tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192944562024-02-20T13:24:09.190-08:00The Runescape Wilderness - Meili's RS BlogA Runescape related blog by the maker of <a href="http://www.anzwers.org/free/jagex/"> Meili's Runescape Pics</a> and <a href="http://mmo-worlds.info">MMO Worlds</a> website.Meilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203322454881834519noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19294456.post-4263475208685117482011-03-10T23:17:00.000-08:002011-03-12T04:20:21.320-08:00Jagex Phone Number - Customer Support for RunescapeIf you want to know the Jagex phone number, it is actually on their website at <a href="http://www.jagex.com/corporate/Contact/contact.ws">http://www.jagex.com/corporate/Contact/contact.ws</a>. You should note that their number is not for customer support.<br />
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<blockquote>+44 (0)844 500 6699. Please note: This number is not for Customer Support calls. </blockquote><br />
So basically, this is useless if you want to talk about your banned account or any other Runescape-related customer service details - except for billing support. You can email Jagex at billingsupport@jagex.com.<br />
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Of course, this will mean changes in the way people play the game. Cheaters will no doubt increase since you can now steal items form other Runescape players.<br />
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I think that the pros outweigh the cons though.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLBbQ_-6ocgundoqIy8PYATFjCjXPUKB9KUwWLqWHJFubA8sy62KsCrsI_COGKSIFjWeKD9EEEuWC28s5ozJZdLIaaamz1B_oH8Onfg_f2Y5G_0Ep6mlUcet5x2pt5fViqyxOx/s1600/111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLBbQ_-6ocgundoqIy8PYATFjCjXPUKB9KUwWLqWHJFubA8sy62KsCrsI_COGKSIFjWeKD9EEEuWC28s5ozJZdLIaaamz1B_oH8Onfg_f2Y5G_0Ep6mlUcet5x2pt5fViqyxOx/s400/111.jpg" width="154" /></a></div>IMO, free trade is a very good thing since not all of us need to have our hands held to protect us from the harsh reality of scammers.<br />
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Wilderness being back is also good but lately I have not been doing much combat. If it does become more popular though maybe pk supplies will go up in price. This would be good for skillers.<br />
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Personally, I have always maintained that removing free trade and wildy killed a lot of fun from Runescape. I see now that I was right and that even Jagex agrees.<br />
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*basks in the feeling of being right*Meilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203322454881834519noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19294456.post-31741102887806334302010-11-10T19:14:00.000-08:002010-11-10T19:14:37.729-08:00Older Runescape BankThe video shows my most recent bank. This picture is of my old bank. :) More rares!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meili's Runescape Bank 2007</td></tr>
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<!--5323dfbd258e4096be9ff8d39d5c9afd-->Meilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203322454881834519noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19294456.post-18657581979002208102010-11-10T01:33:00.000-08:002010-11-10T01:34:44.392-08:00Meili's Runescape Bank - Blue Partyhat and Rare Items Worth BillionsPeople have asked me what happened to all those partyhats I'm wearing in the pictures on my Runescape classic website.<br />
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I had quite a few holiday items which are now discontinued. I had the complete set of partyhats with multiples of all colors except blue. I also had multiples of the other holiday items, except for crackers because I had pulled all of mine during the Christmas 2001 drop.<br />
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Here's the video of what I have now:<br />
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<p>Not bad, huh?<br />
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<p><iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DUjoINcAeNJ4&layout=standard&show_faces=true&width=450&action=like&colorscheme=light&height=80" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe>Meilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203322454881834519noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19294456.post-82112652543728073132010-10-28T06:19:00.000-07:002010-10-28T06:19:01.321-07:00How to Play the Old Version of Runescape<a href="http://www.runescape.com/classicapplet/playclassic.ws">Runescape Classic link</a><br />
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It seems that a lot of people are finding this blog when they are looking for the old version of Runescape. So there's the link for you to play Runescape classic.<br />
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<a href="http://www.runescape.com/classicapplet/playclassic.ws">Play Runescape Classic</a><br />
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<blockquote>Only existing RuneScape classic members can play RuneScape classic,<br />
new players can only enroll during the next trial period.<br />
Only two types of account can play RuneScape Classic: those who played RuneScape Classic at least once from August 3rd 2005 to February 3rd 2006, and those who played in the two-week open period from 11th November 2009 to 25th November 2009. You must have been a member to have played RuneScape Classic during this period. </blockquote><br />
If, on the other hand, you want to look at pictures of old Runescape you can visit my website at <a href="www.anzwers.org/free/jagex/ ">www.anzwers.org/free/jagex/ </a>. It has pictures, link, stories and lots of information about old Runescape. RS classic bugs like the <a href="http://www.anzwers.org/free/jagex/knives.html">knife bug</a> and <a href="http://www.anzwers.org/free/jagex/mmm.html">mmmm bug</a> are also found there.Meilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203322454881834519noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19294456.post-50475630514175451102010-08-07T02:51:00.000-07:002018-03-23T19:43:51.700-07:00Jagex and the Runescape CommunityYou know, back in the day, Jagex used to get involved in the community more. I already posted the link to M Oldfield's wedding which had Paul Gower making it official and even making a system message for everyone to see. They also used to post updates about players.<br />
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Here is an official Jagex announcement that was published on their news page.<br />
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29th January 2003 - Runescape romance turns real<br />
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Yet more wedding bells! So Runescape rings DO have special properties.<br />
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"I started playing 8 months ago...The last thing I was looking for was another relationship, especially via an internet game. But find one I did, or it found me..."<br />
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Lady Pooh met Topcat0711 whilst playing Runescape, and being more charming than the seven hundred odd Topcats that had preceeded him, they soon became trading partners. An act of chivalry took the relationship to a whole new level.<br />
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"One day he'd won a stake duel... because of the winnings I teasingly said 'hey wanna be my rs bf?' not meaning it... But after that we joked about it and kept talking, until we fell in love through Runescape and got to know each other better."<br />
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Lady Pooh, who hails from Ohio in the USA, is now set to become Mrs.Topcat0711. She even flew over to his native Australia, swapping server-lag for jet-lag to be with her new love.<br />
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"I've been here in Australia for 6 weeks now and we get along great! We are making long term plans and its all thanks to you! We just wanted you to know that you created more than just a game...it's a connection to life and happiness." So it's official then: Cupid does exist. As an NPC in Runescape.</blockquote>
