The last thing I could have expected from 2021 was this video receiving all your love. What made RuneScape so special was all of you, there in the crowd - and I hope you were able to relive some of those blissful and carefree times through this video. Whatever the past 14 years have thrown at you, just take a moment to remember all these fond memories and know that the next 14 will bring many more! PS. For those wondering, I am still here and doing well :)
I appreciate the fact that you created this account solely for the purpose of showing us the Varrock bank prior to the GE. And on top of that, you have 69 subs, I dare not mess that up.
the hours, the clicking, the typing, the gain of trust, the gain of disrespect, and the humbleness when you clicked that log out button. this game saved my life forsure. was a rough stage in this time being in middle school being bullied. but this game gave me friendship. gave me highs and lows. thank you old school runescape.
@@soultaker840 Pretty sure he is just referring to the Old School version of the game (RS2 back in 07/08)... Which is what OSRS is modeled after, as you mentioned... Which is why they named it 'Old School' RuneScape.
@@soultaker840 That person was describing how this game allowed them to get away from bullying at school and you in turn semi-bully him with your comment...disgusting
To that kid who trusted me with their full mith armor and then I ran away and logged out in 2007. I am so sorry. I logged back in and tried to find you. I really hope you didn't quit after that. Even at 27 years old I still feed bad.
Bro, I remember watching pks and getting lured, I don't even remember what they offered, I think it was rune armor, lmao I was so naive. But I learned to keep auto retaliate off after that and trust a little less lol.
Legit! I was such a slow typer before and got so fast at typing cuz of bank selling. It stuck and now people always tell me I’m a super fast typer hahaha
@@AT-mm2em you're insane. Wasting hours on end just to buy/sell supplies. Either your memories have grown sweeter with time or you didn't even play before ge. It was a pain in the ass
I'm 27, almost 28 now. This brings back so many memories. I started playing around 2005 and played for years until EOC and all that stuff went downhill. Played for a few more after osrs came out. I still think about playing again but it's hard to find time now. The community is the best part.
same age as you i probably have lots of similar memories to you. I think of playing sometimes but it's hard to find time and something in me tells me it should stay in the past, i don't want to spend too much time on it... i played so much from 2004-eoc wow!! lol
Not really, social side is mostly gone due to technology changing. Nowadays there's guides for everything and people do stuff on their second monitor. Back in the day I'd cut yew logs on my potato big box computer screen and chat with whoever was there. No need to do that nowadays, hell the trading barely had any social interaction outside of the "buy/sell spam" and "offer" "bank sale".
@@taserrr I guess it depends on the person, sure most of the trades were quick trades with little interaction but I definitely had some good conversations with people I was trading with. Even back when I started the game in 2007 there were plenty of guides for skilling, combat or quests but people have just gotten older, have less time so they try to be more efficient with their time. Even if player trading only offered a small amount of player interaction, the game still felt much more alive which is crucial for any MMO.
@@taserrr ^ this is the truth of it. We didn't even half second monitors, and the idea of doing anything other than music at the same time [on a different device usually] was all most people did. Being bored and WANTING to make conversation with strangers was what made it happen. I never understood it until now, you really made me think and realise, that is literally all there is to it ^^. It's nothing to do with a cultural change, people, anything complicated or fussy, it's literally as you wrote, simply. Nice one ^^
@theackid7887 GE is like your boring online broker. Varrock Bank was the real trading pit of a stock market. The spam and the chaos, and I loved every minute of it.
@@samuele9947 Best year man, best year... I remember a lot of kids in my high school played it, and I actually chatted with people in the game. Unlike today.
Man, this makes me feel sad, wishing I was back there rather than worrying about my future. But my sadness is just a reflection of how good my childhood was. Appreciate what we had back then. We were so lucky to have an upbringing like this.
Great perspective man. I can relate, all the things that have happened since this and knowing how another 14 years will make this time we are nostalgic over even further in the past saddens me a bit but like you said it just a reflection of the good!! Much love boys
Never grow up. Never stop doing the things that brought you joy, no matter how childish. Take 30 minutes out of your day to log on and chop some trees. Life is not permanent and I'd rather die doing what I love when I want than be a slave to the man or dollar bill.
