Okay, may not have been the smartest thing I've ever done, but I've put Boombaye's situation (In anonymous terms of course) on the tip.it forums to see what a neutral audience would think of it, since I noticed most of his accusers are Blessings members (or ex-members), and Tim's groupies.
And Blessings, the odds are kinda stacked against you guys in it.
Here's the link the thread
Honestly though, I think both parties were at fault here, if you ask me.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Sunday, June 15, 2008
One (Not Eight) Legged Freaks
Let me repeat that, I hate turoth, I hate them, I hate them, I HATE them. Stupid one legged freaks.
Trying to take advantage of the new Slayer points system, I went about doing slayer tasks to stack up the 4 tasks needed to start getting points. I forgot any old slayer master would do, and foolishly asked Chaeldar for a task, and was promptly punished for that when she gave me 140+ turoth task.
The leaf bladed spear is a hopeless weapon, much like many other spears. I haven't got any problem with it only being able to give either controlled or defence exp, but it can't hold a candle up to a whip, losing in all departments from speed to damage. And its two handed.
I refuse range or mage the bloody things since there isn't a safe spot, and the only melee weapon that will hurt them is a leaf bladed spear. I wasted close to 3 hours on that task...
Mazchana on the other hand, understood that I had only one week of vacation left to play, and gave me much shorter ones, short to the point I can't remember what they were.
Got a grand total off...20 points now. Which is to say not much. Did get a good look at the new slayer monster's makeovers. Jellies now have the remains of their unfortunate victims floating inside them.
My level ups from my little flirt with Slayer. Pushing me ever closer to that not-so-exclusive-now club of 3 digit combat!
Ranarrs are dropping (Bloody hell), and my ultra secret crop is probably back on the rise now, so I'll go back to that.
I just realized, although Fishing gave me more time to post, it caused another problem. I had nothing to post ABOUT.
Trying to take advantage of the new Slayer points system, I went about doing slayer tasks to stack up the 4 tasks needed to start getting points. I forgot any old slayer master would do, and foolishly asked Chaeldar for a task, and was promptly punished for that when she gave me 140+ turoth task.
The leaf bladed spear is a hopeless weapon, much like many other spears. I haven't got any problem with it only being able to give either controlled or defence exp, but it can't hold a candle up to a whip, losing in all departments from speed to damage. And its two handed.
I refuse range or mage the bloody things since there isn't a safe spot, and the only melee weapon that will hurt them is a leaf bladed spear. I wasted close to 3 hours on that task...
Mazchana on the other hand, understood that I had only one week of vacation left to play, and gave me much shorter ones, short to the point I can't remember what they were.
Got a grand total off...20 points now. Which is to say not much. Did get a good look at the new slayer monster's makeovers. Jellies now have the remains of their unfortunate victims floating inside them.
My level ups from my little flirt with Slayer. Pushing me ever closer to that not-so-exclusive-now club of 3 digit combat!
Ranarrs are dropping (Bloody hell), and my ultra secret crop is probably back on the rise now, so I'll go back to that.
I just realized, although Fishing gave me more time to post, it caused another problem. I had nothing to post ABOUT.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Smoking Kills...Duh...
Upon finding out about the new Slayer points system that was recently put in place, I finally managed to overcome my loathing and state of inertia when it comes to quest, and do Smoking Kills.
Moment I caught wind of it being able to swap the points for Slayer exp, I could already hear some veteran Slayers whining in the forums (RSOF, Tip.it as well if it hadn't crashed already) about how the skill has been nerfed, same way the Farmers did when Vinesweeper was released. As well as see all the Slayer exp rolling in for me.
This time round, its your usual save-the-damsel-in-distress quest, where you have to save the sister of a woman named Sumona ( who looks ALOT like the Devourer) from a smoking well in Pollnivneach.
As usual, you have to play dumb and follow along with the evil plan like in Regicide, despite it being very obvious that Sumona is the Devourer, and the game doesn't allow you to not help her, or throw your cat at her instead, which would probably cause her to implode on herself. Which would be quite funny.
As you prepare to leap headfirst into the well, you are stopped by a cat (Who is, like everyone else in the town, named Ali), telling you your ass is fried if you set foot in the dungeon since
Smoke + Banshees - (Facemask or Earmuffs) = Dead Adventurer
And that you have to find a Slayer master to teach you how to put the facemask and earmuffs together so that you don't die instantaneously in there. Of course there are a couple of problems.
One being the fact that he's been dead a LONG time, and the other being that his tomb is situated in the middle of bloody nowhere in the desert. East of the Agility Pyramid to be exact.
So off you go to dig him up. Here he is, goes by the name of Catolax.
Once consulted, you put the two together, head down the well, kill a banshee, pick up what appears to be its head, before using it to break a barrier to meet a...bigger banshee.
Well, its bigger than a normal banshee, thats all I can say for it really. Not that hard to beat on its own.
Bloody thing has an annoying ability to knock you flat though, as seen in the above. I didn't take any screenshots of the rest of the scarab archers suddenly turning on me as well, since I was too busy swearing and trying to stay alive. I went from 40 hp to 8 after one volley of arrows. The bastards. Oh yes, if you do try this quest, please don't turn off your Protect From Range prayer immediately after the fight, because the bloody archers can fire one last volley at you after you kill the Banshee Mistress. They left me wondering why the hell my Hitpoints meter read 5 instead of 50.
