RuneScape Forum Archive | History of the Lore Community

Eren Lapucet

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When the lore forums came out mid 2013, many whom previously used the Future Games Update forum migrated to the lore forums (although some with interest in general future updates stayed in both). While general lore was often discussed in the forum, faction based discussion was very eminent. Many threads were aimed at arguing for or against a particular faction/god, or analyzing the various factions/gods in general. Some threads tried to put factions on a categorical spectrum (such as Chaotic Evil, Neutral Good), while others argued for faction alliances, particularly during World Events (such as the Red Armadyleans).

While at times faction discussion was very civil, many believed that it got out of hand quite often. Some threads lasted dozens or hundreds of pages long of heated argument, insults, and general uncivil conversation. Some worried that people were taking factions too seriously, and being too biased to their faction (ie. ignoring/underemphasizing their factions faults and focusing/overemphasising other factions faults). As a result, many people got fed up and left the lore forums after a year or two, causing activity on the forums to significantly drop.

Between the end of 2013 and the beginning of 2014, Lore FC (originally called Lore Union) was created from an alliance of multiple faction-based clans and became the most active lore fc. Other fc's were also made, but overall did not gain much traction (one somewhat active fc was Zarosian FC, which existed for over a year). In 2015, Lore FC changed its general system, and had internal issues that created conflict with some individuals and clans. The Lore FC thread became filled with many people inside and outside the fc debating the issues. Eventually these issues were partially resolved, but disputes about the fc's rules and general system continued for a while longer. Some were turned away from Lore FC due to these occurrences, but it remains active to this day. I'm too Unaligned to have a forum signature.

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Eren Lapucet

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From 2013 forward, Jmods frequently interacted with the lore community and released information about lore. Between April 2013 and November 2013, Mod Osborne held 13 Above the Lore podcasts on Runezone fansite with special lore-y Jmods every week, and a revival of Chaos Elemental hints. After this, possibly due to worries that too much lore was being given away, Jmods toned down on how often they released information about lore. Nonetheless, Jmod lore discussion continued, mostly in Podbeam, but also Youtube and later on Twitch. In 2013-2014 but still occasionally today, Jmods shared lore knowledge on Reddit, Twitter, on the ORSF and ingame. Mod Jack was one of the most active Jmods in the TSP and Lore FC chats (occurrences of which stopped in 2015), who is also known for his unfinished comic, The Empty Throne.

Overall, the lore community had mixed reactions to the Sixth Age. Some had praised the depth and focus on story and lore, and argued that the quests had drastically improved. Others were dissapointed, either because they did not like the Sixth Age, or they thought that it had been handled poorly, in addition to feeling Gods and Elder Gods undermined the importance of other series.

Some other points of contention included whether whether Jagex was giving too much lore information away (specifically about mahjarrat, gods, elder gods and the like), whether quests could give adequate and meaningful choices (especially in the context of factions), whether the Sixth Age was moving too quickly or two slowly, whether World Events were being done correctly (one strong outcry players had was the death of Bandos, and the way it was executed), and the lack of certain requirements for some quests released early on (such as Missing Presumed Death and Fate of the Gods). I'm too Unaligned to have a forum signature.

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Eren Lapucet

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Current Era

In 2015-2016, the faction-based community greatly toned down faction based discussion ingame and in the lore forums. Many have accepted the faults that the community had in the past, and have tried to minimize faction and clan-based drama. Despite this, different communities with past bad blood tend not to interact too much with eachother. Although faction-heavy discussion is now rare in the lore forums, the lore forums has not regained the popularity it once had.

A large number of lore players are veterans nowadays. Some feel that there not much to discuss in lore anymore, since most lore has been discussed already. Lore FC has felt this to a degree, while TSP has taken a much larger hit in terms of its activity. On a similar note, while Jmods still occasionally interact with the lore community, they have done so less frequently since 2015.

TSP remains the largest lore clan, Clan Quest remains the largest quest clan, while Lore FC remains the largest lore fc. Other active lore clans include Flames of Chaos and Aegis of Saradomin.

~~Also, there is apparently a zarosian player named Acorn or something like that, and they are important for some reason.~~

~And that is everything, until the present! I have to admit that I got lazy towards the end, so I may expand this final section sometime later.~ I'm too Unaligned to have a forum signature.

29-Aug-2016 03:11:18 - Last edited on 09-May-2017 02:51:20 by Eren Lapucet