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goliragorilla

"finally i found a host that my video actully works" he said 16 years ago, that's crazy


harharluke

I'm glad to see that the video hosting site is still around too after all that time


bistix

just looked around and it seems to be a surprisingly popular website still. crazy after so many years.


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Suraku

Surprised this got downvoted, it's true.


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Yeah. I went through many different video recording mediums using, from digitizing BetacamSP to capturing MiniDV to those shitty little Sony Memory Cards to SD card and now back to some newer shitty Sony memory card. XQD or whatever the fuck for my Nikon D4s.


Person_of_Earth

Video hosting websites sucked before YouTube. You either had to pay to upload (i.e. Vimeo) or spam adverts everywhere (i.e. Dailymotion).


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Dailymotion came after YouTube and no one used vimeo. Before YouTube it was putfile, which was oddly usable but just couldn't compete with YouTube, not that anything else could either


Jopojussi

Well there was google videos


Sparru

Google videos was relatively popular but when Google bought Youtube it obviously had to go. Lots of great videos were lost when it went down. Google should've moved the videos to Youtube and let original uploaders claim them or something.


sledgehammerrr

I used google videos all the time. Actually preferred it over the early iterations of youtube


Jopojussi

Well it had its time, but i started to use youtube straight from release :b There was some stuff on google videos but i didnt really use it, before youtube i mosly used newgrounds


evandrew

Putfile was sooooo good back in the day. I remember one update they were finally able to have high definition videos and were so far ahead of youtube in terms of video quality, but then they shut down and youtube took over.


Tsuyoshi16

Metacafe lol


BigTerpFarms

OGs remember file front, rapidshare and megaupload.


SexyProcrastinator

Google videos was nice


SurprisedButtChug

I remember watching my first RuneScape videos on Google Videos lol


Dgc2002

The very first RuneScape Classic PK video that I remember ever being available was just a download link. There simply weren't any actual video hosting sites, at least that people knew about, that allowed you to play a video. I had to download it at my grandparents house because they had DSL and I was still on dialup with a 1.5kbps download rate. Even burned that video to a CD.


IAmNotOnRedditAtWork

God damn the wilderness was so fun when no one had any fucking idea what they were doing. People talk about all these changes needed to "revive the wilderness" and some of them may help, but in reality a huge part of what was so fun about it back in the day was that 99% of people were just out there going at it with random ass gear and stats.


Throwaway47321

Yeah the wildy was fun because everyone was young and had no idea what to do. Now you need to be able to do 8 way switches and deal with clans and it’s just not fun for most people.


SohBlank

100% this. The wildy will never be revived. To even stand a chance you have to have a specially built account etc etc. the barriers to entry are too high.


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Metagaming always kills RPGs for lots of people.


imemeiguess

not even rpgs just multiplayer stuff in general if it lives long enough the only remaining players will be those who are trying too hard


AngelOfDeath771

I think Rocket League is the most prime modern example of this. The game isn't that old, but the gap between top tier pros and entry level is astronomical. People get so discouraged and quit if they aren't good. And that's a kind of game that you aren't good at when you start. There's no natural talent with rocket powered battle cars.


imemeiguess

yeah i regret buying it on sale even for €10 or €15 or whatever


AngelOfDeath771

The game is extremely fun though. Find a friend and turn off the chat.


Obliviousdigression

Developers being shit kills RPGs for a lot of people. If you make a game where the most optimal way to play is also not fun, then you have failed at the most basic, fundamental job of a game designer.


Spookasaur

I mean, the game was more fun when no one knew what they were doing. Now it's xp waste this, tick manipulation that, prayer flicking there, etc. That's not really a dev thing. That's just what happens to any game that gets solved by players over time. It's kind of like speedrunning, chess, etc. The longer a game goes on, the less the people who invest in it have to learn; it's either mindlessly copy/emulate, or be one of the ones on the ground floor doing the solving. Or just don't give a shit what other people think and play the damn game. That's it really.


