Nul_Oblivion Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Back in the day when JAGeX would "drop" the holiday items, how exactly did they drop them? Did members of the JAGeX staff log on to the game and literally drop these holiday items or did they just respawn in different places around the world? I've always wondered what they mean by holiday "drop". Thanks, Retired Member Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtacrackhead Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Actually players obtained them from NPCs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbarron2 Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 well i rember when santa gave me a yo-yo he was in verroc square back then they were worth like 12 coins at genral store Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fallen_snipa Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 lol i got a yo-yo too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themaster3k Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 When items were dropped they would appear at time intervals just randomly among the ground. There would be a system message that appeared on the screen saying "Merry Xmas" or something along those lines and the items would just appear on the ground. I dont know if the density of items was relevent to the number of players on the server but when I was on I saw atleast 5 items in visual range if I remember correctly. Of course they were snatched up pretty quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TaDaraCampbell Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 I hope they will try a drop again :cry: noobs complaining they didnt get anything, well then maybe they should have tried... ehh.. yea :? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtacrackhead Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 I hope they will try a drop again :cry: noobs complaining they didnt get anything, well then maybe they should have tried... ehh.. yea :? Dont hope for that. Jagex got so angry on how everyone exploited the items for profit. Better off hoping for an f2p update every week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themaster3k Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 If they did resume drops it would probably help noobs more then if they didn't. It would give new players the chance to have a rare item! Duh Jagex! Oh yeah, plus make the game more fun! Which is what a videogame is supposed to do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezcake Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 When items were dropped they would appear at time intervals just randomly among the ground. There would be a system message that appeared on the screen saying "Merry Xmas" or something along those lines and the items would just appear on the ground. I dont know if the density of items was relevent to the number of players on the server but when I was on I saw atleast 5 items in visual range if I remember correctly. Of course they were snatched up pretty quickly. lol, I remember when that happened. Things would just randomly start popping up. It wasn't like they were scarce or hidden; they'd be on the roads, in cabbage patches, on ports, and in the wilderness. They don't do any more drops because people are greedy. :wink: ==================================Retired tip.it moderator.Teaching and inspiring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast647 Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 well i rember when santa gave me a yo-yo he was in verroc square back then they were worth like 12 coins at genral store o rly? yo yos are untradable Come to #tip-it on Swift IRC, if you're cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runescapeloser22 Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 i heard that monsters dropped em and they appeared on the ground, but im probably wrong #-o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Role_Model Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 I still can't believe I ate my pumpkin. :cry: back to rs, i guess. it's been 4 months. RSN:P H Osho <- gonna start on him soon, fresh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giordano Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 i heard that monsters dropped em and they appeared on the ground, but im probably wrong #-o Lol that what my friend thought. Expet Jagex dropped Santas EVERY Christmas. :lol: I remember he was killing White Knights for days lol. :lol: "The cry of the poor is not always just, but if you never hear it you'll never know what justice is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue107 Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 pumpkins- dropped personally by rsguide, i remember following him all over the place and then i got a bunch at karamja and just went off for the night crackers-randomly spawning on the ground with a system message saying 'happy christmas' eggs-randomly on the ground at certain intervals, like every hour or so, i barely got 1 on entrana masks-dropped similar to eggs santas-dropped like eggs and masks bunny ears-dropped like santas,eggs and masks but you could only get one, i remember getting mine outside that blood chest wizard tower in ard scythe-this one was.. wow. dropped like bunny ears but alot of people didnt get any so complained so a few days later THOUSANDS of them were dropped everywhere, every square was filled with them yoyos i think, iforget, this was when i lost interest, you got them from a santa in ard i think 485th person to ever play RuneScapeBlue107- perm banned 10/12/2007. $300 USD reward if you can get me in contact with someone who will take 5 seconds to look at evidence and get my original character unbanned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. V. Devnull Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 Update to all: As of last october, they resumed holiday drops at rare intervals. These include so far: Halloween 2005 -- Zombie Head, another one gained from digging in the lum swamp grounds... Christmas 2005 -- Christmas Hats And Scarves, all regained up to the work you did from Diango... Easter 2006 -- Easter Ring, first gained from Easter Bunny if you did the task that needed doing, then from Diango afterward if you have the task done but lost the ring... I'm looking forward to another one next October of this type. Should be another nice drop from jagex that I would be thankful to get access to. :) ~Mr. D. V. Devnull and normally with a cool mind.(Warning: This user can be VERY confusing to some people... And talks in 3rd person for the timebeing due to how insane they are... Sometimes even to themself.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funny_fell0w Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 actually if jagex cant think of any ideas for giving out these stuff.. they can just simply just do the old school type of giving out a message then dropping items.. EXCEPT that they are untradable :D Forever F2P skill total: 1053 My Stats + Bank <!-- m -->http://forum.tip.it/viewtopic.php?t=516379<!-- m --> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_gr8 Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 TY! i had this question too :D F2P 4EVER; Cb 122+; Total 1288+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nul_Oblivion Posted August 10, 2006 Author Share Posted August 10, 2006 Thank you all very much. That'd be kind of funny just to see holiday items popping up on the road as you walk, lol. Retired Member Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaddd Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 A message appeared saying "Happy holidays from Jagex!" or something and drops would fall from the sky adn appeaar on the ground. This happened in random places. : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zibl Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 Actually players obtained them from NPCs. Actually, you need to shoot yourself in the foot. :wall: . Joking of course... well... about shooting yourself anyways. Holiday items were droppd RANDOMLY around all of RuneScape. You could just be walking and all the sudden one would pop up randomly. If you were lucky enough to see/get to it, then it was yours (obviously). Eventually Jagex noticed rares being WAY too pricey, so they decided to start making them non-tradeable (scythes, bunny ears). When RS2 came out, they decided to make it were nobody would complain anymore... by introducing NPCs and small tasks in order to botain the holiday items. RS Name: Zibl || Click Signature for my RS Life Story![ 87 Combat ] [ 1240 Total ] [ Ex-RSC Professional Merchant ]12.20.01 - 10.5.05 || Status: RetiredTotal losses in 5 years = just over 630 million gp (BILLIONS in today's prices) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. V. Devnull Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 When RS2 came out, they decided to make it were nobody would complain anymore... by introducing NPCs and small tasks in order to botain the holiday items. And here's what's sad about that... Now I have buddies that complain about not getting the chance to hit the holiday drop and unlock it just because they weren't online at the time. :( So I am like : and they are like ... I feel kinda sorry for them. But then again, I also think at the same time, "That's life. If you're there, you're there. If you're not, you're not." Personally, I don't like my internal comment, but sadly, it is what I have to watch out for, constantly. I guess it is just a lesson for everyone else, huh? What a head-banger. :wall: and normally with a cool mind.(Warning: This user can be VERY confusing to some people... And talks in 3rd person for the timebeing due to how insane they are... Sometimes even to themself.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stilev Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 just a few more clearifcation holiday drop - items droped in randoum placed all over rs these were all the tradable ones and (i believe scytes and bunny ears can some tell me lol) they are also not done any more holiday event - obtiend from a holiday based npc that was only around for a short period usually about 2 week which asked for a favor of some kind in return for the holiday item all are untradable are what jagex uses to get holiday items out now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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