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Grimwold2
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--June 19, 2011--
Hi guys!
I started off today with some more boring merching. Yes, it was pretty boring and not that fun to talk about. So to reduce the boredom, I decided to continue on with my Slayer task of Bloodvelds. I got out my ranging gear (remembered a shield this time ) and headed to the Slayer Tower.
There were only two other people there, and one was wearing a Construction Cape. His name was Horizonsx. We talked the whole time, and it definitely made the task seem a lot less tedious. I decided to try something a bit different this time. Instead of only picking up charms, I was going to pick up the small piles of coins as well. You don't get a lot, but it adds up after a while. By the time I had to leave (I had run out of food) I had accumulated 3,000 coins and 16 Green Charms.
I teleported to the Ectofuntus and ran south to Port Phasmatys, where I teleported to the Grand Exchange. There, of course, I tended to my items. Things were not really buying or selling to fast today
It was time to go on another Farming Run. I teleported to Ardougne and picked my herbs. Thanks to a player's tip, I was able to note my herbs by using the herbs on the Leprachaun. I headed off to Catherby, and unforunately, that patch had died. I replanted and ran to the bank, where I teleported back to the Ectofuntus and ran West. I harvested more herbs and teleported to Falador.
The instant my feet hit the ground, I was sucked away to a strange classroom with a Dragon Teacher. I finished the pattern recognition tests and used my experience on Construction, to gain 690xp. That done, I ran to the South-East and harvested more plants. In total, I had harvested 20 Toadlfax herbs! I headed back to the Grand Exchange.
After tending to my items, I noticed a player asking people if he could borrow an Abyssal Whip. His name was Jeromaster.
(Continued)

05-Mar-2012 21:11:41

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He was just about to pay a player 50k for five hours of a loan when I ran over to him, asking him to wait. I told him that I would lend it to him for however long he needed, free of charge. He was pretty happy about that, I can tell you! I was just about to lend it to him when I asked what he needed it for. He was planning to kill Green Dragons with it. Unfortunately, he didn't know that you can't bring borrowed items into the Wilderness. I asked him if he still wanted it. He did; He planned on just killing somehting else. I lent it to him and he ran off to use it.
A few seconds later, I saw a player yelling out that he would buy a Ring of Wealth (4) for 60k. That's 40k higher than its price! Luckily for me, I had an extra one in my bank, so I withdrew it and made myself a nice sum of cash.
What to do, what to do... I hadn't been Thieving for a while, so I decided to go down to the Thieve's Guild. After getting lost trying to find the entrance, I finally entered the hideout. I started out by picking the locks on all the doors, then opening the chests. I pickpocketed a few trainers and I soon had the maximum amount of Hanky Points for my level: 68. I traded them in and started pickpocketing more. It was actually incredibly slow experience... I got myself a Rubber Blackjack and tried out some coshing on the Advanced Coshing Trainer. I eventually got the hang of it, and was getting experience at a fairly quick pace. But I've never really liked Thieving, and my interest soon faded away. I felt like Dungeoneering.
You see how this happens? Every time, Daemonheim gets me so frustrated, and I vow never to Dungeoneer again. Then somehow, I'm not sure how, it manages to draw me back in again. It did it to me again!
I teleported to Daemonheim and started a new floor, floor 18. This boss was a level 88 Rammernaut. The instant I set foot into the room, he performed a special attack and one hit KO'ed me. Nice. I headed in again, and actually managed to kill it.
Cont.

