RuneScape Forum Archive | 5ive Year Retrospective

DMMetalaane

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It donned on me today. I joined this scene five years ago. Five years! I broke into this place like an utter dunce in January 2013 (au contrare to my fealty badge, as i had lapsed P2P two weeks somewhere between then and August). According to Runey custom, then, I would be considered a veteran of this place and would have a nifty cape. I've now been here approximately half as long as I've even had this account. It's crazy how time flies. It genuinely doesn't feel like it's been five years.

Nonetheless, I'm feeling nostalgic. Allow me this special occasion to reminisce, for this place and the game meant a lot to me and still does in a way. This place changed me as I had arrived during that magical age wherein everyone is oh so impressionable; 16, where the hayday of puberty meets the first stepping stone of adulthood. What a time. Who can say if I've changed for the better over these years? Not me. But, because I was here, I can say I've been changed for good.

It was Winter Break Redux in January of 2013 for me. An entire week of canceled school due to inclement weather was wedged between two weekends and after having built the damndest biggest snowman I'd ever made (which was later murdered by what i presume to be snowphobic shitlords with baseball bats) I wondered what fun I could have on these lazy days. I'd burnt myself out on Halo as the current title in that series was Halo 4. Don't get me started on that rubbish. Likewise, I'd done all there was to do in Skyrim and like hell I was going to play Call of Duty. The ye olde 360 just wasn't cutting it. I remembered, then; RuneScape . How long had it been since I last played? Did it even still exist? Did I still remember my login details? The first I did not know, the game did indeed still live, and by a god send miracle I did remember the login. Because all my passwords were the same because stupid, and my initial username chosen by 10 year old me was so bad I'd never forget it.

... Save yourself.
Savior self.

13-Jan-2018 03:05:45

DMMetalaane

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It had been years since I last logged in, but still yet did my toon stand proud on the northern side of the Varrock center courtyard, clad in heraldic rune and rainbow boots. It appears I was peacocking...or tried my best for having been F2P, anyways. To what end? To acquire a GF? Probably. I remembered then, my last conversation had been at this now long, long forgotten watering hole of the world. No one came here now. Not even on World 2. There weren’t even those trivia bots anymore - those fun machinations of benign bot coders likely wiped away in Jagex’s conquest to amend anything at all that wasn’t intended no matter how innocent.

It was sad. Doubly so when I looked at my friend list. Of course no one was online. Not long after this disappointment I lobbied to change worlds and it was in this fateful moment I saw roleplay worlds.
As someone who dabbled in such a thing before and avidly read, sometimes entire novels in a day (at least during the school day because i hated school so i shoved my face into books), I was so excited to see this was a thing on RuneScape. Swiftly did I petition my father for my allowance money that he was wont to withhold like the cheapskate he was and then drove myself down to the local Dollar General for a prepaid card. And ‘lo, I had arrived to World 42 soon enough.

... Save yourself.
Savior self.

13-Jan-2018 03:06:19

DMMetalaane

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But not as Maedalaane. Not even as Faeyrin. I took note that one could change their name and so I definitely did...because I absolutely couldn’t have a character known as -secret because this name is still my login, instead of an email!-. Rather, as a poor sod known as Caracallay. Poor sod, indeed, I was clueless as to how I would go about anything, despite having read over both guide threads. It was...overwhelming, I suppose (which begs the question as to why i made the guide into the beast that it is today, current iteration not having changed structure. what can i say? “im dumb sometimes”. that’s what i can say). So I threw caution to the wind and made a humble clueless adventurer character like all tenderfooted newbs are wont to do. And the rest is history...that I will not explain in as much detail as above, ‘lest this thread be forever long. I simply have to list some cliffnotes, though.

- My very first RP interaction was with none other than the Foryx. They saw in me someone who could type out a sentence pretty dang well, even if I was clueless otherwise, so of course I found myself inducted into the rank soon enough. I do believe it was Hawke Foryx whom turned this character. Alas, it was a shortlived affair, as I discovered that kind of RP just wasn’t my thing. But I will always be thankful that they were nothing but kind and helpful to a stupid newb like me.

- My first real RP mate was a fellow named Ethereal Guy. One day he vanished, never to be seen again. I still have his account on my list, I know exactly which entry it is because it’s always on top since I never removed him - even though the username has been pruned, leaving but a random string of characters. This minor tragedy taught me the importance of adding people to third party social services. If you ever read this, Guy, I miss you man!

