The RuneScape Documentary - 15 Years of Adventure
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- Опубликовано: 8 апр 2017
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The RuneScape Documentary is here!
Find out how one of the most successful MMORPGs of all time came to being - from humble beginnings in the Gower Brothers’ family home to reaching our 250 millionth account in 2016, and all the thrills and spills in between. We give you ’15 Years of Adventure’ - a History of RuneScape.
Featuring interviews with some of the most famous RuneScape players of all time (including the legendary Zezima), as well as Jagex staff past and present, it’s essential viewing for gaming fans the world over. We hope you enjoy!
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If you enjoyed this, you may enjoy these unofficial RuneScape History videos as well! ruclips.net/channel/UC40WkzHQLHf6uLMw1If6T-Avideos
Need even more of a RuneScape history fix? July (the RS History Guy) has also written an unofficial PDF documentary of 422 pages that can be accessed on the channel!
Awesome documentary. Thanks to the entire RuneScape team for making this, was a great journey through the game I've been playing since I was a kid.
realy nice documentary :)
They should talk about the musics too :v
NICEEEEEEE
RuneScape Great
"You never quit RuneScape, you're only afk"
I'm not crying you're crying
Geezus, that got me too. xD
Just like crack
😂😂
She should have dropped the mic on that quote. so much feeling.
that should've been the closing quote tbh
"You never really quit Rune Scape, your only AFK" I felt that
felt it in the soul
you're ;)
This is so true. I just shared this in my FB adding that although I never really became a pro or anything, never got a 99, I know this game since I was 13 or something, and have been playing on and off since then.
Currently afk
Thierry Almeida I just got my first 99 a couple months back after 15 years of playing. So satisfying. Like completing a childhood dream LOL.
Oh man I’m 26 now, i remember finishing school and running home to play RuneScape, good old days..man
26 here too. Literally the same childhood I remember going to school and talking about it with friends around 2005 then everyday after school we would rush home to play online together. I miss those days
@@venturanz1185 I'm a teacher now so I still do that :)
26 here too, I did the same thing... 2006 was literally just run escape every day! And every year I have a nostalgic urge to check up and see how my childhood game is doing. Good memories
Damn we all 26 huh? Same here though, ran home from middle school and met up with all my friends online and we would grind skills together.
@@drone2936 Yep, I'm 26 as well! Started playing in 2004.
This game taught me English, and sparked my interest in how computers work.
Same for me!
How do computers work?
You plug them into a socket for power up, i believe.
Same for me. Owning a software company now!
"Parents would come in and tell me to go outside or something"
"Dismiss Sandwhich Lady"
thats so fucking underrated hahaha
Rainbow: holyyyyy shit dude im laughing so hard :)
I just woke my daughter up laughing ffs. The price of joy nowadays lol, took me ages getting her to sleep =/
I've quit RuneScape about 10 times..
Yet I still play to this day.
You don't quit RuneScape, RuneScape quits you.
Elyga Emeldzy lol same I had an account I had since 2007 lvl 109 then when I came back I didn't like eoc so I played osrs and had to start over but got banned for botting the next day :o
baseddisciple this was me besides the ban but i still log on to new runescape and old runescape
You never quit runescape you're only ever AFK!
Started playing when I was ten years old. I'm 21, going on 22 and the addiction is still strong.
2004 original rs2 beginner, still coming back to check out the latest content every year or two. Ironically I still don't have a 99 skill...I saw a friend of mine quit permanently after getting multiple 99's and remember thinking that's it...99 is end game, I never want this to happen...ok so that's no longer a big deal as many caps have been raised above 99, but I still cling to the thought of rushing a 99 skill achieves very little other than the bragging rights.
The part where Andrew commented about him selling his shares: "And I made a mistake, quite frankly" hits too hard
Facts old school players who date back to original rsc GREATLY miss Gower and his direction is what we all loved now we are just playing a shadow of his creation I excitedly await his new secret game that's game engine was just finished feel free to follow him on the Twitter for updates
y’all realize Gower is the one who removed the wilderness and free trade and almost tanked the game for good?
