User talk:Jack Spiral1/Archive4


 * The following page is an archive. Please do Not edit the contents of this page,but instead direct an new comments to the current talk page.

RSWP
I thought you should have a look at this newspaper from a wiki I used to edit. I used to be a recipient of it, and it was mailed to my talk page every month. I think the RSWP should be a bit more like this, so users don't have to dig up the links. 00:54, September 6, 2009 (UTC)

Here's something else you might want to model the RSWP on:. 01:02, September 6, 2009 (UTC)


 * I like the layout of the Star Wars Fanon. The tabs across the top make it easy to find articles and stuff. If we could, it would be great to have a more professional design for our paper. Even just having tabs like the fanon uses would be cool. I don't care as much for the Avatar one. The news doesn't seem as useful, and much of what it covers our wiki has readily available elsewhere on our site. I'm not sure how our wikians would take to getting a newspaper directly delivered monthly. Have we tried to get a link on the Community tab? That seems like the best—and least intrusive—way to let wikians know about the paper. 01:26, September 6, 2009 (UTC)


 * Heyas, Jack, I gotta say, I really like the look of the Star Wars Fan Fiction newspaper, the tabs look neat and professional. The Avatar one is.... Okay, but I don't care much for it. So...I think we should reorganize the main page of the RSWP(The index, I believe it's called. I jsut thought of some new ideas I'm gonna go work on... Also, I should have the editorial on Excl's vid in time. Though I must say, nothing encourages you to get to work like deadlines, . Another thing, thanks for coming wiht moi through the wilderness, and thanks for protecting me when my browser accidently quit. I owe you something, and you can come to collect. And I plan to do it again sometime, but with more preperation. ANd now to end this long comment, my new signature :-- 01:44, September 6, 2009 (UTC)


 * Maybe we can ask again to be put on the Community tab? How hard would it be to make the tabs? I like how the tabs help organize the sections of the paper. 02:52, September 6, 2009 (UTC)


 * In response to your question about the monthly delivery, Horse, there's a page where you can sign up and a bot delivers each issue. I don't think there would be any complaints as it is entirely optional to sign up. 03:54, September 6, 2009 (UTC)


 * Oh, that makes sense: You can choose to subscribe. 03:57, September 6, 2009 (UTC)


 * Hey, I found another wikia newspaper you may be able model the RSWP on. Actually, I didn't read it, I was just wondering if you wanted to use it as a model. Anyways, I hear that the SWFanon Paper is one the oldest wikia newspapers ever, . -- 15:25, September 10, 2009 (UTC)

Ohhh Jaaaacckk....
I've got a real treat for you. I made a mock-main page for the RSWP using a lot of coding similar to the SWF one, and you can find the results here. Personaly, I think it looks great, but I want you opinion too. I'll let the pagge do the talk, and I'll gonna go show Chia now...-- 03:12, September 6, 2009 (UTC)

Your userpage
Heyas Jack, I am just here to say that I have edited your userpage to fix your "Karamja" template. Also, if your interesterd, check this out. THough I have a feeling you've seen it already....-- 20:13, September 14, 2009 (UTC)

paper proposal
Jack, I posted my response to the proposed paper change. Please tell me what you think. 02:17, September 15, 2009 (UTC)

Hey, Jack...
Well, frankly, bye. I thought you might like to know, but I've decided to leave. Not like I've been present for months... Mmm... Whaddya think of one, final, article from me? A water cooler of the very last day in runescape of a member? I've been thinking 'bout it. Lemme know what you think before saturday, or else I'll be gone. 00:40, September 18, 2009 (UTC)

RSWP
Have another article on my sand box. Can you post it?

20:33, September 21, 2009 (UTC)

RSWNP
TLOC Chapter 4 is ready on my sandbox.--Andrew the Ripper 23:19, September 21, 2009 (UTC)

The paper
Hi, Jack,

I very much appreciate your and Chia's thinking of me. But I'm happy just writing for the paper and not sure I really want to edit it. I do have an article for next month's paper, however. I will post it here as soon as I take two screen shots. 15:16, September 24, 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi, Jack,


 * My article is ready. You can find it here: mage article. I'm not sure about the headline. If you want, you can change it to something like "Do I look like a tank to you?" 16:31, September 25, 2009 (UTC)

Jek Nexus
at some point in the interview last night, I told him of the importance of the interview due to the papers current situation (with that making it official thread, and what not.) We thought it would be best for me to go and write down some questions for him and come back to do the interview in a few days. I should probubly also ask enigma for some questions, as he is a master merch. if you have any ideas, post on my talk (I think a link to it can be found by clicking on the runecrafting icon on my sig.) Also, I will make that Halloween crossword for you, but you need to post the words on my talk. 09:36, September 30, 2009 (UTC)

SoB - Chapter VI
Yes, while late, I have finished writing Stone of Bandos - Chapter 6. I need you to approve it, and you may find it here. And if you are wondering why I am asking you to approve an article, though I am a chief editor, it is becuase I think all content should be read by at least one person before posting. I am off to go work on the paper s'more, g'day. -- 19:01, September 30, 2009 (UTC)

RSWNP Article
Hey Jack, this is the same message I left for Chia. It's basically a "pilot" for the minigame of the month series that I told you and Chia I'd be starting. I'd like it to be in the October RSWNP.

Title: Minigame of the Month - Castle Wars

Category: Editorials

By: Mirrorofwood

Hey guys, Mirror here. I'm going to be starting a monthly series, called Minigame of the Month. Each month, I shall review a new minigame (or minigames) until I have covered every fun little game in Runescape. I hope you enjoy.

To review minigames, one must understand what minigames are first. Now, after reading this, I'm sure you're thinking "Are you kidding? Everyone knows what minigames are!" But I don't believe that's the case. Everyone looks at minigames from a different perspective. So, what is a minigame?


 * Leevclarke: A minigame is a game within a game.
 * Chaos Monk: A minigame is a collaboration of players getting together usually for a common good or goal.
 * Vex 327: Really, a game inside of a game.

As you can see, a minigame isn't such a concrete thing as you'd expect...fine, it is. It's a game inside a game. But what makes these little games in games so worth playing? Why not just play the regular game? Why do we play minigames?


 * Leevclarke: I play minigames for a fun way to earn exp, mostly. I always prefer to earn exp rather than cash, and free items (such as runes) are a bonus.
 * Chaos Monk68: I play for the skill training, practice, and to talk mostly.
 * Vex 327: I play for the great rewards. They're also pretty fun.

While a few people may say that they play for "fun," only those players with impossibly high levels truly play minigames for fun. And while these minigames are fun, people play them to get something out of them. Whether it's easy experience in skills, money, or items that help get faster experience in skills, there are few that do more than go through the motions of minigames. But if you embrace the minigame, then these games within a game can truly be "fun." That's the goal of this series. To help you have fun with every minigame. And I'll be having lots of fun along with you.

Now, I'm going to start with a classic minigame. Good vs. Evil, Blue vs. Red, Saradomin vs. Zamorak, in a classic game of - you know it - capture the flag. Castle Wars is perhaps the simplest minigame in Runescape, probably because everyone who plays it has likely played its real-life counterpart at some point in their lives. The aim is easy - capture your opponents flag, bring it back to your base, and make sure your opponent doesn't do the same to you. Do this as many times as you can within a time frame of 20 minutes. Oh, and don't die. The game doesn't give you any runes or arrows, and won't return any to you after it's over. You also can't bring any non-combat items into the game, but everything combat related is allowed. The team with the most points (earned from successfully capturing a flag) at the end of the time limit wins.

