31 Aug 2010 - 11:09
Inb4failupdate
Posted by Rafftank, Aug 20 2010, 11:47 AM
So, yeh.
FU Jagex.
FU Mod emilee.
GF economy for next 2 weeks and KTHNXBAI actually working for skills.
This Is It?
Posted by Rafftank, Jul 14 2010, 02:47 PM
--NOTE-------------PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE POST, AND DON'T JUST LOOK AT THE PICTURES KTHNX---------------------------
I suppose before I get to the real point of this post, that I knew I would have to make eventually, I would like to say a big thank you to everyone who came to see me get 99 Woodcutting the other day. All we did was chill around the Pixitank (Aquarianpixi/Rafftank) tree, and waited for everyone to turn up, I got the level and we emote for about 15 minutes before we split.
Now to what this post is really for.
About a month back while I was still training woodcutting to 99, I started to get this odd feeling off boredom and not feeling like logging into Runescape except to talk to people in Canting and do a quick farm run - but I couldn't, I needed to grind down the Woodcutting exp, and I was still faced with the daunting task of getting 99 Fletching in time for the summer festival, while upgrading my house to a suitable point AND resisting the urge just to get 99 Woodcut and have it done with.
I recently withdrew my position from the summer festival on the grounds that it didn't seem like a good idea, but I was fully aware by this time (Around a week ago) that I was ready to Quit Runescape.
I set a target for myself to keep going to 99 Woodcutting, and that maybe the feeling of freedom to do whatever I wanted in game would help me get back into it, and start playing regularly again. But I can't. The feeling is gone now, I don't enjoy playing Runescape on a regular basis anymore, and I refuse to make myself do it, because then it would be a chore and not a game.
I am aware that Ferus quit a week or two back, and that Vandy also announced he was limiting his Runescape time to only farming because of his religious commitmens, and I want to say that I am not quitting by just not playing anymore. No. It's a game, and realistically you don't really quit games, you just play them when you feel like it.
So thats what I am going to do, play VERY occasionally, most likely to do something like collect from my kingdom or train some random skill, but otherwise I will be on Runescape fairly rarely, and instances where I will play more than 3 hours will be very few and very far between - Due to this, there will be some people who I may not be able to see in game again, because of the scarce amount of playing time, and although I am not completely quitting, I do want to say a few things about my Runescape Career.
First is that I don't regret anything I have done in Runescape, nor do I take back any of the great friendships I have made with good friends, and of course with all of Canting... And without Canting I would have quit awhile ago out of loneliness, because I hated logging with not many people to talk to, but Canting offered a place where I could interact and have fun with people all day, so 
to ALL OF CANTING, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH 
And thank you so much to Merch Gwyar for making such an amazing Clan chat that so many people enjoy, and has made my RS time so much more worthwhile
A few shoutouts...
Full of Pie - 
You are simply awesome, you make Canting light up just by logging in, and your blog entertains me so much, and tbh you were one of my biggest Runescape inspirations.
Dr Leviathan - I dont know if you will find this, but I just want to let you know that you are baws, ownage and hilarious. You are quiet, but still helpful and viligant, and sometimes produce absolute gems of humour out of nowhere! Truly enjoyed Canting, Star hunting and Killing evil trees with you
Kitt Fox - Although we don't speak too often, I want you to know that I have a great deal of respect for you and your achievments in game, and being at 2400 total is just amazing
Timothy Gold - You came back to your real home in Runescape only recently, but you were an inspiration to me in RS, and I read pretty much every post in your blog while I was getting 99 Firemaking - I hope you one day reach 99 Dungeoneering, and continue playing RS
Armmadyllo - You have been a good friend to me, and I won't forget the star hunting times that we had, especially when you came across an S9 O_o
TheArcturus1 - You have been a very casual person in Canting, but I haven't forgotten about you my friend, and you have been a very nice guy to talk to, and do things with 
Aquarianpixi - You are simply a lovely and well rounded girl who is lovely to talk to and I always enjoyed talking to you <3 Thanks a bunch
Tanyakins - You are so nice to talk to, and I always feel comfortable telling things I don't tell to people I don't trust <3, plus your a funny little nub 
Krazy Karl5 - I barely knew you a few months ago, but I feel that we are good friends now, thanks to making the forums together we needed to communicate, and I am glad you talked to me on those early hour training sessions at the North Fally ivy XD
For now that is all... Thank you to EVERYONE in Canting, and don't feel bad because I left you out, but I simply couldn't name everyone out and describe everyone
For now, so long, and Good Scaping...
99 Woodcutting...
Posted by Rafftank, Jul 8 2010, 05:36 PM
Tommorow, Friday 9th of July, I will be getting 99 Woodcutting north of the Falador by the master woodcutter guy, most likely on one of the normal trees around the area.
I will get it at around 7pm British time (Which I reckon is GMT+1 Right now), which will be 2pm Est, but it could be slightly earlier (although not likely) and it could fall later, if alot of people can't be available till slightly later.
It wont be a big thing, I might go trouble brewing afterwards, in which case I have decided to choose world 104 in case I do decide to go there, but if not it will probably be a small house party (not mine 
) at a nice house
Hope to see you there!
Why Grinding Sucks...
