sohkmj1 Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 I have been thinking about this for a while. In the inventory, runescape currency is shown as coins. Yet, players often call it gp, to the extent that even jagex uses the term too in npc chats. Why not just change the name of coins to gold pieces? Sometimes i find it odd that a npc can talk about coins when another is asking for gold pieces. So, what do you think? Discuss. If there is another thread on this, please lock. Edit: Clarified a bit on the matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zierro Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 It wouldn't change the way anyone played Runescape, so I'm indifferent. Gp is just a shorter synonym that gets the same point across, much like GE = Grand Exchange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cameron5004 Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 they won't change it because: 1. the coding might be quite complicated.(might not be though) 2. jagex has been working hard with all the current updates(graphics, lumbridge diary and the job thing in lumbridge) so i don't think at the moment changing the name of coins to gp or the other way is their top priority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italian5kamikaze Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Its fine... thats like changing quest points to qp runecrafting to rc etc etc, i prefer words. Quit. PM me if you play The Conduit to exchange friend codes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sy_Accursed Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 There's no real reason to change it. To a new player gp means absolutely nothing, while coins actually means something. The only reason the term gp exists is due to the very very very first examine for coins being "a pile of gold pieces" or something along those lines, this gave us definition of WHAT our coins were. But as long as theres only one type of coin theres no need to rename them and confuse people. I mean if USD GBP or EUR only had 50c 50p and 50c coins there'd be no logical reason to call them cents and pennys there'd just be coins Operation Gold Sparkles :: Chompy Kills :: Full Profound :: Champions :: Barbarian Notes :: Champions Tackle Box :: MA RewardsDragonkin Journals :: Ports Stories :: Elder Chronicles :: Boss Slayer :: Penance King :: Kal'gerion Titles :: Gold Statue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luker2d2 Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 To stop new players becoming confused... Kiss me, i'm part Irish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Cheese Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 To stop new players becoming confused... Why nwould they be confused? It's obviously coins. Player do call it gp but that is short for gold pieces. If they changed coins to gp people would be begging them to changerunecraft to rc etc. Thanks SkyFleet for the awsome siggy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x1992x Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 it's a stupid idea because there are so meny in use and they are used to much. there propely be huge amount of [bleep]ed up bugs*insert old scared smiley* My private chat is always ON.Winner of The Tip.It Teamcape Outfit Contest!6 years. 1 dragon CS drop and some barrows, bad luck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manufan28 Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 It's a pretty pointless idea, and besides coins sounds more to do with currency whereas gold pieces could just be a lump of gold from a gold ore or something. Barrows drops: 1 Karils skirt on first run :twss: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsar Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Why fix something that doesn't need fixing! It's fine as it is, leave it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcingisbad Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 It doesn't matter if coins have a different name. They will allways be coins, wether they change their name or not. R.I.P. Neko :[5,445,898,965th to 99 WoodcuttingBlogs are dead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemurian Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Uhm...question. Since when was GP an abbreviation of Coins? Owner of Quest Cape since 11/9/2007 23:30! Working my butt off to get it back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da_Latios Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Uhm...question. Since when was GP an abbreviation of Coins?Since the dawn of online gaming. IRC Nick: Hiroki | 99 Agility | Max Quest Points | 138 CombatBandos drops: 20 Hilt | 22 Chestplate | 21 Tassets | 14 Boots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedman Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Didnt know gp meant gold pieces :oops: A Guide to Chinning in Ape atoll: up to 325kxp/h! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outsanity Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Uhm...question. Since when was GP an abbreviation of Coins?Since the dawn of online gaming. Too bad it's not an abbreviation of the word "coins." It's actually an abbreviation of the term "Gold Pieces," which is not close in lettering to the word "coins," at all. I think it needs to be changed, yes. But then again, what does my opinion matter? |2,300+ Total|138 Combat|12 Lvl 99 Skills|99 Slayer| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mememe513 Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 It's pointless and makes the game feel harder to understand. Imagine changing all the skills and objects to what people call them. Firemaking -> Fm Runecrafting -> Rc Two handed swords -> 2H Hitpoints -> Hp Attack -> Atk Strength -> Str Defence -> Def Chinchompas -> Chins Now, let's take the last example. On the hunting guide, you would see "Level 63 - Red chins" Then imagine being a noob and trying to understand that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
commandercup Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 they won't change it because: 1. the coding might be quite complicated.(might not be though) 2. jagex has been working hard with all the current updates(graphics, lumbridge diary and the job thing in lumbridge) so i don't think at the moment changing the name of coins to gp or the other way is their top priority. the coding would be incredibly simple, you'd just have to literally type in GP instead of coins (maybe Gold Piece since GP is the abbreviation) but anyways... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Observer Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Does it really matter? It's not like people are getting confused over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giordano Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 I like it to stay as coins, since GP sounds stupid when you say it. :oops: "The cry of the poor is not always just, but if you never hear it you'll never know what justice is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resonae Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 they MUST change it cuz in the player dictionary GP is listed as Gold Pieces but nowhere in the game can u find Gold Pieces, imagine this: Noob: Wow 10000 coins im gonna buy something random with this! Noob: Buying gold pieces! Pwnr: stop spamming u noob Noob: Seriously im buying gp Million pwnrs report noob for spamming, noob is banned as to why we need noobs, without them we would all be noobs MR. OCTOPUS BEARD DISAGREES! No, THAT's what she said. Wanna know how to keep an idiot busy? Read below.Wanna know how to keep an idiot busy? Read above. [hide=OMG DRAGON KITESHIELD IN-GAME!!!!] Never gonna give you up...[/hide]I cant use a chair, evidence that Lucien's men are sitting on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetvictory Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 absolutely true :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: this is gonna take a while.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinkbullet3 Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Just keep it. So long as players know that 'coins' and 'gp'/'gold pieces' mean the same thing, then everything's fine. Gp's shorter to type, too. 500,000gp sounds more RS-like than 500,000 coins. Just my 4 trillion cents. ^ Blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star_Fox Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 it's like comparing dollar bills to $. there's no need to change it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazel Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 There's really no point in changing it. (Almost) everybody knows that both of them mean the same thing, so it'd just be a waste of time imo. SLAYERGEEK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meister14 Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Why does it matter? Donate to S_U__O__M_I !!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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