The last thing I could have expected from 2021 was this video receiving all your love. What made RuneScape so special was all of you, there in the crowd - and I hope you were able to relive some of those blissful and carefree times through this video. Whatever the past 14 years have thrown at you, just take a moment to remember all these fond memories and know that the next 14 will bring many more! PS. For those wondering, I am still here and doing well :)
I appreciate the fact that you created this account solely for the purpose of showing us the Varrock bank prior to the GE. And on top of that, you have 69 subs, I dare not mess that up.
the hours, the clicking, the typing, the gain of trust, the gain of disrespect, and the humbleness when you clicked that log out button. this game saved my life forsure. was a rough stage in this time being in middle school being bullied. but this game gave me friendship. gave me highs and lows. thank you old school runescape.
@@soultaker840 Pretty sure he is just referring to the Old School version of the game (RS2 back in 07/08)... Which is what OSRS is modeled after, as you mentioned... Which is why they named it 'Old School' RuneScape.
@@soultaker840 That person was describing how this game allowed them to get away from bullying at school and you in turn semi-bully him with your comment...disgusting
To that kid who trusted me with their full mith armor and then I ran away and logged out in 2007. I am so sorry. I logged back in and tried to find you. I really hope you didn't quit after that. Even at 27 years old I still feed bad.
I'm 27, almost 28 now. This brings back so many memories. I started playing around 2005 and played for years until EOC and all that stuff went downhill. Played for a few more after osrs came out. I still think about playing again but it's hard to find time now. The community is the best part.
same age as you i probably have lots of similar memories to you. I think of playing sometimes but it's hard to find time and something in me tells me it should stay in the past, i don't want to spend too much time on it... i played so much from 2004-eoc wow!! lol
Not really, social side is mostly gone due to technology changing. Nowadays there's guides for everything and people do stuff on their second monitor. Back in the day I'd cut yew logs on my potato big box computer screen and chat with whoever was there. No need to do that nowadays, hell the trading barely had any social interaction outside of the "buy/sell spam" and "offer" "bank sale".
@@taserrr I guess it depends on the person, sure most of the trades were quick trades with little interaction but I definitely had some good conversations with people I was trading with. Even back when I started the game in 2007 there were plenty of guides for skilling, combat or quests but people have just gotten older, have less time so they try to be more efficient with their time. Even if player trading only offered a small amount of player interaction, the game still felt much more alive which is crucial for any MMO.
@@taserrr ^ this is the truth of it. We didn't even half second monitors, and the idea of doing anything other than music at the same time [on a different device usually] was all most people did. Being bored and WANTING to make conversation with strangers was what made it happen. I never understood it until now, you really made me think and realise, that is literally all there is to it ^^. It's nothing to do with a cultural change, people, anything complicated or fussy, it's literally as you wrote, simply. Nice one ^^
Legit! I was such a slow typer before and got so fast at typing cuz of bank selling. It stuck and now people always tell me I’m a super fast typer hahaha
@@AT-mm2em you're insane. Wasting hours on end just to buy/sell supplies. Either your memories have grown sweeter with time or you didn't even play before ge. It was a pain in the ass
It is so nice to see the community come together to reminisce on the good old times. I have enjoyed reading the comments and vast amount of throwbacks. This reassembles a time where you didn't have overwhelming pressure to get somewhere in life or become something great. Since then, I have felt trapped by circumstance, coping with the lack of proper training in the workplace and the continuous rise in house prices. I have found social media to be the root cause of unhappiness. There doesn't seem to be many people willing to knock on your door these days to make an effort but will happily send a text message. In all honesty, I think the game today reflects the world we are now living in. Selfish people, taking life too seriously and the need to prove yourself to others daily. It has been this way for as long as I can remember. Back to the video, I think what makes these times unique is just how clueless and easy-going we all were in our youth. I started in 2006 with a group of school friends at just 10 years old. Whilst no GE was amazing, I think the game would have died long ago without it and the new bosses/quests etc. But I believe it would of been better for it to die then than now. Games just aren't what they used to be for those who are in their twenties or above. Too many veteran players with the sole purpose of becoming pro or making money somehow. I had an amazing childhood, largely because of this game. I didn't have the best upbringing but the game taught me wrong from right. The people I met back then were amazing. I thank every single person that was there during those times who helped the game be what it was. We should be looking out for each other now more than ever, lets make the next 14 years good ones. Let us do what we did back then, take no notice of what everyone else is doing and enjoy what is in front of us.
Bro, I remember watching pks and getting lured, I don't even remember what they offered, I think it was rune armor, lmao I was so naive. But I learned to keep auto retaliate off after that and trust a little less lol.
@@samuele9947 Best year man, best year... I remember a lot of kids in my high school played it, and I actually chatted with people in the game. Unlike today.
Man, this makes me feel sad, wishing I was back there rather than worrying about my future. But my sadness is just a reflection of how good my childhood was. Appreciate what we had back then. We were so lucky to have an upbringing like this.
Great perspective man. I can relate, all the things that have happened since this and knowing how another 14 years will make this time we are nostalgic over even further in the past saddens me a bit but like you said it just a reflection of the good!! Much love boys
Never grow up. Never stop doing the things that brought you joy, no matter how childish. Take 30 minutes out of your day to log on and chop some trees. Life is not permanent and I'd rather die doing what I love when I want than be a slave to the man or dollar bill.
I loved rs. This was the exact day my mom died. This game literally was my only oasis while my family continuously fell apart. I will always be grateful.