Here is another announcement about a Runescape wedding. It's super cute and I know both of the people involved from the Runescape forums.<br />
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29th January 2003 - In low HP,and in health<br />
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It had to happen eventually. When 200,000 people interact online, it can only be a matter of time before someone pops the question...<br />
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We heard from PugXSi, a veteran of Runescape who is currently 4th overall with 1473 total stats. At 99 in magic and 96 in firemaking, there was still one stat that seemed to be eluding him: romance. Then Runescape "gave me something I didn't think possible- eternal happiness with a fantastic woman."<br />
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The woman in question was Jenstarr, a regular of the Dwarven mines. PugXSi soon noticed that she was a bit handy with a pick. "She worked extremely hard to become a rune miner...I hadn't seen such devotion to a skill before."<br />
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Sensing that they had struck gold, the two miners would chat online for hours. "It didn't take me long to develop real feelings for her", and an in-game marriage duly followed. Some time later, PugXSi flew from England to the U.S. to meet Jenstarr in person.<br />
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A second trip took place at Christmas, but it was more than just santa hats that were up for grabs. On January 3rd PugXSi and Jenstarr got married at a local courthouse. "Runescape is the sole factor in bringing Jen and I together, and for that, Jagex will always have our gratitude." Don't thank us, PugXSi, thank the magic of the runes.</blockquote>
You won't see these news in the Jagex news archive because for some unknown reason they removed them. Maybe so that people wouldn't contrast the old, friendly game staff with the new corporate one?<br />
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All quotes are from <a href="http://oocities.com/mowbuss/">http://oocities.com/mowbuss/</a>.Meilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203322454881834519noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19294456.post-65462508998621902912010-08-05T18:55:00.000-07:002010-08-05T18:55:07.029-07:00More old Runescape Classic WebsitesWow it seems like there are more <a href="http://www.anzwers.org/free/jagex/">old Runescape Classic websites </a>out there.<br />
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<a href="http://oocities.com/mowbuss/">http://oocities.com/mowbuss/</a><br />
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It is a mirror of an old Geocities website. Perhaps the player's name was mowbuss? In any case it has loads of stuff like the names of Jagex stuff, pictures of famous players, skill guides, news updates, etc.<br />
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I particularly like the caption of one of his pictures:<br />
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"This one is of Waylan, taken from the church in Ardougne, just after I was pking with toolman (notice I don't have a skull, because people attack me then toolman kills them)."<br />
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Hahahaha! He and his friend Waylan were pking together and using a common strategy - the noob bait. That is when a higher level pker brings along a lower level guy that people will tend to attack. Then the higher level pker kills them once they have a skull. Great stuff, it brought back memories.Meilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203322454881834519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19294456.post-63120487628739263222010-08-04T09:03:00.000-07:002010-08-04T09:03:40.836-07:00Old Runescape System MessageIncredible! I just found <a href="http://ladymedusamoldfield.50megs.com/">M Olfield's</a> Runescape Classic website. Just look at this picture of the system message that Jagex made for his wedding with Ladymedusa.<br />
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That was back February 14, 2002 when Paul Gower used to get involved in community events. Runescape weddings were very popular in-game and people would attend to meet everyone else who was there and to support the couple. Sometimes there would be a drop party afterward. There's tons of other pictures so <a href="http://ladymedusamoldfield.50megs.com/">visit the site now</a>.Meilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203322454881834519noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19294456.post-45427185846469010722010-01-13T20:03:00.000-08:002010-01-13T20:04:36.436-08:00WoW returns items for hacked accounts, why can't Runescape?As a matter of policy, Jagex will not return your items if you should be unlucky enough to be "hacked." If some jerk is able to log into your char by various means, either keylogging, scamming, guessing your password, etc., then that's tough for you. Jagex customer service will help you get your account access back but they will not return your items.<br />
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"Our policy is to never return lost items to players that have been scammed." [Source: <a href="http://www.runescape.com/kbase/guid/scamming_prevention_guide">http://www.runescape.com/kbase/guid/scamming_prevention_guide</a>]<br />
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Well, that is just so sweet of you, Jagex. Nice to know that you treat your customers like crap and do not offer any real support for your game. Although the previous link mentions only scamming, they also have the same policy for players who lost items due to someone gaining unauthorized access to their account.<br />
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You know, like years ago when Jagex was just a small struggling company, such things were quite forgiveable. But it has been nine years! In all this time, they never even made an effort to improve their customer service. <br />
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Meanwhile, in other games they actually have good customer service and mechanisms in place for returning items. World of Warcraft, in particuler, has huge subscriber numbers yet they still investigate every account if it is hacked and restore lost items.<br />
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"Luke: Blizzard were great with the issue. I went through both the in-game ticketing system and their online support site to get my items and account back under my control, and they responded quickly and professionally." [Source: <a href="http://www.techdigest.tv/2009/04/lost_and_naked.html">http://www.techdigest.tv/2009/04/lost_and_naked.html</a>]<br />
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*Note: I have never been "hacked." Nonetheless, I believe our players deserve better customer service than what we are getting.Meilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203322454881834519noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19294456.post-713384225733507482009-11-16T17:30:00.000-08:002009-11-16T17:34:02.829-08:00Veteran Players of Runescape ClassicIf you don't know yet, Runescape Classic is currently being developed by Jagex and has a new lease on life online. This November 2009, Jagex finally opened RS Classic to all members.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">What is Runescape Classic?</span><br /><br />This is the old version of Runescape. The current version of Runescape is sometimes called Runescape 2 (RS2) because it is the second version of Runescape. It is very old and neglected, with virtually no updates since RS2 was launched in 2003.<br /><br />Previously, only veteran players who have been active in RSC have been able to play. RSC and RS2 were split off and are two entirely different games. So those players who had veteran status had two accounts - their regular RS2 account that everyone has and their RSC account. Experience and items are not shared between the two games. For example,if you level attack in RS2, you do not get the corresponding level in RSC.You would have to train attack in RSC to level it on your RSC account.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">What about items?