Anyway, the Devourer's scheme is quite obvious now, her twin sister is actually her, and she blows up a book nearby which would have give you total control over the archers, before incinerating them like the cannon fodder they are.
Killing big mama Banshee apparently freed Catolax's soul as well, so you didn't totally mess up by helping out the Devourer unwittingly yet again. She isn't allowed you blow you up by some covenant of the gods since she already promised to reward you for saving her "sister".
The reward being the new Slayer system I was talking about. Oh yes, she's now a new Slayer Master too. Thought it would be Catolax when I first heard about a new Slayer Master being released.
PS : For Fishing, just surpassed 5.5 mil exp.
Moment I caught wind of it being able to swap the points for Slayer exp, I could already hear some veteran Slayers whining in the forums (RSOF, Tip.it as well if it hadn't crashed already) about how the skill has been nerfed, same way the Farmers did when Vinesweeper was released. As well as see all the Slayer exp rolling in for me.
This time round, its your usual save-the-damsel-in-distress quest, where you have to save the sister of a woman named Sumona ( who looks ALOT like the Devourer) from a smoking well in Pollnivneach.
As usual, you have to play dumb and follow along with the evil plan like in Regicide, despite it being very obvious that Sumona is the Devourer, and the game doesn't allow you to not help her, or throw your cat at her instead, which would probably cause her to implode on herself. Which would be quite funny.
As you prepare to leap headfirst into the well, you are stopped by a cat (Who is, like everyone else in the town, named Ali), telling you your ass is fried if you set foot in the dungeon since
Smoke + Banshees - (Facemask or Earmuffs) = Dead Adventurer
And that you have to find a Slayer master to teach you how to put the facemask and earmuffs together so that you don't die instantaneously in there. Of course there are a couple of problems.
One being the fact that he's been dead a LONG time, and the other being that his tomb is situated in the middle of bloody nowhere in the desert. East of the Agility Pyramid to be exact.
So off you go to dig him up. Here he is, goes by the name of Catolax.
Once consulted, you put the two together, head down the well, kill a banshee, pick up what appears to be its head, before using it to break a barrier to meet a...bigger banshee.
Well, its bigger than a normal banshee, thats all I can say for it really. Not that hard to beat on its own.
Bloody thing has an annoying ability to knock you flat though, as seen in the above. I didn't take any screenshots of the rest of the scarab archers suddenly turning on me as well, since I was too busy swearing and trying to stay alive. I went from 40 hp to 8 after one volley of arrows. The bastards. Oh yes, if you do try this quest, please don't turn off your Protect From Range prayer immediately after the fight, because the bloody archers can fire one last volley at you after you kill the Banshee Mistress. They left me wondering why the hell my Hitpoints meter read 5 instead of 50.
Anyway, the Devourer's scheme is quite obvious now, her twin sister is actually her, and she blows up a book nearby which would have give you total control over the archers, before incinerating them like the cannon fodder they are.
Killing big mama Banshee apparently freed Catolax's soul as well, so you didn't totally mess up by helping out the Devourer unwittingly yet again. She isn't allowed you blow you up by some covenant of the gods since she already promised to reward you for saving her "sister".
The reward being the new Slayer system I was talking about. Oh yes, she's now a new Slayer Master too. Thought it would be Catolax when I first heard about a new Slayer Master being released.
PS : For Fishing, just surpassed 5.5 mil exp.
Monday, June 2, 2008
I'm Back, And Better Than Ever!
Yes, I'm back, and no, I haven't quit. I've been horribly busy lately, I barely even update my regular blog that often any more. Unlike Tim, I have no bloody no idea how to juggle schoolwork, and still play a decent amount. Maybe I should get around to asking him one of these days in school.
Anyway...
I've given up on going for a Hunting Skillcape, at least for the time being. Too much attention required, more than I can give. Besides, I was getting tired of hopping around for an empty world for red chins.
I've decided to go back to Fishing, which admittedly, is rather boring. Okay fine, very boring. My DS helps stave it off, but can barely last 1k monks without breaking down and doing something else. I've got about 60k or so monks till I hit 99, though I have no idea how long that'll take.
I dabbled in powerfishing for a while at Shilo, but trust me, the rate that stupid fishing spot moves around, and the remoteness of the place, and the lack of too much profit just about cancels out the advantage the slightly faster exp rate. For me at least.
On the bright side though, there is money. Lots of it. But I think the market for raws might have cooled off a bit, though they are still going at 450 each on the Exchange.
Reached 90 Fishing today
Future posts will probably be longer, given how I'm fishing, so I'll have *A lot* of free time.
Anyway...
I've given up on going for a Hunting Skillcape, at least for the time being. Too much attention required, more than I can give. Besides, I was getting tired of hopping around for an empty world for red chins.
I've decided to go back to Fishing, which admittedly, is rather boring. Okay fine, very boring. My DS helps stave it off, but can barely last 1k monks without breaking down and doing something else. I've got about 60k or so monks till I hit 99, though I have no idea how long that'll take.
I dabbled in powerfishing for a while at Shilo, but trust me, the rate that stupid fishing spot moves around, and the remoteness of the place, and the lack of too much profit just about cancels out the advantage the slightly faster exp rate. For me at least.
On the bright side though, there is money. Lots of it. But I think the market for raws might have cooled off a bit, though they are still going at 450 each on the Exchange.
Reached 90 Fishing today
Future posts will probably be longer, given how I'm fishing, so I'll have *A lot* of free time.
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