RuneScape:Giveaway/Essays

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How Has The Wiki Improved RuneScape For Me by Qwert Yuiop8
The RuneScape Wiki was the only reason that I played RuneScape. I am a primarily Free To Play (F2P) player. This means that I will sometimes get very bored of playing and may leave for a few days or longer. Then I will be sitting in class and remember some of the memories like this… When I had first joined the Wiki on one of the first few days I joined there was a random event of about 20 people down on Musa Point. I made the long walk down there, in the days before the Explorers Ring. I arrive in my first set of rune armour when I see some of the likes of Brux, Steler, and Jedi. In the events that followed we all took a picture (As seen below), that is the sole thing that keeps me coming back to this game. Without it I would never be playing.

It’s that first day where the amazing community welcomed a Noob. This community doesn’t care if you are a level 3, 126 or 138. It doesn’t matter if you’re British or American, Brazilian or Australian. As long as you join in the fun, The Wiki is glad to have you. Religious tension is not a problem here because we are all the same. We have all used the Cooks Assistant Quest Guide at least once. It’s those ties that keep me at it. Without that first step of community outreach I would have never been ranked. I would have never met some incredible people, I wouldn’t know how to speak Latin, most of all, I wouldn’t know my best In Real Life friend if it weren’t for these people. Since that day years ago, I’ve had other reasons to stay and depart from RuneScape. Many of the reasons I’ve left are because of the Wiki, but that happens to the best of us, we all get lost. We choose a different path away from this fictional escape. Wherever these paths may take each of us, we know one thing. The Wiki will be here. It will accept us all again no matter how big of a blowout we had when we left. It all goes back to the theory of the Wiki never dying in our hearts.

When I left the Wiki shortly I had no regret, but when I returned I was forgiven. I was embraced with open arms, sent back on the right track. I know that we aren’t just a fan site. We are an interweb of people who can together make playing this game better for each other, and the overlying population of Our Game. I hope that if anyone ever reads this essay they can realize what RuneScape would be without the RuneScape Wiki. Imagine how many people could write this same story of me. It’s a story that is in all of us, we all have experienced the outreach here. We love this place, and as much as we get sick of editing, we can always come back to it.

When it comes down to it for me, I felt that I had to keep playing because of this. Midwinter I was ranked in the ClanChat (R S Wikia, Everyone should join!). This gave me a sense of pride that I wanted to make the clan a better place for all, I would try to play more just so that I could help to stop anything I see wrong. Now after the updates of April 12, 2011, I have no use anymore. I’m drifting away again from this place again. I’ll still play RS because of my friends and all, but the tie to the Wiki has been severed once again. I need some way to reconnect to the past. Too many friends have left, and not enough returned. If we don’t see a change this could soon be the end of a great age. It’s been coming for a while. Many agree that the “old days” were way better. Now, as I write this essay on the spot. I think I’ve realized it. I am going to return the CC to its former glory. The way the RuneScape Wiki has improved my RuneScape experience is always giving me a home to return to. We make an impact on every player in some way. Thank you for keeping me playing this game. Thank you for giving me a purpose.

-Qwert Yuiop8