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I personally think Runescape will make this generation a lot less cautious. First of all, these little kiddies are told what to do every step of the way. I mean, if you had to notice an obscure clue, then yes, that would help them, but if you give them a feature that tells them what to do, you aren't helping them, you're spoiling them. Then with all the warnings, they won't know something is dangerous unless there's a sign telling them so. I mean, say there's a stray dog wandering around, following. If a kid, who think's the Varrock update was meant to clearly represent real life, tried to yell at the dog, show signs of aggression, he/she might get attacked by the dog. Now, common sense might tell the kid that the dog could be dangerous, however Runescape tells the kid that all this dog is going to do is follow you around, whining and barking, and that if you fell and be mean, it will go in a corner and wimper. Oh, and I also noticed that there are no more puzzles or mazes in quests. They even allowed you to by pass a maze altogether without any risk! (Chaos alter). I think this shift towards the players Jagex says are not allowed is quite obvious. No thirteen year-old kid would get nightmares easily, but a ten year-old would. Any thirteen year-old could make his way through a maze, or a complicated quest, however again, a ten year-old would likely not. Basically, Jagex is gearing towards kids that are younger than what they say they allow. Wake up and smell the coffee Jagex, because I'm sure you can buy enough already.
P.S. Andrew Gower has been reported as one of the richest men in the U.K., just more proof that Jagex has trned to gold digging. I guess kiddies are their latest gold nuggets.
First of all: Just because Jagex made a quest that allows you to skip the Chaos Maze does in NO WAY mean the game is directing itself to yougner players. Players do the quest, and thus, get the reward that makes life easier.
Second of all: Just because Andrew Gower is one of the richest men in the U.K. does in NO WAY mean Jagex is trying to get younger audiences. It means the game is expanding and becoming more succesful. More and more players, some of which are younger than 13, some of which are older, are playing.
Third of all: Anyone who thinks that all of Runescape is going to the children need to do the quest Another Slice of H.A.M. In said quest, the antagonist holds the protagonist in a hostage style grab with a sword pressed against her neck, and says that if you (the player) come any closer, he'll slit her throat. Oooooh yeaaaah, that is soooo much for the kiddies.
Don't forget being held on the train tracks at the end, if only it didn't have such a stupid name
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I personally think Runescape will make this generation a lot less cautious. First of all, these little kiddies are told what to do every step of the way. I mean, if you had to notice an obscure clue, then yes, that would help them, but if you give them a feature that tells them what to do, you aren't helping them, you're spoiling them. Then with all the warnings, they won't know something is dangerous unless there's a sign telling them so. I mean, say there's a stray dog wandering around, following. If a kid, who think's the Varrock update was meant to clearly represent real life, tried to yell at the dog, show signs of aggression, he/she might get attacked by the dog. Now, common sense might tell the kid that the dog could be dangerous, however Runescape tells the kid that all this dog is going to do is follow you around, whining and barking, and that if you fell and be mean, it will go in a corner and wimper. Oh, and I also noticed that there are no more puzzles or mazes in quests. They even allowed you to by pass a maze altogether without any risk! (Chaos alter). I think this shift towards the players Jagex says are not allowed is quite obvious. No thirteen year-old kid would get nightmares easily, but a ten year-old would. Any thirteen year-old could make his way through a maze, or a complicated quest, however again, a ten year-old would likely not. Basically, Jagex is gearing towards kids that are younger than what they say they allow. Wake up and smell the coffee Jagex, because I'm sure you can buy enough already.
P.S. Andrew Gower has been reported as one of the richest men in the U.K., just more proof that Jagex has trned to gold digging. I guess kiddies are their latest gold nuggets.
How many kids do you really think look at a pixelated image and compare it to real life, few,
The lessons learnt online and the lessons learnt in life very rarely cross over, simply because it isnt practical, you can't learn the sleight of mouse tricks out of a book and you can't learn who's trying to scam you with a stolen credit card (which happened to me today) on a game, how did i learn to avoid losing 700 euro and spot real theives?? i looked to the right sources, a free online game not being one of them
Life's important lessons are taught in life, a game is there for fun.