@@Lafret17 did you watch the fucking documentary lol? he explained the reason for it was pressure from credit card companies on fraud
he really was holding back tears at that point when he said "faded away"
yeha thats why i cant watch this whole thing a second time
As an introverted kid.. I grew up on this game. Learned about supply and demand, stock market with the general exchange, Leading clans, organising events, and to never trust a stranger. The ultimate virtual playground with no parental supervision.
"You can double your items if you drop them on the ground and press ALT+F4"🤣
Runescape taught us all that if it sounds too good to be true, it is.
RS taught me how to type fast af.
>still abbreviates words
@@pwntwtf Typing fast doesn't have to be dictionary-perfect :]
Says who?
@@pwntwtf Says nobody, but nobody's saying they have to either.
World 1 banks lol
Brought me to tears, honestly hadn't realised how much Runescape impacted my life until I watched this.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Same as man
same here
Great words man, same here.
I love the fact that even though this was a documentary by Jagex about their own game, they kept an objectional view of story-telling throughout the documentary instead of making it one big ad. Not enough respect is given to them for this!
Agreed. I appreciated that as well.
Their parents are such a wholesome touch to the story god I love this tale and this game even more now
I remember in highschool waking up at 4am to fish lobsters in rs2. A decade later started playing osrs again. Runescape will always have a place in my heart
My brothers and I would literally fight over who got to play. 3 boys all 1-2 years apart and only one computer lol
FISHING LOBSTERS AT CATHERBY FOR MONTHS ROFL Thank you for the take-back.
I used to have two characters logged in at the same time on different internet browsers, and I had them both fishing at the same time cus it was SO boring, and it also gave me extra sharks and lots of cash hehe
@@dyates1992 Yeah we had 30 minutes turns. It even got to the point we'd wake up early before school and play.
@@SnyderBearFarm lmao, i'm actually on Catherby rn fishing, all the spots belong to me heh !
This game just brings me to a time that I know I will never go back to. A time where all you had to worry about was a book report due in 5th grade, or anything else that seems so small now, but was so big then that this game would take you away from it all. I remember waking up at the same time my dad would go to work at around 5:30 a.m just to go on his computer to play this game and I would see my friends on at the same time playing until we had to leave for school. It was all we could talk about. Then RS "died" around the same time everyone who I had played with naturally stopped playing due to other reasons whether it be new friends or new interests. I still log in every now and then but it doesn't matter how big my bank is, how many 99s I have, or how well 07scape recaptures that time, it will never be the same. All I can do is be happy for the great times I've had with this game. And if by very small chance any of my friends see this, I miss you guys.
Yup, exactly. When your real friends stop playing, it just highlights how much time you waste on this game.
thank you for wirting this!!!!! my words!!!! miss you too
This relates to me too well.
I miss runescape
Oh no,my crippling depression is acting up again.
Andrew, you never get the credit you deserve. Without you, I would’ve never had this fond memory of my childhood. Thanks, bud. You are a legend in my heart forever until the day I die.
Thank you Andrew, Paul and Ian for being a big part of my childhood. And also for making me learn the english language better than the school in Sweden did.
"RuneScape could definitely take Australia out" They already are with these dodgy connections.
looooool
even the stream was at 3am for most of us here in Australia, then they pull that one out so quickly at the start, its official, jagex hates us XD
Lmfao as someone suffering from the shitty servers down here, this made me crack up x'D
Kevan 7
Australia isn't real anyway
Bonds are honestly one of the most clever things jagex ever thought of
lordwout10 They copied it from another game
RzVids Absolute originality is almost non-existent in the games industry. It's clever that JaGex managed to take that pre-existing idea and apply it to RuneScape to benefit their game, regardless of where the idea came from.
I fail to see how they actually deter people from botting.
Simply by hampering the the demand for botted shit.
Well to be fair, there's nothign wrong with accepting good ideas from other people if they enhance the experiance for your followers
I still have my first account from back in '03.
I was 11, didn't have a computer at home, and could only play on the weekends while at my best friend's house. We spent hours just doing whatever we felt like at the time and I'll never forget so many of the experiences we shared.
