Life certainly was simpler back then!
Re:We're working on a new RuneScape MMO
by Rastonbury on Sunday October 04, 2026 @12:45PM
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while that is true, a big core of runescape was the grind. I remember what an idiot I felt like after finding the forums spending time picking bananas for 25 gold as a 7 year old. Back then games were simpler and less stuff to compete with longer attention spans
Re:We're working on a new RuneScape MMO
by throwaway219450 on Sunday October 04, 2026 @01:35PM
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I dunno about this. I know several people who got into coding because they were writing little scripts to autocraft in RuneScape. Min-maxing profit/skills has always been a thing in these games. As far as looking it up goes, we’d go to GameFAQs or forums (both are still viable - for older games I still use the text guides if I can find them because they were often so well written).
Re:We're working on a new RuneScape MMO
by schnitzelstoat on Monday October 05, 2026 @05:28AM
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I played it in 2001 (I remember when paid memberships first came out) and yeah, I could spend ages doing everything because I was a kid with no responsibilities aside from schoolwork.
Nowadays with a wife and kid of my own it'd just be impossible to spend that much time on it.
So what I think was magical about the game was that the ends were different back then (process then vs levels now). I really have to think about it consciously today when I play various games because it really does improve the enjoyment.