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thats a fair point, the age rating is nothing to do with the book
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I'd also really like to see this 'proof' that's being talked about if someone could tell me where and what it is. EDIT - never mind, found it, strange how you always look right in front of you last lol.
If you'll look verrrrry carefully you'll see it's non-members only, non-members is not runescape, it's the demo and has been said so many times, while making that book there might not be helping the situation, non-members is not the game and being a free online game with no downloads or sign-up required it's obviously accessible by these ages anyway, you can't honestly expect it to make any difference,
Actively encouraging 8-12 year olds to sign up for the real game would be a violation of jagex's principles, a combonation of not having the members guide and young kids just not having the means to pay ensures this (how many parents are gonna pay monthly for a game for an 8-year old?, i've known tribes of kids younger than me grow up and i can tell you very few indeed), showing and educating them on what cannot be hidden to prepare them for later on while not affecting the serious players who pay i see no problem with.
Also durial was not smart, he was a coward, sure it was tempting but it doesn't make it right, he found a loophole and exploited people with no defence for everything he could like a mugger preying on children and babies
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Ok where is all this preteen stuff coming from? a preteen is someone who is NOT a teenager (that seems unclear to some, as does the fact that [developmentally delayed] will be [developmentally delayed] no matter the age), they have to blatently lie to create an account which puts it down to them no matter where jagex advertises the game.
And Jagex encourages them to lie by getting them interested in the game and then forcing them to lie in order to sign up.
Jagex really doesn't give a fig about what age players play the game. The "you must be 13 or over" stuff on the website was almost certainly put there by their lawyers in order to comply with COPPA laws. (Look them up.) It lets Jagex pay lip service to the law while continuing to make money from kids who are under 13 and sign up anyway.
Why? Because it's easier and they make more money this way. And making money is pretty much Jagex's primary concern.
berbatovsky, like so many other rabid Jagex defenders, is in flat denial. So are the people who "don't see" the significance of this. It's not just "one book" it is the OFFICIAL Runescape guide. They very clearly went out of their way to ensure that as many kids as possible would find out about it and buy it.
Runescape deliberately targets children using the book, the cartoonish appearance of the game, the free version, the ease of access using any browser and more. It is played in schools and libraries, and in many cases parents cannot even find out when their kids are playing it.
Jagex doesn't care about any of this. They just want their money.
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FACT - runescape will grow, attracting more people
FACT - runescape will be easily accessible by ALL ages, you talk about looking at things rationally, how the hell would jagex STOP kids under 13 from signing up by lying about their age, they can't, no game like this can and as it grows more people will come, from all age groups.
FACT - no matter where you advertise kids will always find it, how many kids do you think have seen games sites hailing runescape, how many people have caught on through word of mouth?
You have some good points but it's just like an X-rated ad or film - there's nothing to stop kids getting to it (nothing foolproof), runescape is advertising, and advertising can't be contained to one strict group.
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Ok where is all this preteen stuff coming from? a preteen is someone who is NOT a teenager (that seems unclear to some, as does the fact that [developmentally delayed]s will be [developmentally delayed]s no matter the age), they have to blatently lie to create an account which puts it down to them no matter where jagex advertises the game.
I've been playing on and off for over 5 years, and the doom-merchant views expressed by the author are not shared by all of us from the days of classic, me and a friend have played since then and greatly enjoy everything new and laugh at our superiority over the masses,
Sure the community was better back then, but not that much, personally i don't value the community above the game, people will always spoil it and in my experience i've seen that it's the younger teens who take care of that while the preteens wander around die and give up at level 10. That's just what comes when things develop, how many people honestly think that the game would be better if it remained the same for 4 years? i don't, i'd much rather stay off f2p and ignore the occasional noob.
Question: Least-Admirable Skill Cape
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I'd say cooking is the least admirable followed closely by fletching and firemaking, cooking and fletch virtually pay out what you put it and firemaking is so much xp it's just click click click rather than cost.
But look at it the other way, i have a friend who got 99 wc (and yes legit lol) she's now been fletching and is close to 99 in that too, you can't say that just the pure clicking is unadmirable if they actually got all the supplies themselves.