It is so nice to see the community come together to reminisce on the good old times. I have enjoyed reading the comments and vast amount of throwbacks. This reassembles a time where you didn't have overwhelming pressure to get somewhere in life or become something great. Since then, I have felt trapped by circumstance, coping with the lack of proper training in the workplace and the continuous rise in house prices. I have found social media to be the root cause of unhappiness. There doesn't seem to be many people willing to knock on your door these days to make an effort but will happily send a text message. In all honesty, I think the game today reflects the world we are now living in. Selfish people, taking life too seriously and the need to prove yourself to others daily. It has been this way for as long as I can remember. Back to the video, I think what makes these times unique is just how clueless and easy-going we all were in our youth. I started in 2006 with a group of school friends at just 10 years old. Whilst no GE was amazing, I think the game would have died long ago without it and the new bosses/quests etc. But I believe it would of been better for it to die then than now. Games just aren't what they used to be for those who are in their twenties or above. Too many veteran players with the sole purpose of becoming pro or making money somehow. I had an amazing childhood, largely because of this game. I didn't have the best upbringing but the game taught me wrong from right. The people I met back then were amazing. I thank every single person that was there during those times who helped the game be what it was. We should be looking out for each other now more than ever, lets make the next 14 years good ones. Let us do what we did back then, take no notice of what everyone else is doing and enjoy what is in front of us.
Man, as you were walking though the areas, I was saying to myself, oh this is the rune armor section, raw lobs west of the anvil, limpwurt roots just on the inside of the bank, runes just outside the bank north of the anvil. Trimmed/rares north of the bank. Each section had it's own spot, and it astonishes me how organized it was.
We were once innocent minds, children, playing this game. Now we are grown adults. I hope you are doing well and wish you success and health to you and your family.
@@EntitySteel people say str ammy, and lobbies in f2p constantly. Nty is used all over the internet and osrs all the time as well. You’re wrong, get over it
This is absolutely nuts how much nostalgia this brings back. I completely forgot that the hours I spent on this game saved me from a not so good path irl. Thankfully I was able to gain some wisdom and make some better like choices than some of my acquaintances ... Unless you were part of this community way back then, at least latest 2009... then you dont understand how powerful this clip is
This is why I didn't want the Grand Exchange in old school. This made the world feel alive. Every city had people in it selling items. This was runescape at its peak for me.
@@JackAssSquirrel so just...don't buy from them? you could also easily just go to the forums back in the day to find people. GE made the game into a baby mode single player RPG
yup and its not only runescape that suffers from this modernizing, real life cities are as dead as ever nowdays, people only order online or go to shopping centers for convenience! the future sure is more efficient and progress is faster but its cold and depressing to me!
I remember spam clicking the world hoping to get in lol, sometimes it would take like 30 minutes. I also remember the corner where all the “cool” kids with Zammy and Sara would hangout and sell, ahhhhh the good ole days. We’re getting old boys!
dude remember heading to the furthest corner in fally park to see the big dogs buyhing and selling whips and d chains barrows sets and youre there a noob thinking damn thats alot of money!
I remember back in '07 buying my first set of zammy rune at the GE world 1 (which I worked my butt off to get killing giants and collecting limps) behind the bank, then a week later getting lured in the wild and losing all but 1 piece since I wasn't skulled :(
fally w2, barrows was at the bridge, whips in the back by the fence, phats back there too lil further, santas just east of that, obby stuff by the tree, blood runes just a step away from east bank, oh man the nostalgia. thats the one thing i miss more than anything is the trading
I loved rs. This was the exact day my mom died. This game literally was my only oasis while my family continuously fell apart. I will always be grateful.
This came up in my recommended and I had to click it. I remember going to goblin village and training for hours with the music on and I was happy. It was such a long trip from Lumbridge / Varrock I had to get directions along the way, back then if you asked people would take you, or to the wilderness, you had a 50% change of getting dropped!
@@elvin2010ify Back then "addy plate noob" was a pretty common insult. There was no shortage of people who wore rune everything except platebody because they couldn't finish dragon slayer. Now everyone who plays osrs is an absolute veteran and the worlds are deserted. We're the biggest fans who are still here after 20 years, trying to keep the memory alive.
