GameSpy Multiplayer Shutting Down, Hundreds of Games at Risk

I have just been informed that the Master Servers for Rune are going to be shut down on May 31. If this is true, then I'm very concerned. This situation could place the entire Rune community in jeopardy, since Rune uses GameSpy (presumably). Please let this be a horrible rumor...

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/04/03/gamespy-multiplayer-shutting-down-hundreds-of-games-at-risk

I can't get links to work, so you'll have to copy and paste that url. Sorry, folks...

I've Been Away For A Long Time...

I've been away for a very long time, but now I'm back. This is the longest period of time that I've gone without updating the blog. It's time to fix that...

Update 17 news - Thieves Guild Mod for Rune

http://www.moddb.com/mods/thieves-guild/news/update-1710

Update 17

A new update with information about RPG character portraits, team collaborations, and beta testing...

Posted by Jetrell on Nov 21st, 2013

Debujin, our very talented digital artist has been hard at work making character portraits for our RPG "interactive dialog menu". I have uploaded some of his newly minted creations along with this update. I have also added a couple in-game screenshots of our RPG "interactive dialog menu" which feature Debujin's fine new portraits.

In addition, the Thieves Guild team has recently been collaborating with Walleck who is working on his very own Rune mod, The Svartnar Project. He's helped us out in several areas including adding some new combat code to some of our monsters and he's also been improving some of our player models... The collaboration between our two teams is going very well and we look forward to continuing to work with Walleck. The following link will take you to his Mod DB Svartnar site: Moddb.com

Soon we will be sending out our last batch of maps to our beta testers for final testing and review. If all goes well and according to plan we should be ready to release the Thieves Guild mod sometime after the New Year (fingers crossed). Happy holidays...

"The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be." ~ Lao Tzu

Map of the Caves of Moria....

This is a very cool map. Here's a zoomable view of it below...

http://i.imgur.com/lSvvi.jpg

Updating The Site...

To anyone reading this....please take note that I will soon edit some of the links on this blog, as a few of these links are now defunct. And if anyone needs to chat with other Lambshack members or Rune gamers, the Facebook link above will take you to where you need to go. I decided to retire the Lambshack forum a long time ago, as it was just too much trouble to deal with. The Lambshack Facebook group is simply more active and convenient, serving my needs better than a forum ever did. Meanwhile, this blog is primarily used as an archive of links, information, and the occasional goofy video. So I do hope the information here proves to be helpful...

Some Old School Rune Art...

This Rune art is many years old, but it's so well-crafted...that I felt compelled to share it. It was designed by someone named, "Pork".

http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?91800-ragnar-the-viking

Lets Play: Rune - Halls of Valhalla [Episode 1]

This video was not created by me, but just another Rune video I found on the Internet...

ER - Rune HoV Tournament 2013 Forums

It seems like "real life" (and burnout) prevented me from mentioning this earlier, but here's a link to the ER - Rune HoV Tournament 2013 Forums.

http://ertournament.proboards.com/
ER - Rune HoV Tournament 2013 Forums

http://tournament.er-horde.nl/matches.html
ER Tournament 2013

An Update...

Well, things have changed. For me, anyway. I took a break from Rune for a while, because I was emotionally burned out. I was dealing with leaving my lifelong home, and moving to an entirely different place. It was very stressful, and Rune just wasn't important for a while. I'm beginning to adapt to my new environment though, and I just started to play Rune again last week.

Naturally, life wouldn't be normal if I wasn't suffering from an illness of some kind. I've been dealing with hives, fevers, nausea, and extreme fatigue. Oh, and did I mention that I might have re-aggravated an old shoulder injury? Life is sweet...

But, whatever. I'm still here, and I'm still playing Rune. I've been on the Zaphirs servers, as that is what's been active lately. If any of you see me on there, then hit me up, and we can bash some skulls...

Lamb bounces after girl

Cuteness overload!