StoneyBrook

Poor Editorial in My Opinion. Now before anyone flames me let me explain why. First, I do not work for Jagex or any other game company and have no vested interested in standing up for Jagex other than I enjoy playing their game. I have to take exception to the concept that the game companies have to live with us. It would seem to me that fan sites in this case are trying to force a need for their existence and muscle their way into the market. Let me give a real life example. It has to do with the United States and a debacle known as managed care. It was assumed in the mid 90's that if someone could help manage how much a doctor or hospital got paid, and information about necessary choices, and options of procedures were available and managed for the general public, the cost of medical care would drop - instead it rose at even higher rates. This had two impacts, first quality of care dropped as people were no longer able to make decisions for themselves and someone not familiar with them as individuals tried to make decisions on their behalf. And while they did hold some prices in check, any savings were used to pay the extra personnel involved and as in all organizations, no one was watching the watchers and their costs skyrocketed as well. Now most insurance companies are abandoning that model. And on top of that what made these companies authorities to begin with on how much something should or shouldn't cost? Is there a need for third party info in fan sites, yes. But are they necessary - no. Fan sites are the managed care of the gaming world. Helpful as an option, but not necessary to survive. Is it helpful to have a guide as to which doctors and procedures to avoid - absolutely. But weather I live or die ultimately rests upon the decisions I make - not someone else's opinions about how I should live. Fan sites, like managed care, are opinions about an industry. The final opinion that counts is sales. And any gaming company has an accounting department to know the reality of those figures. Sure we all like to think that some how we are so important that something can not survive without our two cents worth, but the reality check is if we were gone tomorrow, the world will not end and life would move on without us.

Time is one of the few non-renewable resources in life. All one needs to do is to take a look at party hats to see the value of a non-renewable resource. Time is valuable and has by default value, whether or not one spends it wisely is up to that person, but any denial on anyone's part to it's value will not negate its worth.

It would be nice when the chat is seperated, to be able to right click on the message to respond instead of just having the options to add or delete friend.