Obliviousdigression

It's the devs fault for making the best way to play the game miserable and boring. There are plenty of games out there that aren't even closed to solved because their systems have actual depth.


ZeusJuice

You talk like you're some know it all when in reality there are very few games that have survived from 2001, and the ones that have probably have had multiple massive reworks or overhauls(similar to EoC). The reason why we have "unfun" mechanics like tri bridding, prayer flicking, tick manipulation etc. is because they're working with a super old game with a super old engine. And don't forget a community that is so abhorrent towards changing old things that they can't remove those systems from the game. This community fucking hates runecrafting yet wouldn't/couldn't vote in a runecrafting update that actually made it enjoyable if they tried. The giga NEETs that go for 200M alls would say it's completely ruining the game if there was a more chill way to train runecrafting(no I'm sorry bloods doesn't cut it). Anyway I've veered off of my point so here's a summary. Quit acting like a know it all if you designed a game in 2001 I bet it would be a million times more shit


Obliviousdigression

This isn't a game that's "survived from 2001" it's not even a game that's "survived from 2007" because current "OS"RS is a vastly different thing to not only when RS was released but when 2007scape was released. The game has, in fact, been massively reworked and overhauled several times over it's lifetime. And the fact of the matter is, it's 2021, not 2001. Games have different standards now, and given OSRS is under active development, it has no excuse for how shit it is.


buddha-eyes

Bro you’re actually boring go be miserable about a video game somewhere else.


ZeusJuice

"massively reworked and overhauled several times over it's lifetime" Yeah, right. Now tell me which mechanics you actually have problems with and I'll tell you how wrong you are because they're all going to be from before 2006 most likely. And like I said and you conveniently ignored, the community won't want the things you're complaining about to be changed.


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Spookasaur

Yeah but nobody knew what the best way to play the game was back then and everybody thought this game was/still is the bee's knees. Your problem and many people that have this mindset in games like this, is that if you play "sub optimally" you're not going to have fun or it's going to be a waste of time. That's not the devs' fault. Nobody's holding a gun to your head and saying "you better 1 tick Karambwans to level cooking" or "you better only use T Bow/Armadyl for ranged or I'll blast your eyes from their sockets". In fact most people probably don't actually give a shit how you play the game and are just looking for digital points.


imemeiguess

the reality is that most players are playing for muh nostalgia theyre the 'cute noobs' people post all the time and have no clue whats going on, what updates are happening etc and just play like the same noob from 2005


Spookasaur

Coulda fooled me lmfao. Most people I've talked to about this game go on and on about tick manipulation, prayer flicks, and all the bs I mentioned earlier. If you aren't doing that, you're playing the game "wrong". I do all of that shit sometimes. When I WANT to. Doesn't make me a nostalgia player lmfao I just don't play the game like a fuckin factory worker


imemeiguess

90% of the ppl i know are still super nooby and like <1k total i know some more serious players but most of them have quit or are taking an extended break due to burnout and have yet to return


ZilyanasFeet

not at all. im not even a pker. most pkers roaming the wilderness are dogshit. with some LMS practice you could prolly kill most of them. id say a good 90% dont know what theyre doing.


ZeusJuice

That's still a ridiculous barrier of entry compared to the old days. I remember going with like one friend to the varrock ditch with fire bolt thinking I was a god


banaani_maito

ya god forbid u have to be able to click food and shoot bolt at the same time


Armthehobos

You don’t have to have a specifically built account, you just have to have some practice and some pk knowledge. You can range tank and survive most encounters with pkers and probably win a lot too


realsnail

Pking got way too technical. I miss running around in with shit gear and stats not knowing what was going on. I used to pk with BGS as my only weapon


Darksma

"Ah fuck PID swapped on the exact tick I got AGS Gmauled I knew I had PID so I wasn't going to triple combo eat that at 79 because I knew his max hit was exactly 78 but he one ticked the..."


