A long lost soul

[SlayerMalk]

We all know runescape as the game most if not all of us play but, the reason i made this thread is because i was looking at my adventure log primarily the friends tab part. And as i look at it i read across those names who have since moved on from the game leaving behind great memories yet a bitter taste. How does one feel when a supposed long term rs friend suddenly deletes you or perhaps quits without telling you when or why. How have you been moved when someone friendly, always there in game with you moves on and your paths separate. Although this is just a game and many if not all of us will never meet each other, there is [at least in my opinion] this community feel that always brings people together. How if applicable has a friend who quit affected you?

[Big_Stingman]

One of my high level, long term friends quit about 8 months ago. He was probably the only person that I talked to on a daily basis. I pretty much solo everything now in Runescape. I still talk to him in RL, but I miss him on Runescape. :sad:

[Speedyshel]

I've had this feeling with several friends - friends you have lots of fun adventures with and then they move on to other games and often other real-life commitments that consume their time. It definitely (for me) changes the way you see certain activities, training spots, or entire skills in the game. Fond memories serve as constant reminders that a particular friend will no longer share in those fun times. But, as you mentioned, it's a game and life goes on.

[Bows]

This happened with my oldest Runescape friend; Badcommando2. He all of the sudden stopped playing, no warning at all. I was a bit saddened that he never even bothered to give me an explanation after knowing him for roughly five years. I wonder what he's up to now...

[FooK-A-Ji]

This happened with my oldest Runescape friend; Badcommando2. He all of the sudden stopped playing, no warning at all. I was a bit saddened that he never even bothered to give me an explanation after knowing him for roughly five years. I wonder what he's up to now...

Haha! I don't mind. I do the same to my friends..! lots of my friends from 01 are still playing anyway so when i come back they are still around and ready to LOVE ME ALL OVER AGAIN

[muggiwhplar]

Whenever a friend would retire from RS and never log on again, I always paralleled it to death in real life. You'll probably never have the pleasure of communicating with them or hanging out on the game-- they're basically dead. That's why I always became upset when a close friend would quit.

 

A handful of my closest friends whom I've known for several years have added me on Facebook, though so at least we're still aware of each others existence :)

[Blutters]

Dark Koala22...

Kooooooooooooooo!

:cry: :cry: :cry:

So unfortunate. He was nice to everyone and even a deep thinker... But he had some IRL troubles. Some very serious, and in fact, if anyone had a "real" reason to off 'emselves... Well, it mighta been him.

 

Not even the only one. Most of my friends list is constituted of rarely recurring characters.

And some of my friends have just spoiled and changed so horribly. I could count 5 right now who've gone through enormous personality changes... I've even transferred a few to ignore.

It really sucks to grow up with and see such beautifully original people become twisted and cynical.

[svs]

I usually have 1-2 people whom i talk to whenever they're online, then there's a few i talk to when there's noone else to talk to.

And it's always the people i'm closest with that leave.

 

My buddy pudgythesquid with an iq of a squid because he can't even recall who i am :(

My buddy freak e bob, da mole huntar orly?yarly11!one

My buddy phill(and some numbers) with the ugly 'akvatar'

My buddy kippendoder, your nephew is a turd, don't let him acces your account!

My buddy nvstoned, autoing gets you banned fool -.-

 

Meh i get over it and then make new friends :D

But alas, there's a few people that i very much liked, names are ^

What sometimes bugs me is that i don't know if they returned yet, under a new name or what happened to them irl and what are they doing now?

[Den]

A friend I talked to every day quit a long time ago, I never really connected with anyone on that level since.

You move on though, and I have new friends who are all awesome.

 

The sad thing is, I have no idea who 2/3 of my friends list are anymore because of name changing.

[jamesrules90]

I have a friends list full of people who never log on anymore. I think 2 of them got banned for autoing.

 

Mind you. I used to know most of them before my membership expired so I guess most of them have defriended me and set their private messaging to friends or have just quit.

[SanNo1]

I've had something like that happen with two long-term friends. We talked a lot and Rs becomes a lot more boring after one of your friends quit. But I generally just make new friends, although it's hard to replace one of these kind of friends, which you talked to for hours most days of the week. :cry:

[Sylpheed]

I have had friends that iv'e known for at least 5 years quit and never log back in again. The thing is, it really doesn't bother me at all. I don't know any of these people in real life, only within a game. When I log out of the game, I don't ever think of them as I treat Runescape just like a video game. Most people who I talk to in-game now are real life friends so it doesn't really matter if they quit.

[Jeda45]

Literally every single friend I have/had on Runescape is somebody I know in real life, so I'm not bothered if they quit...

[Maximusa]

Everyone from classic is gone (Unless they played and I didnt know them then that is.) but I do know someone shortly after from that who is probably my most liked person even if they dont know it. Everyone from a bit after then quit around the time when jagex didnt release high level content stuff and got bored tbh. Even I didnt play 'properly' for a year at one point. Infact that might of made anyone who returned think I had quit too and give up trying to find me if they did return.

 

I do however know a few people who arnt actually on my friends list that are uber elite from old days (not famous just high ranked at the time.) that I can talk to ingame quite well to exchange newest happenings. =p Its been a long time because im on the wrong worlds but I doubt they quit. I still feel too much of a newb to actually ask add lol. Funny thing is I am catching up to their stats but its only taken me nearly 5+ years from when I first met them lol.

 

Everyone else are recent people within last few years and isnt quite the same. So basically only one person left and they play seemingly randomly for periods of time then disappear when busy in rl.

