RuneFest 2011

RuneFest 2011 was announced on 10 June 2011, and took place over two days from 29 October to 30 October 2011.

Introduction

Map of Runefest 2011.

Venue

RuneFest was held at Old Billingsgate in London (1 Old Billingsgate Walk, City of London, Greater London, EC3R 6DX) which is a three floor venue overlooking the river Thames.

Tickets

Tickets went on sale on 13 July 2010 at 7PM BST and were £59 for a one day pass or £99 for the weekend.

There was a Hallowe'en after party costing £49 which is open exclusively to RuneFest attendees aged 16 and over.

For the first time VIP tickets were available. Jagex have said that the VIP tickets will be "a truly individual weekend with priority seating for all presentations, private insider sessions with senior developers, signed concept art and a private J-Mod staffed area with your own VIP bar". VIP tickets also guaranteed access to the Hallowe'en after party and costs £179.

Runefest Hood 2011

The Flagstaff of festivities was not renewed for the 2011 attendees, but instead a new dragon-themed headgear item was released, the Runefest 2011 hood. The design for the RuneFest hood was decided in a competition held by Jagex called the Awesome-RuneFest 2011-Item-Headgear-Concept-Competition. The winning design was revealed on 8 September 2011 and was designed by Marikdebie.

At the event

Gift Bag

The Runefest Bag 2011.

Attendees received a free gift bag, the items inside the bag included:

• A RuneFest Bag
• A RuneFest 2011 Hood Unlock Code Card
• A RuneScape Hat
• Leaflet about the new T. S. Church book, Legacy of Blood.
• RuneFest Pen
• RuneFest Dragon Pin

Skilling Chips

Skilling chips were awarded for various activities completed around RuneFest, with 8 tokens in total. Upon collecting all 8 and you would receive a golden token, and a free RuneScape keyring from the store.

Skill	Method to Obtain
Dungeoneering	Playing the Dungeoneering Puzzles in the Dungeoneering area.
Cooking	Pumpkin carving or making a gnome cocktail.
Crafting	Making a leather bracelet.
Hunter	Playing the penguin hide and seek puzzle throughout the RuneFest building.
Strength	Playing RuneScape in the Gaming Pits.
Magic	Throwing a rubber chicken into a hole with a picture of the clan citadel portal on it, in the clan camp area.
Ranged	Playing the range game on the PlayStation 3 in the Gaming Pit.
Agility	?

Penguin Hide & Seek Card.

Skilling chips

Ardougne Market Place (Floor G)

Ardougne Market Place

Food & Drink

• The Chillderness Cafe

Severing Drinks, Snacks, Sandwiches, Salads & More.

• Thurgo's Pie Shop

Serving a Selection of Pies & Mash with Gravy.

• Pigzilla Rolls

Serving Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks and Drinks

• Rantz Rotisserie

Serving Roasted Pork & Chicken roll, with crackling & all the trimmings.

Cocktail Making (Grand Tree)

a Fruit Blast

• Fruit Blast

Ingredients:

Lemon Juice

Lemonade

Pineapple Juice

Instructions:

1. Add the Pineapple Juice into a cup

2. Add a Squirt of Lemon Juice

Tip: The more Lemon Juice is added, the more the Drink has a "Blast" Feeling to it.

3.Add the Lemonade into a cup, and stir gently.

*Warning* If you are mixing this method in a cocktail mixer, please don't add the lemonade until after the mix, else it will explode.

Main Stage (Floor G)

Saturday

Time	Topic
11:00AM	A Decade of Gielinor
12:00PM	The Biggest Update
1:00PM	Breaking The Bots (Deathcon @ RuneFest: A Cryptic Cross-Convention Conundrum)
2:00PM	5v5 Tournament
3:00PM	You Be The Judge
4:00PM	A Character Is Born - Part 1 (development of Sunfreet)
5:00PM	Break Into The Industry
6:00PM	Golden Gnome Awards (GGVAs)

Sunday

Time	Topic
11:00AM	Question Time
12:00PM	Secrets Of The Mahjarrat
1:00PM	Community Matters
2:00PM	The RuneQuiz
3:00PM	Greatest Glitches
4:00PM	A Character Is Born - Part 2 (development of Sunfreet)
5:00PM	RuneScape 2012
6:00PM	Birthday Celebrations

Mini Insider Session (Floor 1)

Saturday

Time	Topic
11:00AM	Games Design Workshop
12:00PM	Future Sounds Of Lumbridge
1:00PM	A History Of Distractions & Diversions
2:00PM	Questions & Answers With QA
3:00PM	The Future Of RuneScape Combat
4:00PM	Stories Of The Year

Sunday

Time	Topic
11:00AM	RuneHQ
12:00PM	Sounds Like A Creature, Feature
1:00PM	The Art Of The Myreque
2:00PM	Graphics - Tools
3:00PM	Stories To Come
4:00PM	Clan Workshop
5:00PM	Things You'll Never See In RuneScape

Clan Camp (Floor G)

Clan Camp

This description is taken from the RuneFest 2011 lanyard, given to players upon entry to the venue:

"If you've spent time in the Clan Camp just north of Falador then you've a pretty good idea of what you'll find at RuneFest's Clan Camp - there's probably no better way to meet with fellow clan members, recruit for new blood or settle old scores.