I remember spam clicking the world hoping to get in lol, sometimes it would take like 30 minutes. I also remember the corner where all the “cool” kids with Zammy and Sara would hangout and sell, ahhhhh the good ole days. We’re getting old boys!
dude remember heading to the furthest corner in fally park to see the big dogs buyhing and selling whips and d chains barrows sets and youre there a noob thinking damn thats alot of money!
I remember back in '07 buying my first set of zammy rune at the GE world 1 (which I worked my butt off to get killing giants and collecting limps) behind the bank, then a week later getting lured in the wild and losing all but 1 piece since I wasn't skulled :(
@theackid7887 GE is like your boring online broker. Varrock Bank was the real trading pit of a stock market. The spam and the chaos, and I loved every minute of it.
Man, as you were walking though the areas, I was saying to myself, oh this is the rune armor section, raw lobs west of the anvil, limpwurt roots just on the inside of the bank, runes just outside the bank north of the anvil. Trimmed/rares north of the bank. Each section had it's own spot, and it astonishes me how organized it was.
This came up in my recommended and I had to click it. I remember going to goblin village and training for hours with the music on and I was happy. It was such a long trip from Lumbridge / Varrock I had to get directions along the way, back then if you asked people would take you, or to the wilderness, you had a 50% change of getting dropped!
This is absolutely nuts how much nostalgia this brings back. I completely forgot that the hours I spent on this game saved me from a not so good path irl. Thankfully I was able to gain some wisdom and make some better like choices than some of my acquaintances ... Unless you were part of this community way back then, at least latest 2009... then you dont understand how powerful this clip is
We were once innocent minds, children, playing this game. Now we are grown adults. I hope you are doing well and wish you success and health to you and your family.
@@EntitySteel people say str ammy, and lobbies in f2p constantly. Nty is used all over the internet and osrs all the time as well. You’re wrong, get over it
Glad to say I got to enjoy this moment of RuneScape back then, felt so insane being on a game with so many people each one going through their own in game journey.
This is why I didn't want the Grand Exchange in old school. This made the world feel alive. Every city had people in it selling items. This was runescape at its peak for me.
@@JackAssSquirrel so just...don't buy from them? you could also easily just go to the forums back in the day to find people. GE made the game into a baby mode single player RPG
yup and its not only runescape that suffers from this modernizing, real life cities are as dead as ever nowdays, people only order online or go to shopping centers for convenience! the future sure is more efficient and progress is faster but its cold and depressing to me!
fally w2, barrows was at the bridge, whips in the back by the fence, phats back there too lil further, santas just east of that, obby stuff by the tree, blood runes just a step away from east bank, oh man the nostalgia. thats the one thing i miss more than anything is the trading
Those precious memories, easier and beautiful times. Playing runescape in al-kharid or chopping yews in near edge bank on sunday mornings. Now creating freaking strategy powerpoints for companies.. I want to go back...
How dare you not love the clown world you live in now? You think the internet was better before everyone else got online? Your comment seems innocent on the surface but isn't it racist deep down?
I'm grateful for the algorithm recommending me these old RuneScape videos. Brings back memories of chopping yews for weeks after school until I had enough money to buy full Sara. Good times man.
Love the fact that the trading area around the bank was organized, with the most expensive items to the north, and bank-sales/cheap sales to the south :D
@@elvin2010ify Back then "addy plate noob" was a pretty common insult. There was no shortage of people who wore rune everything except platebody because they couldn't finish dragon slayer. Now everyone who plays osrs is an absolute veteran and the worlds are deserted. We're the biggest fans who are still here after 20 years, trying to keep the memory alive.
@@ComedyLoverGirl ya it’s sad to see how easy RS3 is compared to what we played. You can pay real world money to buy any stats or items basically, and get max combat in a week regardless. Nothing like what we went through back then lol…
To be honest, i just started a week ago with runescape. I'm experiencing OldSchool RuneScape. Even though it will probably never be as crowded and full of people as it was before, i really enjoy that game and can understand how you can love it. Keep up the grind gamers, don't let this game die.
I’m so happy to see new players like you arriving after all this time. Never stop exploring, chase your goals regardless of efficiency and enjoy the small details, you’re gonna have a blast. The new content Jagex has been adding is amazing too. Nostalgia will always be there for us older players but OSRS has many virtues that go way beyond that
@@Diegobrinter thank you man. i am still playing from time to time and doing quests or leveling. it is relaxing and cool, even though i dont know what items are good or bad hahaha
I agree. While I'm super thankful for the convenience of the GE, there was something so thrilling about finally finding a seller/buyer for something you'd been trying to buy/sell for so long
@@James-wl5zv Oh yeah for sure, until it comes time to do a quest and you’re like ok I need a bucket of milk. 5 bowls of water, a blue dhide body, 10 feathers, and like a gaggle of other random shit and you’re like ugh gathering this shit is gonna take as long as the quest! Lol
@@djjazzyjeff1232 That was part of what made the journey fun though lol. It was an actual adventure through and through. Taking shortcuts, looking for water sources inside houses/fountains, didn't have a million teleports, catching cheap items in the general store etc. It was like everything had a purpose and made Runescape feel so much bigger. So much is just obsolete now and the journey just feels rushed.
@@gadec4lyfe I see what you’re saying but the people who play the game aren’t children anymore. Also you can still do that shit if you want, and tons of people play ironmen which can’t trade anything at all. So that way to play not only exists it’s been amplified.
