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This is how Runescape ruins your life.

Okay let me explain how Runescape ruins your life.

So you're strolling down the sidewalk skipping and loving life. You're singing twinkle twinkle little star while you're skipping, and everyone's looking at you like you're a fagg0t. Say you're 12 at the time, which is a little more scary seeing as you're almost a teen and you're doing this.

So you hear from a friend of a cool new game called Runescape! You say hey! It doesn't need to be downloaded!? That's soooo cool!!! You skip inside and you keep singing (You gotta stop doing that) and you go online and go to Runescape. You think "Hmm..this is a cool game!" You continue to get more and more addicted.

We'll fast forward about 5-6 months. You've done everything in the free worlds and you're totally bored. You're now pondering why you play. Everything seems to repetitive but you're entertained anyway! So what's the point in playing? I'll tell you the point skiparoo, you're addicted and now you're obsessed with being the best. You're now playing the game 4, 5, 6 hours a day, it's gotten to be a big part of your life. You're now level 75, you're so proud of yourself, you get to call llots of people noob because you're higher leveled than they are.

You then think to yourself "Hey, there's a members world! I can totally pwn that!" Then you laugh in a high pitched voice and your mom throws a stapler at your head and tells you to stop laughing like a *bleep*. You listen.

You then beg your mom "Please mom! I wanna pwn in the members world!" After a few minutes of contemplating on what the word pwn means, she agrees to pay, but just for a few months in case you don't like it.

You're so excited! You're in a members world..but what's this..you're a level 75 and you're surrounded by level 100 + guys! Oh no, this isn't good. You're not one of the best in the pack anymore. You need to level up, you need to be the best.

At this point you're now spending about 8 hours a day on Runescape. You have it set in your mind that you gotta do all the quests, you gotta level up all your stats, you gotta be number 1! You keep training, you're level 90 now! Dude, you're almost there! You gained 75 pounds in the past 3 months but you're almost there!

Congratz, you've reached level 100! But..your birthday's tomorrow! You quickly think of a list to see what you want for your birthday, but the only thing that's going through your mind right now is..Runescape..Runescape...Runescape. You start to foam at the mouth. You make a mental note to see someone about that. You write down your birthday list "Runescape membership for 2 years" and give it to your mom. She says "...Is this it?" You're like "Yup." She's like..okay, only $120, not too bad. That's the subtle way you thought of to continue your addiction without your parents being too concerned.

You now have 2 more years of Runescape membership, you're happy, the membership was gonna expire tomorrow.

At this point you're level 100, and you've been playing for 3 years now. You're 15, you've missed your freshman prom. You've been faking injuries and sicknesses just to stay home from school to get some extra time on Runescape. You keep trying to complete quests, but by the time you complete one, two more are created. Now you spend even more time on Runescape. You're pulling all nighters, just to catch up with the quests.

Now you're level 105! You're so happy that you've raised 5 combat levels in such a short amount of time. You're close to the top spot. But at this point you're now grossly overweight.

It's your 18th birthday, and once again you ask for Runescape membership, nothing else. You don't have your license, you're still a virgin, you've had minimal contact with the outside world for the last 4 years. You still have over 40 quests to do..but you're level 120!! You're almost the best in the game!!

3 years later, it's your 21st birthday. By this time you've lost contact with all your friends, but you don't care. All that matters is Runescape. You ask for more memberships, and by this time your mom confronts you and knows you're addicted, and stops paying for your memberships. You're MAD. You came so close to getting to the final level, and your mom just cuts off your funds. On your 21st birthday! You resort to drastic measures to getting this money. You think, all I need is $5 a month. But you don't get a job, that requires going outside, and you don't want that. Instead what you do is you steal from your mom's purse. Your mom thinks you're off Runescape now! It'll be perfect! It's only $5 a month out of her purse, I'm sure she won't mind.

So you continue your membership, you're now level 125. You're 24 years old, you've been playing Runescape for 12 years. You've probably spent over 1,000 hours (Definetely more) playing. You have no friends, you're incredibly overweight, you've lost your connection with your parents, you're pale white because you haven't been outside in months, you've flunked school and gotten yourself expelled. But it's okay, as long as you have Runescape.

You're one level away from level 126 (the highest level you can reach in Runescape), and you finally make it! You're cheering, you're celebrating, you're on top of the world. Despite your real life being ruined, you're so happy that you've finally reached this "turning point" in your life. You then look at the stats board, expecting to see your name in first place. It turns out you're 53rd place, and 52 others have been level 126 before you, and have kept training. It turns out it all comes down to experience points.

