We are happy to welcome BloodAngel to the Website Crew. If you see him around the forums or the game, be sure to congratulate him!

A new issue of the Tip.It Times is available.

In our featured article titled "Be Patient with Me. I'm Slow, but I Want to Try," ForsakenMage talks about the elitist views of players and their impact on the game.

In his fictional sacker3 brings out his first chapter of "The War of Gielnor" on the rivalries of the Black Knights and White Knights.

In "The Last Night - Prologue" ForsakenMage gives us an introduction to a fictional which will be continued throughout November.

After taking a read through the articles, don't forget to discuss, debate and share opinions about them on the discussion topic!

We'd like to take a quick moment to remind everyone of the awesome bonuses that have been in place this week as Jagex is celebrating their first week of bot-free RuneScape! This was announced on October 25 in the Bot-Nuking Day: Making RuneScape Fairer and More Fun! news post.

Today's bonuses focus on most of the game's Distractions and Diversions! Bonus rewards are being given for the following:

• Penguin Hide & Seek: Double points.
• Evil Tree: Triple XP.
• Shooting Star: Triple XP while mining it and increased final rewards.
• Familiarisation: Players will receive the lucky charm AND ingredient box instead of having to choose.

Also be sure to keep in mind that the Penguins this week were reset again for today, so if you already did the penguins Wednesday you can now do them again today for even more points! Remember that Penguin Locations are always listed on the website as a link from the right side bar or by visiting this page!

Finally, Friday is Soul Wars day! Players will receive triple the usual amount of zeal points while playing this minigame.

Don't miss out on these awesome bonuses experience opportunities! I'll see you out there!

If you are attending RuneFest this weekend, the Tip.It Staff will see you there! Tip.It will have a dedicated stall in the Community Management area of the event and we'll be giving out merchandise and hosting some fun activities! If you want to stop by and meet some Tip.It admins and fellow users, come to the Community Management area of the event at the following times:

Saturday
1pm - 3pm

Sunday
10am - 12pm

Keep an eye out for the official Tip.It Admin t-shirts! We look forward to meeting you! For more information on what we will offer at our stall, check out the official Tip.It RuneFest blog!

See you in a few days!

The Tip.It Staff had the pleasure of interviewing a Jagex employee, Mod Edu, about the insider sessions at RuneFest! You can view and post your comments on the interview here. However, before reading the interview, we would encourage you to read up on the various insider sessions here and here.

A new issue of the Tip.It Times is available.

Our featured article this week is "The Internet and Arguments". Crocefisso talks about how arguments are formed over the internet and the various techniques people use and the mistakes they make.

For our accompanying article, sees_all1 conducted an interview with MageUK, a tech administrator from Tip.It. sees_all1 asks questions about MageUK's life, his role as an administrator, and how he helped to resolve the recent security breaches on Tip.It.

After taking a read through the articles, don't forget to discuss, debate and share opinions about them on the forum topic!

Join the Tip.It Events Team on Saturday October 22nd at 9am GMT for a Zamorak God Wars Dungeon raid! We will be meeting at the entrance into the Zamorak Boss Room. The server will be announced at a later time so stay tuned! You can join the clan chat ElricEdward if you have any questions or to talk to fellow event goers.

For more information including inventory recommendations and quest requirements, visit our forum thread. The server will also be announced on this forum thread at a later time.

See you all there!

A new issue of the Tip.It Times is available.

We have three articles this week: Eternal Sunshine of the Bot-less Mind by Ts_Stormrage, Diversity by Missingno, and an Interview with Elias by Hobgoblinpie!

After taking a read through the articles, don't forget to discuss, debate and share opinions about them on the forum topic!

Hello Folks,

As you know Tip.It and Forum.Tip.It have been down most of October 11 and has just recently come back online. Tip.It's servers were unfortunately hacked and the only way to ensure user security and regain control of our servers was to shut down the servers until we can be completely confident that they are safe again.

As a result, it is likely that segments of our user database were dumped and are now in the hands of other people to use against your RuneScape account or other online accounts. The stolen data may or may not include usernames, password hashes, email addresses, IP addresses and any other information you may have provided on the Tip.It Forums. Please note that your forum password was absolutely NOT stored in plain text – but hackers can easily use what they have taken to decrypt your password in a matter of days. We are assuming the worst and recommending you take action now to ensure your accounts are all secure.

It is highly recommended to ensure that your password and email address used on Tip.It are NOT used on your RuneScape account and that you use a DIFFERENT password for all your valuable accounts, including your e-mail account. If you use the same password and/or email address on your RuneScape account, it is HIGHLY likely that your account will be compromised sooner or later. Don't take the risk - use a UNIQUE password and email address on your RuneScape account to insure maximum security.

We also highly recommend you beef up the security on your email address. Often times hackers can gain access to your email and wreak havoc by accessing any accounts tied into that particular email. A few tips to ensure email account safety:

• Don't be sloppy on your recoveries - make them as difficult to crack as your password. Random numbers, letters and symbols with mixed cases works beautifully!
• Delete old emails you have no need to keep - the less information stored in your email the better!
• Use two-step verification with your mobile device wherever possible - this is powerful tool to keep unauthorized people out of your email!

Tip.It's servers are once again entirely under the control of the Tip.It administration. Every effort is being made by the administration to restore normal service as soon as possible.

This is all the information available at this point. We will do our best to continue to update the community as much as possible through these difficult times. We appreciate your support during this rough time and we apologize for the inconvenience that this downtime causes to your game play.

Respectfully yours,

Tip.It Administrative Team

A new issue of the Tip.It Times is available.

Our featured article this week is "The Ugly Duckling". In this article, Hamtaro discusses the some of the lessons he has learned from RuneScape and how RuneScape ties into his life.

Holgranth submitted a counter article to Master_Smither's September 18 article "Disinterest" titled "Why Most Gamers Laugh at RuneScape".

Finally we also have part three of a fictional series that was submitted anonymously. This installment is titled "Room 101".

After taking a read through the articles, don't forget to discuss, debate and share opinions about them on the forum topic!