Sir_Kurity Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Its not going to be significant, and as far as im concerned it makes alot of people happy, for very little pain for paying members. O.O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaaps1 Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 i hope they realize this is making them lose money. it's just one less thing members have over F2P. I'm guessing it probably won't since they'll bomb us with ads. Ads cover the costs of f2p already, so a few more ads should cover the forum cost. ~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...
Pinkbullet3 Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Ads cover the costs of f2p already I believe not entirely? :? ^ Blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_Kurity Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 So I guess Jagex uses the money from the advertisements to buy beer and laugh about the ignorence of some of the members? I think some f2p people are more mature then alot of members. In general, i think P2p is much more mature, but there are of course some people are more mature than a great deal of members. This being runescape and all... O.O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meili Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Wow. I actually remember when official forums were open to everyone and it was total crap. I won't really be affected though since I (almost) never post there. The Runescape Wilderness - Meili's Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlanetX Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Personally, I'm thrilled at the forums being open to a reasonable and acceptable group of free-to-players. I canceled my membership at the beginning of 2009 and it was somewhat saddening to me that I couldn't help anyone in the 'Quest', 'Clue Scroll', or comment in the 'Recent Updates' forum :( 7 Capes of AchievementProud Fire Cape Owner March 9, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night_Tied Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 F2P now have access to the forums. Quick find code: 13-14-638-58648071 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingmickez25 Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Many people are pissed of about this. Imo i think they did this beacuse the forums are dying it used to be buying and selling everything buy forums but since the release of the grand exchange Most members pay max price for something other then taking the time to login and look on the forums. Some even go to world 2 and try to find the item before there. Im not for either side but i see it many good things come from this the ftp could use the market forum the Armour forum weapons quest help (really quest help for ftp :geek: ) and other little ones By all means let them have the forums But when they come to the tip it forums i bring the pitchforks and fire :mrgreen: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJE03 Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 So I guess Jagex uses the money from the advertisements to buy beer and laugh about the ignorence of some of the members? I think some f2p people are more mature then alot of members. In general, i think P2p is much more mature, but there are of course some people are more mature than a great deal of members. This being runescape and all... In my experience, when members come into f2p worlds, I find that sometimes they may be breaking more rules than the f2p players. I have personally witnessed members come onto a f2p world for the sole reason of cursing and solicitation. I cannot say whether in members worlds you find that players are more mature - I can only base my view on what I see. That being said paying or having your parents pay a fee every month for Runescape membership does not by any means make one automatically mature. I believe you should judge on a person to person basis rather than lumping all members or non-members together and stating that their membership status indicates their maturity level. Not that you did this, but merely food for thought. [spoiler=Stats:]Updated December 22, 2011: Total level - 1442 - 170M+ XP , Combat level - 115Combat skills: Attack - 90, Defence - 99 (24.45m+ XP), Strength - 90, Constitution - 99 (16.42M+ XP) Ranged - 99 (13.32M+ XP), Prayer - 60, Magic - 99 (13.25M+ XP)Non-Combat skills: Cooking - 99 (13.80M+ XP), Woodcutting - 99 (31.95M+ XP), Fishing - 90, Firemaking - 99 (24.82M+), Crafting - 90, Smithing - 90, Mining - 85, Runecrafting - 60, Dungeoneering - 85 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimsoncow42 Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 i hope they realize this is making them lose money. it's just one less thing members have over F2P. What made you come up with that idea? No one knows how the addition of free players to the forums is going to affect the forum situation so it is far too early to make such an assumption. Money loss is directly dependent on how the quality of the forums are once free players join the fray. It would increase with more good quality suggestions, discussions and opinions or it might decrease with increased "We Want WILDY!" spam. Also, offering more formatting suggestions such as being able to Bold or Underline your text can be another improvement that will get more forum users on the RSOF. My main got permanently forum banned years ago. *they still dont let me appeal to it since it doesnt go underblack marks for some stupid reason* well im not bitter over it any more and i figure i probably deserved the bann. Well i was going to make a new member JUST to use the forums. Now i can spend 3 days merchenting and 4 days getting 99 cooking f2p. Rofl whats the point of making a member now when i can get on the forums f2p in a week. You can spend $5 instead of spending a week of being bored out of your mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strilmus Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 If youre a member currently, and already have access to post on the forums, wed appreciate it if you could give our new forum guests a warm welcome. Well, if you're a member and don't have access, I think you're the kind of person they don't want to be greeting the newcomers. XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheels431 Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 I was hoping this wouldn't happen... I am F2P (Don't meet the requirements) , but still, I'm not happy. Don't we all know that the most mature aren't the high levels? Right? With this, we could be letting high level idiots into the forums... Instead of the mature players. Wheels431: Self proclaimed pessimist and nerd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto_the_Phoenix Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 I was hoping this wouldn't happen... I am F2P (Don't meet the requirements) , but still, I'm not happy. Don't we all know that the most mature aren't the high levels? Right? With this, we could be letting high level idiots into the forums... Instead of the mature players. if you dont mind me saying, i think experience does show some level of maturity... I dont know if 12mil exp counts for much but i know that if you have 120mil your probably not too immature. Yeah, correlating experience to maturity is never foolproof. Consider that 12.5M exp doesn't mean that they're mature, but it all but ensures the worst of freeplay spammers are kept out. Linux User/Enthusiast | Full-Stack Software Engineer | Stack Overflow Member | GIMP User...Alright, the Elf City update lured me back to RS over a year ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizlysword Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 The obvious solution is to make a ftp part of the forum like there is in the game, why didnt they think off that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juhnie Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 The obvious solution is to make a ftp part of the forum like there is in the game, why didnt they think off that. In my opinion there is no need to dig an even larger rift between F2P and P2P. F2P on forums allows more F2P and P2P interaction, and if we ignore those spammy "F2P on forum WTF JAGEX" threads, interaction between Free players and Members is quite warm (from what I have seen so far). Master of Attack ~ August 29th, 2010Proud to have served the awesome Tip.It Crew <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizz Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 How bout how old your account is? The older it is the more you qualify? I don't like the Exp thing. Wongton is better than me in anyway~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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