Runescape Bits & Bytes

I hope your 2011 was somewhat less chaotic than mine was. So many changes, so many twists, so many turns, I hope 2012 will be a little bit quieter. I'm going to start off that trend with this little roundup for December 2011.

We began our RuneScape coverage in December with an article from Alex detailing the Loyalty Programme as a whole as well as the new rewards released in December. Since 2011 was coming to an end it made sense to take a look at the RuneScape highlights of 2011 in less than 2,011 words which is what Jason did! Then came Christmas, the Christmas break, lots of free time; what a better time to do three quests Tim suggests. Finally we wrapped the year up with a guest article from Uncle Dano discussing his favourite update of the year, the Bot Nukewhich subsequently led to the Redemption of RuneScape.

Our other articles for the month consisted of a discussion of digital distributionand how it has changed gaming marketplace. Our second gaming article written by Brimmk discusses the Spike TV Video Game Awards and the negative image they project onto the gaming industry. Finally our gaming and tech articles were wrapped up with a discussion of the current state of the social network space.

In the final Skill of The Month of 2011 Allta gained 7,079,769 Smithing experience. Well done!



With it being the end of the year we can't forget Skiller Of The Year. Skiller Of The Year is awarded to the member who gained the most experience in all 2011 Skill of The Month competitions. That means the winner for 2011 is: thelion777. He gained a grand total of 46,389,023 experience through all signed up competitions, second place is awarded to Priss with 24,424,196 experience, and third goes to Ataronchronon at 19,465,990 experience.

2012 is afoot and we'll be back with our usual stream of articles later this week!

Have a good year,

Shane, King Kulla, Earth, and the rest of the Informer Staff.

This article was originally posted as an Informer FrontPage article.

Here it is, the Grand Exchange Portfolio system. Some of you may be aware of this if you read my November Informer article. For those who aren't aware of what this system does, here's a rundown:

- Track prices and keep watch of individual items.
- Track prices and keep watch of a basket of items.
- Look up the current price and price history of RuneScape items.

You must be logged in to access your own portfolio. If you aren't logged in you'll be able to view a selection of community baskets. This brings us to community baskets.

Right now we have about 5 community baskets set up for you all to view as an example. There will be more in the future. If you think one of the baskets you make might make a good basket for everyone, send it to me.

To get started simply search for an item. From here you can either add the item to a basket by creating a new basket or selecting a pre-existing basket. You can also add an item by just clicking the basic "+" button, this will add the item to your general watch list.

You can also see what items are in a basket from the main portfolio page by clicking the down arrow. This will also allow you to change the name of the basket, set an alert price, or delete the basket (or items) entirely.

The price index is a value that starts at 100 on basket creation. Indices are calculated going backwards in price history. You can view the past history of the basket by clicking on the hyperlink.

This brings us to the graph page. These probably look familiar since they use the same technology that the Skill of The Month graphs use. This page is useful for viewing past history of an item or basket. You can toggle which items are displayed on the graph by clicking on a row in the table below.

With that being said I hope you enjoy this "little" tool. It is a beta. The beta status means that things might change in the future, although not dramatically. It also means you may discover odd hiccups as you use the system, though most of the basic features should presently be working. If you see anything that doesn't appear right, post it here.