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The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

@Brenda
That is an interesting theory, why don't you write an article about it? Especially in terms of law and punishment, if psychopaths are really born with this disorder than they are ill but not criminals and should be treated as such, don't you think?

@katiem2
I haven't seen the film yet, normally I am disappointed with the films when I know the book.

Sam, Aug 7, 2012

Will Capitalist Horing Be Jagex's Downfall?

The slightly sickening thought is that the Year of the Clan could well have been part of a long-term plan. Stop us all being solitary gamers grinding away by making it beneficial to have in game friends. Then chuck something that us that would have more leaving, if it wasn't for their in-game friends.

Maybe I'm just reading Machiavellian intent, where it wasn't that far applied.

Love you to bits. <3

JoHarrington, Aug 7, 2012

Zynga Falls - Could it be due to lack of Creativity?

I totally agree with what you've said DryMango, I've played Zynga games from the day they became popular on FB and I've seen the way they changed - It's horrible!

Runescape was another game I loved reached 99 in 2 skills and several others (other than prayer) were in their 90's. But due to the crazy changes that happened I quit that too. It wasn't fun anymore.

I'm sure that there are plenty of young developers with amazing talent waiting to get their games out to the masses, but due to the blind fold these huge firms place on our eyes, we don't actually see the talent in them.

lobobrandon, Aug 7, 2012

Will Capitalist Horing Be Jagex's Downfall?

Hiya Spirit of RS! You ninjaed that in while I was responding to Caj!

I've certainly noticed your rebel activities. You'll bring down the Death Star yet. <3 I'm really grateful for how you've got the word out about these articles; and I'm doing my best to keep everyone up to date with the most current information.

You know that a company is panicking and/or going for world domination, when they are so desperate to censor information and dissenting opinions. But people will communicate, as we're proving right now.

Another SoF promotion? -.- I used to play RS every day. I've found myself on there less and less since April. It's just not fun anymore and the only hook is that some friends are still there.

Spirit of RS, you are too kind. Thank you. <3

JoHarrington, Aug 7, 2012

Will Capitalist Horing Be Jagex's Downfall?

Caj part 2 - The end of Free Trade was really emotional for me. I was a little noob, who'd fallen in love with Construction. The gilded altar was tantalisingly close, but I had no money. My friends/clan got together and loaned me money - million here, 100k there - until I was about 4m gp in debt. Yes, I had a mortgage!

I bought my supplies and trained like mad. The gilded altar was in! Happy days! My friends loved it, because they could use it.

Then, the very next day, there was the announcement that Free Trade would end one month hence. If that had been today, then I wouldn't have fretted so much. I could make 4m relatively easily in a day or two, if I worked hard (all of my skills are 90+). But back then, even 1m was a massive struggle.

I was determined to pay everyone back though. I worked really hard for that month and finally did it, before the deadline. But it leeched all of the fun out of the game during that time. Hence my negative reaction to its removal; and cheering at its return. It's only been recently that I've seen how the opposite should have been true.

The bots thing has always been a problem. I saw yet another bot nuke in the offing soon.

I paid my membership to have somewhere to chill out with friends. Now it's in your face marketing and my friends all leaving. Sigh.

JoHarrington, Aug 7, 2012

How to deal with Pushy Salespeople

katiem2, thank you for the congrats and the cheer! Still can't believe it myself.

cherylone, Aug 7, 2012

Will Capitalist Horing Be Jagex's Downfall?

Ah! There is a Caj who goes to the unofficial (and probably official too!) Runefest meet ups. I thought I'd better announce myself, in case you're her.

Every country has its good and bad, and the recession has bitten us all. Mind you, I was whining about it once, when my Spanish friend said, "You think it's bad over there, try coming over here." We compared statistics and I had to give her that one.

I have been known to haunts the forums a lot, when there's something on my mind. But I haven't been in for weeks now. I'm Merch Gwyar there.

I feel so sorry for the Maple Story players too. Their game is being held up as the great success story for micro-transactions, yet I know how many people find this article by searching, 'Insight Venture Partners ruined Maple Story'. It's obviously not all roses there either.

My feeling is that IVP took the idea from Nexon, then pushed it on all that they fund.

Wizzley won't delete comments, unless it veers off into the realms of illegality or dodgy stuff. I can't see that happening any time soon. Unfortunately, Jagex are so busy protecting their brand name that they've given up on listening to criticism, once it becomes negative. Especially when people are pointing out that SoF et al flies in the face of the RS ethos since the beginning. They lost their way big time when they stopped listening to Andrew.

Everything you said about the hey-day of gaming, I'm right there with you. There's some amazing indie stuff happening on Steam, but the big MMORPGs have gone for the money. It's a recession, people have none, so big business panics and tries to grab for more. Then players walk away. This recession has ruined so much, so fast. It's heart-breaking when you consider it. I think that's part of the reason people got so angry with Jagex. Runescape was cheap enough to play (cheaper than a night out anyway), then that got ruined too.

I haven't looked at any of the games that you mentioned yet. I'm still working my way through my purchases from the Steam sale. Terraria reminds me of a slightly more up-market Runescape Classic; though it owes much more to Minecraft. And I loved Dear Esther. (
http://wizzley.com/delusion-or-reality-dear-esther-takes-us-on-a-journey/)

Those that you listed largely started with micro-transactions. People knew what they were buying into. Jagex had to change the rules of Runescape to foist it on a game that had been established for a decade.

JoHarrington, Aug 7, 2012

How to deal with Pushy Salespeople

This is very useful and congrats on your EC award. Hip Hip Horay great pictures :)K

katiem2, Aug 7, 2012

Irish Claddagh Ring

cherylone, Always happy to share traditions. Thanks for commenting.

katiem2, Aug 7, 2012

Irish Claddagh Ring

Thank you so much for sharing. This is a wonderful article. I knew the ring meant love, friendship and tradition, but I didn't know the meaning behind it.

cherylone, Aug 7, 2012

10 Reasons Why Companies Outsource

Hi katiem, thank you for reading my article. Yes there's a lot of reasons yet there's also a lot of misconceptions about outsourcing. So, my job is to educate the people :)

ChrisJankulovsk, Aug 7, 2012

Five of the Best Books for Fiber Arts

I do love these books. Just wanted to share.

Ragtimelil, Aug 7, 2012

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

I've seen the movie and now feel I have got to read the book. The books are always more insightful, or so I think. :)K

katiem2, Aug 7, 2012

Ender's Game Gift Ideas and T-Shirts

Nice selection of enders game t-shirts and gifts. Your products look great. Nice Zazzle store :)

katiem2, Aug 7, 2012

10 Reasons Why Companies Outsource

I had no idea there were so many reasons a company would opt to out source. Thanks for the info. :)K

katiem2, Aug 6, 2012

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