Legacy Mode: The Who

The argument about Legacy Mode aside, there's a lot of stuff in the OP that rubs me the wrong way. Namely:

Here, let me put it like this. Say Runescape is a restaurant you go to. You started going there, oh, 10 or so years ago and it was small back then, and the food was decent, but what really kept you coming back were the friends that went there and the owners which always kept you happy. As this restaurant grows in popularity, they start to throw in more stuff. More dishes, more employees, a renovated interior, a new menu look... But you keep going to the restaurant because you now love the people who own it, and it's a special place for you. Then, the restaurant owners make the executive decision to make a big change. They're completely updating their menu. Some of the recipes are old and use ingredients that aren't very readily available, and only a few of the dishes are even regularly ordered, so they decide to keep the great stuff, change the ok stuff, and toss out the old stuff for some newer, spunkier vittles. So, what do you do? Do you just leave the restaurant forever and say "f*ck you" to the people who have provided you a service for all these years? A logical person would not, and they would probably say something to the essence of, "you know what, I loved the old place, but sometimes change can be good. I know these people, and if I give it time, I'm sure this change will have been for the better."

If my favorite restaurant stops serving my favorite meal after 10 years, I don't have to throw a fit and storm out of there. But I'm sure as hell going to complain about it, and I don't owe it to the restaurant owner to keep going to a place that doesn't serve my kind of food anymore. I might give the new menu a shot, but that's not for someone else to decide.

In hindsight, most of us, I am sure, can all agree that, although we may not have liked the change, and even if we still don't like the combat as much as we did previously, those that left because of the change are those that we should never have had in the community in the first place.

Why? Because they disliked EOC? Because they stopped playing a game after it changed into something that didn't appeal to them? In either case, they don't owe Jagex their loyalty. They played the game, and likely spent some money on it over the years, and it's entirely reasonable for them to walk away if Jagex took away their combat and replaced it with something they didn't want.

By and large, the people that stuck with Runescape were those that were committed to the game, and were willing to cope with the fact that the old stuff they like IS NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE SAME. This is chiefly a more mature audience, wise enough to see past the ephemeral effects of the "now," and take a brief glimpse into the future. On the other hand, those that quit are those that are unwilling to change, and want their way because, well godammit, they want it! These people are immature, and a virus to the community.

I would rather have those people than someone who thinks its their business to tell others how they must spend their time and money. There are a whole lot of snobs on every side who think their way is the only way, who will blast anyone who sees it another way, and who just can't let it go. We'd all be better off if everyone would agree to disagree. This kind of stubbornness and hostility hurts everyone more than a video game update that some people won't use.

To extend your restaurant analogy, you're a patron who really likes the new menu, and you're mad at me for coming back because the restaurant also started serving my favorite sandwich again. Don't you think that's kind of silly?