Sythe Monthly, January 2014 - Sythe Strips | Syed Speaks | Return of RuneScape 2? |

January, 2014

Happy new year! Been a relatively quiet first month of the year, thank goodness ^_^
There's been a few changes and a quite funny (we think!) addition to this edition's content, let us know what you think below!​

Sythe.org News
By Roary

Staff changes

Amethyst → Amethyst (Resigned)
Dave → Dave (Promoted to Global - Congratulations!)

Entrr is now rocking Off-topic perms, Ziggily similarly with Community and Zippy now has market perms and has changed his usergroup colour to that of Market to avoid confusion with the Ziggily/Zippy situation.
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Community Development Team - Seeking applicants

Think you have what it takes to join us?

Simply send any of us a private message stating why you want to join, what you think you can bring to the team and how often you're online and able to lend a hand.​

Sythe User Accomplishments

Well done to everyone this month who achieved their next goal. We appreciate all your contributions to the Sythe community. Been a good month for some, especially myself if I do say so; 1 year on staff & 10,000 posts!
Donors - THERSG0D (+200$ to 300$), Sellerman (+200$ to 800$), Cas_M (+100$ to 200$), Violent (+100$ to 300$), Demonic (5$).
Post count - FireZ (22,000+ and now #1 poster on Sythe!) Subaru_Fan (1,000), Yousuckv2 (1,000), Cas_M (1,000), AdamsGoldShop (1,000), Ziggily (3,000), Zuzel111 (4,500), Drento (1,500), Entrr (1,500), Belumoth (1,337), Violent (500).
Vouch count - THERSG0D (250), Zuzel111 (1100), AdamsGoldShop (400), Hubbalicious (100+), Violent (150).
Special congratulations - Piramid for getting in to University, Time To Buy for getting in to college and finally Entrr for getting an 88% average for his first round of University exams!

PM I_DONT_BOT or Roary with your achievement or post in the donor lounge to be in the next issue!​

Staff Questions
By: Zuzel111

• James/Yaroow/Yarrow/Jarrow
• Off Topic/Market mod
• ~1.5 years on staff
• Tortoise enthusiast

Please tell us some interesting facts about Tortoises, James!

• A 40 cm big tortoise will have a bigger penis than you or me. Also, they are delicious. It is up to you to decide whether I am talking about tortoises or their penises.
  P.s.

• n4n0/Ryan/Rye/Ryerye/Ryn0
• General Administrator & Head Middleman
• 3 years on staff: (Market, Runescape, Community, Global, Administrator)
• Gaming & Vaping

Tell us what you do for a job, Ryan!

• I'm a 25B (Information Systems Operator/Analyst [IT Specialist]) in the US Army - Currently, "exactly" what I am... a Network/System Administrator.

• FireZ/JT/Jonathan/XxXxXX FireZZZ x
• Global mod, Official middleman & #1 poster
• 3 years & 4 months on staff (Market, Off Topic, Global, Administrator, Global)
• Lethal, hammer-weilding, forklift driving pimp

With all those posts, which sections do you frequent or enjoy most?

• I post a decent amount in the spam forum, community general, feedback and suggestions.

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Syed Speaks - Monthly interview
By: Sellerman

• Ix Syed xI / Syed
• Ex-market mod

During your tenure as staff, would you say it was enjoyable, or more so a chore? Continuing, how did you react when you were first promoted?

• Wasn't a chore, genuinely enjoyed it because I liked the site, and wanted to see it grow. I reacted with happiness the same way you would if you were recognized for a hobby of yours, say I was a sports fisher as a hobbyist and got a trophy.

During the whole ordeal of having your account deleted/unbanned/rebanned, did you view Sythe.org any differently than before?

• Yup, realized I took moderating a bit too seriously, since nobody on Sythe gave a shit if you were a moderator. They think you're privileged to be given the gift of moderation, which I guess, was also how I saw it at the time, to be fair.
  
