Runescape is a fantasy based Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game, which was released in January 2001 and is still a very popular game today. With over 200 million accounts created and is recognised by the Guinness World Book of Records as the world's largest free MMORPG.
The game is free to play, however you can become a member for as little as $5 (£3) a month, which enables you access to more gameplay and content that is not offered to non-members.
RuneScape does not follow a singular storyline and players choose set their own goals and objectives to follow, and which ones they don't want to pursue. Players can choose to fight monsters, complete quests, or increase their experience in the different skills that players can develop. Players can interact with each other by trading goods, chatting, or playing mini-games. Some of these are competitive or involve combat, while others allow players to cooperate to complete the task. The game was designed by Paul Gower and Andrew Gower and developed and published by Jagex Games Studio.
According to figures of 2011, there are 139 English servers of Runescape, including; the UK, the US, Canada, the Netherlands, Australia, Sweden, Finland, Belgium, Ireland, Norway, Denmark, New Zealand, Mexico, France, Lithuania, and India. However, there are 2 servers translated into French, 5 that are translated into German, and 6 servers which translate into Brazilian Portuguese. The image below shows the server locations.
Runescape has a very devoted following, with many fan sites and forums dedicated solely to the game. Jagex even have a 'Fansite Support Programme', which ranks fan sites into bronze, silver, gold and platinum. This system means that Jagex support these sites through things like, advertising support, allowing exclusive staff interviews, invitations to Jagex events and recognition as an official Runescape fan site. This shows the level at which people devote their time to Runescape...
RuneZone
On this fan site, there are a large range of things to look at. There are a lot of forums, discussing topics from updates and Runescape news, to help and advice and user guides. On these forums and message boards, people have to register themselves, and can choose an icon and a name to display themselves by. Their Runescape names and medals are also displayed next to their forum names. According to the forum statistics, which are displayed at the bottom of the homepage, the RuneZone message board has 239,950 posts, there are a total of 7,746 registered members, the newest registered member is Valerie and the most users ever online was 1,446 on Oct 23 2012 at 7:51 PM. The website has many links to things such as fan blogs, quest guides, databases and even RuneTV and RuneRadio.
Runewise.net is a golden Runescape fan site. On thier 'About us' page, it says, 'RuneWise is highly compatible with other Runescape sites, which focus on guides and calculators, as it's rather unique as a tool site. In addition to tracking how much xp you need to your goal, RuneWise also offers suggestions on how to train, and achievements, and a score system to drive you to that goal, not mentioning the experience deviation system that finds your average levelled skills, and the Exp. Tracking system that counts how much xp you've gotten since your last visit.' It has a very large link page, on which it links its many partners, other Runescape related blogs and forums, and even game clans. It offers quizzes, and polls and information on Runescape News.
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