Runescape, that is of Jagex, has existed for quite a while now, although within the last couple of years, Runescape has really removed, some of the more old-fashioned Runescape players will recall the original Runescape, now named "Runescape Classic" or RSC.

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Despite it, well not really being very long ago it was around, Runescape 2, that the version you more then likely know, was launched, so obviously virtually everyone transferred over to take part in the new Runescape, of course there are still some players who play classic.

The major change, was when Jagex made it so you can now play Runescape two, only members can play the original Runescape, this was among the first issues that many players faced, but afterwards, Runescape classic then closed it's door's to new members, so you were only in a position to play RSC if you had logged in within the previous 3/6 months.

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There is some rumours about Jagex opening up RSC for players to host their very own servers or something very similar, IE they'd have to pay x amount every month to Jagex to obtain their own Runescape classic world, I'm let's assume that means they'd be able to control everything, however i doubt you would be able to play the same character on 2 Runescape classic worlds.

This does appear to be a very smart move for Jagex, there are lots of RSC private servers available, but not just one of them even comes to near to how good Runescape Classic was, there are still a lot of videos on YouTube if you wish to check out some Classic player killing / action.