RuneScape Went Bankrupt, Their Solution Was AWFUL (OSRS)

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  • Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
  • RuneScape ran out of money, and was close to shutting down forever. In a last ditch effort to save the game, the team came up with an update so overpowered it could've ruined everything forever. Today we take a look at the untold story of the Jagex and Yoptin RuneScape marketing collaboration.
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Комментарии • 286

  • @spiritofnex
    @spiritofnex 2 года назад +179

    Imagine getting the modern equivalent of 4 extra inventory slots, and how game changing it would be today. Absolutely wild. Keep up the good work my dude, I'm really enjoying it.

    • @ColonelloRS
      @ColonelloRS  2 года назад +5

      Thank you!! Will do :D

    • @lovsaphirars7119
      @lovsaphirars7119 2 года назад +3

      more supplies to a boss, more runes to cast spells, longer afk times. And having that on other players would be extreme. That and I just wanted to check my sub badge and too lazy to find it on the channel.

    • @erichill7603
      @erichill7603 2 года назад +2

      Pking trips would last 4 hours

    • @monke12354
      @monke12354 2 года назад +1

      I mean just imagine summoning except your extra inventory isn't tied to your summon

    • @jurgnobs1308
      @jurgnobs1308 2 года назад

      i mean, there have been plenty of updates that essentially do this. stuff like rune pouches and all

  • @personious_k
    @personious_k 2 года назад +30

    I'm so happy to see you doing videos about RSC, and going to the historians to get the information. Logg is a treasure trove for sure

    • @rundmv6534
      @rundmv6534 2 года назад

      10 years from now @Colonello will be like a leading authority and chief historian on RS, he is making a short time living by playing the long game

  • @madcroc111
    @madcroc111 2 года назад +16

    Dwarf Fortress is a game that's run solely through players donations. I would say it's big, has very good reputation among gamers.

    • @yum9647
      @yum9647 2 года назад

      It's one of the most incredible games I've ever gotten to enjoy

    • @WaterFruitTree
      @WaterFruitTree 2 года назад +1

      Scrolled down to comment this.

    • @grimreaper686
      @grimreaper686 5 месяцев назад

      Dwarf Fortress is a single player game meaning it costs no or very little money to just exist, online games have to pay to exist through the cost of servers.
      Edit: Dwarf Fortress also costs 30$ on steam, I don't know if it was completely free to play when you originally commented or if your comment is just some weird joke flying over my head.

    • @gravviq5592
      @gravviq5592 5 месяцев назад

      @@grimreaper686 The ascii version is still free on Tarn's website. The steam version has an official graphics pack and is basically a way to support the game with that added as a bonus.

    • @LoreleiBlaine
      @LoreleiBlaine 3 месяца назад

      ​@@grimreaper686the steam release is a recent thing that's only like a year old, for the last like decade you could only get it by just downloading it for free directly from the website - and i believe you still can. the steam version is just a "support the creator" option.

  • @jamessawyer8744
    @jamessawyer8744 2 года назад +9

    He rolled that raid shadow legends ad in like a pro

  • @halluzinate_
    @halluzinate_ 2 года назад +15

    Been watching your videos a lot lately while I play osrs. It's nice when you see a brand new one as you're browsing! Hope you're doing well, Colonello :)

    • @ColonelloRS
      @ColonelloRS  2 года назад +7

      Thank you so much!! I've been well, hope you are too :D

    • @halluzinate_
      @halluzinate_ 2 года назад +3

      @@ColonelloRS Absolutely! Best wishes and thank you for the content :)

  • @robin9793
    @robin9793 2 года назад +8

    My man hit me with that raid ad like none other before holy shit what a pro

  • @hello7937
    @hello7937 2 года назад +18

    Judging by the title alone, I’m amazed RuneScape is as huge as it is now

  • @ryanmorgan4300
    @ryanmorgan4300 2 года назад +7

    the clintons made rs3!

