Modern Day RuneScape

Stumbled upon this video, and thought it was rather interesting.



Just what exactly has the game that we all previously loved so dearly turned into?

I'd suggest you watch the video first, and then read this comment below (Taken from the comment section below the video).

Made this video in regards to MMG and Andrew's announcement that RuneScape has been nominated for a golden joystick award (Best Free MMO).

What good deal are they talking about? F2P is unplayable due to the rampant bot epidemic and ad-bot spam. I'm not F2P but I have a lot of friends who are and I can completely sympathize with how disappointed they are with Jagex. Especially the way they as a company have treated F2Pers.

I won't be voting for Jagex this year (voted for LoL) simply because they don't deserve it. I'm going to put my foot down and hope that by loosing the award, they realize that a lot of players are actually unhappy and perhaps start to try and append these problems.

I'm not going to tell you what to vote (unlike Jagex who is asking you to vote for them), but please understand what your vote means.

There are a lot of issues between Jagex and its player base and I really worry that MMG and Andrew don't understand how problematic it really is. I fear if they win this award it will just feed their egos and that's the last thing I want to see happening.

When Jagex starts treating their players with the respect they deserve and treat us like actual players (instead of stats on some chart) I will gladly vote for them. Unfortunately they aren't doing either at this moment and that is why I have voted for some other (more deserving) game.

RuneScape is a great game. It's just disappointing to see it falling to pieces due to the ever growing bot epidemic and marketing ploys.

UPDATE:

Hey guys,

Just wanted to thank you all for the overwhelming amount of support you have given to me. I also want to clear the air and say that I was demodded for basically discouraging people not to vote for RuneScape for the Golden Joystick awards with this video (I would argue otherwise but the decision is final). I stood up for the community because I was honestly disgusted that they expect to win this award after how badly F2P has been treated. I have no regrets and I'd do it all over again if I could. While I might have lost two crowns, I gained something back I lost a long time ago - my voice. It's worth more than 2 measly crowns that have lost their meaning due to some changes within Jagex.

On a final note I want to reiterate that this isn't about me or what I lost, it was and always will be about the players first and foremost - don't loose sight of that.

All the best,

Jibby

It's actually great to see this guy standing up for the game that he believes in, and it really goes to show the immaturity of the Jagex Staff for taking away his Forum and In-game Player Moderator status simply because he took the courage to re-highlight this issue to the player population.

In my eyes, Jagex are just edging the nail deeper and deeper into the coffin.