</span><br /><br />When RS2 was launched, Jagex decided not to force people to start over from level 3. All their stats were copied and players retained all their stats from RSC when they started playing RS2. RSC accounts were not stat wiped either.<br /><br />Players' banks were also copied but Jagex decided not to "duplicate" items. This is a somewhat irrational choice, IMHO, because the two games are entirely separate and cannot trade between each other. Many at the time of the launch speculated that this was Jagex's underhanded way of forcing people to play RS2 since they had nothing in their RSC banks.<br /><br />After a while, due to public outcry, Jagex released a website feature which allowed people to transfer their items back to RSC. Note that this feature was available for a limited time only.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Veterans and Non-veterans</span><br /><br />Back in 12-Jan-2006, Jagex announced that "only accounts which have played RS-classic at least once in the last 6 months (since it went members only on August 3rd 2005) will be able to do so from now on."<br /><br />So if you didn't log in during that time, you couldn't log into the RSC servers. The players who did play during that time period are considered veteran RSC players.<br /><br />This November 2009, RSC was opened to all members (for a period of two weeks), even non-veterans. Those who are interested in RS history can now take a look at what RS was like before 3D.Meilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203322454881834519noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19294456.post-4782633462342877902009-11-13T21:13:00.000-08:002009-11-13T21:25:27.480-08:00Runescape Classic is now open to all membersIt's a rebirth of Runescape Classic!<br /><br /><a href="http://services.runescape.com/m=news/newsitem.ws?id=2376">http://services.runescape.com/m=news/newsitem.ws?id=2376</a><br /><br /><b></b><blockquote><b>11-Nov-2009 - RuneScape Classic Temporarily Re-opened</b><br />...For two weeks starting from today, Classic is open for new sign-ups from RuneScape members only...</blockquote><br />Yes! Now any member can play Runescape Classic. :) I also got members. There are now thousands of people playing RSC.<br /><br /><center><a target='_blank' href='http://img32.imageshack.us/i/rscstats.png/'><img src='http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/4657/rscstats.th.png' border='0'/></a></center>Meilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203322454881834519noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19294456.post-3086623615134684282009-09-15T08:55:00.000-07:002009-09-26T05:40:36.468-07:00Retro Revival - Runescape Classic player- owned servers<p>The new Jagex dev blog is up and it's about Runescape Classic!</p><p><a href="http://devblog.runescape.com/view_post.ws?post_id=31">Retro Revival</a></p><p>How exciting! No details yet but apparently Jagex is developing a way for players to rent a server and host the Runescape Clasic game. Players can then chose whether they allow cheats. They can also give powers (moderator, I assume) to other players.</p><p>Will you be playing this? Comments, please and see you there when it launches.</p>Meilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203322454881834519noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19294456.post-90627099233002206682009-07-29T07:09:00.000-07:002009-07-29T07:22:16.363-07:00Runescape Classic Pking and Why It Was So Good (part 3: Unique and Fun)Ok, now we can go straight to the good parts! RSC pking, why do we both love and hate you? Let me count the ways:<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">1.) 3 Hitting = <3></span></span><br /><br />This is the best! Pure ownage and the one true evidence of a pker's strength.<br /><br />Nothing can equal the thrill of 3 hitting your opponent. Even to this day, ask any RSC pker and he is sure to recall his best 3 hit kill. Not just 3 hitting, there are also 1 hit and two hit kills though these are mostly for lower level kills.<br /><br />Unlike today's RS combat system, in Runescape Classic you could not eat for 3 rounds of fighting. 3 hitting is when you are able to kill your opponent in exactly 3 rounds of fighting while he is still unable to eat.<br /><br />3 hitting is very simple and looks effortless yet it is so rare. To those who have been 3 hit, this is the ultimate in humiliation and weakness as they are completely defenseless against it.<br /><br />You can run... except when you get 3 hit.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2.) Catching = 1337 skillz!</span></span><br /><br />What is catching? This is the pker's secret of how to catch a player who runs from a fight. With fast reflexes and timing, a player could stop the opponent from running away. See this guide to catching for more details.<br /><br />Only the very best and most skilled of pkers mastered catching.<br /><br />Any noob who trained their str high enough can 3 hit but it wasn't just anybody who could catch players to death. Those who could catch well were the most feared pkers in the wilderness because there would be no getting away from them.<br /><br />Catching someone to death was the supreme proof of the pker's skill. These pkers were in their own class and were idolized by the other pkers.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >3.) Luck = !!!???%$@#!#@!*^!</span><br /><br />Some might be surprised but actually I would say luck played a very big and important factor in pking which added a fun factor to the game. You just never knew what would happen!<br /><br />Two characters with the same stats can hit very differently from each other even if they used the same equipment, prayers, style and magic/range.<br /><br />It wasn't cut and dried that the higher level always defeated the lower level. Possibly, a player could to totally dominate someone higher level or same level. Alternatively, a player could get completely owned by a lower leveled character.<br /><br />With 99 str, you could hit 1s. Or you could hit 30s+. This all depended on luck.<br /><br />Someone asked me once how to 3 hit more and I told him:<br /><br /><blockquote>ruby ammy+gaunts (highest str bonus at that time), str mode, ultimate str prayer + pray irl to the god of pking that you hit!</blockquote><br />You just couldn't really control whether you would really hit 30 29 dead or 1 0 0 on your opponent.<br /><br />A player has not experienced true e-rage until he has hit a large number of 0s on a player who is full red barred! A char with 2 hps left could even kill you, even if you had 70 hps remaining.<br /><br />Wacky, yes, but this is the thing that enabled players to pk more. If it had been certain that a level 50 would always die to a level 70, then the level 50 would just run away and log at once. The luck factor meant that the level 50 could stay and try his luck, if he wanted to.<br /><br />I've escaped countless times from higher level groups, purely on luck and many have also escaped from me the same way. Players need to know that they aren't necessarily dead at once in one hit if they go up against a group or a higher level person. Isn't it very satisfying to kill a member of a huge group that was trying to kill you and then escape with the loot? Luck made this possible.<br /><br /><p></p><center><img src="http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/7546/datru9.jpg" alt="Runescape Pking luck factor" border="0" /></center><div style="text-align: center;">A nice picture showing how the luck factor can mess with you.<br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Conclusion</span></span><br /><br />These three things, in my humble opinion, were the most fun things about RSC pking. For me, it wasn't getting a 1 million gp worth of stuff in a neat pile under my feet but what about you?<br /><br />Please post your opinions and comments. Thanks. :)Meilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203322454881834519noreply@blogger.com74tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19294456.post-5491558889316430792009-07-27T05:24:00.000-07:002009-07-27T05:39:44.785-07:00Runescape Classic Pking and Why It Was So Good (part 2: Additional Notes)Apart from the basics of the old RSC pk system, there are also some other things that are of note.