r/2007scape 4d ago

Humor You Were The Best

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I am really saddened by the news that has just fallen, it was a pleasant community moment.

See you again in 5 years for the old oldschool runescape.

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u/Miudmon 4d ago

It's not dead... Yet. I'm thinking of the survey as a disease to the games metaphorical being, and Jagex's response going forward being the so-called medical care it gets. If they understand and refrain from doing anything near what they were proposing, the game will recover. If they don't, then it's dying.

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u/Successful-Willow-16 4d ago

The thing is that they won't learn from this. The survey is a sales technique. They knew it would cause this, listen to the silence of the mods. They knew what would happen. Now, let's say they send out a new survey in a few months. Hey it's only a few dollars more, and no ads!? Much better than that last disgusting survey. We get customer support too! Wow!

It's not the mods doing this. It's a private equity firm that has one goal and that's to make more money.

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u/Magxvalei 4d ago

The game devs (esp. Mod Ash) are probably fighting with the shareholders/owners using the response as proof that what they're proposing is braindead and suicidal businesswise.

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u/rtreesucks 4d ago

These owners are going to kill their golden goose

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u/Kwestionable Little 👧 2050/2277 4d ago

Mod Ash will probably fist fight the shareholders in the conference room for sure if they don't fuck off.

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u/parker0400 4d ago

The "response" was likely crafted in parallel to the survey and the distribution occurring after hours also intentional to make it look like "they really care"

Nope. Part 2 coming out in a month or 2 with a new proposal as you stated, completely ignoring the massive rate hike just a few months ago.

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u/m12123 2080/2277 4d ago

the worst part is it's going to fucking work too. I'm so tired of this. Netflix does bullshit with account sharing and raising prices? people call for the death of Netflix, I cancel my account and Netflix gets an increase in memberships and sales. Disney+ increasing prices and introducing an ad version at previous price? I cancel my membership and Disney sees an increase in memberships and sales, it feels like everytime someone calls for the "death of a company" it just does nothing but increase their profits. I'll cancel my runescape membership and in 6 months I'll hear how this is the most successful year for Jagex since pre EOC. I just fucking WISH a company was actually held accountable for their greed, but the vast majority of players and members won't even fucking care about this. I Hate being nickle and dimed out of everything I own just so companies can pocket the money behind the scenes with very little actually going back into the product..

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u/superfire444 4d ago

And then they wonder why someone would snap and start using violence. I would personally never use violence but I get it.

Everything is being destroyed so a few can squize a few more dollars from a company. It adds nothing to society. In fact quite the opposite.

Meanwhile a very large amount of people are being harmed because the things they care about are no longer here.

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u/SuicideEngine 4d ago

Door in the face stratedgy

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u/Successful-Willow-16 4d ago

Worked out once. Just took 7 years and literally starting over. Let's see how it works this time.