Your world is turned upside down. This is the most upsetting thing that's happened in your life, and for the first time, you shut down Runescape out of your own will. You sit and re-examine your life. You've seen you've *bleep*ed it up. You just now realize you're fat. You've lost your parents, your friends, your education, and your future. All because of this game, Runescape. Runescape has ruined your life. You go on a homicidal spree and kill yourself.

And that's how Runescape ruins your life.

It's not completely serious, but some of it is true, just me being really bored.

from ths websight

Oh Really?

I assume you are Dan1990?

That...Was..Touching... *cry*

At 5/6/08 12:27 AM, Death-Affiliate wrote: Oh Really?

I assume you are Dan1990?

Win.

actually it was fun to hack users and drop their items

I can see some reality in this hypothetical situation. I used to be addicted but I knew I had to stop playing so I quit a couple years ago.

At 5/6/08 12:27 AM, Death-Affiliate wrote: Oh Really?

I assume you are Dan1990?

Owned

At 5/6/08 12:40 AM, lnstinct wrote:

At 5/6/08 12:27 AM, Death-Affiliate wrote: Oh Really?

I assume you are Dan1990?

Win.

/THREAD.

Luckly, I don't play.

At 5/6/08 12:24 AM, The-word-destroyer wrote: A lot of stuff about Runescape being bad..

No. This is a thread about how Runescape ruins your life. Not mine, not anybody else's. And incidentally, you might have gotten a clue from the name of the game. RUNEscape, it will bring your ruin. Also parsed as Run-escape, which is what you should do from the game.

The floor of the bandwagon is crying.

That is why you get a brain.

Well, its partially true, except, there isn't much hardcore addicts like those. Their are some people who are addicted to MMOs, but they don't really fit the description

I still think playing MMOs is a waste of time ._.

Is that what happened to you?

Is this a personal experience?

Could have just linked this from your individual post.

I had a go a few years back, but I didn't really find that much interest in it

Lol i hope you know mostly all MMO's are addictive you idiots... not just a certain game...

At 5/6/08 12:50 AM, OneWhoListens wrote: No. This is a thread about how Runescape ruins your life. Not mine, not anybody else's. And incidentally, you might have gotten a clue from the name of the game. RUNEscape, it will bring your ruin. Also parsed as Run-escape, which is what you should do from the game.

Oh gawd, epic post is epic

Must.. play.... Runescape...

its a good thing i never liked runescape, 3 of my friends used to say that it was the best game ever , i would ask "what the fuck is runescape?!" they would tell me and i thought that it sounds pretty good so i have a go at it, but it was a big disapointed, it was so boring, i told my friends and they just looked at me like i just punched them in the face.

Seriously how can people even play Runescape? It's boring as, the music sucks, the graphics are pretty bad, too many dodgy rules, and the fighting system is boring. What's so good about it?

And to think members around the world are wasting their precious time, whilst they could easily reach top level in a week or so at 100x exp on a private server.

At 5/6/08 12:27 AM, Death-Affiliate wrote: Oh Really?

I assume you are Dan1990?

Someone pointing out plagiarism on first reply = Greatness.

At 5/6/08 04:28 AM, Koogan wrote: Seriously how can people even play Runescape? It's boring as, the music sucks, the graphics are pretty bad, too many dodgy rules, and the fighting system is boring. What's so good about it?

It's only fun when you're a member and the immense satisfaction you get from all that time you waste to level up or get money would be considered "fun". But I honestly don't see the point in Runescape anymore after I tried out other games. I even think dragonfable is better.

Just give the game some time,you'll see.

All I ever did in that game was get them to say certain words that would instantly ban them.

Like curse words, the word "hack," and other various idiotic phrases that can get your account permanently banned. Lemme tell you, you get one kid who's spent too much time on that game banned, all the rest of them shutup real quick. Lol.

Past that I didn't even get past the tutorial on that game, it was absolutely, ridiculously boring.

Who does play runescape novadays anyway? Seriously, since world of warcraft came out runescape must've lost most of its players.

You are so right

At 5/6/08 12:24 AM, The-word-destroyer wrote: And that's how Runescape ruined my life.

Fixed.

If thats what runescape does ill stop asking my freind about why he is morbedly obese.

he says hes a councellor (WTF) on runescape and says he won an award for slaying a dragon. he is a complete loser.

touching, but..