@@djjazzyjeff1232 You're right, you can still do that but what I'm trying to say was that it was MUCH more immersive when it was all we had and everyone went through the experience.
It's honestly bittersweet, I remember all of my friends and myself quitting when Runescape went through these bad years of trade limitations and no wilderness. I remember having fierce debates about whether or not the GE was good or bad even though we were like 12, and in my personal opinion, I had always thought it was bad. The GE did to Runescape what iTunes did to the music industry.
made it more accessible to the people looking to make purchases? lmao, GE passed the poll to come back in OSRS for a reason. I played from 2006-2011, on and off after OSRS intro and recently have been playing an ironman...and even I can recognize that adding the GE was a brilliant decision by Jagex. Fewer spammers which also means easier moderating, an official location for trading to occur means you don't get FPS spikes in every bank across Gielinor--especially when you were playing on a Pentium potato PC. Then there's the fact that it is way easier and more appealing to casuals AND efficiency players because it's so much quicker, more organized... The game would not have lasted as long as it did without it, and OSRS would've died off as well...all this from a guy who can't even use it anymore.
I remember spending so much time in Varrock I didn't even know about the Falador trade scene until I couldn't find something and was told to check there. I show up and still loads of people in the park buying and selling with each other. Very memorable times...
@cool ge was one the greatest updates to land on rs. Bots existed before it and it didn't change anything besides easier for them to sell their supply, like it did for real players. Ge didn't magically create more demand or supply
@@VVVvl230 ge literally ruins this game I was so sad to find out it was already back in osrs it only helps with oddball items for quests but I would gladly take that annoyance for more stable prices with room to barter based on how bad someone wants something
This is actually what got me through typing class as a kid. I never knew to use autotyper so I would repeatedly type over and over again the same advertisement until someone traded me day in and day out. I type fast as hell now (: thank you 07 scape
Our experiences shape who we are. That's why we're nostalgic for a time when MMOs were actual genuine experiences. Never forget how valuable that is. If an MMO feels automated, it's not an experience: it's a waste of your time. Don't let it rot you.
I always loved how each section of the bank was designated for certain things. The back where rares and god trimmed rune was sold was always so far out of budget for me, but I always dreamed of being able to afford something back there. What a nostalgia trip, thanks brother.
omfg i remember this!!! i remember trying to buy a rune 2h for 75k and it took me like 2 days!!! i remember saving up by killing cows and sellin hides for 100 ea in al kharid bank, ohhh the nostalgia!
The algorithm is a very unique thing. It knows exactly what we want even if it means a video from 2007. You're a legend for doing this back then, it seems you uploaded to remind people of life before the GE, no idea why you recorded it originally though. 9:30GMT 2007 on world 1, I would have more than likely been there selling lobster Thank you for this!
Man, if he was 13 in this video he would be 27 now, not a middle aged man. Looking at the average 27 year old today he's probably more likely to still be playing runescape in all his free time. And that's not a diss. I'm 28 and except for some people I met in the army who were from the countryside, almost no one I know at my age are married with kids. Paying a mortgage, sure, some. Most rent though because prices to buy a home are 5x what they were when this video was made.
@@fredlind8270 damnnnn, that’s nuts. I’m 25 and literally the majority of colleagues I had in high school have either been pregnant, or married wayyy before we all hit 25. Around like 20-23. Every time I go through Instagram and see the stuff of people I followed from high school, I see eventually another one getting married or getting pregnant and I’m like “AnOtHeR OnE?” I’m not one to judge though, as long as they’re stable enough to handle stuff like that, I see nothing wrong if people want to settle down with a partner for the rest of their lives and have their own new life to grow. I guess everywhere is different though, nonetheless, growing up sucks lmao
I was 14 in 07, this really hits the feels. I don't mind myself some osrs every now and then but it just isn't the same. Everything's so calculated, efficient... nothing beats killing cows and cooking chickens like your life depended on it😂
I kinda hate how i breeze past players with trimmed armors and don't even blink. once i high alched enough yew longs to afford black armor with the gold trim I wore that shit and felt like a kingpin.
The last thing I could have expected from 2021 was this video receiving all your love. What made RuneScape so special was all of you, there in the crowd - and I hope you were able to relive some of those blissful and carefree times through this video. Whatever the past 14 years have thrown at you, just take a moment to remember all these fond memories and know that the next 14 will bring many more!
PS. For those wondering, I am still here and doing well :)
We are a family ❤️
Looks like a pretty cool game, I might try it in 22 years
I appreciate the fact that you created this account solely for the purpose of showing us the Varrock bank prior to the GE. And on top of that, you have 69 subs, I dare not mess that up.
looks like a cool game, hope they make version 3 of it
i remember being there back then flipping obby capes in p2p
it was impossible to not click this video, man the nostalgia
Same lol
The algorithm is pushing it hard today
For sure
Damn true
Wow it just came up for me and yeah I had too as well.
the hours, the clicking, the typing, the gain of trust, the gain of disrespect, and the humbleness when you clicked that log out button. this game saved my life forsure. was a rough stage in this time being in middle school being bullied. but this game gave me friendship. gave me highs and lows. thank you old school runescape.
Still wish I could find my old Rune Scape friends.
Same I was also bullied but this was my escape. Nothing else mattered when I logged on.
broooooooooo so true man!!!!!!!! 100% agreed!
