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Folks, you might have sat down at your computer one day to go on Youtube and look up Runescape Machinima or something Runescape related. Most Runescapers who are also daily searching the 'tube might have discovered Bob, Runescape: Gods Exposed, and the Runescape Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto Music Video.

These videos gained a lot of popularity, and would soon lead to Machinima buying into the most popular, Tehnoobshow's, show and take it over. This is where I noticed the steady decline of the Runescape Machinima, and it's not because Bob IRL was was a lame attempt to create a rip-off of Arby N' The Chief, it's because WoW players found that Machinima quit using WoW as a means to create videos, and instead Machinima cashed in on the Bob craze. The videos were fine, but the comments suddenly became a means to laugh at people who played Runescape. We are either premature children who have not grown pubes, or overweight people who can't afford to play WoW or just plain [wagon]es. Yes people, it seems we are all fat kids who come from poor families and can't get past first grade because we are so stupid.

But of course, WoW players don't realize that while the twelve year old stereotype has been around for a while and I have heard multiple people call me a child for continuing my play of RS, that WoW has stereotypes as well. And we can't mention those though. Those are instantly wrong and the people who play WoW are all twenty-somethings who make millions of dollars a year.

And why do people look down on RS? So what if it's graphics suck and it costs five dollars a month to play?

I especially love the whole argument about the story of WoW being so awesome and RS having no story. I started to play WoW, but was turned off by the sheer fact that you spent most of your time killing animals on quests and you never felt like you achieved anything. Your name wasn't in the lore, it was always someone else. Sure WoW has a lot of story that they threw on their website and make you read in over-priced paperbacks written by authors with minimal talent, but it is not integrated as much into the game. Runescape has a progressive story, and while it is never that awe-inspiring, it is much more exciting to do a quest where you use a magic sword of lore to kill a demon then be told at level fifteen to run to the Caves of Evil and fight Fetid Rats twelve times in a row.

 

So, long story short, Runescape Machinima has exposed more people to Runescape and now I see a lot more people bashing it then ever before. I blame Machinima more then anything else for allowing people to post their times for parties instead of actual Runescape Machinimas, because it just gives haters more to laugh at when people are using Machinima as a means to advertise their 99 cooking party.

 

So does anybody else feel that Runescape Machinima is helping bring in a new group of haters who never put their opinion out there? Because I get annoyed when I tell someone that Runescape has players that are much older then 12 and I get ten replies telling me to quit doing something with my parents or being a [developmentally delayed], or being poor. I know it's just like everything else on the internet, but I think it's stupid that WoW players fight when their game has just as many problems as Runescape.

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I always enjoy your well thought out posts.

Machinima in general is not helping to ruin peoples views of Runescape. It's moreover Machinima.com that is the bigest part of problem. I think this is what you are saying right?

 

Yeah, greedy people ruin everything. This is why I was a bit disappointed when Excl joined that group.

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Everyone on youtube/forums/games etc are becoming more e-thugs and do it for teh lulz. I see nothing wrong with people bashing on Runescape. I'll just ignore it and continue scaping/ move on with my life? Honnestly not sure why you are ranting about other people arguing on something. Everything has faults and everyone likes to point em out and think their way of doing something or their style etc is better/correct. So yeah expected for WoW players to bash on us and I really don't care what they think about us because we have our community and they have theres.

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Runescape machinima sucks.

Most machinima sucks.

Only a few dont suck.

 

Its not machinimas fault for WoW players being insecure about themselves and/or elitist.

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Ugh, stupid WOW players who bash Runescape are just idiots who never played the damn game and think they have the right to comment about it, and keep creating stupid Runescape stereotypes whitout noticing they fit in thoose stereotypes too >.>

 

Machinima is not the only guilty of making theese annoying flame wars though, Machinima helped make WOW players more vocal and annoying but RS vs WOW wars have always existed, it's just getting more annoying now.

 

I LOL when they say RS has no storyline. Even though Warcraft series and lots of Blizzard games have great storylines, WOW killed Warcraft story. And if you pay attention to the quests, Runescape has a very good storyline, one of the best actually.