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Server Hopping</span></span></strong><br /><br />At first Rs only had one server so even if a character logged out to avoid combat, they would eventually have to log back in at the exact same spot. This led to some pkers just waiting at that spot for the character to log back in.<br /><br />When RS had more servers, players could now avoid combat simply by running away,logging out of that server and then logging onto another server.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Magic and Pures</span></span></strong><br /><br />It's hard to believe now, but back then magic was considered weak by many, especially in f2p. Players would therefore make "pure" characters. These were characters that had high strength, attack and hp for their combat level but low magic. Sometimes the pure chars would also have low defense for their combat level.<br /><br />This also led to the creation of what are called "mains" and "pures" since people like to have magic (it's always been good for doing skills) on their main character, typically a high level char. Then they would make a pure which no magic but high melee stats and a lower combat level.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">1-iteming and Prayer Beasts</span></span></strong><br /><br />Yes, 1-iteming was also a problem in RSC. There was even a special kind of character, called a Prayer Beast (PB). This is a pure pker type with 1 defense and 13 magic (so that he could protect item). With these stats, the PB could pk cheaply, without risking losing any valuable items and yet get a lot of kills.<br /><br />Of course, with their 1 def, they would be hit a lot but since they had higher hp than other types of pkers, they had much higher str and att. This meant they could hit higher and more often than other pkers their own combat level. They could also survive being hit a lot since they had more hp than other chars.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Rune Player Smithed Items</span></strong></span><br /><br />During RSC, the armor was rune (and dragon in p2p). While dragon was a rare drop or a quest item, rune items had to be player smithed. Since they were not sold in shops, rune was very valuable.<br /><br />Kills were very exciting then because of the value of the items players dropped when they died. It was very possible to get a kill worth 1m or more. If you died with very valuable stuff... well just imagine what it would be like to die with armor worth as much as everything in your bank.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Group Pking or Teams</span></strong></span><br /><br />The entire wilderness was multicombat for range and magic. Only one person at a time could attack with melee but if you had a group, all of you could attack the same player with range and magic at the same time, provided the wilderness level allowed it.<br /><br />You might wonder if people would just pk with huge groups 24/7 then but this is actually not the case. The pk community valued soloing or solo kills rather than group kills. The most common would be solo pkers while there were many pairs and groups of 3. Groups of 4 or more were very rare.<br /><p>Very large groups like 20+ almost never pked, they would only be found during clan wars. Clans were also fairly small, a 30-member clan would already be considered large.</p><center><a href="http://img266.imageshack.us/i/bosedn.jpg/"><img src="http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/7523/bosedn.jpg" border="0" alt="Runnescape Clan Pk" /></a></center><br />Here you have a picture of a clan pk, specifically Brotherhood of Steel, an old Russian clan from Runescape Classic. The green capes were for identification. This was a rare event back then which is why the picture taker, Fook a Ji, kept this pic and showed it off. <br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Cheating, Bots, Autoers, etc.</span></span></strong><br /><br />Cheaters have always been around. No, it is not true that 90% of RSC players botted, this is absolutely false. It was only after Jagex stopped updating and moderating RSC that it was taken over by botters. When RSC was the main game, there were only a few botters and mostly lower leveled ones.<br /><br />When RSC was the only version of Rs around, we never had 50+ botters woodcutting, this is a purely RS2 phenomenon. RSC definitely had cheaters but only in much smaller scale. <br /><br />However, when RSC was the main game, Jagex would regularly update with anti-cheat detection systems. Jagex mods also did manual detection and investigations of botters.<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Analysis</span></strong></span><br /><br />As you can no doubt see from the points listed above, actually the system was not perfect and there were ways to outsmart the system to your advantage. Prayer beasts, pures, teams, etc. were all specific styles of player killing made to improve the pker's chances of getting a kill.<br /><p>Jagex did not change the pk system to get rid of 1-itemers, pures, teams, lurers and other such strategies at that time. Players simply had to deal with whatever happened without Jagex's intervention. In other words, if pkers were 1-iteming, the other pkers just had to be stronger, smarter and more skilled than them.</p><p>In my opinion, there will never be a perfect pk system that is fair to all. Somehow, someone will always find a way to make a better/faster/cheaper/stronger/etc. type of pker so it is useless to keep on changing the system to eliminate styles of pking. It's enough to make it fun!</p><p>What is fun? Read on to the third part. </p><p>Do post your comments and opinions about these issues.</p>Meilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203322454881834519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19294456.post-35053805265237095422009-07-26T04:41:00.000-07:002009-07-26T07:27:25.621-07:00Runescape Classic Pking and Why It Was So Good (part 1: The Basics)<strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Runescape Classic Pking</span></span></strong><p>With the recents problems that Runescape has had over Player vs Player (PvP) content or what we used to call Player Killing (Pking), I thought I would look back and identify what we used to love about Runescape pking. Who knows, this might help players think of better pvp ideas.<br /></p><br />Parts 1 and 2 deal with basic things for those who have never experienced Runescape Classic pking so those who already know about it can skip that and go straight to part 3 for my analysis and commentary.<br /><br />In Rsc there were two eras of pking : Pk Everywhere and Wilderness Pking<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">PK Everywhere!</span></span></strong><br /><br /><p>At first there were two types of players Player Killers (Pkers) and non-Player Killers. Pkers are those who can be attacked by other pkers who are within three (was it four? lol) levels of their own, except in certain safe areas such as inside towns.</p><center><a href="http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/6544/6008edd7.png"><img src="http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/6544/6008edd7.png" width="300," height="200" alt="Old school Runescape Classic War" /></a></center><br /><p><span style="font-size:100%;">In the picture (click on it to see a bigger picture), you can see a big war in the Barbarian Village with pkers and non-pk spectators. In the background is a forum post about the war.</span><br /><p>If a player did not want to be attacked by others, he simply toggled off his pk option and no one would be able to attack him. However, you could only toggle this twice. So if you switched to pk then panicked and switched back to non-pk (normally while being attacked and dying to a pker), you would be stuck in non-pk forever.<br /><br />This is probably the original reason why people made separate skiller and pker characters in Rs. Obviously, if you were doing skills like mining or crafting, you wouldn't like to be pked so it would be good to skill on a non-pk char while making another char that was a pker so as to enjoy competing with other players.<br /><br />Since there were also level requirements regarding who you were able to attack, players made not just one pker but several of different levels.