28 September  - My plans for a change in career are proceeding apace, having cleared several hurdles with several remaining.  This new career involves a great deal of travel, and if all goes according to plan I will be away for two to five weeks at a time, with opportunities between trips for brief periods of play. I am investigating the requirements for remote play, but expect several months to pass before being able to implement them.  In short, while I have enjoyed playing Runescape a great deal, and look forward to continuing to play, in the foreseeable future my play times will be sporadic and brief.  My good and dear Runescape friends, I will miss you in my absence and sincerely hope to catch you in the game during the brief times I will be able to play.

3 September  - Now that I have been playing again for a couple of days, there have been reasonable questions that I can answer.

What was the Runite Revolution?  The Runite Revolution was at the right place at the right time in Runescape history.  Many "middle class" players were unhappy with the Runite monopoly, and had the strength in numbers to affect a change.  The Runite Revolution organized this desire for change, with the goal of breaking the monopoly and the price fixing tactics, seeking the result of reasonable prices on rune items.

How did the Runite Revolution plan to accomplish its goal?  For some time, the rune item portion of the Runescape economy was controlled, through price fixing by a monopoly of a few players.  Demand for rune items greatly exceeded the purposely limited supply, thereby maintaining outrageously high prices.  The solution required bringing a very large number of rune items into the marketplace, allowing the supply of rune items to more closely fill the demand for them.  Preliminary estimates ran around 25,000 to 35,000 of each desired item.  No one smither can make that many items, no matter how much the experience points are desired.  So an alternative route was taken.  The offer of free smithing of Rune items had two desired results.  The first, and most prominent, result was the flood of donations, from those who desired change, to raise one smither's levels, allowing even more desirable products to be available.  This was the "tip of the iceberg", the visible portion of the Revolution.  The second, and most surreptitious (hidden), result was the several reactions of the smithers already able to produce these desired products.  There was a frenzy to create and sell these products to make their desired excess profits while still available.  Even more products were produced to sell for materials to raise experience levels faster.  Products were  also produced to raise the experienced levels of smithers "friendly" to the monoply holders.  This reaction was the much larger and essential, though hidden part of the iceberg.  Two camps of thought were created, "free smithers" versus those who desired a price fixing monopoly.  Both camps were an essential part of the Revolution's success.  The contention between the camps accelerated the absolutely essential process of adding to the supply of desired products to meet the demand.  To sum up, the Runite Revolution used the same runite monopoly it contended with to finish its task more quickly and completely.  In other words, the runite monopoly was played like a concert instrument as it delivered its final performance.

Is the Runite Revolution over?  Yes it is.  The goal of making runite items generally available to those who can use them for reasonable prices has been accomplished.  All who supported the Runite Revolution may claim a victory.  You have changed the game of Runescape for the better, and earned a place in its history.

What about the post on Zybez, that Amazonia had quit?  In conversations with W13 of Zybez,  he indicated that after 1 month of not posting, the Amazonia name on Zybez would automatically discontinue allowing anyone to take it up, and make a post.  The timing of the imposter's post fits this explanation.  The real Amazonia never made any post about quitting.

1 September  - My apologies to my friends in Runescape, and to the supporters of the Runite Revolution for my impromptu hiatus.

This summer has presented many difficulties in real life that required a great deal of attention.  Each day I thought, "Tomorrow I can play," but resolving the seemingly continuous onslaught of troubles made it impossible to make any game plans.  Whoever said life's problems come in three's was very highly optimistic.  In short, I have not quit, but many things have changed, effecting my ability to play the game on any kind of a regular basis.  One of the issues that remains to be settled is my career plans.  I am hoping to take a position that will involve a great deal of travel, meaning that the times I can play will be sporadic and often short.

In brief conversations with friends and supporters, I was very pleased to  learn that others have taken up the ideals of the Runite Revolution and I applaud those who carry on. 

Any of you who were holding items for me, either for sale, or for smelting, or whatever, are welcome to them.  To the best of my knowledge, I hold nothing which belongs to any other player.

During the irregular times I will play, I expect to have a lot of catching up to do.  I was way behind on the quests, and am now even further behind.  I also value having a well balanced character, and need to develop other skills as well.

I love to smith, and expect to continue, but every reasonable expectation is that it will take months to make significant progress in that area.