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First one :D

 

 

Gratz, but what's with the drag skirt?

Imma guess from the antifire in his invent, Irons/Steels task beforehand and decided not to waste time banking.

Did you just come back or something, Gremmy? Haven't seen ya in a bit. And gratz on the drop !

 

Nah hehe, been back for quite some time now :D

 

Moar unspam:

 

 

Lsp woo

 

<3: <3: <3:

"Lol who in the name of Jesus cares? It's a game. Leave those nerds that feel Rockeffeler by buying pixel rares be happy. Anyway rares and such suck and are useless.I think a needle is way more usefull than a phat, atleast you can train craft with it"

Not that hard, you just have to lrn2readtrollishdialect.

 

He definitely said "Zeus's butt hole", which looks nothing like "Jesus." :blink:

 

<3: <3: <3:

Gz on 99 wc! i got it my self not to long ago.

 

Some lvl I got:

 

I'm glad I didn't have enough points to block these. :P

Holy 5man Batman! And nice 20m hp exp =P

Luck much (4):

Nice, Maz. o-o

 

Good luck with drops by the way. :3

Edit: And grats sk8er.

I started this project a while back, i took a break then start it up again.

Hope you guys are entertained!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD8W5IFpYv8

 

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Gtfo you ruin the economy

 

I can make all that money in 2 flips any ways... 2 flips takes 9 hours.. 7 76k's take 15 hours...

Got an email supposedly from Jagex about a Bonus XP Weekend, seemed phishy (pun intended), but the URL looked legit and the links in the email take you to the real Runescape website. I'm just questioning it because I have never received an email from Jagex other than saying my membership payment has gone through. Anyone know about this?

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peace,

Vann

That looks like a hack attempt.. there is no way jagex would do that.

*cool*! :P

Actually if you go on the Home page of Runescape and scroll down to the bottom there is a Developer's Blog called "Save the Date" and it is actually legit.

 

http://services.runescape.com/m=devblog/view_post.ws?post_id=84

 

It is March 12th-15th and you will receive 2.7x Experience down to 1.1x Experience the more you play.

 

[Hide=Developer's Blog]On the weekend of the 12th of March 2010, we will be running a "bonus XP weekend" for RuneScape members. This has been officially announced in our newsletter (if you haven't already, then sign up for it here).

 

We've put together this blog as more of an FAQ to answer any questions about the weekend and we will be around on the forums to answer any questions that come up.

 

What exactly is a bonus XP weekend?

 

As the name implies, there will be the opportunity over the weekend of the 12th of March to gain extra XP for standard training activities

 

When will this be happening?

 

Between the hours of 12:00PM GMT on Friday 12th March and 12:00PM GMT Monday 15th March (so, all of that Saturday and Sunday). These times are a rough estimate, but we will put a news post out as soon as the event starts.

 

I don't use GMT! Tell me what time this will be in my country.

 

Here's an idea of times in different areas:

EST - 07:00 AM Friday 12th to 07:00 AM Monday 15th

PST - 04:00 AM Friday 12th to 04:00 AM Monday 15th

Australia - 23:00 PM Friday 12th to 23:00 PM Monday 15th

CET 12:00 PM Friday 12th to 12:00 PM Monday 15th

Brazil (east) - 09:00 AM Friday 12th to 09:00 PM Monday 15th

 

For more information, please use the handy and helpful Time Conversion Thread.

 

How does the bonus XP work?

 

When you initially log in on the weekend, you will gain approx 2.7x XP for all "normal training" activities (see the question below for a list). While you are logged in, a timer will be running over the time you are logged into the game. Over time, the bonus will decrease to a minimum of 1.1x your usual rate.

 

Your XP rate will be shown in-game over the course of the weekend, and you will have access to an interface showing a running total of the extra XP you have earned (over what you would have normally earned) as well as the amount of time you have logged in. Your bonus XP rate will NOT decrease when you are not logged into the game, so do not feel pressured to play continuously.

 

What activities will earn me bonus XP?

 

Normal training activities will earn you the bonus XP. Every fight, log cut or hunter trap you lay will grant you a multiple of the XP it would normally give.

 

Typical training activities for each skill (not an exhaustive list):

 

* Attack and Strength - melee combat

* Ranged - ranged combat, Circus

* Magic - magic combat and other spell casting (e.g. enchanting jewellery, alchemy, teleporting), Circus

* Defence and Hitpoints - from all forms of combat

* Agility - completing courses, using shortcuts, Circus

* Construction - building furniture in your POH

* Cooking - cooking food on range/fire/spit

* Crafting - crafting pots, armour, jewellery, battlestaves, blowing glass

* Farming - weeding, planting/harvesting crops, checking tree health

* Firemaking - lighting fires, burning evil tree roots, lighting beacons

* Fishing - catching fish

* Fletching - fletching bows/arrows/crossbows/bolts, etc

* Herblore - cleaning herbs, mixing potions

* Hunter - setting/checking traps, butterfly/bird/impling catching, falconry

* Mining - mining ores/gems, mining shooting stars

* Prayer - burying bones

* Runecrafting - crafting runes at any altar, combination runes

* Slayer - doing Slayer tasks

* Smithing - smelting ores, smithing metal bars

* Summoning - infusing pouches, summoning familiars

* Thieving - pickpocketing, thieving from chests/stalls

* Woodcutting - cutting trees/evil trees

 

What is the specific calculation for my modifier?

Formula and graph of bonus XP calculation

Formula and graph of bonus XP calculation

 

WARNING: Maths below.

 

The calculation for this is as follows:

If you put this into a graphics calculator or even Wolfram Alpha you will see a parabolic curve. It has a nice smooth reduction over time. At 10+ hours we set the multiplier to be 1.1 (the tangent of this equation).