... Save yourself.
Savior self.

13-Jan-2018 03:06:53

DMMetalaane

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- The Academy of Heroes. Man oh man, this was where I really cut my teeth. 2013 AoH was one fun time and I recall having been session’d out many times there (back then you were logged after six hours, not twenty-four). I am sure, out of all the groups I’ve been in, I have the most playtime with this one. I’m better with character names than usernames (and i honestly forget some of the usernames behind the characters), so in no particular order; Evgeni, Arachnea, Halcyon, Sadi, Kharille, Ivory, Gonad, Baldor, Christophe, Vee, Ottul, Xela, Xenic, Leviat, Katrina, Pyris, Elrond, Faramel, Connwaer, Holden, Signe, and no doubt more names that have slipped my mind (but the associated memories remaining)...you guys were awesome. What I wouldn’t give to time travel back and relive these days.

- The Battle of Lumbridge. Not only was this the coolest dang thing to happen to Runey as a game and for RP, it was the catalyst that brought me to my blunder years. I chanced upon a fine man by the name of Lord Crow, an officer of the then unremarkable Zamorakian Brigade.

- The Zamorakian Brigade. Nowadays I care not to recount this tale, but unfortunately this is still yet my largest claim to (in)famy even years after the fact, and some newer people have not yet heard it from the horse’s mouth. So, for my five year retrospective, let’s beat off a bone from this horse’s skeleton and give it to the Odd Old Man.

... Save yourself.
Savior self.

13-Jan-2018 03:07:36

DMMetalaane

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Originally created by a fellow named...Sikh...if I recall right? At least, that was one of his usernames at some point in time. It was quite a successful clan at the time, kept to itself, and was a large contributor to Zamorak in this battle. Alas, there was another individual in this rank who better walked in the God of Chaos’ steps; the one and only Regrette Hex. I was not yet in the clan to witness how exactly she usurped Sikh, but usurp she did. She transformed this clan from a normal thing into what could only be considered the in-character RuneScape version of 4chan (eat your heart out, Grindanscape). Crazy, crazy bastards whom weren’t all bad but even when they were good they were an upstart about it. Not long after I had met Lord Crow I joined this clan as it was quite up my avenue I.C wise.

Impressionable as I was, I was quick to fit in juuuuust in time for the truest of hijinks to begin. We set cities on fire instead of closing pools. We unrepentantly PK’d those whom dared to use the Wild for text based roleplay. We ruse cruised these forums something fierce. We even raised enough of a fuss for a Jmod to come in and attempt to codify some sort of official rules for roleplay...though we more or less scared him off (which was terribly unfortunate because we’ve always needed some sort of official rules here...oopsies). Then we hosted drop parties, PvM events, and helped people with seasonal events. Not for the purpose of apologizing, but just to confuse people because chaos was our modus operandi. If it exasperated people, you best believe we did it.

... Save yourself.
Savior self.

13-Jan-2018 03:08:18 - Last edited on 13-Jan-2018 19:15:17 by DMMetalaane

DMMetalaane

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Alas, the Brigade came to an untimely end when its glorious leader, high on Lantadyme, attempted to pass the reigns of the gold key to someone else, forgetting that it would go to the eldest silver key. The eldest silver key was not the person intended, not Baron GodDamn Blutters, but someone...less respectable. Perhaps it was poetic justice - the clan as it was, as it should have been, was killed just like that. The new gold key tore everything asunder and attempted to recreate the Brigade as he wished it to be...and promptly failed.

Regrette, Blutters, Vesta Nix, Severed-Grim, Stormsidran, Lord Crow - you guys are awesome. Though I can’t say I’d do it over again, as I’m not the kind of person to have fun at others’ expense anymore, I’m glad I was in your company.

- The Bird and the Beast. Though I entertained little RP during this time, in favor of the awesome gameplay of the event, it did indeed have awesome consequences for RP. And I really liked to gank the ‘Son of Bandos’ with my pals.

- House Azazel. The old family of demonic swamp rompers I led back in the heyday of Morytania. I honestly can’t say we ever did anything terribly noteworthy, but hey, we had fun. Alas, its first member went the way of Ethereal Guy and it saddens me even now. Xela, if you’re reading this, I miss you!

