Call me lazy if you like, this week's poll is directly influenced by poll already running the general board. With the Behind the Scenes released, what game update are you looking forward to the most?

After you vote, there is a discussion post with an extra option that you could vote in and discuss the results.

~M

To start off the new month, I'd like to announce the release of the Grand Exchange guide. Being able to sell to millions of users all at once may be a little scary, but with this guide, you'll be doing it like a pro in no time. The Beginners' Guide has had some updates to it as well, to help the new players find information about the Grand Exchange.

In an effort to organize our information better, pokemama reordered the General Guides and Minigame Guides to make it easier to find information. In the General Guides, skill specific guides have been seperated to the bottom. In the Minigame Guides, miniquests and minigames have been seperated from each other.

Finally, we have another issue of the Times waiting for you. This week, have an older, guest submitted article and a Letter to the Editor. Enjoy Letters to the Editor #10 and Some! As always, feel free to join in on the forum discussion.

~M

After the last update to the fairy rings, we got to work updating the fairy ring map to show the many new areas that have been added to Runescape in the last year or two. So, check out our up-to-date version of the Fairy ring map

Did you know that the Tip.It Events team hosts a Christmas party every year? Last year, over 160 million gee pees worth of items were dropped for the party :| How do they get the money? Through our annual slave auction!

Every year, well known players and Tip.It staff members volunteer their time to be a "slave" for the auction. The winning bidder gives their money to a Tet member to buy the Christmas drops, and then they get to tell their slave to do whatever!

Check out the bid post and see if there is someone you would like to do your dirty work, then hop over to the discussion post.

For many scapers, the story of their first death is a very amusing one. This week, we invite you to vote in the poll, and join in the discussion of your first deaths!

A couple of months ago, a user submitted an article that I was going to save for a rainy day, or after a highly controversial update. Through an amazing chain of coincidences, it's raining today as well. So, for your reading pleasure, check out "Change" by kelem_ryu. After your done, we invite you to the discussion the forum.

Also, the Treasure Trails guide has been updated to correct a mis-aligned tabled. During this time, the monsters and uncommon items were linked to the corresponding databases.

Happy scaping!
~M

Today, we have the release of a new calculator for you! The Pest Control Calculator has been added as one of our handy tools, and is waiting for your use!

The new duel arena update has caused a LOT of discussion on the forum, and even though Jagex's intentions were honorable, the rants are continuing to pour in. To pull a little attention from the the negative thoughts, why don't you check out the speculation of how the update will affect the rares market. Here it is! "Will there be any impact of duel arena update on rares?"

This is a subject that may make many people sad, for different reasons. It may be because you lost an item that you spent a lot of time for, or because you lost the conversation of a person you enjoyed. Either way, have you ever been scammed by a friend? Vote in the poll on the side, and join in on the forum discussion.

The game servers are now back online. You can find the related post about this on the RuneScape Official forums by using the quick find code: 25-26-367-53969603