June 2009: Running Around With Agility, Games, and Windows 7

posted by Shane on 2 July 2009 at 03:36

Hey everyone!

It's that time of the month: monthly roundup time. You can check out June's Informer Articles at the usual place. June was a packed month for Informer, so read up if you haven't already :P We'd also like you to take our survey to help guide the future direction of Informer.

XBladez also won June's SKOTM which was Summoning. As expected with Summoning the final winner wasn't known until the results were in and the competition had closed. Good job to all those that competed. Here is your trophy Xbladez:

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July's SKOTM is Fletching and not even 24 hours in and I'm already hearing reports of grand experience gains. This month should be interesting :D

With this being said, Happy Canada Day, Happy Independence Day (in a few days), and most importantly Happy Birthday to Informer. This monthly roundup marks the third anniversary of Informer. Thank you to all of you who have contributed over the past 3 years.

See you next month.

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A New Event Rotation

posted by Shane on 20 April 2009 at 23:49

Want more variety in your routine? If that's the case you'll like our new event rotation. This rotation has 5 events that repeat weekly or bi-weekly. We have both Runescape and non-Runescape events.

Here are the events:

  • RSBandB Pest Control - Take up arms with your friends here at RSBandB for some Pest Control fun! We will set sail from the NOVICE Boat to do battle with creatures from other realms. These games of Pest Control will be in world 132. This event is run by Shwa.
  • Half Life 2 Team Deathmatch - Come play Half Life 2: Death Match (HL2:DM) with all of your friends from Rsbandb! Have a problem with someone? Try shooting them in the head! If you've wanted to test out your PC gaming skills, you'll be right at home. This event is run by Pfkninenines.
  • Call of Duty 4 (Xbox 360) - Pack your guns and grenades and log onto Xbox live to join us on CoD4! Depending on turn-out we will play public or private matches. This event is run by Ryan.
  • Boss Takedown - RSBandB takes down the boss of the week. Input on which boss monster to be fought will be polled on RuneWire and users may voice their opinions in the EC forum (Non-GWD). Bosses may range from the King Black Dragon, Kalphite Queen, or maybe even the Chaos Elemental! This event is run by Chief Snake.
  • Castle Wars 1000 - Come play Castle Wars, but devote all your resources and attention to killing enemies as quickly as possible. After it's all done, everybody reports their number of kills, we add it up, and set it as a record, done once every week to try to increase it each and every time. This event is run by Alex.

If you have a suggestion for an event when we rotate events in roughly 1-2 months please post it in the event suggestion topic. Also, there will still be one-off events for special occasions such as holidays and whatnot.

New Server!

posted by Mike on 20 April 2009 at 05:10

If you are reading this, the DNS servers at your ISP have successfully updated to point our domain name to the new server IP. Hopefully it didn't take too long, some DNS servers don't follow the rules properly :wink:

The main reason for the move was to cut costs as a result of continually dropping Ad revenue.

But not to worry, the server should be just as fast as before, if not faster. It's on similar hardware as before with the exception of an upgrade to the processor from dual-core to quad-core and a faster network card. These two upgrades together should help with the little bit of slowness that was experienced at peak times.

Any help the community could give Shane and I in paying for the server would be greatly appreciated.

Everything should be working on the new server. If you see any problems, don't hesitate to let us know!