Marlaine’s Musings

We might pull an all-nighter to get the most out of this weekend! It’s been a very strange weekend for Prime and me. We are basically celebrating Labor Day Weekend, Prime’s Birthday and Australia’s Father’s Day all at once. Happy Father’s Day, BossHog!

Yesterday, we used Skyppe and Prime talked to his parents for a couple of hours. It really makes it seem like they live just a few miles away when we can just talk without concern about a telephone bill of any kind! The calls are usually even better than using a phone – clear and crisp. Not only that, using a microphone and the speakers lets us both listen and talk or leave the room or just play Runescape while talking. It’s great!

Today, I just kept at whatever I could while it was at 1.1 xp. I didn’t have enough charms for another level but I whittled off another 350k to the next level. I did some Farming, Herblore, and a little bit of Runecrafting to get the statue pieces plus the slight amount of bonus xp. Just this and that for as much xp as possible. Of course, when the assist time came around, I did 30k Construction. I need to get Runecrafting up one so I can assist 91 and 93. Not many people request 91 Runecrafting.

I hope everyone got a chance to take advantage of the Bonus XP Weekend while they could.

I watched a few Ghost Whisperer episodes so I know the people on the show when we go to that show in October. That is bound to be really interesting!

Added note – later in the day: XP Bonus Time seems to be going beyond the announced cut off time which would have been 6pm for us in Wisconsin, US. – shrugs. Enjoy it while it lasts everyone………….. It looks like they gave us an additional day?

Now that I’m getting closer to 96 Summoning, I guess the pack Yak is my next big goal! If only it wasn’t so stinking expensive. I did a look see about shards turned in to Borog or selling on GE – most are better off being traded.

If you can make and use the Super Anti-fire potions, you can use a Saradomin Godsword on metal dragons. I had set up to do some Slayer when I got back to the game because I figured that the xp weekend was going to be over by then. This was just an experiment to see if that super anti-fire protects you fully – and it does. Use the special to restore some prayer (and hitpoints), use protect/deflect from melee, and keep that super anti going – wowowowow! I went through my iron dragon assignment super fast using almost none of my prayer pots! (Was like doing blues for me!) Also got lots of charms and an effigy!!!

Slayer Level 98 is getting closer with only 325k left to go!

Wellllllllllllllll………… gathering and planning. I’m in a very boring stage of my prepping for that Bonus weekend, which will be starting at 6am on Friday for us – just a bit more than 24 hours from now. I am making teak planks………… sigh…………. I’ve been listening to audio cds and watching Project Free TV for things to fill the zzzzzzzzzzz zone and keep me awake. You need about 1k planks per 100k xp needed when making the Teak display that holds the Legends cape. I also do the one that holds Silverlight to change things up a bit. I am thinking about doing construction and then catching butterflies barehanded. When the xp goes to 1.1 per, I’ll do Summoning for sure.

I’ll have to go make a whole lot more planks to be able to get at least one level though. I am planning on enough to do a complete whole level plus a bit, hoping to actually double it with the bonus xp to get two levels. Besides, if I can get at least one level, I’ll be able to do 95 Construction assists without any tea! It will save a nice amount of gp as a bonus! If I get tired of all three choices, I’ll go fish. If the barehanded butterflies qualify for the bonus xp, I might go there first. Shrugs…… and my perennial least liked – Runecrafting – might be on my list of things to do during the bonus time!

We do have some things planned for the weekend but our fav thing to do is Runescape. Primefalcon and I met on the game so it would be a sentimental choice any way.

Those new little noses we have are interesting – aren’t they? Was kind of surprised to see it on another player because I thought Jagex meant their own non-player characters would have more definition on their faces.

A little side info about a rl event coming up….. My brother, CycleCyco, got tickets to a Ghost Hunters show that is coming to Milwaukee on Oct. 16th! We are going to a taping of the show in the renovated Pabst Mansion! I’m really looking forward to it! Considering how much paranormal stuff I grew up with and continue to experience, the show itself is just a bit tame for me. Who knows what might manifest once we’re there……… Actually, I have no real idea what they are going to do because all the shows are on the road or in people’s suspected haunted houses.