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Mod Lee

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I think any forum now-a-days gets overshadowed by the countless amounts of social media available. Between; Reddit, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Facebook, even Discord (I know - not a social media site) there's just so many outlets to receive information and talk to other people with the same interests as you.

However, us J-Mods are still here! I read these threads and monitor various forum sections quite frequently. The forums shall never truly die! :)

02-May-2019 20:35:21

Jamandy52
Dec Member 2008

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Mod Lee said :
I think any forum now-a-days gets overshadowed by the countless amounts of social media available. Between; Reddit, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Facebook, even Discord (I know - not a social media site) there's just so many outlets to receive information and talk to other people with the same interests as you.

However, us J-Mods are still here! I read these threads and monitor various forum sections quite frequently. The forums shall never truly die! :)

Hi Mod Lee!

Twitch is also becoming a fun place to engage.

I think we have to accept the days of MYSpace are over- there's way better places and lots of options that suit different people, differently.

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03-May-2019 06:28:34

Chee
Jul Member 2016

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Jamandy52 said :
I think we have to accept the days of MYSpace are over
HLF doesn't equate to MySpace at all @Chee__RS
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05-May-2019 03:02:26

RunezScape
Sep Member 2012

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Lifer said :
This is my first time posting in HLF and RSOF in 14 months. I sadly used to frequent HLF heavily from 2012-2015.

Reasons:

Reddit

Outdated forums (social media really drove the preference for how a community should be structured)

Loss of personality such as the people we enjoy checking forums for hilarious posts. This was unavoidable because many of us got older and grew out of RuneScape. Also the idea of spending 15 years on here wasn't pretty for me.

Changes in HLF rules over the years. Some forum games and inside jokes were fun, props to RWH here for keeping up the post count.

Loss of 'cool' JMods. I'm impressed Mod Lee is still around, so I'm happy about it though.

No interesting game content - Essentially, not a lot to be excited these days we all can talk about. Even when Solak came out, it was just another boss, another way to make gp.

Achievement - Back then, you had to put in years and years of effort just to be maxed. There were camaraderie in the community since all of us went through the same long hours at the screen to get here.

So from 2012 onwards, it has gotten easier to max. Subjectively, it got to the point HLF was just a cheap prize for maxing. Imo, the paradigm in RuneScape really shifted. Getting maxed on RS is just the tutorial and the true game begins when you max.


I'm just happy we all had good memories of HLF. HLF won't be the same again.

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H Rassy said :
hlf wont come back unless the game comes back.

+1

And I sadly believe it will not return.

05-May-2019 10:13:41

Follow
Jul Member 2010

Follow

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I think I said it before and I'll say it again, I think the forums would get a boost in popularity if Jmods posted more. But apparently it's a hassle for them to log in to the forums and they mostly lurk if they even visit the forums at all. I guess reddit is just more convenient. Shame. Join the RuneScape community on Reddit in
/r/runescape

13-May-2019 11:20:17

J R Kerr
May Member 2007

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I used to live in austin texas and hang out with dave from jesus lizard, or king from butthole surfers, and the weebs get up as if I am just some other neglected but needy bear cub and whine at me like theyre christeene or alaska thunderfuck (I am friends with both those guys in real life and I refer moreso to their satirical online personas)

https://vimeo.com/32744764 - christeene

https://youtu.be/w9RQlv5iXHI?t=81 - alaska thunderfuck

so... idek man. kids with spongebob memes after me. except in theory by the time they make this subforum theyre supposed to be older, but have painfully arrested development?

I want to help, but what would make the most difference is throwing away all the spongebob crap shill threads years and years old so that the children stop gravebumping.

really. this is a UBB and it has pruning controls that arent rocket science. its easy to throw away old crap.
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17-Sep-2019 19:26:36

Zyphix
Sep Member 2010

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Glukon said :
It will only be dead if we let it die.
This. If people refuse to get their interaction via those sites, then it'll be re-centralized here as it should be anyway. Why TF should anyone need to go to 2-20 diff social media outlets when you can get everything right at the source? Idiocracy imo. FFS. Clan:
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