At the beginning of this review, I had not played Castle Wars once. By the end, I will have played it once. That's all anyone needs for a legitimate review. Whatever the game impresses on you, shows its flaws and advantages. Since I wasn't sure how to play, I went where I always go when I don't know about something in RS - the RuneScape Wiki.

After reading up, I was ready to begin. I won't go over all the specifics of the arena, noteably the giant catapult, stepping stones, collapsible rocks, and middle island, but you know where to find them if you want to read up. Upen entering, there are several items you can use, located in a supply room. You can only use those non-combat items provided in the game. There are bandages which heal 10% of your HP, climbing ropes for climbing enemy castles, barricades to slow down opponents, and possibly block them, pickaxes to cave in your opponents with collapsible rocks, toolkits to repair broken catapults and doors, explosives to blow up barricades and collapse rocks (can only be used once) and to commit suicide, buckets to put out fires, rocks as ammo for the catapult, and tinderboxes for setting fire to your barricades and the catapults.

Being the simplest minigame, it has so many tactics and roles to fulfill, if I listed them all it would take a week. Besides, I'm only a combat level 68, and the wiki says to only play CW at lvl 75 and up unless you only want the rewards. Naturally, I ignored this, and I'll be trying to fulfill every role, although I won't be able to do over half of them. Luckily, it's a safe minigame, so I won't be losing anything. After waiting in a room with a bunch of people who had all stolen my fashion idea for the day, the game began.

I'm not sure if I set up any barricades, because I learned after it was too late that there was a max of 10 per team. I made a few runs for the flag, all unsuccessful. Otherwise, the game was quite uneventful, with me dying about every other minute, but having a bit of fun nonetheless, defending my empty flag holder from enemies. Anyway, my team won! After the game exploded in post-game lag (everyone run out of the room at once!) I saw my reward. 2 tickets. Which is worth absolutely nothing. The rewards in the game are a series of decorative armour and weapons, which can be worn or displayed in a POH (usually the latter). The most expensive armour costs 600 tickets for each item! With the most you can earn in a game being 2 tickets, I don't know how much time I'll be spending with Castle Wars for the rewards. But what do some more-experienced players think of it?


 * Leevclarke: I don't really like it...I want more CW reward tokens though. So I can put the armour into my house.
 * Chaos Monk68: An oldie but goodie. Usually good, until people collapse the cave.
 * Vex 327: To be honest, it's boring. I'm not really into those "mass player vs. player" games.

Well....it looks like I'm gonna have to try this again at a higher level. My final rating for Castle Wars is 8 barricades out of 10. See you next month!

There you go. I'd also like to include a poll at the end, although I am unsure how to code this in. Poll:Do you like to play Castle Wars?
 * Yeah, I love it!
 * Meh, it's alright.
 * No, I don't like it.
 * I don't know, I've never tried it.

Thanks again in advance.-- 01:35, October 1, 2009 (UTC)

Newspaper
Hi Jack. I'm not expecting an answer anytime soon (since you're on vacation), but have you found another chief editor? Also, is this month's edition of the newspaper finished yet? It's been a few days since the beginning of October and the paper hasn't been released yet. 23:38, October 3, 2009 (UTC)

Newbie's Guide to Comics
Well, if you want to start reading comics, I recommend you start off with a sourcebook or handbook. If you don't know what that is, it's pretty much a guide to characters and/or events that have happened in the comics. Something such as this could help you catch up with what's happened in 60 year's worth of comics. Sometimes the comic(s) depicting the origins of certain characters are expensive and/or hard to find, in which case I suggest you look for a reprint. Depending on your favourite characters, I recommend the following:

Avengers:
 * Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (volume one)
 * Avengers Disassembled (I found this a little confusing, but it was still a good comic)

The New Avengers:
 * The New Avengers, Volume One: Breakout
 * The New Avengers, Volume Two
 * The New Avengers, Volume Three (there are a bunch of volumes of the New Avengers, but I can't remember their names)

X-Men:
 * Astonishing X-Men Volume One: Gifted
 * X-Men: E is for Extinction
 * X-Men: Messiah Complex

Spider-Man
 * Spider-Man: Death of the Stacys
 * Spider-Man: New Ways to Die (I haven't read this myself but I've heard it's very good)
 * Spider-Man: Birth of Venom

Fantastic Four
 * I don't really read much Fantastic Four, so I'm probably not the person to speak to regarding this.

Wolverine
 * Wolverine: Enemy of the State (there are two volumes of this)
 * Wolverine: Get Mystique (I recommend reading X-Men: Messiah Complex first, to understand what Mystique did to betray the X-Men)

Marvel Events (these are comics that involve many different characters in large-scale situations):
 * Infinity Gauntlet
 * Civil War (I loved Civil War, I highly recomend it)
 * House of M (you have to have read Avengers Disassembled to understand House of M, but it's still kinda confusing)
 * Planet Hulk
 * World War Hulk (you have to have read Planet Hulk to understand World War Hulk)
 * Secret Invasion

You can also pick up Marvel magazines at good newsagencies. Often these contain small, non-canon stories more suited for kids. I used to buy lots of these to get a feel for the characters before you start reading some of the comics I mentioned above.

Hope this helps. 02:13, October 17, 2009 (UTC)

Forum
Here you go http://services.runescape.com/m=forum/forums.ws?93,94,937,59773979

14:55, October 23, 2009 (UTC)

RSWP Wiki List
Please visit http://rstools.ath.cx/wikilist.php for the wikilist interface. -- 01:41, October 24, 2009 (UTC)
 * It's now ready! You will need to edit User:Quarenon/RSWP/Messages and User:Quarenon/RSWP/Subscribers to set messages and the list of people to receive the messages.  I'll make the locations editable later, but let me know if you encounter any problems.  -- 00:49, October 27, 2009 (UTC)

RSWP sections removed
hey, I noticed you removed the sections on the right of the RSWP front page. This makes it look a bit silly, honestly. Unless somebody has told you otherwise, I recomend you change it back. I need to go now, but when I get back, I will make a link to the skin page we talked about last night. 12:37, October 25, 2009 (UTC)

Red links in RSWP
Hey Jack, I noticed that the RSWP has quite a few listings on the page Special:WantedPages. I was going to clean them up by adding stubs, but then I thought I should ask someone in RSWP how you wanted to handle this. I didn't know what kind of format you wanted the stubs to be, and I wasn't sure if you wanted to remove the links until the actual article exists. I'd be happy to help with the cleanup, I just didn't want to step on anyone's toes. Let me know. Cheers, 19:11, October 28, 2009 (UTC)

Clan Proposal
Heya, Jack. As a representative of my my clan, I would like to inform you that a certain user has suggested a new change to the Clan government, and the discussion requires your input. The discussion may be found here. On a side note, maybe you should see RS:WP. Az and I (Mostly Az) made several changes and are implementing the changes promptly.-- 03:07, October 30, 2009 (UTC)

RSWP
Hey, (are you still on the RSWP?) can you look at something for me and if it is good, can you post it?

