If anyone still remembers RSC (Runescape Classic) and would like to continue playing it, this is the most popular and well-kept private server for it FYI: http://www.rscemulation.net/
Jagex launches HTML5/WebGL game mode for RuneScape (beta)
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Re: Jagex launches HTML5/WebGL game mode for RuneScape (beta)
#12If anyone still remembers RSC (Runescape Classic) and would like to continue playing it, this is the most popular and well-kept private server for it FYI: http://www.rscemulation.net/
Jagex also maintains the Classic worlds for those who maintained a character presence there, private servers are actually being taken down left and right as they violate Jagex's terms and their legal team is quite efficient (there are many news articles about their legal battles as of late)
Re: Jagex launches HTML5/WebGL game mode for RuneScape (beta)
#13I click "go to beta" and then "register", and it says my Java is not up to date? I thought this was Java-free?
Also logging in to the website does require that you have java installed.
Re: Jagex launches HTML5/WebGL game mode for RuneScape (beta)
#14It's unfortunate, but this may be too little too late for Runescape. After Jagex was slowly bought by VCs company decisions became less about the experience for the player and more about the bottom dollar.
Maybe this will be enough to bring back some of their lost subscribers, but who knows.
Re: Jagex launches HTML5/WebGL game mode for RuneScape (beta)
#15I click "go to beta" and then "register", and it says my Java is not up to date? I thought this was Java-free?
Also logging in to the website does require that you have java installed.
Not strictly true - https://secure.runescape.com/m=weblogin/loginform.ws?mod=www
Re: Jagex launches HTML5/WebGL game mode for RuneScape (beta)
#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
It is, it also shows what innovative ways Jagex go to in bring both the web and gaming industry closer, and forward. Just for clarification; I'm not an employee of Jagex, I'm a long time player of RuneScape though. I'm also a huge fan of what they've accomplished when you look at the systems they use, and the hardware required to enjoy their products.
Hm, are you an employee?
I was wondering that same thing. Looking at the accounts infrequent commenting history and then all the responses in this thread seem to point towards that.
Re: Jagex launches HTML5/WebGL game mode for RuneScape (beta)
#17I remember having to give up playing RuneScape back when I switched to a Mac many years ago, due to how poorly Java integrated and performed within the available browsers (not to mention the glitching hardware-acceleration support). While I have generally lost interest in these sort of games since then, this is exciting enough to make me want to try it out again.
I had to use the downloadable Runescape client to get it to work on OSX. It works reasonably well but still sucks that I can't play in my browser anymore. A lot has changed so it's probably worth looking into!
Re: Jagex launches HTML5/WebGL game mode for RuneScape (beta)
#18It's unfortunate, but this may be too little too late for Runescape. After Jagex was slowly bought by VCs company decisions became less about the experience for the player and more about the bottom dollar. Maybe this will be enough to bring back some of their lost subscribers, but who knows.
Absolutely. As of last year, they have this thing in the game called Squeal of Fortune. You earn or buy "spins" and you use them to win coins, items or experience. It's basically gambling, but instead of winning real money, you win virtual money. Not only does it destroy any integrity the game had left, it aims to get kids addicted to gambling.
Re: Jagex launches HTML5/WebGL game mode for RuneScape (beta)
#19It's unfortunate, but this may be too little too late for Runescape. After Jagex was slowly bought by VCs company decisions became less about the experience for the player and more about the bottom dollar. Maybe this will be enough to bring back some of their lost subscribers, but who knows.
Absolutely. As of last year, they have this thing in the game called Squeal of Fortune. You earn or buy "spins" and you use them to win coins, items or experience. It's basically gambling, but instead of winning real money, you win virtual money. Not only does it destroy any integrity the game had left, it aims to get kids addicted to gambling.
It's not gambling that is at the heart of Squeal of Fortune; it's micro-transactions. Runescape has been moving in that direction for a long time to squeeze whatever is left of the remaining player base.
Re: Jagex launches HTML5/WebGL game mode for RuneScape (beta)
#20If anyone still remembers RSC (Runescape Classic) and would like to continue playing it, this is the most popular and well-kept private server for it FYI: http://www.rscemulation.net/
So i basically ended up as a programmer by hacking the runescape clients so i could use them in the creation of private servers. Illegal but great fun (but wasn't everything illegal but great fun as a teenager?). Contributed quite a lot to the private server community. I still tend to hang out in the programmer usergroups of those communities though I lost interest in modding runescape. But hey, I'm a programmer now, so thanks jagex
p.s. : sorry for helping so many people steal your content, it was just for the lulz. I promise!