RuneScape Forum Archive | Dev Blog: Old School Website

Xx-Paine-xX

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"Making sure that the website is easy to navigate is key in turning new visitors into new Old School players."

1: It's already easy to navigate! What you're trying to implement is unnecessary!
2: Turning new visitors to "old school players"? Oh right, by denying them the actual '07 rs page and instead giving an unnecessary and stupid "modern" page. You never cease to amaze me with your bullsh*ttery, jagex.

people have saying "just add a switch to revert back to the '07 look" but let's face it: they wanted to change it completely. they never even talked about switches either. They seriously want to KILL the page. Also, have the people who back up this sh*t of a move thought about keeping old school as is? This is how the page is supposed to look, ffs!

"The structure of the new design is similar to the existing website with some improved textures and images. It remains reminiscent of the 2007 version of the website while making it clearer for new visitors where to find exactly what it is they are looking for."

You're putting rs3 facades onto osrs. And "It remains reminiscent of the 2007 version"?? bullsh*t, jagex. bullsh*t! Keep it the way it's supposed to be- not some pseudo New old school crap.

"The new design makes it very easy for new visitors to know exactly where they need to go to get an account and to play the game, something that is very important for the growth of the game"

again with insulting our intelligence. we're smart enough to figure all that out. and "growth of the game"?? just like what you've been working on with rs3, right?? '07 rs had 200-250 THOUSAND players per day. Now it's down to 90k. OH YEAH. Some "growth" right there!

btw, lemme highlight where to sign up for new users:

http://i.imgur.***/9VTx0nz.png?1

Was that so hard?

28-Apr-2015 21:10:19 - Last edited on 29-Apr-2015 02:25:51 by Xx-Paine-xX

Xx-Paine-xX

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"...Getting the website up-to-date... more reliable and faster. It also builds a better foundation to allow for more updates in the future."

This smells of utter crap. You're acting as if it takes hours to load the goddamn page. it's already fast enough. And "reliable"? By what? Not showing what the rs website actually looked back in '07? right. That last sentence there, though.. that's scary. They're saying that the new design will allow jagex to modify it further in the future and pull it further away from the original look. They're seriously trying to destroy osrs..

"Without a doubt, one of the most valuable advantages to updating the website would be the Old School website becoming mobile compatible. As you can see from the above images, the new design would work well with mobile devices."

Without a doubt, one of the most bullsh*t points to updating the site. How many people actually go on the osrs website on their phones so many f**king times in the week that it makes a big difference?? it's just a f**kin simple webpage. How long will most of the users be on it?? Why not just keep the old school site as is- the way it's supposed to be- instead of introducing useless crap??

and it would be "a breeze on a mobile device"? i just went on the osrs website on my galaxy s5. it took literally 2 SECONDS to load. navigating to the hiscores page from there took me another 2 seconds to load- even though i could already see the goddamn hiscores almost instantly after tapping it! this is pure and utter bullsh*t! It's fast enough as is!

Jagex, you better not ***king change the site. the current one's how it's supposed to look. If you actually activate the new "modern" bullsh*t site skin, you'll be taking one step towards KILLING osrs.

...not like you're not doing so already.

28-Apr-2015 21:10:32 - Last edited on 28-Apr-2015 21:11:54 by Xx-Paine-xX

GOOD WiIl

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I totally agree with the guy above me,
stop introducing new stuff to "OSRS",
preserve it the way that it was as much as possible,
we get it you jagex mods are bored and got nothing better to do then ruin osrs,
ffs
but please stop it with the horrible new updates like "resizeable mode", "zeah" , "deadman mode" , "new upsite look"
WHATS NEXT YALL GONNA VOTE FOR ABILITIES IN OSRS HUH?
FFS LEAVE OSRS THE WAY IT IS STOP RUINING IT FOR THOSE OF US WHO TRUELY ENJOYED THE GAME AS IT WAS IN 2007.
STOP JUST STOP
THANKS <3

29-Apr-2015 00:58:38

Raemonde

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please leave the old school look I love it when I see the burning fire bowls that change colour on the side of the log in page and the rune scape words with the swords Please just leave it the way it is as the saying goes if it ain't broken DON'T FIX IT!!!!!

29-Apr-2015 01:04:19

Raemonde

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Xx-Paine-xX said :
"...Getting the website up-to-date... more reliable and faster. It also builds a better foundation to allow for more updates in the future."

This smells of utter crap. You're acting as if it takes hours to load the goddamn page. it's already fast enough. And "reliable"? By what? Not showing what the rs website actually looked back in '07? right. That last sentence there, though.. that's scary. They're saying that the new design will allow jagex to modify it further in the future and pull it further away from the original look. They're seriously trying to destroy osrs..

"Without a doubt, one of the most valuable advantages to updating the website would be the Old School website becoming mobile compatible. As you can see from the above images, the new design would work well with mobile devices."

