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Someone has to be there to build the foundations of where the community congregates and how we channel player feedback - even if they're not there yet, making plans is part of the process! And I'm definitely senior - I make a noise every time I stand up now...

I regret using bold and italics to try and emphasise words - there's no secret message unfortunately! Just words I wanted to stress in those sentences, but now you line them all up like that it sounds like a message 😂

Edit: I'm now anxious, so I've unbolded a few words, just in case.

I'm going to miss you, Train. Almost as much as you miss inverted skillcapes.

To talk generally (it is unannounced after all!), Community Managers being hired on unannounced/unreleased games is increasingly common.

Any game that does this gets the opportunity to really think about how they'll work with players in development, how feedback could be integrated, consider how/where they'll build the community, the pillars of the style / communications they'll have with that community etc.

It's a really cool thing and something I'm glad is being seen by the industry as more essential personally.

Hello 'Scapers.
I've moved to a new position within Jagex, which I don't think I can say much about right now! What I can definitely tell you is that it's all very exciting!

Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on who you ask!) there is only one Doom so I can't be in two places at once. I will be stepping aside, and Mod Yuey will be taking my place within the RuneScape Community Team. Some of you may have seen that listing where we were looking for a new CM to join the team, and that was, indeed, in my stead. Yuey is already doing incredible work behind the scenes, and I'm very excited for you to meet them next Wednesday!

I'm keeping my Golden Crown, my Mod title and my desk, right in the heart of Jagex HQ. I'm going to proudly carry the learnings from the past 16 months with me into this new opportunity - and what a ride it's been! Hosting the Golden Gnomes, dusting off ...

Hey ‘Scapers –

I’ve got a few updates to share on the RS Community Team front. Many words ahead, but I hope they’re all valuable!

Mod Doom
I’m delighted to share that Mod Doom has been promoted to Senior Community Manager and will be moving from RuneScape to work with another unannounced title at Jagex. Doom was brought onto the team to really put the focus back on a deeper connection to the community, and it’s great to be typing this knowing many of you likely agree that he smashed that role.

He’s been a huge part of the efforts being made to deepen how we involve players in RuneScape and a fervent champion of players from the day he joined – and on a personal level, an absolute delight to mentor and watch grow as a Community Manager.

As much as we’ll miss Doom, we’re so so proud of him to have progressed so fast within Jagex and he’s going to do amazing things on his new project. Please do wish him all the best!

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My Jmod's collection

https://imgur.com/a/ahsHhqc

Have raised this before and the group of Jmods who regularly discuss Ironman account interactions are aware of it, but outside of that I don't have any news to report.

The difficulty here stems from a disparity between what different groups of Irons want from their experience. It's not to say it's not viable, as mastercamo has listed here - there's examples/precedents that there have been cooperation opportunities before. But I don't have any developments to share on this one beyond that.

I always imagined them large enough to hold the hilt like a sword, but now I can see them being small like keys - adorable, highly detailed work there. Very well done!

Delighted to say that the team investigated this overnight and have pushed out a fix so you should be able to get back in now!

This cropped up overnight! Glad to see that the issue is resolved, it was flagged up by our team and investigated last night and we're delighted to have fixed it so quickly.

Macs conspiring for me to get nice and cosy for the evening before they start to misbehave...

Update - 16:32 Game Time, June 19
Our tech staff have been working to address the potential risk to AUS worlds. Following our investigation, we will shortly be bringing AUS worlds back online.

We believe the risk to the stability of these servers is low, but if you are concerned about particularly dangerous content, we would encourage you to continue to use US West worlds where possible.

Thanks for your patience and understanding!

Hey 'Scapers -

We are investigating a potential issue with our Australian Data Centre. To avoid potential unexpected downtime and safeguard item losses, we will be temporarily taking AUS worlds offline from 2pm Game Time until further notice.

If you currently predominantly play on Australian worlds, we recommend using West US worlds at this time. We appreciate your patience while we explore further.

We'll update you via the link below as soon as we have further information to share. Thank you for your patience and understanding the team is working hard to mitigate all risks associated.

We'll post updates in this thread as we have them: https://secure.runescape.com/m=news/a=13/australian-worlds-s...

Kind of busy making stuff!

They could potentially come from events like parcels from the dead if we reran that but it's unlikely that these items will be added directly to the game as they are designed to be a more interesting take (along with the other items in the promo) on the protean/dummy concept for necromancy

"is my understanding" doing a lot of the lifting in that sentence, oddly enough I didn't knew the drop rates on day one nor do I know them know cause it's always the same thing with rng, sometimes you get the short end of the stick, meanwhile so other person gets it in an hour.

It might be as simple as changing a variable, but it might not. This is what needs investigating.

On June 25th, the price of Bonds will be changing.

The price of Membership, Treasure Hunter keys, RuneCoins and RuneMetrics will remain unchanged.

Read this post for more information: https://rs.game/BondPrice2024