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Starting a Runescape private server

This article will explain step by step how to start your very own Runescape server.

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Sobari5267d ago

Would that mean you could grind items and experience without people hogging all the resources? That would have been a godsend years ago when I still played.

Basjohn5267d ago

You could indeed, but you wouldn't be able to transfer your "grinded" character over to the public server so it would be pretty lonely in the long run.

I played WoW on a emulated server years ago and while I did enjoy the experience, it was hollow and empty compared to when I played it officially years later.

MMORPGs just aren't fun if someone isn't calling you a noob at least once per day just because you (god forbid!) logged in.

Sobari5267d ago

That's kinda lame. Grinding for anything in Runescape was made infinitely more annoying due to the fact that everything was shared among the players, meaning that if a player cut down a tree, it was gone for everyone else, and so on. It made getting anything a hassle because everyone was sucking up all the resources.

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UK Court Rules Stealing RuneScape Gold Is Criminal Theft in Case That Could Have Wider Repercussions

A UK court has ruled that the unauthorized stealing of in-game currency can be legally classified as criminal theft.

Eonjay31d ago

IGN is a fraudulent clik bait farm pretending to be a news organization.

"that the unauthorized stealing of"
...You know as opposed to the "authorized steal of" personal data sites like IGN take part in.

But yes it is both IGNorant and morally questionable to imply that there is such a thing as authorized stealing.

z2g30d ago

IGN isn't a "news organization". it's a magazine/content producer that generates revenue on ads and services. We aren't talking about the AP Wire, Reuters, etc. I suggest you adjust your expectations of what you think you are going to get from an industry content creator. this is entertainment, not geopolitics. furthermore, the story you are commenting on is in fact true and thats not IGNs fault. work out those issues. ;)

bionicstar29d ago

IGN is a gaming news site just because it covers entertainment doesn't make them a content creator.

Inverno30d ago

Digital currency should be considered as legitimate as actual money. You buy it with real money, and has an equal exchange. So I fully agree with this and anything else that favours the consumer when it comes to digital currency in games.

OMGitzThatGuy30d ago

Runescape gold cant be bought directly with real money, it is only used to buy items in game, not microtransactions, but there is sort of a time value to it

Michiel198929d ago

no it has no actual exchange value, because you can only put money into it. The only actual exchange value it gets is through 3rd party gold seller who attach an amount of dollars to it and they're the only ones who get the luxury of actually being able to "exchange". Unless Jaggex is just selling raw gold, then I'm wrong.

OMGitzThatGuy29d ago

Jagex did add a safe form of gold buying a while ago as you can know buy "bonds" with real money that can be exchanged for 14 days of membership or about 15m gold (current price) in the GE.

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If it ain't broke, don't fix it: Why Jagex's new CEO is happy for it to be the 'RuneScape company'

Jon Bellamy lays out his vision for the long-running British studio, as well as discussing the success of the newly launched Dragonwilds and this year's Pride controversy

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RuneScape's Woodcutting and Fletching Update is Live Now

Jagex has just dropped the woodcutting and fletching update in RuneScape, providing you with a level cap boost to 110.

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