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News"Of all the problems to have in the world, too many players is one of the best": The 2025 summer MMO migration was huge for WoW players, and for Old School RuneScape devs
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NewsSomehow it took an MMO's entire community more than 2 years to find an impossibly rare, 1 in 500,000 fishing drop – and after all that, it's basically worthless
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NewsAn anti-FOMO approach would be unthinkable for most MMOs and live service games, but it's the secret to Old School RuneScape's new peak of 240,000 players: "Everything you earn matters forever"
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NewsWhen your MMO's community is "practically forming a religion" based on a big crab, you just go with it: "Oh, the Gemstone Crab's taken another life. And it's funny"
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NewsBeaver-collecting mastermind behind 13,000-hour MMO account suggests things got a bit out of hand: "I sort of realized it would be possible to do something unique and stupid and get the most beavers"
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NewsWith a new record 240,000 players online, Old School RuneScape is roughly 8x bigger than its sister MMO and would be the fourth-biggest game on all of Steam if not for a technicality
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Opinion10 years later, Old School RuneScape is still the best MMO I've ever played – and seeing over 200,000 people jumping on reminds me why I fell in love with it in the first place
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NewsThis 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
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NewsMMO 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
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NewsGold 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"
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NewsMMO 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"
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"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
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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"
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NewsMMO 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
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"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
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2 years ago an MMO player locked himself in a virtual cage of his own making – "after 10,000 hours" he is finally free
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News"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
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Jagex lays off RuneScape staff and indefinitely pauses Old School RuneScape's Project Zanaris private servers, but says the MMOs won't be hurt in the long run
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NewsDefying the British dev behind their MMO's "casual doubling of our taxes," Old School RuneScape player recreates the Boston Tea Party: "You think the British would have learned by now"
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NewsIn a custom "nightmare mode" where any damage permanently deletes his character, MMO daredevil ends 15-month Old School RuneScape challenge with a 68-minute finale
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