@@soultaker840 Pretty sure he is just referring to the Old School version of the game (RS2 back in 07/08)... Which is what OSRS is modeled after, as you mentioned... Which is why they named it 'Old School' RuneScape.
@@soultaker840 That person was describing how this game allowed them to get away from bullying at school and you in turn semi-bully him with your comment...disgusting
To that kid who trusted me with their full mith armor and then I ran away and logged out in 2007. I am so sorry. I logged back in and tried to find you. I really hope you didn't quit after that. Even at 27 years old I still feed bad.
Feel
:(
D:
ifeel you bro i once hacked my friend when i was like 11 years old, i cried a day later
@@leafkefn3774 Same ... I still have lingering thoughts about it
Throw-back, thanks for the recommended YT
Hey
Same this was cool
Bonus
Same
smd sparc
"Unregistered Hypercam 2" is a nostalgia kick within itself
yes thats a part of the rs experience back then
Right??? brought me back to my RSMV days
yeeeeah :D
Anyone remember gc20Amber
@@bennellly1722 I do
Ugh the good ol times :(
Miss it so much
Fancy seeing you here!
This was simpler times.. Really nostalgic
me too
Such history deserves a permanent place in the Library of Congress for eternity.
All those years playing RuneScape this is sure a nostalgic trip for me. This was when RuneScape was at its peak and I will never forget these times.
bruh why tf is youtube recommending this now lol
@@arcan762 its because people comment on it lol
Wrong, factually 2008-2009 was runescapes peak
@@foster5188 it really wasn’t the “peak” but I still really enjoyed those times
I completely forgot about how F2P was just a trimmed arm flex contest, was so nice seeing this video remembering about the grind for those as a kid
Awesome
pot up
The algorithm has blessed us all
lol i see we all have found this blessed video
Funny we all meet here on such similar circumstances
awesome
I'm 27, almost 28 now. This brings back so many memories. I started playing around 2005 and played for years until EOC and all that stuff went downhill. Played for a few more after osrs came out. I still think about playing again but it's hard to find time now. The community is the best part.
Me too bro. I’m 25 now. Brings back so much memories
same age as you i probably have lots of similar memories to you. I think of playing sometimes but it's hard to find time and something in me tells me it should stay in the past, i don't want to spend too much time on it... i played so much from 2004-eoc wow!! lol
@@CodCatsyeah. it hurts but i do think it's gotta stay in the past on some level. onward to bigger and better things!
Player-to-Player trading was something I really enjoyed. The G.E has some pro's but it absolutely killed the social side of the game.
Yeah I prefer the old way but watching this you can see there was a need for something better.
They should just add a 5-10% tax on GE
Not really, social side is mostly gone due to technology changing. Nowadays there's guides for everything and people do stuff on their second monitor. Back in the day I'd cut yew logs on my potato big box computer screen and chat with whoever was there. No need to do that nowadays, hell the trading barely had any social interaction outside of the "buy/sell spam" and "offer" "bank sale".
@@taserrr I guess it depends on the person, sure most of the trades were quick trades with little interaction but I definitely had some good conversations with people I was trading with. Even back when I started the game in 2007 there were plenty of guides for skilling, combat or quests but people have just gotten older, have less time so they try to be more efficient with their time. Even if player trading only offered a small amount of player interaction, the game still felt much more alive which is crucial for any MMO.
@@taserrr ^ this is the truth of it. We didn't even half second monitors, and the idea of doing anything other than music at the same time [on a different device usually] was all most people did. Being bored and WANTING to make conversation with strangers was what made it happen. I never understood it until now, you really made me think and realise, that is literally all there is to it ^^. It's nothing to do with a cultural change, people, anything complicated or fussy, it's literally as you wrote, simply. Nice one ^^
When times were simpler. I learned how to type so fking fast thanks to this game
Dude I can find anything on a screen because of this shit
100 words per min bc of runescape
Legit! I was such a slow typer before and got so fast at typing cuz of bank selling. It stuck and now people always tell me I’m a super fast typer hahaha
so true
surely you lads used autoclicker/typer by garyshood..... oh gary i owe you so much
Crazy to think that this is all we had and it was perfect.
It wasnt perfect. Quite the opposite it fkn sucked. Ge one of the greatest updates to land on the game
@@VVVvl230 if there was no g.e nobody would even ask for it, G.E was one of the worst updates ever to come.
@@AT-mm2em you're insane. Wasting hours on end just to buy/sell supplies. Either your memories have grown sweeter with time or you didn't even play before ge. It was a pain in the ass
@@VVVvl230 you're actually skunked i could absolutely school you right now on why the g.e should never have been added
@@jella488 you've got nothing besides reduced player interaction. But go on "school" me I'm curious.
It is so nice to see the community come together to reminisce on the good old times. I have enjoyed reading the comments and vast amount of throwbacks.
This reassembles a time where you didn't have overwhelming pressure to get somewhere in life or become something great. Since then, I have felt trapped by circumstance, coping with the lack of proper training in the workplace and the continuous rise in house prices. I have found social media to be the root cause of unhappiness. There doesn't seem to be many people willing to knock on your door these days to make an effort but will happily send a text message.
In all honesty, I think the game today reflects the world we are now living in. Selfish people, taking life too seriously and the need to prove yourself to others daily. It has been this way for as long as I can remember.
Back to the video, I think what makes these times unique is just how clueless and easy-going we all were in our youth. I started in 2006 with a group of school friends at just 10 years old.
