Runescape Reader's Digest Blog

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

2009-12-21T01:47:00.000-05:00

I'll be away until January, partying, skiing and getting into show fights :-)I wish you all Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!Have fun and be happy!

Ghost Ship in the Wilderness

2009-12-20T15:11:00.003-05:00

I knew that revenants were coming from somewhere, but I never thought they actually had a home in the Wilderness. Until yesterday when I inadvertently paid them a visit.Here is what happened.I was hunting for revenants in the deep wilderness waiting for the Merch's house party to start and stumbled upon a broken down ship. It was marooned on the shore right by the agility course area. Very spooky

Winter Festival

2009-12-19T17:50:00.006-05:00

In short, I had a great time. Thank you, Merch Gwyar and thank you, all the people who organized and attended the events! I didn't have a chance to try all activities, but every event I've been to was awesome.It all started with spelling "CA" in the cow field and later potato field in Lumbridge. I never thought spelling could be that hard! But we finally managed:Then there was a snow fight

Hints about the next Runescape Skill

2009-12-17T19:37:00.003-05:00

Two pieces of information (speculation?) about the next Runescape skill. Both from Icey Dan, despite release dates mentioned in them being so different.Dry hintsMod MMG talking to #2 playerI'd love to believe the screenshot where 2009 release date is mentioned, but I really really doubt it is what going to happen - second half of 2010 sounds much more realistic to me.I think that there are only

Looking back at 2009

2009-12-16T21:22:00.004-05:00

Detailed description of game updates which happened within the first six months of 2009 from the Informer. I don't know about you, but I have a strong feeling that some of those updates were in the game for ages, like run update and price checker. Time flies I guess :-)But what was the most important update? For me there is no uncertainty there. The most important update was the overhaul of

Name changing and its side effects

2009-12-15T20:43:00.002-05:00

Interesting observation about the side effects of the name changing update from Icey Dan. While I am pretty happy with that update (as I am sure most of the players), I do feel somewhat uneasy about a score of unfamiliar names in my friends list too. But I hope, it'll pass with time.P.S. While everybody is rushing to complete the Blood Runs Deep quest I finally went through the Temple of

Penguins as an indicator of Runescape Community health

2009-12-14T22:34:00.001-05:00

As strange as it sounds, that is exactly what Alex's post is about. Nice continuation to the "Runescape Community" discussion.

The Runescape Community

2009-12-13T20:52:00.002-05:00

Can I add anything to Merch Gwyar's post about Runescape Community? I don't know... I mean I can add more examples of players being friendly and nice to other players and, of course, some examples of players being rude and obnoxious. But that won't matter, right?Yet... I have different view of the Runescape Community and the way it is now. I actually think that it hasn't changed. Well, not

Party Hats and Inflation in Runescape

2009-12-11T11:00:00.002-05:00

Rather idealized picture of RS economy and Party Hats role in it. But interesting, nevertheless.P.S. Jaxana is inviting to the "RS costumes hunting" adventure this Saturday. Unfortunately, I can't come, but if you are missing some of Runescape costumes, check it out.

Hunting Season on the King Black Dragon is Open

2009-12-10T00:49:00.004-05:00

30 mins after reading Merch Gwyar's post about the long awaited KBD head drop I was able to take this picture:So, yeah, the hunting season on KBD is definitely open. He is loosing heads left and right :-)

Agility Pyramids and Jagex's Twitter Hints

2009-12-09T22:51:00.006-05:00

I am still in Mexico (had to stay for an extra week), working hard, but enjoying the country as well. I did have a chance to climb a few agility pyramids at Teotihuacan. There were two big pyramids (Moon and Sun) and a score of smaller ones. What can I say? Unlike its Runescape counterpart I wouldn't go for several laps there :-)But seriously, the Teotihuacan complex was magnificent.Here we go:

Winter Festival in Runescape

2009-12-06T21:04:00.003-05:00

Winter Festival - Yammy!Don't miss.

Trading on The Grand Exchange

2009-12-05T23:06:00.002-05:00

New blog from Sparhawke about various trading techniques for the Grand Exchange. If you are interested in this way of making money in Runescape, check it out. I've been using the same methods for ages (under different names). But Sparhawke explains it better :) For instance, the sliding (climbing) method - indeed highly profitable.

Naming Things

2009-12-04T23:40:00.003-05:00

There is power in naming things, isn't it? Whatever the thing might be, but if you give it a name - it will enter your world and became a part of your life. Whether you want it or not. People call it "emotional attachment", but I think there is more to it. Magic. Magic of the words... Kalevala...Thanks to Ferus for reminding me about it....Grandly sang wise Wainamoinen,Till the copper-bearing

Death Wish?

