Wow... just wow.
When someone decided to poke me on Discord and mention this, I told them it wasn't a funny joke and ignored it until they sent me the announcement post on the home page. I'm sort of speechless. It's a shame to see them go, especially for those who stuck around and kept it running, even long after Jagex themselves abandoned it because it was genuinely a great place to be, a great community to interact with, and with long friendships lasting years, and some even decades.
There will always be memories of the good times, and bad times people had on here, but like all good things, nothing lasts forever. There were countless people who petitioned for updates, attention, etc., and we fell on deaf ears, but at least we all had a place to chat and read posts where at our PCs, on the train/bus to work/uni, or wherever else!
I'd make a list of all the amazing people I've met over the past 15 years of using the forums, but I know I'll forget them all, so I'll simply say...
Thank you to everyone who has posted on here, whether it was just 1 post or 100,000 posts. You made your mark on here, and while they'll be deleted from the official website, the interactions people had will always be remembered. <3
Thank you Mexk for taking the effort to archive everything, that is a mammoth task and I'm almost certain it'll be appreciated by every single person who has ever cared for the RSOF, and those who don't managed to see these forums before they shut, can take a final look at the archive. I know we had a very difficult past with interactions Mexk, and I hope there's no hard feelings for it still - there's none from here, and not been any for near of a decade, I've just not mentioned it publicly. Keep up the amazing work.