Where and what is Runescape now?

[Skill_Caster]

Hello everyone, I hope you all are well, as always. I'd like to bring up this topic to hopefully not just get my message out there, but even perhaps encourage people to help change Runescape for the better.

 

 

 

At the current era, Runescape is a game inhabited by many players. From an outsider's view, the graphics may not be so well, but to players it's just like home. But of course, that's beside the point. We play in a game where there's a swarm of macroers at every popular training spot, a majority of the players are so called 'noobs', and there are countless various other problems about. And yet, we do nothing. We complain and moan on and on after every update, rant in large riots when we don't get what we want, and the majority of us treat each other with no respect what so ever. We spend perhaps most or maybe even all of our time complaining about these issues and we take no action about it.

 

 

 

Not to stand out in the crowd, but I think we should stand up and do something about this. I mean, one of us alone, is just another player in the crowd, but, together, we have the ability to perhaps even change Runescape for the better!

 

 

 

Now, I know this topic is very small so far, but I'm working very hard to get up a solutions panel for each problem to help give players an idea of what they can do to help.

 

 

 

Although this post has naught but a message so far, it's a very important one. Alone, each player moaning/dreaming can do nothing, but if we group together and do our part, we might even change this 'going-downhill' game back to the med evil world it was on the top of the hill (terrible metaphor, sorry. :P)

[captianant]

I can't really find a response to all of this, other than agreeing with it.

 

 

 

Everything you've said isn't from selfishness, but from an actual desire to do some good, actually caring about what happens to others. Such is a rare attribute.

 

 

 

Sadly, as it being something uncommon, things like what you've described will happen naturally. As is the sad reality, most people don't care about others, only that they get what they want, when they want.

 

 

 

Even more sadly, this isn't true just to RuneScape. Look around you, look at people you pass in the street walking down it. Give a smile, and see how few you get in return.

 

 

 

The root of this problem is not one unique to RuneScape, is it the disease of society, and while horrid, can be counteracted.

 

 

 

The best way to bring about changes in people's attitudes and outlooks is to show them that other people in this world really do matter.

 

 

 

To bring about this change that would make the community so much better, there must be a core of people who are selfless down to their very essence.

 

 

 

I submit this suggestion to you:

 

Find those who want to affect a change in pace in this game, and band together, so that you might cause an affect that will be heard throughout the collective world of players, and one that will resonate with such intensity, that it cannot be ignored.

 

 

 

Thank you for your time, and for actually giving thought to what you've just read.

[Makoto_the_Phoenix]

When I first read this post, I was at a loss for words. You're actually right in most every point you've made; most player seems to be their own little 'island' while attempting to set fire to other players' little 'islands', by hurling childish insults and doing other childish-like things ingame. What's even worse, we turn our backs and even backstab those that we once called "friend", such as item loans gone awry and even "hacking"; doesn't matter if we knew them for 2 years or 2 days anymore. Not to mention that there are more bots in the game than ever before, and they do grow exponentially every single day.

 

 

 

I also fear it's getting worse day-by-day. We turn our backs on players almost every day, be it something as minor as advice or help on a quest to something that most find offensive, such as begging. We even discriminate (to an extent) against a player based on their combat level, time spent in-game (both positive and negative), their playing style (the old pure vs. main debate), and their training methods ("Pest Control Products"). It's these kinds of discriminations that prevent the community as a whole from enjoying the true nature of RuneScape...the way that I remember it, anyway.

 

 

 

What can we do? Well, we could start telling people to be nicer or even set a certain guideline on how to play the game...which would only cause even more problems. I recall on this forum a post about "Wilderness Etiquette" in which someone tried to set solid rules of engagement for the Wilderness, the only lawless realm in RS. Obviously that didn't pan out well, and if we follow the same route as telling people what to do without any "just cause".

 

 

 

We can actually start behaving better ingame. We *have* to improve the way we interact with one another before anything changes. You can lay down all the rules, regulations, gather up as many Player Moderators or Forum Moderators as you want to - doesn't mean that people will listen to them, nor does it implicitly guarantee that the players you've chosen to stand above the rest of the players in terms of a sociable community.

 

 

 

I feel that personal change is the only way to sway the crowd. If we don't better ourselves, who are we to tell anyone how to behave? If we don't start helping one another out in this game, it will just progress further and further into oblivion.

 

 

 

That, of course, is an extreme case scenario, and at this point in time I don't think that there's another option to it. It's up to each and every one of us to make the change now.

[Master_Smither]

Not too much of a discussion rather than a fact.

 

 

 

I agree but with all the hot headed people that play runescape it won't happen.

 

 

 

There only a few of us who actaully do something and thats not enough to change Jagex's mind.

 

 

 

Also it's a heck of alot easiesr to complain then actaully do something.

[yugun]

I can't really find a response to all of this, other than agreeing with it.

 

 

 

Everything you've said isn't from selfishness, but from an actual desire to do some good, actually caring about what happens to others. Such is a rare attribute.

 

 

 

Sadly, as it being something uncommon, things like what you've described will happen naturally. As is the sad reality, most people don't care about others, only that they get what they want, when they want.

 

 

 

Even more sadly, this isn't true just to RuneScape. Look around you, look at people you pass in the street walking down it. Give a smile, and see how few you get in return.

 

 

 

The root of this problem is not one unique to RuneScape, is it the disease of society, and while horrid, can be counteracted.

 

 

 

The best way to bring about changes in people's attitudes and outlooks is to show them that other people in this world really do matter.

 

 

 

To bring about this change that would make the community so much better, there must be a core of people who are selfless down to their very essence.