The two of us are almost 30 now and I was the best man in his wedding a few years back.
We were born in the right time and the right moment to enjoy RuneScape.
Runescape is where I learnt English.
It's quite amazing what games have done for so many learning English. It may be a mandatory subject in schools in most countries, but there is still a fundamental lack of care. When you play a game such as Runescape, where you need to understand what to do and communicate with players, you're forced to learn and you inevitably become good at it. All we can do is thank them for what they've given us, yeah? :)
hahaha LEARNT
omg same! I hated english in school, but after awhile I started to really enjoy the subject as I had played alot of Runescape and learnt it.
+1
same
I felt so bad when I saw andrew saying how he had lost control over the game he had created, I know it was his fault for selling it but still felt pretty sad.
I know,he seemed pretty emotional . At the time I just assumed he was cashing out.Feel scummy now because it was his life but the mans a legend,should be in a guild!
@@CarsonsCat you can tell that he genuinely cares about the game.
Love that I actually got to see my character at the Massacre! So insane what you never expect to stand the test of time!!
18:42 His mom talking about drawing some of the first models for him made me tear up no lie
Proud to play RuneScape
Big if true
Oldschool IS RuneScape just like RS3 is...
Dragonic PvM rs3 is not runescape
There it is. The most ignorant thing I'll read today.
Akimbo just stating facts
The kid and his grandpa fishing together on Runescape made me cry. God, I love Runescape.
It moved me!! Happy scaping :)
To which God do you pray?
@@kaydog890 vishnu
Rachie Dache he probably got an heart attack 😂
When ur fish gets stolen and your granddad dies jagex sucks at ur wallet enjoy bro
Me, 2002, 11 years old. Going round my friend Simons' house. I had no PC at home, he did... I remember loading up that classic screen for the first time round his. It was amazing. My friends gave me an account of their friend called "Shalob" who had stopped playing. It was literally 2 weeks later my mom got a PC and a dial-up just for me to play some games. Haven't been outside since then.
You guys have to admit RS is one of a kind. There's no other game that makes me feel good about leveling up, and care so much about my items. Party hats, Santa hats, end-game gear, etc are forever the greatest most iconic items of all time. No item in any other game holds that same emotional value behind the items.
I started RS in 2005 although I stopped playing along time ago now it is true i will never forget the memories and friends I made and had through the years ive placed. Thank you Runescape.
Me too!
I'm from Brazil!
RuneScape Forever!
Rune Mobile, I'm so excited for this moment! Haha
Can I have your account?
I wish I discovered RuneScape earlier. I hope it never dies. If I could ever live in a game, I'll pick Runescape over anything.
I'm glad I got into RS when I did, 2005 I believe. I got to see and play the best part of the game. My brothers and I have actually started playing OSRS. So much nostalgia.
@@dyates1992 I started April of 2005. Those were some of the best years of my life tbh. I had so many friends that I met through the game, and even most of my real life friends played at the time. Even just sitting at the fishing guild at 3am was fun because there'd be so many people there just chatting away and occasionally laughing at the river trolls killing afk'ers and bots.
The Narrator you can’t have sex in runescape unless you control it
The Narrator basically dead barely 100k I remember created my main on mid 2005 it was way lot more players back then but mostly bots lol but yeah it’s dead 💀👍
Runescape pretty much is real life haha
This made me cry man tears.
Thank you for making my childhood something absolutely incredible and ultimately inspiring to work hard and be rewarded for consistency.
I’m a bodybuilder and i was taught throughout the years that hard work and consistency, will get me far. I did this, but you gave me the tools to use.
I still want to reiterate the best thing you’ve done for your company was finding the 07 version of RuneScape. It gave your customers the best of both worlds where as RS3 has your more conventional wow/EQ type MMO and OSRS is a more advanced MUD point and click MMO that has since become quite sophisticated as time has went on.
The best 83 minutes of XP waste I've ever spent.
should have been skilling while watching the video :p
lol!
why? i just afk fish or cut wood while watching RUclips vids
afk skilling while watching this
As of now, this is the 3rd time I have watched this through and is still good everytime! Afking their new skill Archaeology while watching it was good :)
Honestly this flooded my memory with so much nostalgia and melancholy.