• 1) Got demoted and banned for being 1227
  2) Got unbanned, but still demoted and removed from OMM position(Also denied Ex-mod rank by Finn)
  3) Got banned again for trolling - 1 month after unban.
  4) Got unbanned again, given OMM back, and given ex-mod rank. - http://www.sythe.org/dispute-forum-archive/879579-syeds-dispute.html
  5) Got banned again for trolling Finn/Skele (this wasn't even true, tmoe can vouch)
  6) Got deleted for being a ghost_sirc(censored) user (Dec. 2010)
  7) Got interested in Sythe again since I was bored so I joined Karl/Cookiezzzz(or w/e)'s IRC and got everybody to love me all over again.
  8) Govind added restitution, I got unbanned and given ex-mod + TWC(it was a sxy one tho) but obv since I had a TWC I couldn't be reinstated to OMM status(which I had when I got banned the last time)

In your opinion, taking into account all factors, who has been the most impactful Sythe.org user of all time?

• Finn, definitely.

Best promotion of 2013?

• Roary was 2013, right? Other than that this year was weak as fuck, no real talent in the mod selection.(cant believe i answered these questions, please help me off myself boys)

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Sythe Strips
By: Roary

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RuneScape News
By: I_DONT_BOT

Feel free to check out my RuneScape account log: here.

World Event 2 : The Results

From the first week the winner was obvious, as Armadyl had a 2.7 million lead. When it all finished, they'd managed to obtain a huge lead of 27.9 million renown, which was only 5 million behind the final lead in the Battle of Lumbridge, even though that had an extra four weeks. Unfortunately for the followers of Bandos, this meant that Armadyl had won the war, and the god Bandos has officially died. Gods in the past have pulled off some strange things though, so I wouldn't be surprised if he returned one day.

Read more here.​

Power to the Players poll : Invention Skill vs The Elf City (Prifddinas)

A new skill put up against the content some players have been waiting for years to see, the elf city, that was introduced into the game in 2004, but never actually opened. It's been the biggest tease runescape has ever had, and after 10 years players might get the chance to see what's inside. The skill however has been described as "A new skill, allowing you to invent and create new weapons, gear and items that can aid your production skills. Level-up the items you make and customise them to your taste." They're letting the players choose which wins via a voting method, and the winner was The Elf City.

Read more here​

Power to the Players Poll: Legacy Combat Mode

Yes, Jagex really can't stop updating combat! As soon as everyone gets comfortable with one method, they're changing it up again! This time, as many of you veteran players are probably ecstatic about, a new legacy mode may be introduced. This will allow players to use the pre-Evolution of Combat (EoC) system and interface alongside EoC players.

• Oldschool RuneScape and EoC will remain unaffected
• A new legacy mode will be available to all
• F2P and P2P accounts can vote
• The highest # of votes wins the poll (no percentages)

Log in to the game, go to the community tab and choose the combat poll to vote! Read more here

Other updates mentioned like Revolution, Momentum Plus and Ability Queuing are also in the works and will arrive in a BETA mode. Read more here. ​

Thanks all for reading, 'til next time! Adios!​

 

First

Great read. Looking forward to next month's!

 

Loololol I love the comic
Nice read, good job CDT!

 

Nice Job Roary, actually read through everything. Lol'd at the comic and the James/Syed interviews.

 

That comic fucking freaked me out...

Aside from that good read.

 

Was a nice read as always

 

I loved the comic, thanks Roary!

 

i laughed a lot on syed's interview and on the pic about jonhyg

btw i achieved 1k posts and 400 vouches on the first of february

 

Had a nice read cant wait for February edition

 

Nice.

 

Funny comic

What happened to motm?

 

Keep up the good work

 

yey i'm famoos

 

Great effort you guys put in, CDT! Fantastic read as per usual!

 

Haha the comic was great.

 

LOL @ comic and James' interview. Fun read, nicely done!

 

Glad to see this stuff coming together.

Comic is by far best part. Thanks guys

 

loled @ comic and james

I miss my johng ninja

good job in the january 2014 - sythe montly guys!

 

Great one as always I really loved the comic xD

 

It was a good read for such a quiet month. I enjoyed James' little fun fact and the comic. Good work CDT.