19:20, October 30, 2009 (UTC)

October issue of paper ...
... looks really good, Jack. Nice job! 20:46, October 30, 2009 (UTC)

Muahahahaha.
Check out my userpage; I think you'll find it amusing. 17:53, October 31, 2009 (UTC)

Your Sidebar
Hey, I am about to update the RSWP for fall. I would also like to, as you requested earlier, edit your monaco sidebar file so that it has all the RSWP links The sidebar would have the following addend


 * RSWP|runescape:Runescape Wiki Post
 * Talk Pages
 * user talk:RSWPstaff1
 * user talk:RSWPstaff2
 * user talk:RSWPstaff3
 * past papers
 * 2009
 * 1
 * 2
 * 3
 * and so on...

Anything else, Guv? 13:59, November 2, 2009 (UTC)

THX
Thanks for the advice u gave me. It helps! I'll follow what u said.

19:59, November 2, 2009 (UTC)

RSWP months
I added all the fall colors as you asked me to. The Thanksgiving skin would be a waste if it was not put up before Thanksgiving. Your the EIC, so you may undo or change anything I have done if you think it is for the good of the paper. 19:33, November 6, 2009 (UTC)

The Hive (fan fiction)
Day 1 Unblocked the tunnel in the far south caves. Me, Pick, Junior and Brunson were sent into the tunnels while the rest of us wait outside to see the results of the initial prospecting. After all, we have no idea what those goblins could possibly be thinking right now. I heard a mention of some Dorgesh-Kaan while they fled up their crude ladders to the top of the chasm. Whether this is one of their barbaric leaders or some settlement I am unsure, but I feel confident with the rest of my team protecting my back.

Day 3 After expanding the narrow corridor (strange that such a thing should exist in what might as well be an abandoned or collapsed mine shaft), we found that the ground is mostly comprised of sandstone, which is absolutely no use to us. Who could possibly make any sort of structure out of a rock that crumbles in your very hands? Pick says he has seen some glimmers in the wall, but his flask is making a louder sloshing than the rest of ours. There’s some strange clicking sounds, as well. Must be the echolocation of bats. I wonder where they exit?

Day 4 The clicking grows louder, and Pick has come back from a deeper part of the ever-mysterious corridor raving about giant fleas coming to eat us all. We have been forced to subdue him and give him some rest for the remainder of the day. Or, at least what feels like day after waking up from a strictly regimented nap. I swear, the one use we may have for this sandstone is breaking it down for more accursed hour-glasses.

Day 5 The horror! The fleas are not fleas at all, but green, bulbous creatures with waving antennae and razor sharp mandibles! We were only saved by Brunson’s quick thinking to duck behind rubble while we take them out with our javelins. A cruder ranged weapon you could not find, but it was the best we could prepare from ax-handles and scrap iron. The monsters that we haven’t killed disappeared, but not before gobbling up the rest of our javelins and a good amount of our swords. Even after we asked for more from the backup team, we knew we would face shortages. I know Pick is not getting his intoxicated hands on my blade. Junior is very distressed by this whole affair. I wonder if we should send him back with the other team.

Day 6 The worst has happened. The tunnel connecting us with the rest of the team has collapsed, leaving us with no exit. The situation seems even more dire, and our fat packs of provisions are deflated. The only food source left is these tan larva pulsating across the floor. Tan as the sandstone, they are. Pick has been allowed to move around, and his mind has gone to war. He immediately decided to barricade our small encampment with the rock excavated from the first few days, and who was I to say no? I worry for Junior, who has lost all hope. The clicks of those monstrosities are growing louder, so we must make haste in our work.

Day 9 The fighting has taken its toll. We are out of food, and the only thing left is the flesh of the “fleas”. We have fought off most of the smaller ones, but we have quickly gone into hiding. Not even a sound has been made for at least the past 2 days as even larger ones have come by to defend their brethren. They are about the size than the size of four full grown men heaped together in a pile. Funny that I should make that comparison. That is how our lives have been in this cave for quite a while now.

Day 10 They got Brunson! He was dragged off in the monsters jaws, bleeding profusely. I doubt that he will survive, but we need to search for him. Junior is too unstable to bring along in the search, and Pick isn’t much of a fighter, but somewhere along the line he found the time to prepare some very nice traps that should put a stop to those monsters. I just hope they aren’t intelligent…

Day 11 Well, we retrieved him. I honestly don’t know if he will make it. He is sweating uncontrollably, as if he has a fever. He slips in and out of consciousness, refusing to eat or drink. This whole situation troubles me. They seemed to know our traps. As if they had observed the walls and supports and even knew their weak points. Even though they showed no sign of communication, they attacked the trap in unison in a desperate attempt to crush us. I can only hope that the rubble will stop them while we can tunnel out.

Day 13 Bad luck at its height. Our entry tunnel is un-clearable, with the rocks seemingly made of some sort of granite that our pickaxes cannot penetrate. But, the corridor…corridor…such a long time since I honestly called these tunnels that. I have no doubt in my mind now that this isn’t some coincidental curiosity or a dead mine, but a home. A hive of those creatures. But I digress. We seem to actually be in a U-shaped bend in the tunnel, with the one to our right leading ever deeper into the cavern system, and the one to our left ending in a dead-end. We have moved our supplies there, along with Brunson, who is beginning to recover from death’s doorstep. The dead end has a dome shape to its roof, indicating that it can be…and has been…the site of an attempted exit. Junior has stopped his fits of depression and sadness at this news, and I hope it will last.

Forgive me for a second entry in the same day, but the most curious thing was discovered! The roof above us wasn’t the ceiling of the tunnel, but a false one! Whoever bothered to go to such trouble to conceal the cylindrical shape must have had a great deal of time and materials. The roof seemed to be made out of paper and sticks that had rotted from age.

Day 15 After tunneling a small shaft, we have pierced to the surface. This would normally be a great discovery, except for one problem. As far as we can tell, the tunnel wall is unsuitable for carving some sort of ladder, and our rope is not long enough to be used as some sort of grapple, even if we had a hook to use it with. There is little or no hope for us now. There must be a way to penetrate that other tunnel! We will take it down, if it is the last thing I do.

Day 16 Pick is heavily injured, and is displaying symptoms similar to that of Brunson, who almost killed himself trying to fight off one of them. He got fed up and hurled a boulder at one, smashing its leg and forcing it to retreat. He showed intense bravery, facing down a creature of such monstrous size and power. We have formed a crude explosive with saltpeter and charcoal, and have planted it to the rubble blocking our way to freedom. The cavern seems to be shaking with anger, as if a giant is stomping its feet in rage. The tiny insects that we first encountered have completely disappeared, and I have seen flashes of a green creature bigger than the likes of any I have seen before. I doubt that we will make it through another night

This journal has been left hidden in this location because this story needs to be told. Told as a warning against curiosity. Even If I do escape, I will have no need for this item. To be frank, there is no way that any sane man could forget these memories. Junior seems to be going mad, using little bits of rope and sinew from the dead creatures combined with bones to create a grapple to escape. Even if he does get out of here, I doubt that his mind will remain intact. Saradomin save us all.

