CALL ME A BEE!

Recently, even though things have settled down, there are still too many things to cope with to make much time ( if any ) for Runescape. My deepest apologies to my clanmates for being an absent leader. Yeah, and now, anytime i have on Runscape is spent fishing and chatting with my guildmates. I'm hoping to see better days soon.

Hetic-ness

Orientation and our CCAs started. Made it into the debate team, although i still have a lot to catch up with the ex-school team debaters, and my self-taught skills are no longer sufficient. The coach seemed very good, and im looking forward to working with the rest of the seniors and my future team mates. Time is flying by, stuff is going on everyday, i barely have enough sleep anymore, so for now, Runescape is for the weekends. :)

The ugly sight behind the lucrative hunting business.

Many a time, when people learn that I've been hunting, comments about this rapid source of cash is made. Indeed, hunting is a rather fast way to earn money, given the relatively ease of catching red chinchompas coupled with the fact that the catch is stackable makes it an even more popular choice for a quick source of money. Although, after a while of hunting, I came to realise that behind the glamour and attractiveness of fast cash, there are some darker, repulsive habits some hunters have within that not only ruin the game for others, but potentially acting as a double-edged sword, spoiling his own mood.

I term these people the spot robbers. They hop into worlds with players they feel are pushovers and try to drive them out from their hunting spot. It is usually done in two ways, or a combination of both and/or more. One of the two is by walking to your spot, and setting their trap on yours while you dismantle it. This will usually result in the hunter "dropping" his trap on the spot while the robber gets away scot-free, with their spot.

The second, a more extreme way, is to lay his traps a little distance from yours, and start killing the chinchompas that approach yours in order for them to respawn (usually near his traps), using a bow/crossbow or less often seen, melee. More often than not, flaming and insults follow after.

I've seen and dealt with these spot robbers. For some reason, I'm less tolerant towards them than random level 50s asking me for places to catch rainbow wingtails. I might be able to offer some tips about how to stop these spot robbers. I think the key to stopping these people is to " pay them back in their own coin".

Bring crossbows, bows or other ranged weapon with you on your trips. Since not all of the spot robbers employ the trick of shooting down your chinchompas, you might be able to deal with some of them that way.

Also, when these robbers steal your spot, steal theirs'. They normally start with more strategic spots, then move in for yours, so by stealing some of theirs' you might actually end up turning the tables around.

Well, I've seen my share of spot robbers, dealt with all of them, never once did I end up at the losing side of the tug-of-war in power. I've driven away level 99 Hunters, driven level 63 Hunters, as long as they try to move in on a spot i painstakingly switched numerous worlds to find, they would be asked to leave, and if not complied, further actions would be taken.

Sometimes others might think, why not share? The logic is simple. There are a limited number of spawns, the less people, the more chinchompas you have running around for you. It all boils down to the theory of "survival of the fittest" i feel. If they manage to steal my spot and force me to leave, kudos to them, if not, they would have wasted a great deal of time unsuccessfully trying to make a stubborn hunter leave.

Some of these spot robbers are in the level 90s when i met them, and they, of all people should understand the annoyance of people robbing your spot, yet they do not spare a thought for others hunting. These people definitely deserves a lesson.

For me, i make it a point not to steal the spots of others' for the sake of honour and thoughtfulness for others. I don't think the desire for fast training would drive me to go against, but at this moment, I'm definitely against this course of action. That's low, it really is.

A new chapter unfolds.

Settling into my new school, i feel resigned to the state fate has brought me to. Slowly accepting the school as my second home for the next two years, I'm starting to see a forming a bond towards the school and cultivating school spirit as a possibility indeed. Alas, the day one kicked off in a rough start, with our schedule crammed full of talks of all sorts, we were delayed for 1 hour and 20 minutes in our dismissal time. Day 2 was slightly better, although seeing the student council perform the mass dances we were about to learn and dance during our orientation week made me pale instantly with embarrassment and dread. Day 3 was much better in comparison, ending with a CCA carnival, which i applied for the Debate and Oratorical Society, I am waiting for news of the interview or tryouts, and hopefully i'll make the cut.

