Rathofdoom

Jul 24 2005, 08:30 PM | Post #1

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I remember the days before rune armor. The days where RuneScape had only one server. The top 2,000 charts, the wilderness opening, and members first coming out.

When fletching came out, one could easily get in the top 100 by playing about an hour a day.

Today, you have to often play many hours a day to maintain a very high spot on a highscore list. Hundreds of people have stats at 99. 1,500 people have level 99 strength alone.

I miss the old days of RuneScape. The days where the average player could still compete for a high spot on the highscores.

So, I come with this question:

Is RuneScape becoming too popular?

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Seiferoth

Jul 24 2005, 08:40 PM | Post #2

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You couldn't get in the top 100 fletching with only an hour a day.. I played about 3 hours a day back then and only managed top 2k way back when, it was hard and the high levels owned it. :\

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Deathbyape

Jul 24 2005, 10:26 PM | Post #3

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I don't think a game can ever be too popular. The more people there are, the more money, which = more updates!

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Rathofdoom

Jul 24 2005, 11:59 PM | Post #4

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QUOTE(Seiferoth @ Jul 24 2005, 04:40 PM)

You couldn't get in the top 100 fletching with only an hour a day.. I played about 3 hours a day back then and only managed top 2k way back when, it was hard and the high levels owned it. :\

That wasn't right off the bat. That was consistantly for over a month.

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Tangerz

Jul 25 2005, 12:20 AM | Post #5

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RuneScape has became too popular, due to links from sites such as miniclip.com, and because younger people generally go to miniclip, there is an overflow of "newbies" who do not act mature. I have constantly heard many people in random spots asking silly questions. Also, with the arrival of RS2, everything has became easier. I have heard of people who have gotten 80 combat and reasonable skill total (1100) in only two months.

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Dxgr8ter

Jul 25 2005, 12:34 AM | Post #6

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QUOTE(Tangerz @ Jul 25 2005, 12:20 AM)

RuneScape has became too popular, due to links from sites such as miniclip.com, and because younger people generally go to miniclip, there is an overflow of "newbies" who do not act mature. I have constantly heard many people in random spots asking silly questions. Also, with the arrival of RS2, everything has became easier. I have heard of people who have gotten 80 combat and reasonable skill total (1100) in only two months.

Some ppl have got to 110+ combat from 3 in less than 2 months.
exp is too easy post rsc,
Being popular isnt all bad but, its better than an unpopular and sparesly populated runescape with not much player interaction, although I'd like to see more members worlds pop up because its getting crowded, unlike in the rsc days where you could expect like a max of 400 ppl on members servers.

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Makoto

Jul 25 2005, 01:11 AM | Post #7

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Population is a two-edged sword.

On the plus side, you have lots of hits daily, plenty of paying members and great content. The negatives are that the alumni used to 10k peaks and tradeable rares (WHO DOESN'T REMEMBER THOSE DAYS!?) now have to go bumper to bumper with new players that always ask for "free stuff plz".

It's fine, but I don't want RS to degrade it's community.

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Baakalor

Jul 26 2005, 01:03 AM | Post #8

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Too popular is misnomer. Over populated, yes. Too popular, no.

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Quiksilv3r

Jul 26 2005, 02:23 AM | Post #9

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Baaklor speaks the truth. However, I must say, with these new people, and the increasing flow of money which allows for more capacity and content..RuneScape is turning into a more diverse game. You can't really persue everything in the game anymore, you have to focus on one aspect at a time. =\

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Ian

Jul 31 2005, 08:37 PM | Post #10

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QUOTE(Baakalor @ Jul 26 2005, 01:03 AM)

Too popular is misnomer.  Over populated, yes.  Too popular, no.

Exactly what he said.

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Loggy

Jul 31 2005, 08:43 PM | Post #11

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I agree with Baakalor.

But on the other hand, it esems to be losing some popularity. I often see people leaving RS for some new MMORPGS. But I dunno. :mellow:

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Master Chen

Jul 31 2005, 08:54 PM | Post #12

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Oh, how I remember those days of one server. Waking up at 6am before school to do a trip of coal/smelt/smith in dwarven mine.

If anyone is interested:
http://fsmmu.com/files/runescape/First2000RS.txt

Top 2000 RS signups, someone did this when a new skill was being released, so it just showed players in order of joined date. (Check out 1737th )


I've never thought being so popular was a bad enough thing to worry about it. I just play the game. More people > More money > More support (theoretically) > More updates/improvements.

What I would really like to see, is a new client, pretty much like WoW. Good graphics, good interface. Yes, it's wishful thinking, and it wouldn't happen so much after RS3D came out... And TBH, I dunno why I'm saying this, it's got nothing to do with the topic.

Carry on =D

This post has been edited by Master Chen: Jul 31 2005, 08:55 PM

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Chrono

Jul 31 2005, 09:20 PM | Post #13

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I agree with baak.

Anyway, I dont play much no more.

This post has been edited by Rathofdoom: Jul 31 2005, 09:23 PM

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Hurl

Jul 31 2005, 09:30 PM | Post #14

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Too many newbs around nowdays, they should just die =\

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Fatony3

Jul 31 2005, 09:42 PM | Post #15

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QUOTE(Hurl @ Aug 1 2005, 08:30 AM)

Too many newbs around nowdays, they should just die =\

Maybe a bit harsh, but basically how I feel.

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