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Re: 2009scape

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Post by matheusmoreira »

72736379 wrote: post #5

Private servers like this (though for a different game) were my first exposure to programming, free and open source software, and eventually, computer science as a whole- when I eventually went off to college I majored in computer science and had a great head start in many of the practical/application courses. I learned about versioning with SVN, OOP with Java, hacking together websites and forums with PHP while in m…

Same here. Open Tibia servers were the first code bases I explored and tried to modify when I was a kid.

Re: 2009scape

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Post by impulser_ »

squeaky-clean wrote: post #38
impulser_ wrote: post #27

Can't believe Runescape private server are still a thing after 18 years. This is what got me into programming. I remember working with the first version back in early 2006 I believe it was called winterlove. You couldn't even play multiplayer. Then someone got multiplayer to work, I think that was called blakescape, then there was cheezscape and whitescape which became the popular versions to use because they came wi…

A friend of mine in college made about $500~1000/mo running some Runescape private servers with subscriptions. He hosted a few different types of servers, but I know his most profitable one allowed players to buy "chests". Basically modern-day loot boxes with random high level gear. He got the idea from Korean MMOs at the time. No idea what he's up to nowadays.

Back when the economy in RS wasn't bad, the play I did would be to run an RSPS server and sell items, stats, ect. in it for gold in actual Runescape and then sell that gold for actual money. 1m was like a little over 1$ back then.

Re: 2009scape

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Post by Ferret7446 »

hoten wrote: post #20

For some context, the Jagex reboot "Old School Runescape" (OSRS) forked from a circa-2007 build of the game. It was apparently a stroke of luck that they still had the source code. Notably, the 2007 version was before huge changes to the game that many original players disliked enough to stop playing. But it was also before the HD version. So OSRS player have been stuck with low quality graphics (however, a modder ha…

They charge so much and do so little, they better do a good job with it. Or rather, not doing anything is a very low bar to be defined as a "good job".

(I'm aware subscription includes RS3, but the OSRS playerbase far eclipses RS3. You are paying for OSRS with RS3 as a cherry on top, not the other way around. Also, RS3 is funded with microtransactions.)

Re: 2009scape

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Post by insanitybit »

Absolutely slamming the nostalgia region of my brain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNW9TAwImBY

Something very deep inside of me is triggered by Runescape. I think staying up all night for days in a row playing just permanently ingrained certain emotions of my teenage self, and nothing lets me access them the way Runescape does.

Re: 2009scape

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Post by matheusmoreira »

EarthLaunch wrote: post #35

I'm making a UO inspired MMO and have been wanting to play more MMOs lately. Anyone similar up for experimenting with RS, WoW HC, Zenith, LiF, MO, UO player servers, or anything? Hit me up!

Check out Tibia as well. Online since the 90s.

Re: 2009scape

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Post by lolinder »

hoten wrote: post #20

For some context, the Jagex reboot "Old School Runescape" (OSRS) forked from a circa-2007 build of the game. It was apparently a stroke of luck that they still had the source code. Notably, the 2007 version was before huge changes to the game that many original players disliked enough to stop playing. But it was also before the HD version. So OSRS player have been stuck with low quality graphics (however, a modder ha…

> One thing they can't seem to get consensus on though is a new skill - every attempt I'm aware of has been downvoted by the community, seemingly for reasons similar to "it would devalue my investment in X skill".

Sailing recently got enough votes that they've started development on it:

https://oldschool.runescape.wiki/w/Sailing

I suppose it could still get shut down by the community later.

Re: 2009scape

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Post by hoten »

lolinder wrote: post #46
hoten wrote: post #20

For some context, the Jagex reboot "Old School Runescape" (OSRS) forked from a circa-2007 build of the game. It was apparently a stroke of luck that they still had the source code. Notably, the 2007 version was before huge changes to the game that many original players disliked enough to stop playing. But it was also before the HD version. So OSRS player have been stuck with low quality graphics (however, a modder ha…

> One thing they can't seem to get consensus on though is a new skill - every attempt I'm aware of has been downvoted by the community, seemingly for reasons similar to "it would devalue my investment in X skill". Sailing recently got enough votes that they've started development on it: https://oldschool.runescape.wiki/w/Sailing I suppose it could still get shut down by the community later.

Oh that's exciting! Thanks for sharing. I might play a bit more when that is released.

I just pulled up my OSRS Google doc "backlog" and it's a few pages of things tracking what I should do next. The game really scratches that itch of crossing items off a TODO list.

Re: 2009scape

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Post by scrapcode »

impulser_ wrote: post #27

Can't believe Runescape private server are still a thing after 18 years. This is what got me into programming. I remember working with the first version back in early 2006 I believe it was called winterlove. You couldn't even play multiplayer. Then someone got multiplayer to work, I think that was called blakescape, then there was cheezscape and whitescape which became the popular versions to use because they came wi…

I never really got into Runescape but I did start programming in PHP with notepad and attribute a very accurate "tab pinky" to those long nights. If I remember correctly, Notepad was the only thing I directly edit remote files in using CuteFTP, so I think that's why I used it at the time as I learned by editing existing "scripts." Good times.

Re: 2009scape

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Post by squeaky-clean »

themodelplumber wrote: post #15
72736379 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is a "private server" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_server#Private_Servers... ) for a version of RuneScape from 2009.

Thanks, so it seems like it's a community-chat focused game in some ways? Do people just wander in and play solo too?

It's a very solo friendly MMO. Private servers are usually for people who want changes to the official game (or removal of changes), and sometimes just to avoid paying subscription fees. This one is aiming to replicate the official state of the game as it was in 2009.

It's mostly a "grind" sort of game with simplistic combat. It's pretty relaxing for the most part, though it does have some tense PvP elements if you enter into some special areas. You can definitely play it fully focused, but most people would conside it a "Second Monitor" game. i.e. You can watch YouTube or do work and keep old-school RuneScape active on a second screen, interacting every minute or so.

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