2009-12-02T00:02:00.002-05:00

"I have a death wish in game. I spent some time reviewing my activities in runescape and there is no way around it, I am asking to get myself killed."No, that's not me - that's Gerasimos.But could be me just as well. I am too trying to stretch limits of my character's abilities and spend hours soloying (or trying to solo) bosses and hunting revenants. And death is always somewhere very close, but

Junk in Runescape Economy

2009-11-29T19:23:00.002-05:00

Lengthy and quite comprehensive research about junk and its use in Runescape economy from Runescape Wiki. Note, how junk trades are tied to RWT and price manipulation in so many ways. In fact, rather eyes opening...

RuneScoop Radio

2009-11-28T22:43:00.001-05:00

Qeltar is hosting the first RuneScoop radio session tomorrow. Should be interesting. Unfortunately, I'll miss it due to the travel... Anyway, for those who want to attend, details are here.

Yet another RSC reopening review

2009-11-28T16:17:00.004-05:00

Yeap, one more review of the new (old) RSC world. I thought I should complete the topic and have it from three different points of view: active veteran RSC players (like Aximili E I), newcomers from RS2 (most of us) and finally former active RSC players who switched to RS2 and hasn't player RSC for many years. This acticle is from this third category point of view.P.S. What is that RSC Cannon

Quick and Easy Runescape Money

2009-11-27T17:01:00.003-05:00

Let's contribute to the inflation in Runescape :)If you are looking for quick and easy daily 200-400K RSGP check this tip out. A few teleports and little bit of running and it does indeed work. I guess, when more and more players start doing it, prices for runes involved will go down, but it hasn't happened yet.Edited on Nov 28: second part of the tip is here.

Jagex assists in arrest of a Runescape Hacker

2009-11-26T11:46:00.003-05:00

A rare case where a person was arrested for stealing online game accounts (Runescape accounts to be exact). Here are two links with a bit different views about it:at Casual Gamingat SpongInteresting comment from Mark Gerhard about "just a handful of individuals responsible for over 95 per cent of all account hijacking in RuneScape". In this light the arrest totally makes sense. I know that many

Runescape Blogging Party

2009-11-22T23:04:00.004-05:00

Just a quick report about the party :-)I was happy when I realized that I could indeed come to the party. I was a bit late but could stay for half an hour at least. I was glad I came, though, to tell you the truth I was totally overwhelmed by the number of people and constantly running text. I was trying to answer some greetings and questions, but I am afraid didn't do a good job at it and most

Runescape Blogging Party and Comments

2009-11-21T20:44:00.002-05:00

Merch Gwyar gets technical and talks about commenting on Runescape blogs and how hard it is to do sometime. I agree, if you make it hard for people to comment, they usually won't. Well, unless they really really want to.FYI, I actually didn't do anything special about comments setting in Blogspot - just left defaults. I'd like to keep it this way (so anonymous users could comment). Fortunately, I

Second Chances?

2009-11-20T23:30:00.003-05:00

Fascinating story from Tiz.Perfect example of why we should not put labels on people just from one encounter. I know, in Runescape chances are that you never see a person who offended you again, so one encounter will probably be the only one you will get. But still. Can we really understand who the person behind the character is based on a few sentences or actions? Sometimes.., but not often.

Thing I learned this November

2009-11-18T21:29:00.002-05:00

Gotta love Avicile Mohaili's attitude. Just look at all these things she learned this month. Sheer fun, that's what she learned :-)I tried to come up with my list, but it was dull in comparison. So I'll just talk about one thing I learned recently: apparently I can hit 46 with a whip on KBD. And that's with 90 strength (not 99). What amazes me is how many bonuses stack in together to produce such

Connection lost… trying to reestablish

2009-11-17T19:50:00.003-05:00

AquarianPixi is talking about getting "Connection lost… trying to reestablish" message during a battle. Indeed, it is one of the most dreadful messages you can get in Runescape. For me it is the most dreadful one. I can handle death, but I hate those awful seconds/minutes of reconnecting when I am absolutely helpless and don't know whether my character was able to hold his ground or not.P.S. It

Links for 2009-03-14 [Digg]

2009-03-15T00:00:00-07:00

The Lord of the Rings changing people's lives
A true story about the way the Lord of the Rings trilogy has forever changed author's life.