  • @rohellspawn
    @rohellspawn 2 года назад +5

    Interesting and just saddens me to hear and remember when the membership cost was 5 bucks, eventually went to 8 but it was still worth it and manageable... Now hearing it's going to 12 and on top all the MTXs that rs3 has, that as much as it breaks my heart and i literally have to fight myself to go back and play it, im really sad about how RuneScape has turned into

    • @Anemeethious
      @Anemeethious 2 года назад

      I was thinking about resubscribing on rs3 and make an iron man account. Then I saw the 10.99 monthly. I remember it being 7.99 on a giftcard i also saw the price of bonds... damn 45m?

    • @pirateargh8710
      @pirateargh8710 2 года назад

      Maxed and Quit . Completed it mate .. not wasting anymore time , but I still have love for it

  • @kaptinKuba
    @kaptinKuba 2 года назад +5

    I never play or even have ever played runescape but I love falling asleep to this type of content or playing it as background content while at work Keep it up man.

    • @oilics5826
      @oilics5826 2 года назад

      omg same here! eventually these videos got me playing runescape tho haha

    • @grimreaper686
      @grimreaper686 5 месяцев назад

      "i love falling asleep to this type of content" idk if I would take that as a compliment or a insult lol he obviously puts lots of time and effort researching his videos and you saying that you sleep to them. (I know its a compliment obviously based on the rest of your comment just saying it sounds funny lol)

  • @noespell
    @noespell 2 года назад +2

    I'm a simple person. I hear someone shit on crypto dorks, I like

  • @KingSizeBalls1
    @KingSizeBalls1 2 года назад

    4:37 bro shivered like a dog waiting for his toy

  • @evileye626
    @evileye626 2 года назад +2

    i mean instead of extra inventory space, they should make a skill that has animals carry a whole nother inventory for you...imagine...

  • @luisdiaz9518
    @luisdiaz9518 2 года назад +4

    I barely play RuneScape these days but love to always learn about it great video dude

  • @mattscribner6174
    @mattscribner6174 2 года назад +2

    I was looking through ge tax videos to catch up on the numbers and effectiveness of the tax saw this and didn't expect to find history, global economy and back story of the development tbh. This was rather entertaining.

    • @NubeBuster
      @NubeBuster 2 года назад

      Find any good vids on that?

  • @skeven0
    @skeven0 2 года назад

    anybody here remember when the ad changed while typing and you hit backspace/delete, and you were put back to previous webpage,

  • @foxernator
    @foxernator 2 года назад +29

    "I can't think of any game in the world that has gotten huge just off of player's donations."
    *Star Citizen has entered the chat*

    • @AZ3746
      @AZ3746 2 года назад

      *private servers have also entered the chat*

    • @ocm6382
      @ocm6382 2 года назад

      Wikipedia Speedrunning has entered the chat

    • @bap20
      @bap20 2 года назад +3

      Isn't star citizen the longest running scam in gaming?

    • @foxernator
      @foxernator 2 года назад +5

      @@bap20 raised about 600m still in alpha and the devs are now gaslighting the people that paid for it classic kickstarter

    • @ShacolateClown
      @ShacolateClown 2 года назад +1

      @@foxernator xD so i guess Cyberpunk and star citizen hold the world record for best scammers.

  • @roldyrs3409
    @roldyrs3409 2 года назад +13

    RuneScape’s history never ceases to amaze me....I may have missed out on classic, but thanks to your videos, I almost feel like I was there 👍

  • @alecwhite-cheshire2942
    @alecwhite-cheshire2942 2 года назад +3

    Love your videos! Only found your channel recently keep it up!

  • @clownwrld7
    @clownwrld7 2 года назад +1

    yes the duel arena was added in 2004.
    But you failed to mention the fact that players could challenge other players to a duel anywhere in the game before duel arena came out.

