More Runescape!

I blame it on you, Professor Reid. However, today I have finally hit the 59 mining level mark! This was a big deal to me, as now I can take a drink called a "dwarven stout" which temporarily raises the character's mining level by a point so I can sneak into the mining guild for miners 60+. I don't think I can explain how excited that made me, and I know exactly how Dibbell feels when he makes a big sale.

Anyway, now an ethical question is brought up. Before I could (sneakily) gain entrance to the Mining Guild, there was one specific spot where most lower level miners went to get their coal, and everyone knows where it is. Unfortunately, there are only three coal rocks, and once someone gets coal from a rock, it takes a good thirty seconds or so for the coal to come back (this happens with all the ores, but with the harder ones, it takes longer. Coal is a medium-level ore). Thus, people fight quite fiercely over these three rocks. While I was levelling up, I had to fight with the best of them to try and sneak a coal or two before they could (mining involves clicking the mouse on a rock and watching your character swing the pick at it, the higher level you are the more chance you are to get the ore quickly, but this is not always guaranteed). I never asked for any sort of mercy, I knew I was weak and had to build my way up. Since I've gotten quite good at coal mining, however, I've had people request that they have their own rock and I have my own rock. Now, in theory, this is nice, but remember the 30-seconds. That's a long time to stand and wait for the coal to come back when I could move on to the next rock and take the coal from there. I had to fight my way up, so I see no reason why I should not take advantage of my mining level. In a really twisted sort of way, I appreciate my level more because I worked so damn hard at it.

You probably think I'm a nerd :-). The funny thing is, this is exactly how I view life as well.