Well, for me Sabbat, it isn't memory lane to me, it is a totally different game that I enjoyed. This one? I get on , do ports, log off, and wonder each time why I bother lol. But I do because there was a game I liked, but this is not it.
I wanted to spend some time posting about what really made the two eras totally different games. But after having the threads I was posting on closed time after time, I stopped trying because the present community trolled and spammed every single thread, and instead of actually moderating those players, they just locked every single thread. That wasn't players wanting an older version of the game doing that, that was the present playing community.
Personally, I would prefer a management team that stops asking people what they want and has the vision and understanding to know what is good game design. Just the fact that they asked really had me wondering if they know at all why so many people loved the old and played? I honestly think they do not.
But yes, I see people complaining about people complaining, and I want to have the same response as you: I think, why should they get what they want? To shut down everyone else's idea of fun? But I force myself to get past that, and look at the principle of the thing and take all the personal stuff out.
I ran a game store for years, I am not sure if you know that. And I ran different events of the same game for different types of players. It is not like it is a novel, unique or earth shattering idea. We had a good player base across them all, and some people enjoyed more than one format and attended several. It was just good sense, it created traffic and profit for the store.
For the good of the overall health of the game, I would hope people make decisions based on principle, but since Jagex doesn't operate that way, I guess it is understandable the community that presently plays its game won't operate like that either.
14-Feb-2013 18:06:39
