So, being here for a while especially during the pk'ing changes and what-not, you tend to see a lot of "Leaving RS" threads, through which you see two main themes, either.

a) "RS screwed me over, wasted 2 years of my life"

b) "Well, I had fun, but now I just can't/don't want to, good bye"

So, this is to all people even if you haven't left RS: When you leave do you think you'll be happy about the years you spent playing, or angry that it wasted your life?

Ill start with, I hope it's the second. Really, I've only ever felt the first way about RS when I was playing it tons. These days, I'll go for a month or two of playing it and just stop, and I'm happy that I can do that (I know some people can't) because I play while I'm having fun and when it stops being fun I don't. I consider RS like anyother game, and I still find it hard to blame a game for getting you addicted.

Then again every couple of months here youi see a post proving that RS can get you addicted and a lot of people are resentful, reasonably, that against their will they were cutting down logs for days upon days straight.

In addition to that, when you consider membership, it doesn't just become time you've lost but serious amounts of money, hundreds of dollars. It then becomes a question of, was this gaming experience worth hundreds of dollars?

I require additional well stated opinions.

No.

HERBLORE AND FARMING YESSSSSSSSSSS I AM SO PROUD. THE ONLY TIME I WASTED WAS WHEN I WASN'T DOING HERBLORE OR FARMING.

However, herblore and farming are only fun for a month or two. Honestly, I don't think I can consistantly play any more than a month or two at a time. It just sucks after that.

I really am not content with playing so much scape like I used to be. I can be on, train for a bit, but then theres the point where I say to hell with this. I've tried quitting before, but it never really happens until I just don't say anything. I'll just drift out of playing and nothing needs to be said. It allows me to come back. Will there be a day I finally quit? Hopefully so, and I want it to be on good terms.

Honestly, I have been playing Runescape for over 7 years. That's probably more years than most people who have played. I've been playing it since nearly the beginning. On that note, I've loved the time I spent into playing the game.

It's not technically the game per say, but the people that I've met through it. Sure Runescape has in a way made my social skills a little better, although I still consider myself a loner. I've also managed to handle money better and I have been able to save money instead of spend it in real life. But the real reason why I value my time spent on this game is because of the people I've met.

In Classic, I was around 10 years old when I started. I was immature and ignorant and I was pretty innocent towards things. The community of the old Runescape taught me a lot of things. People showed me generosity, sincerity, and much more which I reflected later on because of what they taught me. I became a well rounded individual after a few years and I was nice and generous to everyone.

Now that I think about all the years spent of playing, I really appreciate all the friends I've made. I remember meeting Nocred and Murloc, both from Canada and we three clicked pretty fast. I considered them good friends. I also met The Llama and us four hung out from time to time. These guys were my closest friends that I've had. I talked to them until they quit and I've never seen them again. I still value the time we spent together and made me appreciate people from other countries.

I also met Brian and Hunter through the game and they reminded me of Nocred and Murloc. So when I talked to them for the first time, I felt like we really clicked as well. Even though we just talked and did things together in game, I honestly believe we three had a good bond together.

I also remember meeting Chubidubero, aka Wind God. He has this personality which I can't really describe but it's so welcoming and sincere that really drew me to him. He's a really good friend and I'm glad I met him just like the others. I still talk to him from time to time on MSN when I get on and he's the only person I've kept up with from Runescape who has quit.

I also met Chris and Remon on Runescape who I really like. They probably live the furthest away from anyone else that I know. They are always enjoyable to talk to in game and are fun to hang out with. I also started to talk to them on Live, which was awkward at first for some reason, but now I like it.

I know there are plenty of people I could keep talking about, but these are just a few of examples.

Long story short, I'll always be happy about the time I spent playing Runescape purely because of the people I've met. I don't think I'll ever be angry at "all the time I've wasted" on playing this game. I've grown up a lot since I started and I can proudly say, I cherished every moment of it.

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as to my opinion... I have no resent whatsoever to runescape. It was a fun game, I did waste a lot of time on it (though not a dime ). I quit because it doesn't thrill anymore.

Thing is, when I started playing I was 13 and the whole thing of learning shit about the game and actually working twards a goal wasn't my thing I just did things impulsively. I remember once I just wanted to go fish in Remmington and I just ended up killing goblins for a few hours. The game simply doesn't have anything new to discover (in f2p that is) but I don't think getting p2p would change that. after a certain age and some time playing you know the game inside out and it just becomes routinized...

I don't consider it a waste. Last I checked, all video games are there simply to provide some entertainment in your free time. I've played RS for the past 5 years - although fairly on and off for the last two - and I've probably spent about £180 in membership fees. Okay, that's a lot. However, I've spent probably £2000 on consoles and games in that same period. And I've spent a lot more time playing RS. Now I just drift in and out of RS when I feel the urge to just pick up and play when I have an hour or two with nothing to do. I've never really had a problem putting other things first though.

Ffs Caleb you didn't add me . I talk to you so much now, haha.

