Runescape Game Play

It is a bit late in the day after all my blog posts but I thought it was time I let the non players know roughly what Runescape is about.

Jagex who own Runescape sell mouse clicks!

That is it a multi million pound company based on selling button presses in fact millions of millions of mouse clicks.

Ok it is a bit more involved than that as these clicks are set up with a graphical interface so you can make your click do different things.

Basically you create a character that you will stick with throughout your Runescape career this character through the graphical interface can react with other real players in a Massive multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG).

The aim of the game is to train your character by doing a large number of set tasks in the skill that you choose, this will enable you to do better things and work with better materials to make things that you and other people value.

There are few requirement to play Runescape, you need a computer with an internet connection a web browser and Java installed on your machine, these are all standard on most windows computers so it can be played almost anywhere there is a computer.

You can play a cut down version of Runescape that is free, this is a large area and has a few quests, this is ideal to see if you like the game, you get to see many aspects of Runescape and can learn how it operates before you invest your hard earned cash and go members.

With members accounts you can pay a minimal fee under £5 per month and you get access to loads of extra click opportunities and different colours to click on.

The members area is huge and there are many more skills for your character to train on more quests and lots of ways to make training your character easier.

There is a way of buying bulk clicks in the form of Runescape GP for real life money, fortunately this is against the rules and there is a good chance of having your account banned, the thought of cheating at a game is defeating the object of the game, if you don't want to click aimlessly for hours don't play the game.

This doesn't paint a very rosy picture of the game does it? the Power of Runescape is its motivation to do well to better yourself and have ways to show your fellow players that you are good at doing things.

Beware though this game is very addictive if you can get past the initial frustration of being a new character (Newb) and not being able to do much the pressure and motivation to do well is great and you may well spend longer than you want to playing it.

Now parents your children may want you to read this bit extra carefully.
Runescape is educational, you can learn a great deal from Runescape, many parents start to play Runescape because their children play it, I personally got my son into it because I could see the benefits in playing it.

How can it be educational?
You learn social skills how to speak to people.
You learn to follow rules and the consequences for breaking them.
You learn time management, spending a certain amount of time earning GP and certain amount of time enjoying it.
You learn basic security, keeping your account safe, passwords and using a bank pin.
You learn to watch out for yourself, there are scammers on Runescape after your items, just like real life, where would you prefer your children to find this out Runescape or In the real world?
You learn advanced arithmetic, buying and selling goods often in millions of gp, calculating costs and profit margins.
You learn map reading and navigation.

These are just a few of the benefits of Runescape, I could go on and on listing the benefits.

There are a number of dangers associated with Runescape, most of these can be overcome by making sure your children never give their personal information in game, this is against the rules and can result in a ban for asking for personal information.

Runescape is not only for the young, it can be and is great fun for all generations of players, I am 40 I have friends who are the same age and some teenagers, there are people play who are in their sixties and still get a great deal out of the game and my son who is 8.

People play for different reasons, some like to have a high combat level to kill high level monsters for great rewards, some play and don't care about levels and just want to hang with friends, some like to just train skills and remain at a very low combat level just to show that they can.
Sometimes there are taunts about each others way of training, again this is a learning opportunity, either learning to ignore and carry on, learning to discuss (argue) and put their case across with the hope of making the other person understand, or insulting and flaming with the chance of a black mark or a ban for offensive language.

Runescape is a powerful tool to help young people learn about people and life around them in a safe environment.

As with all things it is still a good idea to keep a grasp on reality and visit the real world occasionally, it is amazing how many young people understand this and will take time out for study and friends.