<br /><br />Note that when players died in RSC, they drop their items and these are looted by the pkers.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Wilderness Pking</span></span></strong><br /><br />Not everyone was really happy with the Pk system so Jagex proposed a new and improved PK experience: the Wilderness. A player poll was made and the RS players voted to remove the old system and make the wilderness.<br /><br />Simply put, now pking was limited to an area, not a type of character. Any player now could bring their character to the new place, called the wilderness and pk there. All non-wilderness areas were now impossible to pk in.<br /><br />Level requirements were still in place but in a new way. The southernmost part of the wilderness was level 1 and you could only attack players who were within 1 combat level of your character. The farther north you went, the higher the wilderness level. Therefore in this system the player was less limited and could attack people plus or minus 1 to 45-50+ (depending on whether you were in f2p or p2p) combat levels of their own character.<br /><br />This removed the need for the pk and non-pk character types.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Essentials of Runescape Classic Pking</span></span></strong><br /><br />Kill and loot. The system is very basic and easy to understand. You pk and if you are lucky enough to get a kill, you get whatever your kill drops. Those who do not have a skull will lose all but their 3 best items while those who are skulled lose everything. Protect items prayer allows the player to keep 1 additional item when he dies.Meilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203322454881834519noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19294456.post-47366944000360835522009-07-15T17:10:00.000-07:002009-07-15T17:16:07.464-07:00Girls Don't Exist on Runescape<a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/17/30">I am a girl on the internet.</a> There really are quite a few of us.<br /><br />Women have had a long history in Runescape. Many of the first players and famous people were women in real life. The first smither who got 99 smithing was Bluerose13x. She was extremely powerful and rich during her time since she was literally the only source of player-smithed items.<br /><br />The first person to get 99 fishing was Tks and all the top crafters were also women. Women in Runescape are everywhere, as old school players, clan leaders, skillers, pkers and player moderators.<br /><br />Yet in spite of all this, the female RS players must contend daily with the opinion that she does not exist.<br /><br /><blockquote>"There are no girls on the intarwebs!"<br />"You aren't a real girl."<br />"I don't believe you are really a woman."<br /></blockquote><br />Why this persistent belief that nobody female would ever play RS? Do we need the XY genes to click a mouse? Obviously not, yet I have met many, many players who are genuinely convinced that female RS players cannot possibly exist.<br /><br />The reasons are many, varied and also rather pathetic.<br /><br />"All the girls I know irl don't play games, they just go out for meals."<br /><br />This is an absolutely genuine reply I have gotten from a (presumably male) RS player. Yes, he really thinks women do nothing but go out for meals.<br /><br />When the RS player insists that, yes, she really is a girl, the replies are entirely predicatable.<br /><blockquote><br />"No pic no proof."<br />"You're not a girl if u don't show us pics."<br />"Get on ventrilo."<br />"Webcam."<br /></blockquote><br />Men do not need to go on ventrilo/webcam or show their pics to everyone who asks just to prove that they exist. Why do women have to bother?<br /><br />One time I joined an IRC channel for a Runescape-related community. Right away, I got kicked. Then again and again until I gave up on reading the final message (and the reason for the kicks) "<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">fuck off, there are no girls on the internet</span>." Another reason I have been kicked from IRC -"<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">tits or gtfo</span>."<br /><br />Comment please, I would really like to know what RS players think about all this.Meilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203322454881834519noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19294456.post-74039549384079786112009-07-14T09:36:00.000-07:002009-07-14T09:40:35.954-07:00Runescape thinks its players are fat!<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Runescape thinks its players are fat! Picture proof provided!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpzkKx6wNo1r3bU13S2M7Y3C8Wgj9QcCC004gzdnnk2uANcyj52TFFc64WboB6a6qIlEZadNMN1GVLoqeBqH91xWDIALNhqcejNAdNsn3EwqBEtTeHIVPgFjBY2vHlPChP3CEK/s1600-h/grrr.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 154px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpzkKx6wNo1r3bU13S2M7Y3C8Wgj9QcCC004gzdnnk2uANcyj52TFFc64WboB6a6qIlEZadNMN1GVLoqeBqH91xWDIALNhqcejNAdNsn3EwqBEtTeHIVPgFjBY2vHlPChP3CEK/s320/grrr.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358356042299389794" border="0" /></a>Meilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203322454881834519noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19294456.post-63465972092178679632009-07-12T07:41:00.000-07:002009-07-12T08:06:04.145-07:00Runescape stats signaturesWell I was looking for some RS sigs and found some cool sigs that will automatically update your stats.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.rshumor.net/stat-sig.php">RS Humor</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.rshumor.net/stat-sig.php"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 150px;" src="http://www.rshumor.net/stats/1/meili.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.tip.it/runescape/?dynamic">Tip It</a><br /><br /><p></p><center><a href="http://www.tip.it/"><img src="http://sign.tip.it/1/6/1/0/Meili.png" border="0" /></a></center><p></p><br /><br /><a href="http://www.rsbandb.com/runescape-skill-signatures-sigs">Runescape Bits and Bytes</a><br /><p></p><center><br /><a href="http://www.rsbandb.com/"><img src="http://www.rsbandb.com/sigs/sig90/meili.png" /></a></center><p></p><br /><a href="http://www.rsbandb.com/runescape-skill-signatures-sigs"></a><a href="http://rsig.eu/runescape-stat-signature.php">RsSig.eu -<span class="slogan">Dynamic Forum Signatures For Runescape<br /></span></a><p></p><center><a href="http://rsig.eu/create/"><img alt="rsig.eu Sig" src="http://rsig.eu/stat/j6vaoiz4/meili.png" /></a><p></p></center>Meilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203322454881834519noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19294456.post-59656071235037925172009-07-11T09:26:00.000-07:002009-07-14T20:11:05.160-07:00MI vs RSDThe blog looks boring with all the text and no pictures so here is an interesting old Runescape Classic Video of the Malicious Intent clan war versus Runescape Dinasty.<br /><br /><br /><object width="340" height="285"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/fY3Zu5XhZoc&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0xcc2550&color2=0xe87a9f&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/fY3Zu5XhZoc&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0xcc2550&color2=0xe87a9f&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="340" height="285"></embed></object>Meilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203322454881834519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19294456.post-13113186675415340462008-05-10T23:35:00.000-07:002008-06-09T04:56:59.547-07:00New state of RS after Dec 2007On December 2007 Jagex announced their anti-RWT (Real World trading) updates which have drastically changed the way RS is now played. Trade restrictions and the Grand Exchange have limited the exchange of items between players. The Wilderness as a player killing area was also removed. Stake duels are still possible but very limited.<br /><br />Of course, like many other Runescapers, I was not happy about these updates. I will be leaving members for a while because of my dissatisfaction with recent changes.