Global RuneScape Site News

Perils of Ice Mountain Quest Guide

Aliensvortex — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:53:44 -0500

Hello all! We've just added a guide for the latest quest in RuneScape, Perils of Ice Mountain. Many thanks to Syntax Error for this great guide!

The dwarves of the Dwarven Mine have built the latest marvel of dwarven engineering: a machine to automatically make pickaxes for the many miners. In order to supply energy for this machine, they have commissioned a new power station on the slopes of Ice Mountain.

Projects of this scale are never without their problems, though. A hapless dwarf delivering resources to the power station has lost part of his delivery and any adventurer who helps him is bound to find more problems to solve.

Other news
When I wrote the Herald article "A Developer's View" a few weeks ago, I said that one of the things that made me work on a new code was the need for a better way to administrate the site. I've been working on this lately, and most of the core code of it has been done. Therefore, I've decided that it's time to start giving some users access to it - so they'll be able to edit the site. Syntax Error, who wrote the quest guide announced in this post, is the first user to get access to the control panel. He can only add and edit quest guides at the moment, but as bugs are fixed in other sections, he will get access to more areas of the administration panel, thus being the first one to become a site editor since [M]ike was promoted one year ago.

Obviously, as development continues, more people will eventually get access to it, which hopefully should make updates happen at a faster rate than before. To start with I will pick a few forum members based on their past contributions to the site, but as the system gets developed there might be other ways to show your interest, such as application forms or polls in a forum section for site editors. We will post more about this in the future, so be sure to stay tuned! Also, keep in mind that only forum members will have the ability to become site editors, and members with many good submissions will obviously have higher chances of becoming site editors.

That's all for now, enjoy!

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Grand Exchange synchronization

Aliensvortex — Sat, 03 May 2008 16:09:39 -0500

Hello all! When the Grand Exchange price database was released a few weeks ago, it also gave us the possibility to automatically update any item's Grand Exchange values from the RuneScape website. So we decided to make a feature that did exactly that, so all the prices in the item database are now retrieved from the Grand Exchange. The prices will automatically be updated once a day, but it is also possible to update the market values manually by clicking the small update icon () next to the item's values when you are viewing an item. We may add a chart that shows the items' price history, but we currently don't have enough data to do so at the moment.

Feedback and suggestions are welcome. If there is an item that seems to be retrieving the wrong information (which means that it looks up the wrong item in the Grand Exchange), please let us know so we can fix it. That's all for now, enjoy!

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Legacy of Seergaze Quest Guide

Aliensvortex — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:54:52 -0500

Hello all! We've released the Legacy of Seergaze quest guide! Many thanks to Death for this great guide! Feel free to post your feedback and comments on this guide.

Mercenaries make their way into the rotten swamps of Morytania from Paterdomus to the front-lines at Burgh de Rott. The Vyrewatch continue to draw blood tithes from the pitiful citizens of Meiyerditch, the great ghetto-city of the Sanguinesti region, its weakened citizens growing fewer in number every day. The vampyres are getting more tithes from somewhere, but how long before House Drakan settles its eye upon Misthalin and the lands to the west?

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Herald: The Runescape Age Limit

Aliensvortex — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:12:17 -0500

Hello all! It's time for a new article in the Global RuneScape Herald. Two weeks ago, Mangleman wrote about how adults enjoy RuneScape, but in this week's article, Feed24 writes about why RuneScape appeals to younger players and why pre-teen children often ignore RuneScape's age limit. After you've read the article, we invite you to post your thoughts and comments in this topic.

On a side note, this article is actually the 50th article published in the Herald! Thanks to everybody who has contributed in the past, and remember that we accept Herald submissions from any registered member of the forums!

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Herald: Why RuneScape?

Aliensvortex — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:12:35 -0500

Hello all! It's Sunday and as usual, we bring you the weekly Global RuneScape Herald article. This week's article, written by Renegade, is about why RuneScape has become so popular, despite its bad reputation in other gaming communites. After you've read the article, feel free to post your thoughts and comments in this topic. Enjoy!

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Herald: The Aging Video Game Culture

Aliensvortex — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:29:46 -0500

Hello all! We know we're a bit late with this week's Herald article. The latest article is entitled The Aging Video Game Culture and is an article about adults playing video games - from the view of a 27 year old player. Enjoy!

