A glorified gambling site with goals and XP.

A MMORPG created by the British company Jagex in 1999. The game depicts a medieval fantasy world of men and mystical beasts. Although the graphics were simplistic it had a seductive charm. Slowly all you began to think about is Runescape. Playing Runescape, touching Runescape, feeling Runescape, being Runescape. Unfortunately the game now is nothing and lossed it's appeal and replay value......Before one could play Runescape and gain riches through the huge open world economy, staking in the arena through different modes of combat, and the most exhilarating game activity PKing (player killing). A pker would specalize in hand weapons, archery, or magic. There were also players of low level with high combative skills known as Pures. Unfortunately Jagex held a meeting in the year of 2007, the topic of discussion "How can we take the game loved by million and FUCK IT UP COMPLETELY"."I GOT IT" Said CoCEO GreedMcFuckson.."LET'S LIMIT TRADE TO MINUSCULE AMOUNTS THAT ARE NOT SIGNIFICANT TO PURCHASING ANY HIGHER TIER ITEMS IN THE GAME, ALSO MAKE IT SO FRIENDS CAN'T GIVE FRIEND ITEMS PRO BONO THROUGH TRADE TOO, MAKE IT SO PLAYERS CANT EVEN DROP ITEMS FOR OTHER PLAYERS TO TAKE JUST BECAUSE, TAKE OUT ALL FORMS OF PLAYER KILLING BECAUSE KILLING IS WRONG, THOUGH A WHOLE SOCIETY, CULTURE WAS FOUNDED ON THIS FUNDAMENTAL ASPECT OF THE GAME, TAKE OUT THE ARENA AND REPLACE IT WITH A GIANT TURD SO IT REEKS OF SHIT EVERYTIME A FORMER DUELIST IS NEAR THE AL KHARID DESERT!"

I work frequently, pay my bills, and have plenty of friends...and I play Runescape. To me, the game is quite relaxing...I might just log on to kill a round of blue dragons, netting me 14 dragon bones and 14 dragonhides. Net total of around 4k gold each kill. Then I might just do something else. I have had countless people over to play on my computer network (two computers, two laptops)...and I feel it is extremely rewarding to help them with their characters. Maybe it is something as simple as providing them with 'full iron' equipment to start with. While the simple cows were killing them before, now they are not.

Even my little niece loves the game, and it has certainly made her more computer savvy...is that a bad thing? How about the cultural exposure? I have met and talked with people from Australia, England, and Canada...all with different dialects. I'm college educated...I started playing MUDS, it didn't ruin my life...in fact it enhanced my typing speed so much that I easily landed jobs doing data entry. This made me actual money.

And think of runescape like 'Economics' 101...it forces you to budget, for if you don't you won't be able to buy that nice shiny whip. You could later apply to be a used car salesperson, because people had attempted to scam you in every possible way, so you became insanely street smart.

Do NOT stay on the same skill, or you will burnout fast. Choose a skill like slayer, and stick with that.

I invent large chess variants, and I play piano for weddings, and I enjoy runescape...it certainly doesn't make you a loser. My other friend would have webcam chats with girls he met on Runescape...what's wrong with that? I'd say that he's meeting MORE people because of the game.

To all you who denigrate this game, please just think more carefully. It is what you make of it.

I'm not playing right now because grinding dragon bones gives me carpal tunnel, rofl!

runescape has to be thee most bastarding addictive online game in the world. i began playing it a couple years back and it soon became my life. all i did was eat, occasionally sleep and play runescape. i lost contact with my friends & family. my family began calling me a recluse because i never left the house except to go to school. my friends began to think i was scared to leave the house or something, that i had mental problems, when all alone it was the addictiveness of that game.
i was only free of the game when my computer broke for over a month and i was no longer able to play the game.. i know steer clear of that game as much as possible!!

runescape is full of little teenage boys who have obviously not discoverd porn yet, and they go around thinking they are big hard men becuase they have a combat level of 100+. there are now over a hundred different servers/worlds to play in as thousands of people all over the world love to play it. its pathetic and im ashamed to say i played the game, even though it has to be one of the best ideas ever..

so i both love and hate Jagex for their fantastic and mind destroying game..

A game that was sent by the all mighty gods of suck 'Fagex' to steal and rape little kids souls so they can never have a life..

A free Java MMORPG which is more addicting than pornography, has more propoganda than the streets of Arab countries, more suicides than the frat houses at Umass when the Red Sox lose the World Series, swarming ass hole 12 year olds than Xbox Live, unemployed 50 year old men who live in their parents basement hoping to get attention by molesting the swarming ass hole 12 year olds and playing Playboy: The Mansion all day.
The developers of RuneScape is a company, JaGeX. They have sub-par chat filters in their game and could care less about the world's youth wasting their lives watching their virtual avatar mining a rock for coal. In fact, this is what they want. By hoping to increase these odds, they have a "premium" version of the game.

A very addicting game, this game sucks so much nuts but once you play it you can never stop. You will be on 24/7 wasting your life on this game getting your levels up so you can wear some gay fucking armor. Once you start playing there is no way to quit unless you get banned then you might be able to. My advice is to not ever try playing this game, you will be addicted for life. DONT EVEN START PLAYING IT