State of Play

State of Play is a method by which Jagex can communicate progress on game updates to players, announced with the 21 February 2008 update.

How it Works
On the RuneScape homepage, under the Recent News section, the State of Play section is located, where posts are made regularly detailing changes being worked on and a progress bar showing how much work has been done on the project.

Example:

Item Lending:



''Currently at a briefing stage is the item-lending feature. It has been incredibly difficult to find that balance between versatility and stopping cheaters from abusing it. We believe we've found a solution that achieves this, and we will give you more news in future articles.''

Benefits of State of Play
Many players where complaining after the new 'Future Changes to Recent Updates' about the fact there was no indication on what updates were being done and their date of completion. After reading suggestions in the RuneScape forums, Jagex decided to bring in the state of play so that the players will have progress bars which will be updated, informing them on how close the recent updates are to being completed.