RuneScape: The Unacknowledged Effect on Our Youth

Layne, I totaly agree. My story is about the same… Except the fact that I haven’t stopped playing yet. I stopped several times, but I didn’t miss the game.
I just missed the friends I used to talk to on Runescape, that’s the only reason that I get online (sometimes).

“Parents also need to encourage outdoor activities, take your kid fishing or play basketball with them or another fun outdoor activity.”
ehh… that “fun outdoor activity” doesn’t sound really nice. Anyways, if the kid got a hobby (not gaming), you should really encourage it as parent and give as many possibilities to do the hobby. (tip: give compliments on their work made by the hobby)
Besides that, don’t say “do not play Runescape”. In many cases it would encourage the kids to play it. Just explain Runescape is basically clicking for higher levels, which will ‘disappear’ in the future ’cause you don’t need it. Oh well, nvm, it’s hard to explain what’s on my mind. Gotta go to athletics anyways… >.<

Sorry for the bad English!!

I’ve had close to the same problem as most people, I’ve been addicted to RuneScape (And, no, I’m not going to deny it) and I actually made it part of my everyday life.

The thing with it is that people tend to fall into the RuneScape addiction when they find their life boring or run out of amusing things to do. The thing that makes people strive to continue playing RuneScape is of course, rankings.

These rankings basically take over your head, it’s all you can think about. Playing RuneScape for a while and then stopping immediately usually results in the person playing it 3-5 days later, anyway.

There’s gotta be a solution to this, I know I’ve finally quit it, and once you do quit, you don’t find the amusement in it anymore. Just keep the rank worries neutral and it should be all good

As soon as I quit RuneScape my life suddenly became better, I have heaps more confidence, and I actually enjoy doing stuff with my group again… It’s really a shame to see so many stuck in the same boat I was once stuck in.

i think all of you are going to far with all this runescape talk. us at jagex dont really like it that much. i meen have any of you eve played runescape before. And i would like to responce about the comment that DEAN has writen. W0W SUKS!!!!!!!!!@!@!@! R S RULEZ!!!!!!!

If you don’t like runescape don’t play it, but we play it because it is fun not because it is addicting…duh…..

Yep, i play RS and it is VERY addicting. My advice is to either stop playing altogether, or get involved in other things more.

I totally agree.. I to was a former runescape player and for over a year it dominated my life and severaly scarred my social life through out the middle of my high school years.. in addition video games in general have had a signifigant effect on me all through school in general. even today gaming is a problem with games such as World of warcraft which hit me harder then any game ive ever played.. VERY FUN BUT.. VERY ADDICTING.. and it also slowed me down in college for the past 2 and a half years.. i know that gaming addiction is new and not taken as seriously as it should be but this is a new issue. Just like drugs / alchohol , video games give players an emotional high, people like my self who socially where as popular in school have a serious weakness to the sense of escape these games offer. The key player in the addiction department though i dont think is games as a whole but the nature of the game its self.. ive noticed that with General games that actually have a relatively short span before being beat are a little more health where as MMO’s or massive multiplayer games with seemingly no ending tend to be the type of games that really get to people

omg blake, you are gonna kill yourself over a game…wow…thats pretty pathetic

Now I’ll agree that Runescape is an addicting game and it has ruined peoples lives BUT the majority of people (like myself when I played) played within proportion of no more than 1-2 a night if not 2. After some time I realised how boring it was getting and quit. I think computer games are an extremely fun activity but only if you are playing for certain lengths of time.

Blake you idiot your really not making other people change their minds cause u said ur killing urself we alkl klnow u didnt kill urself

What will you argue next?!?! All Johnny does is play football, he’s addicted. All Sally does is practice the piano for hours on end, she’s obsessed! It can be argued that anything in excess can be bad for you. Parents need to be involved and ensure that children get a great mix of activity. I play Runescape with my children and none of us share the weakness that the author of this article exhibits. It’s a game!!! We play it a few hours one day, 20 minutes another, and sometimes we do not log on for weeks. Please don’t blame something because you are not in control of your life and your actions. We all have choices in life of what we do with our time and our families. To blame an electronic game because “YOU” could not handle it would be no different than me telling people that cookies are bad because “I” got fat eating them. Duh!?!? If you don’t eat healthy, you will gain weight. Does that all mean we should BAN cookies and Runescape? My children are very young and they have already learned how to make decisions that you could not make for yourself and that frightens me. When my 7 and 9 year olds have learned to say “It’s a nice day, we’d rather play outside…..” and you, as an adult, became addicted, made poor decisions, became depressed, and THEN blame the game…..that makes me question you and your parents, NOT Runescape.

You should not stay on to long. I read in the news paper a while back that a boy died after staying on the computer for 1 or 2 days nonstop. I pomise I am not lieing to you people. People don’t take what I’m say very serious but they need to listen to what I am saying becuase one day it could happen again and agian. It can even happen to you.

Dude you so rock man same thing here I gree with both of yall Name Withheld and Edward… lol

I have never played the game but I have heard that you bow down and or pray to gods in the game. Is this true?

So no I do not think what you are saying is true yo…=} also, HAPPY APRIL FOOLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Runescape is fairly easy to break the addiction. My cuz smashed his computer, and I quit by changing my pass and recovery questions to random keystrokes
(asfdasdsahjhkl) ect

Personally, I think that your inner strength and discipline will change how Runescape affects you. Those that are bothered by Runescape are differnet people than those who aren’t. If you want to play the game, go ahead. Just remember that it can change who you are, your personality, etc. My personal advice: don’t play addicting games. If you want to, be my guest, but don’t get involved in things that you aren’t aware of. But for those of you that play Runescape and are not addicted, good for you. For those that get addicted and are ruined by it, STOP playing it. It doesn’t matter if you make the highscores list, or if you’ve finally earned enough money for full dragon. Trust me, I know how it feels, and I’ve gone through what many of you may be going through right now. If you are bothered by it, don’t play it.

You have to be able to control yourself. If you don’t have any homework play for about 2 hours, but if you do, I think you should be responsible and limit runescape to let’s say one hour. And to people who think they need to be lvl 100 by tomorrow, in the end, it doesn’t make you a greater person. Just be able to manage time and control yourself, and always remember that homework and grades should always come first (maybe middle schools might be thinking WHAT? as they reade this, but it is true. You can’t get a great career just because you’re lvl 138 on runescape. Just be able to balance out your life between runescape and other things, there is no need to quit altogeher.

The warning is right in the name….RUN….ESCAPE….