 

 

 

I submit this suggestion to you:

 

Find those who want to affect a change in pace in this game, and band together, so that you might cause an affect that will be heard throughout the collective world of players, and one that will resonate with such intensity, that it cannot be ignored.

 

 

 

Thank you for your time, and for actually giving thought to what you've just read.

 

 

 

I'd like to point out that everything said by EVERYONE so far is correct... Expanding on what I quoted... I read the smile in real life part... and that just brought a tear to my eye... It reminds me of a thing I see almost everyday on youtube called Free Hugs...

 

My point is... it's not hard to reach out and touch someone... whether it be irl or in runescape.... just today I helped two people in runescape while training... It's a great feeling... more empowering and joyful than any other goal... it's the goal of helping humanity...

 

 

 

Here's another example... I dropped 120k (not on purpose) on the floor... long story... and then i got a random event before i could pick it up... so once I came back from the random event, my cash had been taken... but I didn't care... my attitude which i think many people need to work on is be kind and generous to others... as they say,

 

 

 

What goes around, come around...

 

 

 

and this is a very powerful thing because, you could give 1k to someone (a newb) in runescape and then... you never know... they might turn out to be the most generous person on the planet because they were kindly helped in their time of need by a stranger who lended a hand... or in real life... gave a free hug

 

 

 

So with that, I say free hugs to all!

[J_Peer]

What do you suggest we 'all' do?

[andy_matthews]

I agree with this. There are too many people in the game who think it is made for them, and everybody else should leave, and get out. No matter what you do on the game, people are going to either: A) Want you to stop; B) Insult you; C) Insult you even more.

 

 

 

Too many people think they are better than everybody else.

[Kilo]

Not too much of a discussion rather than a fact.

 

 

 

I agree but with all the hot headed people that play runescape it won't happen.

 

 

 

There only a few of us who actaully do something and thats not enough to change Jagex's mind.

 

 

 

Also it's a heck of alot easiesr to complain then actaully do something.

 

 

 

If you say its impossible the result will be impossibility, don't give reasons why something will fail, that doesn't help the goal of the posters'. I believe you could make this happen, and I'm willing to help any way I can. We can change things if we believe we can. :pray:

[SwreeTak]

What do you suggest we 'all' do?

 

 

 

I think he means that we should not break the rules, be nice to new players and help them out, and that we shall report every rule-breaker we see. I'm right?

[imaerehw14]

Good general idea, but in your post you don't even back yourself up by saying what you plan on doing.

 

 

 

What is your game plan? You can't just say we are going to change things for the better and have the whole decent community of runescape band together without a plan.

 

 

 

Good concept. Needs execution.

 

 

 

Ready...? Go!

[Marvel Titan]

Good general idea, but in your post you don't even back yourself up by saying what you plan on doing.

 

 

 

What is your game plan? You can't just say we are going to change things for the better and have the whole decent community of runescape band together without a plan.

 

 

 

Good concept. Needs execution.

 

 

 

Ready...? Go!

 

 

 

:wall: Surely it takes more than just him to think up a good idea and im sure alot of people could contribute into making runescape better but ill continue doing what ive always done in runescape. talk be nice to people and report. :XD:

[GrimHams]

I say the tipiters go on a crusade against the evil infidels in runescape!

[Skill_Caster]

Thanks for the agreeance and support guys. As I stated in my first post, more is to come, and I'm working hard to get solutions for each problem up soon.

[jondea0]

Thanks for the agreeance and support guys. As I stated in my first post, more is to come, and I'm working hard to get solutions for each problem up soon.

 

very good, but what do you mean solutions. do you mean like solutions to ingame things or attitude.

 

 

 

to sum up the attitude one in one sentence is: do to others what you would have them do to you.

 

 

 

would you like to be backstabbed, or disrespected? No. so you can start by starting the trend.

 

 

 

also i hate it when people have insult wars, i cant seem to get it into their thick heads that if one of them stopped they would both stop. trouble brewing is an amazing example, one idiot comes along and starts saboing then the other team lashes out and sabos even more and it just keeps gettign worse and worse till people start grudges and start leaving and cursing.

 

 

 

sheeesh thats quite a long post

 

free hugs all around

[Pinkbullet3]

My only solution to these problems is:

 

 

 

Keep playing.

[T. Skill]

also i hate it when people have insult wars, i cant seem to get it into their thick heads that if one of them stopped they would both stop.

 

free hugs all around

 

 

 

I agree with that completely. I actually get really mad at some of my friends in game because they'll blatantly ask me to help them come flame some guy. I'm like wouldn't the better thing to do is just stop? And if the other guy won't stop then add him to ignore and get on with your life and accept him as someone who doesn't want a better Runescape community.

[wurmskin]

Its a good idea, and I'll be happy to support whatever you have in mind. I'm willing to help. And I'm sure alot of other people will be as well when it comes to it. But if you want to my honest opinion (not to kill the optimism), its going to be near the line of impossible to be able to do something that remarkable and actually "change" RS for the better.

 

 

 

It almost can't be helped. RS is a breeding ground for idiots and people with brains the size of peas. In some cases, you'd be much better off talking to a brick rather than interacting with some of the cruddy personalities created in the game. Even if we do something good and helpful for other players once in a while (I know I do), I don't think that alone would be sufficient to make a difference.

 

 

 

That said, if something is actually done about the points addressed, I don't expect it to be easy, AT ALL. Hopefully some of us here at the TIF will attempt to support the cause. I'm behind you with this :) .

 

 

 

Phr33 Hug$ pl0x?