 

We hope any of you that are studying maths will get a kick out of knowing the internal calculations we are doing to get the value of your multiplier, and of discussing it on the forums.

 

What activities will NOT earn me bonus XP?

 

* Quest XP rewards

* Items that give XP (e.g. genie lamps, tomes of experience)

* XP rewards at the end of minigames (e.g. Tears of Guthix, Soul Wars, Pest Control)

* Anything which allows point exchange for XP (e.g. Penguin Points, Brimhaven Agility Arena tickets, Slayer incentives, Mrs Winkin's World of Seeds shop from Vinesweeper, jade vine)

 

Can I use my clay items, Penance horn, brawling gloves, etc, to add to my bonus XP?

 

These items will not work during the weekend as the effects of the bonus XP weekend will override any other items or areas that enhance XP rates. The item will not degrade when used during the bonus XP weekend. This includes clay items, Penance horns, brawling gloves, flame gloves/ring of fire, Fishing/Runecrafting/dragon slayer gloves and POH altars.

 

Why are you running this?

 

It's an idea we've had for a while (and were obviously not the first gaming company to think of it; many online games have bonus XP weekends). We wanted to give people a chance to do training on existing skills before we launch the new one (note: this isn't a teaser for the skill's release date).

 

I'm not around that weekend. Will I be able to use my quota another time?

 

No. The bonus XP effects will only be available over this weekend.

 

What happens if I miss out

 

Don't worry. If this event goes well, then we will likely be running further bonus XP weekends.

 

Why is this members-only?

 

Future bonus XP events may well be opened up to free players as well, but we're waiting to see how this one works before making that decision.

 

But what if I don't want to play for the whole weekend?

 

The ideal time for training with bonus XP is during your first few hours of in-game time over the weekend - the diminishing returns means that once youve played for more than 10 hours you will no longer be getting a significant advantage in your training.

 

Dont you think this cheapens training?/I already have 99 in all skills.

 

We think this is an update which appeals to a wide spectrum of players - from people who have just started out and will welcome a boost, to mid-level players striving for a goal, to high-level players training their last few skills, and even to those maxed-out players who are aiming for the 200 million mark in a skill. As everyone is being given the same opportunity, and that the significant benefit only lasts for ten hours, we do not feel it cheapens anything.

 

Isnt this going to ruin the economy?

 

Ten hours of increased XP isn't going to harm the economy any more than the release of any other new way of training skills. We do expect prices for certain items to rise in the run up to this weekend, but to then naturally level out afterwards. This is one of the reasons we are giving plenty of advance warning.

 

What will you do to stop merchant clans, etc, taking advantage of this knowledge?

 

To effectively manipulate a price you need a unique item that doesn't usually have a lot of variation in value. We're expecting demand to go up for certain items in the run up to this update, but this isn't something which can be set by a single agenda as the economy as a whole is going to be up.

 

Who developed this/who will answer my questions?

 

Mod Fnord was the technical developer for this project, with Mod Chihiro helping with design and Mod Knox being around to answer questions.

 

Any further questions that we havent covered will be edited into this blog entry in time for the bonus XP weekend. Well be monitoring the forum thread for the next few days, but please be aware we cant always give personal answers to questions immediately.

 

If you'd like to discuss this blog on the forums, please visit this forum thread.

 

Project: Bonus XP Weekend

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peace,

Vann

Theres a thread about the bonus xp weekend.

I got the same email and I think its legit well almost positive.

 

 

Old pic I found. Sarge is in the cc lol.

 

Hyt? He still plays, he's a good friend of mine.

Got an email supposedly from Jagex about a Bonus XP Weekend, seemed phishy (pun intended), but the URL looked legit and the links in the email take you to the real Runescape website. I'm just questioning it because I have never received an email from Jagex other than saying my membership payment has gone through. Anyone know about this?

[hide=Jagex News]

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peace,

Vann

 

Does Jagex send you that newsletter to your email right?

 

I've signed up for that crap, and I haven't got one single newsletter from them. :cry:

#6 I think

ok i got this last weekend but internert was capped to like -10000000kb/s so i didnt have the patience to upload it.

 

Set my self the mini goal of 85-90 slayer for a little something to do. Took abit longer then i expected but whatever.

 

 

and my loot tab from 85-90 slayer (nothing has been sold and everything in there is loot. i did use like 1k crims to get geyser titan half way through and also had lots of ferocious rings but yea they come and go)

 

slayer points (death/mind runes) (also unlocked broad bolts)

 

so the totall loooooottt:

 

 

oh i also had mtk going for like 2 weeks while slaying and only bothered getting my reputation or whatever back up like once and for like the last week it wasnt using the full amount of cash but yea whatever heres the loot from that:

 

anyway now thats done its time to bank 95 pray :D (ive already used like 15k cballs and killed quite a few dragons >=])

 

 

anyway thats my big little post.

I R Prepared For 2.7x XP day!

 

:D.

i wanted to do sum for exp boost but cant get any supplies.... got charms and money...

I R Prepared For 2.7x XP day!

 

:D.

 

You're not prepared until you've made unfinished!

 

I've just cleaned 8k toadflax and made 5k into unfinished and i'm losing the will to live.

Doing slayer for an hour or so to keep my sanity.

I R Prepared For 2.7x XP day!

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:D.

 

You're not prepared until you've made unfinished!

 

I've just cleaned 8k toadflax and made 5k into unfinished and i'm losing the will to live.

Doing slayer for an hour or so to keep my sanity.

I just meant because they are going to go up in price. ;).