Whilst no GE was amazing, I think the game would have died long ago without it and the new bosses/quests etc. But I believe it would of been better for it to die then than now.
Games just aren't what they used to be for those who are in their twenties or above. Too many veteran players with the sole purpose of becoming pro or making money somehow.
I had an amazing childhood, largely because of this game. I didn't have the best upbringing but the game taught me wrong from right.
The people I met back then were amazing. I thank every single person that was there during those times who helped the game be what it was.
We should be looking out for each other now more than ever, lets make the next 14 years good ones.
Let us do what we did back then, take no notice of what everyone else is doing and enjoy what is in front of us.
I don’t know what possessed you to make this video back in 2007 but… thank you. What an incredible throwback.
the days where the first 30 worlds were always full and every single worlds had people pking at varrock north.
Mage pure rushing at varrock north was great fun
@@Shirtss haha I remember allways making new low level mage pures just to pk in wildy next to varrock and go up to hills aswell 😂👍
@@petarjuric5828 those was the days
Bro, I remember watching pks and getting lured, I don't even remember what they offered, I think it was rune armor, lmao I was so naive. But I learned to keep auto retaliate off after that and trust a little less lol.
@@Rigz. It sure was buddy!
the "unregistered Hypercam 2" is the cherry on top of a beautifully nostalgic RS Sundae.
💯
It’s perfect, it has even the ‘unregistered hypercam 2’ logo at the left top! Oh the times….
You preserved a piece of history with this video, thank you Adam
This was the best years of RuneScape and the players didn’t even know it then
2005 was the best for me
How could we have know... Rip
@@Spiritoid I remember playing back in 2005. Feels like it was just yesterday
@@samuele9947 Best year man, best year... I remember a lot of kids in my high school played it, and I actually chatted with people in the game. Unlike today.
The game sucks today, I played osrs in 2013 actively now I can't even get around to playing it more than 2 weeks straight.
Man, this makes me feel sad, wishing I was back there rather than worrying about my future. But my sadness is just a reflection of how good my childhood was. Appreciate what we had back then. We were so lucky to have an upbringing like this.
This hit deep brother.
Great perspective man. I can relate, all the things that have happened since this and knowing how another 14 years will make this time we are nostalgic over even further in the past saddens me a bit but like you said it just a reflection of the good!! Much love boys
Woah, well said
damn this made me shed a tear... this is deep and now i realise what part of my sadness is on a daily bases.. thanks man
Never grow up. Never stop doing the things that brought you joy, no matter how childish. Take 30 minutes out of your day to log on and chop some trees. Life is not permanent and I'd rather die doing what I love when I want than be a slave to the man or dollar bill.
I loved rs. This was the exact day my mom died. This game literally was my only oasis while my family continuously fell apart. I will always be grateful.
I remember spam clicking the world hoping to get in lol, sometimes it would take like 30 minutes. I also remember the corner where all the “cool” kids with Zammy and Sara would hangout and sell, ahhhhh the good ole days. We’re getting old boys!
So much for the days of flash1:wave:selling lobbies 220 ea.
dude remember heading to the furthest corner in fally park to see the big dogs buyhing and selling whips and d chains barrows sets and youre there a noob thinking damn thats alot of money!
@@GmustangT96 haha yes! That and phats good times man
I remember back in '07 buying my first set of zammy rune at the GE world 1 (which I worked my butt off to get killing giants and collecting limps) behind the bank, then a week later getting lured in the wild and losing all but 1 piece since I wasn't skulled :(
the GE is like amazon. made things convenient but destroyed the shopping experience
Fucking love this reaction, thanks for the laugh! 😂
This is so on point
Grand exchange has destroyed the best part of the game..
ge is the stock market
@theackid7887
GE is like your boring online broker. Varrock Bank was the real trading pit of a stock market. The spam and the chaos, and I loved every minute of it.
Man, as you were walking though the areas, I was saying to myself, oh this is the rune armor section, raw lobs west of the anvil, limpwurt roots just on the inside of the bank, runes just outside the bank north of the anvil. Trimmed/rares north of the bank. Each section had it's own spot, and it astonishes me how organized it was.
Damn right. Baffles me why they would taint this aspect of the game when it bred so much interaction and community.
It literally was like a peddling market in real life. People will eventually gravitate to their competitors because it's easier for everyone involved.
This came up in my recommended and I had to click it. I remember going to goblin village and training for hours with the music on and I was happy. It was such a long trip from Lumbridge / Varrock I had to get directions along the way, back then if you asked people would take you, or to the wilderness, you had a 50% change of getting dropped!
This is absolutely nuts how much nostalgia this brings back. I completely forgot that the hours I spent on this game saved me from a not so good path irl. Thankfully I was able to gain some wisdom and make some better like choices than some of my acquaintances ... Unless you were part of this community way back then, at least latest 2009... then you dont understand how powerful this clip is
I'm pretty sure this guy is a time traveler because he knew this was something worth recording and posting all those years ago
Honestly this was so much better than the grand exchange. It added so much to the games social side.
In 2024 ,seeing this video brings back so many memories..Great times
We were once innocent minds, children, playing this game. Now we are grown adults. I hope you are doing well and wish you success and health to you and your family.
aaa the good old days when having fun mattered more than being efficient.
seeing people say stuff like ''Ammy'', ''nty'', '''offer'' and ''lobbies'' is giving me the biggest nostalgia trip ever
People still say all of that lol
@@ate_shroom 🤣🤣🤣
@@ate_shroom They say precisely none of those. They say glory/fury/tort/etc, nobody says "nty" because there is no trading, and nobody uses lobsters.
