Monday, October 18, 2010

Rs Halloween 2010 Event Guide (Partying is Such Sweet Sorrow)

Hey there folks! I've just finished doing the event in rs, and wrote a guide alongside. Read the Halloween 2010 event Guide (Partying is Such Sweet Sorrow) below.

Also Read: Halloween 2011 Event walkthrough (Deathcon 2)

Where to start the quest; The Haloween event is located right next to the magic shop in Port Sarim, just south of the air altar. Once arrived, talk to Pumpkin Pete.

Requirements; None, just have 5 available inventory slots for items.
Time taken to complete the quest; Around 15 minutes, difficulty medium
Rewards; Bone Brooch - a pretty cool gadget similar to an easter ring, where you turn into bones and can "unmorph",  aswell as the Puppet Master Emote.

Getting Started; Once inside the portal, talk to party Pete again. He will ask you to move around and help him with the party... you now have to go speak with "Ministrel Web", a giant spider located just north of the dance floor. Speak to her. She will tell you that you have to find 8 spiders. Here are their locations;

Finding Spider Locations
  1. In the same room where party pete is, search the cabinet to find the first spider.
  2. In the North-eastern room, there is a spider walking on the floor.
  3. Climb the stairs to the second floor - you will land in a room. Right outside of that room on the hall, there is a spider, click it as usual.
  4. Search the "death clock" in the biggest square room in the middle of the second floor and you will find the 4th spider.
  5. In that same room, search the bed to find another spider.
  6. Then go north of the room you are in, to a small rectangle-shaped room. You will find the 6th spider walking on the floor.
  7. Search the "towels" of that same room you are in to, to yet find another one, only one spider to go!
  8. In the southern-most room of the second floor, there will be a spider. Right click the spider and select the "scare" option. You have now collected all spiders.

Now that you have found all the spiders, speak with Ministrel Web/The giant spider again. She will ask you that you properly set them up on the dance floor. Doing so is not easy, you have to arrange the spiders using a precise sequence. If you have messed up, speak with Allan (right next to Ministrel Web) and ask him to reset the spiders. Here is the precise order to click them;  Click on then Green spider, then orange, red, purple, and blue at last. Now Speak with Ministrel Web again.

Next task; the grim reaper will want you to get an autograph for him. To do so, go speak with Zabeth Corbid - a vampire located on the south-eastern room of the first floor. Once you find him, you have to speak with him in a precise manner in order for him to give you his autograph. Ask him the questions in this precise order;
  1. Hello, enjoying the party?
  2. So how do people call you?
  3. Sheesh you are an idiot
  4. Sorry, how about I make it up to you with another drink?
  5. Exactly how drunk are you?
  6. A vampire and a warewolf walk into a bar...
  7. Do you know grim?
  8. Can I have an autograph of grim?
Now he will hand you the autograph - go to the grim reaper on the second floor to give him the autograph. Well done, now onto completing the final task of Runescape's 2010 Halloween event!

For the band to sing, you will need to make them a Moonshine Potion'. Speak with the warewolves on the first floor, then head south and click to search the table. You should now receive some items that you need to mix together. Again, you will have to mix those in a precise order for the potion to work;

To make the potion, first use the pile of evil leaves with the white vial. Then use the red vial on the white one. Now use the result of that with the yellow bottle, an finally use the bones with the bottle! Speak with the warewolves and give them the potion. Congratulations! Your last task has been done! Now go speak again with Pumpkin Pete to finish the quest and get your reward!

Rewards; The bone brooch reward is pretty cool - it acts just like an eastern ring, except of turning in an egg, you turn into bones. You also get new emote called the Puppet Master Emote.

For any tips, suggestions, questions or if you find yourself stuck in the 2010 Partying is Such Sweet Sorrow Haloween Quest, just shoot a comment and I'll try to help, Cheers All!

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Jagex Falsely Accusing Players of Password Scamming

It looks like my account is almost banned, or muted - when I log into my account's control pannel, I see that it is in the red zone... even upwards of where it says 'danger'. While I was trying to propose some players to receive a membership in exchange for written guides about runescape that I'd put here, it looks like some idio*s have reported me for no apparent reason, and Jagex have accused me of Password Scamming - for no reason at all.

Jagex must be kidding me on this. In real-life, I work upwards of 60 hours a week at my full time job, and have little time to either play runescape or update this runescape blog on a consistent basis. As a result, I sometimes propose people to help me out with writing guides in exchange for a runescape membership that I give out by sending them a membership pin (see example of post here). To make things clear, I never ask anybody for their password; I neither have the time, nor the interest of playing on an account which is not mine. Note that I have been offered and given accounts several times, which I never made use of (for reasons stated above).

Anyway, once logged in at the <appeal an offence> section and under the "see proof" link, here's the so-called "proof" that they have against me for "password scamming".Ps* Note that in the copy/pasted text, I have replaced my own rs username with "me" in order to remain confidential and have replaced HIS(the guy who reported me) blacked out name with his real username (Dirtybbqchip) - so everyone knows him (the f*#$%& deserves it) ;

Me: hey there, wanted to tell you very well written guide youve posted
Dirtybbqchip: thank you
Me: I myself am the owner of a rs blog-fansite and wanted to ask you if
Me: if you would like to receive compensation for written guides of that quality
Dirtybbqchip: and you know saying something like that breaks several
Dirtybbqchip: rs rules
Me: no in-game compensantion, of course its against the rules
Dirtybbqchip: you'd have to get personal details
Dirtybbqchip: which is
Me: I do not want personal details
Me: I would be willing to pay for your membership for well written guides like that
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And the "proof" as seen on my screen stops here. In other words, that is the "proof" that Jagex has against me for "Password Scamming" Note that I have of course never asked him for his password, and on top of that told him that I did not want his personal details.

This is the second time that Jagex falsely accuses me of password scamming. My account has been temporarily muted and the graph showing my account status is red, with 95% of the line filled! For reference, I have already handed membership pins to two players who wrote me some guides earlier this year (that I have never yet published), and everything went well - they were happy with their membership and me with my guides.

I have re-read runescape's complete rules of conduct, trying to find a way that I might have broken a rule, and can confirm that according to Jagex's guide, no rule has been broken. Also note the <Real world trading> rule is not broken, because here two real-world items are being traded (and not one in-game item against a real world item). So 'No unfair advantage has been gained.

Only one big unfair disadvantage.