Runescape

RuneScape is a MMORPG comparable to Guild Wars and Everquest. Players may engage in a variety of things including quests, developing skills, making new friends by interacting with chat, trading, mutual missions, mini games etc.

Available skills range from combat to fishing, woodcutting, mining, smithing, etc. This allows the production of items which can in turn be sold for gold pieces (GP) to be used to purchase a variety of items. The maximum 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. One’s combat level works in conjunction with several combat skills, allowing a maximum combat level of 126.

A variety of both positive and negative random events can take place in RuneScape. Random events are used to prevent the use of “macros”, which are automated scripts which play RuneScape with little or no human interaction. Random events can also add variety to some of the more repetitive activities in the game.

Players must respond to most of these in the correct manner or they will receive a negative effect such as being teleported across the map. For example, if a random event requires a player to talk to the Mysterious Old Man, that player should respond, or they may receive a negative effect. Another example of a random event is a mime, where a player is teleported to a stage and must mimic the actions of a non-playable character. After completing the challenge the player then receives a reward which can vary from clothing resembling that of a mime, to emotes that resemble mime movements.

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