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Grimwold2

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--February 1, 2012--
I started out today with reading the "Behind the Scenes" article; something I look forward to every month. February was looking pretty good! High level players were certainly going to enjoy the new minigame, and the enw quests will please anyone! I wasn't too keen on the Potion Flask though... I think that might make certain activities a little too easy.
When I logged in, I set in on training Herblore. I had to get to level 84 Herblore as fast as I could, and training it with Energy Potions was a little slow. In the meantime, I started buying ingredients I would need for the rest of the potions. It actually cost a little less than I expected! Still though, I lost TONS of money.
I gave my potion-making my full attention. I didn't want this to last any longer than it had to, so I was in turbo mode. As it turned out, I was actually going really fast! The average of making potions is about 1000/hour, whereas I was making about 1600/hour! This was at my full attention span though, so I don't think I'll ever be exceeding that.
A while later, I invited Mass Sniper into Mining Golds. Making all these potions was actually kind of fun. I liked trying to get the fastest experience possible, while still people-watching. I tell you, spending a few hours at the Grand Exchange can really crack you up. There was one player who didn't understand how the Assist System worked. He thought that through the Assist System, a player could sell levels from their own stats to another player!
When I logged out, I had gained a decent amount of experience, raising me from level 63 Herblore to level 70! Still a ways to go...
Thanks for reading!
Good night!

99 Firemaking on Saturday!

06-Mar-2012 17:56:58

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Grimwold2

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--February 2, 2012--
Hi!
Once again, I was training Herblore all-out. I hadn't been training it for too long when I saw a player asking to borrow a Zamorak Spear. I lent it to him for five hours and continued to make my Energy Potions. Festus Krex came online! he hadn't been around for a while, and now he's getting back into Runescape! I chatted with him while I made my potions, and I continued to watch some of the conversations surrounding me. Experience actually seemed to be going faster than normal, but I know that can't be true; I think I was actually going slower!
Anyways, I've discovered a new motivation for rock climbing. Lately, I've been going every day, and I can actually feel myself getting stronger. My goal is to climb at about a V10 level before the summer. If you're not aware, climbing grades are presented in terms of "Vx", where "x" is a number. The higher the number, the more difficult the climb is. Most people start at about V0, and the maximum level is V16. At the moment, I can climb at about a V8 level. Going from V8 to V10 in a few months is going to be a pretty big challenge, but I think that if I continue to work out and climb every day, I might just be able to pull if off.
When I logged on a little later, I continued to make my potions. I was actually getting a little excited for my 99 Firemaking party! I guess it hadn't really sunk in yet that I would be getting a brand new skillcape... But now I'm pretty excited!
When I logged off, I had gained 204,000xp, and had achieved level 73 Herblore. Only eleven more levels to go! Then, I might start going Dungeoneering!
Thanks for reading!
Good night!

~~ 99 Firemaking / Drop Party ~~
-Saturday, February 4, 2012
-World 4, Draynor Village (F2P), then World 88 for Cape and Drop Party
-10:00pm GMT

06-Mar-2012 17:57:07

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Grimwold2

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--February 3, 2012--
Hi!
I logged on today at the Grand Exchange, but instead of training Herblore, I had other business to attend to. It was capping time! I teleported to the Clan Camp and started my resource collecting right away. At the old tree, I was joined by a few clanmates. It was a little dull, but it had to be done. After collecting 1300 resources, I left to go rock climbing.
When I came back, I started in on chopping those roots again. When I hit 2300, I left to go show l Draconic l the coal rocks in the Living Rock Caverns. He had just achieved level 77 Mining! Down in the Living Rock Caverns, I guided l Draconic l to the three main coal rocks. After, I headed back to the Clan Citadel.
Joshyway joined me a while later, and finally, I hit the glorious maximum of 2700! Now I could return to Herblore! I headed off to the Grand Exchange and started making Energy Potions.
Tomorrow is my 99 Firemaking/Drop Party! I bought the last of the items I needed for the drop party and was all set. After one week of waiting, tomorrow is the day! I continued to make my potions, and loaned out my Saradomin Sword to a player for ten hours. After a long while, I finally achieved level 74 Herblore! These levels are getting longer and longer to achieve... I dread to think how many potions I'm going to have to make from 83-84...
Thanks for reading!
Good night!

