Runescape Doesn't Need Nostalgia

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The greatest community no question

Ah yes, another video to send my friends who don’t play RS.

"Ask WoW players, they're right here." So damn true. And honestly, yeah, I think OSRS has the potential to outlive WoW for one simple reason: I can play this medieval clicking sim on my phone. That's just huge.

i cant lie, the only reason i came back to runescape was for a hit of nostalgia, but thats not why i stayed. i ended up falling in love with this games ability to put me in a flow state and just let me exist peacefully, the fact that every breakthrough feels so potent but also reveals more challenges behind it. And most importantly, the game always provides ways of playing which matches the level of energy i can afford to give it. if im too tired to go bossing, i can just chop trees and chat people, if im feeling froggy i can go solo a boss or get wrecked in PvP. the game is always willing to meet me where i am, and thats a mechanic which is VERY specific to runescape.

Oh boy, I'm feeling warm inside. What a video, what a community, what a game.

Nostalgia might be the reason why most people start to play, but it for sure is not the reason we stick around.

RuneScape is forever!

That outro was COLD Jimmyboy

9:50 Hey I know that guy!

hearing " you never quit you only take breaks" after just coming back after 2 years and continuing my ironman grind hit hard

"Feet Locked" 😂

I love how much of that montage is Jim calling out his mates, especially settled Its beautiful especially following straight into the section about your love of the community and their creativity Like By Release is such a unique series especially when factoring in the banger tracks you’ve written for some of them And so many others are doing similarly creative things too

Man, I remember saying something in 2008 to Regicidal that I’ve never forgotten. That, at that time, we were in the golden age of Runescape content creation. That it wasn’t gonna get any better. And for well over a decade, I thought about how true that statement was. That 2008 was the golden age. That it did all go downhill from there. I’m so happy that statement is no longer true. Even though I don’t sink as much time into the game as I used to, the amount of content and excitement I’ve seen and felt with this game over just the past few years has really made me feel that we’re in a golden age right now. And I hope that golden age doesn’t end any time soon.

YOUR SMILE "they're right here" is so so good. hahahahaha

RuneScape early game is nostalgic but once you start unlocking stuff and getting drops you become addicted to what it is today.

As a WoW player, I started playing OSRS 1month ago. Yes its the best MMO-RPG experience, yes its stand alone game, yes I play ironman and I wont quit, just take break.

To be fair, Asmon doesn't know what he's talking about in literally any given circumstance

It’s funny that anyone could think nostalgia is powerful enough to make me put thousands of hours into this game while getting bored of every other game after 10 hours. It’s just a great game with a great community and there’s nothing else like it. Great video Jimmy!

"You think you do, but you don't" I feel aged perfectly well and a big difference between Classic and OSRS is this whole video. Classic is Nostalgia and that's passed for Classic. Blizzard received 2 million new subs when Classic came out. No one plays Eras, Cata Classic is at it's lowest point in player base, but still has more players than SoD and Hardcore. Over 4 different versions of Classic and it still has lost around 90% of the original player base, meanwhile OSRS has doubled. I am glad that those who are sticking with it have the version of the game they want to play available to them, but to the vast majority of people "You think you do, but you don't".