Wrathanet 03:23, November 11, 2009 (UTC)

Reply to your in-game messages
Hey Jack, RuneScape Classic is back for members! =D The reason I didn't respond to your in-game messages is that it won't let me, until I finish the Classic tutorial. It's very difficult to do that, since in Classic only one person can talk to an NPC at a time (and there is a flood of players with its re-release). 19:50, November 11, 2009 (UTC)

I'm really sorry, I had to go. Can I meet up with you tomorrow? 20:04, November 11, 2009 (UTC)

RS:WP
Jack... We have a problem. With the new system, we don't have anywhere to put the next month's content. We can't put it on the main page, as it will be rough and not ready for release. I hear Quarenon is working on some 'RSWP delivery bot' but I don't really understand the nature of the system. This is what I need to really know:


 * 1) Is Quarenon working on a bot? If yes, what is the Bot going to be programmed to do? Also, will this have any effect on the current format?
 * 2) Which issue are we working on? I thought it was October, but seeing as it's November, I assume we are working on Decembers issue.
 * 3) As the Main Page is for displaying the current issue, the next issue needs a section for working on as well. I need your opinion on this.

I need a response rather quickly. On a side note, I was wondering what you thought of RSC and its release. Thoughts? -- 02:17, November 12, 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay, so here's what I need to do:


 * 1) Make a new page for the testing of the next issue for the RSWP.
 * 2) Figure out a way for all the editors to know where it is, without putting it on the Main page.
 * 3) Set up the Main Page for the December issue.
 * 4) Fix the last issue to match with a 'November theme'.
 * 5) Appoint more editors for the RSWP.
 * 6) Find out how to effectively use Qbot's services to the Wiki.
 * 7) Finish the old RSWP archives.
 * 8) Finish writing SoB - Chapter 7.


 * Uggh, looks like I've got my work cut out for me... -.-
 * Thanks, anyhow. -- 15:58, November 12, 2009 (UTC)

Test
Hello this is a test of the Qbot messaging system, hopefully this bot will be used to send newsletters.

Cheers,

Jack Spirall

This automated newsletter message was sent by QBot on 16:05, November 12, 2009 (UTC).


 * Okay, the messagin system definetely works, I've check Qbot's contribs, and it messaged everyone within the time of one minute. The question is, what are we going to use it for? Are we going to use Qbot to deliver the RSWP by having it place a message on the user's talk page? Or let others know their deadlines, or...? -- 16:14, November 12, 2009 (UTC)

Requesting your help, Milord Spiral...
Hey, Jack! I was just poppin' in to let you know that I was going to activate my membership on November 15, and, more importantely, I was wondering if you could help me. I wanted to ask if you could obtain for me a Seed pod from the G.E. and sell it to me on Sunday for 25% more than what you paid for it, so I can do Recipe for Disaster. Cheers, -- 19:39, November 13, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey, thanks for offering to get those items!! This is the list of things I need:


 * 1) Greenman's ale
 * 2) Rotten tomato
 * 3) Knife
 * 4) Ashes
 * 5) Cocktail shaker
 * 6) Cocktail glass
 * 7) 2 Lemons
 * 8) 1 Pineapple
 * 9) 1 Orange


 * I don't know when I'll be on tommorow, so if you're not on, I'll just start other quests while I'm waiting. Hey, do you know how to take screenshots? -- 21:04, November 14, 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Jack, you're a life-saver. I just got back, so I think I'll activate it very soon. Cheers! -- 17:28, November 15, 2009 (UTC)

Wiki fest article
I've put a draft of an article here User:Horsehead/Article. Go ahead and edit as you like, and add anything I missed. I've posted on Scizor's page too about the article. 04:22, November 15, 2009 (UTC)

Wikinews
We talked briefly on the clanchat about Wikinews, and this is something for you to check out:

http://en.wikinews.org/

The organization of this website is perhaps overkill, but the way they process submissions for editorial review is something that perhaps we can use here to help streamline the editorial process for the RSWP. I hope that helps. --Robert Horning 14:44, November 24, 2009 (UTC)

Money Making Method
Sorry I had to go, I wasn't meant to be on the computer. I couldn't sneak on to respond until now. >_<

The money making method is as follows:
 * Buy all of the Zamorak mage's water runes, earth runes and death runes
 * Go to Varrock Square and buy all of Zaff's battlestaves (NOT his elemental staves)
 * Go to Aubury and buy the same: water runes, earth runes and death runes
 * Home teleport to Lumbridge and buy all the feathers from the Fishing shop
 * Run to Shantay Pass and buy all of Shantay's feathers
 * Teleport to the cabbage patch and walk to Port Sarim
 * Buy all of Betty's waters, earths and deaths
 * Buy all feathers from the Fishing shop
 * Teleport to Ardougne and buy all the vial of water packs from the Ardougne general store
 * Pay 30 coins to sail to Brimhaven, then pay Hajedy 10 coins to go to Shilo Village
 * At Shilo Village, buy all of the vial, vial of wate and eye of newt packs
 * Buy all the feathers from Shilo Village's Fishing shop
 * Go to Miscellania (I use fairy ring code C-I-P, you can take a boat from Rellekka), and buy all of the feathers from the Fishmonger there.
 * Take a boat to Rellekka and buy all of the Fishmonger's feathers there
 * Teleport to Yanille using your Ring of Dueling and claim 84 buckets of sand from Bert (if you've done The Hand in the Sand).
 * Continue to the Wizard's Guild, and buy all of their waters, earths and deaths.
 * Use the games necklace to teleport to Burthorpe. Walk to the Herblore shop in Taverley and buy all their eye of newt and vial packs.
 * Go back to Varrock. Open all the vial, vial of water and eye of newt packs. Sell all the runes, vials, newt eyes and feathers on the Grand Exchange and claim your profit. Do this every day to make up to 3m per week!

Enjoy the cash. 02:36, November 29, 2009 (UTC)

Close Up of Doom
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/4404/greenshot20091129171306.png

22:14, November 29, 2009 (UTC)

I got it!!!! http://pic.pbsrc.com/spacer.gif

http://s568.photobucket.com/albums/ss122/Pwn/?action=view&current=confession.jpg i got it

Your Icon.
Well, It took me awhile but I finally finished it!Here's your icon!Personally, I think it looks better with out any writing on. 21:13, November 30, 2009 (UTC)

Warning
Hey JS1, remember the advice you gave me? Well, the wait and loneliness makes me go mad with dreams. What should I do about you-know-what? Please don't tell Sir Scizor1 about this as he will embarass me as......he is my older brother. (edit this page and destroy the words "older brother")

23:49, November 30, 2009 (UTC)

REpost picture time! http://s568.photobucket.com/albums/ss122/Pwn/?action=view&current=confession.jpg

http://pic.pbsrc.com/spacer.gif

sigh, cant seem to get it to work!

http://i568.photobucket.com/albums/ss122/Pwn/th_confession.jpg

kk, see if either of those work

UotM vote
Thank you for voting for me for UotM. I feel extremely honored. 14:44, December 1, 2009 (UTC)

HUGE BRUX!
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/2919/brux.jpg

15:40, December 1, 2009 (UTC)

UOTM
Just wanted to let you know that I nominated for teh UOTM.

Good Luck! 15:56, December 1, 2009 (UTC)

Forum
Hey, Jack, check out this forum! There are 3 forums about that: 2 to remove the user, and 1 to unremove. There has been a huge controversey, AND Ruudvan revealed that other wikians are his siblings!!! Check it out!