- After the above, for quite a long time I didn’t engage with anything noteworthy per se. The bulk of my roleplays were private, away from public places, or at least not engaging with anything important related to the big picture. It was just me and my pals doing whatever...and we had a good time with it. One very noteworthy person in this time was Lorelei, whom had the best prose I had seen yet from anyone in the community and she taught me a lot via example.

... Save yourself.
Savior self.

13-Jan-2018 03:09:00

DMMetalaane

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- Drazker’s Kandarin. Drazker is the one true king of Kandarin. Fight me over it. (And that’s because he was a very kind and understanding individual who wouldn’t let anyone convince him that I was a bad person - by then I had reformed but old grudges run deep and people kept naysaying. It’s actually very hurtful to be admonished for your sins no matter how hard you try to absolve yourself. Alas - he was not the gold key, and the gold key did listen to the naysayers.)

- The guide thread. In what was likely the biggest ruse cruise in my time, even beyond Brigade antics, I was bestowed the guide thread and was, for a period of time, an unofficial representative of the roleplay scene just like the ones before me were. I was what was deserved, but not what was needed. With genuine best intentions I reworked this thread to something very, very different from what Nat had and now, in retrospect, I can’t say it was any better. Upon a hate phase with my love-hate cycle with this place, I passed the thread onto the man, the myth, the legend, RiDaku. I hadn't a modicum of a care left for this place at the time, having grown disenfranchised by the usual suspects and antics. There's a saying, "If you love something, let it go." Well, another good piece of advice is, "If you hate something, then seriously, let it fucking go.". Though there is no doubt he has his own frustrations, I do not believe his care ever waned as much as mine did. If even at all. And so, he's the man for the job.

... Save yourself.
Savior self.

13-Jan-2018 03:09:30 - Last edited on 13-Jan-2018 19:20:01 by DMMetalaane

DMMetalaane

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- The present. So. Here I am, hot off of burning myself out of WoW. Though I enjoy its core content more than Runey’s, I’ve basically ran out of things to do in its current expansion, sans torturing myself with PUGs (RP guild woes) or extremely long grinds with little reward. Such is the nature of expansion based themepark MMO’s. I also discovered there’s no shortage of drama there, too. Apparently that’s every roleplay community, though. Roleplayers, man, I tell ya. Sheesh. I can tell you, though, I’ve made absolutely no enemies there. I’m serious. You probably don’t believe me though. That’s understandable. Runey, though...there’s still yet plenty for me to do content wise.

And roleplay wise? Well now, interesting you should ask. I have an inkling to resume the plot I had been building when I left in the Summer. Problem is - it’s so grandiose in concept that I highly doubt there’s enough people here in this day and age to make it work. Still yet I believe I might just throw caution to the wind and give it a college try here soon. Should that happen, and should you learn of it and join, then I would be ever so humbled and grateful. I would be delighted to be afforded the chance of helming a plot that is not sabotaged by old grudges like other plots of mine have been.

So that’s that. Doubt anyone will read this all. But I wanted to reminisce, now being a veteran of this little nook of cyberspace. All of you have had an impact on me in one way or another. I too hope to keep having an impact on you - a positive impact from now on.

... Save yourself.
Savior self.

13-Jan-2018 03:10:39

DMMetalaane

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Lastly, I want to thank all of my friends from here, for simply being just so. Though it might even be ambiguous if I consider you a friend at all, talking to you as little as I do, you can just chalk that up to my awry habit of making a lot of friends, only being able to talk to a few at a time, and yet being reclusive a lot. Don’t ask me how that works because I’m not even sure myself. I’d name you all but this post is already stupid large and a list like so would be large in of itself. You know who you are. Hopefully.

Here’s to five more years? Save yourself.
Savior self.

13-Jan-2018 03:11:33 - Last edited on 13-Jan-2018 03:26:01 by DMMetalaane

Vekon

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join kandarin i'll ban anyone who says mean things to you

edit: but i'm not drazker so you're not allowed to play a god

KANDAR VICTA

Axel Vekon, the Eternal Emperor, the Archmage, the Lichslayer, of the Holy Kandarin Empire.

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13-Jan-2018 03:49:16 - Last edited on 13-Jan-2018 03:49:35 by Vekon

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