  • @TheStormSuspect
    @TheStormSuspect 2 года назад +3

    Nice history lesson. Your other channel is poppin off too, went to my friends place and he’s watching a video about crypto or something and I heard your voice commentating and he is not an OSRS player to know you lol

    • @ColonelloRS
      @ColonelloRS  2 года назад

      Thank you! Also that's so awesome hahah, yeah I've really enjoyed making videos on that channel :D

  • @Makem12
    @Makem12 2 года назад +1

    That was a mighty big assumption you made. At 11:32

  • @TyRificify
    @TyRificify 2 года назад +1

    Whoa!! Got an ad on top of the RAID ad 😱

  • @Qazqi
    @Qazqi 2 года назад +1

    Props for putting actual Runescript in the background.

  • @chesthoIe
    @chesthoIe Год назад

    Those, "Click here to win a free iPod" used to be real. You'd fill out surveys, and then get an iPod in the mail. Now you have to sign up to mortgage your home or get Netflix. But I got a couple ten iPods back in the day.

  • @jovee6155
    @jovee6155 2 года назад +1

    5:13 Star Citizen: allow me to introduce myself

  • @MrDoughnut99
    @MrDoughnut99 2 года назад +4

    This was so fascinating! Cool how things were figured out by decompiling old clients

  • @Zulisian
    @Zulisian 2 года назад +1

    Mintcakes in the 2010's omfg literally died at that. Fairplay lad.

  • @vinnieg6161
    @vinnieg6161 2 года назад

    How is it an advertisement if when you click on it you get viruses?
    I don't think normal ads do that.

  • @LucasDangerM
    @LucasDangerM 2 года назад +5

    "I want to watch a guy make fun content I don't have to pay for in any way"
    also people
    "Nooooo don't try to make moneyyyyyy and advertise things that are completely optional"
    Nothing wrong with a 'lil Raid Shadow legends you goons. Gj Colonello.

    • @topkek996
      @topkek996 2 года назад

      They pay well. Rake in that dosh

    • @nexinex6049
      @nexinex6049 2 года назад

      well they are owned by a gambling company who realized that the video game market was unregulated

    • @beardsntools
      @beardsntools Год назад

      Pure cringe your comment, full of youtuber soy lmao. I could care less about whenever someone random makes interesting vid to watch or not. Even less if the stimulation to make the video is to earn money. Either way I will not watch anything I don't wanna watch. SponsorBlock is installed and enabled everywhere.

  • @Epictainment
    @Epictainment Год назад

    Dwarf fortress development was kept alive for years from fan donations so there’s that, though it isn’t an MMO

  • @uksquall
    @uksquall 2 года назад +1

    Why dont you make Raid shadow legends with Runescape adverts?

  • @CrazyRandomLord
    @CrazyRandomLord Год назад

    "I cant think of any game that got huge just off players donations"
    I think an awesome example is dwarf fortress

  • @quackatoa6105
    @quackatoa6105 Год назад

    The surveys gave in-game items, but it was removed quite quickly.

  • @dialga236
    @dialga236 2 года назад +5

    incredibly interesting, all the discoveries being made due to old caches. great video as always!

    • @ColonelloRS
      @ColonelloRS  2 года назад +2

      Ikr, lots of cool stuff being found. Thank you!

  • @noahcurrington9608
    @noahcurrington9608 2 года назад +1

    ads? yeah ive heard of ads. you give me one. then youtube gives me one. then all the osrs youtubers wonder why only 20% of us are subscribed lmao

  • @BountyRogueCinemax
    @BountyRogueCinemax 2 года назад +3

    Omg I remember yoptin.... That was for money to get rs memberships or wow membership

  • @KindredKin
    @KindredKin Год назад +1

    Pretty sure Dwarf Foretress ran purely off donations for almost a decade?

  • @justjunior5825
    @justjunior5825 2 года назад +1

    I remember getting membership for the first time in Classic. I was pretty much up all night doing all that I could

  • @isaiahsmith5712
    @isaiahsmith5712 2 года назад +1

    How is Jegex still alive Rs memberships?

