So for a while now we've been domino dancing - that's overnow.

Today marks four years for me here at Runecrypt.

Here are my thoughts:

Right now you have a miniscule community. Lackluster personalities and far too much red-tape. The admin doesn't post. Very rarely a decent new topic is made. The colourful personalities that made the place vibrant and exciting have all but left. The popularity of Runecrypt is extremely low. The new kids aren't doing anything to make this place fun and most of the older members have left already, or feel like leaving this very moment.

I for one am moving on.

I've been here for four years and in my opinion that's one year too long. I shouldn't have returned in '09. This place went to shit and it annoyed me. I tried to show you guys - I gave Matt ideas - ideas that had been floating around for years. Nobody listened. Everybody's put all their eggs in one basket - shamrock. For the sake of what Runecrypt used to be like, I hope Shamrock really gives Runecrypt a kickstart. Because this place sure as hell needs it.

And if you get a kickstart - well you're going to need to really put a hell of a lot of time and effort into maintaining the forums. It's a shame that the older, more experienced members are treated like the middle children.

In days gone by, Runecrypt was a phenomally important place for me. I have made many great friendships through Runecrypt. Friendships that have grown and matured. It's a shame that Runecrypt didn't grow with the community - instead it tried to hold the community back, stunting the growth and ultimately causing the problems that we now see so evident today.

Runecrypt has no community.

I was consistently the top poster every day for many months consecutively. Every day that I could have access to my computer I was posting on Runecrypt. Needless to say I couldn't have done it without the others. But soon posting became more difficult. The Admin started to silence us. To smother us. This made things difficult. After many years, we were repayed with belittlement.

We never asked for anything ridiculous. We never demanded things that were outside of the reach of the community.

Even so, quite soon the administration started to impose ridiculous restrictions. It's safe to say that an over-reaction killed the community, killed Runecrypt.The admin was so worried about being 'shut-down' by a clearly inapropriate server-host that his actions actually led to what he was trying to stop. Ironic, isn't it? I find it difficult to understand why having a certain server host (clearly, this is interchangeable and replaceable) was prioritized over having a solid community. Never once did the administration ask for the communities opinion. We could have helped. We could have funded for a proper host. We could have done something.

It's too late now, sadly. The writing is on the wall. It's not the same anymore - and I doubt it ever will be. Sure things change... but this situation didn't have to change this drastically - unless of course, certain people wanted it too.

So better luck next time guys, I hope you don't make the same mistakes again. You're sure as hell going to need some experienced leaders to run your community if it really takes off with Shamrock.

Good bye.

Goodbye, from this place.

Wrong forum.

The last person to donate did so about three years ago.

I couldn't agree with you more.

Dude its fine we're FB friends so I still got you covered.

then leave lol

Well Row, sucks that you're leaving . At least I'll still be able to talk to you on Facebook and (sometimes) irc.

thumbs down

There's definitely some valid points in the post. I've noticed the lack of community, but I really haven't given up on it. Farewell from RC, but I shall see you in other places, Rowan.

Take care Row... it's going to get even harder to post now since another active person is leaving... shame... talk to you on FB.

The main problem is that this is still primarily a RuneScape fansite, and the game isn't exactly getting better.

Yes, it was ludicrous of me to restrict members from posting pornography and suggestive pictures with heavy curse words in them.

Take a look at how RuneCrypt was 2 years ago, the posts are still archived, and it was far stricter then it is now.

Frankly I'm tired of repeating myself over and over and over again to people who keep saying the old rc was better. IF i reverted back to "OLD" rc's ruleset, there would be many many more restrictions then there are now. Unfortunately we did loose a lot of our community during a period when some of our members took to the fad of trolling and /b/ fandome.

"OLD" RC died in the time period when Insidian/arma/dbzc/dinty left. Wait, those members - and according to posting stats etc many many more; left BECAUSE of all of the /b/ and trolling that a very small percentage of our members were committing - shortly after this was discovered Matty went on his anti /b/ rampage as a site mod. Ironic how what was a small percentage of members is now the majority - yet their numbers haven't actually grown. You could say that my ideals are more "Old RC" then you would like. Either way, I'll rebuild the community to be as happy and fun as it was before. (We have no lack of guest to sign up, actual site traffic has been steady for the past year and a half)

Sorry if I'm unable to follow through with your suggestion of "Let the members do what they want, as long as it isn't breaking any laws" - I support a good, clean, fun community. I'm that kind of person. I have no problem telling everyone that I am not willing to pay for, put time into, and host a community that I do not enjoy being part of.

