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Philquestron
Feb Member 2008

Philquestron

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I don't have a Reddit account. Don't want one.
I don't have an X account. Don't want one.
I don't find Discord to be friendly to use.
Whatever the faults of the forums, they are still connected to the game. Still useful for connecting with others that you wouldn't run into during gameplay.
Still the best place to go when the game is broken to find answers.

Players who are already comfortable using those other platforms not related to the game won't understand the negative impact to the rest of us.

13-Jan-2024 00:51:32

Blondfire
May Member 2015

Blondfire

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Yeah, it's nice to have a place to talk that's away from social media. Rest in peace dear forums, I didn't use you much, but I will miss you. We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape.

13-Jan-2024 01:45:08

Gorjonkoth

Gorjonkoth

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I agree with OP.
I also don't have X or Reddit nor do I have interest in Discord.

Philquestron said :

Whatever the faults of the forums, they are still connected to the game.

This is the main point, I didn't use the forums much but that aspect of "logging in" and "logging out" I will miss. I don't always want to post something but the fact that I only need an RS account to do it means I can.

Idk how I will carry on recording my F2P Pure progress.
Working on Max F2P (1770 Total)

13-Jan-2024 05:18:32

DragonMaker9
Jun Member 2006

DragonMaker9

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They won't change their mind now, which is a shame. I only managed to complete Hero's Quest and Curse of the Black Stone thanks to the forums.
GyojiBot
needs to be a death overide for former FunOrb members!
He never blinks.

13-Jan-2024 17:58:25

Baby ash
May Member 2014

Baby ash

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I totally agree

at the end of the day Jagex hasn't represented the players for a LONG time and that is because they cater to the minorities that use Reddit and formulate updates on the basis of those comments.

Where if they updated and reworked the forums and had internal means of communication better established it would include the majority of players

I first noticed this with Solak release, there were several bugs in which Mod Ramen wouldn't listen to the problems because it supported the fact he was larping over noone being able to kill a bugged boss. He had stated that to answer these forums required logging into his Jagex Account and that it was not something he could be bothered with. Setted a bad example imo

But nonetheless this is the mentality of the Twitch gamerboys that Jagex have employed.. They are lazy and all they do is LARP.

Soon moved his overweight backside when a new bug helped some of us kill it.

He wasn't larping then was he.

13-Jan-2024 19:25:36 - Last edited on 13-Jan-2024 19:26:59 by Baby ash

StGerolf
Mar Member 2006

StGerolf

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I agree, I don't go to look for discord. I do feel annoyed that they listen only to youngsters and not to players who have no interest in spending even more time for searching news after their working hours.
Not catering for this forum is lazy, one of the 7 cardinal sins
A whole group of players will be without a voice (and sometimes without a clue) So much for reaching to players

13-Jan-2024 19:35:00

JackScape
Dec Member 2023

JackScape

Posts: 1,382 Mithril Posts by user Forum Profile RuneMetrics Profile
Baby ash said :
at the end of the day Jagex hasn't represented the players for a LONG time and that is because they cater to the minorities that use Reddit and formulate updates on the basis of those comments.

Sorry to burst your bubble bud but the forums are the minority and it's not even close. The metrics are publicly available and precisely what Jagex is basing this decision on. Most of the community is communicating on Reddit, Discord, and Twitter.

13-Jan-2024 20:26:13

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