A particular fishing spot in Old School RuneScape (OSRS) has harbored a secret for quite some time ... Did it bring the community together for a few weeks? Fuck yeah.” The Old School RuneScape community is what I want out of MMOs.
Old School RuneScape's new Varlamore update introduced the MMO's population to a gentle giant called the Gemstone Crab, and it didn't take long for players to start following this crab as if it were some sort of benevolent god.
Old School Runescape is having a moment, having broken its concurrent-user record on August 3 with 241,016 players ... Runescape population-tracking site ... Thank you all for playing Old School RuneScape.
Weeks after crossing 200,000 concurrent players, Old School RuneScape has rocketed right onto a new peak with over 240,000 players online, further cementing the MMO's summer explosion ... "Thank you all for playing Old School RuneScape," a tweet reads.
RuneScape has been around longer than most of its influx of new players have been alive. Launched in 2001, it evolved over time to update its graphics and gameplay, eventually becoming what most people remember as RuneScape.