I remember watching my brother and his friends playing RS in about 2004, and as soon as I could got my hands on it, tho being so young at the time I wasn't really any good at it. Tho when I was about 8, I really got into it in 2006 and started playing non-stop. I remember my parents yelling at me in the summer of 06 because I would literally get up at 6:00 in the morning, go downstairs onto our old shitty PC, and play RS until 8:30 in the evening every day of the summer. The thing was back then, I didn't even do a lot. I didn't play it like I do now. Back then I would wander around Gielinor and just feel like an explorer. I would carry around useless novelty cool looking items and armour and admire the scenery, I would dream of hitting high levels and getting amazing amounts of gold and items. I would talk constantly to random people and make tons and tons of friends. I remember every year being so excited for the holiday events, literally shaking with excitement to how I would get to talk to Death again, or maybe get to collect rare holiday items. But, nowadays I just grind on RS. Every time I go back to it, I just go around and grind my skills up, then put it down for some months. What a shame, I miss the old days :(
SurrealLumberJack I've never played rs myself, but I do have that one MMO tied to my childhood too, where I would also spend ridiculous amount of time playing but not really advancing, but still having the best memories out of those moments. I wonder if we "miss the old days" due to just childhood nostalgia; no stress and full of free time, filled with first-timers (meaning impactful memories).
SurrealLumberJack reading your comment actually brought a tear to my eye - couldn't have put it better myself. My childhood is perfectly captured in RuneScape, it'll never be quite the same no matter what my farming level is. I'm 25 now and still playing RuneScape, I started way back in 2003 but quit when they removed free trade. Came back for OSRS and haven't looked back since!
I wouldn't give up my memories with my long passed friends playing RuneScape together, for anything this World could offer me.
🤣
I genuinely thought I was an exception to the phrase “you never quit RuneScape, you just take long breaks,” after being a pretty avid WoW raider for well over a decade. For whatever reason at the age of 28 I found myself back in the game grinding it out after a 13 year hiatus. I guess it scratches a specific itch that I haven’t felt in a very long time. My girlfriend and I have been having a blast playing, and I’m blown away by how fast and efficient I am now on OSRS as a grown man compared to my 14 year old self. My old character would be proud. Rest In Peace Minuteman420!
who remembers fist of guthix
Konrad Dzelzgalvis going there to train magic because they gave you free runes with each match...
bruh that shit was so fun as a f2p noob in middle school
I used to go there to try out the new ancient magicks I unlocked because the runes were too expensive for me to actually buy =P
I hated those who camped in a corner only to teleport into the middle after
dannycool59x
Strategy, damn it.
Jeez listening to the Gower brothers talk about them leaving is the sadest thing ever. You can hear how disappointed they are with the game and what it has turned into. Great documentary, I'm glad to have gotten some more insight into the history of the game.
Yeah :(
Who are you talking about Mark Gerhard? He was the CEO/CTO and he left back in 2014. Unfortunately when you are running a company so large sometimes you have to bring in a business guy to run the show. He had to be the one to make a lot of tough choices, he came into Jagex during the busiest and toughest times, he had to make the choice of free trade both bringing and removing and the choice of adding in microtransactions. A lot of his choices sucked but to some degree they are what saved the game.
Well to the current owners, it's a for-profit business. They don't want to make some profit, they want to make as much as possible. For the Gowers, it was a personal project they worked on, almost like a child to them.
Levi at what minute do they talk?
Zezima, at the time of the release of this video, had spent an average of 7 hours a day everyday for 16 years playing Runescape......
holy molly
Meaning about every 3.5ish years that went by, he spent a whole year hour for hour on RS - concluding to around 5 years hour for your spent on RS
@@Droppinloads that's just sad..
some people really need to go out sometimes and see the real world
once he quit this game he realized how much time he wasted all for nothing in his future :(
@@SimonRobeyns as long as he was enjoying it, that’s all that really matters. It may of set him back financially, but enjoying life is what it’s really about.
