Yuanrang

'ello, you magnificient beast.

Ah yes, the eternal grind. I returneth.

I would argue that the mentality within the KKK sounds a lot more mild and less extremist, than some values and views found within the RuneScape Clan Community.

Why do you think that?

Adulthood has a nasty way of creeping up on you, and making you wonder how you got there in the first place. As for me, I have settled down and enjoying life quite a lot. However, soon I will be closer to 40 than to 30, and that scares me.

Think of me as your editor. You supply a steady stream of webcomics within certain deadlines, and the pip/group stays unless someone complains or raises the issue at Staff level. You get a shiny lil' pip, the community get more Dragon Sal Z, and I get to constantly have you live in fear that the tiny iota of respect and prestige you have, would end up being snuffed out by a clench of my iron fist. ....whoops, sorry, was still in Teacher-mode after work. Nothing to see.... move along..

Oh, growing old, and enjoying life pretty much. How are you, Gaz?

To be a bit frank, I think the entire "negative warning" part was a bit sketchy, as it was just a bad system too open for nepotism and without any real guidelines. I very rarely gave out negative warnings, because I felt confused as to what was a good enough reason to make you go from 0 to -1. On the other hand, I like the idea in the sense that it is an acknowledgement of standing and influence, rather than popularity. It is probably not much of a surprise that the DM rank existed solely to find candidates for further promotions, and in general, alert the community to what we deemed the standard to be. In an ideal world, I would have liked to see more -1's though, and even -2's. I do not think we ever went past -4, and only 2 or 3 of us ever attained that. Ideally, we should have used the whole scale up to -7. ...too bad the Staff (and to some extent DMs) became as complacent as the Jedi Council in the last days of the Republic. The moment that Staff and DMs ended up quitting RuneScape in large numbers, it marked the beginning of a slow and unnecessary suffocation, with little progress or evolution to be able to adapt to a changing RuneScape.

Ironically, I watched a tile challenge series on Youtube about OSRS, and that seemed amazingly fun, so on one level, I would like to off-monitor play OSRS, but.. I do not see the joy of beginning again from scratch. I have too many great memories attached to the first account. Oh well.

There certainly is a level of commitment to a role that goes above and beyond what should be expected of anyone. I feel the same way about my King. I do not support the monarchy, but it is hard to not support and respect a Monarch that puts the people and nation above themselves. Imagine the stability she provided for an empire and a nation in a Century shaped by radical changes and advancements. It is probably quite easy to forget how she unified more than she were divisive.

He had waited for a decade. This was supposed to be his glorious moment, to become a living legend. Sadly, he suffered from premature celebration.

I sort of wanted to go back to Old School, but I quickly realised that I had only played Old School RuneScape, and besides trying the start of RuneScape 3, I do not want to level a whole new account again. I do not have interest in that. ...and quite frankly, RuneScape 3 is not a good enough game to warrant my time to be something I focus on. At least with Old School, I could have lazily played on a different monitor, but.. yeah. RuneScape 3 does not have much of an appeal to me, sadly.

You have always been an absolute winner in my book.

You bring shame and dishonor on your family of Mangakas.