Sabbat, they didn't LET us play the Beta.
I have been a member since like August 2005 and only missed 2 months of membership during that time. One of the happen to be the year before the beta so I was kept out by Jagex.
And only opening it up on weekends, finally? What was that? They went out of their way to constrict our ability to participate and many of us just couldn't be *othered after they treated veterans so shabbily. I have things I enjoy doing and have done them for years, and people count on me being there, so if you want me to beta-test, you best make it available during the week.
I traveled all the way to London for Runefest and spent thousands of dollars doing so and received the same shabby treatment there as they treat us in game. Honestly? Jagex has their few favorites they love and listen to and don't seem very open to anyone elses ideas anyway. That is why people get attitudes and don't participate.
By the way, I remember you from Triumvirate. Hi!
But don't put this on the players, we have endured so many years of them bending over for a select few and ignoring basic principles and the vast majority of players. Why would players want to step up and work that hard when everything they have said for so many years was ignored, and Jagex put so much effort into putting up so many roadblocks to our participation?
Yes, there are a small handful of loud-mouth brats who spout off, but behind them there is the other 98% of the players who aren't like that. I wish you, and others, would make a decision based on principle and not on personal opinions of other people. What is best for the game should be the deciding factor.
14-Feb-2013 17:28:32