@@Droppinloads Let's hope that the internet goes away for good.
Logged in first time when i was 7 to this unknown world. Im now 26 still playing and still learning about Gielinor. good job lads
"The sound of cooking in runescape classic is my mom frying bacon"
Haha I actually played Runescape with no sound and no in game music. I only ever played with my own music in the background.
@@MrTripleXXX Same, that midi crap almost drove me nuts.
@@biodag-deargmaclachlan21 Smh, y'all don't deserve the blessing that is Runescapes soundtrack
so cool and funny lol
Lmao
While interesting I think there should have been a small segment about the man behind most of Runescape's older music: Ian Taylor.
The music was such a big part of the Classic-2 conversion and really struck a chord with most of the playerbase.
Yeah, felt like this needed a little moment to have a shout-out for the musical side of things. Ian's music made the game 'memorable' & bc of that the game feels so nostalgic now when you're listening to those tunes :D
Shoutouts to "Chompy Hunt," the best song in the game.
Love this. My account is turning 18 years old this year. My brother got me into it and made matching accounts. I unknowingly met my husband when we were both 13/14 years old... did not meet till we were in high school and now married with our son and been together going on 13 years and going strong. Runescape will always be apart of my life both online and in real life.
I think it is exactly this video that makes me come back to the game time and time again, from the hardships this company has felt to the great start and finish this game has been through.
Ian, Paul and Andrew. Seriously thank you for creating this game,
Sincerely.
A player from 2010
RuneScape is where I learned that hard work and long days brings it's own rewards
like neglecting my fucking family
Ive learned scamming gives you easy cash. I never scammed in rs tho, irl only.
Up
yeah... there are more productive ways to learn this lesson.
For a second I thought you wrote “retards” at the end there and I was just thinking like yeah makes sense.
awww that fishing story made me tear up.
me too! I had to pause it, so freaking adorable.
Oh boy, I missed that one somehow. Whereabouts in the video is it?
Try 29:00, ol' sport.
I used to talk to my friend from school while I was out of town while on Runescape and I learned that my his dad died while we were fishing together, so that hit pretty close to home with me. I actually stopped fishing for lobsters in Catherby for a really long time due to the bad association.
+arse monkey jesus man that sure is sad, how is he today?
Ive watched this probably 5x over the years. I started runescape in 2003 - 2004. My favorite times were around 2009 - 2012. I mean I enjoyed all the years between that but that was when ALL my friends played. 10+ irl friends on.. 25+ other close friends from around the world but once they released EoC..Some of them till this day ive never seen log back on once they tried EoC. I quit for along time. I had to beg one of my closest IRL friends to continue to play with me. He agreed, its been him & I ever sense. We have made alot more close friends since then and alot of amazing times since I started but them specific dates will always have so much meaning to me. Ill never stop playing runescape. I maxed on Rs3 and I plan to max on osrs. Thank you Jagex/The Gower brothers for creating something that would mean so much to me. I look forward to seeing you all for another 20+ years!!
Rs Name - Ezle
Nothing will ever beat RuneScape, the memories with friends coming back home, some from school some from work, and then chilling there farming skills.
Would've loved to see Ian Taylor featured, the creator of the soundtracks of RS to tell us something about them. The in-game music is so beautiful and is a huge factor for the love of the game for me.
Why on earth was he not in the documentary. Or would they create a documentary solely about him?
Turns out probably for the best he wasn’t in it, he got arrested for sexually abusing a child this year 😕
tears were shed
noice
"you are quest guides suck" lmao
stfu nerd i bet you started playing in 09
sikovit for the win
Mod Mark: "I never think about the future, I just think about the now."
Thats not what you've told us about the EoC...
This game has changed my life. I have met so many people and have made some of the best memories in runescape. Thank you so much for giving us this experience and all the work you all put into it. Started in 07 and still play today.