~~ 99 Firemaking / Drop Party ~~
-Saturday, February 4, 2012
-World 4, Draynor Village (F2P), then World 88 for Cape and Drop Party
-10:00pm GMT

06-Mar-2012 17:57:19

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Grimwold2

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--February 4, 2012--
Hi!
Today was the day! Unfortunately, I had some homework to deal with, and although it did not require the computer at all, I turned it on and was on the desktop anyways (not sure why I even turned it on...). I somehow managed to get myself into a Voice Chat with Lion 0fJudah and Zqy, and we chatted for a while. Lion 0fJudah was setting up a Dungeoneering Leeching business, and Zqy wanted to join him! They wanted to test speeds for rushing and larges, so I got to be the test leecher!
I logged in and joined their party. Zqy was finishing up his Waterfiend task, so I loaned out my Bandos Chestplate while we waited. Sometime later, Zqy finished his task and we got started. We tried a large first-- well, Lion 0fJudah and Zqy tried. I just sat there! I worked away on my homework while the other two worked away on the floor. The entire time, I was paranoid that there would be a 98 Firemaking door! I made sure that I had XP Share turned off too; even so, I was nervous. They finished the floor in thirty minutes!
We tried some rushing floors too, and they went really fast. I logged off for some errands and then logged back on a while later. I started training some Herblore, waiting for my 99 Firemaking party. Half an hour later, it was time.
I teleported to Draynor Village and waited for some people to arrive. Ten minutes later, I had quite a few friends and clanmates with me. I never would have thought that Firemaking would be my next 99. I thought it would have been Smithing, or Runecrafting, or Attack even. But Firemaking? Didn't see that one coming. I lit the log and saw the brand new fireworks go everywhere! Everyone congratulated me, and I told everyone to go to World 88. I felt a little bad though... A random free-to-play player wanted to come too, but he wasn't a member.
(Continued)

06-Mar-2012 17:57:29

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Grimwold2

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On World 88, we all teleported to Camelot and ran south to Ignatius Vulcan, where I bought my Firemaking Skillcape for 99,000gp. Now for the drop party! There was a decent amount of people, so this could be fun! I started out with the Abyssal Whips. I had bought ten of them, so I started running about, dropping them. After those were done, I dropped a Staff of Light, and after that, I dropped the remaining item: A Bandos Godsword.
I sat down then and watched as my friends and clanmates ran back and forth, picking up the items. Itoku got two Abyssal Whips, and Lion 0fJudah got another two. Hermark, a clanmate, got the Bandos Godsword!
I thanked everyone for coming and teleported away with my awesome new skillcape. Itoku and Lilmk wanted to duel me, so I teleported over to the Duel Arena and put them to the test. Lilmk had his new Chaotic Rapier! For some reason though, he seemed to hit less with it than he did with his Abyssal Whip... I battled him and Itoku for a while, along with some random players. After a while, I left to train some more Herblore. Pretty soon, I achieved level 75 Herblore!
I continued to make my potions, only stopping once to finally go and get the Scrol of Cleansing. Man, did that make a difference! I saved tons of Chocolate Dust, and I was making potions much faster! Later, J ame S asked me to duel with him. He had just obtained some gloves from the Dominion Tower, and he wanted to test them out. They were really powerful; every hit he struck was a 200+, and I had to eat to full health constantly (Keep in mind I had no armour on or weapons). After that, we had some real duels, where I won a few and lost one.
Back to Herblore! I was making tons of Energy Potions, and the experience was actually kind of fast. I trained that until I achieved level 76 Herblore. I loaned out my Bandos Chestplate to a player and later, a player named Rich Checky came by and complimented me on my blog!
Thanks for reading!
Good night!

06-Mar-2012 17:57:39

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Grimwold2

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--February 5, 2012--
Hi!
I logged in today at the Grand Exchange, where I finished off the rest of my Energy Potions. With only 90 potions left, I managed to achieve level 77 Herblore! I tried buying more supplies, but unfortunately, they didn't buy, even when I offered +20%. So, I sat there, wondering what to do. I felt like Dungeoneering, but I didn't know where to make a team... In the end, I travelled to the Clan Citadel and invited a new member. After the player left, I remained at the teleporter, talking to a guest about Mining Golds and our Citadel. I left after a while to return to the bank and hope that my Harralander (unf) would buy.
It didn't. I sat at the Falador bank for a long time, wondering what to do. Man, I was bored... I played a game on my iPod for a while, and played some basketball outside (it was a rare sunny day!). When I came back, they STILL hadn't bought! Well, I guess I could go and rush some floors...
I headed off to Daemonheim and started rushing through the lower Frozen Floors. When I reached floor 13, Lion 0fJudah joined me in a Voice Chat, and we decided that we would rush some floors with one of his friends. Lucky for me, they wanted to start at floor 14 and go to floor 30! We waited for his friend to come, and we got started.
Much to my surprise, rushing through the floors was actually pretty fun! We kept trying to beat our time, and every floor, we'd try to perfect our technique. When we finally got to floor 30, our best time was 1:22! Not bad!
I exited the dungeon, and was really happy to see that my potion ingredients had bought! I started away on the potions, slowly making progress. I was getting a little worried about my cashpile... It cost about 3m for every 5000 potions, and I still needed tons of potions... And I only had 22m left. Maybe I'd have to go Runecrafting sometime!
(Continued)

