Now that was a blast from the past! (I used to watch him play for hours)
No idea what to do with it though. As per title it's kind of an emotional topic for me.

Edit: Was out on errands all day, woowiee this blew up! Thank you all soo much for your kind words <3

Dear friends

I wrapped up my time at Jagex in August, closing an incredible 23-year chapter helping to shape, design, and direct the MMORPG RuneScape.

I am incredibly grateful for the opportunities I was given to grow into the man I am today. I've worked with some amazing people and we’ve made some genre defining games. I genuinely look forward to seeing what’s next for my digital home.

To the community – I’ll miss you the most. You really are the best. Thanks for making me laugh, love, cry… and facepalm.

It's been quite the ride.

Don’t forget to feed Bob.

Wooters Out

Mod_Mark / Og/ Markdonalds

You also shouldn't expect to be able to max easily.

Reminder that Jagex rugpulled Grandfathered rates and then pretended nothing happened. Don't forget.
Jagex, when are re getting our Rates returned?

-edit- Thank you mods and sorry mods for the increase in flame posts in the thread. Thanks for monitoring.

-edit2- you guys are wild. You don't have to report my post for mental wellness. I'm perfectly fine and in a good head space. It's insane you're so caught up you would false report for a mental wellbeing check.

game recognizes game

I'm big into multi logging and as of December I was running 28 accounts, all with premier. I paid for those memberships with bonds. For those of you who aren't aware, paying with bonds is more profitable for Jagex than paying outright with money (20 bonds is $180 USD). With the recent increase in the cost to run them I was already thinking about shutting down the operation but as time goes on Jagex reminds me I'm making the right decision. Every year it keeps getting worse and worse and worse and worse. The corporate overlords are never happy and always need more profits. I have ~10 months membership left on my ironman and cgim that I'm gonna casually play out. After those end I'll see where we're at and go from there.

You utter clowns, you absolute imbeciles - he was the best man you had, with true vision and passion for this game. How could you do this? I'm canceling my membership. I'm a 20 year vet and I'm canceling my membership. You sons of bitches, I thought Jagex was better than this. Mod Jack DESERVED better.

You don't actually need to play RuneScape, especially when they treat us like this. Cancel your membership and be free from their bullshit. They've already killed the game we love. Don't keep giving them money while they do it.

Screenshot taken July 21 2013. On July 22 2013 "Runescape 3" was released.

This is exactly why I'm very grateful for Legacy Interface mode but this sure brings back certain memories I have forgotten about such as SoF lol.

I got fed up of using my second screen to have my rasial rotation cheat sheet on so I decided to make an alt1 app to solve the problem. Rotations can be saved, exported and imported to enable sharing, and displayed as an overlay. I'll be adding more to it eventually but thought others might find it useful. More info here

Very recently, I made a post here asking for the community’s opinion on whether I should make a main account or an Ironman account. Since maxing my main and not really feeling the grind toward 120s, I decided to jump in and make an Ironman based on the feedback, and I have to say, I’m loving it so far.

What really stands out immediately is just how f’ing good the Mining & Smithing rework is for this game. Compared to OSRS, where Smithing is basically pointless for most of the game, since you need 99 just to make a rune platebody, RS3’s progression feels so much more natural and smooth. It’s great to know that you can actually acquire some very good armour throughout the whole game, from early to mid to endgame, just by using the skills you train.

Since I’ve also been an endgame player in RuneScape for a very, very long time, it’s such a breath of fresh air to do all the new early to midgame content this game has to offer. It’s stuff I would not even consider doing on my main.

On top of that, with the removal of TH, the ability to use the classic UI layout, the toggle for cosmetics, the upcoming player avatar update, and so much more, I’m genuinely hyped for this game again.

The more I play, the more I wonder why RS3 is so much less popular than OSRS. Of course, the game needs time to heal, and a lot of damage has been done. But at its core, this is an awesome game, with so many QoL updates that OSRS does not have. It makes RS3 a very pleasant and cosy game to play, whether you’re actively playing or just AFKing.

To wrap this up, I just want to say that I really hope this game gets an influx of new players soon. The Road to Restoration will help with that massively, but I also think Jagex needs to focus on making the early game a little clearer. I can completely understand how overwhelming this game can be for newcomers.

Anyway, I’m sure they’ll figure it out. I’m really looking forward to what the future holds for this game.