Some people don’t understand that it is not the game or the addicting drugs or anything that gets people to have problems for doing to much of it for a long period of time. people have a brain a brain that has had 1000’s of years to perfect itself. If you would rather think of it as you’re age as how long you have had a brain then take it that way. everyone can do many things good, not reasonable or just dumb and its all up to when they decide to do things that makes them have a good or bad effect but runescape like other big games are only that because of the people that play it. a game is someones work, art, or idea hoping that it will be (there can be allot of answers to this) a major game and they will make allot of money. ok well that is my way to say something that seems reasonable in my thoughts but i have been told im hard to understand talking so it might Imply to my writing as well. If you want a biography on me: i am 15 i played runescape from a bit before Halloween 2003 to a little past Easter 2007 i am guiding myself by when the rare items came out on the runescape Knowledge Base. so i have 2 older brothers with good grades i do think i was dumb from life till meeting a girl and according to a teacher smart when i want to or just dosnt find somethings interesting i wont right essays but i will right this just to express myself “was in a speech therapy class for elementary but then i moved and met her and i changed i guess”. my oldest brother 18 at the moment was the one that played the most and accomplished the most. other brother 16 got into making a pure for 2 things mining and pking. i tried a couple things from merchanting to making hard stat combinations low hp to 10hp with other combat stats high. i had always on the edge of quiting but played because my brothers played it and i didn’t have anything to do until i started playing civilization games witch was around Christmas 2005. not much changed for us during the time we played. i think it was because i was elementary during most of that time and didn’t notice much change in us and this might be the case for allot of people that played it before it turned so big. now i have a younger brother that we let play but soon got him to stop “age not important to say”. so i guess i stopped someone from playing the game but i don’t think any game is a problem because i think that it all depends on the person im sorry but some people die and some people life on each day but 1 small game can thing can turn into a “big problem” but so can many other things and all i say is its the person and the persons mind is all they have to make decisions so don’t try to change it because then you make a follower then who knows what might happen next.

I am 34 years old and I play RS. I started playing runescape about a year and a half ago. I would watch my son playing and he seemed to have so much fun but on the other hand I was seeing how addicted he was becoming, so one day when he was at school I made a RS account to see what was pulling him in so hard. Unfortunately, I myself enjoyed the game too much also . I had alot of problems irl at the time and it took my mind off of everything else. I became heavily addicted and would play sometimes 10 hours a day. Well heres a hint I played for a year and a half and I am a lvl 125 f2p which is almost maxed for a rs account and I did that in just that short of time. I think alot had to do with totally forgetting all my irl problems and playing on this character that was respected by other players I felt accomplishment and had alot of people who looked up to me , yes on the game. I also met during that time alot of people my age and older who play , most for the same reason that I do. I am at a point in my life now that I need to stop and get busy again because RS doesnt pay bills and it doesnt spend time with the kids, and it wont buy grocerys. And let me tell you its very very hard. If I am off of it for even 2 days I get so irritable and depressed and all that irl problems blow up in my face. Which is why IM here on the internet looking for advice. Anyway, just to say this is not just a childrens problem its a problem for adults also.

Right first of all, i’d like to make a note on how life is not about popularity this is clearly what you think. Yes people should stop playing Runescape but they shouldn’t sort after being the most popular kid in school. You should really be telling people to make friends with people they like for who they are, even if this means having friends on Runescape they play for and hanging around with (the less cool) of society.

My experiance of Runescape is of 5 years of playing, i’ve been addicted and i’ve been put of. You can slag the game of all you want but its a good game in lots of ways. It keeps people of the streets as do lots of games. The main reason stabbings, damaged and what not happen is because Kids are bored out of there Brains its understandble. Games like Runescape provide entertainment they might need to stay out of these situations. Also Runescape gives life skill’s. Communication , Being none judgeing, and even finacial skills.

OK so you shouldn’t spent your life on it, but balanced with other activites its not a bad thing in the slightest

I agree to this. You will get addicted to Runescape and you can usually tell if your playing a lot. I was once addicted and I played way to much. Eventually I quit after about a year. I moved on to bigger and better things (like an Xbox 360 ^_^). Though when I was younger, i used to be extremely addicted to it, and if you are addicted, try to at least have a timer or something to limit yourself from playing to much.

And to james, Stop lying, ok?

Yes, runescape can be very addicting. I used to play it a lot, too much. The only thing that kept me from playing all day was having to share the computer. If you aren’t careful, this game can quickly take over your life. What people don’t understand is those pixels don’t mean anything in the real world.

After pking was removed, I got Xbox Live, and let me tell you, it’s way better. Not really addicting because it’s just quick matches, you don’t need to train stats and things like that. All those people saying “Oh I play 30 minutes a day I’m good.” Let me tell you, 30 minutes a day will not get you anywhere in runescape. You will be a low level for life playing at that rate. Just accomplishing little things takes hours, and these hours fly by.

I never cared about levels and rank though, mostly just pking to have a good time. After quitting runescape, my life is better. I can’t say playing rs drastically ruined my life, but not playing will give you more confidence and self steem, and give you time for more productive things.

umm ok i have a rune scape account but acculay i had like 8 9 so i like go scammed 3 times on each and one whans a scam like it whas a hack i think idk but i hate hacers its like hackers are nerds have any of you herd of 5.3 like some thing it give you like 999 mill on rune scape all i wish tha i cold be lev 126

I’ve been playing it with my 2 kids (age 12 & 14) for 6 weeks & we have a great time.

Kids can get “addicted” to all sorts of things – football, fashion, horseriding…whatever…..they get “addicted” because they LIKE IT!!

Gosh – what a concept! My kids are not sporty types – both are nerds – the 14 yr old is a total computer geek – has written java since he was 7……I take them swiming and to parks on eth weekends…and we spend a few hours playing RS together too.

you’re weak and pathetic if this is such a threat to you – it’s not like it’s actually dangerous like drugs or unprotected sex FFS!

Get a life!

hey im tony and i was a runescape addict!! its summer i have spend at least 100hours in the last 3 weeks playing and im starting to notice my head is starting to hurt and my eyes are getting waker and im losing tons of memory!!!!! so today im calling it quits…im gonna spend more time on my eletrick guitar, chores, facebook, and church…..

i’m quitting i play through the night, fall asleep at 4am and wake up at 3pm and it just keeps on going, i only have 1 friend and i brought him into runescape which is now ruining his life i have a lvl 103.

Hey Michelle, please don’t stain the Christian faith by imposing your interpretations on people online in the name of the religion. RS doesn’t teach anybody anything except how to have fun in an online game setting. If one is prone to killing, stealing, or doing other illegal activities, he or she probably learned it from a more serious venue than RS.

Secondly, log off your computer and go into the real world. You’ll realize that there are idols all around us, not just in RS. By idols, I mean distractions that people place too much value in outside of God. Not that I interpret the Bible as saying it’s wrong for us to find joy in things outside of God. You should recognize that God is the source of all the good that we enjoy in life.