@@ComedyLoverGirl ya it’s sad to see how easy RS3 is compared to what we played. You can pay real world money to buy any stats or items basically, and get max combat in a week regardless. Nothing like what we went through back then lol…
I'm grateful for the algorithm recommending me these old RuneScape videos. Brings back memories of chopping yews for weeks after school until I had enough money to buy full Sara. Good times man.
Man, if he was 13 in this video he would be 27 now, not a middle aged man. Looking at the average 27 year old today he's probably more likely to still be playing runescape in all his free time. And that's not a diss. I'm 28 and except for some people I met in the army who were from the countryside, almost no one I know at my age are married with kids. Paying a mortgage, sure, some. Most rent though because prices to buy a home are 5x what they were when this video was made.
@@fredlind8270 damnnnn, that’s nuts. I’m 25 and literally the majority of colleagues I had in high school have either been pregnant, or married wayyy before we all hit 25. Around like 20-23. Every time I go through Instagram and see the stuff of people I followed from high school, I see eventually another one getting married or getting pregnant and I’m like “AnOtHeR OnE?” I’m not one to judge though, as long as they’re stable enough to handle stuff like that, I see nothing wrong if people want to settle down with a partner for the rest of their lives and have their own new life to grow. I guess everywhere is different though, nonetheless, growing up sucks lmao
I was 14 in 07, this really hits the feels. I don't mind myself some osrs every now and then but it just isn't the same. Everything's so calculated, efficient... nothing beats killing cows and cooking chickens like your life depended on it😂
To be honest, i just started a week ago with runescape. I'm experiencing OldSchool RuneScape. Even though it will probably never be as crowded and full of people as it was before, i really enjoy that game and can understand how you can love it. Keep up the grind gamers, don't let this game die.
I’m so happy to see new players like you arriving after all this time. Never stop exploring, chase your goals regardless of efficiency and enjoy the small details, you’re gonna have a blast. The new content Jagex has been adding is amazing too. Nostalgia will always be there for us older players but OSRS has many virtues that go way beyond that
@@Diegobrinter thank you man. i am still playing from time to time and doing quests or leveling. it is relaxing and cool, even though i dont know what items are good or bad hahaha
I agree. While I'm super thankful for the convenience of the GE, there was something so thrilling about finally finding a seller/buyer for something you'd been trying to buy/sell for so long
@@James-wl5zv Oh yeah for sure, until it comes time to do a quest and you’re like ok I need a bucket of milk. 5 bowls of water, a blue dhide body, 10 feathers, and like a gaggle of other random shit and you’re like ugh gathering this shit is gonna take as long as the quest! Lol
@@djjazzyjeff1232 That was part of what made the journey fun though lol. It was an actual adventure through and through. Taking shortcuts, looking for water sources inside houses/fountains, didn't have a million teleports, catching cheap items in the general store etc. It was like everything had a purpose and made Runescape feel so much bigger. So much is just obsolete now and the journey just feels rushed.
@@gadec4lyfe I see what you’re saying but the people who play the game aren’t children anymore. Also you can still do that shit if you want, and tons of people play ironmen which can’t trade anything at all. So that way to play not only exists it’s been amplified.
@@djjazzyjeff1232 You're right, you can still do that but what I'm trying to say was that it was MUCH more immersive when it was all we had and everyone went through the experience.
Our experiences shape who we are. That's why we're nostalgic for a time when MMOs were actual genuine experiences. Never forget how valuable that is. If an MMO feels automated, it's not an experience: it's a waste of your time. Don't let it rot you.
Glad to say I got to enjoy this moment of RuneScape back then, felt so insane being on a game with so many people each one going through their own in game journey.
It's honestly bittersweet, I remember all of my friends and myself quitting when Runescape went through these bad years of trade limitations and no wilderness. I remember having fierce debates about whether or not the GE was good or bad even though we were like 12, and in my personal opinion, I had always thought it was bad. The GE did to Runescape what iTunes did to the music industry.
made it more accessible to the people looking to make purchases? lmao, GE passed the poll to come back in OSRS for a reason. I played from 2006-2011, on and off after OSRS intro and recently have been playing an ironman...and even I can recognize that adding the GE was a brilliant decision by Jagex. Fewer spammers which also means easier moderating, an official location for trading to occur means you don't get FPS spikes in every bank across Gielinor--especially when you were playing on a Pentium potato PC. Then there's the fact that it is way easier and more appealing to casuals AND efficiency players because it's so much quicker, more organized... The game would not have lasted as long as it did without it, and OSRS would've died off as well...all this from a guy who can't even use it anymore.
