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Xanadu

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well time to quit runescape... yeah lets let a company from a communist country hack all of our information well in this instance buy our personal information...

I've already stopped subscriptions and removed my bank card details from all of my accounts. I now play on one account and I pay through in-game bought bonds (paid for through skilling). If players stopped putting money into the game then hopefully the sale will be less desirable to any foreign company.

18-Mar-2016 02:45:26 - Last edited on 18-Mar-2016 02:46:05 by Xanadu

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well time to quit runescape... yeah lets let a company from a communist country hack all of our information well in this instance buy our personal information...

I've already stopped subscriptions and removed my bank card details from all of my accounts. I now play on one account and I pay through in-game bought bonds (paid for through skilling). If players stopped putting money into the game then hopefully the sale will be less desirable to any foreign company.

Bonds bring in much more money than a subscription.. Best thing to do is stop playing all together tbh.. I'm just glad my other game is finally getting a wipe so that I can get back in soon .. :/

18-Mar-2016 02:49:02 - Last edited on 18-Mar-2016 02:49:18 by Fosbinder

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It should be noted that I use Jagex as a blanket term for the investors and company. This shortens my already long messages. It is ( at least by me ) already known that this is not just 1 entity buying Jagex but again, sticking to talking about the Acquiring company instead of going into all actors in this situation helps to shorten things up a bit.

Given that this mining company is looking at a quarter of cost/revenue I think it's shortchanging the situation by lumping everyone together.

You might have been right had it not been for the expected long term glut of iron/steel. and other materials this collective deals in. The moves they are making suggest that they do not see themselves surviving without quick diversification.

Diversifying when your already in trouble, even in a limited area of your business is not a good thing. You either start out diverse or you go diverse when you can pay for it. I dont think Im shorting this company at all. Then again, Im still digging.

18-Mar-2016 02:49:17

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why has jagex been so secretive about 2015 financial news ugh oh somethings not well in the kingdom..

why is jagex selling out? On 4 May 2007, Jagex announced that RuneScape has over 9,000,000 free players and over 1,000,000 pay-to-play subscribers.

hey jagex what are those 2016 player base numbers


Most things I've seen about their financial report for last 3 years tends to show up after march. Usually around July is every link I could find to previous ones. I don't know when they do taxes in UK. If it is around the same time as USA. But seems like they release financial statements for previous year after that time frame. July is the earliest I could find with anyone making any mention of financial records for 2012,13 and 14.

I'm also fairly certain those numbers are lower. Both from players leaving as they get tired of the game. Lose interest in it or simply don't enjoy the new direction. But by far the largest would have to be anti bot updates they have introduced into the game over time.

Remember the reason the wilderness was removed in 2007 was because the Growers and others couldn't see anyway to deal with bots and gold farmers. So they removed wilderness and added trade restrictions to curb said effects. Which is also why on PvP worlds you would drop random loot rather then what they were wearing to prevent people from trading like that. I'm a big entropy fan.

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18-Mar-2016 02:49:23

Xanadu

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Bonds bring in much more money than a subscription.. Best thing to do is stop playing all together tbh.. I'm just glad my other game is finally getting a wipe so that I can get back in soon .. :/

Not when they're bought with in-game cash for membership. I have not spent 1p on my playing account since I made it and that's the way I'm keeping it until we know exactly where our money and details will be going.

18-Mar-2016 02:51:50

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Bonds bring in much more money than a subscription.. Best thing to do is stop playing all together tbh.. I'm just glad my other game is finally getting a wipe so that I can get back in soon .. :/

Not when they're bought with in-game cash for membership. I have not spent 1p on my playing account since I made it and that's the way I'm keeping it until we know exactly where our money and details will be going.

Someone spent upwards of 15$ to bring you a less than a months worth of bonds.. Sub price is 9.99 .

18-Mar-2016 02:55:37 - Last edited on 18-Mar-2016 02:56:50 by Fosbinder

Xanadu

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Most things I've seen about their financial report for last 3 years tends to show up after march.

The tax year starts around the first week in April here.. Probably why we are expecting an announcement about the sale in April.

18-Mar-2016 02:55:39

Xanadu

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Someone spent upwards of 15$ to bring you a less than a months worth of bonds..

Not at all, I had taken money made from another account that will last me in bonds for the next 3 months and then some so no. A month's worth of bonds for me in real cash would cost me £7.18p and that equals (in today's market) $10.39 in USD.

18-Mar-2016 02:59:42

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Someone spent upwards of 15$ to bring you a less than a months worth of bonds..

Not at all, I had taken money made from another account that will last me in bonds for the next 3 months and then some so no. A month's worth of bonds for me in real cash would cost me £7.18p and that equals (in today's market) $10.39 in USD.

The G.E does not print bonds.. Players recieve them for spending money , then sell them to you for Gp. This makes Jagex more money than a subscription fee ..

18-Mar-2016 03:02:51

Xanadu

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The G.E does not print bonds.. Players recieve them for spending money , then sell them to you for Gp. This makes Jagex more money than a subscription fee ..

That's other people's decision if they want to buy bonds with real cash and sell them, I cannot control that but I'm only concerned about where my hard earned cash goes.

Just to add: If players stopped buying and selling bonds and I were unable to buy them in-game then that would be it for me. Runescape is not that big of a deal for me, it's a pastime not a lifestyle as some players think.

18-Mar-2016 03:04:38 - Last edited on 18-Mar-2016 03:06:04 by Xanadu

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