In short, I’m asking you to recognize the inconsistencies in your logic. Nobody “should quit” RS thinking they’ll please God only by doing so.

Peace!

the comment is not true i love rs but im not addicted even though im a mem!

im tehnoobshow u people r id i ots

I choose to remain anonymous, but the point is, the easiest way to break an addiction is just to go to password change, close your eyes, and button mash the keyboard to make up a bunch of crap. press accept. you’re done. you cant get back on, everything is over.

My life has been ruled of the stupid game for the past year and a half.

I used to be a popular sporty person, but now nobody knows me.

I feel better in life already, because i quit this game today,

It’s partly true.
I’ve been playing RuneScape for 4 years and it’s hard to stop.Half year ago I decided to quit,but it was difficult.I still play it every day,but now my game time is 5-45minutes,instead of 5-15hours in the past.
I have some issues with communicating in real life,so I am forced to use RuneScape as a chat as well,:(
so your recommendation about going out and etc doesn’t really work for me!
and I would say RuneScape has some good sides :I am going to meet with some friends I know through RuneScape+ it has greatly improved my English.

Since English isn’t my first language,my “story” might have some grammar/spelling mistakes.

Thank you.

and after having read all posts above,I doubt that RuneScape addiction effects marks in school/weight much.
I am one of the best pupils in the class,and my height+weight are just perfect.
Now,with my 5-45mins of playing runescape,I can’t notice any changes in my life.
Perhaps,I wasn’t that addicted,just had nothing else to do,idk…

Guys you act like it drug that everyone’s kids are addicting to. Its not gonna hurt anyone and I doubt that guy is actually kill himself over this online game. Rune Scape is a fun online game where kids can play a talk to other people if parents have a time where kids have to stop and do there homework etc. then there shouldn’t be a problem but if they start talking like they did in mid- evil days or they are side tracking off school then yeah have them stop for a couple days or weeks. otherwise there is no problem with runescape

if n e 1 wants to be my friend my r s is ditto5991 or my other one is manperson599

yea thats my runescape name…you know…im sick and tired of everyone bashing runescape!

ive been loyal for about 3 years now…i got sick of it once…then came right back a few months later….the sad thing is…if your reading this you have as much of a life as i do!!! and oh btw….electronics may be “poisoning” our minds…but you know….im gonna do what i like on my time!!! why is runescape addicting? its FUN dont give me this stuff of pixels and all that boloney!!!! its fun i make pals i express political views…if your even writing about this on the computer….its electronics…cmon people…this stuff doesnt make it into papers or on tv so…its not important!!!!the jagex corp has worked hard!!!!theyre making money!!!!now once again…your gonna give me this junk of “your being addicted you just wanna get better!” hey yea…i do….im not really a physical stud…im not fat…i do enjoy baseball…and paintball….but still runescape is fun…btw i read alot of these posts…i will not take one seriously until someone gives up a 120 with atleast 1900 total lv and 230+ qp….yea im a nerd…very proud of it….its apart of my daily routine….so? we all have our things for fun and things to do…please leave me and US alone…my buddy and me have 3 ways of talking…runescape, phone, and occasional passes in school….they changed my scheude and now we cant hang out!!!! to “problem” solver….3 ways to keep on my list of good people 1:dont fix what aint broke 2:dont wine on some noob website just because you have nothing better to do, and 3: how dare you say what i do is wrong…that its taxing…i live by no other kids…how dare you say that what I do on MY time is wrong….

Whoever Matt6923 wannabe is lol needs to grow up just a lil more before leaving retarded post like that. And, obviously sounds like your jealous of him? Well sorry to be the one to break it to you not everyone can be as good as he is I happen to know him personally and hes the bomb!! So kid get a life sthu and get over it you’ll never be as good as him. Sounds also like you might need a lil counceling. My suggestion would be to quit playing runescape immediately, get help, and finish kindergarden…

ya….its rare we see anyone with half a brain

go matt!!!!

All ur grades went down because u slacked tyson! If u cant handle the game dont play it. And even without u playing the game u would still get bad grades ahahaha

I caught my 9 year old playing rs in the middle of the night. I don’t know how many hours he had been playing. He won’t join any new activity because it will cut down his playing time. He even plays before school and we have a fight every morning to get him off. He’s an only child so this keeps him occupied. We bought him an electric guitar and lessons, he likes it, but in the last 4 days, he hasn’t touched it. He has friends and other things he does, but he doesn’t get excited by anything apart from Runescape. He plays football, chess, tennis – all planned events but any spare minute, he’s on the computer. Helpppppp….

I need a physical piece of equipment or software which will limit his use.

I play runescape and im not addicted. I find it very hard to get addicted. I know that when I try a quest and I fail I log out. if it takes me 2 long 2 go up another level I log out. and I get bored very easily so I will be loged in for a half hour a week maybe month.

Wow im so addicted to this game i really want to stop since its affecting my grades and ive failed math and everything

one week without playing and i feel soo much better

if u play this game quit asap dont let it ruin your life

i play runescape like 10 hours a day but im not addicted i just choose not to stop =]
joke lol

yea idc wut u think i can play rs all i want i have a life outside of it so im good with a little game distraction that i need play sports so im not just sittin here killing my eyes and getting fat

OMG U DUMBELL and same goes for all of idiots saying its addicted you it means u cant handle it i play im fine just balance it with a sport, a life, or vegetables!!!!!!!!!!1

I am a 10 year old boy. I play runescape and am level 90 with a whip,full d and a saradomin sword. Runesape has increased my typing insanely. I am a straight A student who is a genius basically. So runescape will help me pass typing, and adding up prices of items is math, and it increases social ability just find a rs friend and hang out.

it is true…But i honestly think that you left out another important part, Helth, runescape is ruining the health of children what bothers tho is that, most kids are not aware that when they ,i guess, train there levels, they get very bored. and start eating more, un-healthy foods, snacks, ect. i think it’s crazy, every day i come home and see my son surrounded with junk food wrapers and soda pop cans, i have recently told him about the way he is eating and how it will turn out, he is now aware that he is eating way to much, he now eats when it is the right time. not when he’s bored. all in all this all leads up to me saying PARENTS: MAKE YOUR CHILDREN AWARE OF THE WAY THEY EAT WHILE PLAYING THIS GAME! PLEASE. FOR THE HEALTH OF THE FUTURE!

what i do on my time is what i do….i dont question tv, internet(which your using to spread this garbage) , or other video games consoles……parents….if i defy my parents….they yell or smack me… not hard but enough to shut me up…. people who are concerned about eating problems…dont buy so much junk food…..if your affraid of your kids eating habids you should look at your own…..to people who are concerned of children (dont have any or have like todlers….) stay out of this…this is not of your concern…..and to prove to anyone that runescape is not addicting starting tommorow at exactly 4pm i will stop for 1 month!!!! which will end my membership!!!!!! central time btw…..

