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Tomato 56789
Apr Member 2022

Tomato 56789

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Mexk said :
Clark said :
Yes, rest in piece! A lot of history here!
Will you, and other mods try to move onto Reddit or similar platforms to continue your general work?

I believe some of us will be moving to Discord (either the official RS3 or OSRS channel). I cannot comment on Reddit as this is not directly managed by Jagex. That said, I am currently doing a complete archive of the forums (including the localised forums), having saved, as of this writing, >4.1M posts and >53K threads. I will be publishing this on a dedicated website, preserving the forums, essentially, in perpetuity.


You are a legend! Thank-you.
Casual legacy trash of 20 years in RS, writer of Skyrook Gorge (and other books) irl


Should the forums truly go; almost anyone from here is free to add me in-game.

13-Jan-2024 22:22:28

Mattonline

Mattonline

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Here's to a final goodbye to the forums and all the different memories people will have of them!

Realistically, I said a goodbye to the forums a long time ago, but knowing that they are being removed completely is always sad to hear.

The forums enriched the game for me and it wouldn't have been the same without them.

14-Jan-2024 03:10:36

Darelzel

Darelzel

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Mexk said :
Clark said :
Yes, rest in piece! A lot of history here!
Will you, and other mods try to move onto Reddit or similar platforms to continue your general work?

I believe some of us will be moving to Discord (either the official RS3 or OSRS channel). I cannot comment on Reddit as this is not directly managed by Jagex. That said, I am currently doing a complete archive of the forums (including the localised forums), having saved, as of this writing, >4.1M posts and >53K threads. I will be publishing this on a dedicated website, preserving the forums, essentially, in perpetuity.

Personally, I think they should have upgraded the forums a long time ago. I'd much prefer to still have a forum on the official site itself, rather than rely on third party platforms such as Reddit.

Discord is a chatroom, not a forum. And Twitter was only ever for very short posts, and lately it's become a worse version of itself.

I do wish the forums hadn't become so neglected people switched to third-party platforms. We NEED a forum where people can log in with the same accounts as their game accounts, and post long-form comments about the game, and other stuff inspired by it.

These forums served their purpose, but they had so many limitations even compared with other forums that they needed an upgrade. Such an upgrade would likely involve entirely new forums anyway, requiring people like you to archive as much as they could from the old forum anyway.

I honestly don't know Jagex's current financial situation, so I don't know what the cost would be in launching a RSOF 3.0, and whether the benefits would outweigh the costs.

Anyway, I hope you get in touch with people at Jagex about your archiving the forums, in case anyone thinks it might be handy to have such a thing for reference.

14-Jan-2024 03:18:56

Haukur

Haukur

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Seen a lot happen on these forums. Seen people grow and mature (you could tell by their posting style), seen trolls come and go as well as flamers. Seen trouble makers reformed and become productive citizens on the forums. Seen several mods that should have never been mods in the first place be removed from mod status.

Seen the forums go from being a member only feature to post, to being open to all. Seen massive and epic flame wars take place, some of which I took part in. Seen the backlash over the miniclip fiasco. Organized bot pk hunts, had several good laughs during the great bot war, long before the bot nuke.

Helped organize with other players and pmods here on the forums, bot traps. This included laying down a trail of yew logs to lure the bots to the hobgoblins, dressing in full green gnome robes and luring the flax bots to the giant bats, casting tele other on the bots to freeze them in place while the p mods reported. Got several good laughs when a p mod would go into a bot infested area and say something in chat, causing a mass bot log out.

Had so many good times, and a few bad times on these forums. It is saddening that they are shutting the forums down. I know the forums helped me a lot when I was going through my chemo and later double amputation recovery. Don't ever think the reason I am peaceful is because I do not know how to be violent.
Ekki hugsa alltaf að ég sé friðsælt vegna þess að ég veit ekki hvernig á að vera ofbeldi.

14-Jan-2024 03:19:35

Dibi
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Dibi

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It truly is sad to see these forums being removed after such a long run. I recall starting my RS forum journey interacting with other players here in the General forum answering questions, followed by helping out with the "Techies" in Tech Support - really a fun time to get me through those uni days!

The RS community has always been strong, and despite the forums shutting down permanently, I know we'll find a way to continue to be engaged through Reddit/Discord/X :) .
Dibi | @Dibi01_

14-Jan-2024 05:14:35

ComradeNargz
Sep Member 2010

ComradeNargz

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I haven't been on the forums in years but I was still sad to hear that they're being removed. I'm glad someone will be archiving them as I think it's really important for this kind of stuff to be preserved. I generally really dislike the overall move away from forums towards social media and Discord; I think they serve very different purposes and forums facilitate the sort of long form discussions that are more difficult on fast-moving platforms where comments can disappear in a matter of days or even hours.

I found my first clan on the forums over 10 years ago and am still friends with some of those people today. I will always have fond memories of those years. I knew this was going to happen eventually but yeah, still kinda upset about it.

14-Jan-2024 06:52:50

joe poop

joe poop

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Very sad to hear and can't believe the time has come. Really wish Jagex could of tried to salvage this and update the forums in some way. I understand things change and people aren't posting here as much compared to 10+ years ago. I personally don't use Reddit or X so this is kinda unfortunate for me. Even though I haven't been active here for some time, it was good to check in once a while and see new posts. Thanks everyone for the contributions and glad to have once been apart of the community. The forums are now going to be like a classic memory of the past, almost as an old folklore. Let's hope the game itself can continue to last for many years. And if anyone is able to somehow archive these forums, that'd be a huge blessing!

14-Jan-2024 07:08:25 - Last edited on 14-Jan-2024 07:10:16 by joe poop

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