diablo79

I joined the Runescape community about six years ago. It was a fun, tight-knit online society that had something to offer everyone, mature and immature alike. Now that the game's population has sprung into the millions, a lot of the negative aspects are easier to pick out. It's very easy for me to turn nostalgic and reminisce about the good ol'days, but I hate to think that the younger population will be crying out in this same manner in a few short years. Perhaps we cannot accept the fact that the old and young do the same quests, click the same buttons, and share the same in-game space. Runescape may have made a mistake by choosing to cater to a younger community, but what's done is done, and there is no denying that business is good for Jagex. Personally, I have simply learned to accept the fact that younger players run amok in Runescape, and the chat block options definitely help with that. If only there were someway to run younger players through a sort of hazing (is that legal in a game?) to help guide them towards proper behavior . . . :-k

When you switch from magic/range to melee, you should use the same style or the style you last used, meaning it should go to aggressive if on rapid mode for ranging. However, for magic, I find that when you switch it always goes back to the style you previously used, EXCEPT when you have run out of runes you were using to autocast a spell and switch. Then it goes to defence... yeah I gained about thirty defence experience in a single blow because I didn't know this.

Thanks for all of your input. Yes, I wasn't sure or not if kebabs affected you on basis of your levels or not, so I threw in that possibility. I guess this wasn't meant to be an actual quide, just some realistic information on kebabs that a lot of people did not know. By the way, the names I got for each kebab came from the descriptions you get when you eat them. The percentage healing makes sense, so I will add that (with credits, of course) after I test it with one of my lower level characters to prove it.

I have already submitted this to Tip.It's website, so you may see this on the actual site sometime in the future. Please let me know if this information is helpful or if there is anything that should come to my attention. Diablo79

Wow... who is bluerose. You must truly be in the younger generation of the game. Bluerose13x was one of the first, if not the first, player to reach 99 smithing, and thus was the first to be able to make rune 2h's, plates, and legs. If you had a 2h in the old days, it might as well have had Bluerose written on the hilt. Of course, this made Bluerose very popular, and was the fuel for many a conversation.

I have 67 attack and 72 strength... when I drink the Karamja Rum, I get -4 attack, +4 strength. My other guy with 1 attack and strength only gets -1/+1. My guy with 30 attack and 41 strength gets -3/+3. I believe that the rum has an even effect on both attack and strength; however much it lowers attack, it will raise strength by the same amount. So for someone with attack and strength in the 90s, it may give -5/+5. [pokemama 11/26: thanks VERY much for posting all of this great raw data - I wish we had more users like you! I have turned this over to an expert for analysis, and hopefully we'll have some good figures for the website soon.]

I was a newb back in ancient times. I started as a miner and focused on that most of the time when I was just a youngin.

Some guy died trying to hit and run train on lesser demons, dropped several hundred natures and a bunch of addy armor. A long time ago, maybe 4 years ago, some guy died in the giants cave (now the hill giants under edgeville) and dropped about 15k, some addy, and a power amulet. It's not much now, but I was the luckiest guy ever back then.

This has to be one of my first posts in the forums. Anyway, this article really hit home with me, as I have been playing for almost 6 years now, so I remember almost everything Greg was referencing to. I do remember the pk'ing everywhere, or the options for warrior, miner, adventurer and such when you started out (I was a miner!). I do recall having many good conversations with people about who was on top that day, I remember Tks and Bluerose13x were the favorite to chat about. I was one of the first members, I think, and I completed the Underground Pass quest during the first days it was out-- no guides, just trial and error. I am still proud of that. I remember having conversations with Whitemagem and Thehate before they climbed the high scores. I quit for several years when my membership ran out, which was about the time of the big 3D update. I am back as of a few months ago, and I agree that the community in runescape is ruined; there are no longer any individuals, nor is there any reason to achieve, except for yourself. RIP Old Runescape.

In my six years of Runescape, this is the single most amazing idea I have seen so far. Great work to everyone who put effort into this and I hope this does not go unnoticed.