The down fall of todays youth? thats a load of b.s. if u ask me i play runescape and im not depressed niether are my friends who play we are happy and its a fun game. im so sick of adults who think they know anything about stuff like that like video games. wiether yall like it or not video games ranks 3rd in the intertainment industry in the world and i really dont believe you can get addicted to a game more like obsessed. maybe the parents should step in and say no to a child who play video games or regulate their time when playing. trust me the online comunity of video games is a great thing and maybe you should try it. might i recomend World of Warcraft

alot of kids live in areas which just isnt a good place to go outside like, the projects or somthing. what would you rather your kid doing? getting into fights, doing drugs, getting involved in gang activity?. or playing a harmless game?

oh and some people think that runescape is bad because you can talk to other people, and you might tell them where you live..
well guess what. theres a thing called “chat filter”
it bleeps out all the curse words and you cant say stuff like “adress”, “email”, “myspace”, “yahoo”, and even google…so if you think that your kids are going to give away your adress, think again. give them a little trust, tell them just dont do it, even if the person is nice.

well now im going to tell the truth, im 13 years old and i’ve been playing for about a year now, and i’ve seen NO effect on my grades, popularity, or any of that. so give your kid a chance let them play runescape!

ohh and ONE more thing, look at the post date 12/12/07. thats like 2 days after jagex took out the main part of the game, this person is probley just mad….like all the other 100,000+ people that quit…

true

ok wat i wrote above may be harsh but who cares this person wants you to give up your career.

heh heh

im a straight A+ student and with these grades im definatly going to reach my goal! by playing this i became 3rd place out of my whole school *beep* thats almost 140 students!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!METAL GEAR SOLID IS THE REAL THING YO!!!

mY BRO HAS THE WHOLE SERIES!

woops

I SPILLED MY HOT COCOA THANKS TO THIS PERSON WHO WROTE THIS! WAAAAHH!!!! DAMN AND THIS PERSON MADE ME LOSE FROM LIQUID! YOU MADE ME SUCK IN GAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

THANKS FOR READING AND IF YOU DIDNT YOU SHOULD! =P

runescape tought me english =)

you ppl are like sheeps following somthing
all this guy said was that runescape could ruin your life if you dont take time realising rs is a game that wil suck up hours. but only if you let it!
which means that if you do spend more then 2 hours a day like me I played like 8/10 hours a day.
Im figuring if you play 2 hours a day lol you wont get very far in Runescape!
but ehm if you play 10 hours like me it wil proove you have no life because. maybe no friends maybe no other goals in life.
I should say keep playing runescape till you find somthing that really will bring you places. beacause runescape wont bring you anywhere! so do somthing with your time that will get you somewhere and if you deciede to play runescape sure you can only make sure you understand rs wont pay the bill every end of the month infact if you subscribe memebership it wil only cost you money so with this in mind play runescape with the goal that it should bring you an aditional fun in your life. but make sure you make new friends and get a job so you will be able to do stuf which will lead to maybe new friends and keeping curent friendns happy cause they olso pay you a beer now an then!

so all you sheeps this was my opinion read it take the advise and stop promoting Wow lol were talking about rs not wow

i started runescape late 2005, playing only 30minutes, now and then when my real life friend met up with me.
i got caught up in the clan/groups of people, having limited social interactions outside of the house.
I finished required education. Real people, my friends, moved on, but I didnt know how to cope without them. I resorted to runescape.
i became addicted, because on runescape i could talk to people, and be myself, and it didnt matter if they didnt like me because there were over a million more players.
i got trapped in the social side, runescape became my friend. my clan were my friends.
School work was hard enough,post 16 and having this social opportunity made it harder to put the effort into it.
I could spend al day playing games.
I fell into depression, having no friends in real life,
I became even more engrossed into runescape, feeding off the millions of people happy to be my friend, comfort me when i was down, cheer for me when i got levels.
I had to seek help for the depression.
It wasn’t just lack of social, but thats not important.
Runescape was my friend. so were my clan.
Had i not dealt with this sooner, i’d be playing on beyond my teenage years… into my 20’s and 30’s
how lame!

Runescape can trap you.
I realised last week. Ive been playing for 4years. I just bought a year’s subscription.
I had boyfriends and husband and built a family on a GAME.
A GAME!!! You can try to get out. IT will keep pulling you back in untill you are 99 in all skills. Completed all quests.

I had lost self-control. I was playing 6hours a day. Battling depression, with limited other activities. Its hard to cut down. Runescape just pulls you back in, ever inviting.

Im down to no more than 3 hours a day now. Its tough.
no more than 2hours in 1 go.
i hope to get down to no more than 1hour a day…
Its hard, until i break away, and get out socialising in the real world.
One day, i’ll look back and laugh that i ever spent hours, days, weeks, months, and years clicking a box, and watching pixels,

I could have learnt the skills in reality by now…

wish me luck in breaking the addiction

I play runesape everyday and i find extremely addicting. I now have my consience partly taken over by \”Its fun, go ahead, just alittle bit\” and days later i am still playing. and who cares which is better, wow or diablo or rs, doesn\’t matter. The point is its very addicting.I haven\’t quit, but i can tell you play it every 1 day, and it will slowly dissapear.And all u will think is that its a fun game, thats all.

i hate wow it sucks im not kiddin RS rulez

i read like half of this page and i can see how this game has changed me. i used to excersise and go outside all the time but now i spent 3,4,5,6 hours a day on rs i turn off things like fishing in rl life 4 rs and thats sad. i dont blame jagex but i am going to quit and ask all my rs frends for their msn’s or something to keep in contact but thakyou every1 who posted.
u’ve helped me

RUNESCAPE RULES!!!!!!! ZEZIMA RULES!!!!!!!!!! RUNESCAPE IS THE BEST!!!!! runescape is awesome so dont diss it! im hooked on runescape and i have been since it first came out. i have been a member for as long as i can remember and my account (bravoman212) is freaking awesome!! he is the best!!!!
RUNESCAPE RULES!!!!

you jerks! runescape is really good!
Runescape=’teh radness!

