On 19 July 2012,
Runescape logged it's 200 millionth account signup. Jagex referred to it as 200 million players,
but I'm not sure how accurate that is, since many players have a 'main', and
then one or more alternate player accounts.
I myself had a different account when starting out; within days of
starting, a scammer convinced me to allow him access to my account. Since it was free to play, rather than
tighten up security and re-claim the original account, I just made a new
one. At some point I gave the original
account a crazy password just to keep people out, but have never played it
since it was scammed. That's about 8
years ago. But the way I understand
things, that account should still be there.
Never used, never played since then.
Then again, there's
the serious concern regarding how many of those Runescape accounts are
bots. I've got no idea what numbers or
percentages would apply, but have to wonder... how many actual players does
Runescape have? Is it truly legitimate
to call 200 million accounts opened the same thing as 200 million real and
unique players?
I'm convinced Jagex
is being deliberately blind to the reality, in order to stage a grand
celebration. A number of players take
exception to this. Myself, I call it
wishful thinking. Not going to get
upset. On a far smaller scale, I do the
same thing. When I want to buy
something, and it's $97.82, I'll tell Monique it's "Well under
$100.00!" When she wants to buy the
same thing, suddenly I perceive it as "nearly $100.00!"
We all 'tilt' things
to help our point look more valid. We
even make up facts and statistics to boost our viewpoint. (Read the forums, you'll see what I mean.) And I'm pretty sure we all know when other
people are doing it. So when Jagex does
the same thing I myself do, it would be hypocritical to get all bent out of
shape about it. On the other hand, don't get me started
about our government... :^)
Anyway, all that to
explain... Jagex isn't fooling anybody.
But we got a celebration, some Party Demons, and a cool new Boogie
Bow. So with a wink and a nod, I'm
putting my dancing shoes on. (Another
perfect example -- I can't dance!)
The party was held
at the Barbarian Village, Bandit Camp, and Varrock Sewers. I chose the Barbarians, simply because they
were convenient. Party Demons, drawn to
the celebration, must be taken down to make the world safe once again. Not sure why, since all they want is to
party. The Party Demons don't attack,
not even when you attack them. Unless you're using the Boogie Bow.
At all of the
locations, Hey Presto is waiting for your help.
He'll give you the Boogie Bow to defeat the Party Demon with. Nothing else can hurt the demon. The bow has very low requirements to
use. It can be used to kill other NPC's, though it does almost no damage. But the Boogie Bow looks
truly awesome!
When done, it can be
stored in the Player Owned Home toybox, but I just destroyed mine. It said the bow can be reclaimed from
Diango. That's good enough for me.
After killing the
demon (and you can kill him more than once) check back with Hey Presto, and
he'll reward you with 200m Glasses to mark this huge celebration. They're purely cosmetic, and serve no purpose
other than marking the 200 million account event. You can also store them in the Toybox, or
destroy them for Diango to keep. Diango's got mine.
When all is said and done, is the 200 million celebration all bluster and
thunder, signifying nothing? Maybe. But I look really cool firing my Boogie Bow
while wearing my 200m Glasses!
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