Comments on: Jagex Vs. Fansites

By: swiftswitch

swiftswitch — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:19:07 +0000

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By: ice

ice — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:25:56 +0000

Very nice read, very clear. I support you, and believe that Jagex has good intentions but…. doesnt pull through. Good Job!

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:30:03 +0000

I very nice read, but the statistics weren’t really convincing in my opinion. They don’t proof very much.

But very well writen nonetheless, good job!

By: General Che Guevara

General Che Guevara — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:36:40 +0000

As a co-staff member of Cecchi, I just have to ask…

Why is this not being spent on Shamrock?

By: Rocof

Rocof — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:14:27 +0000

awesome post.

I remember when Quest Help and Knowledge Base came out. All I thought was “hypocrites, you don’t like fansites/SS to give unfair advantage to players or take the fun of the game but you do the same thing”

I think it’s each player choice to use a fansite or a third party software and Jagex should not try to stop it.

By: Cmafai

Cmafai — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:52:55 +0000

Yes, but for the reasons stated in the article, I am arguing that it is in their best interests to focus less on aiding players in playing the game, and more on improving the game itself. Theres a giant community volunteering to run the tipsites, no need to waste time doing what is already provided by them.

Also:

Yes, of course. We encourage the creation of fan sites and many of our players use them to gain information about our game

But yes, read the last paragraph again, because I do want to commend Jagex’s work.

By: GSmeck

GSmeck — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:42:38 +0000

Kind of biting the hand that feeds, don’t you think?

I think Jagex has done a terriffic job creating a game that appeals to people of all ages. You can’t blame them for opening up information for younger players as well as just new players in general. And of course they are going to blantantly react to the info that fansites have and incorporate it into runescape.com. It is a business afterall, more hits mean more advertising money. Fansites simply profit on another person’s work. I agree that they can be helpful, and I enjoy reading articles on them, such as this site, but you can’t blame them for wanting what’s rightfully theirs.

By: Cmafai

Cmafai — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:54:12 +0000

Well Benjy – I agree. I tried to get my point across in the last paragraph but couldn’t word it nicely. Let me try again…

Basically, Jagex makes it hard for us, but it’s in there best interests (or so they think), so I understand. I think they would be better off stopping trying to “protect the players” however, since tipsites & fansites are 100% players … thats the point of them.

I have a lot of respect for Jagex, so writing this article was hard. Weeding out the info for it was not an easy task, and even so you can see that my quotes are all really repetitive

By: Benjy

Benjy — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:47:48 +0000

Wow Cmafai,
To be honest I’d always believed that Jagex was always Pro-Fansite (with the exception of Quest-Help which I didn’t believe was too wrong).
When the rules banning SS were put out I didn’t feel too bad, but I wasn’t using it at the time. Even so I think I can live without the clients.

A great article though,
more?

By: Stasik

Stasik — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:02:33 +0000

Loved reading this article, as it revealed what Jagex is actually doing, and not how it disguises it.

I like how you write with quotes and all.

Can’t wait for your next article