I have runescape up on my computer all day and night but I’m not playing on it, I’m just botting because I think it’s unbelievably boring.

hey anon i have a question.
reading books and building models is about as important or constructive as runescape:D think about it. what do you have to show for at the end of the day (i do enjoy model making myself:D tyranids ftw!) besides models but are they important at the end of the day? whats the difference between pixels and paper or mini fake houses and a mini piles of fake gold? it just depends what you like to do on your time:D it doesnt matter what your neighbor or an avg joe such as myself to judge what you do:D btw i havent touched my account in a while:D ive been busy with cod: wow rofl it pwns:D so hey my message is… do what you like to do on your time cause hey how would you like it if people began to say your hobby was pointless and shunned?

yes it is true i play runescape and it is addicting at most times. when i find that i am playing hours on end it makes me mad when i could be spending that time with friend outdoors playing basketball. runescape is addicting to me becuase just the thrill of trying to be the best is a competition and i just can’t turn down a competition…. now when i play runescape i only play ussually for a half-hour then i do my math homework or play some b-ball with my brother. its not the game thats the problem its the kids playing it they get to sucked into it they just play hours on end and their grades get worse they start to lose friends and they just overall become couch patatoes…..lol

Runescape is not the downfall of today’s youth. If anything it is the youths themselves.Anyway, if runescape is addicting, then world of warcraft must be like mega addicting because so many more people play WOW (like 10 million+ subscribers) then runescape (not even 1 million). If people say runescape is the problem, then they need to stop playing runescape and take a look at the world.

its our lives let us do wot we wnt if we wnt to spend ours on rs let us (i dnt but) if it ruins our lives wot do u care it our life not yours

huw, you cant spell at all! If you dont know how to spell those simple words, then just look them up (or go to english class).

I believe that the typical person’s Runescape problem is related to a general unhappiness in the “centroid of the mechanism”.

Most of us engage in some sort of “escapism”. For some people, seeing “You successfully $verb some $item” a few thousand times disassociates them from reality; they start to believe that the avatar on the screen is *them*.

Now, add to that our built-in self-preservation instinct. The combination of realistic escapism (loss of RL identity) and the desire to live (and thrive … hence the drive for riches and power in-game) make Runescape have an effect similar to a powerful hormonal surge.

Not all people will be affected in this way. And, it’s not unique to Runescape. Google for “Second Life Addiction” sometime; read, and weep.

i have been playing Runescape for well over 2.5 years now, and i am very addicted to it. as the game gets older, it gets worse, i must say, though. many of my frends play, and that makes it more worse, when your trying to quit, like me. i quit for about 145 days on one account (Tropix1) and 210 on another (Tropix1111), but i came back, and started to play again.
i do agree that it is a waste of a life, and it sucks, but its soooo addiction… if you have any suggestions how to quit, plz post them here. (dont say anything like: just quit, sell your account, give account away, start playing new MMORPG, or anything like that, because its not that easy to do those things…) if you play Runescape, add me to your friends list, and tell me suggestions on how to quit, if you want to. my Runescape names are: Tropix1, Tropix11, Tropix111, Tropix1111, Tropix11111, and Tropix111111. thanks.

Well I was once addicted to this game. I joined in July of 2006 after my friend got banned on another mmo named puzzle pirates so we decided to play another game. So we resorted to Runescape. I didn’t like the game much for the first couple of weeks but after discovering new things to do I got addcited.

So my friend and I got more friends in our school to play and we played frequently by going PKing. We got tons of items from this! By time come around Spring 2007 I got my first membership and man I was playing sometimes up to 8 hours a day! I was a member up to the point I quit.

I took alot of breaks from the game but when I got scammed around the new school year (2007) I was devesasted. I lost nearly everything from this scam. But my younger brother and some of my friends helped me! So I was once again playing.

Then out of nowhere around March of 2008 (1 year ago) I just got bored of the game and well grew out of it. So I had a drop party and gave away all my stuff except for a few member things. I still do have my account and I do know my password. I think I was a level 76 or 77 by the time I quit.

Now my social life and education didn’t get worse from playing Runescape unlike what some people say.

Just this past summer I got into biking and swimming and well I rarely if ever thought about Runescape. every now and then I’ll go on to see if any friends are on but most of the time none of them are on. I’m not sure if they quit or what…

So some of my tips are:

Find a new hobby or sport
Change your password to something random letters
Give away all your stuff
Make new friends in real life
Try to play for less and less hours a day

Runescape is a game I can come home and play after a long day of work. I play Runescape for 1 or 2 hours a day with a break every 30 mins. I play runescape becuase it makes me feel better that other people and I don’t have people bossing me around all the time. After playing the game then I do something else like hang out with some of my friends and other stuff to pass the day way.

I started playing Runescape in March of 2001. I played Runescape from this day until 2004/2005. Runescape is a very addicting game but I enjoyed the years I played like many others. In 2004 Runescape changed to Runescape 2 (now known to people as Runescape but trust me it’s not) by changing the game they destroyed it for many of us “legends of Runescape” and we stopped playing. In 2005 I tried to log in to Runescape (the original version) and could not because my account was deleted (all my accounts were deleted. 4 or more years worth of work were deleted at the touch of a few buttons and I felt like it was wasted. Due to the fact that I had a break from Runescape I did not log in between the 6 month period where if you didn’t log in your accounts were deleted.

In 2008 I re discovered the original version of Runescape (now known as Runescape classic) and played on the server for 6 months. With boosted experience rates training to flats (99 in Attack, Defense, Strength and HP) takes around a month or 2 rather than a year or 2! I enjoyed playing on this Runescape Classic private server (opened to the public) and was even given a place on the staff team (adviser rank) where I was promoted to player moderator and then full moderator. I even got a chance at being an admin. As Jagex like to destroy my fun (like deleting my accounts from their game in 2005) they have shut down the Runescape private server claiming we have infringed copyright laws (we have but it’s their fault for closing Runescape classic!)

What I will say is that Runescape is addicting. Am I addicted to Runescape???

Yes and No, I won’t cry over not being able to play, I won’t have withdrawal problems I won’t be angry with people.

It is true what people say, without Runescape I see my mates more, I go out more I get fresh air. But to be honest if I play Runescape it’s cheaper than going out, the fresh air isn’t really fresh air in this day and age and if I go out I only waste petrol and money on bowling etc.

My life is better without Runescape but if the server I played on came back would I play again ??? Of course, because I love the game. In my opinion it’s not that bad a habit, I don’t smoke or do drugs, I don’t drink a lot, I don’t gamble. So is Runescape or any other MMORPG really that bad?

Not if you follow these rules:

Don’t play for more than an hour at a time.
( I have put in 15 hours + a day some times and I’m not even considered a serious player!)

Don’t play for more than 2 hours a day!

Get fresh air and eat/drink NORMALLY!
( People don’t eat or drink for hour’s even days because they forget the world around them is moving by)

Remember it is only a game
( If you lose a r2h or a stake or whatever it is JUST A GAME!)( This rule will be easier if you follow the play no more than 2 hours a day rule)

Don’t let it rule your life.
( If someone invites you out to do something and you wanted to play Runescape then go out. Runescape is open 24/7 you can play later)

Parents: If need be take the computer away, this game can affect your child/children’s life!