06-Mar-2012 18:04:28

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Grimwold2

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I made more and more potions, and visited Lion 0fJudah's new Leeching FC, "Epic Dung(z)". I had a rank already! Lilmk was already in there making money, and I started asking him how he was doing it specifically. I had to say, it really did sound like a good way to make money. I decided to go in with them and join the FC.
I made more potions, and Lion 0fJudah found a customer! Before we got started though, I got a Private Message from Keitech. He had been a friend of mine for a long time, and I had met him from my blog. He had been hacked before, and when that first happened, the hacker tried to give me all his money. So I was a little skeptical when he PMed me, offering me his bank.
I asked him questions that only he would know, and he answered them all perfectly. Apparently, he was quitting and he wanted nothing to do with Runescape anymore. Still skeptical, I met him at the Grand Exchange, telling him that if he ever wanted it back, he could just PM me. We opened the first trade screen, and he offered 310M. He accepted that screen, so we went to the second screen. There, he accepted the trade. I watched in sheer shock as 310m went into my Coin Pouch. I felt almost guilty for taking his money... But he told me that he was quitting for good, and that he wanted the nicest person in Runescape to take his money. That was so nice... I still couldn't believe it.
If he did get hacked, I'll give him his money back as soon as he wanted. He logged out soon, and I was still in shock. My Coin Pouch said 333m... That was more money than my entire bank. No more worrying about Herblore, no more worrying about anything. The question remained though: Was he actually hacked?
I joined in Lion 0fJudah's floor with his customer, and we went to work. A while later, we finished the dungeon, and I claimed my 400k from Lion 0fJudah.
(Continued)

06-Mar-2012 18:04:47

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Grimwold2

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I have 333m. That's more money that I could have ever imagined... I'm going to have really think about this, about what to do with it. And before I receive PMs about giving it away, bear in mind that I don't ever give money to people who ask for it.
I kept thinking about what Keitech said... I guess you reap what you sow. I'm not too sure what to do with all this money now, so I guess I might just keep on going for 96 Herblore. Maybe I'll flip a bit and save up the last amount for that Elysian Spirit Shield. This is yet another game changer for me... The biggest one in my Runescape career.
Thanks for reading!
Good night!

06-Mar-2012 18:04:56

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Grimwold2

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--February 6, 2012--
Hi!
I didn't really get any time to play Runescape today, as I was visiting some friends and went rock climbing later. I was online for a few minutes though, and during that short time, I made some potions and thought about what to try merching. I looked at the graphs for all the different rare items that were in my price range. It seemed that every item was going down in price... Santa Hats and Halloween Masks were in the decline, so I looked around for some other ones. I never did find one, so I'll have to take another look tomorrow.
Good night!

06-Mar-2012 18:05:20

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Grimwold2

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--February 7, 2012--
Hi!
Today, I could officially look around for some items to try flipping. Telescopical helped me out while I trained Herblore, as well as Lilmk. Unfortunately, it seemed that every rare item was falling in price... So instead, I looked at the expensive armours. The Torva Full Helm looked like it was rising, so I gave that a shot. I continued to make Energy Potions, and loaned a player my Bandos Tassets for an hour for free.
I looked around the Discontinued Item forum next, trying to find an item that was below street price. Much to my surprise, I found one! beeaan was selling a Red H'ween Mask for 169m, and the street price was 170m. I soon met with him ingame and purchased my first rare item ever. To be honest, I didn't even like the look of it! It was sort of interesting to know that it was worth more than every item in my bank combined though.
I headed off to World 2 to try and sell it. Pretty soon, I realized that I couldn't! Nobody there seemed interested in buying it, so I hopped back over to World 88 and stuck it in the Grand Exchange. I logged off for a while to go rock climbing.
When I came back, the items still hadn't transferred... Guess I'll stick to lower priced items. I took out my offer for the Torva Full Helm but kept the Red H'ween Mask offer. Hopefully it will go through tonight! If not, I'll try and make a small profit and then go back to lower priced items. I loaned my Dragon Hatchet to PvM Frozenn, and invited Coersion to Mining Golds at the same time!
When I was about to log off, I decided to make someone's day by dropping an Abyssal Whip on the floor of the Grand Exchange. A player named Smell a Tree picked it up, right as he logged in. He had a Runecrafting SkillCape, and actually offered me the item back! It was all his though; I told him to sell it and I logged off.
Thanks for reading!
Good night!

06-Mar-2012 18:05:28

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