@@EntitySteel people say str ammy, and lobbies in f2p constantly. Nty is used all over the internet and osrs all the time as well. You’re wrong, get over it
@@ate_shroom We must be playing completely different games because none of what you said is actually true of the game I play.
the best thing YT recommended ever! thank you OP for the nostalgia, the good and simple times
Glad to say I got to enjoy this moment of RuneScape back then, felt so insane being on a game with so many people each one going through their own in game journey.
there's something about trading people like this in the game instead of using the ge that made it seem more like a mmo,
Tbh imo ong frfr
That's why I'm looking forward to group iron man
I was one of those noobs that would trade anyone and start throwing random trash up in the trade window.
@@mynemjefflol Group ironman is a dumb idea, can't wait for people to try it and realize.
@@hokagejason4732 What is your opinion on regular ironman?
This is why I didn't want the Grand Exchange in old school. This made the world feel alive. Every city had people in it selling items. This was runescape at its peak for me.
yeah until you realized that you couldn't sell or buy shit because there were price scalpers in every corner. pre-ge trading was cancerous.
@@JackAssSquirrel At least its actual roleplaying instead of interacting with a medieval stock exchange...
@@JackAssSquirrel so just...don't buy from them? you could also easily just go to the forums back in the day to find people. GE made the game into a baby mode single player RPG
yup and its not only runescape that suffers from this modernizing, real life cities are as dead as ever nowdays, people only order online or go to shopping centers for convenience! the future sure is more efficient and progress is faster but its cold and depressing to me!
@@haikat4 right. 100% would be fine paying scalper prices for the game to feel as alive as it did back then. A very small price to pay imo
I'm almost 30, got a great job, family and yet to this day runescape has a special place in my heart. Thanks for the video Adam Z!
Dude same! im 32 now, but I will start playing again haha
I loved how specific items were always sold in the same area in and around the Varrock West bank.
This was the true RS07 experience. For F2P at least lol
Members was like this in varrock and faladoor park aswell before Ge
Members was fally around east bank on world 2.
fally w2, barrows was at the bridge, whips in the back by the fence, phats back there too lil further, santas just east of that, obby stuff by the tree, blood runes just a step away from east bank, oh man the nostalgia. thats the one thing i miss more than anything is the trading
@@ronhoward9292 Varrock bank was allways full of people trading too in members world 2.
@@petarjuric5828 Yeah, but East Fally is where the real shit went down in W2.
I absolutely love the randomness of this recording and even more it’s recommended to me 13 years later. These were peak OSRS days
Those precious memories, easier and beautiful times. Playing runescape in al-kharid or chopping yews in near edge bank on sunday mornings. Now creating freaking strategy powerpoints for companies.. I want to go back...
Why was this my recommendation? Why does this bring me back to my childhood? I want to go back...
damn i miss these days man.. im 27 now and this just gave me some heavy nostalgia
Thanks for recording that. I'm sure I am somewhere in that crowd.
Same
@@larrymcjones same
Highly doubt that
@@feelingfriskyx560 Ikr
@@mentaltwister3559 educated facts
That unregistered hypercam... makes me cry alone. Im sat here on my break from work 29yrs old wishing to come back in that moment, runescape was life
God damn man that nostalgia almost brought me to tears. Just watching people typing the things and the vibe.... i miss it :(
How dare you not love the clown world you live in now? You think the internet was better before everyone else got online? Your comment seems innocent on the surface but isn't it racist deep down?
You’re 10 years old, you just woke up on a Saturday morning, and you hop on RuneScape with your friends 🥲
Literally gonna make me cry, don't say that kind of stuff:(
Just to get scammed or pked 😂
it's because of this game that I learned how to type fast lol
hella sales people from rs! great times
I was in grade 7 in 2007 :D
I think I learned to type fast from Runescape too, lmao
Same
Same, I was too afraid of getting banned for using an autotyper, so instead I just learned to type fast 😂
I was literally just thinking the same exact thing lol
Same haha or grade 8
I seriously just shed a tear watching this. Thank you for this amazing nostalgia trip. Varrock was my second home as a kid.
This almost makes me wanna cry 😭 lol..
Man.... Nothing will ever compare to how beautiful of a game this used to be.
The absolute innocence of this man, "Well now that you know that runescape is very popular and please continue playing"
that was completely wholesome
He was just trying to make more friends.
Timestamp?
This is like finding memories of an ancient and long forgotten civilization, like hieroglyphs in some cave in egypt
This is probably the best video I've ever seen on my recommended, such a throwback!
I just showed this video randomly to my wife to show her what it looked like before the GE and this was 16 years ago to the day. Wild
This brings back memories. Pre G/E trading was really fun.
yes the nostalgia makes it easy to remember the good times and forget the bad, like the massive amount of scamming that was going on lol
@@petergriffin8969 True, if you didn't know what things were worth it was really easy to get tricked.
@@petergriffin8969 Honestly I disagree. I cherish both. They made the experience what it was and they really helped grow your knowledge of the game.
I'm grateful for the algorithm recommending me these old RuneScape videos. Brings back memories of chopping yews for weeks after school until I had enough money to buy full Sara. Good times man.
