RUNE 7th Anniversary Contest

Ola!

Perdoe-me por favor se eu responder somente em inglês. Meu "português" é muito limitado.  (Thank goodness for BabalFish!)

To celebrate the 7th anniversary of Rune's release, there is an Official Rune 7th Anniversary Contest going on that is supported by URLSHVtYW4gSGVhZCBTdHVkaW9zLS07Oy0taHR0cDovL3d3dy5odW1hbmhlYWQuY29tLw==. 

The Three Categories for submission are for Fiction (English language Only) Maps, Concept and Illustrative Art.  Some of you who visit Runegame.com may know of it.  It began March 1st and ends May 1st.  There will be five winners in each category and the entrant can submit their work in two of the three.  The final winners will be announced May 15th.  There are special HH t shirts as prizes and the judging is done by the community as well as by HH and designated judges. 

More information (and submission page) can be found through the URLJmFtcDtxdW90O1J1bmUgN3RoIEFubml2ZXJzYXJ5IENvbnRlc3QmYW1wO3F1b3Q7LS07Oy0taHR0cDovL3d3dy5ydW5laXZlcnNlLmNvbS9pbmRleC5odG1s website.  There are some new Map submissions you download and try out there.  A Story has been submitted too.  More to will come as the final date gets closer.  You can go to  Runegame.com's  URLUnVuZSA3dGggQW5uaXZlcnNhcnkgQ29udGVzdC0tOzstLWh0dHA6Ly93d3cucnVuZWdhbWUuY29tL3ZiZi9zaG93dGhyZWFkLnBocD9nb3RvPW5ld3Bvc3QmYW1wO3Q9MjkwNTY= subject thread to ask any questions.  Or announce wanting to make something for the contest.

As administrator of URLUnVuZWdhbWUuY29tLS07Oy0taHR0cDovL3d3dy5ydW5lZ2FtZS5jb20=, the Official website of URLSHVtYW4gSGVhZCBTdHVkaW9zLS07Oy0taHR0cDovL3d3dy5odW1hbmhlYWQuY29t "RUNE" and "Rune: Halls of Valhalla". I want to thank Walleck for what he has been doing translating RUNE for Brazilian and Portuguese players. As well as translating any of the patches and mods you may want to download to add to the enjoyment.

For the last few months, Walleck has kept the Runegame.com community updated about translating the game and asking help when needed.    In turn, the community has been great in answering his questions to help with this project. 

The Runegame community is still quite active and after nearly eight years, has gained a "cult status".  New players are still discovering it and old players always come back.  Mods (both SP and MP), maps, skins, mutator and more are still being made. 

This Viking Age/Fantasy game as gained a "cult status" for its Viking  great style of intuitive combat with axes, hammers, swords and maces.  Easy to learn but hard to master well.  I have met a few of you in both "RUNE" and "HOV" MP servers over the years.  "Thank You" for playing this great game!   

Moderators, if this is not the place to announce this contest...please move this to the suitable board?

I am Runegame.com's Administrator.  For the last seven years, I have been doing this for Human Head Studios.

Really!! 

You can go to click on my sig below to visit the game's Official Website.

I can read some Portuguese but use an online translator to try writing in it.  But even with BabelFish, the announcement might not read well enough to attempt posting it in Portuguese. 

Let me attempt then using the online Translator 

English to Portuguese from the

URLUnVuZSA3dGggQW5uaXZlcnNhcnkgQ29udGVzdC0tOzstLWh0dHA6Ly93d3cucnVuZWl2ZXJzZS5jb20vaW5kZXguaHRtbA== website

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The Contest 

Hello, ventiladores de Rune em torno do mundo! Começou um nível, um desenho, ou uma história boa de Viking no cérebro? Comece-o então para baixo e digital e submeta-o competição do anniversary de Rune à 7a!

Para comemorar o 7o anniversary da liberação de Rune, os estúdios principais humanos, RuneGame.com, e Rune2.net estão patrocinando uma competição dos faç exame-todo-taking-all-comers para o índice creativo original baseado em temas, em caráteres, e em ambientes do universo de Rune.

Prizes: The T Shirts

Há quinze prêmios iguais: Os t-shirts de um funcionamento muito limitado de mesmos, projetado especialmente por Humano Cabeça e aquela evoke as camisas originais do "colaborador" da liberação de Rune.

Este limitado-funcione t-shirts são pretendidos como prêmios, e não há atualmente nenhuma planta para vendê-los no Web site principal humano.