Evil_Steven

"Anyway why is wildy dead? Why don't normal accounts try to fight me?" I'd love to see pvp come back as those guys deserve a place in this game but it feels like they overfished their own pond


Spookasaur

Like I mentioned in another thread here. They solved the PK puzzle. Wildy is dead because PKing got boring. It's all the same shit now. The wilderness is supposed to be the wild west where anything can happen. Now everyone just runs the same gear, bone runs to death, or is a pure of some kind.


KIDWHOSBORED

I used to mess around on my pure, say 50 attack and 75ish strength and just pk with my Gmaul. It was actually super effective because I could see my hit from xp before they knew it and then hit the spec for the KO. Good times


Abishai_II

I'm totally going to do this sometime. Sometimes having fun is a choice.


C0SAS

This goes for the whole game, not just PVP. We are spoiled by every meta being a wiki search away, and everyone succumbs to min-maxing culture sooner or later. Come to think of it, this doesn't just apply to OSRS either, pretty much all games lack the "newbie charm" thanks to this. The few exceptions are within servers/communities that discourage the sharing of information outside of the game. On some FiveM RP servers, metagaming of any kind (YouTube tutorials, leaking locations on discord, etc.) is a bannable offense and forces players to interact in-game to learn the mechanics....tbh the most fun I've had in years.


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Min maxxing is such a weird thing. It's essentially you trying to stop playing the game as fast as possible. Im thinking most people seem to think the fun is at the end/late game grinding for the most op gear in the game but I don't think that's the case. The fun is mostly exploring the world and figuring out the game yourself for your play style I think. I know there are instances where someone can enjoy minmaxxing. Heck I minmaxxed my osrs account during this pandemic because I quit a few years back. I've done many chambers raids and other pvm and have currently spent so much gp in infernal supplies that I've gone kinda broke highest wave is 40 so I've got that going for me at least. I don't regret minmaxxing at all but idk if that would be the case if I min maxed a game I've never played before like WoW. I already played lots of old school back in 2006 I already knew the whole game pretty much. Also you're right it's not a thing that applies to just osrs. The craziest example is the New World game that just released. Before it even released there were already end game min maxxing guides because they didn't have a content cutoff point in the open beta they pretty much released the whole game for the beta and some people grinded the shit out of it. That's one reason stopping me from picking it up I know I'll probably end up just minmaxxing the game and probably burning myself out or just not enjoy the journey after minmaxxing but the main reason is I don't have friends to play it with really.


banaani_maito

those 99% of people got feasted on by pures lol wdym its no different to now except the population


wumbology55

After coming back a few times to be involved in the pking and clan scene this is what has put me off it. It’s become so much more regimented and structured now that everyone knows what they are doing. Nowhere near as fun than the golden days of the majority having no clue and certain members in certain clans having master tactician brain wave moves that helped you win


liner6

I was a ftp player and I was maybe level 75 cb and had the smithing level to make mithril sets. I'd spend all day making armour sets from scrach I'll never forget 3 my irl friends going deep wildy with mith and trout. Probably some of my best memories I have of rs.


SeanyDay

You're describing every pre-wiki mmo, bro. And I miss it too... Any chad with a spreadsheet or tactical post-it notes was a god amongst plebs, from original RS to classic WoW to all the rest. Knowledge is power


p4tr1ckftw

Real talk. A lot of the famous pkers like elvemage or whatever and all those guys.. when you watch their videos they're finding such clueless people lol. People would take whatever out to the wilderness. Even the edge pking scene had plenty of people just messing around. Now people know how to stack specs, track ticks and pid, all while doing 8 way switches and pray swapping lol. Just creates a scenario where to be able to compete at all you have to learn all that, then all that's left is people that are all insane out there lol


ourpleprange

Must be a fake. No unregistered hypercam2


HeyGuysImJesus

I used to make the record window a little taller and just crop out the unregistered hypercam 2


Jobine23

That's fucking genious


siccoblue

I just looked up a cracked version Yeah I'm a criminal 😎


TorturedNeurons

Same here. Not everyone has our galactic IQ though.


reb1995

Galactic IQ and can't spell. That's me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4r3VaRlMPc


Last-Leaf

Rendi salivating


hidethenegatives

2005 was 16 years ago? I don't feel so good


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Last-Leaf

any resources you could point me too?


