Well, I was heading down to my early morning class today, and I picked up a copy of the WSJ to read before class. I skimmed through the front page for any important world news, and then I went to the B section (Marketplace), hoping to find something entertaining to read.

 

 

 

To my amazement, I was greeted with the title "The Knights of Networking", and underneath was one of the CGI Runescape wallpapers. (here)

 

 

 

The article went on to talk about Runescape, and how popular it's becoming among teenagers, for both play and socializing. According to the WSJ, Jagex demonstrated the gameplay for outside companies recently, possibly heading towards selling the business.

 

 

 

"A person familiar with the matter says JAgex executives have indicated they wouldn't sell the business for less than $500 million. But Constant Tedder, the co-founder and CEO of Jagex, says Jagex isn't interested in being acquired right now, and hasn't placed a price on the company for suitors."

 

 

 

The article then compares Runescape to other popular networking sites such as Myspace, noting the friend lists for easy conversations. An example is given of a woman in her twenties getting hooked on RS, and throwing a virtual birthday party for a friend, with cakes and everything.

 

 

 

Nearly the end of the article, it confirms what we may have heard in the past about Runescape expanding to other languages. It says Jagex will focus heavily over the next 18 months on translating the game into other languages, such as German.

 

 

 

However, my favorite part of the article was when it said how Jagex celebrates each time they hit a milestone. For their most recent "jolly", they'll soon charter a jet and send the entire company to the Canary Islands for a beach party.

 

 

 

 

 

It was a very good article, not only for advertising Runescape to parents who read the WSJ, but also for displaying how popular it already is.

 

I tried to find a link for this online, but you'd need to sign up on WSJ.com for a free trial to read the whole article.

Wow nice find. It's good to see runescape finally getting the attention it deserves; its player count is in the millions, Jagex makes huge revenue, and its a very competitive alternative to over-priced games like WoW. Hopefully this will make other MMO players take note of how serious runescape is, and others how wide the video game audience has grown.

That just shows you how much money that they are making. They are taking the company on a jet to go to a beach party. I would not compare Runescape to places such as Myspace. You can only talk to people when they are online, only see a few lines of text, and it is just not really the same.

 

 

 

For their most recent "jolly", they'll soon charter a jet and send the entire company to the Canary Islands for a beach party.

 

 

 

 

 

 

*gets a job at jagex*

BAHAHA VIRtUAL CAKES!!!! ROFL :thumbsup:

 

 

 

For their most recent "jolly", they'll soon charter a jet and send the entire company to the Canary Islands for a beach party.

 

 

 

 

 

 

*gets a job at jagex*

 

 

 

*Goes with mad*

Constant Tedder? Last I checked Paul and Andrew started it together with Andrew being the lead of the company. Check the corporate site. :-k

Contant Tedder has been with JaGex since the start almost, he's a Jagex bigshot :P

 

Intresting find thou, $500M :shock:

wow thats cool

i think jagex is finally smart and is now advertising runescape irl, likeu see the game adverts all over the web and no where in real life, thinks the 1million people or more weo play runescape goes up hgiher and thinks about the more people....

Nooh! dont sell it! the last thing we want is EA buying it and turning it into a piece of crap.

 

 

 

But nice article, would be great to go to one of those beach parties :P

ya i would it will be a terrible day when runescape is bought out :(

you do know if they sell it, most likely the workers will be the same.

 

 

 

 

 

Oh and how do they send EVERYONE to a party? One day of no customer service is a LOT of stuff to miss

you do know if they sell it, most likely the workers will be the same.

 

 

 

 

 

Oh and how do they send EVERYONE to a party? One day of no customer service is a LOT of stuff to miss

probably everyone from the content team. The CS dont really matter, because getting a job in CS isnt a big deal at all.

Anyone have $500 million? :-w

 

 

 

Nice read here.

 

 

 

For their most recent "jolly", they'll soon charter a jet and send the entire company to the Canary Islands for a beach party.

 

 

 

 

 

 

*gets a job at jagex*

 

A site on job requirements lol

 

http://www.computerweekly.com/Jobs/2006/09/29/16388/RuneScape+Game+Team+Leader+-+Cambridge.htm

anyone have a copy of the article?

 

 

 

I went to the page (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1160011 ... arketplace) but i have to log in to see it.

 

 

 

Anyone know anywhere where i can see it for free?

Nice find you have there! Jagex couldn't sell their business.... :(

i have a copy of it, dANG I WAS GONNA POST!!!! :evil:...lucky that they're going to the canary islands, man...i really wanted to post this..

Contant Tedder has been with JaGex since the start almost, he's a Jagex bigshot :P

 

Intresting find thou, $500M :shock:

 

Still not enough for a blue party hat!! Oh wait... real life cash? pshh!

... According to the WSJ, Jagex demonstrated the gameplay for outside companies recently, possibly heading towards selling the business.

 

 

 

After Jagex is sold, that's when RuneScape starts to fall apart. The new owners wouldn't know how to run the game... -.-

lordjake, i saw you and your modd-ed-ness today! at draynor cooking., then i asked if you were from TIF. :oops:

 

 

 

anyways, WSJ. lol I always thought it was an online thing. :oops: #-o

Nice publicity though :lol:

Hmm. Perhaps I should rob a few dozen banks to come up with

 

enough money to own Jagex :-k. Or maybe steal Bill Gate's ID again.

 

 

 

I hope they never sell.

 

They do a great job. :3>

Nooh! dont sell it! the last thing we want is EA buying it and turning it into a piece of crap.

 

 

 

Same here. I don't want Runescape to be bought out buy some big commercial gaming company like EA, Runescape will lose it's close family feel. EA games are poo anyway. :P

 

Actually I would quit Runescape and probably many other veterans players would to.