Há três categorias da submissão, com cinco prêmios em cada categoria:

Mapping:

Submeta por favor seu muito mais melhor mapa multiplayer de Rune para a consideração. Pode haver somente um mapa por o entrant. O tamanho de lima do fecho de correr não deve ser não mais do que 10mb.

O mapa não tem que ser brand-new para a competição; você pode submeter trabalho existente para a consideração. Entretanto, o mapa não deve ter sido submetido a nenhuma competição traçando precedente. Os mapas serão julgados no fluxo e o contrapeso, a creatividade, qualidade e consistência aesthetic, desempenho, e do "o fator todo-importante divertimento."

Fiction

Você foi inspirado pelo universo de Rune? A aventura de um ou outro Ragnar continuando, ou introduz outros caráteres da idade de Viking? Está aqui sua possibilidade! Emita em suas histórias -- nós amaríamos lê-las!

Submeta por favor seu tratamento literário muito mais fino do lore de Viking ajustado no universo de Rune. O trabalho não deve ser não mais de trinta páginas, e pode ser uma história curta ou pode constituir um capítulo em um trabalho maior. De qualquer maneira, a escrita submetida deve estar no seus próprios e encapsulate uma história ou um evento. O trabalho deve ser submetido em inglês, e deve haver somente uma submissão por o entrant.

O trabalho será julgado na creatividade e no uso creativo dos caráteres de Rune e de seu universo. Será julgado também na qualidade da escrita própria: comando da língua, a soletração apropriada, a gramática, e a pontuação, e o flair pessoal do escritor

(We are not going to act like your strict "English Language Teacher", though.  As the game is popular with so many nationalities, it was decided to limit the language the submissions be in.  And for the judges language skills read in...)

Concept and Illustration

Submeta por favor sua visão do mundo de Rune e de seus denizens, conhecidos e ainda undiscovered, no formato de JPG para a consideração. O trabalho será julgado em um número de méritos: originality, creatividade, execução e aesthetics, estilo e integralidade total do esforço. Pode haver somente uma submissão por o entrant nesta categoria. O trabalho do conceito tenderá para o realization visual de caráteres e de ambientes novos dentro do universo de Rune. O trabalho ilustrativo tenderá para uma expressão narrativa ou aesthetic dos caráteres e dos ambientes dentro do universo de Rune.

Submissions and Moderators

Um indivíduo pode fazer uma única submissão não mais em de duas das três categorias como identificada acima: Fiction, traçar, e Concept/Illustration. Todo o trabalho submetido julgando deve ser original.

Em qualquer categoria, toda a submissão que for determinada na única discreção da cabeça humana ter sido plagiada será removida da consideração.

Os moderators para a competição são Laurie sábio de RuneGame, de Phil (Socketboy) Pliuskonis de Rune2, e de Ted Halsted de estúdios principais humanos. Os estúdios principais humanos reservam a direita fazer decisões finais nas matérias que relacionam-se à competição e a conceder dos prêmios.

Duration of Contest

A competição funcionará entre março 1o e maio 1o. Este é o frame de tempo em que você deve fazer sua submissão formal ao Web site Runeiverse.com Haverá então um período ten-day para votar. Os vencedores serão anunciados formalmente maio em 1ö. Os moderators coletarão então os endereços dos vencedores e um t-shirt brand-new de Ragnar estará em sua maneira a sua caixa postal dos estúdios principais humanos.

Voting

As entradas serão afixadas no Web site e votadas sobre lá por ventiladores de Rune e pela equipe de funcionários principal humana. Cada eleitor começa pôr um voto em cada categoria, para um total de três votos. No exemplo de um laço, um t-shirt adicional será concedido.

The Vibe

Apenas enquanto o jogo de Rune é sobre a competição com sorrr forçadamente, é assim esta competição de Rune. ?? sobre a comemoração de abilidades creativas e de um jogo que do pessoa nós amamos jogar. Todos na cabeça humana e na comunidade de Rune olha para a frente a ver todos seus esforços creativos!

