I think its fair. Its a RuneScape 2006 Emulation. People started off when others were higher levels. If they don't like it, they then can go suck it. It isn't our decision to make.
You can't compare this with real runescape, it was entirely different.
As good as the server may be, most players won't like starting in a world where others have gained a huge head start. It takes away the chance to compete with others on fair grounds.
Even with a grand opening with a reset I'm skeptical that this would get more players than project06, but without one, I don't think there's a chance to even hit a 1k online count. And you don't get many chances, I've played hundreds of private game servers, I know that the grand opening means a LOT.
They can compare this with real Runescape. People start even when others are much more progressed than themselves and still have achieved higher than the person infront of them.
The point is - this is not real runescape. It will never have a playerbase as large as jagex. There are only a couple thousand players in the oldschool community and you need to offer them something good to get them to join.
Fact - people like fresh starts more than already running servers.
Fact - there will be a lot more players to join if it starts fresh. I don't know how many more but I'll repeat my concern - I don't think this has any chance of success unless everyone can start on even grounds.
We do offer them something good to get them to join, which are hard working developers, a friendly community, a nice working server that isn't full of bugs.
Correction - Most 'people' who like fresh starts and only care about the highest scores are players later on, that like to trash talk and boast about them getting the first 99.
Correction - There will still be a handful of players that will join even if we don't start fresh. We have a high chance of success, because again. We've got a very good development team, a very friendly community, and soon enough a game that doesn't have many bugs.
Do remember, Jagex didn't reset everyone each time someone heard about Runescape and wanted to join and compete for ranks, so there is no point in asking us to.
We are not going to lose our progress on Rune Rebels just because people who want to boast about their rank 1 in a skill want us to.