Runescape Types

[DeeKay]

I don't know how well this one will go, but I too wanted to start a thread and have a good bash&whine while at it.

 

Anyways, I've been playing the game since '05, starting at the age of 15, and kinda grew along with it, on and off (mostly off). Across my 'career' I've came across reoccurring types of players, both ingame and over fansite forums. So here's a little list of 'em - feel free to add your own, but keep it over a certain level sophistication: I'm sure you'll agree the 'noob' type is a tad stale. Try going for a humorous approach while reading this, too, even if it's not too particularly funny.

 

Vertical-liners: These are your average players, which go around killing things and do quests. There's just one problem, and it's that they suffer from a horrible illness which prevents them from typing more than two words without pressing Enter. Chatting with such a player is much like talking with someone having an asthma seizure while being constipated.

 

The Possessors: A fairly average type of player, which tends, out of great pride, to call the full name and add 'my' to expensive items in their possession. Examples include 'Let me take my dragon pickaxe out of the bank', 'I have my void set in my inventory' and 'I sold my Armadyl GS to buy my third age'. Your cooperation is required in accepting that they are cooler if it's theirs. These types also seem to, innocently, have no clue about what to do with amounts of coins that consist of more than six digits, often plundering fansite forums in hope of some answer to this difficult question from those less fortunate.

 

The Paragon: These are your non-average self-proclaiming-to-be-average players, believing they take just the right dosage of Runescape. Any player who dare mention their superiority in a direct or indirect reference to (but not limited) stats, items, playing habits and occasionally 'real life' (we're real, people) issues, are immediately announced as 'no-lifers'. Players with the aformentioned qualities lower than the discussed Noble Model of Gracious Gameplay, are considered as noobs, and generally not worth talking to unless discussing issues mentioned earlier, in which case they will get bashed.

 

Lol-o-mats: A very common type of player, which enjoys conversations much more than others, regardless of topic. Commonly acknowledges others that they are laughing out loud, rolling on the floor, laughing, or, covering the very same floor with diarrohea - known as LMAOing, or LMFAOing, if you're some sort of sick ****.

 

Cool People: A relatively new - but not uncommon - type of mainly male player which freely allows himself to call fellow players kids, skinny nerds, nolifers and suggesting they'd do good with a tan. Up until recently, this mysterious type of player would not go beyond feeble insulting attempts such as calling one 'fat'. Supposedly, the once young has grown (14), acquired (somewhat of) a girlfriend and deducted that he (and him only) must be hot, thus making everyone else on the world wide web kids, skinny nerds, nolifers or all-in-one that need a tan. Beware getting caught in these raging hormone machine's line of fire.

 

Leet (1337) Speakers: A fairly common type, convinced that button combination aren't necessary and that the keyboard has too much of them anyway.

 

The Depressed Sociopath: Yours truly. A type of player who considers himself intelligent (and in extreme cases gifted) which started playing as anyone else, and eventually reached the debatable conclusion that anyone else is ret***ed. Characterized by near-perfect grammar and spelling, cynical behaviour and sarcastic sense of humour (at this point I will mention that I type in British English), these types are wondering hopefully across Runescape in hope of finding an intelligent match, not realizing that they are in fact, total d**ks and that their heads are way too far up their a**es. A relatively rare type of player, for the simple reason that these lot keep their chats either set to Friends or entirely turned off.

[TyrantElf]

agreeing, i'd probably be a Vertical-liner, but I tend to be 4-5 words, sometimes more.

[Returnofmic]

I'd probably describe myself as a depressed sociopath, but I'm actually rather nice, contrary to the type you posted. Nice post nevertheless.

[Sy_Accursed]

I fail to say how referring to something as "my" relates to any of what you said.

 

I say my dragon pick or my whip or my runes or my arrows all the time. Why? Because by the great proxy of being in my bank account they are my belongings, all be it digital pixel ones. Why shouldn't I refer to it as mine if I own it?

 

Thats like saying in real life we shouldn't refer to my car or my ipod or my house

[tortilliachp]

and then there are the group "others"

 

who play sort-of like they act in real life, aren't completely obnoxious in one obvious way that lets them be catagorized. I'm glad there are a ton of these if you take the time to talk to people without your pm to friends or off, and your public chat to "on" as well :)

[Reiskade]

Probably the option that best describes me as a player is depressed sociopath - as bad as it sounds, I've got to admit that it describes me awfully well :(

[Ezz]

I think most people here will say they're a variation of the "depressed sociopath", and so will I. And yeah, that's a pretty good (and humorous) approach at the RS community :P

[Saunamajuri]

Hmm...

