International PvP War

Players fighting for the village during the War.

The International PvP War was a RuneScape community event coordinated by Jagex that took place on both 31 July and 1 August 2010. The War consisted of six separate PvP battles between different language communities in the centre of Gunnarsgrunn. The War was first announced on 29 July with the update "International PvP War".<ref>Mod Achilles. "International PvP War". 29 July 2010. RuneScape News. *</ref> Event information, a FAQ, and tips were posted on the RuneScape Forums by Jagex. Mod Achilles called it "one of the biggest challenges yet taken in RuneScape".<ref name="forum">Mod Achilles. "PvP International War". 29 July 2010. Events Forums. *</ref>

The War was criticised for having the English community and the German community on the same team, despite them being the two most populous communities in RuneScape. Jagex replied that they tried to balance teams by quantity, level and time zone.<ref>Mod Achilles. "PvP International War". 29 July 2010. Events Forums. *</ref> However, the English and German communities' team still won the War.

Rules

All battles took place on the PvP World 21, in the centre of Gunnarsgrunn. In a PvP world, if a player dies, he or she will lose most or all of his or her items. There were six total battles, three on 31 July, and three on 1 August. There were four different teams fighting, with each team representing two language communities. Each team member was required to wear a certain team cape, depending on what team they represented (see below for teams and capes). The cape merchant that sold the correct types of capes is William, who sells the capes for 50 coins each. Alternatively, team capes could have been purchased from the Grand Exchange.<ref name="forum"></ref>

Screenshots were taken during the battle, and the predominance colour on each screenshot would earn points. The winners were the team with most points after the 6 battles.<ref name="forum"></ref> On 2 August, Jagex announced the the results of the War.

Teams

Team	Communities	Team cape	Position
1	English and German	Team-11 cape (Yellow)	1st
2	Dutch and French	Team-21 cape (Blue)	2nd (tied with Team 4)
3	Portuguese and Nordic	Team-31 cape (Green)	4th
4	Spanish and Polish	Team-41 cape (Red)	2nd (tied with Team 2)

Times

All times are in British Summer Time (BST).

Saturday, 31 July:

00:00-01:00 AM
11:00-12:00 AM
18:00-19:00 PM

Sunday, 1 August:

00:00-01:00 AM
11:00-12:00 AM
18:00-19:00 PM

The War

The winning team of the war was Team 1 (the English and German communities), who held the centre of Gunnarsgrunn for most of the competition. Teams 2 (Dutch and French) and 4 (Spanish and Polish) came in equal second, while Team 3 (Portuguese and Nordic), which came in last place, was still able to take the centre of the village for a while.<ref>Mod Crow. "PvP International War". 2 August 2010. Events Forums. *</ref>

Mod Crow attended the event, taking screenshots with the orb of oculus. The screenshots were posted on Jagex's Facebook account the next day.<ref>Jagex. "International PvP War". Facebook. 3 August 2010.*</ref>