MoistCritical analyzing the situation

Basically, Jagex sent out a survey doing "research" into what players value. They proposed tiered subscriptions such as "lower price with ads," "mobile only," and "premium membership that offers enhanced customer support (one of the most common complaints about the company is their dogshit customer support[1])."

The players, understandably, recognize immediately that the survey like finding a locust in their wheat field. It's a sign that capitalism has come to strip the copper from the walls for short term profit. The private equity company that owns Jagex, CVC, is trying to get their return and chuck the husk.

They all start unsubscribing and the Reddit page is just flooded with screenshots of them unsubbing. They do an apology, it doesn't stop. Their CEO does another apology with slimy corporate jargon today.

Reddit, twitter, and youtube are exploding with it. We're going to need a 2025 OSOSRS in a few years. It was fun while it lasted.

[1] For example, some people only get attention if they get a bunch of upvotes on reddit

  • DragonBallZinn [he/him]
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    7 hours ago

    Never let a good crisis go to waste, comrades. Fascists are bound to push a narrative

    Tried to start some people on the pipeline.

  • TheSpectreOfGay [he/him, she/her]
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    19 hours ago

    maybe it's just that i have a deep hatred of subscriptions for anything but im surprised more ppl rnt playing this game on a private server

    • Belly_Beanis [he/him]
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      18 hours ago

      Yeah I didn't even realize Runescape still had official servers...I thought it was dead and people played it private lol

      Isn't it close to 20 years old (or more) at this point?

  • darkmode [comrade/them]
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    18 hours ago

    it’s a real shame because he last 5 years of OSRS youtube videos have been extravagant. There is genuine visible and popular enthusiasm for that MMO beyond most games and it’s gonna get choked out if they go down this road

  • Omegamint [comrade/them, doe/deer]
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    18 hours ago

    I literally cannot hear about RuneScape news without getting super pissed remembering about the guys in the RuneScape hacking mirc who decided to start sharing a fixed up version of autorune, that was then allowing them to dupe (I think it was a trade buffer thing). Ofc this happens when I'm on vacation with family and by the time I come back they've already got things fixed up. No characters loaded with party hats for me.