19:21, December 2, 2009 (UTC)
 * Removed wanted pages clutter. 07:04, December 4, 2009 (UTC)

Forum
Hey, Jack, check out this forum! There are 3 forums about that: 2 to remove the user, and 1 to unremove. There has been a huge controversey, AND Ruudvan revealed that other wikians are his siblings!!! Check it out!

19:21, December 2, 2009 (UTC)
 * Removed wanted pages clutter. 07:04, December 4, 2009 (UTC)

Birthday Partah
Hey, Jack, I just remember that my birthday is on December 28, and Brux was wondering of a partah. Want to join? (I'll tell you the date and time later) 23:27, December 2, 2009 (UTC)

Nearing 1k edits so far...
Get ready for the countdown. -- 01:58, December 3, 2009 (UTC)

Omg not you Jack!!!
Did you really just sign a page with a bunch of spammy looking code?
 * " span style = "background: gold; border:#D9D300 3px solid" Image:Cannonballs.png User:Jack Spiral1 span style = "color: purple" Jack Spiral1  Image:Rapierinventory.png  14:53, December 4, 2009 (UTC)

""

Nooooooooo, tell me you was hacked, the real Jack Spiral KNOWS that he must use a sig temp. Seriously, we do though. If you don't know how to make write that here and 20 people will volunteer to make you one (I don't have the foggiest myself). On another note, glad to hear you are maintaining order as ever. Carry on Sir jack!--Degenret01 16:21, December 4, 2009 (UTC)
 * I would ask Psycho Robot or Powers I guess. So many people do it but I don't pay a lot of attention to it. Or Ruud since he makes a new one every month.--Degenret01 18:04, December 4, 2009 (UTC)


 * You broke it!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, now I get the message about "new messages" nonstop, you glitched me with so many new messages. MAKE IT STOP!! Lol, I'll just go to bed, maybe it will be fixed when i wake up.--Degenret01 18:12, December 4, 2009 (UTC)

SNOW IS IN THE HOUSE
There's snow outside!!! For the first time in a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time!!! 18:44, December 4, 2009 (UTC)

POST SNOW IN THE HOUSE
Hey Jack, This is what happened while it snowed. Read away!

It's lucky for us to snow, as this is the first time it snowed and piled up in................5 years... Now it is over, but some of the ice is still left. I made a snowman, and here is a description of what he looks like:


 * About 15 inches tall.
 * White.
 * Wearing sunglasses, resting on a piece of wood 4 inches long.
 * An empty can for a hat.
 * Short, plastic forks for arms, with baby socks as mittens.
 * Dirty with grass and leaves inside.
 * About 5 inches in diameter.

So, place that in your head, and you'll get something like that...

Best Regards,

03:16, December 5, 2009 (UTC)

PS - About the party, I will notify you if yes or no on the 5th on the wiki on the 5th, at the times 9:50-9:55 am Central Time, 10:40-10:50 am (CT), 11:40-11:50 am (CT), and maybe afterwords, so be ready for notifications.

PPS - Sorry this is vague, I'm in a rush.. Bye!

Par-tay
Hey Jack, thanks for coming to my rs party, I really apperciate it! (Even though you weren't there the whole time) So, Here you go!



Enjoy!

21:38, December 7, 2009 (UTC)

Christmas!
07:24, December 8, 2009 (UTC)

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MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM YOUDEAD00
Hello, and since you say that you've been good, you deserve this:



Enjoy! Click on the present to see what YOU got this year!

20:32, December 10, 2009 (UTC)

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MEPPY CHRISTMAKAH!!!

Best Quests
I love quests. For me, quests define Runescape. It’s like a great story, with outrageous plot turns and twists. Which is why I try not to be too reliant on quest guides, preferring to use them to just be generally prepared (i.e. items). Anyway, I’d classify myself as a ‘quester’, and hope to get a Quest points skill cape before level 100.-and as such, I’ve done alot of quests. So I thought it would be best if I gave a stamp of approval to certain quests, and quest series. So, here it is. (Keep in mind that these are my personal favourites, and not the wiki’s as a whole). My First Quest: Alot of people start of their questing career in Runescape with the quest Cooks Assistant. To be honest, I couldn’t do it. I could never quite find that egg, nor could I quite find that mill. Instead, I didn’t quest until level 32, around the time when I started to look at the quest list, and realised that my attack level wasn’t my combat level. A specific name “Vampire Slayer” captivated me, and held me in its dubious grip and refused to let me go till the cold(er than normal) carcass of Count Draynor lay twitching at my feet in his final death throes. My lust for questing was born then, and I doubt it will ever be fully sated. Hardest Quest: Well, I haven’t done While Guthix Sleeps yet, so that’s a no-no for me. Out of all the quests I’ve done, Monkey Madness has been my hardest. Unlike Summers End, where sheer perseverance was necessary or Desert Treasure where a good set of equipment was necessary ,Monkey Madness kept me on my toes for weeks, as I tried to avoid Gorilla Guards, hide from Monkey Archers, navigate tunnels and avoid zombies and slay a mighty Demon. My favourite quest series: This is one of the hardest choices for me, as nothing is like a story with good sequels. I first fully got into the Myreque quests. While before, I had only appreciated quests due to the various rewards and sense of achievement it gave me,  I finally recognised the excellent guiding plots the clever writers at Jagex has developed (it’s a pity they’re not clever enough to officially recognise us) – no doubt due to it containing my first major cutscene. I ached for a chance to kick back at the insidious and undeniably evil vampire Vanstrom Clause, and I was greatly pleased to find that there were several sequels! I’ve taken part in every quest series (with the exception of the Lunar Isles series, which I plan to start in a week or so) and this in my honest opinion outruns all others. Legacy of Seergaze was a bit of a letdown, but ah well. My Favourite Quest: So here it is. The big daddy quest. I first considered the Darkness of Hallowvale. With all that jumping around, dodging hissing bat creatures, and watching vampires plot, it seemed the obvious choice. It was even part of my favourite quest series! I also considered Desert Treasure. It made me take note of locations I had been to before, but had simply walked past. It also offered some very close combats- the most notable being me running circles around Damis with the aid of an energy potion, purely because I had run out of food as was waiting for my hitpoints to reload. But, whereas the other options have been quite hard for me, my choice for this quest was clear. Enakhras Lament. Unlike all quests I had done previously, it showed me some of the ancient history of Runescape. It showed anger deliberately directed at my player, and required alot of skill. Which is why I loved it. The plight of Akathankos intrigued and captivated me, the Mahjarrat caught me, the boneguard attacked me and the cut-scenes made it an amazing quest for me. Thanks Jagex!

(Inform me if this isn't exactly the type of article you wanted, or if it's too short. Cheers). -- 18:01, December 15, 2009 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!
 Merry Christmas to you, ^_^! A time for c o o k i e s, love, snow , trees , and all the rest. Your fellow Wikian, 20:53, December 16, 2009 (UTC)

Editorial - Prayer: a noob skill?
Prayer: A noob skill? Who here is somewhat proficient at prayer? Raise your hands, now. Out of all of those people who just raised their hand, who has been called a noob for using prayer in a PVP situation? Chances are: all of you. It seems to be an opinion that is expressed towards anyone that isn’t a pure. For some reason, people seem to think that because they choose to not train their prayer skill, it is an unfair advantage in combat. When I duel friends, they say, “Hey, you had prayer on. This time, you can’t use prayer so it’ll be fair.” I have even heard from another player that they believe that prayer should not even be considered a skill.