Well done. Definitely brought some tears for happy memories. Played 2002-2012.. Quit due to EOC... But ever since finding OSRS.. I always found myself logging back in even with sometimes many months in between for the nostalgia to return. You end up playing for a few weeks til real life gets in the way.. then eventually find my way back again.. You never quit Runescape, You just go AFK. Its apart of all our lives and having grown up playing it through middle school.. highschool.. and even occasionally today the stuff I learned ingame still is used today. Cheers from NY..
feel bad for someone who ever tried scamming Andrew's dad, just call up his son and be like "yeah this guy just scammed me son. IP ban."
i don't get this at all. care to explain?
That’s like getting a message from a kid on Xbox live saying his dad is bill gates and he’s going to mess you up. Except his dad really is bill gates and you get banned lmao.
Dead joke
@@look-at-me- i dont even remember posting this 4 years ago lol
@@lighten5955 to be fair 4 years ago is along time ago I bet the jokes a dropped then were just as bad I'm sorry for posting that BTW was very rude of me
Our lord and saviour Mod Ash at 28:11 with the same hairstyle and glasses. All praise Mod Ash. He will never get out of style.
More like he'll never get in style.
i like how zezima is like: my friend showed me a game he said i'd never be good at.
*gets rank 1*
This game has been the biggest part of my childhood free time, countless hours spent loafing around doing the quests and doing PvP I still play and wouldn't know how to live if I can't play this.. means the world to me to see this community still active after so many exciting years. Thanks to everyone involved for keeping the dream going!
i found runescape through miniclip in 05!
Andy Sirox Same. I was trying to look for fps ( I didnt know whats fps back then) in miniclips online section. The logo looked cool so I pressed it. There, my adventure began
Same, only it was '04 I believe. Also at the beginning, I thought it was called "Run Escape" lol.
Same here I think. Definitely remember seeing runescape on miniclip, and I remember getting the yo-yo pretty early on. So mid to late 2004.
Me2 12 years ago xDDD
Miniclip in 2001 or 2002 sad they killed this game with eoc
My favorite childhood memories were on Saturday’s, I would sneak on the family computer at the break of dawn just to play Runescape. The feeling was magical, unlike any game. I still play till this day.
So true bro.
omg bro exactly.. im a 25yo right now.. i remember being like 9-11 years old ,and just hop on the PC before my fam woke up.. just amazing times man everything was so simple and safe back then.. awesome thanks runescape
We should play sometime 🙂
Aye just saw your comment, send your username!
@@leafkefn3774 best feels!!
how i'd describe runescape back in the day
"do your thing"
now: "Watch some guides"
Started Playing in 2007 i was 10 Years old. Now i am 24 i cant believe how time flies... And i am still playing even if not a lot. The saying is true you can never quit Runescape you just take long breaks. Runescape is a Part of my Life and i need to say THANK YOU.
Greetings and Love from Germany✌🏼
who didnt have zezima on their friendlist back in the days l000l
every one had bro every one ! :D the legend the Zezima.. deem
i still do
Unfortunately I did😔. Mainly because my friend told me he had added him to his friends list and reported to me that he constantly loggs in and out and that he found it bizarre.
Naturally I was intrigued and wanted to see what the fuss was about. Z rarely if at all logged in for the week I had him on my friend list, I just decided to forget about it and removed him from the list.
Years later (after being the only survivor of my friends that still played RS) the son of a gun logs in right in front of me 😅 some where in fally if I remember correctly. I managed to say something like, "hey I finally meet you face to face". Naturally Zezima ignores me and logs out.
I subconsciously shrugged my shoulders and nearly forgot about it 😂. I never really bothered with any one of fame on rs after that, the whole thing is chasing after the wind tbqh
Hahahaha I did. I'm such a loser too
I love how involved the parents of the Runescape founders were during their childhood. It really goes to show how parents can really mold and influence their children into something potentially great and potentially something as amazing as this.
You guys should really make another one of these at some point. I've watched this so many times and tear up a bit every time. Runescape is definitely a big part of long term players lives.
Wow how did I just stumble upon this video just now? I must say what a great video. I started playing in 2006 and since then never stopped. Runescape has been a major part of my life in good and bad times. Thank you so much.