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Ugh, stupid WOW players who bash Runescape are just idiots who never played the damn game and think they have the right to comment about it,

 

Stopping you there since WoW players can bash RuneScape for being a crappy game due to clicking for everything.

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Ugh, stupid WOW players who bash Runescape are just idiots who never played the damn game and think they have the right to comment about it,

 

Stopping you there since WoW players can bash RuneScape for being a crappy game due to clicking for everything.

I was playing Star Craft, it was just so boring, all it was, was a bunch of pointless clicking! Blizzard sucks!

 

 

Clicking argument = logical fallacy

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I always enjoy your well thought out posts.

Machinima in general is not helping to ruin peoples views of Runescape. It's moreover Machinima.com that is the bigest part of problem. I think this is what you are saying right?

 

Yeah, greedy people ruin everything. This is why I was a bit disappointed when Excl joined that group.

 

Yes, what I was getting at is that Runescape Machinima by random people like Tehnoobshow was great because it was only the Runescape players who would watch these. When Machinima.com came in and started posting RS machinima, the WoW players started spamming every video they could laughing at us for being poor children. It doesn't help that console "elitists" who have never played RS also laugh at it because it has nothing to do with Halo

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Hmmm I don't share particularly the same view on this but I agree that in some sense we see a little more game hating. The only true effect that RuneScape machinima might have had in any of this is that it allows the bashers a louder megaphone, thats all. Just because we're seeing more of it now doesn't mean the levels of it have become worse than before. In my opinion, the big-time filmmakers like Tehnoobshow, should not be criticized for partnering up with affiliates like Machinima.com. Its actually a great inspiration to RS machinima makers to see one of their own being recognized for a change. For a long while, RS films weren't recognized by the bigname machinima sites, and the really innovative RS filmmakers had to build up a following from scratch. However, I believe RS machinima is still not as recognized as it should be and that the more growth the better. To me machinima is an artform, it is not to be confused with bringing up or crashing down the popularity of a game. Its just a way for someone to show their creativity through a game they love :smile:.

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Hmmm I don't share particularly the same view on this but I agree that in some sense we see a little more game hating. The only true effect that RuneScape machinima might have had in any of this is that it allows the bashers a louder megaphone, thats all. Just because we're seeing more of it now doesn't mean the levels of it have become worse than before. In my opinion, the big-time filmmakers like Tehnoobshow, should not be criticized for partnering up with affiliates like Machinima.com. Its actually a great inspiration to RS machinima makers to see one of their own being recognized for a change. For a long while, RS films weren't recognized by the bigname machinima sites, and the really innovative RS filmmakers had to build up a following from scratch. However, I believe RS machinima is still not as recognized as it should be and that the more growth the better. To me machinima is an artform, it is not to be confused with bringing up or crashing down the popularity of a game. Its just a way for someone to show their creativity through a game they love :smile:.

 

I agree totally with that, and it has nothing to do with the machinima itself, it is just the fact that it exposed more people to the game and created more openings for people to bash it. On one side of the coin, it showed that you can work with Runescape to create something cool with a lot of work. On the other, it showed people Runescape and if you look now, there are more Runescape shows on Machinima.com playing now then WoW machinimas. Which I know is pissing off WoW players who subscribed specifically to see WoW related content.

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How do you know they were WoW players?

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I was playing Star Craft, it was just so boring, all it was, was a bunch of pointless clicking! Blizzard sucks!

 

 

Clicking argument = logical fallacy

 

Wow, you know what, you're so right.

Because StarCraft isnt luck based like runescape, it sets it apart from the pointless clicking. <_<

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Is this a rant about Runescape Machinima, or is it a rant about WoW players that are Runescape stereotypes?

 

Runescape Machinima (or maybe machinima in general) blows. It's probably because of my hate for fan-made things in general. Or it's probably because the fanart and fanvids of fanboys, fangirls, furries, and hentai artists ruined it for me.

