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Averia Light

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lmao its hilarious how threads tend to get derailed by ppl talking about eoc. STFU this is a thread about jagex being sold to a chinese mining company for 300m
There is no thread EOC haters won't try to derail.

As you continue the derailment

Just sayin

You can't derail pointless speculation and fear mongering.

If you can spam chat threads, you can derail this lol.

And what you say applies to 90% of the posts, but the point of this thread is to quell such concerns soooooo And I swear I'm not going to let her know all the pain I have known

16-Mar-2016 18:30:55 - Last edited on 16-Mar-2016 18:33:17 by Averia Light

Eva Element

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Hmm... Let's see..

New combat came out - "Can we have the old style back please?" - Jagex = "No chance" ---We now have legacy.

"We want an '07 version of RS- Jagex = "NOT POSSIBLE, we just don't have the servers anymore.

"Can we buy RS gold?"- Jagex= NO! Your account will be banned!

I could go on but it's just not worth the research because us long time players know all of the "facts" you've posted on the first page will be different to what we'll have in game.

I'll continue to play and pay for members via bonds bought ingame with skilling (NOT paying real money) because I know that this is the start of the end.

Ummm OSRS was released in 2013. Legacy was release July 2014

The argument about 07 was not about servers. It was about not having the game data anymore. Because you know years and years of updates altered the game. The fact that the 2007 snap shot required a couple of months to fully work out AND had the side effect of delaying World Wakes quest. Kind of shows how much work was needed to get it into working order.

You don't buy RS gold. You by membership, rune coins or keys. You have the option to sell it to another player. But at no point do you pay specifically for gold. I'm a big entropy fan.

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16-Mar-2016 18:33:19

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2006

Esploratore

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Thanks for keeping us informed.

As a long-time customer, my hope is that the grandfather subscription rates will be honored if the deal goes through.

Another question I have is related to security. How will our personal and credit card information be handled?

16-Mar-2016 18:34:16

Lefty Lucy

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One thing that should not be forgotten is that PRC is a still a one political party dictatorship. In communist countries everything is also political, nothing can be fully separated from politics. I don't know how strongly Shandong Hongda Mining Co Ltd is tied to the communist party, but my guess would be that it is.

China seems to have a very long term pr strategy in Europe. In my country they bought a radio station and it became the best station ever with fantastic music. The program makers were pretty much free to do what they wanted. The only down side was that they squeezed in programs like "15 minutes of China" "What's new in China" etc. every now and then. It lasted untill they get their permit canceled, probably due to political reasons.

What I'm trying to say is that this purchase could also be part of that strategy. If it is then maby Jagex would be alowed to do their own thing as long as they make China look good. "The eastern lands"-in the spotlight?

Then it would only leave the moral dilemma of supporting a communist country like PRC and its companies. Not that it is genarally given much thought nowdays but it matters to me.
Not just that but there are political/cultural influences that differ. When Blizzard tried to release their Wrath of the Lich King expansion of WoW in China they had to remove all of the skulls from the art. If you've seen it, that was a heck of a lot of skulls and it delayed the release by many months. Similar things could happen with runescape development.

I will wait and see how it goes but I admit to being skeptical.

This is me trying.

16-Mar-2016 18:34:49

Eva Element

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lmao its hilarious how threads tend to get derailed by ppl talking about eoc. STFU this is a thread about jagex being sold to a chinese mining company for 300m
There is no thread EOC haters won't try to derail.

As you continue the derailment

Just sayin

You can't derail pointless speculation and fear mongering.

If you can spam chat threads, you can derail this lol.

And what you say applies to 90% of the posts, but the point of this thread is to quell such concerns soooooo

There is noting to chat about here. We could spend all day talking about who farts louder a cat or a kitten and it would achieve the same thing if we didn't. I'm a big entropy fan.

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16-Mar-2016 18:34:59

Xanadu

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Ummm OSRS was released in 2013. Legacy was release July 2014

The argument about 07 was not about servers. It was about not having the game data anymore. Because you know years and years of updates altered the game. The fact that the 2007 snap shot required a couple of months to fully work out AND had the side effect of delaying World Wakes quest. Kind of shows how much work was needed to get it into working order.

You don't buy RS gold. You by membership, rune coins or keys. You have the option to sell it to another player. But at no point do you pay specifically for gold.

What the hell are you blabbering on about?? Seriously?? Who asked for dates???? YES! Players did moan and beg for osrs and Jagex blatently said that it weren't possible as they didn't have the servers anymore and as for buying gold, you buy bond-real cash, sell GE 9-11m... get back to bed!

16-Mar-2016 18:36:12

Win2tank

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Sadly we won't get any concrete answers because Jagex themselves don't know. The only thing they can do is damage control.

The Chinese company will own a 100% stake and will be able to do whatever they feel is best for the RS brand.

Indeed. The OP reads to me, "Everything should be ok (we hope, but we don't really know much about the deal/plans the proposed new owner have for RS)." owner of Masterbands wbs

16-Mar-2016 18:38:01 - Last edited on 16-Mar-2016 18:39:27 by Win2tank

Lefty Lucy

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Sadly we won't get any concrete answers because Jagex themselves don't know. The only thing they can do is damage control.

The Chinese company will own a 100% stake and will be able to do whatever they feel is best for the RS brand.

Indeed. The OP reads to me, "Everything should be ok (we hope, but we don't really know much about the deal)."
Well, they won't know anything until the contract is finished. How much control Jagex still has will be part of that contract, I would imagine. It just depends on what the two sides can agree to and how much Jagex is willing to keep that control versus selling it.

This is me trying.

16-Mar-2016 18:41:28

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2013

Shef

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It's fine for Jagex to state they expect it to be business as usual and that they'll remain community driven but the reality isn't that. Sure, for the next year or two the new company would most likely not change anything as they absorb the business into their existing portfolio. However when they become accustom to the way the business runs and know how the game functions, they will begin installing their own updates.

A company acquiring Jagex on a 100% ownership basis can change whatever they want. So Jagex telling us nothing will change really means nothing since it's not Jagex's decision. The parent company who will claim 100% ownership will be able to change anything and everything about their product. Like I said though, this is unlikely for the first year or two while they analyse and settle its inclusion into their existing portfolio.

Acquiring a company is a complicated process that takes a very long time and so the changes will not happen for a while. However once the tax implications, regulation implications (especially Chinese laws) and finances become established, the parent company will no doubt make changes.

Considering the growth Runescape has had (financially) over the last few years, you can attribute this heavily towards an increase in microtransactions. We have a Treasure Hunter promotion near enough every week now, which no doubt increases their finances. A prospective buyer will see this as its means to further expand its profits and introduce additional microtransactions.

A Chinese company will most likely use Chinese experience by installing their own managers at some point in time. This will result in Chinese style microtransactions, which are far worse than what Runescape currently has.

Until the acquisition is finalised and a statement provided by the new company. Any comments from Jagex are meaningless as they have no input into how the new company will run the business.

Sad times potentially ahead.

16-Mar-2016 18:42:06 - Last edited on 16-Mar-2016 18:44:07 by Shef

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2016

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Thank you for keeping the community in the loop..glad to hear that Jagex is remaining a UK based company and that MTX stuff doesn't happen. I hope this will remain the case should you guys do decide to proceed.

My main worry is an increase of Bots and gold sellers possibly increasing more within the community which i would hate to see or the game changing in any shape or form. Long as things with the game itself arent changing in this area to..and bots are still cracked down on i am content with whatever the outcome is.

I trust you guys will do what is best for Rs and the various other games along with Jagex itself. Hopefully the outcomes will be for the better and looking forward to hearing how things work out here.

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