Legal

Todas as submissões se transformam a propriedade de estúdios principais humanos. Os estúdios principais humanos retêm a direita, mas não têm nenhuma obrigação, usar nenhuma submissão, uma fac-símile de nenhuma submissão ou nenhum derivative de nenhuma submissão em nenhum título video Rune-relacionado upcoming do jogo ou para nenhuma finalidade qualquer. Os participants da competição não retêm nenhuma direita, moral ou de outra maneira, em nenhuma submissão da competição. Algum disputa relacionado à competição será resolvido por estúdios de Humano Cabeça em sua única discreção, e os participants da competição concordam ser limitados por estes termos com seu ato da participação

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Submeta todas as entradas com informação com URLJmFtcDtxdW90O3N1Ym1ldGVtJmFtcDtxdW90Oy0tOzstLWh0dHA6Ly93d3cucnVuZWl2ZXJzZS5jb20vc3VibWl0Lmh0bWw= a página.

(Submit all entries with information through the "Submit" page.)

As entradas dos mapas, da arte e do fiction podem ser encontradas em suas páginas individuais

(Maps, Art and Fiction entries can be found in their individual pages)

I do hope the translations grammar is correct enough. 

Movi o tópico para a seção de campeonatos e eventos.

Leiam ali em baixo, está entendível ;D

Thanks for Laurie the Deepminded ;)

hooo

I discovered Rune because the translation :p

And i like the game... but... the engine is too old... Rune qithe the Engine of Doom 3.... It's a Dream...

Congratulations to the Rune Game and his creators.

See a...

Obrigado Porcodue

Costa_PT

The "RUNE" engine is a specially enhanced HH development of the Epic Games "UnReal" engine. The headers were released back in September 2004.  Go to the Human Head Studios link to find it there.  You will need C++ 6.0 (at least) to work them for modding or other further enhancements.  So, yes...it is an older game engine but not the same if you are used to working with the regular Unreal engine.  As any of the community modders will tell you, what you can do with it, makes it unique compared to other Unreal engine games. 

Eventually Human Head Studios does want to make a Rune 2.  you can find URLYSBsb25nIHN1YmplY3QgdGhyZWFkICZhbXA7cXVvdDtzdGlja2llJmFtcDtxdW90Oy0tOzstLWh0dHA6Ly93d3cucnVuZWdhbWUuY29tL3ZiZi9mb3J1bWRpc3BsYXkucGhwP2Y9MQ== what people would like to see done using any new Unreal engine. Or, better still, an Enhanced version. 

The game encourages tracking your opponents, their every move, in a very direct manner.  The player models seem more "alive".  Many community members have remarked that in some crazy way, this encourages friendships and a deeper game community. It connects people more in competition.  Rune's Chat system is still considered the best of it's type.  Escaping from your enemy when you were down to one arm and no life left in the bar, and giving them a "taunt" as you rode the elevator to safety is still great fun.

It's combat system is pretty equally balanced if people know what there doing with their weapons. The controls are very responsive and, although combat seems only "hack and slash" it takes skill to know how to move correctly in different situations for best results.  As one player put it:

Outside of throwing a weapon, RUNE does not have any long distance weapons.  It is all "in your face"  But there have been mods made for Spears, crossbows and bows based on other weapon actions.

But then there is the enhanced graphics and what people have done to create all the mods/maps made for the game.  Taking textures from other Unreal based games (Deus Ex, WoT, UT et.c....) to create their art....I have great appreciation of those skills and talents.  The RuneEd allows you to do more than the UnrealEd.  Which allowed one community team to remake the full 45 level SP game into a full Coop mod (free download) for example.  Human Head was not able to make this in time for release and the community wanted something like the UT one.  So, a team came together to work on it.  HH found out and liked what they saw...then helped the team out.  It is a free download and you can find it through Runegame's "Mods" page or through my own website's more URLdXBkYXRlZCBNb2RzL1BhdGNoZXMgaW5mbyBoZXJlLS07Oy0taHR0cDovL3d3dy5nZW9jaXRpZXMuY29tL3J1bmVnYW1lZ29kZGVzcy9SdW5lTW9kcy9SdW5lTW9kcy5odG0=

I keep my URLUnVuZWdhbWVnb2RkZXNzIHdlYnNpdGUtLTs7LS1odHRwOi8vd3d3Lmdlb2NpdGllcy5jb20vcnVuZWdhbWVnb2RkZXNzLw== updated more often with anything pertaining to the game I find.  Runegame.com went through a server host changeover in early 2005 after Gathering of Developers folded in late 2004.  The site is now under Take2 and hosted by their Rockstargames webmaster techs.  I updated several pages with Rock*'s help in May 2005 but needs another update soon.     

Really?!