<br /><br />During the time when the changes were announced, there was mass hysteria in the various fan forums and, predictably, the RS official forums. At the time I noticed various trends of the replies of players who supported the updates. Here are my observations of the various RSOF poster types:<br /><br /><blockquote>We have all read the rants about people who complain excessively each time there is an update. What about other types of posters though? Let's categorize them.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Daddy Knows Best</span><br /><br />He is firmly on the side of game developers and views them as the ultimate god-like authority on everything whose will must never be questioned. He feels emotionally attached to dev team and often comments on their "hard work" and how sorry he is that people flame devs. To him all players who complain are just crybabies or ungrateful kids who don't appreciate the effort being made for them by the game companies. He regards the game as the sole property of devs and players should be grateful that game makers allow them to play their game.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Give It Time</span><br /><br />No matter what the complaint is, he always responds with "give it time." Even if people are dying in droves to unfair players, according to this poster all players have to do is to give it time and everything will be hunky-dorky. Due to the nature of MMORPGs, over the long run this poster is often proven right as most players will likely prove to be sufficiently addicted to the game to continue playing so eventually even the worst controversies will blow over in time.<br /><br />"A Kenyan man once said to me, 'You can get used to anything.' He used to stick mice up his ass for twenty bucks a time."<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Wannabe Mods</span><br /><br />These posters may be similar to the Daddy Knows Best variety but their motives are much less pure. Whether it is the official forums or a fan forum, they stick up for authority figures and are always anxious that all the rules are always followed to the letter. A common refrain of theirs is "mods should," for example "mods should lock this" or "mods should move this to rants." Another hallmark of the Wannabe Mods is their constant quoting and reminders to others of the rules.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Ranters Who Rant About Ranting</span><br /><br />A special breed of poster who posts only because he wants people to shut up. He hates rants yet he reads them a lot and can't stay away from them so his constant pet peeve is "people who rant" even though his own posts are are as incoherent as the rants he professes to hate. Whether they realize it or not, these posters start an endless cycle of ranting. First there are ranters, then ranters who rant about ranters, then ranters who rant about those who rant about ranters, then ranters ranting about ranters who rant about those who rant about ranters, and so on. The cycle is endless and ridiculous in the extreme. They often have no sense of humor and answer seriously even the most ridiculous posts about rants because their posting time is completely taken up with ranters.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Best Update Ever</span><br /><br />Much like stores in real life that seem to have the "best sale" or "lowest prices" every time they have a sale, for every update there are posters who love it so much they declare it the "best update ever." Whether they have been playing the game for 1 week, 1 month or 1 year, they confidently proclaim the update to be the "best ever" and thank the game developers for their genius update. Sometimes they painstakingly list each and every positive point of an update, no matter how small it is, just to emphasize why this one is the "best update ever."<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">The Perennial Kisser of Behinds/Bootlicker</span><br /><br />One of the most common of posters, this one just wants to suck up to mods and game developers so he can score brownie points. Privately he may have his doubts but publicly he always makes it a point to stand up and be counted as a supporter of each update and, by extension, game developers. He likes to refer to people by their first names or nicknames even if these people have never spoken to him personally. In his mind, he views complainers as fools because complainers never get anything. He regards himself as smart because he knows game developers have the only real power in the MMORPG so he is always on the winning side.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Bow Down to Him, for He is the Great One</span><br /><br />If a pmod, mod or game developer should post, this poster goes into raptures over him. Ecstatically going along with whatever mods or devs say, this poster's goal is to make friends or have a connection with his idols. Squeeling "omg you posted, you posted, I love you so much and this game, thank you!" like a star-struck fan, this poster only wants to love and be loved in return.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Me, Myself and I</span><br /><br />This poster feels it is important to post that since the update or controversy doesn't involve him, he doesn't care about it. 99% of players might be affected but he wants people to know that he isn't directly troubled by it therefore it's great to be him. He admits that it might suck for other players but as long as his own playing style is untouched he is happy.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Substitute Posters</span><br /><br />Has your training area been completely ruined by an update? There are other places. Is your character now obsolete? There are other types of characters. Are your skills now unprofitable? There are other skills. This poster has the answer to everything because to him each aspect of the game can be easily replaced by another aspect. He is the type of player who enjoys doing everything so he simply cannot understand why people whine when their favorite things are taken away. After all, there is always something else to do.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Let's See YOU Make One</span><br /><br />This poster thinks every complaint is invalid because they were not made by a game developer. His motto is "if you can't make a better game then shut up." He likes to ask other posters if they think they can do better than challenges them to develop their own game. He doesn't even care about what the other poster's complaint is, he just thinks all complaints by non-game devs are inherently invalid.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Marquis de Sade's Brother</span><br /><br />To the sadistic poster, human suffering is sweeter than mother's milk. The more people complain and whine, the better he likes it. Common examples of posts are titled "LMFAO, Pkers owned by update" or "Don't you just love it when nerds cry?" These posters thrive on pain and chaos. He loved riots and posts on quitting posts by saying "goodbye and good riddance." Sarcasm is his favored tool and harsh posts by other people delight him. He is the the player hater of MMORPGs. He may hate merchants, skillers, duellers, pkers, boss teams, veterans, wealthy or any other type of player, but one thing is for sure, he hates them with a vitriolic vigor. Frequently he hates them because he has had bad experiences with these types of player before or perhaps he just envies them.</blockquote>Meilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203322454881834519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19294456.post-52314027994581463242007-11-09T00:12:00.000-08:002007-11-09T00:44:07.418-08:00Runescape rare items (partyhats, santas, masks, easter eggs and pumpkins)To a new player, bewildered by the astronomical prices of holiday items from Runescape Classic (also known as Rs1, or the first version of Rs), rares can be a mind-boggling phenomenon. Why is a colored party hat with no equipment stats or any actualk benefits cost hundreds of millions of gold pieces? One word: rarity. Such items, though useless, are the rarest items in Rs so they are worth that much to players.<br /><br />Allow me then, an older player who was actually there when these rares were dropped explain a bit on how we used to look at these items.