I started playing Runescape in March 2001, I was 13 about to turn 14 and I would never recommend a MMORPG (Mass Multiplayer Online Roll Playing Game) to a child or anyone in that fact.

Having said that I am designing one!

Who knows if I will play Runescape Classic again, if the private server is brought back then yes if not then no, who knows!

Thanks for reading, I hope something in there helps you.

Er… wow. I wonder what is up with the whole \ thing. Hope you can read my post anyway. ^^

I agree this devil like game and cancer to my family has ruined my relationship with my wife of 11 years together 18 , my wife Myrna started playing runscape after she got hooked from helping my kids , when they would play.they would ask her to help in playing game and sisnce then she has her own account/s. it all started in late 2007..My wife age 36 now, mother of 4 , ages 2, 8 , 13 and 18 started playing for hours and hours , on and off during the day, all nite n to early morning hours. she stopped being a loving peson, stopped interacting with me , her husband and our kids even.

friedns and family would comeover and she would rather be locked up in room playing game instead of socializing.
it has come to the point that we are on verge of divorce.
she stopped sleeping with me and would come to bed when im getting up in morning ready to go to work. her demeanor and person has changed so much that shes lost weight and is so addicted to game that , shes even found someone and has started emailing this younger guy online that she ’s made think that she is 17 years old and that she is single , notmarried or has kids. she s haiving onlne affairs with random guys and is now currently i feel in love with this one guy thats no more than 24 years old. its ruined our marriage and we are still living together , but are so far from living like married couple .I spent all of 2008 fighting and arguing with her about playing that game so much and when i found out that she having online affairs , all hell broke loose, she now seeing this guy in person and and has gotten to the point to where she just doesnt care about our relationship or marriage, she says she not going to stop playing and or stop talking to her online boyfriend. i am so hurt nad so sad and confused in how she has let this game take over her life and how she let her self cross the line of letting her self think its ok , to fool guys online in to believing shes single and fallen in love.

there is so much more to how runscape has chnaged my wife and hows it s damaged our marriage..i have prayed , i have cried,
i have bagged her to stop the game and even more importantly to stop chatting with this guy online in game each and eveynite , and now see lies to me and goes out duringthe week and goes to see this guy in person..she denys it , but her actionas say it all. this behavior never existed in out home and in our marriage. it’s to the point that she blamed me for how shes become and says its my fault she is the way she is , and says she doing nothing wrong when she plays game and denys the affair.

she has not slept with me as husband and wifes do since July 2008 and she still plays game eacha nd everyday , she doesnt work , so she willplay allnite in to early mornings 3:30 am to 4:30 am its so sad,,i am trying to stay strong and just pray she will stop playing game and more importantly stops this affair she has with young punk she is seeing that she met on game. This game is poison , its the devil, and its a cancer. its now April 2009 and there is no sign of an end to the damage this game has done to my wife and my family

No matter what ive have said , no matter what i’ve done , nothing seems to work to get my wife to stop her addiction to game and the affair she has let her self get in to with the loser that plays online as much as she does.. Please pray for me family and I Ask the Lord help my family and to bring the holy spirit in to my home and in to my wife to stop this once and for all. and I pray that ll the other family’s that have similar situations , to bring a stop to the addiction thier love one have to this game aswell.

I’m 23 years old, I played runescape for a good 2 years in high school, maybe 2 hours a day, and I was fine. However, My dad started to play the game too, which i thought was awesome, more family time. Soon it became “Dad lets go play catch!” “No, I’m pking to get some full rune”, etc.

He was addicted. To make a long story short, my parents got divorced because we couldn’t stop him from playing. He completely ignored his REAL life.

Almost all of the people posting on this forum are completely ignorant to the definition of an addiction. Do you honestly think that people plan to get addicted? It starts of as just once, just to try it, then a few more times, then your eventually hooked.

This is a very important concept that I hope you all will understand. NOONE PLANS TO GET ADDICTED. End of story.

Jagex and blizzard alike along with other companies are creating these MMORPG’s as a way of making money for their business. This potential addiction is a business tactic. It makes money. Just like nicotine in cigarettes, you just can’t help coming back for more.

I understand your apprehension in believing me. If it helps, I’ll let you know that I’ve been an avid gamer for my entire life. I just don’t do MMORPGs after seeing one help to tear my family apart.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do not play runescape. You will become addicted unless you have a short attention span. I pray that everyone hooked on these games finds a way to get out.

thank you jim

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#150 by My story, i agree with you. im an addict on runescape and i am trying to quit. i used to play like 2 to 12 hours a day, now i only play for like 5 to 30 minutes a day. im a Christian and i believe that runescape can ruin lives, and i hope and pray for runescape addicts and that they will quit.
good luck to all you “try-to-quit”ers.
p.s. i had another post on here from a long time ago, but i cant find it any more. it was the one that says something like: “my runescape names are Tropix1, Tropix11, Tropix111, Tropix1111, Tropix11111, and Tropix111111″ it talks about how i was a major addict and how i wasted so much time on it, and how i wanted to “live a real life, not a virtual one”, or something like that.
–also, i have noticed on a lot of other comments that say something like: “quit now, not later!” or “its just a stupid game; its not like drugs!” or “randomely change your password. then you will not be able to play any more.” – these things are easily said, but are far too hard to do when you are in a situation when you are an ok player, and have played for over 3.25 years… then, its near impossible to stop….
i quit for about 60 days or so, and i found lots of other fun things to do, like shoot BB guns and airsoft guns, ride bikes, spend time with frends, and drive my Traxxas Slash remote controlled car. also, i am not addicted to this, but http://www.craigslist.org (not .com) has been a fun thing for me to do. i sold some useless things, like pokemon cards, video games, toys, etc.
sience i started playing i have became lazy, gained weight, and gave up lots of other tallents that i have, like drawing, selling things (in garage sales and things like that), paintint Warhammer figures…
i am a 14 year old boy, and i know what it is like to be addicted to runescape….
add Tropix1111 or Tropix111111 (on runescape, if you play) to talk about quitting or whatever. i would like to give out an email address, but i dont want to get a bunch of crap, and i dont want my email address to be spammed and sold to companies and things like that. my youtube name is “Tropixangels”, and if you want to, send me messages there or something like that.
on youtube, i have only one video made by me, and it sucks, so feel free to rate it poor, but plese dont put crap comments that could make other people mad. check out my favorites on youtube and see if you like any of them as well.
p.s.s. wow… that was a long p.s… lol
bye for now!

Are you guys serious? it\’s just a game people should just chillax

I`m going to have to disagree with that playing runescape can make you depressed.I cut myself for a year and then i started playing runescape,i quit cutting cause i was able to focus on something else other than my life.

