Why Kids Are Dating on Runescape

By Pennya, published Jan 12, 2007
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On every free to play world girl characters get entire crowds of boy characters chasing them around asking them to please be their girlfriend. While this problem is less evident on paid to play worlds most of Runescape's players are willing to admit that this is a major problem with the game. Many girl players have opted out of creating a girl character because of this and some still are not happy with the way Jagex changed the female's body in game. Of course, according to Runescape the player's male to female ratio is 90:10! So many boys are opting into the girl characters to further abuse the problem.

Free stuff, please!
Most of the advances come from lower leveled players looking to gain free items. While this might seem innocent enough the other player ends up enabling the other to depend on others instead of learning how to play the game correctly. This also breeds a completely new sort of player as some refer to as a noob. Now a noob is someone who exhibits annoying or immature behavior that is not to be confused with a new player - a newbie. This is an insult that is not currently blocked by the games filter. Jagex feels that "noobs calling" should be ignored since they say that we were all noobs at some point. When it comes to dealing with a noob its best to apply the saying, "Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he will eat for a lifetime".

Why Kids Are Dating on Runescape

My high leveled member's character went over to a free to play world. In less then one minute I already had an offer from a male character.

Credit: Jagex

Copyright: Jagex

Takeaways
  • Runescape the player's male to female ratio is 90:10.
  • Most of the advances come from lower leveled players looking to gain free items.
  • Keeping the line of communication open during this may be the key to stopping something dangerous before it happens.
Did You Know?
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haha, i like what you said about not confusing a "noob" with a newbie. i hate it when advanced players go around and insult the new ones. stupid snobs. LOVE the quote at the end. marvelous. (x

Posted on 04/17/2008 at 8:04:57 PM

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