  • @stonedgc5809
    @stonedgc5809 2 года назад

    Where did you find the old forum posts at 9:42 is there a link?

  • @kiritokirigaya7833
    @kiritokirigaya7833 2 года назад

    @9:46 it’s nice to know the comment section hasn’t changed at all in the last 22 years

  • @davidkelm7609
    @davidkelm7609 2 года назад

    I like the video recommendation at the bend, but you should consider adding a short outro so there is actually like to click it.

  • @twosadcows4549
    @twosadcows4549 2 года назад +1

    Iuseknife was here!!! Awesome vid my mans keep em commin need more vids to watch

    • @ColonelloRS
      @ColonelloRS  2 года назад

      Thank you! More on the way :D

  • @jacobrodrig8
    @jacobrodrig8 2 года назад +1

    Mortal online has basically been alive because of player donations. It's a subscription, but I know a lot of players like the game and company so much that always have subscription even if they aren't playing at the moment, Myself included. Kinda funny considering I find it the closest game to RuneScape.

    • @patrciaclemons8183
      @patrciaclemons8183 2 года назад

      I'll take some donation, we're putting water in our shampoo bottles.

  • @mikek9352
    @mikek9352 2 года назад +1

    I actually remember this and was a little worried about runescapes future

  • @dl0l.l0lb
    @dl0l.l0lb 2 года назад

    Any free game that sells cosmetics I’d technically getting donations, well that how I think of it when I buy skins. I don’t need them and mostly only buy them to support a game I like. So to me it’s a donation.

  • @alexbrennan5985
    @alexbrennan5985 3 месяца назад

    I remember asking my parents what marijuana was when I was about 9 years old because I saw an ad asking if it should be legal above runescape 😂

  • @IIJDIII
    @IIJDIII 2 года назад +1

    Aww man i thought you meant right now here and 2022 like noooo i dont wanna lose runescape even though im on my long break. You just never quit runescape.. just waiting on whenever i feel like coming back on 😭🤦🏻

  • @Kevvrs
    @Kevvrs 2 года назад +1

    i might be a die hard rs3 player but that survey joke made me giggle

  • @sluggo562
    @sluggo562 2 года назад

    Mintcakes? I missed that trend entirely.

  • @Havoc230
    @Havoc230 Месяц назад

    Some of those adds were mini games that were actually kinda fun. Just never hit claim reward 😂

  • @adoorknob7053
    @adoorknob7053 Год назад

    There's a survey for RS3 to get stuff?

  • @leemiles6963
    @leemiles6963 2 года назад

    There's a fantastic term for a "fourth" and it begins with Q ;)

  • @DrPlans
    @DrPlans Год назад

    you're assuming people were that concerned with min/maxing their experience. back then 5 slots would have been seen as whatever to most people

  • @HamburgerExplosion
    @HamburgerExplosion 2 года назад +5

    Great video, thanks for telling this story. :-) So funny that you get Treasure Hunter keys now with surveys. Never thought of that parallel.

    • @ColonelloRS
      @ColonelloRS  2 года назад +3

      Thank you so much! Also ikr, its like the game has gone full circle haha

    • @personious_k
      @personious_k 2 года назад

      the GOAT!

  • @soukuw9146
    @soukuw9146 2 года назад

    5:10 Dwarf Fortress.

  • @Thaikuza
    @Thaikuza 2 года назад +1

    I just restarted last week after a few years break.
    Seems like the player base really has gone down and still a lot of bots.
    I’m near maxed on two accounts but seems like the community is just not friendly either. After playing for 18 years on the game seems like the game doesn’t have much of a community anymore and is like a solo player game lol.