What is it, specifically, that those players hate about prayer? It seems to narrow down to the fact that you can instantly remove 40% of their damage with the click of a mouse, and with another selection can increase your strength by more than what a strength potion could do, and then simply recharge that power later. Instead of actually training this skill themselves, they simply curse those who do with a belief that their godsword and 5 hours a day of training strength can instantly silence those prayers before they even form in our mouths.

But, not to fear. This is actually an overwhelming minority’s belief. I did a little bit of detective work myself, and these are the results of the survey I conducted on who thought that prayer is actually a “noob skill”:

Castlewars: 3 no 0 yes

Duel Arena: No response

Fist of Guthix: No response

Soul Wars: No response

Now, it may seem like I just didn’t actually try to find any answers, but I don’t think this is true. It seems to be more about the fact that most players who enjoy killing one another have more important things to do than name calling.

Personally, I’m just glad to find out that one of the combat skills isn’t as illegitimate as a few players would lead us to believe.

Wrathanet 00:55, December 17, 2009 (UTC)

After reading this, I will use protect from melee more :) -- 09:34, January 6, 2010 (UTC)

...
Jack... what have you been doing lately? -- 01:41, December 21, 2009 (UTC)

Forward
Hey, Jack.

The Forward on the RSWP has been the same for a while now. shall we right a new one. How about something about how 2009 has been on the wiki? We can mention famous yew grove threads or all the new updates like "my home" and such. Leave a message on my talk if you have any ideas

20:12, December 27, 2009 (UTC)

Rsw Paper.....
Greetings, Mr Spiral. I would like to write a minigame review for your revered Runescape Wiki Post! I'm not sure exactly which minigame... either Pest Control or Gnome Restaurant, most likely. please leave of message here if you are interested in letting me do this.-- 23:52, December 28, 2009 (UTC)

Gnome Restaurant Review
I have picked my favorite minigame, the Gnome Restaurant, for my review. Here goes Nothing...

I love the Gnome Restaurant minigame. It is a very fun minigame, if done right, but it is, in many ways, tragically ignored. On release, the minigame was undoubtedly a very popular choice, But now, years upon yearsd later, it is very ignored. Many players fight for the sought after Gnome Goggles and Gnome scarf, as well as the much coveted mint cake, which is daily rising in price as a hard to obtain item. Many players even figure that the mint cake is obtained as a one-time reward from the Path of Glouphrie quest.

I find it to be a huge suprise that players don't play this game all day every day. Considering it gives low amounts of Cooking experience, and only requires 42 Cooking to be able to cook any of the foods in gnome cuisine, it is very easy to get the requirements for this minigame. It also gives many covetous rewards that can fetch millions in under a week. I recently played the minigame for about 5 days. I had a lot of bad luck with the Captains Daerkin and Ninto, who are the only two that can give the gnome goggles and scarf. They decided I only deserved a pair of goggles, so in that 5 days, I only made 1.3 millions coins. I have heard stories of friends on this very wiki that have managed to get 2-3 scarves in a day, meaning they make as much as 6-7M per day! But, besides these covetous rewards, players can get many other things such as gems, adamant crossbow bolts, key halves, and coins. In addition to this, you can premake all of the food you deliver and let it sit in the bank, and when it is time for the delivery, take it out of the banks right next to Gianne Junior, take the food out, and deliver away. A skillful user who has access to spirit trees, gliders, and fairy rings can make almost every delivery within 3 minutes, even if you make the food fresh every time.

Another helpful factor is that with every delivery you get points with the restaurant, and you can use the reward token to get extra food delivered on site. This can be VERY helpful if you are doing hard deliveries, because it can save the hassle of making the food, as these items that are delivered are not premade and can be delivered to people. These are especially useful if you are doing a delivery to Penwie, Brambickle, Wingstone, Ninto, or Daerkin, as they give you a better chance of getting there fast and receiving one of the three rarest items talked about above. I find this minigame to be very rewarding and fun, but ignored where ignorance should not be.-- 17:54, December 29, 2009 (UTC)

The Himm
Hey Jack,

Ever since you offered to draw The Himm (that reminds me, I need to update that) in a PM, I've just been wondering how you would see Himm. I'd like to see a little example of how you'd draw Himm sometime, as soon as you could would be great. Thanks! 18:23, December 29, 2009 (UTC)

UOTM
Gratz, you are the user of the month. 14:13, January 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * Congratulations, and Happy New Year! 15:20, January 1, 2010 (UTC)

You are one of only four non-admin UOTMs, congratulations. - 01:30, January 4, 2010 (UTC)

Wiki Paper
What's going on with that this month? I have an article to hand in. Who do I give it too? 15:21, January 1, 2010 (UTC)

Heya
Oh thanks for the message! It's great that you took time out of your day to send me a message! Or atleast your bot did 16:09, January 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually, it's Quarenon's Bot. Also Jack, I was looking around, and this guy makes me wonder what you've been up to before I met you.... -- 16:54, January 1, 2010 (UTC)

Congratulations to you for being the first UotM of this decade  11:50, January 2, 2010 (UTC)

RE:Heya
You too! 19:03, January 1, 2010 (UTC)

First-person-articles as advertised in the post
If there is going to be a creative description of something not defnitely described in the RuneScape canon, count me in! This is just my kind of thing, and I would love to help construct these kind of articles to enrich the RuneScape Wiki. So, these would be attached and linked to the items in question, or would they be individual news report articles? 02:44, January 3, 2010 (UTC)

Article
User:Bonziiznob/Interviews. Have fun! 18:52, January 3, 2010 (UTC)

Question
Over the years ive played runescape ive always wondered, some people claim that runescape, may cause viruses or spyware, i NEED to find out if this is true, because i have a very nice computer, and its mt mothers(LOL) shje thinks rune causes viruses and isnt happy i play on it, could you help me out and give me your take on runescape and if it causes viruses or spyware? thanks alot! havea good one
 * I think I can definitively answer that one for Jack. RuneScape does NOT cause any kind of computer infection, and Jagex goes to great lengths to ensure that your computer remains safe. In fact, RuneScape may be one of the safest websites up and running today. 21:20, January 3, 2010 (UTC)

Interview?
My current runescape account is Its SnaWWW, I'm open for an interview, I have played rune since classic

Youtube account
Could you put this forum in the paper please. Not enough people have voted. 04:07, January 4, 2010 (UTC)

re:thanks
Your entirely welcome you deserve it. 13:42, January 4, 2010 (UTC)

NP
No problem 4 voting for you, you're my top 3 best chums in teh RSW!!!! Hope you win!!!

18:23, January 4, 2010 (UTC)

Rswp again......
Sorry if this is against the rules, but I made a very, very small edit to the Wiki paper. Someone put on username as "Yodapeng6" so I took out the g. Once again, I apologize if I broke some rule.-- 23:15, January 5, 2010 (UTC)

RSWP
Hey ya, when is it coming out! I wanna read it!!! 02:11, January 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * It doesn't run on a predetermined shedule anymore. -- 20:23, January 13, 2010 (UTC)

Reckoning
Seeing as almost all the other editors are gone, I'll ask you. I've wrote a story for the paper, it's called Reckoning, you can find it here. May the bukkit be with you. -- 20:23, January 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank ya, alchemiser Jack. Have one-a me bukkitz:


 * Bucket detail.png


 * Have a good 'un. -- 03:37, January 14, 2010 (UTC)

RSWP Poster
I am seriously not sure about having the poster on the quark board. it's big, bulky, and I don't see what service it performs. 19:55, January 16, 2010 (UTC)

Nevermind, I am completely sure about removing it. Images simply are not going to fit in the Quark board. 23:54, January 16, 2010 (UTC)

RuneScape Wiki Post idea
Hello Jack, and I have and idea for the RSWP. How about Message delivery or parcel delivery service on RuneScape?? It's just a thought. 02:09, January 17, 2010 (UTC)

User:Jack Spiral1/Monaco-sidebar and the Newsletter
As you can see above, Quarenon and Me created a Newsletter.