Well, probably i will try to do some Mod's with the Rune's Story, hehe

And it's the first time i'll see a Admin from a Company Website talking with the fans like you

It's a Honor to Gamevicio, Thank you very Much.

Don't Worry, now i'm helping Walleck with the translation, but after that i will try some Mod's and i gona do someones ;)

Thank you very much for you presence here

See a

Rune 7th Anniversary submission update:

In URLJmFtcDtxdW90O01hcHMmYW1wO3F1b3Q7LS07Oy0taHR0cDovL3d3dy5ydW5laXZlcnNlLmNvbS9tYXBzLmh0bWw=, there are six (6) maps ready to download and try out if you have RUNE or HOV.  Five are Deathmatch and one is CTT. Three are completely new maps.  One is an older map by a well known "tactical" style mapper that was revised just for this contest.  The last two are well known older maps but have not been submitted to any other contest.

Five maps have screenshots that anyone can click on to see.

DM Halls of DalGurak's Tower by VikingWasDead

DM-Malebolge by Stijn 'Darkwolf' Dreesen

CTT-WinterAssault by Victor Hurtado (GUILT) (no screenshot)

DM-Filthier by dirty~Bob  (revised "DM Filthy" for contest)

DM-PostMortem by Allan "Punk" Taylor

DM-Wrath by Hrothgar 'Jaret'  (Enclosed in the .zip is a ReadMe of how to activate the other game modes while you are fragging it up with buddies.  Need a minimum of three people to activate!)

URLJmFtcDtxdW90O0ZpY3Rpb24mYW1wO3F1b3Q7LS07Oy0taHR0cDovL3d3dy5ydW5laXZlcnNlLmNvbS9maWN0aW9uLmh0bWw=

"Rudolf" by Stijn 'Darkwolf' Dreesen (A story about Rudolf Ragnar's son with illustrations/images from the game) in pdf form.

"Art"

None.....yet.  But sure there will be shortly.

[quote author=Redalert link=topic=30973.msg255817#msg255817 date=1207325132]

The people stiil play this game online?

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Yes... I think so...

Depending on the time of day or night, there are many MP servers up.  Whether for HOV or Rune depending on which version the player bought. 

For anyone not knowing what HOV is, this is Human Head Studios "Rune: Halls of Valhalla" MP standalone expansion pack.  Released a year after the original game.    It comes with its own RuneEd with several totally new skins, new MP gameplay ("Arena" and "Headball"), new maps, meshes and more. 

The patches are more for MP and allowing RUNE players to play in the HOV servers.  These  do not affect the SP gameplay outside of fixing a couple of bugs.  It also allows the RUNE Coop to be played as it was developed using some HOV textures/meshes and gameplay. 

HOV players would have get a couple of SP Sound and Texture files to play the Coop.  There are places to get these though.  There are always a Coop server running somewhere. 

A few months after HOV, "RuneGold" was released  which has both RUNE and HOV. 

Amazon.com and affiliate sellers still sell all three whether new or used. 

New servers are always welcome!

I never tried to do a map, but I will try if my PC allow :wink:

Probably only in the 8th  Anniversary I will participate...

Update. 

The contest submissions deadline is over and now for reviewing the entrees.  A "Contest Voting" page will be up soon.  The Voting will be open to all Rune community players.  The rating system will be one to five stars.

The reviewing time has been extended beyond May 15th deadline stated in the rules, by the way.  This will be in the new "Contest Voting" page. 

In ART:  11 pieces submitted.  Including one "movie".

In Fiction: Three stories.  A fourth story was a last minute entry that was sent back to be translated into English.

In Maps: 15 maps total.  Two are AR (Arena) and two are CTT (Capture the Torch)

You can see these and download them from the Rune 7th Anniversary Contest website. 

Right now, there are [2] two Servers up to host the maps.  A third will be up tomorrow.

Servers:

For RUNE 1.00/1.01 players

dirty~1.o1 (2wk CONTEST ROTATION)

For Rune: Halls of Valhalla (HOV)

dirty~1.08 (2wk CONTEST ROTATION)

You do not need the 1.08 patch to enter this.  It automatically allows HOV 1.06/1.07 players.

~Crew RuneClan (HOV) is the other one.  Hopefully other Clans/individual servers will do this too.

So if you would like to set up a server to host these maps too, it would very much appreciated!   

