22 August 2008 - RuneScape in Guinness World Records!

[Bobbington]

Way to go Jagex!

 

 

 

It was kinda obvious that it would get this title though....... as it is the second biggest MMO, and unlike the first has a f2p option!

 

 

 

 

 

Having said that...... does anybody else think that Guinness should revert back to real records? I have some of the older ones where they are not full of rubbish such as "longest pencil crafted by albino's under the age of 12" (that one is probaly not there.... but you get my point!)

[Harakiri]

Yeah, I have to agree, isn't this the only GOOD free MMORPG...

[Erichermit]

Congratulations Jagex, Pretty fun game =)

 

 

 

I actually like this announcement, it seems reminiscent of the old announcements Jagex used to give.

[gabby_air88]

Yeah, I have to agree, isn't this the only GOOD free MMORPG...

 

If you ask me, i would say yes cuz most of the other free games out there have cash shops which cost more than a p2p game anyway but they have no support or anything, bots and hackers everywhere plus the community consists of alot of asians which mostly dont know english...and the big fact-Endless grinding is all you can do :

 

...Some FPS free games are good though \

 

 

 

And Congratulations Jagex!

[Albel]

Nice, Now go get the big one from WOW. :lol:

 

 

 

I played wow for a while wasnt long until i returned to runescape, the majority of gamers for wow are based in korea, as i found out when i was playing the textures are now better than wow on runescape, i'd love to see a close up behind character view on runescape, that would really bring the game to life especially in the dungeons

 

 

 

The way jagex are going, especially with the prospect of pvp coming back i can see WoW having a real competition on their hands, especially with runescape being half the price

 

true. with what jagex is doing we are really just starting to hit the golden age of runescape. no autoers,easy trade system, pvp coming back, grafics,summoning(<-awsomest skill ever), and there bigest quest to date coming soon

 

Its a great time to play runescape, just as you said. All my friends might come back to play runescape now :lol:

 

Great job Jagex, you deserve it :thumbsup:

[D Jay99]

Seriously. They put computer game records in a book now?

[chappo52]

Fail.

 

Publicity stunt - why didnt they post it last year?

 

130m accs - only 10m active - and only 1m are members, which still contain the macroers and stuff.

 

 

 

+1

 

 

 

Here's a quote from the RSOF that sums up how I feel about this.

 

 

 

"I think its sad that jagex gets one little bit of recognition for the first time in their lives and they go crazy by posting about it in their news forums and bragging to everyone that they got one little world record. Then they take advantage of it by telling people to buy more stuff from them because hey! after all they did win a world record so now it's totally legit to buy a bunch of jagex clothing....

 

 

 

World of Warcraft on the other hand got a cameo in a southpark episode that millions and millions of people saw and the WoW staff didn't bother to brag about that in one of their news posts..

 

 

 

Jagex is pathetic sometimes."

 

 

 

sorry but that quote is a load of [cabbage].. WoW is not going to talk about and promote a show on their site that essentially ridiculed their most "loyal" customers, thats just not smart, even if they did give the show the ok

 

 

 

jagex is trying to prove that they are a big player in the world of mmos and game design in general, to 1) attract more players 2) make the people who do play feel proud they are part of such a large group. and 3) they are most likely trying to attract new investors for future projects (the appearances at E3 and the games convention)

 

 

 

if they didnt mention it the majority of people would not know about it, given they arent going to have a 2 page spread but rather be 2 lines of text most likely surrounded by WoW artwork

[Flodder450]

Seriously. They put computer game records in a book now?

there is a gamers' version

[Hawks]

The gamer's version is a whole book full of video game high scores and such. I got it from the library once, the 2008 edition, and yes RS was the most popular free MMORPG last year as well.

[D Jay99]

Hmmk. Like you can't look that up through google.

 

 

 

Gamer kid: "Mom, I'm going to the library."

 

Mom: "Oh Jimmy, that's wonderful. Have you finally stopped playing those video games?"

 

Gamer kid: "No mom, but there's a new edition of Guinness Online Records. It's such a cybertastic book! "

 

Mom: " :wall: "

[Will H]

The gamer's version is a whole book full of video game high scores and such. I got it from the library once, the 2008 edition, and yes RS was the most popular free MMORPG last year as well.

 

Never knew it existed, and now I want to get it. :) It's great that RS is still safely holding the record, but we still have to go for the big one and overtake WoW!

 

 

 

I think that a lot of people seriously underestimate the sheer size of RS. It's too big to be a 'starter MMO' anymore.

 

I'm still amazed that this thing is still in Java. It's just slightly insane.

[SwordKing]

I lol'd at the Usain Bolt reference, way to hype your newspost. I found it sad.

 

And to be honest, (going off topic here), I don't even respect Bolt, I know he broke 2 world records and got some gold medals and whatnot, but he's an athlete that shows no respect whatsoever to his fellow athletes, I don't know about you, but I find that pretty sad.

 

Way to make a reference, Jagex.

[Ouchy]

Good job JAGeX \ . You guys earned it.

 

 

 

I had to 'Lol' at the Usian Bolt reference.

 

 

 

EDIT: Grrr...you stole my line SwordKing :evil:

 

 

 

;)

[jeroenrocks1]

woot gratz jagex :):)

[Danqazmlp]

Good job jagex, youve deserved some good publicity like this for ages now.

 

 

 

to all those getting up in arms about this, if you don't want to hear about the good things jagex do, don't read them, simple. Its a HUGE achievement that a kid from a small english county can make a game in his bed room and eventually grow to be the second biggest MMO of all time, if you want to try and rival him and jagex have a go, break jagex's record, untill then give them some bloody respect!

