The Useless Items That SAVED RuneScape (OSRS)

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Rare items like Partyhats are some of RuneScape's most iconic items. They're so iconic that Jagex even used them to save Old School RuneScape!

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[BenjaminHari]

I'm so glad that OSRS survived this long. I'm a runescape player since 2004-2006 and just recently came back to R3 but it instantly turned me off as it got so complicated. But trying OSRS with the simple but cute graphic really made me fall in love with the game again, even made my character surpass all the levels I had in R3 and now I'm grinding it to 99 lol.

[IdylOnTV]

i love that soup and framed were involved in this stuff 10 years ago. those dudes are pillars.

[truemultipking]

Other factors also played a big role in saving the game, such as the addition of free to play and bonds in February and March 2015, respectively. Although it’s still quite impressive that the game lasted 2 years up to that point with such a small dev team and Jagex expecting it to fail within 6 months (according to Mod Mat K).

[WiscoDbo]

I need to save this video to link. I've met a few people who insist that they were screwed over by jagex when old school released because they had their items and stats reset, but refuse to log into rs3. It's been 10 years and we still have people who don't understand osrs was a fresh start for everyone.

[Labyrinth]

Great video, MAN people were MAD when their rare tradable items weren’t super expensive and can be easily obtained. I do wonder how many people lost their homes/apartments when they found out rare tradable weren't going to cost billions overnight and pay their mortgage.

[imchris]

the whole reason oldschool exist is because someone made a private server called 06 scape and it was gaining a massive playerbase in short order

[rfbftp]

Mod Jacmob (Gouraud, his personal rsn) was VERY against OSRS and said itd never work or be popular before it got polled etc, he was even spreading his stupid opinion around the Jagex office before it was decided to be worked on.

[DrexSux]

I remember being 7 and getting Easter eggs from the event and immediately eating them and being like “yum! Chocolate. Aw it didn’t even heal anything.”

[MithDragon]

I would love to see more things like this where they drop random items across the world you can randomly find. I love the treasure hunt aspect of you never know what you'll find on your adventure.

[russrussellson]

How is it only Raid Shadow Legends fourth Birthday?! I feel like I've been seeing their ads for the last decade 😂

[currentcommerce]

14:04
omg thats me with the gold castlewars kite :D!
that was my favorite fashionscape fit back in early OSRS with mith G helm & void skirt, so cool to see it years later <3

[KarasuYT]

Little known fact - the scythe was tradable the moment it was originally released! It's status was changed to untradable only a few days after it dropped.

[stainmaster]

I love that clip of kreeara killing everyone in gnome stronghold

[rokka]

I actually remember participating back in the J Mod party hat drop streams back then, it was pretty fun. I do reminisce a sort of nostalgia for 'vanilla OSRS' in a way, I didn't play the game back in 2007, I didn't get into a particularly high level, but it was pretty fun. Was without G.E, so I sold rope for 1-5k GP at the Catherby bank.

[pacman_]

Awesome video. Definitely hits the nostalgia talking about all these old rares.
One thing to note. Scythes actually dropped in RS1, not RS2. I still remember killing cows in Lumbridge as a fairly new player and having no idea why they were appearing everywhere on the ground back in '03. To be a kid with no responsibilities in middle school again 😅

[Quinntessentiall]

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[ThePSACollector]

This litterly awnserd a question i had for yeaaaars! O.0 I once upon a time doing slayer when all of a sudden a halloween mask spawned in the WEIRDEST location! Idk where it whas anymore, my best quess whas the kalphite cave but never knew how or why and back then nobody beleaved me 😂😂

[stinger]

Nello this video made me so nostalgic. It's so weird because over 10 years later I think I'm more nostalgic about early osrs than rs2 in 2007 at this point. And I'm usually not super nostalgia driven, I've played for so long because I believe it's a good game, not because of nostalgia from 2nd grade, but that event with the phats running away brought back some memories.

[SearedBite]

i remember getting a green h'ween mask at lighthouse dagannoths like 10 minutes after the update and selling it for a fury (3.5m at the time)

[LPcrazy_]

Hells yeah! Glad to hear holiday event items are still a thing! I just came back to the game a month ago and restarting from scratch since apparently my account was hacked and reset back to tutorial island. I looked up event items on the wiki but wasn't quite 100% sure if I could still get things like the black halloween mask I've seen people rocking. Awesome vid!