Posted by Rafftank, Jul 5 2010, 05:56 PM
Recently I have had to adjust to a few various changes in real life, the kinds of changes that they are (although fairly minor) usually put me out of my stride, and I find it very difficult to play Runescape at this time, because my thinking has altered, and the slight stresses of irl changes conflict with my playing time. Subsequently, I have been thinking more about the amount of time I spend on the scape, and the impending Canting Away Summer Festival.
Basically, my problem is:
-I have the time to get 99 WC within the next few days, but feel like crap having to wait another few weeks, seeing as I can get it so fast.
-I have abit of RSWS (Runescape Withdrawal Syndrome), and so am not really feeling like playing awhole lot.
-I feel semi-obligated to power-mega-giga-grind my way to 98.56565656 fletching in the next 3 weeks, while incorporating some house improvements all for this one day.
This is quite a bad combo, and so I have decided to not have my Canting Summer Fest event anymore, simply because I dont have any other ideas beside the one I put forward originally, and I will hate msyelf if I do that one.
So I will get 99 Woodcutting sometime in the next week (idk exactly when, will update more on that later), and I won't be getting 99 Fletching, rather I will play more for the sake of playing, because I dont want Runescape to become a drag, a chore instead of what it should be... FUN!
Keep It Alive...
Posted by Rafftank, Jun 14 2010, 04:02 PM
The CA forums has been dropping off abit, and the amount of posts per day has become pitifully low. I can see a trend emerging and it was this:
At first there was a boom with over 100 posts per day for a few days, it dipped a bit then dropped to what I would consider a decent amount, of ~25-40 per day. Thats what I want to say, but all of a sudden it dropped to less than 10 per day, and the next stage is less then 5, but that hasn't happened yet. I do feel me and Karl have put alot of work into this, and I personally feel that more could be done to keep the forum going.
All I want, is for people to maybe bookmark it, and scroll through it maybe once every day or two, and I am sure there is something for you on the forum, because we have added LOADS of things since we started and have altered the skin to have a better feel for the forum (although I want more feedback on the skin as it right now )
Also, me and Karl are open to any suggestions that people have as well as any feedback.
So please, check out the forum, and don't let this become a massive waste of time 
http://s7.invisionfree.com/Canting_Away/index.php
Zomg
Posted by Rafftank, Jun 13 2010, 08:58 AM
TIMOTHY GOLD IS BACK!!!!!!!
The blogger Timothy Gold who quit runescpae and his blog back in February has returned and has said he will be posting again (). The reason I am so ecstatic is because he was my favourite blogger, and I read through every post he had while getting 99 Firemaking, and I grew to love it. But he quit 2 months after I got 99 Firemaking, and I was never really around when he was, so yeh.... just.... W000000T! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D
http://goldchronicles.blogspot.com/
Learned Something Today...
Posted by Rafftank, Jun 10 2010, 11:24 AM
Well today I found out something that may possibly change Runescape, and my time with Runescape, Forever.
It started when I was innocently reading Marlaines blog, when I noticed a comment, so i clicked on it and found a forum code, which I looked up and found this posted within, on about page 16:
This confirms my worst fears, that Runescape 2 is somewhat ruined for me. Knowing that my hard earned exps are literally being made twice as easy for lazy ass noobs, in a shameful attempt by jagex to get more members, make me angry and have more consideration for how much time I have left playing this game.
If you don't know why this is significant to me, you can check out this sarcastic video by a fellow ant-bonus exper called Zarfot (Read the description of the video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyaSXBqj-RQ
And heres a link to my post on bonus exp weekend in which I moan epicly about it: http://runescape.salmoneus.net/forums/blog...showentry=50443
The Canting Away Forum
Posted by Rafftank, May 30 2010, 06:57 PM
http://s7.invisionfree.com/Canting_Away/index.php
Theres the link, for all to enjoy! Register an account and get posting
A few things I do want to say thought:
1) If this doesn't go down well, then i don't really mind. It was something I did for fun in the hope that it would be used, so don't feel obligated to post, but do at least check it out and register
2) Credit needs to go to Krazy Karl 5, who has helped me make the forum (Mainly the background admin stuff, I am a bit of a nub at that 
) and has helped undo some problems we had.
3) There is a small issue with skins right now, and the main page may look abit weird, but its something we cant seem to figure out, so you will have to bare with us im afraid.
4) Dont be alarmed if you see a bot site advertisement - There is no way to get rid of them without paying, which I am not willing to do. All i can say is, ignore them and dont visit their sites.
All in all... ENJOY
My Dungeon
Posted by Rafftank, May 28 2010, 01:07 PM
I just got 80 construction (W00T ), but I am unsure as to whether my current dungeon is very good, so I am posting a picture of it below so that you can all comment telling me how I can improve it.
Any suggestions will be aprreciated
P.S the forum is coming along nicely, just a few things me and a friend need to sort out before I can post the link and unlock it, for all to see!
An Idea...
Posted by Rafftank, May 23 2010, 10:35 AM
I have had an idea in my head for the past few days now, and it was recently brought up in Canting by Firemakers. The idea is a Canting Away forums, where all canters could go and post things about pretty much whatever! I like the idea and wouldn't mind organising but its something im not sure everybody else in canting wants, so im posting this here to ask: Should I make an offical forum for Canting Away?
Please comment on this telling me whethre I should and I will ask merch if it's ok, if enough people would like it.
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