 

Runescape stereotypes... ugh. I really can't stand those type of people. I doubt that most of those bashers have never even played Runescape before, and are just following around the rumor saying that Runescape sucks. Runescape is one of the most popular and best games ever made, and it saddens me as of why many people fail to realize that.

 

World of Warcraft... I haven't played it, but now I'm inclined to believe that it is one of the most overrated games in history.

 

By the way, the graphics in Runescape are good now. *Points to HD*

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Why do WOW players have this predjudice? Well, I typed into YouTube the terms "Runescape music video", and clicked on the first video. Here are the last 30 comments.

 

100000000000000000000000000000 /10 you guys freaking rock! it is so cool hay fantikerz what did u use to video tape the music vid.? / also nice vid GRATZ ON 1,000,000 VIEWS FANTIKERZ!! i was thw 1,001,157 one to wach this nice LadeLee? u know what?this song reminds me about the good times me u and webby had,now we haven't seen eachother past half a year=\ i was 1,000,057 to watch awesome^_~ i was 1,000,030 to watch >.> i was 1,000,000 to watch =) 1,000,000views!! not yet This vid reminds me of how things were on RS, on YT and how making vids at that time was simply for entertainment and for showcasing/sharing one's talent. Nothing more, nothing less.

And wow, I just realized, this vid was uploaded on my birthday o.O

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i miss the old graphics of rs there much better and when u wc now u look *awkward* [ed]

lol 2:28 thanks for the memories!!!!!-runescape Thanks for the memories, Wilderness. awsome vid and i love runscape but ran out of memb ship and bought it again went on vacaiton had to reset comp witch took a few days then i had to download internet then my memb ran out again! i love runescape!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahaha,

nice editing bro Thanks for the memories, RuneScape. awesome video!!!!! i love it awsome song m8

ive seen this b4, but not by you -_0 the best runescape music video i have to give u 5/5 *c-p* [ed] i am subscribing! cool you did it *f-ing* [ed] good

i love the song 5 star video!

Now, anyone see where they might get the 12 year-old, no hair *cough* and stupid stereotypes come from. I know that if I saw this video, I'd assume the same thing, to be honest with you. I bolded the only 2 comments that have punctuation and capital letters.

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^^^That would be the comments left in just about every video on Youtube, it's not just limited to RS because if you look at some of the popular WoW videos there are just as many idiots on there.

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RuneScape vs. World of Warcraft

 

oh dear this arguement just goes on without ending. Let`s see the 2 most popular reasons why i am 12 year old kid for playing Rs and not Wow:

1.graphics sucks - So does WoWs graphics nowadays, but for Runescape, there`s a reason for it.

2.Runescape is boring - And WoW is not? 1st we kill for levels, then we`ll get some epic armour, form a group and kill some high lvled boss, for upgrades for our armour so we can kill some more bosses. And in Runescape you can do everything with 1 character (meaning that you are not restricted to 1 certain class)

 

When some WoW fans starts bashing Runescape with some arguements, use his own words againts him. Works for me.

What i really hate is that some guys from my school say that Runescape sucks (they haven`t even played it), and when i ask why, the answer is: because it is a [bleep]ing [cabbage] game? *walks away with facepalm*

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Heh, yeah, if a WoW player is 20 years old and makes million of dollars a year, then I must be making a third of what Bill Gates is ebcause I pay yearly subscriptions to both wow and runescape.

 

Runescape quests > WoW quests by far. Wow quests are forum threads with no indention. They're like mini-walls of text. Alright, maybe not that bad, but if I want to read a book in a fantasy realm, I'll get off my [wagon], go to Barnes and Noble, and read the damn book (like what I'm doing with Midwinter. Awesome book so far.) And I'll pick up a manga volume while I'm there. I go on wow to do three things:

1. Kill Alliance and plant my Silvermoon Banner over their corpse; the Flavor of the Month Class just got raped by my hunter, TWICE

2. Raid with my guild. WoW raids are > GWD or any boss hunts by far, I must admit. In fact, it makes me wonder why the hell Blizz doesn't just give us all 80 gear from the get go; they don't update old content at all. The only reasonable theory is to give us about 80 days to get used to our class before we get to level 80 (but that doesn't stop people from sucking...BADLY).