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Updates, updates, updates...

Aliensvortex — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:57:03 -0500

Hello all! A few days ago, on March 20th, Global RuneScape saw its third anniversary. In 2006 and 2007 we made some major updates to the site for its birthday, but this year's update was so big that we had to delay it a few days.

Firstly, we've moved the site to a new server. Our old host told us that the site's resource usage was too high, and due to the constant growth of the site, we decided that it was time for us to move on from a shared server to a private server. Some of you might have been experiencing long load times recently, especially in the forums. These issues should be fixed.

There has been a major update in the site backend; the whole system Global RuneScape runs on has been completely rewritten from scratch. This gives us much more flexibility, and you may notice that the whole site is integrated with the forums. When you are logged on in the forums, it will show your status and number of private messages in the header. That means no more login boxes when you're already logged in! If there's something else you would like to see in the header, feel free to let us know! A screenshot posted a few weeks ago showed a "settings" button in the new header. We didn't have time to add the functionality we had planned there, so it will be added later.

With this update, we will also look for more site editors! We have a new control panel for the site editors which will give them the ability to change all guides, database entries, images and calculators. We will make a separate announcement for this in the future, so be sure to check the site news here regularly!

New tools
As mentioned in the Herald article I posted a few weeks ago, there is a new set of calculators, including a new combat calculator!

We also have added forum hiscores. All members of the Global RuneScape forums with more than 10 posts will be listed here. You also need to set a valid RuneScape name in your profile, which can be done in your User Control Panel.

Speaking of hiscores, we have another new tool, the hiscore history! Every time you enter your name in one of the (new!) calculators or use the hiscore lookup feature somewhere on the site, the stats will be saved in the database. You can then view your progress in the hiscore history tool. The forum hiscores will be updated once a day, so one entry will be added every day in the hiscore history for all users listed in the forum hiscores.

We've also added the the ability to search the site using the search box in the header. We also have new RSS news feeds that can be viewed by clicking the RSS icon (an orange icon with rounded corners) in your web browser (not supported by older browsers such as Internet Explorer 6 or Firefox 1.5).

We would really like to get some feedback and suggestions, because there is certainly room for improvement. We have a lot of things we'd like to change, so you could call this new backend a beta, since it's not really finished. If you see any bugs, or something you really don't like, then let us know!

That's all for now. Enjoy!

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New Herald: Cabbage, *****, and other chat filter nightmares

[M]ike — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:47:22 -0500

Hello all, it's Sunday so that means a new herald! This weeks herald was once again, written by Mangleman. It discusses the various issues caused by the ingame chat filtering system. After you've read the article, we invite you to post your thoughts and comments in this topic.

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God Wars, an Old Player Takes a New Look

Aliensvortex — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:05:39 -0500

Hello all! Again, we're sorry for the delay again, Herald articles should be published on Sundays! Anyway, we bring you the latest article, entitled God Wars, an Old Player Takes a New Look by Mangleman, and hope you don't mind seeing this news a few hours too late. After you've read the article, we invite you to post your thoughts and comments in this topic.

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Kennith's Concerns Quest Guide

Aliensvortex — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:53:21 -0500

Hello all! A quest guide for the latest quest in RuneScape, Kennith's Concerns, has just been added! Many thanks to Syntax Error and Death for this great guide!

As ever, there are strange occurrences afoot in the sea slug-riddled town of Witchaven. Kennith, the child rescued at the end of the Sea Slug quest, is convinced that the usually peaceful (albeit gastropod-possessed) locals are up to no good in the caverns under the village and asks players to investigate. Beware: not everything is quite what it seems.

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Herald: RuneScape Skillcapes

Aliensvortex — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:42:05 -0500

Hello all! It's Sunday, and as usual, we're here with the weekly dose of RuneScape editorial. This week's article is a guest article written by Nightmare, and is entitled RuneScape Skillcapes. The article's topic should be self-explanatory, so that's all for now, enjoy! After you've read the article, feel free to post your thoughts and comments in this topic.

