Nov

25

Silly Reader Comments and my Silly Responses To Them

November 25, 2006 | 5 Comments

Here are some comments that didn’t get approved to be publically visible in my blog, but to whom I am responding for all to read and ponder.

One thing I won’t make fun of is spelling, punctuation and the likes. I think those things speak for themselves :)

Nov 14/06
“im srry but taking cow meat is such a nooby way to get food i mean they heak 3 health!!!”

Dude. Check the name of the blog and the target market, or offer a better suggestion which I’d be happy to share with this blog’s readership.

November 10/05
“hello guy’s…im from jagex staff”

[the rest chopped for brevity]

Scammer. I’ll bet it annoys you when blogs like mine don’t just let your little scam attempts be posted for all to read. I’m glad you have to put in the effort to figure out the post-verification graphic. I like to waste your time.

November 8/06
“hi im a lvl 126 i can smith full rune with plate body if you want full rune for free add me wait you might try to hack me srry”

What dream world are you living in that you think you’re lvl 126? What are you doing on a “Newbie Guide” site doing anything but offering helpful advice? Oh, right - being fearful of getting hacked yet _still leaving a note_. Here’s a Runescape-related article that might be helpful to you, but you might also want to consider this article, too about your apparent self-victimization which I cannot tell for sure, but suspect, is a regular habit if it comes out to a complete stranger.

October 06/06
“i am a wood cutter but im realy poor. I realy like your stats if you can go to world 37 now i will talk yo you just wondering could you helpme get to level 60 wc if so thks”

Here’s the only advice I can give to advance any skill… ready for it?

Here it comes:

Keep doing the skill, and if you can, keep doing the skill on the highest-level skilling device you can. For example, if you’re a woodchopper, chop the highest type of tree you can gain access to, and just KEEP GOING.

There is no easy way out of skilling up things like mining and woodcutting - just keep mining and woodcutting.

October 4/06
“hey, add [a name not posted here]… i wanna say and ask some stuff plz…”

Unfortunately, due to the wonderful popularity of this blog, I have chosen to severely limit who gets onto my online friends list, and I never have my private chat status set to where folks not on my friends list can see me online. It’s funny, every once in a while I’ll switch to ‘On’ instead of ‘private/friends’ and I’ll be flooded with chats from 15 people at a time - so fast that I can’t read what everyone’s said before the chats get scrolled off of my screen.

So, if you have a question, please do leave me a comment on this blog. As of today’s posting I have 800 outstanding comments to sift through from when I wasn’t actively maintaining the blog, but new comments get first attention so post your questions and suggestions any time you’d like!

September 30/06
“i am not a scamer but my name is [snipped] and I am lev [who cares] so if you want your lev up, email me your username and password…’

Methinks thou dost protesteth too much. Scammer. I wish I could make it so if folks put certain keywords in their comments that in addition to the verification code required, a skill-testing mathematical question would be required, in addition to 3 or 4 questions from an IQ test (which would all have to be answered correctly). If nothing else, it would waste scammer’s time, which is something I like to do.

September 27/06
“you r all silly noobs and its a dum computer game so who cares if u get hacked of blocked or what ever go get a life”

We’re rubber and you’re glue…

Did your girlfriend dump you for glomming on to her and expecting her to be the center of your life, and now you’re lashing out at people who are still having fun? Here’s an illuminating bit of information you might benefit from, considering your need to lash out to the blog of a complete stranger, attempting to tell others what to do.

The End For This Round

Well, that’s enough for now. I’m sure there’ll be a lot more fodder for these types of entries, considering the 800 additional comments I haven’t viewed yet.

There are a number of other comments that were left that had questions of substance (ie: great questions, useful tips!), and I’ll be answering those, too, as time allows. If you’ve got a question or some helpful tips for others reading the blog, feel free to leave a comment. I’ll dedicate a full entry to any true, thoughtful, intelligent question.

But note, if you post a self-centered, whiny, begging or outright idiotic comment, you may appear on the next list where I practice calling those types of people out on their behavior.

I know, some people like that. Maybe I won’t give _those people_ attention, because I like to annoy attention-mongers… it’s in my blood.

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Nov

23

Reader question: How much can I sell logs for?

November 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Runescape Job Board is now open for business. Buyers and Sellers wanted!

I sincerely appreciate the questions, comments and tips other folks leave me through this blog, and while I’m currently way behind on approving comments for display, I plan to be answering a lot of the good questions that have come through. If your question doesn’t get handled, feel free to leave a comment about what you’re wondering about!

Recent Reader Question:

Submitted November 16/06
“Hey, i have a pure wc’er and hes only lvl 6. =] hes 59 wc but i never seem to be able to sell them. what price should i prefferably sell them :)”

Congrats! That’s a lot of chopping to get to wc59! And you’re so close to being able to chop Yew, which is highly sought-after by members because bows made of Yew ‘high alch’ for great rates!

