There are some famous private servers out there, which allow you to customize ur stats and so on... But is that legal? If Jagex detects that you are using a private server will they ban you? And why would people want to use private servers? IMO, I think private servers are not as fun as RS. The reason I play runescape is because of its community. Thats why I like Fishing and Farming on crowded worlds, so that i can talk to other players. On private servers, you wont need to operate the blast furnace, fish trawler , and craft nats. The fun of RS comes from operating the Blast Furnace, fishing trawler with a group of people, and wondering if there is any RC pkers when I craft nats. Without these, there is no fun. If you have a choice between RS and private servers, which one would you choose?