keeps you occupied, communicate with foreign players, goals to complete, and the best of all, escape from boredom.

Varrock Museum taught me lots of useless animal facts I would never look into (its all real, cept for the creatures that don't exist irl)

Rs don't let you become bored. For example; when you begins to get bored while skilling, a random event might pop out from nowhere and gives you a new, funny little quest to do. This is not always the case, but for me it's one of the big reasons to why I keep playing RS :D.

If you chat allot it can improve your typing skills immensely.

It keeps me still and focused. I won't quit until I get something now.

teaches u to work hard, build typing skills (i can type 100+ wpm w/o looking at keyboard) and much more.

The only real positive effect of playing Runescape instead of doing something else productive is the relaxed feeling you get and the enjoyment you recieve while you play.

 

 

 

It's a video game. You're not really meant to learn anything (and you don't); it's just meant to have fun.

 

 

 

Oh, and if I were any of your parents, I'd rather have you bored than playing Runescape. Or rather, I'd make you get a job or do something productive like reading instead of playing this stupid game. Honestly, there are few things worse on this planet than a bored child.

 

 

 

And to all of you saying you "learned things", you'd learn more in a fifteen minutes of watching Discovery Channel then you would in years of playing Runescape.

 

 

 

The runescape economy is very much like the realworld economy.

 

:lol:

 

 

 

This guys a funny one.

In real life, not really at all. The only thing is I have learned a small amount about some midevil (sp) weapons and armour.

You become fluent in 1337speak... Cambridge and Oxford University ask you know a Modern Language... :-k

Strangers are sometimes bad.

 

 

 

If something's too good to be true, it probably is.

 

 

 

Materials and labor are the two elements when calculating the price or charge for a thing or service.

 

 

 

The lower the quantity you buy things in, the more it'll cost, and vice versa.

 

 

 

It's cheaper to do things yourself.

 

 

 

The oppurtunity to kill others gives others the oppurtunity to kill you.

 

 

 

The famous are swamped by the unfamous.

 

 

 

Life is unfair. Deal with it.

 

 

 

You need money to make money.

 

 

 

People are jerks.

 

The runescape economy is very much like the realworld economy.

 

:lol:

 

 

 

This guys a funny one.

 

 

 

I still stand by what I said. In many ways it is a modedl of the real world economy, subject to supply and demand. Oh sure, the minor points and some details are not the same, or don't even have a counterpart in RuneScape but the basics are there. And as I said in a later post, Merchanting is an anolouge to the stock market, with it's own uniqe twist but the same basic principale (like investing).

 

 

 

And you can't deny that you learn to type faster after playign ahwaile, though what you learn to type (ie. english, leetspeek, or chat speek) is debatible.

 

 

 

Some peole will learn something that resembles social skills (without the social part. I mean what to say and what not to say. How to get along with words) and independence (beggers obviously havent learned this, and I don't mean never asking a friend for something either).

 

 

 

2 of the quests reqire you to eb able to work with other people (sheild of arrav, hearoes quest). And while alot of the game would not be considered "scientificly sound", much of it does have some bases in basic science. Easy exaple: copper and tin make bronze, steel is made from iron and carbon (ie: coal). And I am aware that some parts of the game are in no way related to science, at least modern science, though things like the 4 types of spells have there roots in science from a time when we bel;ived everything was made of different proportions of: earth, air, wire, water.

It led me to the forums which led me to roleplayign which led me to writing fiction. It can inspire you to a career/minicareer. It helps nullify the importance of insults against you. (After a while noob becomes backround scenery)

Luckily for me, my parents put my on a course to learn typing. Nowadays, typing is plain normal. I can even correct mistakes without looking to the keyboard, nor the screen. I remember exactly what I've typed and know exactly when I made a 'typo.' Hence I can simply remove it. =D>

 

 

 

A few extra's to my earlier list:

 

-Teamwork! You cannot solo the DK's without someone helping you!

 

-Trust, going to the KQ together. Hell, if I do not trust my mate, there is no way I shall go there with him/her.

 

-How to deal with losses/gains. Learning how to deal with gains is difficult. Trying not to brag to much. But dealing with losses is often harder. Which makes lots of people leave the game, realizing the loss is not worth the loss of the game. They realize that when something is ruined (temporarily) you should be wise enough to know that certain reactions, leaving, swearing, doing something against the rules, only makes the situation worse.

It keeps you from doing drugs and other bad things.

There are amny things, some people could have learned/practised advanced computer skills creating fan websites like Tip.It. Then Theres the interactions through forums. Event planning, bank organisation, creativity fed through the Suggestions forum, a way to vent some anger through the Rants forum. My favourite would have to be Tip.It. We would not have this wonderous contraption had it not been for Runescape. I could name endless advantages, the weight of which vary depending on the person. A physically active person would say that it's geeky or boring, while someone who is shy would like it because of the anonymity of the game. "One man's garbage is another's treasure."

English; I learned a lot of the words and the grammar at school, but I learned the linguistic feeling at Rs and the forums.

 

 

 

Faster typing; I type faster English then Dutch now.

 

 

 

Not trusting anyone; I still am, but used to be waaay more (too) naive.