If I Were President

So apparently the Runescape economy is undergoing inflation, seeing how millions of gp are being introduced to the game from drops every second. So far Jagex has introduced several money sinks, for example the repairing of degraded armour and Construction. This clearly isn't enough, but I've found the cure-all solution!

Taxes. Player's will hate it just like they do in the real world, but I'm guessing it would increase the value of a gold piece. In the long run, players will stop complaining, and we can live long and prosper. Jagex can tax P2P players based on the value of their houses, since my house is 2 chairs and a fireplace.

But, seriously, I highly doubt Jagex will start implementing taxes. For one thing, what are they going to base the taxes on? Probably the money value of a player's bank, but the richer players will rise in revolt, as their real life counterparts have been known to do.

Having said that, perhaps Jagex should meet the players halfway, and just tax certain luxury items, like party hats (Pow!), godswords (Bam!), and Barrows equipment (Kerplunk!). For Barrows, I mean in addition to the money that goes into repairing them.

The most effective way of introducing this system to the game is to first tax EVERYTHING. Players will whine and protest, then maybe after a week or so, Jagex will "make a compromise" and only tax said luxury items. There will be a game-wide sigh of relief, and players will feel happy to be taxed for only a portion of their assets. Think of businesses where prices are jacked-up in advance of a sale.

In other news, the name I wanted to change BlessKat to is taken. I'm pretty sure it's being held up for it's previous owner, because a search on the hi-scores confirmed no such person. So, I'm planning to wait a while and then try again. Till then no one shall know what this new name is!

Still Here

My first paper was today, needless to say I went in more nervous than a snowman in a steam bath (thank you, Justice League). I felt my hand shake when I wrote my name down, thankfully it subsided once I got down to the actual writing (today was English).

I felt I could have done better at my essay though, but my biggest fear was that I wouldn't be able to come up with a good storyline and have to settle for a mediocre one, so I guess today went alright. But I wrote the damn story in first-person, and I'm just thinking, the paper may have been a lot better if I wrote it in third person. Why why why! Oh but one thing to note, I was so riled up about today's paper I mentally prepared myself by coming up with random essay topics, and just so happened one of them came out! I had to cover my mouth to stop myself from saying lol i own u papr.

Back on Runescape, I've been training attack extensively at the spiders. I trained at the bandits a little bit, but after a while, I decided that it was 1) faster to get from a bank to the spiders and 2) more exp with the same amount of food. You know me, every lobster counts. Just like every swordie and shark.. Which is why I only use lobsters when training.

I've also gotten back to le grande Ranarr seed trade. The price has since doubled. Strangely this always happens to me every time I stop trading for a bit. Maybe next time I should just hold on to m'damn seeds.

I r bavk

Hello loyal reader! You must be loyal if you are reading this, since I haven't made a post in 5 months and I won't be announcing the posting of this post.

You may have noticed my slight absence. My national exams are on the end of this month, and I have been preparing for them because I hear they are a pretty big deal. Also I have been playing other games.

However they will end on the 13th of November, and I look forward to joining my clan back on Runescape. Tiz told me about this guy who bought a needle for 1gp and ended up trading it for a Bandos set (I think) after a series of trades, inspired by an actual man who traded his paperclip for a pen that looked like a fish, then traded that for something else until he got a house.

As I will probably have a lot of time on my hands after the exams, I want to try this trading thing. Maybe I will start a new blog to document my trades, or maybe I will just post here. Or maybe I'll get bored and start playing Runescape like a normal person. Anyway one thing I know is, I will be working towards getting 99 Attack.

One last thing, just yesterday Tiz got 99 Strength. Congratulations Tiz! I'm so proud you've finally earned the cape that I have had for about a year. If only you had a nice screenshot to go with it, eh? Just kidding. I suppose the screenshot thing was partially my fault, sorry.