Here is a really random thought for the blog. As far as I can remember in my almost six years of playing Runescape I have only died six times. I am excluding any deaths during my first week or two. But even during my formative weeks I don’t think I got killed all that often. Now that I think about it, I may not have gotten killed at all so my original count of six may be very close for Absenm’s life. I also do not count deaths in “safe” minigames like Castle Wars. I am talking deaths where your actually lose stuff.
(BTW: Absenm has been my sole character since I began on Runescape 2. I believe my character on Runescape 1.0 was named Absen with no ‘m’. I do have a secondary character whose name I forget but I only created him to finish the Shield of Arrav quest. Sadly I discovered that two computers on the same network can not play at the same time. Thus, I have yet to finish that frigging quest! I hate quests where you have to work with other dorks… ah… I mean players.)
The first death I remember is getting my ass kicked in the basement of Draynor Mansion by that frickin vampire. Obviously this was early on in Absenm’s life and I was on a quest (in fact this was back when I wasn’t even a member). Actually, that vampire accounts for deaths one and two because he kicked my ass again when I went back to Draynor straight from Lumbridge. It is funny to think about now, when I can just look at the vampire and he dies. At least I assume he would die. I jhaven’t gone back to find out because I refuse to go anywhere near that SOB.
I know one time I got killed when I got jumped in the wilderness by some jackass while fighting green dragons. This was of course long before PvP worlds and before Pking was banned from the wilderness. He or she ruthlessly attacked right after I killed a dragon and only had about 10hp left. Strategically it was a beautiful ambush which wonderfully took advantage of me being an idiot and not eating enough. But it really pissed me off and my murderer remains on my ignore list to this day.
Another time, for whatever silly reason, I was by the Dark Warriors fortress in the wilderness (again). I can not recall my reason for being out there. It was probably a level three treasure trails or something like that. Anyway, that time I got jumped by three players. I didn’t even have time to move my mouse, let alone do anything to defend myself or run away. That pissed me off more than the green dragons dude. At least he waited patiently for me to screw up. The three jackasses went three on one. That was just rude.
The fifth time I don’t remember much at all. All I do remember is that I was fully expecting to get beatdown and therefore did not bring anything of value with me to my death. I think I was doing research on a monster. I only include this death because I did lose some Rune armour. Again nothing of much value.
The last time I died was just a couple of months ago and it may quite possibly be the most idiotic thing I ever did. I was in TzHaar beneath the Karamja Volcano. I was messing around fighting the TzHaar monsters. Nothing particularly dangerous for my skill level. But they are strong and due some respect. Respect which I did not show. First I wore my full daily wear outfit which I have mentioned before in other posts. A picture of my outfit graces the top of all the pages of this blog. According to todays Grand Exchange Central WIWI Index my daily wear is valued at 5,094,200gp. My second disrespect was leaving my computer during a fight to go upstairs and use the bathroom. Of course you can see where this is going. When I got back to the computer and logged back in and found myself standing in the Lumbridge Castle courtyard practically naked (hey, if you went from Gold-trimmed Rune [GEC 997.4k gp] to a t-shirt and jeans you would feel naked too.).
I was, of course, well past the time of my gravestone. Heck, even with a five minute gravestone (which I did not have) and some generous bystanders there would have been no way I would have gotten back there in time. I had taken a Popular Science with me to the bathroom and was in there for a good half hour. Not meaning to sound sexist, but taking a magazine to the bathroom is typically a male trait. I think guys do our best thinking in the bathroom. I am the only person I know who has a TV and a data port (which I no longer need thanks to WiFi) in my bathroom. On a related side note, has anyone else noticed that there are no bathrooms in Runescape? Just a weird observation.
Of course my three most expensive items remained with me so it wasn’t a full 5 million loss. My Amulet of Fury [GEC 14.6m gp] alone accounts for almost half my outfits value. But it still was a multi million gp bust. And every gp I made for a week or two after felt like I was just catching up, not going forward. (Oh yeah, did I mention I had over 200k in gp on me when I died. Talk about disrespect.)
Anyway, I don’t know exactly what triggered this walk down the valley of death. I know I had been thinking of my game play strategy and how I am not a risk taker. Heck, if my HP drops down to below 20, I am off like a prom dress. Also I very rarely go anywhere near the wilderness (excluding chaos druids in the Edgeville dungeon.) I suppose we all have our own ways to live life in Runescape. Risk isn’t mine. Plus, even without any loses in weapons, armour, or other valuables, I just simply find the death of Absenm unacceptable and insulting. Maybe that is just a character flaw (pun intended).
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