05-Mar-2012 21:12:02

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I entered a new floor, Floor 19. I'll never understand why Daemonheim hates me so much... I had come across a level 89 Forgotten warrior, and somehow, he actually started hitting 100's repeatedly. I tried to run, but it KO'ed me with a 170. What the #%$&*!! The Dungeoneering rage was coming back. I could feel my blood pressure rising. How did Daemonheim manage to suck me in this time? How could I have forgotten about the unfairness? I killed the warrior and entered the boss room. Of course, it was another level 88 Rammernaut. And of course, as soon as I stepped foot into the room, he performed a special attack on me, hitting a 600. KO. Okay, full rage was on right now. I booked it into the Boss Room and killed the boss, my eyes red with fury.
Okay, I was only 1,800xp away from 62 Dungeoneering. Only one floor to go! I entered Floor 20. This boss was Har'Laak trhe Riftsplitter. I entered the room, and he immediately used three "Fire Portals" on me, along with a good ol' Prayer drain, Defence drain and poison infliction. Real fun. I got his health down to about half by the time I had died. I ran in again, and finished him off. I finished the dungeon and... I got 62 Dungeoneering!
What to do now... Dungeoneering Rage was in full swing, so Dungeoneering wasn't an option. I had actually been considering playing Conquest for a while to try and get my Prayer level up. I teleported to Falador and ran south to Part Sarim, where I took a boat ride down to Void Island.
I took the Tutorial for Conquest. It seemed pretty simple; Like chess, but with action
I started my first game. I was only halfway through when I had to leave because of real-life events. I offered a truce, hoping he would accept it. I was winning, so I assumed that he most likely would. He did, and got 16 Commendtaion Points! I logged off.
I was back, and ready for some more Conquest! I started a new match.
(Continued)

05-Mar-2012 21:12:13

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I noticed that my opponents had different troops and commands than I did. I beat my opponent and asked him how he got different troops. Maybe he was a little upset that I beat him; he didn't answer. Eventually, I figured it out and I reset my troops. I toyed around with it. Eventually, I decided on two Champions, four Scouts, two archers and one mage.
I started a new match. This player was much tougher than the last, but I thought that I still had a good chance of killing him. But then out of nowhere, he used a fourth command! I didn't know you could have four! Then again, this was only my second game, and I was still just learning the basics. He beat me (barely) and I asked him how he had gotten four. Apparently, it was at the same interface as the troop selection. I went back there, and sure enough, you could choose your Commands. Turns out that I actually liked the ones I had, so I kept them.
New match time. This player was by far the toughest I had come across. He started off by using every power-up he had on one archer, then oblterating half my team with it. I knew I was doomed.
I pressed on, determined not to give in. I made one critical move. Looking back, I think that this was the move that changed the game. He had a Champion and his steroid-archer one square apart, and I saw a great opportunity there. I used Charge to increase my Champion's movement and move him over to the enemy Champion. I then used Battle Cry, doubling my Champion's hitpoints and damage. I attacked the enemy Champion, killing him in one hit. Then, I used another command on the archer, locking him in place and preventing him from attacking.
The next round, I killed the archer! After that, it was a breeze. I killed him fairly quickly. I'm pretty proud of myself today. Only after a couple games, I'm already beating people! I used 100 Commendation Points to get level 53 Prayer as well!
Well, that's all for today! I hope you enjoyed the read!
Good night! :)

05-Mar-2012 21:12:28

Grimwold2
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--June 20, 2011--
Hey guys!
So I know what you're probably thinking... Grim, how come you didn't write in here yesterday? I know, I know. You see I kind of lost track of time... I was playing Conquest for a while, then logged off to go watch The King's Speech. After wathcing that, I realized it was too late to write in here sooo... I'm going to write today's activities in here as well as yesterday's. So, without further adieu, here is yesterday's activities!
I had logged on and was still on Void Island. My flipping items had updated, but I just wanted to get one Conquest game in. I was challenged by someone much more experienced than me, and, of course, he won. I headed back to the Grand Exchange to tend to my items.
You know, I can't thank Walwb enough for teaching me how to merch. So far, I've merched $3,600,000 into *8,100,000. I think I may actually flip items this whole summer! While I was flipping some items, a player named Rfournier was asking people if he could buy 1,000 Chaos Runes for 55k. I took out 1,000 of my own Chaos Runes and checked the price. If I sold them to him, I would be making a 5k profit. I sold them to him and turned around and bought my 1,000 back in the Grand Exchange, leaving me with a 5k profit.
I tended items more, and I soon noticed a player named "The TommyGuns" 'doubling money'. Now if you've read this whole blog, you may recall that I got scammed 4m from a money doubler. The difference was, The TommyGuns was claiming that he would do it in one trade. Apparently, his limit was 100k. Well no harm in trying, right? I withdrew 100k and ran over to him. I gave put up my 100k and he put up 200k. We accepted. The trade went through. I was 100k richer! I thanked him and told him how nice of a player he was.
I was kind of bored, so I decided to try and complete some tasks in Varrock. I kind of want that Varrock Armour 2... Getting three Gold Ores while Mining would be nice!
(Continued)