If you came to see the "interview" of Zezima; 38:07. Your welcome.
fake zezima.... real zezima is Donalt Trump in DOnalt Trump Pc Runescape was installed
his voice is just annoying
Did you expect a normal well stable person to be the top of a game that basically just required doing nothing besides playing it to become top lol.
somebody get him a new setup
One of my best friends I met through Runescape. And he met his wife through Runescape and I got to fly out and meet them for the first time to attend their wedding. Thanks for everything you've done guys!
Champy Woodie beautiful 😍
I still got goosebumps watching this video every time nostalgia trip back to 08-09.
this the oneand ONLY game i have returned back to many times over after playing other games for a long time. and this is one old game i always return to....Theres a certain nostalgia to this game that never changes like many other games that have. you've kept to your roots you truly did!
Runescape is the only game I have ever played where I've had an actual personal connection. There was something about it which made me clock hundreds of hours into it. For me, it'll forever be my favourite game of all time!
Exactly. For me, I just can't get sucked into MMOs. None. Only Runescape. I really don't know what it was. It was just genuinely fun to play. PVP, exploring, I just felt immersed. I couldn't tell you whats special about the game except that it grasped me man. I don't know what to say man but 10 more years and more to Runescape!!
mynameisdudge same hereeeeee ^^
Genuinely fell bad for Andrew when he said he made a mistake selling his shares.
I'm sure he's got plenty left, but it still sucks
Net worth $680 million, he could buy back the company if he truly wanted
Well im 52 and played it from 2005 and still love to play it, well the oldschool that is :)
You people are my childhood, I’ve been playing since 06 Thankyou all for never giving up and for making this game the best!
Still havent got my dragon helmet back :/
Not crying btw, btw.
Took you years too clear that out lmao
Someone scams Andrew's dad:
"My son doesn't work for jagex.... he is jagex"
not anymore ayyyy lmao
this is an absolutely beautiful, and magical story. it made my childhood along with so many of my closest friends. I don't even have words... thanks.
the founders dad played runescape, thats respect!
What a game. It had a massive impact on my life. Started out as a fun, adventurous game. It was harmless for a few years. Once I started to get good at pking was when it was less of a game and more of a drug. As I got better at pking, I got more addicted. I spent my 6th grade summer playing 8 hours a day. After pking, I got into gambling which was the peak of my experience playing the game. At that point I was playing it hours on end, thinking about it when I wasn't playing, and even dreaming about it. I cannot lie, it was so fucking fun at that point, gliding through the game. I finally remember looking at the urban dictionary one night and seeing the reviews of Runescape. It was filled with individuals warning about how addicting it was. It woke me up and I quit that week, as EOC was coming anyway. Although it impacted my actual life pretty negatively, it was still the best game I've ever played.
Sadly the most toxic and disgusting part of RS though. Pking and gambling, filled with little cunts.
who now infect osrs and keep everyone thinking that runescapes community is still full of obnoxious entitled manchildren when in reality its actually just the manchildren of osrs who refuse to grow up and adapt
Anytime you introduce competitive features it gets toxic though. I think this should be expected. I agree about the gambling tho. Never felt comfortable with that aspect of the game. I went to the duel arena only a few times back in the day and lost every stake, lol.
Love how transparent they are about all of their past. What an awesome gaming company!
man the fact their parents allowed them to run the whole thing out of their house is simply amazing. That is really believing in your kids dreams right there. His parents seem like very awesome people.
@@nathanelder3446 Their the real heroes ;)
It doesn't matter how many times I hear this amazing whirlwind of a story this game will truly always be such a huge part of my life.. so much of my time spent here and still to this day
Been playing runescape for 15 years now and its something I always end up going back to regardless of how long i stop playing for. I remember when I was in primary school I'd bring my runescape guide book magazine to read in class and the teacher would take it away until the end of the school day because I was glued to it lol
Lol that guy ingame "wanna be my gf" real old school xD
Damn right lol buying gf
When my friends first told me about runescape, i tried searching for ruinscape and couldn't find it lol
lol i thought it was roomscape as well
That's how my mom pronounces it. I first looked for Rune Skate lol
no it was run escape
TheYellowPixel - OSRS dropped you a sub. I started playing back in 2006 after my brothers were playing it
I wish I could like this 10 times hahah
Oh man I just love their parents and how supportive they are! Good for them! I'm glad they were able to pursue their dreams.