In a non-member world, wood is probably a lot harder to sell, simply because the ‘fletching’ skill is not available to the players around you.

For those who might not have read about it much, fletching is a members-only skill which allows players to whittle arrow shafts and bows from various types of logs.

My personal experience has been that regular logs sell much better than oak or willow. Maple sells better than regular logs, but their higher price is likely because there are no Maple trees on non-member worlds and thus the whole ’supply and demand’ bit is imbalanced. Yew logs sell for the highest price, but also require the most dedication to be able to cut in the first place.

Note, I’ve been away for a bit so my prices may not be superbly accurate. They should be close, if you can find the right buyer, however:

Regular logs - 50gp per log (when selling to an arrow-maker)
Oak logs - 20gp per log
Willow logs - 30gp per log
Maple logs - 100gp per log
Yew logs - 300gp per log
Magic logs - 1000gp per log

As is standard with most things on the Player Market, transactions are done in bulk. For you, the woodchopper, that means you should be collecting at least 250 logs before advertising to other players in common meeting areas like banks, and if you take the time to collect 1000 logs before selling, you’ll find buyers with real cash who won’t try to trade you junk in return.

The key with making money on the player market as a ‘worker’ is having the patience to understand that the real buyers don’t buy in 100-lot quantities of ore, wood, flax, cow hides, feathers, etc… the real buyers are players who spend serious chunks of money on raw materials so they don’t have to do the collection work themselves but can make use of the materials in boosting other skills or re-stocking equipment such as arrows. They don’t want to meet you every time you have 100 to sell.

Once you’ve found one single buyer for your stock, it’s usually not that difficult to leverage the relationship to find additional buyers, or find additional “jobs” with the first buyer. Players who use the player market to buy raw materials in bulk generally buy many different raw materials from many different players, and have friends who do the same thing as well. If you serve your first client well, you should be able to get some referrals in time, to expand your “business”

Good luck with your woodcutter, I hope Yew brings you much wealth!

Future Entries will tackle the topics of:

- Not all lowbies are noobs, not all highbies are jerks
- Unlocking zone music
- Where to find nature runes

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Oct

30

How To Be Annoying On Runescape Or Other Online Role Playing Games

October 30, 2005 | 45 Comments

Updated Sept 2007 for Jobs board link.

Short version of this post:

No, I will not give you anything for free, and I will not loan you any money. People like me, however, offer jobs to those who don’t mind doing work to get the money or equipment they desire. So, venture over to the Runescape Jobs and Pals board and list your info, or find a buyer there, and YES feel free to ask me for Runescape tips, but NO, DON’T ASK FOR ANY MONEY OR GAME “STUFF” FOR FREE.

In fact, don’t even tell me how broke you are, or how poor you are. I don’t want to hear about it, you’re in the same boat as 95% of the Runescape population.  The other 5% have found some way to feel joy from doing the things that gain big money over time.

Long version of this post:

Free online role playing games are a lot of fun, specifically because there are SO many people to meet and talk to (or attack and kill), as well as so many things to do on the game, and so many places to go…

But they’re also annoying sometimes, because with free online games come a whole bunch of people who can’t afford the registered/members version of the game, and it seems that among these players there are a higher percentage of folks who display Annoying Behavior, and who seemingly don’t realize it’s annoying.

This entry is dedicated to the education of all individuals as to what denotes Annoying Behavior on an Online Role Playing Game.

Mainly it’s this:

BEGGING.

Begging is when you ask for something for free from someone you barely know.

If you’ve spent a few weeks chatting and exchanging Runescape tips and getting to know someone, you might have built up enough good will in the relationship to borrow something, and that’s a different story.

I’m talking about the folks who talk to me for 10 minutes or less and are then asking me “is there anything you have that you don’t want that you could give to me?”, “I got hacked/I died, can I have some money/equipment?” and “wow you must have a lot of money, could I borrow 50k?” or the likes. I’ve even been asked by people if I’d pay REAL money for them to become members!!!

You think there’s no big deal in asking the for a few in-game items for free, but know this: the person you’re asking (ie: me) has probably been asked that question by 10 different people already today, and 10 people yesterday and 10 people the day before…

You’re seen as JUST ANOTHER BEGGAR. Beggars are annoying on the game just like they are in Real Life when you’re walking down the street and 5-10 complete or near-complete strangers come up and ask you for change.

Please don’t beg for handouts from me. I’m perfectly willing to give you a “job” cutting wood or mining ores, and I’ll even pay you in cash or equipment (up to and including mith stuff) so you get what you need, but the quickest way to my Ignore list and permanent non-chat status with me is to beg for handouts (ie: anything you didn’t work for).

Begging just is NOT cool.

And in closing, advertising how broke or poor you are isn’t cool either - it’s begging without even having the guts to ask the direct question of “can I have something from you to relieve my broke or poor situation?”

We now return you to your regularly scheduled blogging, and I apologize to you non-beggars out there for having to read this, although I’m sure you agree wholeheartedly with this post.

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