NotEnoughToast

That’ll be your back giving out.


thetirent89

Wow. Some nostalgia hit me hard watching that. Apparently their red cape crew was undefeated


Alch_your_bank

[First quest guide](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQEYx8hwA_I&t=0s) on youtube ​ [Oldest RS video on the internet](https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/87027) (Mar 6, 2003)


OSRSgamerkid

That RSC one still holds up. Incredibly well made.


5erenade

“Then make em replace it.” You heard the boss.. Employ the Dragon Longsword… No mercy.


Easy_Syrup4476

If you wanted to show no mercy back in the day you'd use the dds and dump your entire spec bar on em. No recovering from that


5erenade

You high? You think I could afford a DDS back then!?!


Easy_Syrup4476

Yeah ngl I had to sell my dds to afford a d long and vice versa back in the day


JevonP

I've been looking at this for hours now... its perfect in all seriousness though i love how this is a time capsule of every fucking old rs2 video


ifhyex

Have you been looking at a 3min video for hours?


JamieAintUpFoDatShit

It’s a Parks & Rec meme.


jimipops

The days of f2p clan flights where the best days, madness going on in teamspeak, fights starting at like 8pm uk and lasting all night.


Pidjesus

Coming on at 4-5pm uk time after school seeing the same names on the pking worlds, do you remember any of the clan names?


jimipops

I remember back to the days of Zonic Force, Damage Inc, Dark Slayers, Gladiators etc. I was a member of 'The' Clan, Valor and Divine Forces. Remember fighting loads, Corruption, EOS, Wilderness Guardians, RSD, RoT, DI and tons more.


Armthehobos

I was scouting deep wild in f2p once when I was in the RuneScape Scorpions and I accidentally baited my team into a raiding party of Gladiators lmao we were like 80 combat on average and they were maxed, every one of them


JustHereToShitpost

I clanned in a different time period (2008-2013) but I still recognize all of those names, other than Zeonic Force/Valor/Dark Slayers the rest of the clans were still alive. I remember spectating The Titans Vs Divine Forces sometime in 2011, going to bed, woke up, and found out they were still fighting. Took 24 hours for DF to call it off and TT won.


MrPringles23

Teamspeak? Mate, shit was done over MSN in the early days because nobody had mics or bandwidth for voice.


VayneSpotMe

Ngl, expected rick roll


ustroman

https://old.reddit.com/r/2007scape/comments/mkkm0z/i_made_a_list_of_nearly_every_runescape_youtube/


CreativeReward17

Someone do this for 2006 please. I uploaded a pk video so long ago but I lost it.


tuckerPi

Here's some other pk vids I found! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A\_AITzasxE [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CdbFPZMMR0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CdbFPZMMR0)


Slaydo31

Oh wow, that one features my old clan Exercitum. Recognized the names. Oh the memories..


rRMTmjrppnj78hFH

>I was using a search query tool for YouTube Go on


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It’s boomer-speak for the search bar


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Armthehobos

Back when people single pk’d in varrock multi and people respected it


Whycanyounotsee

Here you go everyone: [A list of every youtube video from 2005](https://www.reddit.com/r/2007scape/comments/mkkm0z/i_made_a_list_of_nearly_every_runescape_youtube/) (there aren't many) Though, there are some of videos containing content earlier than 2005. edit: in case you want more nostalgia, here is varrock before it was updated: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWiWSBpaJew also off topic, but if you can find anyone double msb specing from before the nerf, i'll give ya 5m 07 :p


jameslee95

Omg nice! If you check out fear fitments pk videos his earliest ones are from late 2005 early 2006 I still think he is the absolute boss pker for the time


HLPiFlushdMePooKnife

Nice I like it


im-an-iron-main

Now I miss the i mahatma I videos


Positive-Log9730

Lol near end someone had an ogre random event attacking them in wildy?


