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  "RuneScape is an MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game), similar to Guild Wars and Everquest. The object of the game is to operate in a three-dimensional online "world"  by taking the persona of a character, represented visually by a customizable avatar, and developing various abilities. Players may do a variety of quests, "level up" by developing skills, make new friends, interact with them via chat, trading, mutual missions or quests, etc. The max level in a skill is 99, which takes a considerable amount of time to reach. The higher the level number, the better the player's character is in that particular skill. Available skills range from combat to fishing, woodcutting, mining, smithing, etc, which can allow the production of items which can in turn be sold for Gold Pieces (GP) and used to buy a variety of items, such as better equipment to further the players' skills." - From Wikipedia The RuneScape character in the clips is: ChikoritaPro
Perhaps the oldest joke about RuneScape is that it was once called Run escape. When one is fighting an enemy and finds that they are going to lose, Run, escape is a good plan of action. Dying in RuneScape causes one to lose items that one had to work hard to get. You know you've been playing RuneScape too long if...
You have every item in the game.
When someone doesn't seem to know you, you know they're a newbie.
You find a penny on the ground and then wait there thinking it will respawn.
A police officer arrests you for assulting three innocent men and you say: I was just training!
You just finished your chores and you wonder how many quest points you got.
You go to the store to buy some beer, and you try to figure out which one will boost your stats.
When a goblin comes by your house.
You try to buy a pick-axe from your co-worker because you can't remember where the nearest pickaxe spawn is.
You go looking for a rabbit to get bunny ears.
Someone kills you and you apear in Toronto.
You start making anchovie pizzas to go into the woods.
You get all of these jokes above.
Your character might be too strong if…
When you're at low health and an entire inventory of anchovie pizzas can't heal you fully.
The admins send a message to every PKer when you enter the wilderness.
Your character is part of a quest.
The dragon doesn't get three rounds to run away.
You can cut wood with your hands.
You log on and the servers crash.
Casting Water Strike creates a new lake.
The anvils can't take the shots from the hammer.
You can kill demons with a bronze sword.
You suffer a nasty 15 second lag and come to be surrounded by rune large helms.
You know your a noob when....
Chickens are red to you.
A guy offers you full steel for free and you say, "No thanks I have full bronze it's better".
You know Lumbridge Castle like the back of your hand.
Chickens are a challenge for you.
Men level 9 are WAY out of your reach.
You've only cooked 1 out of 4578 raw chickens, the rest are burnt, and you keep the burnt meat and try to sell it.
You have full tin.
You can't even mine tin or copper.
You have your own respawn spot for when you die.
You brag to your friends about an iron dagger and a medium bronze helmet.
The farthest from lumbridge you've been is still in Lumbridge.
You know you play too much when...
Packages are sent to you in your RuneScape name.
You rename your street Varrock.
You smith noobs Full Rune just to see them cry when they can't wear it.
They made a village named after you.
You go to a corner store and try to sell a bronze square shield saying its worth 23 gp.
You walk around saying "Selling my lunch Shout 123 to buy".
You prospect all of the rocks in town looking for coal.
You want a new computer so you find out how much addymentite you need.
You have 23 other guys because your guy is too good.
Your guy is too good when...
You can't even fight darkladypeace in wilderness level 48.
There's an option added for you called: "Bow down to (your name)".
You mine rune with your hands.
You smith with your hands and you can make a fire just by shaking your hands around.
"While there is plenty of serious content in RuneScape, there are also lots of quirky/humorous things going on too.
Some of the more unusual things include: the ability to cook a variety of types of pizzas; pick bananas on a banana plantation; hold parties with balloons; play with yo-yos, spinning saucers, and toy horses; whacking others with rubber chickens; raising a pet cat which can then do things like catching rats; and duelling other players with a rubber chicken (or a bunch of flowers).
Around Easter 2005 players had the chance to catch up to the fast-moving giant Easter Bunny (a character no longer present in the game) for a rubber chicken. In addition, if one searches a haystack, one will eventually find a needle. One can also "examine" certain items or people to often amusing results. For instance, when one examines the Head Chef in the cooking guild, the game prints "Despite his name, he in fact only rarely cooks heads." When one examines the Examiner, the game prints "Upon examining the Examiner, you examine that he is indeed the Examiner."