Without a doubt, one of the most bullsh*t points to updating the site. How many people actually go on the osrs website on their phones so many f**king times in the week that it makes a big difference?? it's just a f**kin simple webpage. How long will most of the users be on it?? Why not just keep the old school site as is- the way it's supposed to be- instead of introducing useless crap??

and it would be "a breeze on a mobile device"? i just went on the osrs website on my galaxy s5. it took literally 2 SECONDS to load. navigating to the hiscores page from there took me another 2 seconds to load- even though i could already see the goddamn hiscores almost instantly after tapping it! this is pure and utter bullsh*t! It's fast enough as is!

Jagex, you better not ***king change the site. the current one's how it's supposed to look. If you actually activate the new "modern" bullsh*t site skin, you'll be taking one step towards KILLING osrs.

...not like you're not doing so already.
I totally AGREE I love old RS so just leave it how it is before you Stuff it up the same as rs 2010 was stuffed up!

29-Apr-2015 01:14:45

Alpaca

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Please do read this Jagex.

1. I really think instead of focusing on a layout you should focus on a forums more dedicated to OldSchool. The game is popular and the Forums worked so well back in 2004-2007. I used to use the forums regularly everyday. Ever since these massive website modifications starting in 2008 I haven't had much reason to go on it. Grand Exchange didn't help either and I feel the Trade problems wouldn't have existed had the website had more support.

2. More categories. When RS3 was OldSchool RS back in 2004-2007 the website was FAST, SIMPLE, and EASY to access anything you wanted. I just want more categories and an easier way to perform many of the original website functions!

3. Better downloadable client. Honestly it should load up * 2-5 seconds! It should be small to download and it should work well! Your client runs on Java why are we using an Executable... The key file is gamepack jar which any computer should be able to execute directly. All you need is for it verify the gamepack is up to date, and then execute the files. It should be a FAST client. I've been using one that does exactly that since launch and have never had to update it either. It doesn't modify anything it simply loads what is already on my computer. It's a 200KB file as it should be. It loads up instantly and if it has to update maybe 5 seconds I wait. It's become slower due to your client modifications, but when the game was originally released it loaded up so freaking fast almost instantly.

4. Please make a better focus on the content you add to this game. I may not play it much anymore, but RuneScape 2 was a massive part of my life and I would hate for it to go away. I strongly believe you guys are focusing too much on RS3 related updates. I remember when this company was always coming out with new exciting content that was generally better for the game. This seemed to stop in mid/late 2007. PLEASE create new content or improve RS3 ideas to be better!

Contn.

29-Apr-2015 01:35:52 - Last edited on 29-Apr-2015 01:37:12 by Alpaca

Alpaca

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5. Keep in mind the original website or "current" doesn't use much javascript. Javascript is terrible terrible terrible stuff. It is what makes the RuneScape 3 website utterly slow especially on older computers/browsers. The current website also renders so quickly and your site hasn't loaded that well/fast since the 2008 changes.

29-Apr-2015 01:36:24 - Last edited on 29-Apr-2015 01:38:38 by Alpaca

MF SANTEEZ

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My only complaint with OSRS is the lack of quests - while it's true that quests changed how the game went, I still feel it's possible to add in some news quests. To my understanding, they've been the same for a while now.

Also, yeah, I totally agree with BlueGamer0yn.

29-Apr-2015 01:42:34

M3RK

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lmfao **** you ***ex welcome to New School runescape the old school vibe died along time ago im done playing this ******* ****** game happened in 2007 and happened now ***ex ruining everything

29-Apr-2015 02:42:48

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astolf0w0

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Hello, I'm an architecture student so I have some design critique experience.

Overall this is a good design but it is still lacking the style of Old School. Mostly what I'm referring to is when I say style the design of Old School's User Interface.

OSRS User Interface
The user interface resembles ancient ruins which makes sense sense this is Rune(or ruin)scape. Brown and tan are the only colors really used and I would perhaps move away from this because website design should really pop and keep you interested. Maybe use some interesting stone textures and definitely some architectural tracery to make it come alive. The background is definitely a start- it's a pretty interesting texture.

The news scroll is good but It could use some love. The cuts in the borders could go deeper and possibly you could use a different texture for the scroll to give it a papyrus like feel. You also might try increasing pixelation of the scroll to make it more reminiscent of the game.

The News and Updates art is really nice and quite stunning. However, the rendering style is a bit too different from the game. You could try applying a pixelation filter to break up its flowingness. The mage and warrior fighting is definitely getting the atmosphere of the game right- it would perhaps help more if in the background there was some kind of ancient monument as opposed to a happy little house with a blue sky. You've got a lot of choices there actually, duel arena, wilderness, all kinds of fun context ideas.

The fonts are good for this style.

The gameblast art looks totally alien from everything else on the site. It most likely wasn't made by Jagex I assume. I would have some kind of easy image effect lined up to make sponsored art or logos blend well with the site. For instance, a sepia toning or something of that nature.

Good work! I look forward to the next one!

29-Apr-2015 03:15:19