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August fan event costs Ł80 to attend.

Jagex has announced that tickets for inaugural RuneScape fan convention RuneFest 2010 will go on sale on Saturday at 10am BST.

However, anybody who pre-registered for tickets on the RuneFest website can buy a pass tomorrow from 10am.

Tickets cost Ł79.75 and can be grabbed on Ticketmaster.

RuneFest will be held on Saturday, 28th August at a "very exciting central London venue" that is still under wraps. RuneScape-themed areas will offer live role-playing, ogre-wrestling and archery ("to name a few"), and there will be live events and sessions lead by the makers of the game. Fans will also have a chance to win goodies in various competitions.

There's no word on dressing-up, so probably pop the old robe and wizard hat on anyway.

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Oh please be there.

"The team is absolutely electric with enthusiasm for this event," bubbled Jagex CEO Mark Gerhard. "We've always wanted to do a fan celebration for our players, but crucially not just any old player convention - we insisted that it would be something that was not only different from tired conventions, but an intimate, memorable and naturally incredibly fun, festive fan celebration.

"This is certainly going to be a landmark event and one of the best parties we've ever had!"

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geeza2020 #1 2 years ago

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see you all there! hahahahahaa
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Bertie Verified Senior Staff Writer, Eurogamer.net #2 2 years ago

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Jagex changed the dates slightly from the press release sent out earlier this week. I've edited.
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Bravestinsane #3 2 years ago

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holy shit!!!

At first i was like ok, will be good for fans.

But Ł80 more than half of their fan base has to be under13, how the hell they can afford that i will never know.

Will be interesting how many people actually take this up at that price, i was expecting it to be about Ł20 - Ł30 max
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geeza2020 #4 2 years ago

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surely people will just stay at home and play the game for free, rather than pay Ł80 to be disappointed by seeing their in-game friends who are warriors and mages reduced to their sweaty geeky real life counter-parts.
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roquey Verified Lead Quality Assurance Tester and Compliance Specialist, Universally Speaking #5 2 years ago

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Ł80 is a bit much for an event especially if its being marketed at a small % of their fan base, All be it id prefer a lack of kids but surely adults and alcohol could just be as bad? I have respect for Jagex but this is a tad absurd. To get more out of it they need to drop the price, maybe give a bit more detail on this 'item' and make it a tad more worth while?
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mingster #6 2 years ago

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Ł80 is an absurd price.
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rosshuts #7 2 years ago

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I thought Gen-Con at Reading Uni was bad!!!!
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nuanimal #8 2 years ago

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Whoever in Eurogamer has been picking out photos, screenshots, and captions over the last couple of days deserves a drink on me.
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BadgerFiend #9 2 years ago

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Ł80 buys you a nice fresh cow to slaughter...
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