Love the fact that the trading area around the bank was organized, with the most expensive items to the north, and bank-sales/cheap sales to the south :D
I definitely know that I logged in this day. This brings a warm feeling back. Long live runescape
Hahahaha I miss this. Back when I used to fish lobsters and pick feathers for money to save up for full rune and a rune scimitar.
Full rune was op back in time, i couldnt do it becase i was too lazy and stupud to do dragon slayer quest haha
@@elvin2010ify Back then "addy plate noob" was a pretty common insult. There was no shortage of people who wore rune everything except platebody because they couldn't finish dragon slayer. Now everyone who plays osrs is an absolute veteran and the worlds are deserted. We're the biggest fans who are still here after 20 years, trying to keep the memory alive.
@@ComedyLoverGirl that was definitely me! my rs3 account still doesn't have dragon slayer Completed 😂 but I almost have a 15 year cape
@@ComedyLoverGirl ya it’s sad to see how easy RS3 is compared to what we played. You can pay real world money to buy any stats or items basically, and get max combat in a week regardless. Nothing like what we went through back then lol…
@@eab576 lol ya I think mines around 16 years old or something now
got to love that YT algorithm 14 years too late, but i appreciate this piece of history
not 14 years too late its precisely coming around now with more momentum because its history now
To be honest, i just started a week ago with runescape. I'm experiencing OldSchool RuneScape. Even though it will probably never be as crowded and full of people as it was before, i really enjoy that game and can understand how you can love it. Keep up the grind gamers, don't let this game die.
I’m so happy to see new players like you arriving after all this time. Never stop exploring, chase your goals regardless of efficiency and enjoy the small details, you’re gonna have a blast. The new content Jagex has been adding is amazing too. Nostalgia will always be there for us older players but OSRS has many virtues that go way beyond that
@@Diegobrinter thank you man. i am still playing from time to time and doing quests or leveling. it is relaxing and cool, even though i dont know what items are good or bad hahaha
Thank you UA-cam. This brought back so many memories.
I was one of those noobs that would trade anyone and start throwing random trash up in the trade window.
lmao I always use to wonder why this was happening
Lol!
@@rivermana
It was a social online experiment
LOL
And then you get "???" as a response
Man i miss those times. Playing everyday at school library with friends. OSRS can never take RS2's position.
OSRS is just RS3 without EOC. No lifers and skillers ruined the game by voting in too many updates and making the game easier.
@@istyleonu seems as if all the RS3 plebs came over to OSRS to purposely fuck it.
@@istyleonu yup 2005 runescape was best. We need a new osrs 2005
This kind of trading really built character back then. We were all learning how to be adults without even knowing.
So true, now a lot of us old school Runescapes are into Bitcoin
Amen
It’s like looking through a time machine. This is so cool!
You have created a historical artifact to shine through the ages, praise Guthix!
The “don’t trade unless you have 420k” is dangerously based for 2007.
Why
@@thebossmonkas624 420 😎💨💯
@@thebossmonkas624 Weed wasn't legal anywhere back then and the culture wasn't exactly friendly considering this is pre Obama hippies era
I am 32 years old now and all I can say dam I miss those days guys… they are gone and never going to come back ❤️
thanks for the recommended youtube. This is the best nostalgia ever
I do appreciate this, this good old days : )
This is really somethin, I think everyone liked the nostalgia of no GE but damn was it a giant pain in the ass without it lol.
I agree. While I'm super thankful for the convenience of the GE, there was something so thrilling about finally finding a seller/buyer for something you'd been trying to buy/sell for so long
@@James-wl5zv Oh yeah for sure, until it comes time to do a quest and you’re like ok I need a bucket of milk. 5 bowls of water, a blue dhide body, 10 feathers, and like a gaggle of other random shit and you’re like ugh gathering this shit is gonna take as long as the quest! Lol
@@djjazzyjeff1232 That was part of what made the journey fun though lol. It was an actual adventure through and through. Taking shortcuts, looking for water sources inside houses/fountains, didn't have a million teleports, catching cheap items in the general store etc. It was like everything had a purpose and made Runescape feel so much bigger. So much is just obsolete now and the journey just feels rushed.
@@gadec4lyfe I see what you’re saying but the people who play the game aren’t children anymore. Also you can still do that shit if you want, and tons of people play ironmen which can’t trade anything at all. So that way to play not only exists it’s been amplified.
@@djjazzyjeff1232 You're right, you can still do that but what I'm trying to say was that it was MUCH more immersive when it was all we had and everyone went through the experience.
It's honestly bittersweet, I remember all of my friends and myself quitting when Runescape went through these bad years of trade limitations and no wilderness. I remember having fierce debates about whether or not the GE was good or bad even though we were like 12, and in my personal opinion, I had always thought it was bad.
The GE did to Runescape what iTunes did to the music industry.
made it more accessible to the people looking to make purchases? lmao, GE passed the poll to come back in OSRS for a reason. I played from 2006-2011, on and off after OSRS intro and recently have been playing an ironman...and even I can recognize that adding the GE was a brilliant decision by Jagex. Fewer spammers which also means easier moderating, an official location for trading to occur means you don't get FPS spikes in every bank across Gielinor--especially when you were playing on a Pentium potato PC. Then there's the fact that it is way easier and more appealing to casuals AND efficiency players because it's so much quicker, more organized...
The game would not have lasted as long as it did without it, and OSRS would've died off as well...all this from a guy who can't even use it anymore.
