2021 Spring RFL Sign Up and Running Thread: Round 3 (Areas)

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Let me warmly welcome you all to the final round of the 2021 Spring RFL! This thread is for signing-up and talking about the third and last round of this tournament.

What is RFL?
RFL stands for Rune Finding League. RFL is a free for all rune finding tournament that has three individual parts. You can participate for every three round or pick only one or two.

During this contest we farm runes in various areas during 3 weeks periods, with one week of rest and planning between each round. Players get points based on rarity of the rune (not its level) and at the end each player posts top 5 highest scored runes to get the final score.

For the first round we run Cow level, second is about running Travincal Council Members and for the last round we run areas of one's own choice.

When is RFL?
  • Round 1 (Moo Moo Farm): Friday, March 5 through Sunday, March 21 [Running] [Results]
  • Round 2 (Travincal): Friday, March 26 through Sunday, April 11 [Running] [Results]
  • Round 3 (Areas): Friday, April 16 through Sunday, May 2
So, this third round starts on Friday, 16 April at 0.00 and ends on Sunday, 2 May at 23.59. Sign-up is open for each round until the end.

Standings after two rounds:
Vildecor (14 pts)
Nano (12 pts)
Luhkoh (11 pts)
D2DC (10 pts)
Pb_pal (8 pts)
Swamigoon (8 pts)
Maxicek (7 pts)
CaseyJones (4 pts)
Terroriffic (2 pts)
saracen85 (2 pts)

General rules
These are rules that stand for all the three rounds. Specific rules for the first round are posted below.
  1. For each round, running time is limited to 20 hours of playing (when you mule to stash or in ATMA/GoMule, you can pause clock/counter/online stopwatch or whatever you use). However, when you finish your 20 hours of running, you can start a new batch of running which is again limited to 20 hours of playing. You can play as many batches as you want.
  2. You are not allowed to start a new batch as long as you don't finish full 20 hours of the previous one.
  3. Every batch is scored individually, and you will get points towards the league according to your best batch from each round.
  4. Best batch is the one where your top 5 runes give the most scores. Scoring can be found below.
  5. Screenshots of runes are not required, but I assume people would like to see them anyway. You are encouraged to post your findings...
  6. ... but only after each round is finished! Don't post your qualifiers when the round is still going. You are warmly welcome to discuss your other findings however. But remember: Don't post your qualifying runes!
  7. Runes qualified (giving scores) are all Pul+ runes.
  8. Cubing runes into higher ones is not allowed. In other words don't cube Pul runes into Um to get a higher score.
  9. Versions allowed: 1.13-1.14. Also versions 1.07- 1.09 are allowed.
Round 3 Rules
You can run any areas in the game you want (APART from Cow level and Council members). Running areas where all runes can drop is encouraged! ONLY drops from monsters count. You are free to hit chests and objects but runes from these WON'T count.

Scoring
Scoring is based on rarity of runes, not level. System is the same as we had earlier during RFOs and Zodthon. Combine the points of the top 5 runes from your best batch each round.

Pul 3.4
Mal 5.0
Um 5.1
Gul 7.1
Ist 7.5
Ohm 10.1
Vex 10.6
Sur 13.7
Lo 15.1
Jah 18.3
Ber 20.5
Cham 27.5
Zod 71.8 (not available for the 2nd round)

1.07
Pul 19.4
Um 29.1
Mal 38.7
Ist 58.0
Gul 77.2
Vex 115.7
Ohm 153.0
Lo 229.6
Sur 308.2
Ber 462.3
Jo 615.8
Zod 739.3
Cham 923.7

Towards the whole competition, however, you will get points after each round depending on your placement.

Scoring towards the whole RFL:
After each round is done, you will get points toward the whole RFL depending your placement that round.

1st: 10 points
2nd: 8
3rd 6
4th: 5
5th: 4
6th: 3
7th 2
8th: 1

And remember, only your best batch from each round counts. While we crown every winner from each round, the biggest champion is of course the overall winner.

The Champion of the RFL is the player who has the most points given by placements total.

In case of a tie after three rounds, the winner is the one with a higher scoring rune from Areas. If that is a tie as well, we check the Travincal, and then Cows. If all three are still the same, it's 2nd best from Areas etc.

Sending results
PM me your top 5 runes from your best batch. Please do this immediately after you have stopped running so that we can have results and standings after each round ASAP. Also PM me if you didn't run. Your PM should include: Forum name, five runes, five scores, and the total score. Example:

PhineasB
Zod 71.8
Cham 27.5
Lo 15.1
Lo 15.1
Ist 7.5
total: 137

After receiving your results, I'll make the results thread for each round. There you can brag about your runes, and also post screenshots of your top 5 runes, at least. This is not mandatory however. Claiming to have found 5 Zods may seem strange without screenshots though.

Prize
Eternal glory and the seal of approval from the Zod God.

Participants (will update here)
Please state IF you are running 1.07-1.09.
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There will be a sign-up and running thread for each round individually. This sign-up stands for "Areas" only. Please post if you have comments or suggestions. You are also warmly welcome to discuss your builds, running tactics, finds apart from qualifiers etc.! Everything regarding the tournament in general.

Good luck and HAVE FUN!
 
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Sign up is below. I'm going to run my untwinked 99er Druid and hope to get significant progress toward lvl 97, possible completing more than one set.

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What I run with still TBD.
 
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CS again for me.
 
Don't mind me asking, for each batch, do you need to use a specific character, or are multiple characters okay?

For this round I'm planning to dust off my retirees and just level them in L85 areas 😅
 
One question, it mentions we can run any area we want. So we are free to target multiple areas? Or we have to choose a single area?

Either way, I am in. I will probably target CS, WSK and Throne Room if it's possible.

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@saracen85 @Excalibur multiple characters and multiple areas are fine!

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I'll be running a set of arcane sanctuary light sorc.
 
I will start a batch. Probably won't get the 20 hours, but who knows...We will see!

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Will run a few different areas to keep it interesting.
 
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I'm in, of course. HC Hammerdin in the CS. If I don't get some runes, at least I'll get some xp!

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Will run a few different areas to keep it interesting.
 
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I'm. Only to work my retirees off. No chance of glory anyway (plus probably used up all luck having 2x Ber dropped post RFLs).

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Looking to run with my LF Java in Arcane. No threat to the top runners as she's untwinked and a bit slow. Just hoping for a few runes towards Enigma.


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Babyhell
DaveWThe2nd
Pb_pal
saracen85
CaseyJones
Terroriffic
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I think im gonna play my strafezon and just (slowly) clear multiple areas on high player settings.
 
You can run any areas in the game you want (APART from Cow level and Council members). Running areas where all runes can drop is encouraged! ONLY drops from monsters count. You are free to hit chests and objects but runes from these WON'T count.
Just want to confirm since the method isn't really popular in SPF, but Seal Popping (Link to my youtube video) is allowed right?


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Pb_pal
saracen85
CaseyJones
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Tatterson
Swamigoon
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Not yet sure where or what I'll run.
 
Can someone please say what the most profitable areas will be? I will run Pits and ATs to maximise set and unique drops. Perhaps AS and CS as well. Anywhere else?
 
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