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Herald: Quitting RuneScape

Aliensvortex — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 06:59:46 -0600

Hello all! We're really sorry about this week's delay in the Herald. The latest Herald article is written by Mangleman, and is about quitting RuneScape. After you've read the article, we invite you to post your thoughts and comments in this topic.

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Herald: A Developer's View

Aliensvortex — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:23:31 -0600

Hello all! It's Sunday again, and time for the weekly Herald article. This week's article is the only article written by myself, and takes you "behind the scenes" and shows what we've actually been doing at Global RuneScape recently - from a developer's point of view. If you have any questions or comments reguarding the article, feel free to post them in this topic. That's all for now, enjoy!

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Catapult Construction quest guide!

[M]ike — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:57:18 -0600

Hello all,
Today we've added a guide for RuneScape's latest quest, Catapult Construction. Many thanks to Jacksai for this great guide!

Things are not going well for the Catapult Guard at the Tyras Camp. Already unpopular with his comrades after his security lapses, he's now neglected the catapult and allowed the damp of the forests of Isafdar to seep in and rot the frame. General Hining is furious, the replacement catapult parts haven't arrived and the rookie catapult engineer has gone missing.

It's a good thing, then, that a bold adventurer with your knowledge of Construction is in the area. Of course, this will take more effort than forming furniture - catapults are complicated pieces of equipment - ensuring that this mission will mean your exertions will be mental as much as physical.

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Herald: Runescape University

Aliensvortex — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:06:46 -0600

Hello all! It's Sunday again, and time for a new Herald. This week's article, entitled RuneScape University, is written by Mangleman and discusses the educational benefits of RuneScape. The average RuneScape player is quite young, and the players' parents often do not know what their children are doing in front of their computer screens. If you are one of RuneScape young players, you might even want to show this article to your parents! After you've read this article, we invite you comment the article in this topic - maybe you want to add something that the article did not include?

Other news
You might have noticed a significant downtime this week. Earlier this week, all pages on global-rs.com (the forums are located at global-rs.net) were down. This was caused by an error by our web host and was beyond our control, and we had to contact our host and wait for them to restore the site. Today, the forums (global-rs.net) were down for about six hours. A part of the forum database had crashed and we were unable to repair it. These two downtimes were unrelated, but combined, the site has been down for nearly 18 hours this week. We apologize for any issues this may have caused for our visitors.

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New Herald: The Next New Skill For Runescape?

[M]ike — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 12:34:03 -0600

Hello all, it's that time of the week again when we release our Herald! Today's article is written by Anna Molly. Summoning has been released and the new article goes over various ideas for possible new skills, we invite you to post your thoughts and comments in this topic. Enjoy!

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New Herald: Loving Lag

[M]ike — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 11:08:37 -0600

Hello all, it's that time of the week again when we release our Herald! Today's article is written by our newly promoted Head Editor, Mangleman. The article discusses "lag" and issues it causes, we invite you to post your thoughts and comments in this topic. Enjoy!

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Remember we accept Herald submissions

mangleman — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:59:04 -0600

Many people enjoyed reading Keith Morrison's take on the recent changes to Runescape. All Keith had to do was submit his article and it was selected to be published! That means they you too can have your name on the front page, and can contribute to our community. It is a great way to make a name for yourself on this website and is a great way to have your voice be heard.

Please keep submissions above 500 words and try to give some new ideas or insight. If your story is not accepted I will give you detailed information on the reason why and what you could do in the future to increase your chances.

You can PM your submissions directly to me, but any member of Herald staff is ok.

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RuneScape: Living or Dying?

Aliensvortex — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:22:07 -0600

Hello everyone, a new article has been added to the Global RuneScape Herald! This week's Herald article is by a guest writer, Keith, who writes about the changes in trading and PKing in December and beginning of January with a different point of view than we've seen lately in other articles and forum posts on Global RuneScape and the RuneScape forums. After you've read the article, we invite you to comment the article in this forum topic. Enjoy!

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Head Editor Changes

Tim — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:56:39 -0600

Hello,

Today I am (Tim) resigning from the Head Editor spot for the Herald, for many reasons. The good news for this is we have a great person taking the job. I would like to welcome Mangleman to the Head Editor position I know he will do a great job and I hope everyone gives him a great welcome.

Thanks,
Herald Staff

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