I have a different perspective on MMG

Honestly it's utterly obvious to me, maybe because I have a different perspective than you and D4? I was just flabbergasted to keep hearing "you can't use the (entire) 200 million figure" because I was completely rs accounts for sale upfront about using a percentage. *shrug*

Hadn't heard of the petition, but I heard all about the private server and the legal action(or threats thereof). And that's what (I heard) got their attention and thinking about the possibilities. (A big part of that was the donations he got.) And you're right, it's about the possible revenue stream. There was what, 750,000 votes required for it to not only have no extra membership fee but also open to f2p? If we go by the hiscores, there aren't even that many members, and it was a members-only vote.

And you hit the main argument on the nose - as I understand it, D4 is under the impression that the forum vocal minority is heavily influential on jagex policy and actions. He's free to correct me if I'm wrong sell rs accounts in my impression of his position, though. My position always has been that majority will trump minority (no matter how vocal) every time, because the majority provides the greater part of the revenue, and no capitalistic company would aggravate the majority to please the minority.

I could be wrong, but my perception is that MMG is in a quite unenviable position. He has to make players happy *and* be responsible for making sure the company turns a profit (the two being connected sell runescape accounts, but still). He's got an extremely negative vocal minority to deal with (the only power such a vocal minority ever has being a negative one, and we've certainly seen that with player attrition. The vocal minority likes to lay all of that on Jagex, but personally I see it as a mix of the mistakes Jagex has made (and boy have they made some blunders I will admit) and the negativity being spread around by the vocal minority. When I started back in '08, if I had seen all the negativity, I might not have started. (cont)

THANK YOU so much, Jagex!

THANK YOU so much, Jagex!! I've never been a PKer or a Mercher, but the fact that these are back, I feel much happier about RuneScape. It just seems right.

Ignore all the flamers, complainers, and ignorant players who came post-Old Wilderness and post-Free Trade. They have no idea what they were about to experience, and as such, they were under-prepared. They didn't expect to get cheap runescape accounts and rushed in the Wilderness, not pay attention and get scammed, be lured into the wilderness, become greedy in the Dueling Arena, or go into the WILDERNESS to the Forinthery Dungeon - all losing their items. Sometimes, when one doesn't think logically, it's best to learn by experience... that's what these players are doing.

In the world today, this "spoon-feed-me-all-the-facts-tools-funds-excuses-for-life-and-I'm-never-responsible" mentality is like a plague and the less-mature players of RuneScape are showing it on the forums. So, to Jagex and the players, IGNORE THEM and let them LEARN from their own MISTAKES.

This is RuneScape as it should be. Grow up, complainers.

Back to the regular issue... I'm just so glad this is all back. The market is beginning to thrive, gold (the currency) is "worth more" now, the prices are becoming more appropriate and selling runescape accounts, and the market is now absolutely fair. Merching is possible again.

PK'ing is now profitable - AS IT SHOULD BE - considering you're risking your items, many times at least one very expensive item (if you want to be effective). You now get what the other player possessed if you successfully defeat him - AS IT SHOULD BE.

Though scamming is back (and luring, I don't think should be against the rules, though it is dishonest), so is community and the usefulness of the report system. I'll take a good, thriving community with its few lumps any day over the dormant society RuneScape was prior to the event.

This is what's fair. This is what has returned. This is what RuneScape should be.