I would be vertical-liner with more than 2 words, sociopath with NEAR perfect grammar and spelling and sarcastic sense of humor and little bit of posessor, because I use "my" word as I would use it in real life. Im gonna use MY bike. MY computer is working perfectly. This is only meant to show accurately that it is yours, so people wont be confused.

 

Now excuse me as I get my dragon pickaxe and wander into my mine, where noobs will not bother me. Hope I`ll see some intelligent people also.

 

c ya.

[magzar]

Here's another.

 

The Elitist Commonly found rearranging their banks so that everything is in it's proper place, and then taking screen-shots to show everyone just how awesome they are. When not ignoring everyone in game, they like to nitpick about anything they possibly can. This includes but is not limited to, the equipment stats of other players and how they are not using the best possible combination, and the optimum speed for skilling, combat, quests, or other activities. You may sometimes find them in mini-games such as castle wars. They will undoubtedly be either standing around doing nothing in protest of the noobs on their team who don't know how to play or barking orders in all caps to their teammates because of their superior knowledge.

[Kata_Phfract__the_slayer]

The Depressed Sociopath: Yours truly. A type of player who considers himself intelligent (and in extreme cases gifted) which started playing as anyone else, and eventually reached the debatable conclusion that anyone else is ret***ed. Characterized by near-perfect grammar and spelling, cynical behaviour and sarcastic sense of humour (at this point I will mention that I type in British English), these types are wondering hopefully across Runescape in hope of finding an intelligent match, not realizing that they are in fact, total d**ks and that their heads are way too far up their a**es. A relatively rare type of player, for the simple reason that these lot keep their chats either set to Friends or entirely turned off.

 

oh hai thar :P

 

although i dont think (much) less of anyone and allways have chat n privet to all, i would say this fits me better then the others.

 

anyway instesting look upon steriotypes, without being steritypical. better then calling everyone noob at least <_< (wait... oh darn)

[12pure34]

Either the cool player, but most likely the depressed one ;) I .. tend to know things. People can't stand that for some reason tough. (small rant upcoming). The other day a person actually ASKED me for advice. I then gave them the advice they wanted. He then managed to ''correct'' me. I made a flaw in the advice I gave him.

The subject:

Guys ;) Red Pet Squirrels are now optional.. as light brown is the same as red. And they can be caught.

 

Notice my bad grammar, 'the fact' that I am completely hot and ''totally smart''.. I can find myself in a combination of both.

 

*strolls away depressed..*

[Mecakoto]

No Meantion of the "'Stop having fun!' Guy?"

 

[spoiler=The "Stop Having Fun" Guy]

 

The gamer equivalent of the Arrogant Kung Fu Guy. He's a Hard Core gamer, plays in all tournaments, and knows everything about how to play. He knows all the secret moves (even the glitches), the most effective strategies, and the quickest ways to completely destroy his opponent. He's completely "above" the mantra of casual play: He doesn't play just for fun, he plays to win. He's good, and he knows it; he can just be a douche about it.

 

This kind of player is good, and there's nothing wrong with that. But he is also extremely arrogant. He's completely intolerant of play styles other than his own. If you challenge his beliefs, he'll automatically call you a Noob, a Scrub, or something similar. Anyone who doesn't play like him instantly simply doesn't know as much as he. You'll always see this kind of player arguing that the debated Game Breaker is completely and utterly legitimate. After all, it's not about playing, it's about winning, right? Much like the Scrub, the player probably won't be listening to logic or facts. It's either agree or be wrong. Expect this to cause a big annoying (but sometimes amusing) Pro-Scrub Flame War.

 

Yep, that's right, he's the opposite of the Scrub. But just as annoying.

 

This kind of player takes the "pro" mentality to an annoying extreme (generally giving other tournament players a bad name), while the Scrub takes the casual mentality to an annoying extreme (generally giving other casual players a bad name.) In the real world, there's room for both, and game companies generally try to put something in their games for both sides; see Player Archetypes for details.

 

What ultimately makes the Stop Having Fun Guy undesirable isn't the rulesetting; it is the attitude. What distinguishes the Stop Having Fun Guy from a regular competitive/tournament player who simply likes playing to win is that the Stop Having Fun Guy believes that his way is the only proper way to play the game.

 

 

Source: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StopHavingFunGuys

[testingsomestuff123]

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[Bladewing]

Trying to pigeonhole people into 5 or 6 or even 1000 categories is bound to fail and not include everyone. I don't see a point in trying to do this. Each person is a different person and you should look at them separately.