I put your Monaco-sidebar file together. I completely removed the links to the sites for other languages. The RSWP section should work, Contact me if your having any trouble. 02:57, January 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * Updated it so that everything links to something. Where have you been lately? 01:21, January 18, 2010 (UTC)

Hey, how come my interview isn't in the paper? 10:30, January 17, 2010 (UTC)

Discussion
Hey, there is a discussion on the yew grove that may concern you here. Just thought I'd let you know. 02:57, January 27, 2010 (UTC)

Runescape Wikia Post
Here's that story I've been thinking about writing. Please tell me if it's inadequate or anything like that :) Ill write about an update next time (assumin I can do it/have it).

Chapter one: Gerry Payfalin

''I shiver as I listen to the howling, the baying and jeering of wolves. But worst of all is the tumultuous, dreadful sound of battle below.''

My name is Gerry Payfalin. Who am I? Where am I? I am a temple knight. I am a holy knight of Saradomin, and it my job to seek out and purge the malfeasances which seek to hold the order of beautiful Saradomin in its wretched grasp and bring all that we love tumbling about, around our ears. I am a man who has seen women and children scythed down by the hand which would turn to us in friendship. I am a man who has seen demons, wolves and worse prey upon my people. I am a knight of Saradomin, and only death itself will stop me. I was born in Varrock, capital of Misthalin. A slum-you will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. The Aristocrats lived on the outskirts of the city, throwing their supercilious gaze imperially down upon us-the lower class. I killed my first man a Varrock. It was a blinding flash, a blur in my life. He had come out me out of nowhere ,for the pitiful amount of coins, my livelihood which clung to my pocked. His dagger shone fiercely in the sunlight as he pistoned his fist forward, blade outstretched, hoping that I would end up slain on the end of it. It was not to be. My first kick hit is groin, sending him reeling. I brought both of my hands on his temple the echoing thunderclap of his cracking neck still reverberating in my mind. I had put all my rage, all the anguish of my miserable life into that one blow and it killed him outright. Then and there. Swiftly, I left Varrock- fearing the persecution that would come my way at the hands of my fellow vagrants. I gathered my meagre belongings and left with all the speed my emaciated frame could muster, for I feared the worst. I was so unaware of the constant death which permeated Gielinor and I imagined that the Varrock guard would hunt me down for my crime. I am not afraid of writing this in this personal record of mine, as I will be long dead before anyone reads it. My name is Gerry Payfalin, and this is the story of how I die.

-- 05:28, January 29, 2010 (UTC)

new paper puzzle beta
http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt132/Parsonsda/Nomad1-3.png

here one of my ideas-- 15:06, January 29, 2010 (UTC)

beta
http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt132/Parsonsda/runescapecardbeta.png -- 15:26, January 30, 2010 (UTC)

Finshed!
Done, what you think =) http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt132/Parsonsda/runescapecardbeta-1.png -- 16:47, January 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * Looks nice, but just wondering, why are there dragons on it? 16:51, January 30, 2010 (UTC)

done
http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt132/Parsonsda/runescapecardbeta-1-1.png done-- 16:25, January 31, 2010 (UTC)

hmmm..
removed annoying image of jack at users request

Firebombin'
Hey, Jack, this is your reminder:The event's in an hour. I'll see you at Varrock Palace, bring some willows, your tinderbox, and your easter carrot. It's on w29. Hope to see you there! -- 14:03, February 13, 2010 (UTC)

P.S. I think you should be careful. Some big creeper stalker freak is looking at me while I write this. He keeps say "Bucket". I should tell him to worship the ALMIGHT BUKKIT.... -- 14:03, February 13, 2010 (UTC)

Newspaper article
Hi Jack. I've found the time to write an article for the Wiki Post, so I decided to go with the thing you recommended (writing an article about an update from an in-game perspective). It can be found in my sandbox here. It's about the Strykewyrm update. 20:18, February 13, 2010 (UTC)

Regarding your huge image...
I has seen ur bukkit. It was at fally. 00:25, February 14, 2010 (UTC)

RSWP Submittion
I would like to submit a fan fiction piece, to the rswp, is can be found here, as it is rather large for a talk page. Cheers. 02:51, February 16, 2010 (UTC)

Another in-game perspective article
It's in my sandbox again. 01:02, February 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * Archive time yet, jack? 01:09, February 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * I was thinking the same thing as I came to stalk this conversation! :P 01:15, February 19, 2010 (UTC)

Story
I wrote a story for RSWNP a few months ago. You said you'd post it, but you never did. It's on my sandbox. Andrew the Ripper 00:09, February 21, 2010 (UTC)

Greatest Villains (editorial)
In this article, we are going to take an expedition through the major villains of RuneScape, good, bad, and ugly. The criteria I will be using to rate these villains are their: Deviousness/Intelligence Common sense (It’s always painful to watch an evil plan be concocted only to be foiled by the adventurer that was “left for later”) Lack of morals or kindness And, of course, power. Note: Since I haven’t yet completed the quest Nomad’s Requiem, I will not be able to include Nomad in this article

First up is Zemourgal. Now, he obviously has power and intelligence. He knows that a hero is in the possession of an extremely powerful artifact and constantly tortures his dreams in an attempt to obtain it, and is able to raise an entire undead army to storm Varrock when he doesn’t get his way. We don’t even have to worry about his lack of morals. Controlling a legend’s free will but keeping his mind intact to witness the horrors he is causing? A more evil act would be hard to find. But, his common sense is somewhat questionable. Including a kitchen in your private zombie lair with access to a sewer system that goes right past his traps, leaving the keys to finding the combination to a door out in the open and putting a convenient set of pipes above lasers? Really? How about something simple, like a sealed area that he can just teleport to when needed.

