Twilight Ray

Oct 27 2006, 08:47 PM | Post #16

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QUOTE(8o8thekiller @ Oct 27 2006, 02:56 PM) [snapback]76852[/snapback]

The online shooters like loggy described have no real point. Ok I played for an hour on this game. What did I get out of it? Maybe more skill? In RS in an hour you can gain a goal or get closer to a goal. Theres like no "reward" for playing those shooters except you get better. I barely play those shooters anymore but it's just cause you get nothing out of it. It is more exciting than runescape however. It's just a preference i guess

Yeah, you're right, getting 80 herb is far more useful in life than getting a headshot.

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ace the king

Oct 27 2006, 09:05 PM | Post #17

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to long ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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Baakalor

Oct 27 2006, 09:30 PM | Post #18

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QUOTE(ace the king @ Oct 27 2006, 04:05 PM) [snapback]76860[/snapback]

to long ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Either contribute to the topic or don't post. Too many of your posts lately have been nothing more that spam. I suggest you read the rules...again.

This topic is NOT to compare the different types of games.

So, everyone get back on-topic which is: "Runescape: Work or Play?"

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Makoto

Oct 27 2006, 11:24 PM | Post #19

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There's a lot of comments and responses that seem to understand where I'm going with all of this and I'm glad that a lot of you have taken the time out of your schedule (or your usual perusing the forums) to read this.

I'm one of these kinds of people that can live almost every second planned out, from the time I wake up to the time I go to bed. It's not exactly a rudimentary plan, like at 3PM I have to be fully dressed and at 4:30PM I have to be at the bus stop, but it's a casual and loosely enforced policy that I carry with myself. From when I wake up to when I go to college, which is usually 10AM to 3:30PM, I need to find a way to kill time. Until I get a job, the easiest way to do this is to play this game.

QUOTE(8o8thekiller @ Oct 27 2006, 02:46 PM) [snapback]76857[/snapback]

but i feel runescape is entertaining but also has a point and a benefit to playing it. It's just my thinking. like I said before it's all preference.

Preference has nothing to do with what game you play. It could all boil down to budget or time frame or even computer speed. For instance, I prefer games with a medieval twist, yet I have Command & Conquer: Generals, G-NOME (very old school game, still great) and Starcraft - Brood War installed on my computer. I'm even considering buying Diablo II again and getting back into that, since that ties (somewhat) into the medieval theme. However, I am a full-time college student (and looking for work at the same time), so I can't go shopping for Diablo II. Starcraft is great but I like to let the enemy amass their forces before I totally wipe them out with a mass Hydralisk/Zealot attack, so that's somewhat out of the question too. I've played G-NOME on and off for eight years and just recently got to the 4th chapter of the game (which is practically the end of the game). Timewise, that's cut too. Lastly, C&C Generals is a beast of a game which takes up almost all of the RAM I have on both my laptop and tower (the tower is about five years old, give it a break), so that can't be possible either.

For the time and convenience, RuneScape would be the only choice.

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Scuba

Oct 28 2006, 03:42 AM | Post #20

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I'm always working to get to a certain goal, and I think once i get to a certain point, I will be satisfied. I also strive to be like other people when I see a good bank or character, and think "man how fun would it be to play their character for a little while." I'll never really be satisfied with my character in runescape probably. But I do enjoy some of the games within the game itself, minigames for example, among many other things. But I think the most fun part of runescape for me is fantisizing something happening in the game, and making that vision come true.

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Nawzlew

Oct 28 2006, 04:20 AM | Post #21

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Those are some reasons that I quit the game. People take it way to seriously. I remember back in the day, people would just play for fun. They wouldn't play continously for 15+ hours just to level. From my experience, I would just play with a friend or two for maybe half an hour or so. Now, it's different. Everyone just HAS to be the best.

What's even worse is that it's involving their own lives. People suicide over this GAME. It's a shame people can't understand that. People always insult others during the game, just because of the fact they have a lower level.

It's crazy.

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Deathbyape

Oct 28 2006, 04:56 PM | Post #22

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I only play for fun. Look at my skills in my sig, I've been playing for 4 and a half years and my highest one is only 76. Why? Because I find it boring training my higher level skills without getting any levels to get better. I don't spend very long on one skill at a time because I get bored, and since Runescape is a game, why should I be bored on something I was supposed to be having fun on? This same reason goes to as of why I made my first million GP last summer and probably have only had around 3 mill at one time ever(and even then I probably should have only had 1.5mill tops except I got an insane deal on buying something for 200k and then finding some desperate person to buy it for over 2mill). Why is this? Because I find it boring doing things for a long time to get lots of money and so it usually just builds up slowly and then I'd buy something and be back down to 300kish.

Bottom line is that I only play Runescape for fun. The minute it starts getting boring or becoming work, I'll do something else, whether it's something else on Runescape or something else irl.

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8o8thekiller

Oct 28 2006, 06:34 PM | Post #23

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I agree with you ape. I just play on and off. When i find it gets boring, then i take a break. Now I have no choice because i have lots of skoolwork. But i've had my account for about four years too and my stats arent that impressive either.

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Rejay

Oct 29 2006, 07:27 PM | Post #24

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Personally I agree with you, I mostly play for fun or when I have nothing else to do. But honestly, if I hadn't found RS I'd most likely be sitting on my ass watching T.V. or something anyway.

This post has been edited by Rejay: Oct 29 2006, 07:27 PM

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Aim Sniff

Oct 29 2006, 08:12 PM | Post #25

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When I first started it was great, everyday some of my friend and I would get on and play for an hour or two and soon we'd have full steel and mith. Then comes the time when you get full rune by mining a whole week and beat dragon slayer. Then you get members and it was still a fun game beating underground and getting colored gloves, but soon your right it does become a life of it's own and if you stop you fail at life ( in runescape). Best thing is to play only on school days so you can only play an hour or two if you gonna play at all. Don't burden yourself on weekends wasting 10-12 hours a day playing runescape. If your gonna stay on the computer that long why not learn to code or learn gfx even that's more productive then playing rs for 10-12 hours. When you get to the point where you MUST get a level it's when you've gone too far and the best thing is to take a break and not this become you life.

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Teminator149

Nov 1 2006, 06:53 PM | Post #26

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I've been playing 2 years now and I see what you mean. I do find myself stressed over not having something or having to work for ages for it but I still love it. Even though it's work I enjoy chatting to myself (O_o) my friends and seeing the random things my character can do. It'll be a long time before i quit RS for life

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Bighorn56

Nov 5 2006, 04:52 AM | Post #27

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I agree, Runescape has turned into work and not play (fun work).

~~Bighorn56~~

This post has been edited by Makoto: Nov 5 2006, 05:39 AM

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