This sort of unexpected content cropping up often provides a welcome break from levelling and is one of the things that makes RuneScape unique."- From Reference.com You know your addicted to RuneScape if:
You think your Mom needs to improve her cooking level.
You write your Runescape account on your school papers instead of your name.
You’re trying to load up the World Map when you get lost in the streets.
You consider hobos to be those annoying level 3 noobs that keep begging for free items.
You consider Salesmen as those noobs who walk up to you, ask to trade, and put a whole bunch of junk in the trade screen and ask for 5k.
You stick a harpoon 2 feet in the water hoping to catch a shark.
You actually catch a shark doing that.
You try to cook the shark by putting it over an oven for two seconds, and try eating it in one second. You try to put a bunch of lethal weapons in your bank account.
You walk around yelling NOOB at little kids on the street.
You see someone die and ask, what did he drop?
You try to put your cat in your bank account.
You buy a paper crown at a store, paint it blue, and walk around saying your rich.
You go fight a bear un-armed, thinking you can kill it easy.
You buy a diamond ring and tell people you can’t die.
You trip and fall down the stairs, and yell LAG!!!
You ask your parents on Christmas, when’s the drop party?
You substitute GP for dollars and K for a thousand.
You’re running unusually slow, and you tell people you need to get a better connection before Gym class.
You pass out and wake up and say, did I just get disconnected?
You try to steal from a farmer with a pitchfork, hoping to get farming supplies.
You kill the Queen of England, hoping you get Dragon chainmail.
You chop down the Oak tree in your yard and wait for it to re-spawn. Girls are a rare item on RuneScape, perhaps just as rare as a partyhat. 10% of the RuneScape population is made up of females, and 90% of that 10% are guys posing as girls. Thus, RuneScape dating is like a casino with a 1% chance of an outcome that you are dating a girl.
A good rule of thumb for all online games is never let yourself believe you are talking to a female.
Runescape Terminology:
In Runescape, many people use abbreviations to make communication easier. Examples include:
Owned: Earlier today we bought your character off of E-bay for $40. In WarCraft, "owned" is what one says to ones opponent after they have won a battle. I suppose it is like NFL taunting if that still happens?
Zezima: no life... he... or she... is the highest player in all of RunEscape and is worshiped by small children everywhere.
G2g or gtg: I have got to go. Don't let anyone fool you this actually means the person isn't interested in you and wants to log out change worlds and go offline.
PvP: Killing other players to steal their stuff.
PK: Player Killer, someone who gets so angry at another player that he finds out where they live and kills them. However, before that, he forces them to hand over their password.
Jagex: The makers of this game, these computer nerds usually refer to themselves as "the gods of RuneScape" or "the Runescape Wizards".
Lag: This is caused by the cheap Jagex's servers, which causes your computer to freeze. The people at JAGex are not willing to buy 'new' servers; in fact, they found the ones they currenty have in the dumpster. Lag occurs when one computer lags the other in time. The game must be synched. The lagging computer causes the others computers to wait.
Buying: This does not technically mean buying, instead it means I'm going to scam the next fool that sells me something.
Selling: See buying above.
Much of the above is attributed to the Uncyclopedia RuneScape page. RuneScape Guide for Parents
By Marcy Zitz
"RuneScape is a very popular multiple player virtual world, role playing game. Hundreds of thousands players from all the world play RuneScape online. Once you obtain an account you can play RuneScape too. The game is also known as Rune Scape."
"RuneScape is a virtual reality game set in an era similar to the Middle Ages. In RuneScape you earn money through obtaining skills such as archery, crafting, smithing, and mining to name a few. You also fight battles against opponents. RuneScape is not a game that is played within a few days, weeks or months - RuneScape is more of a life adventure. RuneScape is a game that is different for everyone that plays because you create you own life in the virtual world and you select your own path. Players chat with other players online with RuneScape's chatting feature which is similar to other instant messengers." - More from About.com My life had no meaning until I started playing Runescape... now it has even less... Common RuneScape Scams
Unfortunately some players make scamming part of the game. This is when they take advantage of other players, stealing gold or other items. Be careful to guard yourself against scammers. Not all of the players in Runescape are out to rip you off, just remember that just like in real life, some are.
