Old School RuneScape
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This is what MMOs were made for: dev declares "there has been a calamity at the Crab" after 3 hardcore players who purposely gave their characters one life somehow die to a harmless crab boss
By Austin Wood last updated
News There have been advancements in crab technology in Old School RuneScape

MMO history has been made after 21 years: all the blank spaces in the Old School RuneScape map have been filled in for the first time, right as the game hits player count highs
By Austin Wood published
News "Enough to make a grown man cry"

Gold is not enough: MMO community declares "Platinum Age" as Old School RuneScape hits 200k players amid WoW migration, dev says "we've expanded our live infrastructure to match"
By Austin Wood published
News "We are immensely grateful for all of the support we're being shown"

MMO streamer says he turned down a $5,000 WoW deal to keep grinding Old School RuneScape, player declares "RuneScape won the MMO war" but a dev quickly counters: "You can love both games"
By Austin Wood published
News No wars, only games

"There isn't FOMO and your progress matters": An MMO migration turns to revelation for some, with a World of Warcraft horde becoming a wave of RuneScape enjoyers
By Austin Wood published
News A collision of MMOs has been a nice change for some fans

So many World of Warcraft veterans and top streamers are trying Old School RuneScape that even Jagex has noticed, and the gap in MMO muscle memory is hilarious: "Chat I'm freaking out"
By Austin Wood published
News "I find it so fresh that I can play a character that will not be irrelevant one year later"

MMO community fears PvP bots have formed a "cartel" using false reports to get you banned if you kill them for their illegal loot, bringing Old School RuneScape's bot problem to a boil
By Austin Wood published
News There's no clean and actionable answer to the bot problem, it seems

"Immortal king of speedrunning" can only say "that's a great run, gg" after MMO mad lad beats him in 3-year revenge match with a new world record just minutes ahead
By Austin Wood published
News Ain't no speedrun like an Old School RuneScape speedrun

2 years ago an MMO player locked himself in a virtual cage of his own making – "after 10,000 hours" he is finally free
By Austin Wood published
News Old School RuneScape challenge modes strike again

"Games and studios are being cancelled because of content that is perceived to be 'woke' or representative," new RuneScape CEO reportedly said in internal meeting explaining decision to stop or shrink the MMO's Pride events
By Austin Wood published
News Old School RuneScape's Pride event was also scaled down to a community event
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