@cool ge was one the greatest updates to land on rs. Bots existed before it and it didn't change anything besides easier for them to sell their supply, like it did for real players. Ge didn't magically create more demand or supply
@@VVVvl230 ge literally ruins this game I was so sad to find out it was already back in osrs it only helps with oddball items for quests but I would gladly take that annoyance for more stable prices with room to barter based on how bad someone wants something
Those precious memories, easier and beautiful times. Playing runescape in al-kharid or chopping yews in near edge bank on sunday mornings. Now creating freaking strategy powerpoints for companies.. I want to go back...
How dare you not love the clown world you live in now? You think the internet was better before everyone else got online? Your comment seems innocent on the surface but isn't it racist deep down?
Love the fact that the trading area around the bank was organized, with the most expensive items to the north, and bank-sales/cheap sales to the south :D
I remember when the GE got added again to OSRS in 2015, I stood at the gates and protested against it, saying things like "Down with Rune-Mart!" and the like. Having witnessed the ramifications of the GE in 2008, I knew the fun era of RuneScape was over as players rushed past me to interact with the clerks in blue behind the counter. Their little game of stock market had begun, and my adventure had come to an end.
been playing for over a decade and im glad they brought in ge the game was grindy enough as it was. no birdhouses, no sand crabs etc. the real problem is the bots overstocking items crashing their value, ruining the fight arena, scamming and encouraging kids to gamble while jagex will legit tell them just to use autochat less. autochat shouldnt even be allowed, it's spam.
@@SkullModder It depends what you want out of the game. Reaching high numbers is a nice goal, but for me, if going from 1 to 2 is its own memorable journey, and then going from 2 to 3 is another journey, I'd rather have that than go from 1 to 99 in no time and have it all feel the same. (It's not that black and white, but hopefully you kinda get what I mean.)
@@Tiwill I get what you're saying, but at the same time the easiest skills take a minimum of 35 hours to achieve 99 and unless you quest, nothing memorable happens from 1-99, with fire making for example you're clicking light log thousands times and that's just about it. there's no reason to force players to walk through spam just to get 1k logs. some would argue just to do wc at that point but the player may not want to do wc. it would take roughly 2500 hours to get all 99's, which is plenty of time for making memories without adding unnecessary filler.
@@SkullModder What I was getting at was that without the GE, you would first have to find someone selling those logs, then you could haggle for them, maybe have a chat with that person if they're into that sort of thing. It was like that for every item you wanted to get. It made everything slower, but a lot more memorable since you interacted with other players. Plus the world felt much more alive everywhere, since chatting was an essential part of the gameplay. Also.. this is subjective, but I never saw the max levels as realistically attainable things. Maybe in the long run, and for the most dedicated players, but a max level is a max level for a reason; there's nothing after. The way I see it, it's supposed to be a very very long and difficult journey to get there. I think people got a little too obsessed with Skillcapes and forgot that just being 60 in a given skill is a pretty big achievement.
I kinda hate how i breeze past players with trimmed armors and don't even blink. once i high alched enough yew longs to afford black armor with the gold trim I wore that shit and felt like a kingpin.
The fact that osrs held so many lessons, with such a simple platform. I learnt all about trust, the goods market, and more so about the economy. The steady principles of supply and demand was taught by the barter system runescape created. I am now an economics major in my final year of university, and I think a good part of why I’m here rn is because of this game.
This is why I voted against the grand exchange for Runescape classic. This person to person trading was awesome. It taught a lot of us kids about marketing and having to use different strategies to sell our goods. RIP, these were the best Runescape days.
omfg i remember this!!! i remember trying to buy a rune 2h for 75k and it took me like 2 days!!! i remember saving up by killing cows and sellin hides for 100 ea in al kharid bank, ohhh the nostalgia!
The good old days I remember when you were suddenly able to change the color and appearance of text. my brother went way too deep into this game had a Santa hat and everything but there was nothing like when we first started playing December 2005