Minigames

This week sees big changes for the Mining and Smithing skills. Players see it as a nerf (and it is) but remember what it was designed to fix? Stone spirits! We have that discussion plus look at how Mining XP rates are after the change.

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Hosts: Shane and Tanis
Duration: 1:36:05

• Game Update: Mining & Smithing Changes
• Tweaks and Fixes (Patch Notes)
• RSBANDB is on Patreon
• Listener Questions and Discussion
• NSPCC urges Facebook to stop encryption plans
• EA Made Almost $1 Billion On Microtransactions Last Quarter
• Emoji 13
• Achievements of the Week
• Shane’s Pick: Minecraft
• What have we been doing?

A look at the new chatbox and how it will interact with RuneScape Mobile. Plus Chief Snake returns and we catch up on expansions vs. regular updates and clue scroll hidey holes. And a look at the social benefits of double xp weekend!

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Hosts: Shane, The RRMan, and Chief Snake
Duration: 1:42:02

• Skilling Outfits in Minigames | New Chatbox Options
• Tweaks and Fixes (Release Notes)
• Dev Blog – Hidey Holes Poll
• Brad on expansions vs. standard RS updates
• RuneFest Stage Schedules
• Double XP Weekend | Begins 15th September
• NPC Profiles: The Wise Old Man
• Listener Questions and Discussion
• Hollywood, Apple Said to Mull Rental Plan, Defying Theaters
• Alt-social network Gab booted from Google Play Store for hate speech
• Nintendo Switch outsold PlayStation 4 and Xbox One last month
• August SkotM Update
• Achievements of the Week
• Brad’s Pick: Brad’s sick headset and his sick new Arctis 7 headset
• What have we been doing?

Fist of Guthix – are the changes made going to help in the long run? And a crossover in podcastland as Magebit from RS Weekly joins us for this episode.

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Hosts: Shane (@_ShaneA), Colton, and Magebit
Duration: 2:24:57

• Fist of Guthix | Centralised Toggles
• Centralised Toggles
• Tweaks and Fixes (Release Notes)
• An update on the Quest Point Master Cape
• What the Quest Point Master Cape Should Be
• Death Lotus Training
• God Caps | Order Now for an In-Game Cosmetic
• BTS Video – The Light Within
• The Light Within Podcast
• Seren Spells and Prayers teaser
• Listener Questions
• Alphabet
• Removing the 140-character limit from Direct Messages
• 33% of users in Poland and 15% use adblock regularly
• August SkotM Update
• Achievements of the Week
• Magebit’s Pick: http://www.openra.net/
• What have we been doing?

Is the new Minigame Spotlight the fix that was needed to revitalize minigames or is it a short term fix? This RSBANDBUpdate! exhibits true facts rather than speculation.

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Hosts: Shane (@_ShaneA), Earth (@Earth271072), and Dave
Duration: 2:02:49

• Minigame Spotlight
• Tweaks and Fixes (Patch Notes)
• The RuneScape Bestiary now works again
• Roadtrip Update
• BTS Video – Death Rework & Old School
• Listener Questions
• Spotify Transforms Into Streaming Entertainment Service
• YouTube eyes Twitch user base, adds 60 FPS live streams with HTML5 playback
• Adblock Browser is here
• May SkotM Update
• Achievements of the Week
• RSBANDBUpdate! Spring 2015 Survey at update.rsbandb.com/survey
• Shane’s Pick: The Imitation Game
• What have we been doing?