3. Daily quests. Simple, cash flow so I can repair my armor or upgrade gems for more dps in raids or survivability in pvp.

 

Quests, skilling, roleplaying, hanging out, etc. are runescape things now. I got to agree Rachet. I have no idea how you're supposed to role play on WoW if you're character says absolutely nothing in quest text except for when you have to press "continue". It doesn't immerse me into the storyline at all. Hell, I barely know why Ulduar exists. Something about the old gods vying for control over azeroth or something because the titan allowed their creations to succumb to "the curse of flesh". The only way I get my lore for the most part is from wowwiki.com Without it, I'd be lost in WoW. Thre's just too much lore to bring it in at one time. Runescape's is simple and catching. The awaited denouement of the Mahajaret ritual is much more exciting than finally being able to slay Arthas, the Lich King in patch 3.3

 

All I can say is that WoW has turned me racist. Put me in a room with a night elf, human, or draenie, and I'll take them all on, no matter what class they are and simultaneously. Give me a dwarf or a dnome, and I'll send my giant wasp or my bird of prey to have breakfast. I don't care if I die, but that game has unfortunately taught me to hate the Alliance with a burning passion. Oh well, Blizzard needs to add High Elves to the game; they're like blood elves but there's actually a male gender.

 

 

Off on a large tangent. I need to hit myself. Either way, that's my stance after playing WoW for more than 6 months. But trust me. WoW forums are much worse than rants on Runescape by FAR.

 

 

Or it's probably because the fanart and fanvids of fanboys, fangirls, furries, and hentai artists ruined it for me.

But without hentai artists, America would lose the only thing it doesn't outsource to China D:

And what would that-girl-who-hates-me-now do without her furry?! It would be blasphemy; it would be madness!

You might was well add hentai doujinshi. I [bleep]ing hate it when those Guthix damned doujin artists make a story that is so anti-canonical that it makes me want to vomit. If they want to make yaoi, they can just go find their own drawings instead of stealing other people's hard work and turning it into pornography. Notice I didn't say yuri. There's this small percentage in my brain that says it's the best thing since sliced bread. I need to strap that part of my brain onto a dwarf death knight and do explosive shot target practice on him. Hopefully it will work. That percentage seems to have about 9,500 resilience.

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Well i find that machinima has ruined runescapes rep by not knowing [cabbage] about it and just putting crappy runescape videos on the channel. I think that if machinima wants to have RS machinima they should actually know something about RS machinima. Not just put up cooking party ads and videos with no text

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Or it's probably because the fanart and fanvids of fanboys, fangirls, furries, and hentai artists ruined it for me.

But without hentai artists, America would lose the only thing it doesn't outsource to China D:

And what would that-girl-who-hates-me-now do without her furry?! It would be blasphemy; it would be madness!

You might was well add hentai doujinshi. I [bleep]ing hate it when those Guthix damned doujin artists make a story that is so anti-canonical that it makes me want to vomit. If they want to make yaoi, they can just go find their own drawings instead of stealing other people's hard work and turning it into pornography. Notice I didn't say yuri. There's this small percentage in my brain that says it's the best thing since sliced bread. I need to strap that part of my brain onto a dwarf death knight and do explosive shot target practice on him. Hopefully it will work. That percentage seems to have about 9,500 resilience.

Doujin artists and anti-canonical fans... how can I forget them? :wall:

 

That reminds me. The only other thing that I do not want is people making up couples. Some couples in other series that the fanboys/fangirls make are so unfitting, it sticks in my head and it gives me an unpleasant feeling about them. Others are just downright wrong. Few are good though, and this actually made me like the characters more.

 

Please don't make Runescape couples in machinima, fanboys/fangirls, PLEASE. :pray:

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Or it's probably because the fanart and fanvids of fanboys, fangirls, furries, and hentai artists ruined it for me.