 

The Depressed Sociopath: Yours truly... Characterized by near-perfect grammar and spelling...these types are wondering hopefully across Runescape in hope of finding an intelligent match...

Underlined the irony.

[Mecakoto]

Trying to pigeonhole people into 5 or 6 or even 1000 categories is bound to fail and not include everyone. I don't see a point in trying to do this. Each person is a different person and you should look at them separately.

 

The Depressed Sociopath: Yours truly... Characterized by near-perfect grammar and spelling...these types are wondering hopefully across Runescape in hope of finding an intelligent match...

Underlined the irony.

 

IT IS FOR TEH LULZ!!!!!1!!!1!!one!

 

And he said near-perfect. 1 error is near-perfect. =p

[Crimsoncow42]

I lol'ed.

 

And I use perfect grammer lol.

[Sy_Accursed]

I lol'ed.

 

And I use perfect grammer lol.

 

Clearly not, since it is grammar.

[Beethovens29]

"these types are wondering hopefully across Runescape in hope of finding an intelligent match, not realizing that they are in fact, total d**ks and that their heads are way too far up their a**es. A relatively rare type of player, for the simple reason that these lot keep their chats either set to Friends or entirely turned off. "

 

err....I'm pretty sure even British people spell it "wandering" in that context.

[Viv]

id be the lol person x[) always talking and talking and talking and if dunno what to say just type lol rofl lmao for no reason hard habit to break!

 

or id be the

 

no-lifer-----plays to much, skills too much, forces other people to play too much !

[la la la]

But I AM hot, and everyone else IS fat.

 

Really, this is a pretty sardonic look at player types. I think the category that I fall into, along with lots of forum users, is the...

 

Past Experience Player

We used to play a lot, and now we still play a good amount, but we rely mainly on past achievements to carry us throughout the game and simply play for fun or to kill time every now and then. Some of us have a good amount of money, but we aren't particularly good at making more of it. Sometimes, we can tend to be arrogant due to being "old school" and being of a higher age than the average RS player, but we are still sociable and love to help people out with the knowledge we have acquired over the years of playing the game. I know that myself, along with most of my friends, fall into this category.

[Riemis]

Past Experience Player

We used to play a lot, and now we still play a good amount, but we rely mainly on past achievements to carry us throughout the game and simply play for fun or to kill time every now and then. Some of us have a good amount of money, but we aren't particularly good at making more of it. Sometimes, we can tend to be arrogant due to being "old school" and being of a higher age than the average RS player, but we are still sociable and love to help people out with the knowledge we have acquired over the years of playing the game. I know that myself, along with most of my friends, fall into this category.

 

Fits me more than the other ones on this topic :)

[Me_Hate_Libs]

II'd consider myself a Posessor, with the exception of believing in superiority of myself due to my items. I am proud of what I have and identify them by whatever name comes naturally. I also have lots of cash with no idea how to spend it since I don't want cosmetic items or really desire to use my money to make more money. Money is simply a byproduct of the way I play the game.

[Viv]

But I AM hot, and everyone else IS fat.

 

Really, this is a pretty sardonic look at player types. I think the category that I fall into, along with lots of forum users, is the...

 

Past Experience Player

We used to play a lot, and now we still play a good amount, but we rely mainly on past achievements to carry us throughout the game and simply play for fun or to kill time every now and then. Some of us have a good amount of money, but we aren't particularly good at making more of it. Sometimes, we can tend to be arrogant due to being "old school" and being of a higher age than the average RS player, but we are still sociable and love to help people out with the knowledge we have acquired over the years of playing the game. I know that myself, along with most of my friends, fall into this category.

thats the type of fplayer that most are coming back from a break or when have busy rl at the time. cycle between nolifer and past expirience player for me.

 

or remember the past expiriences such as 99 slayer that make the game fun :)

[Me_Hate_Libs]

I guess I'd be a PEP, but a little more critical of new school updates that don't seem as fun as the old ones. I personally am terrible at making money. I have a lot from being around for so long.

 

Oh, and I am hot too, just for the record. :)

[Komatose]

The Depressed Sociopath: Yours truly. A type of player who considers himself intelligent (and in extreme cases gifted) which started playing as anyone else, and eventually reached the debatable conclusion that anyone else is ret***ed. Characterized by near-perfect grammar and spelling, cynical behaviour and sarcastic sense of humour (at this point I will mention that I type in British English), these types are wondering hopefully across Runescape in hope of finding an intelligent match, not realizing that they are in fact, total d**ks and that their heads are way too far up their a**es. A relatively rare type of player, for the simple reason that these lot keep their chats either set to Friends or entirely turned off.

 

Me in a nutshell.