05-Mar-2012 21:13:14

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Those tasks took me everywhere, from the Lumber Yard to the Earth Alter to the Varrock Palace. Tons of places. One sticks out in my mind though... The task is called "Lick of Paint", and the objective was to ask Gertrude to see the colour change screen for kittens. I went over there and went through the whole dialogue. The option wasn't there... Then I remembered that I ha to have my Ring of Charos (a) with me! I ran back to the bank and grabbed it, put it on, and talked to her again. Again, the option wasn't there... Oh, I know. I probably needed my kitten with me! I ran back to the bank, got my kitten (I don't think I've fed it in months) and dropped it on the ground. I ran back to Gertrude. Again, the option wasn't there... This was so weird.
Finally, after about 15 minutes of trying to figure it out, I finally discovered that I had to actually get rid of my kitten, ask for a new one, then ask to see the colour screen.
After quite a long time of running aruond doing tasks, I finally completed the Easy Tasks. Well that was enough tasking for me! I headed back to the Grand Exchange and tended to my items.
A player named SquigglePoof was asking for a Fletching assist. Obviously, I jumped to the screen, eager for that experience. This was his first effigy, so I expleined to him what he had to do, and how effigies worked. I got a free 15k Fletching experience!
Right after that, a player named Rangez Kush was asking for Black Dragonhide armour. Lucky for him, I had three Black D'hide Bodies in my bank. I withdrew one and gave it to him.
It was time to play some more Conquest! My first opponent had three champions, and for whatever reason, I think he had actually left his computer. He never moved any troops and always let the timer run out. After a couple turns, the game was actually forced to end due to lack of actions.
Well my items had updated again, so I Home Teleported to Lumbridge and teleported to the Grand Exchange.
(Continued)

05-Mar-2012 21:13:22

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I tended to my items and headed back to Void Island for some more Conquest. I lost a match... But in turn, I figured out that if you have less troops, you can have more Commands! I re-made my setup and entered a match with a player with a 300 rank lead. The match was really close.
At the end, all I had left was one Champion, and all he had left was one Knight. We both had Battle Cry, so it was anyone's game. We both waited for our Commands to recharge. I made the first move.
I advanced towards him, and put on Shield Wall. He moved away. I used Charge and attacked him, knocking his health down low. I put on Vigilance, in case he decided to attack me. Instead, he ran with Charge. We waited for our Commands to recharge again. I did the exact same maneuver, and managed to win the game! I was rewarded with a whopping 40 Commendation Points!
Right about here, I logged off to watch The King's Speech, so that was all for yesterday! Thanks for reading!
Good night! Or good afternoon, rather :P :P

05-Mar-2012 21:14:06

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--June 21, 2011--
Hey guys!
I logged on today and was at the Grand Exchange. I started tending to merch items while I wrote the blog entry above^
Unfortunately, almost all of the items I normally flip did not have a great profit range, so I wasn't exactly raking in the money. So after a long time of merching, typing and baking a cookie for Ejt16, it was time to do some Conquest.
TheSpiffiest had actually asked me yesterday to play Conquest against him, so today, I met him at Void Island and started up a match.
I was pretty surprised by his team! His entire team was ten Halberdiers; nothing else. Well I could take that out easily! I couldn't have been more wrong.
One single Halberdier decimated half my army! I fought back though, and by the time I died, I had killed six out of his ten. Apparently, I did better than most! I'd hate to see what 'most' people are like!
TheSpiffiest was going for Elite Void Bottoms, so he still had a few more matches in him. I changed my team to ten Halberdiers as well. Maybe this time I'd have a better chance at killing him. The game began.
I was doing much better than last game! In fact I think it's actually safe to say that I was winning! But then TheSpiffiest 'had to go to the bathroom', so we ende din a truce. Go to the bathroom... He was afraid of defeat
While he was gone, I headed back to the Grand Exchange to tend to my items. That was done, so I teleported back to Falador and waited for TheSpiffiest's return. I got to tell you: I wish there was a teleport to Void Island! It's so annoying having to run to Port Sarim constantly.
TheSpiffiest showed up and he changed his troops. We started a match. The only thing he had changed was he had lost two Halberdiers and had gained a Mage and a Scout. I was already a little hesitant... TheSpiffiest was pretty good at this game.
I won! Nah... I'm kidding, I got totally destroyed. It was probably 90% due to his expertise and 10% due to me trying to afk it.