I remember spending so much time in Varrock I didn't even know about the Falador trade scene until I couldn't find something and was told to check there. I show up and still loads of people in the park buying and selling with each other. Very memorable times...
Best era of runescape this one in 2007 before the grand exchange, wow i remember that its like yesterday thanks for the video :) !
The grand exchange and the trade limit ruined everything.
@cool ge was one the greatest updates to land on rs. Bots existed before it and it didn't change anything besides easier for them to sell their supply, like it did for real players. Ge didn't magically create more demand or supply
@@VVVvl230 ge literally ruins this game I was so sad to find out it was already back in osrs it only helps with oddball items for quests but I would gladly take that annoyance for more stable prices with room to barter based on how bad someone wants something
@cool easier for both players and bots. As bots advanced they would've had the script to sell their stuff anyway. The bot aspect is pretty irrelevant
Adding ge = lazyscape
This is actually what got me through typing class as a kid. I never knew to use autotyper so I would repeatedly type over and over again the same advertisement until someone traded me day in and day out. I type fast as hell now (: thank you 07 scape
Thank you for the recommended video YT. Brought tears of happy nostalgia to my eyes. I miss these days, more than anything
Around the time I started playing. It's amazing. I still haven't gotten anywhere with my life. 🤣🤣
Runescape is how I learned how to speed read and disseminate huge volumes of text.
Our experiences shape who we are. That's why we're nostalgic for a time when MMOs were actual genuine experiences.
Never forget how valuable that is. If an MMO feels automated, it's not an experience: it's a waste of your time. Don't let it rot you.
Not just seeing a video of this world again but seeing a video in general this old survive it's quite something
This video gave me goosebumps. Thank you for this memory 😔❤️
this game was perfect rip the glory days before ge
It's nostalgic but it was a pain in the ass .. G.E is great
Damn this comment section is some wholesome heart-warming shit. You's is my people
This gem coming back into my suggestions. How I would love to go back to these days. Golden years of runescape.
I always loved how each section of the bank was designated for certain things. The back where rares and god trimmed rune was sold was always so far out of budget for me, but I always dreamed of being able to afford something back there. What a nostalgia trip, thanks brother.
omfg i remember this!!! i remember trying to buy a rune 2h for 75k and it took me like 2 days!!!
i remember saving up by killing cows and sellin hides for 100 ea in al kharid bank, ohhh the nostalgia!
Imagine killing cows for money. Absolute goon
@@feelingfriskyx560 It's what almost everyone did as a noob lol
@@Mike-qo9hg not me
@@feelingfriskyx560 I killed chickens for feathers to make my first 10k 😂
@@jyt2394 yeah idk idc
I was that one guy that would hop on someone’s square and advertise the same item for cheaper hahaha
Noob
all my homies hate that guy
Damn those where the days.. blast from the past don’t play anymore damn thanks for the good memories
The algorithm is a very unique thing. It knows exactly what we want even if it means a video from 2007.
You're a legend for doing this back then, it seems you uploaded to remind people of life before the GE, no idea why you recorded it originally though.
9:30GMT 2007 on world 1, I would have more than likely been there selling lobster
Thank you for this!
How much did you sell them for like 350ea?
@@dominikreitberger1888 ~~~Selling raw lobster 350gp~~~
Yeah that seems about right lmao
So nostalgic i remember there were certain areas for selling stuff. I use to pick flax sell 1k for 100k gp lmao
same bro flax and then bowstring were my go to money making methods
Imagine this chad was probably 13 or so during this video; now he’s a grown man, probably married, kids, paying mortgage. Life is nuts
Man, if he was 13 in this video he would be 27 now, not a middle aged man. Looking at the average 27 year old today he's probably more likely to still be playing runescape in all his free time. And that's not a diss. I'm 28 and except for some people I met in the army who were from the countryside, almost no one I know at my age are married with kids. Paying a mortgage, sure, some. Most rent though because prices to buy a home are 5x what they were when this video was made.
@@fredlind8270 truth
grown man, married, kids and paying mortgage at 26 in 2021
kekw
@@fredlind8270 damnnnn, that’s nuts. I’m 25 and literally the majority of colleagues I had in high school have either been pregnant, or married wayyy before we all hit 25. Around like 20-23. Every time I go through Instagram and see the stuff of people I followed from high school, I see eventually another one getting married or getting pregnant and I’m like “AnOtHeR OnE?” I’m not one to judge though, as long as they’re stable enough to handle stuff like that, I see nothing wrong if people want to settle down with a partner for the rest of their lives and have their own new life to grow. I guess everywhere is different though, nonetheless, growing up sucks lmao
I was 14 in 07, this really hits the feels. I don't mind myself some osrs every now and then but it just isn't the same. Everything's so calculated, efficient... nothing beats killing cows and cooking chickens like your life depended on it😂
oh sweet lord, the memories
why was it recommended? idc i love it
all you need is the track "spirit" playing to it to fully bring me back to this time
The best video I'll watch this year. Thanks for documenting my childhood man.
This was a viable way to make money. An opportunity always came up when you saw "BANK SALE" and scooped up 30 rune helms for half off
Back when rares were actually rare and expensive.. miss the old days.
I kinda hate how i breeze past players with trimmed armors and don't even blink. once i high alched enough yew longs to afford black armor with the gold trim I wore that shit and felt like a kingpin.
Man.. so glad to have come across this. I even remember where most types of items were sold. Especially Rune!
What makes this video truly nostalgic is the misspelling in the intro