Runescape

This is one of those questions that rise up in my mind whenever I come here:

Are you sure the players are as young as you say they are? Did you ask them or what? How can you be so sure?

Thanks to anyone who takes time to answer my question.

It doesn't matter how young they are, it's how they act.  They act like a bunch of 10 year old kids, and it is obvious some of them are.

RS is filled with young AND immature people, it doesn't matter which, since the community is horrible. 

Well, I know that runescape is played by a wide variety of people of pretty much all ages except for kids who don't know how to use a computer. After playing for 6 years, I think the majority of players tend to be around the ages of 9-16. But I do know that a lot of college students and adults played as well.

However, recently I think most people will agree that there is a trend happening, mostly in part to Jagex, that the older players are leaving and younger and younger players are playing more. So the community, in my opinion, has been getting more younger players 12- and less 13+. But that's my opinion based on my own and a few of my friend's observations. You can kind of tell by the way most players talk and act now.

Compared to other mmorpgs, runescape has one of the more immature communities, but that's just my opinion.

when I last logged in, I posed the question to a group of players at willows on w126 I think. I asked what is everyones ages here?  these were the answers i was given:

9, 11, 12, 12, 15, 13, 14, 11 10, 8, and suprisingly a guy said "43" .

then the arguements began...one of the the 12 year olds told the 8 year old he was too young to play this and to go play with his tele tubbies, and then the 8 year old said " noob"   and all hell broke loose. so i said " some things never change .. " and i logged out lol. I had done this the day I posted the " do kids like runescape poll". 

I always always always asked players their age before I added them to friends list, because i did not add minors to my list.  Though when I left 90% of my adult friens left as well, so I do know they lost a great percentage of their adult population with the updates last fall. I am happy to hear about them introducing pvp worlds, that sounds great if implemeted properly... now all they need to do to make it playable again is bring back free trade lol.

Originally posted by deviliscious

when I last logged in, I posed the question to a group of players at willows on w126 I think. I asked what is everyones ages here?  these were the answers i was given:

9, 11, 12, 12, 15, 13, 14, 11 10, 8, and suprisingly a guy said "43" .

The 43 year old probably lied.

Originally posted by deviliscious

when I last logged in, I posed the question to a group of players at willows on w126 I think. I asked what is everyones ages here?  these were the answers i was given:

9, 11, 12, 12, 15, 13, 14, 11 10, 8, and suprisingly a guy said "43" .

then the arguements began...one of the the 12 year olds told the 8 year old he was too young to play this and to go play with his tele tubbies, and then the 8 year old said " noob"   and all hell broke loose. so i said " some things never change .. " and i logged out lol. I had done this the day I posted the " do kids like runescape poll". 

I always always always asked players their age before I added them to friends list, because i did not add minors to my list.  Though when I left 90% of my adult friens left as well, so I do know they lost a great percentage of their adult population with the updates last fall. I am happy to hear about them introducing pvp worlds, that sounds great if implemeted properly... now all they need to do to make it playable again is bring back free trade lol.

its funny cause jagex would probably ban you for asking for age. thats how shit their reporting system is as well.

Originally posted by dragonlord27

its funny cause jagex would probably ban you for asking for age. thats how shit their reporting system is as well.

Yea, no kidding. Even though it clearly states in the rules what personal information is and isn't there are so many random noobs that never bother to read that and report anyone who asks them a question lmao!  Then it goes to Jagex and they do not bother reviewing them and just ban people.  You are allowed to ask someones first name, where they are from and how old they are. You are not allowed to ask for somones full name, telepohone number and  address. But you have all these paranoid people that have no clue out there and think if you ask them where they are from they panic.  It is a bit ridiculous lol.  So, if someone says," Hi, I am Amy, and you are?" or " I am from texas where are you from?" or "How old are you?" there is no reason to panic lmao that is how normal people interact with each other.  It is sad how many people on there are lacking common sense and social skills.

Well, I know that runescape is played by a wide variety of people of pretty much all ages except for kids who don't know how to use a computer. After playing for 6 years, I think the majority of players tend to be around the ages of 9-16. But I do know that a lot of college students and adults played as well.