10 hours ago
This post is for a small portion of those who treat games as checklists, this is a message for completionists and those who talk down to others for not having max stats, an infernal cape, low boss KCs, not two or three ticking and so on. This game is not for you, it was never made for you, the Gowers have never intended for you to max that account if it was even you, yourself who have done so to begin with. The Gowers never even intended for someone to achieve a single 99 at first. That collection log will never be filled and was only added to satiate this small portion of players who treat video games as a checklist, there's a lot of games that were never intended to be completed one hundred percent, there's some quests that were created with the idea that only a select few players would complete them, I am speaking about role playing games, RPGs.
It's in the name, "roleplay", there was no such thing as "xp waste" back in the day and it's completely unnecessary for me to even mention that to anyone else, the only ones who don't know this are those who are new to the internet, games and roleplaying in general which is absolutely fine by itself but when you start ignoring culture you become ignorant or arrogant and have no right to insult a veteran of the game who has no idea what streamer culture is or portable toilet max efficiency is, at the end of the day the veteran plays the game because it's a game, because it's entertaining, he or she does not play it to watch a number go up, he or she is satisfied with completing a few quests or excelling in a single skill such as crafting to help his or her friends get a glory and one of those friends chooses to be a smith to make their friends armor or weapons. What are you to them? You, who supposedly maxed everything mostly by themselves, what was your purpose to others, what was the purpose of your progress, what role did you play in the world of RuneScape with all of it's world building, it's characters, it's storytelling, did you fill any role at all in this roleplaying game?
I noticed a lot of newer players don't respect the game, they will use stolen valor and have others play the game for them, they pay for these services in the game or outside of it just so they can brag about something they didn't earn online, I feel as though those who insult others in the game didn't earn what they have because if they did earn it then they'd come to the realization it doesn't matter what they have over someone else as the other player has memories and they do not. Would you believe me if I told you that there's thousands of supposed players in the game that don't know what RS1 or RS2 is despite playing a 2007 version of RuneScape 2? I've read comments online of others insulting people for using the term "RuneScape 2" and making jokes at them for using the term because those ones making jokes don't know anything at all about the history of the game. I don't consider myself a veteran of the game as I started playing in late 2005 but you could imagine how obnoxious it is to have a player from 2014 or 2016 call you a noob while not knowing the true purpose of the game, I assume most of you know the significance of those years and their impact on the internet as a whole, the internet has become more and more accessible over time and it's had an intense impact on many games, not just RuneScape.
Video games are meant to be unique experiences for each player, each player was usually always meant to see something different than the last, some players will miss a holiday event or item that will never return and that's why those events and items are special, they are special memories that only a few select people have and if you are one of those so called "fomos" then these games aren't for you either, if everyone has those items the purpose they serve is no longer there, a question I would pose to them is why do they want the items that are discontinued? Do you think you are owed them despite not participating in the event from years past? You cannot experience the past no matter how hard you try, you missed out on it and if you ever got your hands on that item the memories don't come with it, face it, you missed out on it. It's time to grow up and move on. This goes back to them treating video games as a checklist, you aren't owed one hundred percent completion when you purchase a game, you aren't even owed an ending, there's things in life that you can't get.
That's my rant for the day.
It's in the name, "roleplay", there was no such thing as "xp waste" back in the day and it's completely unnecessary for me to even mention that to anyone else, the only ones who don't know this are those who are new to the internet, games and roleplaying in general which is absolutely fine by itself but when you start ignoring culture you become ignorant or arrogant and have no right to insult a veteran of the game who has no idea what streamer culture is or portable toilet max efficiency is, at the end of the day the veteran plays the game because it's a game, because it's entertaining, he or she does not play it to watch a number go up, he or she is satisfied with completing a few quests or excelling in a single skill such as crafting to help his or her friends get a glory and one of those friends chooses to be a smith to make their friends armor or weapons. What are you to them? You, who supposedly maxed everything mostly by themselves, what was your purpose to others, what was the purpose of your progress, what role did you play in the world of RuneScape with all of it's world building, it's characters, it's storytelling, did you fill any role at all in this roleplaying game?
I noticed a lot of newer players don't respect the game, they will use stolen valor and have others play the game for them, they pay for these services in the game or outside of it just so they can brag about something they didn't earn online, I feel as though those who insult others in the game didn't earn what they have because if they did earn it then they'd come to the realization it doesn't matter what they have over someone else as the other player has memories and they do not. Would you believe me if I told you that there's thousands of supposed players in the game that don't know what RS1 or RS2 is despite playing a 2007 version of RuneScape 2? I've read comments online of others insulting people for using the term "RuneScape 2" and making jokes at them for using the term because those ones making jokes don't know anything at all about the history of the game. I don't consider myself a veteran of the game as I started playing in late 2005 but you could imagine how obnoxious it is to have a player from 2014 or 2016 call you a noob while not knowing the true purpose of the game, I assume most of you know the significance of those years and their impact on the internet as a whole, the internet has become more and more accessible over time and it's had an intense impact on many games, not just RuneScape.
Video games are meant to be unique experiences for each player, each player was usually always meant to see something different than the last, some players will miss a holiday event or item that will never return and that's why those events and items are special, they are special memories that only a few select people have and if you are one of those so called "fomos" then these games aren't for you either, if everyone has those items the purpose they serve is no longer there, a question I would pose to them is why do they want the items that are discontinued? Do you think you are owed them despite not participating in the event from years past? You cannot experience the past no matter how hard you try, you missed out on it and if you ever got your hands on that item the memories don't come with it, face it, you missed out on it. It's time to grow up and move on. This goes back to them treating video games as a checklist, you aren't owed one hundred percent completion when you purchase a game, you aren't even owed an ending, there's things in life that you can't get.
That's my rant for the day.