story and is in black and white, while the other half starts at the end and is in color. Eventually, at the end (technically the beginning) these two halves meet and the view finally discovers what has been going on with Lenord.

Anyway, this film was nominated for many awards and won the award for best editing. If you're looking for a great way to kill some time, check out the film Memento; you won't be disappointed.

Customizable Profanity Filter

I've noticed that Jagex has given players the ability to deactivate their Proffanity filters. I think that is pretty neat, but it means players are vulnerable to racist, secist, and other highly offensive remarks. Yes, all of this can be avoided by keeping the Proffanity Filter activated, but that would mean players missing out on the new freedom of turning off the filter to have a lively conversation with friends. Players must decide which extreme end they prefer to stick with and to cope with any and all constraints or problems that come with it. What is needed is a middle ground, something that will allow players to experience what both extreme ends of the Profanity Filter have to offer. A customizable filter will both provide freedom and protection to Runescape players, as well as allowing clans to better enforce their rules regarding offensive language in the clan chat.

The great thing about the ability to deactivate the profanity filter is that it allows players to have a lively conversation with friends and to accurately express how you feel about something. This is a major step for Jagex in their progression from being known as a 'kiddie game' to one that can be enjoyed by older and more mature audiences, and they are continuing to take these steps with each release of new content. However, we must acknowledge the fact that there are still young players who shouldn't be exposed to the profainities that is often seen with the fitler disabled and that some people would like a middle ground between having a fitler or none at all.

This middle ground is the ability to customize our own personal profanity filter to block or unblock specific words. The benefits are clear. Players who wish to leave the filter activiated but still have some leway could unblock words of their choosing while players who wish to deactivate their filters but still want protection from some profanities could block out those certian words. Lest we forget, Clans can also benefit from a customizable profanity fitler. One such way a clan would benefit from this is that leaders would have the ability to block certian words from being spoken in their clan chat, thus allowing the filter to do some of the rule enforcing for them.

Runescape is an ever-evolving game that has changed drastically from its beginings and is now moving towards more mature players, but still provides options for its younger players. Jagex, the creators of Runescape, is making this transformation slowly, taking one step at a time, and has now granted its players the option to disable their profanity filters, but hasn't yet provided an option for those who want a middle ground between having the filter activiated or completely disabled. The customizable profanity filter is this middle ground and will provide frreedom and protection to Runescape players, as well as allowing clans to better enforce their rules regarding offensive language in the clan chat. The ability to customize one's filter will allow Jagex to much better cater to both their young and more mature players. It's as Guthix says, "Balance and moderation in all aspects of life."

Staking Results

Well, I tried my hand out at staking in the Duel Arena yesterday and here are the results.

1. Normal Fight - 50k - Win
2. Box Match - 100k - Win
3. No Arm Ranged - 200k - Win
4. Rematch ^ - (200k) - Lose
5. Box Match - 100k Win
6. DDS/Whip Match - (200k) - Lose *
7. Whip/DDS - (200k) - Lose **
8. Normal Fight - (1m) - Lose
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¤ Net Decrease in Cash =  (1,150,000) GP

* I'm new to the whole staking thing and I didn't expect what happend here. This girl and I were supposed to be doing a whip/dds match with no armour, but she pulled a fast one by switching to a Staff of Light and using its shield special ensuring her an easy win.

** I wised up here and bought a SOL of my own, but I lagged in the begining and died before I could switch to my staff.
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Staking?

I've seen, heard, and read about staking in the Duel Arena and it seems like a good way to make gold. However, I'm a low risk person and so I tend to avoid staking so this would be a change in pace for me. I'll probably give it a few goes soon to test the waters.

91 Runecrafting within reach and Death Hats

I've still been Runecrafting and I'm only 14k experience from 91 now, but I've decided to take a break. There's a new update that brought two new items into the game which are PvP themed. They're the Death and Duelling Hats which both keeps track of your statistics and allows you to boast them to your friends and enemies alike.

These new hats transform as you get more and more kills in either the Wilderness (Wildstalker Hat) or the Duel Arena (Duelist Hat) and look amazing. While I think these new hats are pretty neat, there are some things that I don't like about them. One being that these new hats will likely cause PvPers to flock to the Wild in the masses, some of which will be looking for cheap, quick kills i.e. Abyssal Runecrafters. Also, I sense that there will be boosters who will bring a buddy to kill in the wildy or duel arena in order to obtain the upper tiers of the hats.

Woot! Finished my last Final.

I've been studying all week and now I'm finally done. I'm officially a Sophomore in my University now =)