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Other Games / Re: Jagex release 2007 servers friday night
« on: February 21, 2013, 03:06:22 pm »19,000 votes left until 250,000 votes.its not gonna get another 19k by friday... for those of you who are actully "excited" by this, its a shame because you are now going to be paying 20$ to play a damn game when not even WOW you need to pay 20$ a month for... it really is a shame...
The vote ends March 1st, not Friday. We will likely be paying $5 extra, and 500k votes is still attainable for no extra fees.
There is nothing truly sad about it if people who want the old game are willing to pay premium for it. Certainly beats the crap out of private servers. I respect servers like this one a lot, but if the real deal comes back, fully coded, is this community really going to say no? I doubt it. There are thousands who will pay $13/month for the real thing.
Most people can't even comprehend the astronomic difference between real 2007 Runescape and the remakes that have so far failed to even scratch the surface of the full content.
Have fun fighting the bots and complete no-lifers for those resources. Should be fun... And you do realize that some people play private servers because they are fed up with Jagex themselves and do not want to send another red cent to them? The cost really isn't that bad, but these servers, drama and all, are fun to watch grow with people that are truly dedicated to the player experience.
True enough, but to be blunt, ProjectRS06 became the most popular functioning 2006 remake, and with only 2000 concurrent players was already overrun by bots. Private servers don't usually have good bot prevention. RuneRebels hasn't even had to deal with that kind of thing yet.
At least Jagex has already stated they are implementing modern bot protection into the 2007 servers.
I know they're grabbing money from it, but at least Jagex isn't so stupid as to stubbornly stick to the EoC. I appreciate this effort by them, and hate them or love them, they are a company that can actually run a server with thousands of people on it. Every private server (at least, full remakes) that gets thousands of players eventually dies without the resources to manage it. Jagex can run the Roman Empire. Transient server admins coding in their spare time can't necessarily do that.
And again, 1% content vs. 100% content is a no-brainer for me, no offense.
If Jagex screws it up I'll be back.