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Another player, who had been able to take her display name, campaigned on the RuneScape forums to have the name restored to the original account, but Jagex did not fulfill that request, despite a post made by the real Tks after she had returned to the game. Tks's username was released during the name clean-up of the summer of 2014. Tks used to run a low-carb diet website in her spare time.

Tks' username is based on her real name, Tinakaye S. Released way back in 2013, Old School RuneScape is RuneScape as you used to know it Based on the 2007 build of the globally popular open world fantasy MMORPG, Old School is. My kids were playing the game and I made an account just so I could shock them when I walked up to them! I got hooked on fighting guards outside of Varrock and beating my kids in stats! For those who still like to talk smack even 15 years later! Greetings, adventurer Rooted in the origin of MMOs, Old School RuneScape is the only ever-lasting, ever-evolving adventure that is shaped by you. I had started playing the game as a lark. When The Old Nite first became the top ranked player he admitted that he was only able to do so because Tks had quit. She had the highest skill total in the hardest period of the game for the longest amount of time.

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(BST) on August 6 before the servers go offline for good.Tks was a female RuneScape player who was the first person to reach 99 Cooking, the first person to reach 99 Fishing, and the first person to reach 80 combat. If you still have your old RuneScape Classic account, you have until 1 p.m. While Jagex’s reasoning for closing RuneScape Classic is understandable, it doesn’t soften the blow for nostalgic gamers. It’s important to highlight that these are bugs we can’t fix due to the unsupported nature of the game.” The number of bugs is getting worse, and we’re gradually seeing the game breaking. “The truth is that bots and lack of community safety tools are serious problems, however, we also feel that we can no longer offer long term service reliability due to the growing risk of unrecoverable game breaking bugs. The game is now easily abused with the use of 3rd party macro tools, and botting has become an increasing issue.” Jagex hasn’t supported RuneScape Classic in years, and the blog post goes on to address this in regards to why the game is shutting down. 'This is particularly a problem with our community safety and macro detection tools. With advancements in technology helping to further support both RuneScape and Old School RuneScape, our tools are no longer compatible with Classic,' Jagex explained. “It has been amazing to see such dedication amongst those of you who have kept playing RuneScape Classic over the last few years, some of you even managed to reach max total! However, it’s not all fun and games. After all, many of these gamers were first introduced to the realm of online gaming through RuneScape. For gamers still hanging on to RuneScape Classic, the developer’s farewell blog may prove to be a hard read. It also established a following on Twitch. A dedicated fan base has continued to cling to the game over the years, though, even though new members were barred from joining in 2006 after Jagex banned over 5,000 cheaters.īy the time 2016 rolled around, RuneScape Classic had reportedly retained an estimated 1,000 players across 160 servers. Sadly, RuneScape Classic has dwindled in popularity over the years, as is expected from a game that’s almost 20 years old.

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The game has an incredibly long history, with RuneScape being one of the most popular game series of the early 2000s. When a sequel released in 2004, its name shifted to RuneScape Classic and has remained unchanged ever since. RuneScape Classic is the original version of RuneScape which first launched in 2001. Today, developer Jagex announced that they are shutting down RuneScape Classic after 17 years.

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