  • @BloodDripss
    @BloodDripss 2 года назад +4

    i swear even when im pretty sure what the story is going to be about you come out with some more info that blows my mind every time nello! thanks for the fun content and the serotonin boost lol

  • @yourockout
    @yourockout 2 года назад

    Once I see the Raid Shadow Legend advertisement I click off the video you sold your soul my man!

  • @Gulitize
    @Gulitize 2 года назад

    Why did Yoptin steal the rings of Krupp for their Logo?

  • @sunnohh
    @sunnohh 2 года назад

    Netscape was the 90s dude

  • @duel_clip
    @duel_clip 2 года назад

    So strange to see Yugoslavia in the country list for the survey, man this game is old

  • @jaydaniel1368
    @jaydaniel1368 2 года назад

    How to you search around in an old version of clasic? I wish they never deleted classic I played it till2011

  • @Leviweyhrich
    @Leviweyhrich Год назад

    This channel is ridiculously good

  • @ilyrana
    @ilyrana Год назад

    "oh thats just rs3" about surveys for rewards. yet games like habbo hotel etc did that way before runescape

  • @EnderCrypt
    @EnderCrypt Год назад

    "i cant think of any game in the world thats gotten big on donations"
    uhh, how about dwarf fortress, its been in active development for 20+ years, all thanks to donations

  • @258thHiGuy
    @258thHiGuy 2 года назад

    Bro I remember when membership was only five bucks a month

  • @USAConservative
    @USAConservative 2 года назад

    Not that I never heard or seen anything about Raid Shadow legends, I just skip all "Ads" or sponsored Advertisement.

  • @ambrotose
    @ambrotose 2 года назад

    Has anyone ever even met someone who's played raid?

  • @Slickestrick420
    @Slickestrick420 2 года назад +1

    These ads got me to try raid and I’ll tell you the game sucks ass

  • @catfood6855
    @catfood6855 2 года назад

    Where do you fill out surveys to get ahead in rs3? Kinda a weak diss since it doesn't even make sense

  • @azazeldeath
    @azazeldeath 2 года назад

    I dont remember the survey giving me anything. I vaguely remember filling it out but I was damned young at the time so could be wrong.
    Or if it gave anything it likely went on the floor as I was mostly lost near lumbridge and alkarid shhh there was no minimap do remember eventually printing out a giant map so I could find my way to falador.

  • @zacksmith5801
    @zacksmith5801 2 года назад

    Anyone else see "Clintons made RS3" on the classic gameplay?

  • @MAXXvzammy
    @MAXXvzammy 2 года назад

    10:55 the legend the old nite

  • @Davion197
    @Davion197 2 года назад +1

    Still waiting for someone to put a Classic server back up, but its singleplayer and just full of expertly programmed bots. I mean, we have bots out-pking the best players on OSRS right now, what about a whole offline MMO?

    • @G92L
      @G92L 2 года назад +2

      so like.... not an MMO?

    • @ocm6382
      @ocm6382 2 года назад +4

      MMORPG
      Massively
      Msingleplayer
      Offline
      Role
      Playing
      Game

    • @Rezplz
      @Rezplz 2 года назад

      Private servers but that might be a lot of game files

  • @JudgedMentalMusic
    @JudgedMentalMusic 2 года назад

    Funny you calling a survey “immoral” but you got ads that are a quarter of your video

    • @ColonelloRS
      @ColonelloRS  2 года назад

      A survey that harvests users data and advertisements that can be blocked entirely for free with a browser extension or paid subscription are two very different things. :)

    • @JudgedMentalMusic
      @JudgedMentalMusic 2 года назад

      @@ColonelloRS RUclips collects my data.

  • @Heffy424
    @Heffy424 Месяц назад

    you know its weird i've never played runescape but i find these videos interesting since if I didn't have parents that supported my gaming hobby i probably would've found runescape eventually but I was on the other side I was lucky enough to get a part time job and the oild family computer to play EverQuest and DAoC then FF11.

