Tip.it Times 10 January 2010

[Troacctid]

That was cruel, disclaimers like that should be in the beginning.

 

In the second article "Accepting this to be largely true, Jagex made a concerted effort in 2010 to cater..." I think 2010 should really be 2009 and "Right now, level 72 woodcutting is required before your rank surpasses 1M and appears in a common stat signature," you only need to be in the top 2 million to show up in the highscores. Someone should have fact checked that article.

Yeah, you only need 63 woodcutting, which is about 1/3 as much xp. Pretty big difference.

 

And it still shows up in the Adventurer's Log if you don't have it--good reason to make the AL available to free players.

[Big_Stingman]

Would you all have been more inclined to read it if the disclaimer was actually in the beginning?

 

That was the problem I have to consider while writing this article, or any article, for the Times. As a writer I have to find a way to draw readers in. Now regardless of the reaction towards it, I'm glad that at least there are some, but disappointed that no one's tried to even write up their own ideas for the year yet.

 

So go ahead and criticize the fact that a disclaimer wasn't even put in the beginning instead of what the article was about if that's what you're so intent upon doing.<_<

 

At least we would tell you it's an idea first...and not say that we had an interview with Jagex about it. We people of the interwebz are very gullible you know! Lol but seriously I got pwned... =D>

[wab]

belived the 1st article...untill "daylight" *huh? okay this is 100% bluff*

 

GF. 8-)

 

P.S. kinda sick of articles like the 2nd, witch basically don't discuss anything except just telling us obvious facts, and in this case, as someone said above, some were even false :lol:

[essiw]

I am suprised so many people fell for this :o, i read the sentence 'I got a chance to sit down with a Jagex staff member who gave me a few hints of what we can expect for 2010!" Then thought "yeah right as if they would ever do that" scrolled down and saw the disclaimer. but it was funny to read so well done :)

[Saru Inc]

The only good thing about realizing that article was false: I no longer wanted to scream because FTP3 was in June...I thought you had been talking to jagex so i was like.. :o not june...so ... long...

 

 

I know! I was like "wtf, June?!"

 

 

 

Cruel, cruel writer.

[Umoria]

I was excited with the first article. Fairy Tale Part 3 sounds good, and the night/daytime should be really fun.

Even the quest with muddy water, and the UFT sounded to good to be true!

 

But then again, when something seems to good to be true, it usually is.

 

Still, I gonna play RS, even if the updates aren't what I hoped. :mrgreen:

[Umoria]

I am suprised so many people fell for this :o, i read the sentence 'I got a chance to sit down with a Jagex staff member who gave me a few hints of what we can expect for 2010!" Then thought "yeah right as if they would ever do that" scrolled down and saw the disclaimer. but it was funny to read so well done :)

 

I really felt for this, mainly because I hoped to see a tiny thing of the things to come this year.

Maybe it's a good suggestion to Jagex :grin:

I must confess, that I read about Oktober, and I was like: since when Jagex went on beer drinking like the Germans? Although it sounded like fun. Drinking beer in Mos L'harmless

with a few mates and dwarves in German costumes :cool:

[qeltar]

If that first article had been posted here, the author would have been flamed to a char and then the thread would have been locked. That's all I have to say about that.

[Mdeoxys]

I am suprised so many people fell for this :o, i read the sentence 'I got a chance to sit down with a Jagex staff member who gave me a few hints of what we can expect for 2010!" Then thought "yeah right as if they would ever do that" scrolled down and saw the disclaimer. but it was funny to read so well done :)

I must agree with you that discussing all the updates of this year is over the top, but you'll be surprised of much time Jagex invests in this community. ;)

[strilmus]

That being said, I wouldn't mind if there really was an ingame, not holiday related event that turned the water red. That would be so awesome even if it is ridiculously gross!

[Reztral]

I was thinking the first one was real until I got to the end. Pwned once again.

[qeltar]

Would you all have been more inclined to read it if the disclaimer was actually in the beginning?

I would have. I specifically didn't read it because my first reaction was "this can't be legit". So I skimmed it, found the disclaimer at the bottom, rolled my eyes and shut the window.

 

So go ahead and criticize the fact that a disclaimer wasn't even put in the beginning instead of what the article was about if that's what you're so intent upon doing.<_<

Well, I believe you said you did it as you did because you wanted a "hook" to get people to read the article. But if you take a short-cut like hoodwinking the reader, the other edge of the sword is that some won't be very happy about it.

 

I think a better approach is a more interesting title. Something like "What if Tip.it got a sneak peek at this year's updates...?" or similar would have intrigued plenty of readers without tricking them.

[Imxset]

I see lots of cool updates are planned :D

sounds good ;)

[Melencholy]

heh good job forsakenmage. I really believed it till the note.

 

the second article brings up some interesting points.

[Giordano]

You guys are overreacting about the disclaimer. You were fooled, get over it.

[Evil Pig20]

Heh, the second I saw the "day/night" idea I scrolled to the bottom - I sussed you good ;) If it's too good to be true it probobly is.

 

(Woot, not posted here in two years, dayum! Sweet new forum to boot)

[i_D_r]

Tbh, I read until I was so disgusted with the amount of holiday updates, and came to this thread to complain. I was so upset I didn't even read the disclaimer lol