 

Tbh anyone I havnt known for atleast 2 years I am suspicious about why they want to add me as a friend which isnt very good of me. Especially if lower level. Its nicer when you got friends from years back that you know actually enjoy talking to you rather than any stat rubbish. When its runescape talk I wanna talk about how much extreme xp I need for whatever extreme goal without 'wowzers' and more genuine motivation asmuch as I wanna talk about their possibly lower but equally challenging goals. Its also fun to talk about when they remember me without any 99s and stuff and first began journey getting faster and faster xp as I learnt the game. Within this year I achieved 36m smith xp but I still talking to the guy that was around when I was struggling and pushing hard to get 85 smith and that.

 

If I was really bothered I would just join some clans that take my interest. However I prefer my own company nowadays anyway. I just grateful for certain people who probably will quit one day but I still continue to play lol. Everyone else online seems like a 10 year old american with a 138 account that I cant be bothered to speak much.

[noble_aloof]

well, with one friend from my main he logged on when i was about 1 year into this account (2-3 years since i last talked to him). i asked him for his xbox gamertag as i was planning to get xbox soon (didnt happen for another year and a half). one day i decided to google his name and he was a really good halo player and his 1337 team had a myspace page. sooo then i found his myspace and started talking to him but he didn't recognize me. he did admit to playing runescape and he said he gave his account away and also claimed to be the first person to get a 3rd age coif.

[Hedgehog]

When my friends quit, I delete them. There's no use dwelling on the past.

[mario_sunny]

When I went on a no-life SWing session (back during release, when people thought the exp per hour was good), I said to myself that I would delete my entire friends list and then only add people who were soul wars veterans so we could set up some rigged games (like we did literally 300 times). This continued for one month, and then when I was done with my zeal goal I looked at my friends list and then had a huge feeling of regret- the people who were on my friends list were just people who were addicted to a minigame like me, and weren't looking for any real friendship. I wish I hadn't deleted all those people- but now I always keep my private chat on incase they want to contact me.

[Echocut]

When I first started back in RSC (under a different username), I played with my friends after school. Of course, my friends would team up in the wild and I will be off doing quests. A few years later, they quit and moved on to other games, but we still got together and chatted.

 

Alas, nothing lasts forever, and they moved to other things. Weeks later, I quit, and gave my account to another friend.

 

Then I started this one a month later, and kept it ever since. I'd like to see them online now and again, but chances are, they will not.

 

But I will never forget our times together. <3:

[Den]

When I first started back in RSC (under a different username), I played with my friends after school. Of course, my friends would team up in the wild and I will be off doing quests. A few years later, they quit and moved on to other games, but we still got together and chatted.

 

Alas, nothing lasts forever, and they moved to other things. Weeks later, I quit, and gave my account to another friend.

 

Then I started this one a month later, and kept it ever since. I'd like to see them online now and again, but chances are, they will not.

 

But I will never forget our times together. <3:

 

Wow, that sounds scarily like the story of my start. Difference is I never gave my account away and never quit.

One of my rl friends from back in the start also still pk's so I get to talk to him even though we go to different schools now.

[Echocut]

When I first started back in RSC (under a different username), I played with my friends after school. Of course, my friends would team up in the wild and I will be off doing quests. A few years later, they quit and moved on to other games, but we still got together and chatted.

 

Alas, nothing lasts forever, and they moved to other things. Weeks later, I quit, and gave my account to another friend.

 

Then I started this one a month later, and kept it ever since. I'd like to see them online now and again, but chances are, they will not.

 

But I will never forget our times together. <3:

 

Wow, that sounds scarily like the story of my start. Difference is I never gave my account away and never quit.

One of my rl friends from back in the start also still pk's so I get to talk to him even though we go to different schools now.

 

I think the account I gave was banned or just left in the dark. I cannot remember now. :/

[Vulxai]

I've always preferred playing through solo. There have been some friends I've met along the way, some quit, some still play, it doesn't bother me too much.

[Krazi]

Don't worry Malk, I'm back. :thumbsup:

 

Anyways, I've really only had 1-2 in-game friends that I talked to on a regular basis, and who I was close with. We were a trio of sorts. We had similar levels and similar interests, got along well, and did a lot of stuff together in-game. One of them quit a few months ago and the other hardly gets on anymore. The game is a lot less fun to play solo, and I've been trying to convince both of them to start playing more. I haven't really found anybody else who I really "clicked" with like we did.

 

Besides those two guys, I've really never cared if a friend has quit this game. Sure it sucks ot see somebody leave, but it's easily forgotten.

[All_Is_Great]

After a lot of my friends from several years back have quit (like my old PKing buddy who quit during dec 07 :cry:) , I never add people anymore. Or add them then never talk to them.

Only people I talk to on PM are people I know irl...

[SlayerMalk]

Just recently found out that yet another one or two possible rs friends are quitting. Its a shame though but runescape works in a generational sense. i started in 04 and its '10 now. My type of players are dwindling down but i still have faith in jagex to provide some sort of quality updates to keep the game interesting.

[SlayerMalk]

Adding on to this, i always feel confused when somone has un added me without telling me. One might say oh go check their Clan Chat but some people have ranks on them and you cant tell. Also while i loved the name change update its hard to remember all these names. I wish they could have some sort of friend grouping system so it would be easier. But, back on topic even if people quit i still keep them added with the slightest hope that they come back one day. Runescape has provided some great times and to that i am thankful for others for sharing their personalities with not only myself but others.