Websites that ask for your Runescape password Some websites will ask for your Runescape password, claiming to boost your stats, give you a preview of new Runescape features, etc... Do not enter your password into these sites. They are not associated with Jagex, this is just another way to try to steal your Runescape account. It is a good idea to use one password for Runescape and use different passwords for other sites, including this one.
Emails Sometimes a player may get an email that says it is from Jagex. Do not reply to the email, it is best to not even open it. Jagex never sends emails to players, they use the Message Centre on the Runescape site to contact you if the need be. Some of the emails may look 'official' since some scammers will go to great lengths to try to scam other players but they are not from the Jagex staff. These emails could contain a virus or key logger.
The trust test A player asks you to join a clan and then they tell you that you need to prove that you trust them and the other members of the clan. They then ask you to give them a valuable item to prove that you trust them to give it back. Once you give the item to the other player they run away with it, usually taunting you as they go.
-more Scams from Nomad Gaming Video games are adding an interactive dimension to local libraries. Some librarians worry games take time away from reading, whereas others see it as a way to engage teens. The King County Journal ran the story.
Each of the library clusters will have its own set of game consoles and games and storage, at a cost of about $5,000. The money comes from the library system's operating budget and not from a voter-approved bond issue, according to Barbara Carmody, the system's education and teen services coordinator. Teens are hard to reach, she said, but the video games are "definitely bringing them in," she said. While teens are usually tech-savvy, even the Internet isn't always a big draw. A program on blogging didn't attract many teens, she said. See the related discussion from: WomenGamers.com
JokeCat comments: It's a big thing at my local library with many of the available computers being used to play RuneScape. They actually are somewhat supervised just by the presence of the library staff. Perhaps it is like school with video games instead of homework.
 RuneScape Language
RuneScape players have their own "language" which can be incomprehensible to outsiders and difficult for newcomers to learn. This consists mostly of the proliferation of in-game terminology and the abbreviation of commonly used words. Players will also frequently use common Internet slang. The use of slang and abbreviations allows for easier communication between established players despite the small space available in the in-game messaging system. A few examples of in-game slang and terminology are given in this list (which is in no way exhaustive):
DM: Death match. A death match usually involves 2 players fighting to the death in the Wilderness where the winner takes all. Usually there is a set of agreed upon rules, but some players choose to break these.
Logging/log: The action of logging a character in or out of the game. Also used to describe a player who logs out while in the Wilderness to avoid aggressive player killers. A person who does this is known as a logger.
Pjing: Pile-jumping, directly attacking a player after a kill, before they've had a chance to pick up dropped items or interrupting in the middle of a fight. Usually thought of as dishonourable and makes people angry due to the fact they are fighting a new opponent with considerably more food .
RS: RuneScape
Telenoob/teletubby: Someone who teleports from a death match.
More from: Answers.com Jagex's Responsible Gaming Policy:
Jagex intends everyone to use and enjoy RuneScape in a responsible way.
RuneScape is a computer entertainment product and is operated with the intention of providing our users with an engaging, challenging and entertaining experience which they can enjoy from home, work or college via an online device.
While we do not block people from being logged in to RuneScape over a certain number of hours, we do not encourage people to play for more hours than is reasonable.
Please follow these simple guidelines to maintain a balanced life and get the most out of playing RuneScape.
• Take a break from the computer: read a book, go for a walk.
• Exercise at least once a week (this does not include doing Agility Courses in RuneScape).
• Remember, it is just a game.
• When eating, take a break from the computer - it'll still be there when you come back.
• Don't ignore your real life friends, meet up with them on a regular basis.
• Work and study matters: don't let playing a game stop you doing well in your studies or at work.
