ok, guyz, it seems that runescape hasn't worked for me in a couple of months. i have windows xp professional, due to certain problems, i wiped clean the computer and re-installed OS and other stuff. But i was using windows xp professional before and runescape worked. and plus, it never asked for installation of java or anything else. now i have to go to java.com and download java. here is the problem: even when i have sun java, the game still doesn't work. i would be able to log in, but the game screen would be black and keep switching back and forth between "loading...please wait" and "connection lost...waiting to re-establish" after waiting around 20 minutes or so, i got tired of it and closed the browser. i asked a friend and he said you need a video card or something to play runescape. is that so, guyz? if so, can you guys recommend any good ones? thanks for your help, for anyone who helped me, add dlordrb on your friendlist, and leave your name here, i shall promptly reward you when i am able to play runescape again