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Nov

My life as a Noob in Runescape

Posted by N.E.E.T  Published in A Day in the Life, Machinima, Names, Narrative, Participant-Observation, Snapshots, Stereotypes

It’s been a week since I have last updated and it’s time for me to dump some random chat logs! Chat Log #1:  Chatting with other Noobs I give out free shrimps to my interviewees Chat Log #2 Talking about real life fishing while fishing in Runescape Chat Log# 3 : SOme Rnadom Dudes saying [...]

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Tags: Avatars, crafting, fishing, mining, n00b, noob, Runescape

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29

Nov

The Tier of Respect for lvl 99s in Runescape

Posted by unnoticable  Published in A Day in the Life, How-To, Lore, Narrative, Overheard, Participant-Observation

When I see a skill scape around Runescape, I give a certain amount of respect to the one that got it. So I started chatting with people around me to learn their opinion towards the skill cape, and found out some skill capes get more respect then others. Here are the tier of respect I [...]

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Tags: crafting, lore, MMOG, MMOs, respect, Runescape, virtual worlds

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2

Nov

Minecraft

Posted by Carmen  Published in Avatar, Snapshots, Uncategorized

Minecraft is a sandbox building game which allow players to build and create out of different texture of cubes. Minecraft is still in alpha, and nearing beta. it is still buggy and glitchy …. however, it doesnt really affect the game. 2 modes: Alpha (Paid) / Classic (Free) i dont remember how much is it [...]

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Tags: Addictive, Building, crafting, Creativity, Customization, Mechanism, Minecraft, New game

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13

Oct

Crafting in Runescape

Posted by N.E.E.T  Published in A Day in the Life, Avatar, How-To, Links, Names, Narrative, Participant-Observation

Runescape is one of the most popular free online game, it is a MMOPRG released in 2001 and it’s a graphical brower game that runs Java. Players won’t have to install anything to play, all you need is an account and you are ready to go. I use to have an account back in 2002 [...]

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Tags: crafting, mining, Runescape

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