[guitar_god_2007]

Nice work Jagex As Pritchard from Dirty sanchez says "You'r In That Great Book BABY!"

[mega_vegeta6]

The gamer's version is a whole book full of video game high scores and such. I got it from the library once, the 2008 edition, and yes RS was the most popular free MMORPG last year as well.

 

Never knew it existed, and now I want to get it. :) It's great that RS is still safely holding the record, but we still have to go for the big one and overtake WoW!

 

 

 

I think that a lot of people seriously underestimate the sheer size of RS. It's too big to be a 'starter MMO' anymore.

 

I'm still amazed that this thing is still in Java. It's just slightly insane.

 

I got the gamers version, pretty pointless buy actually, was some interesting bits but that's it. oh, and Rs was only mentioned twice, in one and a half line. that's a bit cheap imo.

[ajk822]

First of all, good job jagex.

 

 

 

Second of all,

 

I lol'd at the Usain Bolt reference, way to hype your newspost. I found it sad.

 

And to be honest, (going off topic here), I don't even respect Bolt, I know he broke 2 world records and got some gold medals and whatnot, but he's an athlete that shows no respect whatsoever to his fellow athletes, I don't know about you, but I find that pretty sad.

 

Way to make a reference, Jagex.

 

 

 

I'm sorry, but he celebrated, whats the big deal. I'm guessing that you haven't played many sports in your life(not trying to be mean, this is just the kind of person i find to make this comment about Bolt) because if you have you would realize that if you don't want him to do that, then beat him. Plus, if you can run a 9.69 100 not even trying, good for you. It's not like he pointed at the other runner and said "Haha".

 

 

 

Also, why Usain Bolt instead of Michael Phelps?

[scopium]

Good to see that they are getting some publicity.

 

 

 

But as fan of both WoW and RS, the coolest announcement at Liepzieg was the Wrath of the Lich King Cinematic. Thing freakin' rocks.

[SwordKing]

First of all, good job jagex.

 

 

 

Second of all,

 

I lol'd at the Usain Bolt reference, way to hype your newspost. I found it sad.

 

And to be honest, (going off topic here), I don't even respect Bolt, I know he broke 2 world records and got some gold medals and whatnot, but he's an athlete that shows no respect whatsoever to his fellow athletes, I don't know about you, but I find that pretty sad.

 

Way to make a reference, Jagex.

 

 

 

I'm sorry, but he celebrated, whats the big deal. I'm guessing that you haven't played many sports in your life(not trying to be mean, this is just the kind of person i find to make this comment about Bolt) because if you have you would realize that if you don't want him to do that, then beat him. Plus, if you can run a 9.69 100 not even trying, good for you. It's not like he pointed at the other runner and said "Haha".

 

 

 

Also, why Usain Bolt instead of Michael Phelps?

 

 

 

Actually, I have, maybe even more than you. I'm saying this because he NEVER gave any of the other runners a hand, or even a pad on their shoulders, something all other runners do, out of respect for eachother. That behaviour just has the word '[puncture]' all over it.

 

It's okay to celebrate, but it's not okay to have an elitist attitude towards others.

[Inuashakent]

I probably won't play it though.

[Yes_Its_Ross]

 

World of Warcraft on the other hand got a cameo in a southpark episode that millions and millions of people saw and the WoW staff didn't bother to brag about that in one of their news posts..

 

 

 

Jagex is pathetic sometimes."

 

 

 

Funny I thought the episode was an insult to both WoW and their players. I don't see why they would brag about that.

[Ravenkana]

 

World of Warcraft on the other hand got a cameo in a southpark episode that millions and millions of people saw and the WoW staff didn't bother to brag about that in one of their news posts..

 

 

 

Jagex is pathetic sometimes."

 

 

 

Funny I thought the episode was an insult to both WoW and their players. I don't see why they would brag about that.

Yes, but when something is popular enough to get featured in a show that maintains the popularity of South Park, then you know that that something is something big. Anyway, who was it that said that bad publicity is good publicity?

 

 

 

As some other people said, this sickens me. Why did they choose to announce this the SECOND year? Wouldn't the first time have been a lot more groundbreaking and exciting? And did it really deserve to be posted on the front page while another, game related, topic about changes to GoP was posted in the RSOF under "This Week's Updates?" Plus, if you take out the number of inactive accounts, the macroers, pures, multiple accounters, and accounts started just to try the new tutorial, the number of F2P becomes much smaller.

[Brinner]

 

World of Warcraft on the other hand got a cameo in a southpark episode that millions and millions of people saw and the WoW staff didn't bother to brag about that in one of their news posts..

 

 

 

Jagex is pathetic sometimes."

 

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I saw them have a news post about having a discount for buying that season, which isn't saying much since I don't play WoW at all..

[ajk822]

 

Actually, I have, maybe even more than you. I'm saying this because he NEVER gave any of the other runners a hand, or even a pad on their shoulders, something all other runners do, out of respect for eachother. That behaviour just has the word '[puncture]' all over it.

 

It's okay to celebrate, but it's not okay to have an elitist attitude towards others.

 

 

 

Well, first of all, I just realized that your from Belgium whereas I am from the U.S. and this could cause a large difference in reaction towards this. Second, did you see the guy in second from Trinidad and Tobago? He was muchhhhh worse than Bolt. He was rolling on the ground and just acting like he'd never gotten second in a race before.