But without hentai artists, America would lose the only thing it doesn't outsource to China D:

And what would that-girl-who-hates-me-now do without her furry?! It would be blasphemy; it would be madness!

You might was well add hentai doujinshi. I [bleep]ing hate it when those Guthix damned doujin artists make a story that is so anti-canonical that it makes me want to vomit. If they want to make yaoi, they can just go find their own drawings instead of stealing other people's hard work and turning it into pornography. Notice I didn't say yuri. There's this small percentage in my brain that says it's the best thing since sliced bread. I need to strap that part of my brain onto a dwarf death knight and do explosive shot target practice on him. Hopefully it will work. That percentage seems to have about 9,500 resilience.

Doujin artists and anti-canonical fans... how can I forget them? :wall:

 

That reminds me. The only other thing that I do not want is people making up couples. Some couples in other series that the fanboys/fangirls make are so unfitting, it sticks in my head and it gives me an unpleasant feeling about them. Others are just downright wrong. Few are good though, and this actually made me like the characters more.

 

Please don't make Runescape couples in machinima, fanboys/fangirls, PLEASE. :pray:

Yeah, I loath non-canon fan-based pairings. :evil:

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Or it's probably because the fanart and fanvids of fanboys, fangirls, furries, and hentai artists ruined it for me.

But without hentai artists, America would lose the only thing it doesn't outsource to China D:

And what would that-girl-who-hates-me-now do without her furry?! It would be blasphemy; it would be madness!

You might was well add hentai doujinshi. I [bleep]ing hate it when those Guthix damned doujin artists make a story that is so anti-canonical that it makes me want to vomit. If they want to make yaoi, they can just go find their own drawings instead of stealing other people's hard work and turning it into pornography. Notice I didn't say yuri. There's this small percentage in my brain that says it's the best thing since sliced bread. I need to strap that part of my brain onto a dwarf death knight and do explosive shot target practice on him. Hopefully it will work. That percentage seems to have about 9,500 resilience.

Doujin artists and anti-canonical fans... how can I forget them? :wall:

 

That reminds me. The only other thing that I do not want is people making up couples. Some couples in other series that the fanboys/fangirls make are so unfitting, it sticks in my head and it gives me an unpleasant feeling about them. Others are just downright wrong. Few are good though, and this actually made me like the characters more.

 

Please don't make Runescape couples in machinima, fanboys/fangirls, PLEASE. :pray:

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I doubt runescape will be pairing people up like in anime. We barely have any pronounced names in lore worthwhile to pair. Maybe Enahkra and Zamorak, but nothing much besides that. Heck, the only WoW pairings I know of are between Thrall the Orc Warchief and the Human Archmage Jaina Proudmoore & Jaina with Prince Arthas before he became corrupted.

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Ugh, stupid WOW players who bash Runescape are just idiots who never played the damn game and think they have the right to comment about it, and keep creating stupid Runescape stereotypes whitout noticing they fit in thoose stereotypes too >.>

 

Uh. You just played out the classic Runescape vs Warcraft rant like it hasn't been said a billion times? It's also awesome to see typical childish Runescape behavior on forums. That was sarcasm by the way, if you didn't catch that. I've played both. And like each for different reasons. But it's nice to know someone out there thinks I'm A ) Stupid. B ) Have never played Runescape. and C ) That I care enough about either game to go around bragging about how much better one is than the other. Someone Pk you too much? Lol. <3:

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Well i find that machinima has ruined runescapes rep by not knowing [cabbage] about it and just putting crappy runescape videos on the channel. I think that if machinima wants to have RS machinima they should actually know something about RS machinima. Not just put up cooking party ads and videos with no text

 

Yes, that video is in fact the one I based a lot of my ranting on.

Machinima.com, for lack of a better set of words, are money [bleep]. They get paid for each and every video they do. About a year ago, I remember it was always more machinima, less crap. Now, because Youtube is apparently paying them a lot to post videos, they now decide to post random crap like reviews for games, previews for games, and things that have nothing to do with machinima.

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