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Pirate Keke

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I think that it's 1 problem with this... not many players will "waste" 5$ (or 8 pounds via sms) to vote and play one month of EoC... cuz if they have quitted are they obv not intereseted at all in eoc and in that way do the fee of a member ship feel like a huge waste for some people. but theres an easy way to fix it that you can vote like the last month/days so you pretty much could pay that membership fee and then a week later play the 2007 version, because as i said im pretty sure that over 200k people wont make member to just vote and then sit there and watch it run out in something they don't even like at all.

anyways freaking awesome.

13-Feb-2013 18:03:33

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Bunny

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""""Back in 2006-2008 era, there was 500 thousand people online, at any given time."
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Nope. Max server capacity per world has always been 2k, do the math pl0x."""

--- Worlds were removed over the years due to the decline in people playing - Duh.

"look at RSC"

--- Yeah you look at RSC, RSC was nothing in comparison for peoples passion of '2006-2012' Pre-EoC
Not to mention the fact, alot of players CANNOT access the classic servers, Including me

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13-Feb-2013 18:03:39

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I Wildcard I

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I will abstain myself from voting.

While Runescape had its ups and downs, I feel it is at it's strongest right now as far as gameplay is concerned. It's true that PvP needs a rework in eoc and we could use some polishing of combat in general and I think this is where most resources should be spent, instead of wasting them on 07 servers. Regardless of the size of the vote I don't think those servers will be populated for more than few weeks.

I just hope we won't see any lack of/poor quality updates on regular RS servers because of this.

13-Feb-2013 18:03:51

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Lucozades

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one of the problems i have is, i personally love the old rs, and this idea to me is honestly BRILLIANT, however one of the issues is that people who have current active membership are obviously enjoying the EOC or else they would not be paying membership, i just do not think 750,000 people will pay for membership just to see it voted.

also on another note, are they currently even 750,000 current members?

13-Feb-2013 18:03:58

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p5

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Guys, I wanted to brid like in 2010.. PLEASE Make a 2010 server!!! I will seriously pay 20$ A month if that would be needed. I really thought u guys could make like a vote there u can vote for 2010, 2007 etc. I just wanted to get the bridding back. Like it was with Bh / Pvp Worlds. I just want to get it back. Hope you guys can do something about it!

13-Feb-2013 18:04:00

Kralgore

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Comments and Observations:

1 - I predict bot-nukes just before the vote goes up. The population will go way down to give MMG et al the opportunity for a big "I told you so" by making it really tough to achieve the numbers they are suggesting.

2 - We will never really know the actual number of votes, so it may not matter how many or how few come in. Jagex can say whatever they want and we will not be able to prove/disprove otherwise.

3 - Jagex have now publicly admitted they do not have proper backup systems in place to avert catastrophic failures. It does not matter how robust your infrastructure is, every corporation must at some point restore important data that got deleted/corrupted/infected in some way. The earlier comment about not having pre-EoC backup is absolutely valid. Shame on Jagex for not backing up the system (in recoverable format) when such a massive update to the system is taking place.

4 - From number 3 above, we can deduce that Jagex staff are either incredibly stupid or we are once again being lied to. I don't know which one it is, but both are very bad.

13-Feb-2013 18:04:02

Mix-a-Lot

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I do not support this at all, but Jagex you did a fantastic job.

1. Member's only vote. F2P'ers now have to give you $8 to vote for this to even hit the drawing boards.

2. If only a little response is found, you will open up servers requiring an additional $15. Now membership is much higher, and people are still paying you.

3. Once people realize that 2013scape > 2007scape, the only good thing about it back then was you were younger, and this is all driven off nostalgia, they will quit and come back.

Jagex, it's a win win win situation, in all circumstances you walk away with a larger wallet. This is genius, and while I don't support 2007scape you seriously made the best out of this situation.

Seriously, Good job!

13-Feb-2013 18:04:02