Runescape CAN be addictive to OTHER people.But alot of people i know who play it,only play it 2 hours a day at the most.I mean lots of people play it alot,but its there life.And if parents have a problem with it they shouldnt have bought the membership?Theres not much can do as a free player.But members open a lot of new things.

And no one MEANS to get addicted,they just do.The whole world is trying to get you to do something.Food,tv,phones everything.If you can refuse some of it…why cant you refuse r unescape,Its not that hard.

if you want to add me on runescape

itsmetosha123

and on youtube

itsmetosha123

I hate it when people blame games for their addictions. IT IS THEMSELVES that they need to blame for their addiction. To think that runescape is the downfall of today’s youth is just stupid. people don’t realise that it is not hard to stop playing runescape. I am living proof that it is easy to quit.

I stumbled upon runescape not long after it was made (I’m a dad, I’m old, Ok!). I made an account and very ocasionaly log-in to see what changes have been made to the game (often these log-ins are years apart).

I’ve always been a games player, from the early eighties! And like RPGs, so my interest in Runscape is only in passing. I have to say though, I think a lot of the problems kids get into with games like this is because most parents don’t understand the type of games their children are playing, and don’t understand how adictive RPG type games can be; whether they are single or multi-player.

Oh, and by the way; I’d say WOW is much worse for getting addicted to than Runscape!

garry, i agree with you about wow, it is extremely addiciting, i wasted most of my junior year playing that dumb game, and has damaged many aspects of life, so stay away from wow!

Hey all you Runescape people I just wanted to say that it is a fun game to play but everyone is looking at the game as a bad thing such as ADDICTING and more but what I think we should look at it as a chance to help people in the world come to know “CHRIST JESUS” and Runescape players should be talking to others that play the game so they can come to know him in their life too. If we had people talking about Jesus Christ on Runescape I could change the whole world and don’t think that it cannot becuase I was playing Runescape Recently and I came across a “RUNESCAPE MOD” that was telling other people about “JESUS CHRIST” and when I saw him I stop to let him know I believe in Jesus Christ too and that we should be tell others more about him. The Runescape Mod agree with me and we started alittle bible study right there on Runescape that day.

Hello,
I used to play RS but I have quit about a year ago. I personally find RS a boring game, but that’s just my opinion. I believe that if you want to play RS, you have every right, but you should try to limit yourself. Playing all day is certainly not good, but if you play about 1 hour a day, it cant harm you. The same with any other video game. You should also do at least 30 minutes to an hour of physical activity a day. Eating properly, for example fruits and vegetables are also good for you. If you choose to snack during your play time, please don’t eat junk food like chips or candy, but try fruits and dairy products and grains. I hope this is helpful to anyone who has RS addiction.

look….it’s about people’s personal choice. If they wish to play RS for how many hours a day, then that may be whatsoever they choose. Just dont tell people to quit just because you have.

IT’S SAD TRYING TO INFLUENCE PEOPLE LIKE YOU ARE SAYING RS HAS.

HYPOCRITES!

Well if you’re in a relationship with him you have to meet in the middle. I completely understand your situation. Why is a game so much more important to him than you are? Men are competitive. They enjoy competing with other men and its natural. You really need to sit down, talk to him and explain how you feel. You can’t make him quit but you have to urge him to spend less time on it. Find that middle ground so you both can be happy. If he can’t negotiate with you than move on. Instead of enjoying the comfort of a beautiful woman he can enjoy a digital sausage fest and sleep alone.

Well I think addiction is any runescape player who likes to showoff all their work of repetitive clicking, follows ‘girl’ characters (yeah right), says noob more than they should which is a funny thing since they’re computer geeks in the real world and skills all day like fletching, mining, definitely runecrafting, and especially woodcutting. Funny thing is : They’re useless in real life.

You have it wrong.
1. If all you’re worried about is popularity, then you’re probably in junior high, serious if you need the approval of the people around you without being yourself, then you’re the one messed up, not the runescape players.
2. Runescape is a game, and like ANYTHING in this world it can derail you from responsibility. The same thing can happen with skateboarding, getting a girlfriend, picking up a new hobby, finding a new book series. If YOU lose track of YOUR resposibilites then it’s YOUR fault, not some game.

I play runescape, I play regularly. Call me whatever you want, my point is, I have friends, both in real life and in game. Some of my real life friends play the game. We have fun and hang out on the game. If it’s something you love then don’t quit because “It’s the right thing to do” Its a game. Have fun, if you stop having fun, play something else.

I can fish on RuneScape, thank you very much.

I used to be hooked on runescape. When I first played I only played with my friends irl. Then I met a girl named 5pirit and starting dating her, she urged me to become number 1 of runescape. We went out for 2-3 years then we broke up because she blamed me for the wildy update and trading update. After we broke up I realized how much of my life I wasted. so i quit and only go on to do new quests and holiday events now

n00bs, i pwn all of you irl and on rs

p.s. LOL @ ZEZIMA!!!! ^

This article leans radically towards anti-video games and doesn\’t give (completely) accurate reasons for that position. I, personally, played RuneScape for a year or maybe a year and a half and got into Guild Wars (fears WoW fanboys devouring me).

There are people that are addicted to online games, and there are people that have an account, but play 1-2 times a week at most. Not EVERYONE who plays RuneScape, etc, is addicted.

When I played RuneScape (and other games), I spent a lot of time talking to other people. In Guild Wars right now, I speak (online voice chat ftw) to someone from New Zealand, Haiti, and Portuguese almost daily. I learn so much about the culture and world outside of my little America just by playing a game.

I take offense to the term \”pixels\”. Yes, video games often lead you to spend countless hours on achieving something that isn\’t tangible, but it\’s the \”effort\” and \”teamwork\” put into achieving that that is beneficial. In the high-leveled areas, you have to team up with other people and cooperate with each other. This is viewed as nerdy by outsiders, but I feel that sense of accomplishment more than I do in real life. The most opportunity I have there is to make good grades and get along with my friends.

In a world that is mapped out by satellite and sonar, there is little left for \”exploration\”…especially with the obsession over \”sanitize, don\’t stray from the path, uniformity in actions, don\’t be different\” mindset of today, everything is \”boring\” to me. I want adventure. I want to do something. I play video games. And I\’ve made differences in peoples\’ lives there. Those avatars are real people, too. I\’ve had countless opportunities to share my faith and counsel through problems with them, even though I\’ll never see them face-to-face.

So many people see video games as \”nerdy\” and \”stupid\” that they can\’t see any of the potential and experiences with real people that you can have through them, as a medium. I say the countless hours of TV that some teens watch are at very least just as bad as video games. Video games are at least engaging and should work your noggin (unless you\’re one of the everyone nowadays that just googles the walkthrough…then that\’s another story).