05-Mar-2012 21:14:39

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Ok, that's weird... I tried to write the usual "continued" in the post above, but it wouldn't let me... It kept making a whole new post
Anyways, as I said, NEVER AFK CONQUEST! I've lost so many matches to that! Okay, not that many... I've only played a few matches! But seriously, it has doomed me quite a bit.
I started a new match after he beat me. This new match was different. I was doing fairly good, and at one point, I had used Charge on a Halberdier and had rushed into his Squad, killing his Mage. I then turned on Vigilance. He attacked the Halberdier (afk I bet ) and I kileld that enemy. It was my turn, so I killed another of his Halberdiers. Unfortunately, my Shield Wall hadn't come back yet, so on his turn, he killed my troop. That match was a close one! I think he had two troops left when my last one died.
He had finally gotten enough points for Elite Void Bottom! I followed him over to the hut, where he got his robes! I congratulated him and started dancing. He had to get going though. He was going to go get a Firecape!
I turned back to the Conquest minigame. There was a player there with a ranking of 10,000! I think his name was Belzathurus. He's ranked #7 worldwide! He must be a pretty pro Conquest player... and I told him that I thought that
I played more Conquest. I lost one game and destroyed two other players so badly that they resigned. I won another game and decided it was time to use my points. Whoa! I had 469! It was a tough decision. Should I get 140,000 Strength experience and get 80 Strength, or get 33,000 Prayer experience? I honestly wasn't sure. I asked Mining Golds, and they decided it was best to use it on Strength. So I started using my hundreds of points. Yeah! I got level 80 Strength! I can tell you, seeing that big 80 beside that closed fist is a great sight.
I really wanted to hit that big 9m cashpile today, so I headed back to the Grand Exchange for some more Merching.
(Continued)

05-Mar-2012 21:14:58

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I flipped away. Eventually, I decided to make some progress on my Slayer task, Bloodvelds. I got out my Ranged items and headed to the Slayer Tower. I had only killed a few when TheSpiffiest anted to duel against me. He would give me 100k if I could beat him. Well he had a much larger arsenal od weapons than I did and was nine levels higher than me, so he was almost guaranteed to win.
I Home Teleported and ran to the Duel Arena's bank. I got out my items and started a match. The first match I got slaughtered. I didn't know we would be using protection prayers, so I got caught a little off hand by that. Furthermore, I didn't have Auto-Retaliate on, so when I switched weapons, I just stood there like a sack of potatoes (nice simile )
The next match wasn't too good either. I did manage to do a pro Prayer Switch though, switching from melee protection to magic protection right when TheSpiffiest used his dreaded Korasi. It didn't matter though... He still beat me.
The third match was bad too. He beat me fairly quickly. After watching all these people like Fire Typhoon and TheSpiffiest with Korasi's, I really want one! The only problem is, you need 70 Construction...
I chatted with TheSpiffiest about what items I should be using. I have so many quests that need to be done it's not even funny! I still need to do Fairy Tale: Battle at Ork's Rift, Monkey Madness, Recipe for Disaster, and a ton more.
I headed back to the Grand Exchange. I flipped more. Only 10k until 9m cash! I sold some random junk items in my bank (127 Teak Logs and three Blue Dragonhide) and got my 10k. Wow! 9m! I'm haunted by one question: When should I stop merching? Should I stop at 20m? At 30M? Never? I still need to buy the Gold Amulets for 94 Magic...
Well that was all for today! Thanks for reading! We're almost at that 500 post mark!
Good night!

05-Mar-2012 21:15:18

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