Next, Agrith Naar. Now, I have to admit, being able to control the weather and form it into natural disasters is pretty powerful. Forming an evil cult on the basis that a demon will be summoned so he could return to his realm and gain power is pretty cunning. It would have worked so well, if he hadn’t killed a friend of the most suspicious member of the group (and, by the way, it probably wasn’t a good idea to recruit him in the first place) and left a golem to witness the event. Also, maybe he shouldn’t have said that they were going to summon him while he was in his human form, or no one may have made the connection

Now we have General Khazard, who does a pretty good job of ensuring that his plans succeed. Instead of slowly increasing the power of the monsters you have to slay, he goes straight from the scorpion to his hellhound, and then attempts to kill you himself (twice!). Not to mention the shadow sword quest, where he gets you to run errands, and then go to be attacked by Bouncer’s ghost, all while misleading you to think that he doesn’t know who you are (even going so far as to make you get a note from Sin Seer to make you think that he is completely unaware that you “killed” him). But, what he lacks is that malicious flourish. Instead of lying and keeping the Servils as slave fighters, he keeps his end of the deal and releases them. Any villain in their right mind wouldn’t do that! They would keep them as hostages to ensure that the player wouldn’t try to escape so their lives would be saved. Nice job of letting the adventurer keep their armor while in the fight arena and giving them a severed leg so they could deal the final blow to Bouncer’s ghost, by the way

Then there is Morgan Le Fay, the villain of the Camelot quest series. To be honest, she doesn’t meet the criteria of a true villain. She begs the adventurer to spare her son when they try to kill him, and she doesn’t instruct him to attempt to attack the adventurer when they come to take the Holy Grail. I especially loved how she hid it in an obvious place and left a riddle to help the adventurer find out where it is, too. She definitely isn’t very powerful (she isn’t even able to kill Merlin, just imprison him in a crystal and take away his ability to use magic), and she isn’t willing to kill the Knights of the Round table, for some reason (even though she was able to capture them).

Lucien. The baddest of the bad. Raising monstrously powerful skeletons, stealing the Staff of Armadyl and the Stone of Jas, and casting spells able to dissolve the mightiest warriors into a pile of ash. He is so powerful that he is able to summon the most fearsome demons, and he even enlists the aid of the entire black knight organization. His web of evil is spread almost across the entire map of Gielinor. When it comes to evil plans, he might just have the best. Usurping the god of evil is no petty crime. Morals? What morals? He kills six adventurers in cold blood, and who knows what evil he has planned once he defeats Zamorak. Just to make sure that this stays hidden, he hires Moravio to find the Stone of Jas, and keeps the center of his resources in a location so remote and unnoticeable that no-one would ever suspect his intentions. But, there is a downside to hiring an independent treasure-hunter to find a very mystical and powerful artifact: they tend to want it for themselves. But no matter, just teleport in and steal it. The problem is this: he leaves you for dead. Twice. You would think that by the first time, he would realize that this adventurer needs to be dealt with personally.

Now for the Dagannoth Mother. She decides to avenge her mother by capturing the king of Miscellania and attacking the Relekka. But why? What did the Fremenniks have to do with her mother’s death? True she is very powerful, being able to resist most forms of combat and having the ability to change those resistances at will, and attempting to wipe out the Fremennik civilization is very heartless. True that she kept the strongest guards possible to defend herself. What her plan lacks is originality. She sends a swarm of monsters to avenge the death of her parent. Even if Miscellania is out of the picture, why didn’t she predict that the adventurer that killed her mother would come back and foil her plan? Plenty of Fremennik legends have fought the Dagannoths before.

And finally, Glough. He concocts a dastardly plan to both attack humans and have the entire gnome empire on his side. When this seems to be failing, he summons a monstrous demon to kill the adventurer. Now, I admit, the way in which he framed Charlie and all the while was constructing an armada to attack the heart of the human nations was very clever, and you can’t say that he is weak for being able to summon a black demon. It just seems that his plan was doomed to fail as soon as our favorite adventurer became involved. But, Glough has a backup plan. Enlisting the help of one of his former sub-ordinates, he attempts to gain an alliance with the monkeys instead, and does his best to ensure that the 10th squad can’t relay this information to the king.

So, which is the greatest Antagonist in all of RuneScape? I’ll leave you to decide.

21:25, February 22, 2010 (UTC) (p.s. sorry if it's a bit long. Edit out the dagannoth mother and agrith naar sections if it's too long)

Strange Power news article
A great amount of concern has begun to rise up among the adventurer population of the world (not that them getting excited seems to be anything new).

Recently, adventurers report being enveloped by a “strange power”. When asked to provide further details, one stated, “I flew up into the air, surrounded in a red cloud. I was filled with such an incredible surge of power; I thought someone had shot me with a spell! When I landed, I was facing northeast.” Other ramblings from their crowd include some mention of two Mahjarrat that were previously locked in a struggle beneath the sands of the Kharid desert in some sort of temple. Clearly, the circumstances of this occurance are far from coincidental.

Other denizens of RuneScape have felt this power as well, notable examples being the seers, who begin conversations with a mention of an incredible dark power and a moonstruck look. But, they seem to rebound fairly quickly. As for other famous mystics, such as the Oracle and Gypsy Aris, they seem to not have been effected. Either that or they are very good at hiding their reaction. The average, everyday residents of Gielinor seem to have no comment on this matter.

Sightings of a mysterious castle have also been seen by a few foolhardy adventurers on a peninsula off of the west coast of the wilderness. Unfortunately, the Fremenniks have beaten us to the scene, and have sealed off the area. The two left to guard the entrance, simply referring to themselves as Torsteg and Hilda, have been very unhelpful in allowing us to investigate the matter. One helpful thing that we have learned is their reference to the strange power, which hints a connection. The two guards seem very dedicated to themselves, denying access to even those who have passed their own trials and saying that their brothers are risking their lives. All of this, on top of what must have been a dangerous journey sailing around the north of the frozen north and the Wilderness says that whatever is there is very dangerous.

We have obtained photos of this area using combined resources from gnome glider mappings and adventurer experts using a long-distance viewing orb. There seems to be a castle, surrounded in ice, and an encampment just south. Sadly, due to the nature of the orb, the adventurers were not able to tell exactly WHAT was in the area.

More coverage to follow.

22:21, February 23, 2010 (UTC)

About The RSWP
I'm just slightly confused about the whole thing. I have a few questions: Coroxn 17:44, February 24, 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Could anyone submit something i.e. me?
 * 2) Where would you post this submition? Should it be sent to you, or......?

Hey Jack. I have my first submisson for the RS Wiki Post. I'm sorry if spelling is wrong, my Word Processer is on the blink, I looked over it a few times and found no mistakes. Please tell me if this isn't the type of article your looking for. It's on my userpage, just follow the link below: Conor

Article
Another in-game perspective article coming up! As always, it's in my sandbox. 01:36, February 27, 2010 (UTC)

So Jack, are my articles in or out?
Not to seem pushy, but I notice your back online from your contributian page. Are the articles on my UserPage of good enough quality? Or should I just go straight away and shoot myself now? Coroxn 21:21, February 28, 2010 (UTC)

Adding new content to the RSWP
I noticed you have added a few new articles to the RSWP. The people selected to fill the Undereditor positions are supposed to take care of this, and I have trained them previously to make sure it is all done correctly. With all due respect, I ask you leave this to them in order to give others a chance to work on the paper and to make sure it is done quickly and efficiently. Leave any questions on my talk. 02:45, March 1, 2010 (UTC)

Submission
Hey, remember that story I was doing? Well, I finally finished it. But, err, should I just submit it to myself and put make a page for it, or go through you and let you put it up?

Oh, and it's pretty long, so I'll need either a few proofreaders or a very dedicated one to check my spelling. I had no spellcheck to use. :P 05:57, March 1, 2010 (UTC)

:S
Sorry. I didn't know I couldn't submit my entry without first being approved. A few months you could do it freely, and I didn't know that has been changed. Therefore, I will submit my entry when it is finished. Sorry again 20:49, March 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * This message was probably intended for me, seeing as how it is a direct response to a message I sent him a few hours ago and there is nothing else on his talk that matches the nature of this response. 21:01, March 5, 2010 (UTC)