punk4ever Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Around the beginning of August in 2003, I decided to take a few screenshots of the highscores page for five different skills: Overall, Fighting, Smithing, Crafting, and Herblaw. During this time, Runescape Classic was still the only version of the game, and I wanted to see how the highscores would change in the coming months or years, just out of curiosity. Apart from Prayer which did not have a single player at level 99, these five skills were some of the most difficult to train because they were time consuming, required a large cash flow, or both in some cases. For those of you not familiar, Herblaw refers to Herblore and Fighting refers to Hitpoints, both of which were renamed with the release of Runescape2. I thought it would be nice to post a five-year progression and comparison of each skill :) Enjoy. [hide=Overall 2003][/hide][hide=Overall 2008][/hide] [hide=Fighting 2003][/hide][hide=Fighting 2008][/hide] [hide=Smithing 2003][/hide][hide=Smithing 2008][/hide] [hide=Crafting 2003][/hide][hide=Crafting 2008][/hide] [hide=Herblaw 2003][/hide][hide=Herblaw 2008][/hide] [Edit] I thought I could add in a few more highscores pages I saved from long, long ago, but I never noted down the date, so it doesn't really play to the 5 year theme I had in mind :P My oldest Fighting highscores picture: [hide=Fighting][/hide] Screenshot when Zonghui made it first to 99hp: [hide=Zonghui First to 99][/hide] Screenshot when Everdred made it first to 99 Woodcutting (he was also first to achieve 99 in any skill): [hide=Everdred First to 99][/hide] By The_Jeppoz :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Range_This11 Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 I remember looking up all those old high scores, stuff like this is just priceless. Great post :thumbsup: "He could climb to it, if he climbed alone, and once there he could suck on the pap of life, gulp down the incomparable milk of wonder." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@Dan3HitU Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Hawl Gnun is the only guy to hold his position. [-- DYNAMIC SIGNATURES FOR RUNESCAPE 3 & OLDSCHOOL 2007 RUNESCAPE --] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyNite Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 haha nice..i have been looking for one of these! /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\click for teh bloggy. ty to swaggeh for sig! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnut21 Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Hawl Gnun is the only guy to hold his position. good ole herblaw lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toad Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Ltangel best crafter ever IMO before dragon hides that woman is a beast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albel Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Ltangle is not to far from crafting. Its cool to look at old high scores like this from long ago. Good post. [hide=Quotes]Albel/JustinAlbel doesn't say anything anymore, just comes in, leaves an arrow and vanishes into the night :(Probablypractising some euphoniumYou nearly had me fooled, you fooler youEuphonium/10.9/10. To me, always associate Albel with musical stuff in OT.Everyone with a goatee and glasses is Albel now.lmfao albel m8 wat r u doin, hi though. [/hide][hide=Runescape Achievements]99 firemaking(2007), 99 woodcutting(2008), 99 fletching(2009), 99 magic(2010), 99 cooking(2010), 99 farming(2011), 99 construction(2011), 99 runecrafting(2012), 99 Hunter (2014), 99 ranged (2015), 99 HP (2015), 99 Slayer (2015), 99 attack (2015) 99 Defense (2015) 99 Prayer (2015) 99 Summoning (2015) 99 Strength(2015) 99 Herblore (2015) 99 Dungeoneering (2017) 99 Mining (2017) 99 Crafting (2017) 99 Smithing (2017) 99 Thieving (2017) 99 invention (2017) 99 Fishing (2018), 99 Divination (2018), 99 Agility (2018), MAXED (05/17/2018)[/hide] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimsoncow42 Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Ltangle dropped from 1st to 9th. Still an amazing accomplishment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severation Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Ah that's such a good thing to share with people. Was nice to see it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakdragon39 Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 That's kind of cool to see. Lol, in the last few comparisons, there's only one person with 99 in the 2003 picture, and only one person with 200m exp in the 2008 picture. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowgravity Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Loads of names up there I forgot about, really nice idea this was thanks for shareing :thumbup: Lowgravity, I want to be just like you. But...I never will be as 1337 as you. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRUMINATOR17 Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Pretty interesting to see how the past 5 years of peoples runescape lives have unfolded. Just makes you wonder at times, not that I really care all that much, if they had just as much success in the real world. (I meant that In A serious way too, for all we know, some of these people may only have had time to play RS if everything was going good and their ducks where in a row. And with successes like that could lead to being able to get 200m Experience in some skills.) CLICK - 770th to 99 SLAYER 2/4/08 - 204th to 99 Summoning 7/1/08 CLICK[Hide=List of Drops That I haven't updated in Years but want to keep in my Sig anyways...]VISAGE DROP - 12/06/073 Duo Sara Hilts, 3 Duo Arma Hilts, 2 Trio Arma Hilts.Dark Bows: (11) Dragon Boots: (50!)Whip Drops: (42!!!) Dragon Drops: (90+!!!!!) 2 D CHAINS!, 3 D Axe, 8 D meds, 7 left halfs, 7 D legs, 6 skirts, 8 Spears[/hide] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magmaguard3 Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Now thats classic for ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winner5555 Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Wow, Never knew that there was that many people who've kept up with a skill for that long 621st person to achieve 99 slayer on December 3rd, 2007177th person to 99 summoning on June 21st, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikurai Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 What ever happened to Zezima he was Rank 1 for awhile i go away and his names not even there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaaps1 Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Haha! My current total beats the totals of those noobs from '03! Owned. Seriously now, it was very generous of you to post this. I don't think I would have bother. This really shows how the game has changed. ~It's Super Effective! (The Zaaps Blog)~My YouTube Channel, where you get to watch me go around and make a fool out of myself and all comp capersGuides:~Yeah I wrote them once~Suggestions:~Yeah I made those once~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsboutin2 Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 What ever happened to Zezima he was Rank 1 for awhile i go away and his names not even there. He isn't first since summoning came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Observer Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 You should've saved Fletching (if it was there at the time) or Cooking. Those really shot up since Capes of Achievement were released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zierro Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Wow, I wish I knew about Runescape that long ago. :( I've only been around since 2005. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punk4ever Posted July 26, 2008 Author Share Posted July 26, 2008 You should've saved Fletching (if it was there at the time) or Cooking. Those really shot up since Capes of Achievement were released. Yeah, Fletching has been around since the release of members, but I really didn't want to bother screening the entire highscores page. Speaking of Cooking though... [hide=Cooking][/hide][hide=99 Cooking][/hide] By The_Jeppoz :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Observer Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 You should've saved Fletching (if it was there at the time) or Cooking. Those really shot up since Capes of Achievement were released. Yeah, Fletching has been around since the release of members, but I really didn't want to bother screening the entire highscores page. Speaking of Cooking though... [hide=Cooking]http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/1203/cookingeditxx9.png[/hide][hide=99 Cooking]http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/6730/99cookingeditgu9.png[/hide] Wow, nice. I wish I played during classic.. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cazwise Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Very nice job, pretty interesting I s'pose :thumbup: I bet you took those pictures for the sole intention of making a topic on them 5 years later :P Also, how's it going? How many runescape players does it take to change a lightbulb?50.1 to change the bulb and the other 49 to complain about how it was better before.THE MODS THERE ARE COMPLETE AND UTTER IDIOTS!So why are you here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordjake Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Nice to see tks' name on the highscores : She was #1 when I started playing, so that name will always stick in my mind. When bb6 was powerfishing in Lumby, I used to steal the fishes he dropped and hoped he wouldn't get angry lol. Thanks for the classic pictures punk, they bring back some nice memories :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooferfish Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 PUNKY!! :D Ahh the battle between musa and whitemagem for #1 smither. Lol. Thanks for the pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin_ Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Wow lol... Punkie, it's been ages since i've seen you post, how are you nowadays? Anyway to stay on topic, dang those pictures bring back memories, pretty weird seeing the top 10 with what would nowadays be a low overall level, offcourse there wasn't the addition of the newer skills then but still :). Some people dream of success, while others make it happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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