If you feel that your use of RuneScape is out of control and you are finding it difficult following some or all of the steps mentioned above, then please seek advice and help from a responsible adult or medical professional. -from RuneScape.com The definition of RuneScape from the Urban Dictionary:
Only one of the current Free Massively Multiplayer Games. It it probably the most easy to find and start. The most monotonous and oddly additive game I have come across so far. A "runescape" is what you call any game that is just a knock off of anything else. You can call anything a "runescape" if it has any of the underlieing problems:
1. over crowding
2. Too many 12 years olds on all the time
3. General lag or bad graphics.
this game reminds me of people playing snkae on cell phones. once youve played it and you get bored later, its the first thing you think of doing. you know its a waste of time but you cant stop. i advise you to NEVER play this unless you want it to consume your soul... i wish i hadnt gotten into it... runescape has a better chance of taking over the world than hitler had...
Runescape is a very addicting game. I used to play Neopets which i thik is gay now. But this game brought me away from everything, my friends and family. Now i go upstair and the first thing i do is play runescape. I now give my self more time to spend with my family. This game is addicting and before you play you should no when its time to stop.
JokeCat comments: I can't say it's as bad as they make out above. Would 30 minutes a day be a real problem? It may be something your child's peers are doing, so there's that to consider too.
JokeCat is not the best speller or typer and often finds errors on his page that have been there for months. But as I mentioned on my WarCraft page, you can see above what is all too common on the Internet and in computer games, poor communication skills. The lack of time to use spellcheck, or to hit the capitalization key, the substitution of "no" for "know", and "its" for "it's". Perhaps these things aren't as important as I think?
Another comment: I thought about editing out the word "gay" used above. It's very common these days and as far as I can make out, its new meaning is: Something out of the ordinary, something one doesn't do anymore. This new meaning is milder and lacks impact. So, I left it in as an example of what a lot of the youth are saying these days. |
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"The Norsemen had a peculiar alphabet, consisting of sixteen letters, or characters, called runes, the origin of which is lost in the remotest antiquity. The signification of the word rune (mystery) seems to allude to the fact that originally only a few were acquainted with the use of these marks, and that they were mostly applied to secret tricks, witchcrafts and enchantments. But the runes were also used in communication by writing." - from Dictionary.com 
Warrior Woman by tttia
RuneScape has very little Fan art as compared to WarCraft. I think in WarCraft the images are already on the users computer, while in RuneScape the images are on RuneScape's servers. This would require pushing all the information across the Internet many times and using up bandwidth if the characters images required detailed graphics, so they don't. Anti-RuneScape petition!
RuneScape is a scam. Jagex has mind control powers. All who wish to free those unlucky people from Jagex...
That blasted game took a year of my life!
I want it back!
Runescape is a scam!
Jagex unleashes their mind control, then people get addicted, then they become a member, and Jagex gets money!
Months later they realize they've just wasted money, part of their life, and Jagex gets the money!
May God punish everyone who made it past the tutorial! (Not me please, I soon realized that RuneScape is a scam!) If you have RuneScape Humor or Jokes you would like to see here, email it to JokeCat at: email@JokeCat.com.
"In Aid of the Myreque."
You know you're addicted to RuneScape if:
• You’re watching Dawn of the Dead or Resident Evil and say, I can own those low level noob zombies.
• You stuff 500 raw Tunas in your cats face trying to get him to get very big.
• Go to a crazy old man to get yourself turned into a girl so you can get free stuff from other people. You’re afraid your dog is going to be attacked by a zombie for burying bones.
• You’re afraid this big nasty Troll will pop up when your fishing in a river with your family.
• You mistake your homework as a clue scroll, and spend hours trying to figure it out.
• You try to right-click on your locker at school.
• You bring a Dragon battle axe to football practice.
• You’re solution to terrorism is "Equip all troops with full rune".
• You buy Santa hats on RuneScape for your family on Christmas.
• You crush a snail in your back yard and try beating it with a chisel.
• You’re actually reading these jokes. You think people should just teleport to work.
• You’re playing CTF paintball and you think it's Castle Wars, so you pull out a Dragon Longsword out of nowhere and kill all of your friends.
• The streets are the wild to you. Gangsters (pkers) could be anywhere.
• You go to the Wal-Mart sporting goods isle and ask for a magic longbow.