The Sergeant at Arms, the Scribe and the Captain of the Guard will all be on hand to guide you and introduce you to their creators and the clan community's curators.

The clan tent is the perfect venue for clan meeting. Clan promotions and to show your rival clans who's boss.

And if you feel that no trip to the Clan Camp is complete without the exhilaration of launching a chicken or two. Well, we've got that covered too."

Gaming Pit (Floor V)

The Gaming Pit

Jad vs Chickens at Runefest 2011

Saturday

Time	Event
10:00AM	Free Play
11:00AM	Free Play
11:30AM	RuneFest vs RuneFest
12:00PM	A_Matt's 99 challenge with Andrew Gower
1:00PM	Free Play
2:00PM	RuneFest vs RuneScape
3:00PM	Fishing Trawler
3:30PM	Jagex vs The World
4:00PM	Free Play with Andrew Gower, Paul Gower & MMG
5:00PM	Closed
7:00PM	Late Night Gaming with J Mods (Party Ticket Holders Only)

Sunday

Time	Event
10:00AM	Free Play
11:00AM	Free Play with Andrew Gower & MMG
11:30AM	RuneFest vs RuneFest
12:00PM	Free Play
1:00PM	A_Matt's 99 Challenge with MMG
2:00PM	Free Play
3:00PM	Fishing Trawler
3:30PM	Jagex vs The World
4:00PM	Free Play with Andrew Gower & Paul Gower
5:00PM	RuneFest vs RuneScape
6:00PM	Closed

CM Bar (Floor V)

Saturday

Time	Fansite
10:00AM	RuneHQ
1:00PM	Tip.it
4:00PM	Zybez

Sunday

Time	Fansite
10:00AM	Tip.it
12:30PM	RuneHQ
2:00PM	RuneZone
4:00PM	Sal's Realm & RuneWise

Dungeoneering (Floor V Via Ardougne Marketplace)

Gather a party of up to five people and then embark on a journey into Daemonheim!

Complete puzzles and tasks that will truly put your Dungeoneering skills to the test. If you are able to answer the final RuneScape riddle. Then prizes await.

Gielinor's Picturehouse (Floor G)

Check out some of you vibrant video community's finest work in the Gielinor Picture House. If you're looking to vote in this year's Golden Gnome Video Awards then this is the ideal place to hand out and view the finalist's films in their full glory.

Gielinor's Recording Studio

Make some noise for the RuneScape Audio team! No really, head over to the sound booth. Pick a sound from the menu and moo, scream, cluck and roar your way into the RuneScape history books. The recording studio is also hungry for your RuneScape memories and messages. Want to reach out and be heard? Good. Because we want to listen!

HR Tavern (Floor V)

Raise your skill levels and unlock the ability to enter the games industry at the HR tavern. Our HR mods are available from 10:00AM - 5:00PM on Saturday & Sunday in The Hair of The Dog Pub located on Level V.

Other Distractions & Diversions

Postie Pete's Gallery (Floor 1)

The Runefest 2011 Cake

Featuring a variety of player art which has been specially commissioned for RuneFest - browse at your leisure & enjoy!

Artisan's Workshop (Floor 1)

Build your skill levels in Artisan's workshop by creating your own leather bracelet or carving out a RuneFest Pumpkin - it is Hallowe'en after all!

Meet the Maker (Floor G)

Is there a quest you want to know more about? Maybe you've a question about an update you've been dying to ask. 'Meet the Maker' and 'Pitch & Feedback' sessions give you the opportunity to meet the team, one on one.

Pitch & Feedback (Floor 1)

Is there a quest you want to know more about? Maybe you've a question about an update you've been dying to ask. 'Meet the Maker' and 'Pitch & Feedback' sessions give you the opportunity to meet the team, one on one.

Pub Quiz (Floor V)

Grab a Pen, find some brainy looking fellow RuneFestonians and prepare for The Hair of The Dog Pub Quiz. Your glorious host will begin bellowing the questions at 3PM on Saturday & Sunday.

Gallery

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  Runefest 2011 ad banner.

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  Runefest 2011 Hood Code.

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  Runefest 2011 Pen.

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  Runescape Hat.

Trivia

• RuneFest 2011 was historically important for the game's development; the event saw the origins of the Evolution of Combat after developers' discussions with players. It was also the event where a well known bot developer showcased their defeat of Jagex' recently released bot nuke. The bot developer was promptly hired which lead to the ultimate defeat of botting in 2012. The event also released one of the rarest and most controversial items in RuneScape history; the golden scythe.