But um, I could quit easily if I wanted to (which I don't really). Most of you know, I was retired for about 2.5 years, which was surprisingly right before the trading and pking updates, so that kept me away for good.

But I always loved setting goals and completing them. That and communication is what keeps me involved in games like Runescape, and even Halo 3. I met alot of great friends on runescape AND runecrypt, with some friends living only 100-200 miles away to people living on the other side of the planet.

Runescape has always benefited me for the better. Sure when I was open about it in 6th grade I got ridiculed but it seriously doesn't matter now. I might quit in a year or 2, maybe even in months. I don't know. All I know is that I'm having a good time, and if I stop, I'll probably stop too.

#lolwtfbbqh4x - god damn so many memories

Racer of All's drop party back in like 05 or 06. It all starts there for me.

The main reason I quit playing was mostly because I didn't find it fun anymore. I liked the old times with the wild, the long hours of standing in one place yelling "SELLING ______ ," and etc. The community wasn't the same as it used to be, people were more greedy and less willing to help you with a problem, and there seemed to be scammers and spammers everywhere. It just got old, and I didn't enjoy playing anymore.

Another reason I quit was because the few real life friends that I had that used to play had also quit. We used to do stupid things like dress in monks robes and attack people with rubber chickens (which, in our immature, easily-entertained minds, was extremely fun), and now that I didn't have them the game didn't feel as rewarding anymore.

After I quit, I felt kinda felt like I had wasted some of my life playing it, especially because during my early years I would avoid going outside, hanging out with friends, and other activities I should have been doing instead of playing. But the feeling went away after a while, and now I'm just glad that I enjoyed myself while I did, even if all I was doing was hours of level grinding.

I think i'll be happy with my time on runescape. I learned alot from it, made friends, and not to mention, I had/am having some fun playing.

Like Nick said, I'm glad i'm spending my time having fun, but I do know i'm not going to be playing the game forever.

Aw thanks Broli I must say that I agree with you.

I've drifted in and out a lot over the years that I've played Runescape. I'd been an on and off player for about 4 years up until late winter/early spring of 09. The game would be fun for awhile, lose it's appeal and I would quit for sometime. I'd pick it up a few months later and enjoy as if I had first started playing, and that cycle repeated for awhile. However around late winter or early spring the game really did lose almost all of its appeal to me, and never presented anything new that drew me back.

That was basically the ending point for me. I logged on the other day for Kevin's 99 woodcutting party and it had been 197 days since my last log in. Like I said part of that was it lost much of its appeal and at the same time I became very busy in my day to day life. That was around the time I got my drivers license and I began spending much more time out and about with my friends because I had the means to do so. Not to say I spent much of my free time prior to that on Runescape, just I didn't go out as much because I had to get rides from parents and such. I've always had a very healthy social life regardless of whether I was active on Runescape or not.

Now the big question, do I regret all the time spent playing? Not really. I got enjoyment out of Runescape, it was fun for me and it passed those occasional slow days away nicely. I was a member for at least half of the time I played and I don't regret spending the money on it either. I really don't see why some people see it as such a great liberation when they quit and go on about how they hate that they wasted their life and such. I don't feel like I wasted any of my life. I liked to play the game its just that simple and I think as long as I'm doing something I enjoy I don't feel like my life is wasting away. I never let the game dictate how I lived my life it was just something I did when I wanted to. I eventually just got burnt out with the game and moved on, nothing more and nothing less.

-Raganork

Runescape has been one of the best years of my life. I've started like maybe 5 years ago, played it for 2 years, quit, came back, quit, came back, quit, came back, quit. I've met soooooo many great friends that I have sadly took them for granted, because i honestly thought we were gonna be friends forever. If you don't remember the story of the post i made about my bear family, and my really close friends. They all quit. FML.

Real life friends are just as good too

I know what you mean. I'm feeling that too.

I quit because I have too much shit to do right now (college, homework, passing one more person :> etc.). Ironically, after I quit about 3 people that I know started playing.

Runescape definitely had an impact on me. Playing for almost 5 years does a lot to a person. I don't believe that it was time wasted, just because the fun I had playing, the people I met, and just in general all the awesome times. I knew though there would be a time I'd have to stop. a point of not turning back. There've been so many people who have tried quitting and just jump right back in. With college approaching, I knew that there was no way I could maintain an adequate college life if my time was spent playing Runescape. Also if I were to maintain a healthy relationship with my girlfriend, runescape all of a sudden became so much less of a priority as my life expanded. It's tough to play when your day consists of work, friends, family, girlfriend, college etc. I'm glad I quit when i did though.

To those of you still playing. You'll know when the time is right to quit.

I have quit this game simply because its nothing what it was if anything at all just another game but at the time in 2001 it was something of an overwhelming thrill for me because I had nothing to do in my time now here in 09 I have nothing good to say about the game the only true thing I can say is that I wasted far to much money on it for membership when I could have spent it on far better things

-And the community has gone to shit tits & giggles.

I just logged on. Man, my herblore is so high.