• You get hit by a car and eat 20 lobsters, and still wonder why your bleeding.
• You try to teleport your friend to Varrock because he’s annoying.
• You get in a fight, and you try to cast Entangle because the other guy is running away.
• You get the tar knocked out of you at school, and you see little 10s and 20s flying around your head…and then you try to grab a lobster.
• You try to sell a Santa hat at school for 3 mil.
• You’re walking around killing everyone in sight, hoping they will drop good stuff.
• A new student asks you how to get to Gym class, and you say you need level 20 agility.
• You claim you were in the wilderness when you’re charged in court with homicide.
• You try to click - report abuse after someone has broken a rule at school.
• You walk into a pawn shop and ask for 2k cannonballs, because your Dwarf cannon needs more. 
ChikoritaPro with a Green Marionette.
Animated images attributed to: Wikipedia RuneScape is criticised for a number of reasons:
The game's graphics are limited by the fact that RuneScape is designed to be downloaded quickly and run in a web browser.
RuneScape has a mandatory chat filter, which often blocks things with no relevancy to swearing or bad language. In addition, it is easy to use misspellings of filtered words to bypass the filter.
Some tasks in RuneScape are very repetitive. Certain skills can be levelled by repeatedly clicking in the same pattern.
Many people also feel that the player base is chaotic and unchecked, and that moderators tasked with keeping order do not necessarily do a good job.
- from Wikipedia's RuneScape page. When you wave the cursor over items, a little menu reads: "Take/Examine" or sometimes "Walk to/Examine".
Examining items can produce funny results, like these examples:
Apron: "A mostly clean apron."
Bed: "It's a bed - wow."
Bones: "Eww it's a pile of bones."
Big Bone: "This would feed a dog for a month!"
Bullrush: "I wonder why it's called a Bullrush."
Coal: "Hmm a non-renewable energy source."
Cooked Lobster: "This looks tricky to eat."
Dwarf: "A short angry guy."
Railing: "Nice safety measure."
Red Spider Eggs: "Ewwww."
Shortbow: "Short but effective."
Torch: "It would be very dark without this."
Post:"Why am I examining a post?" Common Sense Review
Reviewed By: Jean Armour Polly
Before you enter Runescape's virtual world, you'll have to be trained on Tutorial Island. You'll learn a few essential skills, such as fire making. You'll be taught how to fish, and then must make a fire to cook your food. Don't worry, everyone burns it the first time! Of course you need a way to make money, so you'll learn how to mine ore and even how to smelt it into a small knife. Later on, you'll slay monsters, but on the island, you'll just practice throwing spells at chickens. This training process takes about 20-30 minutes.
Once you've completed the tutorial phase, you're free to wander anywhere you like. You may be sent on a quest to find ingredients for a cake, or you may be asked to go on a spy mission. Successful completion of a quest brings a reward.
Two versions of Runescape are offered: one is free while the other requires a paid subscription of a few dollars per month. Paid members get access to additional lands, skills, and quests. - More from: common sense media  Some of the pictures on these pages can be made larger by moving the mouse over the image and that will bring up this symbol which can be clicked to expand the image to full size.
Leet is a phrase often used on the Internet, some being online games, message boards, and chat rooms. It comes from the word "elite", meaning "above everyone else". It's most commonly written as "1337" or "l33t". It can also be written differently, the numbers 1, 3 and 7 standing for L, E and T respectively. It has turned into an Internet language which uses parts of this number spelling with words based on English. - more from Wikipedia RuneScape's Parents' Guide
We feel that, as a parent, you should have a solid understanding of what our game entails and an awareness of how we keep it safe.
RuneScape is a browser-based MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game). In simple terms, all this means is that the game is not bought or downloaded, but instead runs off our website, through a popular program called JAVA.
The ‘massively multiplayer’ aspect of MMORPG refers to the idea that hundreds or thousands of people can play a game together, online, at the same time. In RuneScape, as many as two thousand people can play on a single server at any one time.