<br /><br />In 2001, two holiday items were introduced, pumpkins during Halloween and crackers at Christmas. Pumpkins can be eaten and traded. At that time, very few got pumpkins as it was thr first holiday item. During Christmas however, people were already somewhat expecting a Christmas item and many were dropped throughout the day.<br /><br />A rainbow system message would flash on the screen saying "Merry Christmas" and then crackers would appear on the ground. Players would then race each other to get the items. This was just a funny game and no one got upset. Those who got none could easily buy or ask friends for the crackers as no one put much importance on them. They were just a fun item. Crackers are meant to be used on another person and the two people recieve random prizes which always includes one party hat of a random color. For example, I pulled a cracker on Who Da Best. He got 10 iron ore certificates and I got a white party hat.<br /><br />Some people did not bother to get any party hats or crackers. Some bought theirs. Some sold them. Some dropped their items on the ground. Some sold theirs to the general store. Many ate the edible items (easter eggs and pumpkins). A few kept the items. <br /><br />In my pics website, a top player wearing a white party hat while pking in the wilderness. At the time this was considered cheap as party hats were worthless. One of my friends used to pk wearing a party hat then drop it for space whenever he got a kill. Another friend was scammed for 500k gp because he didn't know what a pumpkin was, he thought it was rare. Ironically, it has become rare now and it is worth more than 1 mil.<br /><br />Now as to myself personally, I kept some of the rares, especially the wearable ones like party hats, santa hats and masks. Many people dropped their holiday items because of the very limited bank space but I had an advantage as a pure since I did not need bank space for skills. I just liked the look of party hats so I used them for events such as weddings and level up parties.<br /><br />Basically, what I am saying is that the early holiday items were fun. We liked them a lot. However, they were hardly important or rare at that time.Meilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203322454881834519noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19294456.post-9774415742424147922007-10-08T18:22:00.000-07:002008-06-09T04:57:27.817-07:00All about Andrew GowerI was talking on AIM with an old player, Gregechidna6 (3rd to 99 hp if I recal correctly), who mentioned that he still had pictures of Andrew Gower. When I failed to see what was unusual about that, he commented that most players nowadays have no idea what he looks like. Well, if anyone still has Skittles's old "ballerina pic" I would really like a copy. :)<br /><br />Until then, we will just have to content ourselves with the excellent "Unofficial Andrew Gower Archive" at <a href="http://gowerarchive.googlepages.com/">http://gowerarchive.googlepages.com/</a> which includes pictures and personal information about Andrew Gower.<br /><br />I also have stored in my computer some old posts in newgroups such as comp.graphics.animation. Here are two posts, one even has the adress and telephone numbers of Jagex (old).<br /><br /><blockquote>Hi all! <br />I'm currently halfway through writing my own mud :-) In a desperate attempt <br />to make it stand out from the crowd, I've opted to make it a real-time mud <br />complete with graphics, and a point and click interface. <br /><br />I've never written anything quite like this before, so I'm not sure what <br />problems I might face. I know its not exactly the same as running a text <br />based mud, but presumably some of the problems I might face will be the <br />same. Any advice, ideas or general feedback would be very much appreciated! <br /><br />I've already spent a *lot* of time on this project! I've had to write my own <br />engine entirely from scratch. When it goes online all you'll have to do to <br />play is go to my webpage, the java program which handles all the graphics <br />will load, and automatically connect to the server. I'm amazed how well <br />things are going, because to start with I never thought this idea would <br />work, but its now working very well. The network code is very optimised and <br />only requires a bandwidth of about 0.3k /sec to play smoothly! <br /><br />It should go online in about a month (hopefully!), and I might start taking <br />on beta testers slightly before that. For more details and screenshots visit <br />this webpage: http://sleepy.fitz.cam.ac.uk/mud/ <br /><br />Thanks <br />Andrew Gower</blockquote><br /><br /><br />This was taken from googlegroups.com which has an archive.<br /><br /><blockquote>Hi, <br />We are interesting in purchasing some 2d sprites for our new runescape RPG <br />game. (see http://www.jagex.com/runescape.html) <br /><br />The sort of thing we need is animations of various monsters to use in our <br />game. For instance a dragon, a giant-rat, a giant-spider, a skeleton, a <br />ghost, etc... To give you a sense of scale we imagine the skeleton would be <br />aprox 48x88 pixels (doesn't have to be exactly that size). The rat perhaps <br />97x53 pixels (side view size). The dragon would perhaps 140x100 (side view <br />size). <br /><br />Each monster needs to be drawn facing 5 different directions with 3 frames <br />of walking animation per direction (we are actually using 8 directions, but <br />for 3 of them we are just flipping other views to save memory, the monsters <br />need to be designed so they flip without any obvious innacuracies, (e.g <br />objects switching hand) but we're not worrying about the shading being the <br />wrong way around on a few frames as this really doesn't show up). <br /><br />We also require a 3 frame combat animation per monster, this only needs to <br />be drawn from one viewing angle (sideways on - facing right). <br /><br />If anyone thinks they can supply these graphics or knows a good place where <br />I can look please contact me via email. We would need to own any graphics we <br />commission, such that they are exclusive to our game. We are also interested <br />in top-quality graphics only, as we aiming for a professional quality game. <br /><br />Graphics should be supplied in 256 colour gif format. No jpegs please, and <br />no anti-aliasing or dithering! (It takes too much memory, this is going to <br />be an online game so has to download quickly). We do of course still want <br />them to look good, so good shading and fine detail is important. <br /><br />If you can supply these graphics please tell me: <br />a) how much will it cost per monster (Each monster requires a total of 18 <br />frames of animation) <br />b) do you have any relevant samples of work I can see? For example any <br />animating sprite of a monster or person. The more examples the better, as we <br />have no shortage of internet bandwidth here. We won't use any samples you <br />send us in our game without paying you. <br />c) Any other relevant information you can give me <br /><br />Thanks <br /><br />Andrew Gower <br />Jagex Software (http://www.jagex.com) <br />Unit 213, 48 Regent Street, Cambridge, CB2 1FD, England <br />Tel: +44 (0)870 3215241</blockquote><br /><br />Disclaimer: This blog is not in any way connected to Jagex, Andrew Gower or Runescape. The information here was taken from usenet archives and are freely available online for anyone who wishes to search for it.Meilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203322454881834519noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19294456.post-69913556756342310102007-03-02T05:15:00.000-08:002007-03-02T05:15:16.597-08:00The Runescape Wilderness: Black hole fun in Runescape - an early punishment for cheats<a href="http://stripeybank.blogspot.com/2007/03/black-hole-fun-in-runescape-early.html">The Runescape Wilderness: Black hole fun in Runescape - an early punishment for cheats</a>Meilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203322454881834519noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19294456.post-38035775723434263142007-03-02T03:43:00.000-08:002007-03-02T03:57:59.186-08:00Black hole fun in Runescape - an early punishment for cheatsAlas Fisher Mark, I knew him not at all.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.geocities.com/runescapegrudge/">http://www.geocities.com/runescapegrudge/</a> Is titled "<a href="http://www.geocities.com/runescapegrudge/">Grudges of Runescape</a>" and apparently created as an online petition of sorts for Fisher Mark, a Runescape player who was banished to the black hole by Moderator.<br /><br />Notice the age of the screenshots where the fps (frames per second) can be clearly seen on the bottom right hand corner of the picture. Unlike the majority of stories by those who have been banned, this is very humorous.<br /><br /><blockquote>This site is temporarily dedicated to the loss of Fisher Mark and his long time apprentice Rs Helper. Fisher Mark is furiously trying to dig his way out of the black hole after moderator pushed him in when he was fishing, and come to justice with the asswipe that ratted him out as a macro user, Big10fan.</blockquote><br />It finishes with a plaintive request for other players to buy a spade and dig into the black hole for Fisher Mark.<br /><br />Not that I am endorsing macroing or Runescape cheats but the web site is just hilarious and the pictures are very old and funny.Meilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203322454881834519noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19294456.post-1145547718275130522006-04-20T08:40:00.000-07:002007-10-08T18:20:47.894-07:00Old Runescape newsletter from 2001Wow! While browsing through the <a href="http://forum.tip.it/index.php">Tip It</a> forums I found M Oldfield's text of the old Runescape newsletter. Jagex no longer sends this newsletter (or any other email) so don't be fooled by imitations, but anyway look at the old news. Probably the most interesting parts are the hiscore lists.<br /><br /><blockquote>Jan 21, 2001<br />RuneScape Newsletter - Issue #1<br />Welcome to the first<br />ever RuneScape newsletter.<br />Firsly a big thank-you to everyone who's been<br />playing, and has helped makeRuneScape a great success. We only launched just<br />over 2 weeks ago, and wealready have over 28000 signed up players, and the game<br />has been played for atotal time of over 4.5 years!<br /><br />Help keep RuneScape free------------------------Renting a server to run<br />RuneScape is expensive! I really want to avoid chargingpeople to play, so please<br />please help me keep it free by visiting the websitebelow and signing up for a<br />few *free* offers. Thanks!<br />Want to win Free Cash every day? Try the<br />newest Freebie site on the Internettoday, FreebieClub.com. Of course it's loaded<br />with free loot: great vacations,magazines and samples galore!http://www.freebieclub.com/<br /><br />What's new in Runescape-----------------------The RuneScape team has been<br />working very hard over the past 2 weeks to improvethe game and bring you new<br />features. Major new features are:<br /><br />New desert city Al-kharid with:<br />-Scimitar shop: Buy and sell curvy<br />swords-Furnace: Conveniant for smelting ore from the desert-Silk trader: Buy<br />silk here and sell it in varrock for a profit. The amount youmake depends on how<br />many other people are silk trading.-General store: Another place to buy and sell<br />your items-Platemail Legs shop: A full range of leg armour to spend your money<br />on-Kebab shop: Eating kebabs has a random effect. They're normally good,<br />butrumour has it that a few of them are a bit dodgy. They'll never kill you<br />though<br />New Quest in Draynor Manor<br />Draynor Manor has been opened and<br />there's spooky things inside! There's avampire asleep in the cellar, and<br />Professor Oddenstein who lives in the attichas accidently turned someone into a<br />chicken! To make things worse gremlins havehidden the parts of his machine, so<br />he can't turn the chicken back. Can you findthe missing pieces to complete this<br />quest?<br />Plus over the past 2 weeks we've also<br />-Improved the map page to<br />show the locations of useful shops-Added a 'who's playing' page so you can see<br />if your friends are on-Made Lumbridge safe to give a place to hide from player<br />killers-Improved the shops to reduce queueing-Reduced the network requirements<br />so the game works over more connections-Fixed lots of little problems/bugs with<br />the game to make it more reliable<br /><br />What's planned--------------We are of course working on many more<br />improvements to add to the game to make iteven better. We have nearly finished<br />work on the bank which will hopefully beadded to Varrock city tommorow. The bank<br />is a safe place to store your money,such that even if you die it can't be lost.<br />After that the magic system is duefor a big overhaul with lots of new spells<br />being added, plus we'll be addingsome entirely new professions such as crafting<br />and fishing to add even morevariety to the game. The next planned quest is 'The<br />vampire slayer quest' inwhich you must work out how to slay the evil vampire<br />currently sleeping inDraynor Manor.<br /><br />Runescape hiscores------------------Below are the top scores as they<br />were at 3pm GMT on Sunday-21st. Only the top 25players are shown, but I'm<br />planning on adding a new page to the website soonwhich will allow you to search<br />for the ranking of any player and see how youcompare with everyone else.<br />The<br />hiscores are currently in 4 categories. If there are more categories whichyou<br />think should be included let me know and I'll consider putting them in thenext<br />newsletter.<br /><br />Top 25 players - score is total of all skills<br />1: lightning - 506<br />2: Gugge - 436<br />3: Rab - 428<br />4: Sir - 415<br />5: ZAPTONE_Z - 352<br />5: hurkules - 352<br />7: Devil_Hunter - 329<br />8: merlin - 324<br />9: Rodrigo - 321<br />9: Hellbringer - 321<br />11: RattSabre - 320<br />12: The_Unknown - 319<br />13: stud690 - 317<br />14: Flex_10 - 312<br />15: Morfnak - 311<br />16: Day_Dream - 306<br />17: Lord_Soth - 305<br />18: TheReturnOfX - 302<br />19: Ashley - 301<br />20: Auxilus - 300<br />21: Sunjon - 288<br />22: terminator - 287<br />23: kancer - 283<br />23: Axebane_Hawk - 283<br />25: KingKong - 280<br /><br />Top 25 fighters - score is total combat skill<br />1: lightning - 200<br />2: Gugge - 182<br />3: Rab - 178<br />4: Robin_Hood2 - 172<br />5: stud690 - 164<br />6: Sir - 163<br />7: Day_Dream - 160<br />8: terminator - 159<br />9: Ashley - 155<br />10: Morfnak - 149<br />11: merlin - 148<br />12: The_Unknown - 146<br />13: Flex_10 - 141<br />14: Lord_Soth - 138<br />15: hurkules - 136<br />16: ZAPTONE_Z - 134<br />17: LoneWolf_LD - 133<br />18: RattSabre - 131<br />18: TheReturnOfX - 131<br />18: constant - 131<br />21: SilencerLD - 130<br />22: Auxilus - 129<br />22: caramon - 129<br />24: Sir_Beachy - 128<br />24: Axebane_Hawk - 128<br /><br />Top 25 player killers - score is number of kills<br />1: DaRk_RoCk - 100<br />2: SilencerLD - 953<br />: Robin_Hood2 - 83<br />3: Mortis - 83<br />5: EndBringer - 80<br />6: Phadera - 69<br />7: bomboy2328 - 68<br />8: donk - 67<br />9: Windstick - 65<br />10: Yemen - 64<br />11: Yokomon - 61<br />11: RCCBrasil - 61<br />13: lancelot24 - 60<br />14: Samhill - 58<br />14: Samikaze - 58<br />14: DecIll - 58<br />17: koma - 55<br />18: robsimons - 53<br />18: Rankka - 53<br />20: ace2you - 52<br />20: adam2000 - 52<br />22: plumaglob - 51<br />22: Wolf - 51<br />24: God - 50<br />24: crazy_joe75 - 50<br /><br />Top 25 smiths - score is mining + smithing<br />1: lightning - 88<br />2: dmonik - 87<br />3: The_Unknown - 84<br />4: KPOBb - 81<br />5: Lord_Soth - 80<br />6: Rodrigo - 74<br />6: TheReturnOfX - 74<br />6: Silverion - 74<br />9: hurkules - 73<br />9: Garbages - 73<br />9: Deckchair - 73<br />12: Sir - 70<br />12: Auxilus - 70<br />14: Bubba_bobba - 68<br />14: Lordrlz - 68<br />16: Flurble - 67<br />16: Flex_10 - 67<br />16: stud690 - 67<br />16: Tiney - 67<br />20: Gugge - 66<br />20: natslayer - 66<br />20: Vit - 66<br />20: Sgt_Savage - 66<br />20: STarlude - 66<br />25: Arcon - 65<br /><br />Thanks for reading this newsletter, have fun playing the game!Andrew Gower<br />(RuneScape<br />creator)<br />-----------------------------------------------------------------You<br />are receiving this newsletter because you asked to receive it whenyou created<br />your RuneScape character. We do not send unsolicited email.<br /></blockquote>Meilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203322454881834519noreply@blogger.com5