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In this, our latest story competition, we want to hear tales of endeavour inspired by one of the two, great single-player campaigns in Armies of Gielinor: “Zamorak Returns” and “Saradomin Strikes”.

To enter the competition, choose which campaign you’d like to write about and then use your creative writing skills to come up with the best short story you can in no more than 400 words. Once you’ve written your story, send it to competitions@jagex.com, with your account/display name, and either “Zamorak Returns” or “Saradomin Strikes”, in the subject box.

The deadline for sending us your entry is 23:59 on Monday 29th March. The story competition judges will then spend the week locked in a room until they’ve uncovered the most engaging and exciting stories for each campaign. Once the judges have decided on their favourite entry for each campaign, we’ll announce the winners and award the authors with lifetime membership to both RuneScape and FunOrb, plus some exclusive signed artwork based on the campaign they’ve written about. Two runners-up (one for each campaign) will receive 12-months of RuneScape and FunOrb membership.

We have a dedicated thread for the competition that has full rules, terms & conditions and an FAQ. You’ll find this thread on both the RuneScape forums here, and on the FunOrb forums here.

We wish you the very best of luck!

Mod “Tell me a Story” Craddock
FunOrb Community Management

Four awesome new items have been added to the Jagex online store, and are available from today. Continuing with our plans to stock the online store with more stuff, check out our latest additions:

Kree’arra mouse mat
The two new mouse mats feature some of our favourite pieces of concept artwork. This familiar image is of Kree’arra, general of Armadyl's armies, performing a swooping dive bomb attack.

Red dragon mouse mat
The second of the new mouse mats features some very recent concept art of a red dragon. This will let you always keep it in sight, so maybe you won’t be as scared next time you come face to face with one.

Runes mug
The runes mug combines the powers of all the runes imprinted on the outside, to make your coffee that extra bit delicious. (Humidify and Superheat spells not included.)

Poison Arrow stein
Fancy a Ranger's Aid? Now that’s what I’m talking about. Doff your Robin Hood hat to Marion and fill your ranger boots with this stein glass imprinted with the Poison Arrow logo.

Head over to the store now!

Mod Dan H
Business Development

The poll is closed, the votes have been counted and verified, and the winner of the machinima advert competition (and our first ever Jagex Big Ticket) is...

Gameboy1100!!

After a week of intense voting, you’ve voted Gameboy1100's video – Lumbridge – as the most accomplished RuneScape advert. Indeed, stakes in Bob's Brilliant Axes have increased tenfold since the video went live! Congratulations, Gameboy1100, you win the first ever Big Ticket!

A huge congratulations and well done also goes to our four runners-up – Evil_Yakuza, Runet00b, King_of_rs14 and Tyrutu – all of whom will receive a lifetime RuneScape membership! And, of course, another huge well done to all of our remaining finalists for making it this far!

It’s been an incredible month of creativity and, once again, we’d like to take a moment to offer our sincere thanks to everyone for taking the time to enter this competition. If you didn’t win, don’t be disheartened! We’ll be using various videos submitted from the competition in future Jagex video-casts and we’ll also be releasing a compilation video of some of our favourites.

If you are still hoping to get your hands on a Big Ticket, there will be more opportunities to win one in the coming months. You can find out more about how by visiting this forum thread!

Mod Hohbein
Community Management

We are excited to announce our new payment partner, Paymo. Paymo offers a quick and convenient way to pay for your RuneScape membership by sending an SMS/text message.

To celebrate this new partnership, we are offering a special promotional price for SMS payments of $9.99 for 1 month RuneScape membership.

Paymo is available on the following mobile networks:

• AT&T
  
• Cincinnati Bell
  
• US Cellular
  
• T-Mobile (now supported!)
  
• Virgin Mobile
  
• Cellular One
  
• Nextel
  
• Boost Unlimited (now supported!)
  
• Boost (Prepay) (now supported!)
  
• Sprint
  
• Alltel
  
• Verizon (now supported!)

FAQ:
When will Paymo be available in my country?
Our partnership with Paymo is currently only for the United States, however we are looking to expand to more territories soon. To find out when you can purchase RuneScape membership via Paymo in your territory, keep an eye on the news.

Why does membership paid by SMS cost more than by credit/debit card?
Our players are free to choose whichever payment option represents the best value and convenience for them.
While credit/debit card is our recommended, best-value option – some prefer the convenience of paying by mobile phone. As the mobile operators charge a high fee for paying in this way, we pass this ‘convenience cost’ on.

Can I still pay using Surfpin?
Yes, Surfpin will continue to provide a PayBySMS and PayByPhone service for us.

Today’s Q&A session is with Community Management, covering everything to do with community events, competitions, forum/player mods and the like. Mod Paul M and Mod Steve W have fielded the questions we’ve received so far, the answers to which have been published in this forum thread.

There will also be a live Q&A session with the Community Management team starting at 8pm (GMT/forum time) tonight. Players will be able to ask questions on this forum thread; answers will be posted on this forum thread.

Mod Paul M
Community Management