Yes, I speak glowingly of games, but that\’s only if played right. There are people genuinely addicted and need help. Oftentimes, they just need love and bigger shows of friendship. It\’s not always the video game that causes that. Social lives in real life are important, as are spiritual life, family, school/work, exercise, sleep, and so on. I play various video games daily and still maintain an A average, have a social life and great friends, and even manage to work out most days a week. It\’s possible.

my bf plays rs and hes not addicted, he can stop playing at anytime and do other things and not be worried about his ranking or whatev(i admit i dont play bc i think the games dumb but i support his interests), plus hes one of the best players on there, and i think if one of the top ranked players isnt addicted this whole article is crap, only stupid ppl call it an addiction when they cant understand why someone would want to play a game to past time :p

Hello my name is Callum im 14 i played when friends brother (n0valife or whatever ) was playing . At that time i was 6 years old (in english time year 2 /grade 2 in usa) I then started playing it 1 hour turned into 2 into 4 into 8 into…16 hours a day…I played non-stop and now i have hardly any friends.On week-ends I don\\\’t know what to do now at home.I don\\\’t do homework mostly i tend to leave it to last minute.I even still play…but now enough is enough!My level/grades went down so much..don\\\’t do more than 1 hour a day.Well it\\\’s hard…
When i used to play i\\\’ll say okay i\\\’m gonna get then i think to my self ok i\\\’ll another 10mins and it turns into somthing you can\\\’t control!You even think about it non stop not knowing what to do…A constant urge to get this skill e.g you say \\\”gotta get 99 summoning\\\” or whatever don\\\’t live your life on it.2 weeks ago on british television there was an interveiw like this on this chanel called bbc 4 and they asked Jagex about this.GUESS WHAT THEY SAID WE ARE NOT RESSESPONSIBLE FOR TEENAGERS ACTIONS!Of cource its your doing they just want to get rich they dont care if you die all the want is money.The new skill dungeoneering level 120 see.Its constant 100 million xp ! I QUIT YESTADAY DONT PLAY IT MY ADVICE

my husband is always on this stupid game.we have 2 children together we’re both in college. and he chooses to play on runescape on his free time instead of spending time with his family, I love him very much and thought that things would be better once we got married and had our doughter but NO! and it’s literally going to be the cause of or divorce. I hate to say that but we have been married for 3 years and nothing has changed. i need him to realize that he’s not only missing out on life himself but he’s having his family miss out as well. i cant sit around any more and wait for him to be ready get out and live his life. so please if you do play this game please stop. go live…have fun..GET OFF YOUR COMPUTER!!!

It all started December 2003. My friends and I created our accounts. 10 years old. For the first 6 months it was 1-3h/day. Quit my lvl 50 main for a pure (mistake#1). Pking was so fun I was hooked, by 2005 I hit 85 range and got members(mistake#2). July 05 I hit 99 range, from here on out I worshiped the game. By 2006 I learn about staking(mistake#3). Staking up to 8 hours a day by mid 06 I have over 500M and start investing in rares(mistake#4). Pest control comes out and I achieve maxed pure by 2007

Hi. I am 14 years old now, and will be in 9th grade starting in the fall. I have played runescape for 2 years now, and have been struggling to get my playing habits under control. My parents have locked the website to help me not play, but even still I couldn’t stop thinking about it. It’s like a drug, once you have some you can’t stop. I went from playing for like 1 hour a day, all the way to 6 hours a day sometimes. It just completely consumes you. Whether the comments here are true or not, they have truly inspired me to quit playing. Although most of you see this as some random kid making this up, I am not. I haven’t played for almost 2 weeks now, and am have stopped having the urge to play. To show how much I am dedicated to ridding RuneScape from my life, I will give away my account user name’s and passwords here. I’ve listed every account and password I could remember. Go ahead and change take off the pins on the banks, and cancel the recoveries, I won’t be going on anymore. I hope others realize how much time they’ve wasted playing runescape like me, before it consumes any more of their lives. This is Amadala 2, aka G0t No Pray, aka Arrowofice12, signing off, for the last time.

Username: Arrowofice12 Password: l33tspeakpwns
Username: Amadala 1 Password: el3oodahmadbutti90
Username: Amadala 2 Password: el3oodahmadbutti90
Username: Amadala 3 Password: el3oodahmadbutti90
Username: Amadala 4 Password: el3oodahmadbutti90
Username: Rngetnk0wnu Password: el3oodahmadbutti90

Been playing since 2002 ( so 8 years now), i am max cb lvl @ 138, including 99 herb, extremely addicted, have quit for a few months twice, but i stopped fighting it now, there is no stopping the addiction, if u think I am exaggerating about any of this, add me on runescape, my display name atm is Novice_138.

I have a large package deal if any girls want on please message me at the hazleton alc i cant deal with these fat black women anymore :]

I started playing Runescape when I was 11. I have only tried to quit once since then. It has taken over a big section of my life. It’s sad I know, I wish I never discovered the game. I recently quit for a couple months because I knew it was bad for my health. I got bored one night and decided to go to check things out. Next thing I know here I am, addicted to Runescape once again. I have been depressed a lot lately. I blame part of it on me being cooped up in my house 90% of my spare time playing Runescape and the occasional other online game. I have even contemplated suicide. I want to stop I really do….but with an addictive personality like mine, its near impossible. I have been playing this game for 5 years now, 5 years of my life wasted, my highschool life, wasted. If you see me online, my name is redwaller66, add me and tell me to get off please please please!

Wow, comparing Runescape to crack addiction. Nice.

I played RS for two years or so. I got to level 100, bought all the items I ever wanted, became bored and stopped playing. The game never interfered with my regular or academic life. In fact, it made my life better because the boys at my school thought I was cool. Yeah, I was definitely popular among my friends, but that was not the reason why I played.

Runescape is just like any other game or activity. If you devote too much time to your job, for instance, then you’ve got a problem. It’s not necessarily your job’s fault that you’re addicted to working. Same rule applies to any MMORPG.

And to anyone who has been scammed or hacked. Stfu. That’s what happens when you start trusting people over the internet. Don’t talk to anyone on RS unless you know them personally. Your account will be forever unknown to the majority.

lol, wow. I like how you speculate and give no actual facts or figures with sources. @ everyone saying they agree and have moved on to better things: good job changing your addiction to another medium. lol.

i started playing the year it came out, and i could never quite seem to put it down. I played for 12 hours a day, and never seemed to get much further. Sure, the levels were awesome, and the graphics were crappy, but the game was fun and pretty addictive. Eventually, i shelled out money to keep playing, for new stuff, and better environments. I got sucked in. I still play pokemon to this day.