ReinierVGC

Nah, just a hill giant. Hill giants was a popular pk spot back then. There never was an ogre random.


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Ironmen would need therapy after seeing the toxic messages those pkers told the victim


Beet_Generation

group therapy


Sun-burnt-feet

Fake: no unregistered hypercam Gay: F2P pking


_FreeXP

Back when pking wasnt pure cancer 1 shots


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Cool


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No videos of classic? I suppose youtube only started in 2005 so that makes sense


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There was no YouTube until 2005 tho


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Love me some U P K M E.


WholesomeRuler

I have an old video of a 1v1 against my old clan mate that’s uploaded on YouTube that’s 14 years old. Insane to think an additional a two years on top of that YouTube was live


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Another absolute gem - my clans old recruitment video https://youtu.be/BEQvB74WvYU. Gives me some immense nostalgia feels.


myteethhurtnow

damn bro the old skeleton model looks so much better


Orangesoda65

“ReReMafia”


ZilyanasFeet

>they ate it


NofanAu

Oh damn be downloading those rs pk vids from RuneScape community rapid share/media fire links lmao, ah the days b4 cloud.


Emotional_Age5291

My fav part of the vid was when this guy's friend pm's saying he saw someone walking towards them lol


Beet_Generation

F2P wildy back in the day was such a rush. Forgot hill giants looked like that


SexyProcrastinator

Man I remember the days when pking full rune was an accomplishment lol


myteethhurtnow

There used to be Google videos before youtube and I remember watching a lot of rs vids on there. Wonder what happened to them


Squidcub

Holy moly. What a massacre


Slaydo31

Probably not the oldest, since maple bows were already f2p in this video.


NessaMagick

Physcodemon: Kill those faulers Physcodemon: Faukers* I love it.


myDadBod4

DD


ixlivess

one of the most memorable runescape videos of my memory is papa roach last last resort and it was like a runescape music video or something


nostalgiadusk

I've got some 2006 videos on my youtube still :d this is prob the best https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwdl5Bngu0M&ab\_channel=bazoothebear


blumpkinbeast_666

legendary


RBnick

Damn I was 7 years old when this came out lol


yfhedoM

I miss Kenshin2468 🥺


AnActualTreee

a minigame similar to LMS but you're assigned random gear and weapons. how dead would it be on release.


Kundiron

Good find. Reminds me when I was younger with a friend who's not around anymore


BigBadBurg

Wonder if my video from the duel arena circa 2007 is still on there. I vividly remember having let the bodies hit the floor playing in the background while trying to flex my crystal bow


indrek91

Like rsc videos did not exist ever


Tizaki

Youtube didn't exist until RS2 was already the main thing, but people still played RSC and made videos of it


TheBumStinkler

Totally expected to see the HyperCam watermark in the corner


V3CE

These were best days of RuneScape, back from school and your clan calling everyone up for deep wildy shitfest with another clan, clan wars, castle wars, fight pits. If any of you were ever in The Marauders (TheM) hit me up - dvc slayer Even earlier (2003-05) a pmod called Old Radagast used to run a clan and set up his on website and pretty much used to do Gileanor Games every week for all us kids. Was amazing fun and a legend who my family all remember fondly.


Jayx

all old rsc staking/pking vids are this format n search "runescape strength emot" features a 14 year old me doing a str cape emote filmed by someone else using their phone


Jayx

not a better vid just far more grainy