Heh, Runescape-wise, Hunting as usual, having reached 80 a few days ago, the rate of catching red chinchompas seemed to have slightly increased, although it is still the behaviour or spot stealers that bothers me the most.

Stuff achieved today: none.

Nightmare turned reality.

The posting of the school results came out today. My nightmare materialised and I was posted to Anderson Junior College. I don't know what to do, reality is still seeping into my mind and I am feeling dejected, pissed, depressed, anything but rejoicing. My mood is shit low now. Try not to step on my toes today. Seriously.

Chinchompas fear me!

The hunting goes on, in hopes of me getting the skill to 83 as soon as possible, before taking a well-deserved break. Breaking into level 83 would definitely be a good point to take a break, since i would be able to catch dragon imps even when the training is stopped temporarily. With all my attention devoted to the art of hunting, my farming have not been given the attention it should have been given. Rapidly sliding the rank ladder, I am now hovering dangerously near the brink of the top 15k farmers, one milestone i just broke through before i stopped farming. I certainly would not want to have to gear up and train as madly as i did before to get into the top 14k.

Another thing had been bothering me for recently. A rather heated argument erupted in the clan not long ago, with a close friend of mine, Kicky, on one side of the argument, and Timothy, my real-life pal on the other. I tried to remain as neutral as i could, but i couldn't help swaying from side to side as each of them explained their cause and justified their actions. Fortunately though, the argument was soon settled, and Blessings is back on track, having just launched a recruitment drive recently.

A post about Boombaye had also been featured on Vaskor's blog, seemingly he was complaining about the speech used in our clan chat, and his sense of righteousness drove him to quit the clan. I am thankful that he did refrain himself from reporting the player that offended him with a conversation he was having with another member and Vaskor for using an objective tone as much as possible, but Tim recently told me of his opinion towards Boombaye. So it seems from the umpteen times Boombaye continued to linger around the clan chat that he is not so much put off by the type of language used, but was just looking for something to talk about, or maybe he was just bored and looking for attention.


Explained his motvies, didn't he?

Really, if he was so offended by the language that he had to quit, I wonder why he would even hover around our chat is search of 'entertainment' ? Its like one claiming that porn errodes the mind and still surfs the internet with firewall deactivated in hopes of a advertisment popping out. Ironical.





Stuff achieved today: 78 Hunting, 1700 total levels

Hooked.

I've been rather busy on Runescape. Two things, hunting, which I decided to train two last week and got hooked since, and stealing creation, a mini-game I started out hating until I saw my name on the highscores for the first time. Now, I can't really do without a game of stealing creation. Things got so crazy that I just took a rest from 5 straight games. Tim really did a good job at making me addicted to the game :) I enjoy glory, and I just can't stop playing ever since I saw my name on both the most damage done and most player killed highscores today. Things got even better after Tim join me, with his crafting and the lv 5 daggers he sponsored me, the killing spree was much quicker and definitely more fun.









Hunting, on the other hand, gave me much opportunity to chat with my clan mates while waiting for the red chinchompas to wander into my traps out of curiosity. Although the problem of spot stealers bugged me for quite a while, Tim was able to offer a quick-fix solution and advised me to bring a crossbow along when i hunt. Now, the spot stealers can just switch spots or get his catches at a very, very, very slow rate. Although this bad behavior of spot stealing exists, I still see much of kindness and politeness amongst the higher levelled hunters. Many a time they would ask if I want to wait at the spot while they are finishing their last catches, or would switch worlds when I tell them that I'm using the spot, and wouldn't really enjoy the company of other hunters. I've decided on setting 99 Hunting as a goal of mine for this year, though I'm not in a hurry to get that just yet, I plan on enjoying the skill a little more before rushing into a mad hunting mood.



On another note, a close friend and clanmate, Demonmage386, got yet another skillcape, 99 Hitpoitnts a while back. Congratulations, Demonmage! I was quite happy to be asked to tag along for the screenshot. Dg has made some major jumps in the game and her levels and I couldn't be more happy for her. She also had another problem with her membership lately and I hope it gets sorted out as soon as possible :)



Stuff achieved today : 73 Hunting.