More information can be found in Runegame.com's General Discussion forums subjects: URLICZhbXA7cXVvdDtDb250ZXN0IERlYWRsaW5lJmFtcDtxdW90Oy0tOzstLWh0dHA6Ly93d3cucnVuZWdhbWUuY29tL3ZiZi9zaG93dGhyZWFkLnBocD90PTI5MTQw  and URLJmFtcDtxdW90O0NvbnRlc3QgTWFwcyBTZXJ2ZXJzJmFtcDtxdW90Oy0tOzstLWh0dHA6Ly93d3cucnVuZWdhbWUuY29tL3ZiZi9zaG93dGhyZWFkLnBocD9wPTMzNDExNyNwb3N0MzM0MTE3 

Remember, if you want to post a comment or announce putting up a server, you will have to register first  :biggrin:

[size=4]Contest Voting Phase[/size]

The deadline for submitting your contest submissions has past, and we are now moving into the voting phase.

Although the contest moderators and Human Head Studios will be reviewing and voting on submissions, we felt that it was very important to involve the community in the process! Thus voting will be opened up to All Rune Community members who wish to participate.

You will have the opportunity to rate each submissions from one to five stars. The winners (in each category) will be those with the Highest Average Rating. You will be limited to one vote per entry.

Any suspicious voting patterns may result in Disqualification of one or more entries....So Please do not try to cheat!

Human Head Studios judges will make the final decision and decide all tie breakers

Voting will begin on May 16th and end on May 31st in the Contest website. Winners will be announced June 2nd

Thank you to everyone who has participated in the contest!

You can find more information on the URLUnVuZSA3dGggQW5uaXZlcnNhcnkgQ29udGVzdCB3ZWJzaXRlLS07Oy0taHR0cDovL3d3dy5ydW5laXZlcnNlLmNvbS9pbmRleC5odG1s  Also check Runegame.com's URLR2VuZXJhbCBEaXNjdXNzaW9uIEZvcnVtcy0tOzstLWh0dHA6Ly93d3cucnVuZWdhbWUuY29tL3ZiZi9mb3J1bWRpc3BsYXkucGhwP2Y9MQ==

BabelFish translation:

Fase Votando Da Competição

O fim do prazo para submeter suas submissões da competição tem past, e nós estamos movendo-nos agora na fase votando.

Votar será aberto até todos os membros de comunidade de Rune que desejam participar.

Você terá a oportunidade de avaliar cada submissões de uma a cinco estrelas. Os vencedores (em cada categoria) serão aqueles com a avaliação média a mais elevada. Você será limitado a um voto por a entrada.

Todos os testes padrões votando suspicious podem resultar em um disqualification de um ou mais entrada  Por favor não tente fazer batota!

Os Human Head Studios farão a decisão final e decidirão todos os disjuntores do laço

Votar começará maio em 1õ e terminará maio em 31o (Contest website)  Os vencedores serão anunciados junho ò

Obrigado a todos que participou na competição

More Information URLUnVuZSA3dGggQW5uaXZlcnNhcnkgQ29udGVzdCB3ZWJzaXRlLS07Oy0taHR0cDovL3d3dy5ydW5laXZlcnNlLmNvbS9pbmRleC5odG1s and Runegame.com's URLIEdlbmVyYWwgRGlzY3Vzc2lvbiBGb3J1bXMtLTs7LS1odHRwOi8vd3d3LnJ1bmVnYW1lLmNvbS92YmYvZm9ydW1kaXNwbGF5LnBocD9mPTE=

The contest URLVm90ZS0tOzstLWh0dHA6Ly93d3cucnVuZWl2ZXJzZS5jb20vaW5kZXguaHRtbA== page is working now.

I already voted :biggrin:

eu joguei ele uma veiz e um otimo jogo mais nao consigo acha mais ele.

I want to thank all Rune players in Brazil and Portugal who took the time to vote for their favorites.

The voting is over and the Winners announced June 8th in both Runegame.com's "Recent News" and its URLb3duIHN1YmplY3QgdGhyZWFkLS07Oy0taHR0cDovL3d3dy5ydW5lZ2FtZS5jb20vdmJmL3Nob3d0aHJlYWQucGhwP3Q9MjkyNTI= (where you can read any comments posted there): 

From Ted Halsted, (founder and level designer),  a URLQ29udGVzdCBTdGF0ZW1lbnQtLTs7LS1odHRwOi8vd3d3LnJ1bmVnYW1lLmNvbS92YmYvc2hvd3RocmVhZC5waHA/dD0yOTI1NQ== from Human Head Studios posted in Runegame.com: