Sunday, February 27, 2011

Teaser Pics + New Staff Member

Mod Scorpion has once again (thankfully) released a teaser pic for this week's game update, despite the fact that this month's behind the scenes hasn't even been released yet (:o!). The top two pictures are from RuneHQ, and the bottom one is either from the RuneScape twitter account or Mod Scorpion's twitter account and are property of Jagex.




I must grudgingly say that i think it's probably Elemental Workshop IV (And i say grudgingly because i don't need another puzzle-filled elemental workshop quest getting in the way of my Quest Cape), but the strange carts and the weird skull symbol in the third picture looks unfamiliar and quite devious, which makes me wonder if this is something different altogether. Guess we'll see in tomorrow's Behind the Scenes.

Last, but certainly not least, i'd like to welcome Hippy (formally l hippy l) to the website. He's going to be a weekly writer and a member of our content team (which now consists of, that's right, two people! Woah!). You should find an "about us" page up soon and a signature of some sort for him at the bottom of the page as soon as we can get all the technicalities of getting him added to the blog team sorted out...

Anyway, I hope you guys are looking forward to this week's update and Behind the Scenes as much as I am. Although i have to say, i'm still training Runecrafting for last month's gnome quest. Urgh...

Have fun 'Scapin!

Tee 3

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Distractions & Diversions page added!

You all should be pleased to know that I have recently added a "Distractions & Diversions" page that will be home to weekly information pertaining to the location of the circus and penguin hide and seek! You can find a link to this page near the top of the site. Hopefully it should help some people out.

If you have any ideas for improving the page's aesthetics, leave a comment! I'd be glad to hear your ideas.

Remember to tell your friends about us; if we want to get the site up off the ground we're going to need tweets, facebook posts, emails, and more!

Thanks everyone, and i hope you enjoy the website.

Tee 3

Bonus Exp Weekend: March 11th to 13th

That's right everyone, once again Jagex will be hosting a double experience weekend for Runescape Members. From Friday, March 11th to Sunday, March 13th players can earn bonus experience in all the various skills. The official news post can be found here, and the Dev Blog can be found here. Here's the basic information:
  • Bonus Exp will only be available to Runescape Members.
  • Bonus Exp is calculated on game time. When you first get on you'll start at a modifier of 2.7x the normal experience, but as your game time for the weekend increases your experience modifier will steadily dwindle. After ten hours in game your bonus experience will be reduced to a steady rate of 1.1x.
  • Summoning will only get 1.1x normal experience all weekend long.
  • Brawling gloves, penance horns, sacred clay tools, etc. will not provide extra experience over the weekend. Save them for later guys :P
  • The Experience counter will change from (XP) to (XP+) to display how much bonus experience you've gained over the weekend, but you can hover over the counter to check your actual experience counter.
So gather up your herbs, logs, and bones and get ready for an epic skilling weekend (and a way to let the bank take a rest... technically everything costs less since they're worth more exp, or something...). Good luck, and have fun 'Scapin!