A ‘role playing game’ (or RPG) is described best by taking its title quite literally; you play the ‘role’ of an adventurer. In RuneScape, after designing your character by choosing its physical attributes and base clothing, you enter a ‘tutorial island’ where you are introduced to the basic features of the game – talking to computer controlled characters (NPCs or Non Player Characters), fishing, mining and woodcutting. After this you are sent into the actual game environment, where you then have a whole world to explore.
RuneScape is a fantasy RPG. Although it is set in a fictional world, many aspects of the game are very familiar. Like the real world, RuneScape has an economy; players can buy and sell items from shops or trade with one another and can even dictate their own prices. The in-game currency is called GP (gold pieces) and allows players to purchase anything they might need to live within the gaming world. If their character loses health, they will need to eat and drink in order to replenish. If a player wants to attempt a more dangerous quest, then they will need better armour and supplies in order to succeed. They can even chop wood, smith nails and weave cloth in order to build and maintain their very own house. -from RuneScape 101, their Parents' Guide
RuneScape Review
From Andre Haas
If you are looking for a great game with good graphics, impressive gameplay, and lots of things to do, RuneScape is for you. Start with nothing more that a fire kit, and soon you will have a full armor set and a weapon.
Pros
• Never lags
• Hundreds of thousands of people playing
• Can play on almost any computer
• Many quests
Cons
• Quality of graphics in some places
• Training is a bit tedious but still fun
• Two thirds of world reserved for paying players
Description
• Earn gold through thousands of techniques
• Face hundreds of monsters
• Explore a huge detailed world
• Three-dimensional graphics are impressive
• Hunt, fish, or offer money for food
• Pick from hundreds of weapons
• Pick from being an archer, warrior, or mage
Meet thousands of people and fight millions of monsters in this massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), as you busily train yourself to wield new swords, wear new armors, and cast new spells. You will never get bored as you follow your path to power!
- From About.com Brothers Andrew and Paul Gower along with Constant Tedder formed Jagex (the company that provides the RuneScape game) in December of 2001. Earlier that year, the version of the game that would be ultimately successful was released. The success of RuneScape could be said to be in early 2002 when players started paying $5/month to gain access to more features of the RuneScape world. There are approximately 9,000,000 free players of the game, and 900,000 paying players. Ads appear around the border of the free game, and it seems logical that that contributes to Jagex's revenues. You know you're addicted to RuneScape when:
• You call people noobs in real life.
• Someone can only get your attention by calling you by your RS name instead of your real name.
• Your history essay is on the history of RuneScape.
• It doesn't matter if you have real money as long as you have money in the game.
• You say you’re cooking level is too low to make pizza for you’re family.
• Someone is talking, you look above their heads for the words.
• You call your lunch lady a noob for selling cooked chicken
• You walk up to people and say "free stuff please.”
• You watch Jackie Chan movies and go "owned noob" every time he kicks someone’s butt.
• You’ve programmed you’re keyboard to constantly type "Fr33 St0fF pLoX!!!
• The first thing that comes to you’re mind when you study the middle ages is Varrock.
• You go up to old people and say, “Teach me some magic.”
• You fall asleep in class, your teacher wakes you up and asks what are you doing? You reply, "Sorry I was lagging."
• You call your teachers Mod instead or Mr. or Mrs. (example: Moderator Jones).
• On your final, you type slang such as "lol, rofl, stfu, 1337..." Instead of laughing you simply say "lol." RuneSpeak Here is an example from Uncyclopedia of some of communication you will find on RuneScape: OMGSTFUROFL!111! hi, its bob teh genric noob! omfg u gt teh pwnt lol!!!11!!1 leik roflmao, lolololol dis article is vry funy. leik avrybdy, STFU N00b!, roflmao wtf that is so gay!!!11 lollerskates, now im off 2 do sum pwnage lol, i din't edit that page an even if i did it's better neway so u suck! i pwnz u, leik this things totly awsome. i wud nomin8 it 4 vfh bt dey sed im not allwd 2 any mor i know theyr soe gay yknow. OMGSTFUROFL!111! like Pwned!!
I guess good communication skills are something valuable to have. One's job and many other important things might depend on it. Am I sounding like a parent? Subject: THE HUMAN MIND
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter byistlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh, and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! |
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