We now have Jagex's affiliation, a pretty strong relationship with a Jagex mod to organize events for us, and are approx 1-2 months away from finishing a complete site rebuild that gives us features that currently no other site has. We're in a very strong position to rebuild as a RuneScape fansite, which is exactly what we are.

As for the hosting, that was never an issue. My Advertisers were the issue.
We were already kicked out of Tribal Fusion, and 2 other advertisers that I don't care to look up turned us down do to randomly floating around suggestive content. I assure you without some form of advertising revenue - which covers LESS then half the cost of our hosting, this website would not exist. Believe it or not, a website has to appeal to the people who are advertising on it; IE: Business's, in order to receive any sort of money. I've never considered donations to be a suitable source of income - it simply isn't steady or stable enough to be even a fraction of what is needed to run the site.

If anyone has any questions or suggestions regarding why the site is the way it is, I will happily answer them - I tend to be overly open and honest about my decisions.

Anyway, Take care Row, thanks for all you've done, its been fun.

The irony of your member title is ridiculous. "Keep it clean". Well, too bad, most of your posts are shit and aren't relevant. Also, don't say you're trolling, because if you are, I hope you get warned.

What is wrong with some of you guys? Seriously, you turn new members away extremely quickly. Quit posting this shit. It's annoying, stupid, and crass. You are not on 4chan. I cannot stress this enough. QUIT PhoronidaING USING 4CHAN MEMES. I SWEAR TO GOD, THEY ARE NOT FUNNY, AND MOST OF THEM NEVER WERE. /b/ is not funny. You are not funny. Stop posting semi-hostile shit in every post. This is why I never come here. I sincerely hate this new community. Over a year and a half ago it was different, but I still liked it. Now it's shit. This is nearly as bad as /b/, and I am not joking. Anonymous is not legion, and you are not legion. You are not an internet hate machine. You are a kid behind a computer. Same as me. Nothing else.

There are few people that appreciate anymore. Row, you were pretty cool. Rob and Maarten in particular come to mind as good forum contributors. Some others obviously, but I can't remember. And, y'know, contributing doesn't just mean making guides and becoming moderators.

Posting complete idiocy such as quoting a post and then saying "x2" or "/thread" ISN'T A PhoronidaING POST. IT'S POINTLESS BANTER THAT SHITS UP THE TOPIC WITH YOUR IDIOCY. CAPS LOCK FOR EMPHASIS.

This community has gone down the shitter. I really hope that Shamrock brings back a new generation of Runecrypt that is better than this past year or so. And y'know, if any of you are offended by this, I honestly do not care. I try to be cool headed on stuff like this but this is really is ridiculous.

tl;dr:

QUIT THE /b/ SHIT.
STOP POSTING ONE-TWO WORD REPLIES.
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS.

I, for one, agree with Trees that we should bring back Ninjasafe.

Ninjasafe and Craig Thompson are dead and gone. With a member count such as ours we will come across many idiots. However, there are only two remarkable ones worth mentioning.

EDIT: Ninjasafe would unite Runecrypt for a righteous cause, though.

TL;DR

EDIT:

Sorry for this (non)useful post:

Kevin says (7:58 PM):
because everyone is trying to move on from that kind of stuff lol

This sounds interesting.



Have you ever thought that maybe they just didn't feel like being a part of the community? I'm sure everyone here has joined a forum or two, posted once or twice, and then just left. It's nothing to do with community or content, people just don't feel like posting on a forum.

Serious, why so?

It's been fun Row, anyways, I hope you drop by once and a while

Bye row.






wats /b/ ?

Either you have never used a computer, or are being sarcastic.

Slowly but surely figured it out.


Bye Row.
Matt made some good points and clozd the topic.

wats /b/?

I didn't know either, I had to search.

Ziziz: link

Don't think that everyone knows /b/ just because you do. Believe me, it's not as well known and loved as you may think. You probably think you're really cool because you know what it is, wow, congratulations

The Cancer.

\o/

I really do but it's not happening

The two month mark is approaching, actually it has already passed. plz.gif