This is why the 80-90’s were the best period of humanity! You could literally plunge your life into your passion without thinking about the financial aspect of what you’re pursuing and because people were so passionate about their projects, they would become successful because of how amazing their project would be.
You cannot say that about today’s world. Every project nowadays starts with financials being the main optic… and the products/projects suffer for it
Shout out to all the classic OG's
Still on my Account I made in 04 brother
Classic Double OG here bro word to your mother
hell yeah! 4018 days as of today!
n00b
rip rs classic :/
"You run from work, and you escape from life" - Runescape.
It's kind of insane to think that the virtual world we spend so much time in was thought up by just one person and started with that one person. I can't imagine how Andrew felt seeing it grow into what it has become. Awesome documentary!
Am i the only person to always watch this again whenever it pops up in recommended videos?
"You never really quit Runescape, you only ever go afk." FeelsGoodMan
@Hussein Rizk longer afk than some other people
@Hussein Rizk i've been afk for days, weeks, months and years, longest being more than 5 years. Still playing osrs 1900+ total
This is amazing. What a wonderful world we've all been a part of.
And that fishing story at 30:47... So damn beautiful.
That was one of the best things I've heard
Thanks for this view into this mindblowing history of RS. Just an amazing documentary about a special game that makes me and a lot of other people cry.
I will never forget this huge amount of hours that I spent in this game, love u guys! ❤️
This documentary really hit me, I don't think I'd be where I am today without RuneScape. I started in '05 and played for many years, eventually getting into private server development and creating my own worlds within the realm of Gielinor. RuneScape taught me how to program which eventually led to what I do professionally. Thank you Andrew, Paul, Ian and all.
Im glad to have returned to Runescape. This documentary has aided in rekindling my passion for RS. Thank you Jagex.
the loss of Andrews passion is felt
The genuiness of Andrew is fantastic.
aye yo, wtf I'm 26 and had legit tears in my eyes hearing about the fishing story with the kid and his grandad fishing together on runescape.. whats happening to me..thats so sweet..maybe I'm getting old lol
A fantastic documentary about runescape, I learned a lot with the document and things I already knew became clearer with the document. Thanks to RuneScape for this!
It's upsetting to see Andrew regret giving up his position at jagex considering his beloved 07 era runescape is now as popular as ever. If things were to stay the same or work out earlier, the brothers could still be there. You should never want to say goodbye to the creators, especially when they obviously hold it dear in their heart (coming into the jagex office with quest ideas etc.).
not to mention the amount of money they said goodbye to, he sold off way too early.
C L yeah he doesnt have a Bold personality... He let them talk him out of it
Nostalgia is huge right now in gaming. Seeing all our favorite franchises being limited to mediocre money grabbing half assed entries is sad. Runescape free 2 play was usually how everyone started out we became members because it was only 5 dollars a mont or 9 dollars for 3 seeing the price go to 9 a month and 29 for 3 months is baffling. Now theirs microtransactions building exp is easier now and why bother grinding and farming for your gear when you can just pay real money to get it, i remember when andrew and the mods would ban people for real world trading, now its hypocritical to ban players for this stuff yet add microtransactions
@@CL-zm2pq Andrew gower net worth is 680 million though, its not about money for him.
@@diipadaaba4176 true, its about what he could do about his passion
Never quitting Runescape and only ever being afk is completely true for me. I've never thought about quitting but I have gone a few months without playing due to general life getting in the way. I've always come back and even now, 26 years old with 2 small kids and a generally hectic life, it's such a huge part of my life and will be until the day Runescape is no more.
My oldest son is 3 and I so hope that Runescape will be thriving when he's old enough to play, and his younger brother too.
Thanks so much Jagex ❤
Try and start him on RuneScape before newer games such as fornite and the such, just a little tip
29:42
This whole topic rings home. I have a 15 year cape, and still no 99s on my main. I've always played runescape to hang out with friends.
I definitely used it as a "glorified chat room" as a kid