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Latest RuneScape news, 21st December 2001
I was playing on RuneScape the other day when I noticed how many scammers there were on RuneScape. People using fowl language, people trying to "look after" other peoples armour and items. Well I have opened a new section of the site, Scammers. Check it out. There is a list of people there that you should watch out for because they have been know to scam people.

The online manual on the official RuneScape website has finally been updated. The manual now contains instructions for all the main aspects of the game, as well as guides for individual skills such as smithing and crafting.

Andy Gower has also updated the World Map. It now shows the most recent additions to the world. The map is now in a seperate section to the rest of the manual, just view our world map by click here. I am also in the process of registering a .com domain name. fastrune.com, However I have registered it through namezero.com so be prepared for a load of adverts, if you don't like the adverts then just use the normal address, fastrune.cjb.net, check out for more info in a couple of days. Thats all for this weeks update , have a great Christmas!

Latest RuneScape News - 16th December - Andy Gower
I apologise for the recent problems accessing the RuneScape servers. My US hosting company is having problems with their provider losing the internet connection. Hopefully this will stop happening soon!

The US servers work 99% of the time, but I've decided that relying on just one hosting company is too risky, so I am currently in the process of setting up some additional RuneScape servers here in the UK. At the moment these can only be accessed via the windows client, and only if the US servers are also up. However I eventually intend to make them completely independant and available via runescape.co.uk.

Not only will this increase the number of people who can play at once, but it will also mean that even if one hosting facility fails completely you will still be able to play the game via the other one.

If you have tried the UK server and have found it a bit slow/laggy, that's because the UK hosting company hasn't given the amount of bandwidth I asked for, and I'm having to wait for them to resolve this problem. Seems I'm having an unlucky week! The UK capacity will be increased as soon as this is fixed.

RuneScape Finally Updated! - 8th December - Andy Gower
I've just put a big RuneScape update online. This update includes:

Draynor Market - Located in Draynor village is a market, where you can trade fish, ore and bars. The traders there will exchange these for reedemable certifcates which are easier to carry and trade with your friends.

New Black Weapons - The black armour range has been extended to include the full range of weapons

Level requirements - The armour/weapon level requirements which were voted in last week have now been added. You now need a certain minimum attack/defense to use the higher level weapons/armour respectively.

Dyeable capes - New cape colours are in! Green, Purple, Yellow, and Orange. To get these capes you must mix up dyes to recolour the existing ones :-)

Minor changes to varrock and falador - Some buildings have been increased in size, and there's a new bank in falador to reduce crowding at peak times.

Server limit back to 5000 Unfortunately I've had to put the player limit back to the original 5000. Despite upgrading my kernal, drivers, and improving the efficieny of my network code, the linux operating system still crashes if I try for more connections per box! I hate linux! :-) However I am hoping to get some additional servers to increase the capacity fairly soon.