  • @WHITEWAPA
    @WHITEWAPA 2 года назад

    Have you heard about RAIDs show legends? are you joking... theres add of that game on every single youtube video

  • @PhrozenFox
    @PhrozenFox Год назад

    You can't think of any game that got big just off donations?
    Legally speaking, most Korean mmos list their MTX as "donation incentives". Nexon does this. Or they did at some point. I'm not reading the whole thing again.

  • @rundmv6534
    @rundmv6534 2 года назад

    what was the second thing you were interested in when you were 13 years old?

  • @Hawksfarm
    @Hawksfarm 4 месяца назад

    Path of exile is a great example of a game that runs off “player donations” aka mtx lol

  • @latergator9622
    @latergator9622 2 года назад

    How did you make the classic clip with subscribe as your username? 😂

    • @dialga236
      @dialga236 2 года назад

      private servers

    • @latergator9622
      @latergator9622 2 года назад

      @@Rrrrry123 I meant to play that a long time ago and I have much more free time now. Definitely making an account lol

  • @nicoo2561
    @nicoo2561 2 года назад +2

    Love these videos so much !!!! You’re the best

  • @oplkfdhgk
    @oplkfdhgk 2 года назад

    7:34 damm that sounds much better than what google does(well until you said that they would ask you to fill out form to get inventory slot.... )You have clear choice to give them information or not to give information. With google it's much less clear.

  • @chrishansen5784
    @chrishansen5784 2 года назад

    Andrew Gower has a God tier
    Chad chin!!!!

  • @JohnFromAccounting
    @JohnFromAccounting 2 года назад

    "I can't think of any videogame in the world that has gotten huge just of players donations."
    Star Citizen.

  • @hardtardbard7
    @hardtardbard7 8 месяцев назад

    This guy does not sound like he even hit puberty before runescape 3 was released

  • @yangosakurai7505
    @yangosakurai7505 2 года назад

    11:12 judging by that pile of coca in that players inventory RS must have been a different kinda game back then 😂

  • @professor_kraken
    @professor_kraken Год назад

    Runescape 3 is the game where you fill out the surveys to get ahead? Huh? I mean, it's certainly monetized and obviously pay to win compared to OSRS, but the few times I've even seen a discussion about filling out surveys to get keys, everybody tells you to ignore them and that they are scams. Don't think I've ever been presented with a survey with couple thousand hours in.

  • @digiac4027
    @digiac4027 2 года назад

    Why not ask 1 of the jmods what happened to yoptin and why it didn't go live?

  • @wailordex655
    @wailordex655 2 года назад +1

    you know why? because they need to add golden masks to this game

  • @TankedPk
    @TankedPk 2 года назад

    i like the take a break msg, my personal record was 4x in 1 day

  • @lowbottomkowezus
    @lowbottomkowezus 2 года назад +1

    Damn the memories

  • @feralbigdog
    @feralbigdog 9 месяцев назад

    hey jagex, your jmods wouldnt know a bot if it was right infront of their avatars! heres a hint, NOT ME!

  • @vidsmakemelawl
    @vidsmakemelawl 2 года назад +2

    The clintons made rs3 lmao

    • @ColonelloRS
      @ColonelloRS  2 года назад +2

      Was hoping somebody would notice that LOL. I laughed so hard when I saw it

    • @vidsmakemelawl
      @vidsmakemelawl 2 года назад

      @@ColonelloRS i saw "clintons" and i had to go back and pause it to see what it was 🤣

  • @IL_Bgentyl
    @IL_Bgentyl 2 года назад

    i personally wish osrs would poll qol that rs3 has.

  • @TheDerpyDog
    @TheDerpyDog 10 месяцев назад

    It may have been an awful transition, but it worked lol

  • @awildsnakgert8422
    @awildsnakgert8422 2 года назад +1

    i wish i could count to three so i could beat hydra :(

  • @BrokeCrayonOSRS
    @BrokeCrayonOSRS 2 года назад +1

    Enjoyed the jab at RS3 lmao