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[Salmoneus]

EoC Guide & Item Drive!

Hey there! Christmas is quickly approaching, and -- you guessed it -- Sal's annual guide drive is here! This year, we would like to do a "big push" to update our guides, and we're focusing on EoC-related updates! As you probably have realized, the EoC update has made many of our guides... well, outdated. We need to change that, so we need YOUR help!

Although we're focusing on EoC updates at the for this guide drive, we're not limiting submissions to just Combat-related content. Quests have been updated, graphics have been reworked, game interfaces have changed, new items have been added and some have been updated or even removed.

That why we need YOU to help us!

Scoring System

Basically, the more you submit, the more points you receive. Here's our point system:

• 1 Image - 1 point
  
• A full guide's images - 1 point per picture + 10 points
  
• A full guide re/write - 1 point per picture + 40 points
  
• A brand new guide - 75 points
  
• Written guide updates - 2 points per paragraph
  
• New items - 1 point per item field, 20 points for a complete item.
  
• Updates to existing items - 1 point per item field.
  
• Just transparencies - 1 point every 3 images transparetised

Rules

• Original content only! No copying text or images from other sites!
  
• Post your submissions in the EoC Guide Drive board.
  
• Tag your submission as "new guide", "guide update", "guide rewrite", "new item", or "item update" if it fits into one of those categories, and check the "use first tag as prefix" box.

So, are you in? Well, maybe you'd like to take a look at our prizes before you decide...

Prizes

1st Place:

• A custom member title and pip for a month!
  
• I'll lend you my Santa Hat in RS for 24 hours!
  
• A $10 90-day RuneScape game card!
  
• A "Sal's Realm of RS" Santa Hat!

2nd Place:

• A custom member title and pip for a month!
  
• A $10 RuneScape game card!
  
• A "Sal's Realm of RS" Santa Hat!

Next 3 Runners-Up:

• A custom member title and pip for a month!
  
• A "Sal's Realm of RS" Santa Hat!

Santa Hats:

This year we're offering "Sal's Realm of RuneScape" Santa Hats. They're real. They're red and white and fluffy. And they're perfect for keeping the cold out! Assert your swag with a Sal's Realm santa hat!

Deadline

The deadline for this competition is Sunday, January 6, 2013 at 11:59pm EST!

So, what do you think? Are you in?

Good luck!

Edited by Salmoneus, 02 December 2012 - 12:20 AM.
$10 game card for 1st place -> 90-day membership!

[Amber is Insane]

I really feel like doing this, but knowing me I'll never get to it. Good luck to everyone else.

[TakerMayFire]

I suck so bad at skill guides but I'm sure I'll find something to do. I'd love a Santa hat.

[Sobend]

This is a perfect time for a guide drive. Maybe I will rewrite a guide over the holiday.

[Sk8skull]

These are the hardest to help out with cause they always happen when i'm inactive in rs but i think i'll do some transparencies for fun

[Admiral]

Ah, tis a shame I don't play Runescape anymore.  Good luck to all though!

[Trey]

I want a santa hat.

[Salmoneus]

I'm really looking forward to this guide drive event. It's a chance to get our site updated, but we need everyone's help to do it! So much has changed and our website has fallen behind, but together we can rebuild it, make it stronger and better than ever!

 Trey, on 30 November 2012 - 11:46 PM, said:

I want a santa hat.

Well, here's your chance!

Edited by Salmoneus, 01 December 2012 - 01:19 AM.

[Gantowisa]

I am not sure I could make a guide. But I could bird dog information (and maybe images) for new items and updated items. I am not clear on the format you want for that.

What is a transparency?

Edited by Gantowisa, 01 December 2012 - 12:43 PM.

[Salmoneus]

 Gantowisa, on 01 December 2012 - 12:42 PM, said:

I am not sure I could make a guide. But I could bird dog information (and maybe images) for new items and updated items. I am not clear on the format you want for that.

What is a transparency?

I bet you could!

Here are the guidelines/format of an item submission. It's slightly outdated since we added more options to the Item Database last year - I'll work on that.

Transparency is basically making a part of the image see-through. Typically, you would take a picture of an item in your inventory, and make the inventory background transparent, leaving the item and its shadow alone. Photoshop (paid) or Paint.NET (free) can easily do this.

[Hunter]

I'm not sure about the first-tag as prefix thing?

But I've started submitting!

[Micael Fatia]

Good luck everyone! I might join in and submit a couple items and/or maybe even update the images of one or two quests if I have time.  

[Gantowisa]

 Salmoneus, on 01 December 2012 - 02:51 PM, said:

 Gantowisa, on 01 December 2012 - 12:42 PM, said:

I am not sure I could make a guide. But I could bird dog information (and maybe images) for new items and updated items. I am not clear on the format you want for that.

What is a transparency?

I bet you could!

Here are the guidelines/format of an item submission. It's slightly outdated since we added more options to the Item Database last year - I'll work on that.

Transparency is basically making a part of the image see-through. Typically, you would take a picture of an item in your inventory, and make the inventory background transparent, leaving the item and its shadow alone. Photoshop (paid) or Paint.NET (free) can easily do this.

All righteee.  Thank you.

[Salmoneus]

Just a note: the 1st place prize rewards have changed from a $10 game card to a 90-day membership card!

[wartoc1]

Salmoneus, on 01 December 2012 - 02:51 PM, said:

Gantowisa, on 01 December 2012 - 12:42 PM, said:

I am not sure I could make a guide. But I could bird dog information (and maybe images) for new items and updated items. I am not clear on the format you want for that.

What is a transparency?

I bet you could!

Here are the guidelines/format of an item submission. It's slightly outdated since we added more options to the Item Database last year - I'll work on that.

Transparency is basically making a part of the image see-through. Typically, you would take a picture of an item in your inventory, and make the inventory background transparent, leaving the item and its shadow alone. Photoshop (paid) or Paint.NET (free) can easily do this.

There is also this tool that you can use for the transparency.

[Joe Mama]

Good Luck EVERYONE!!!!! If only i had the time...