With even the BBC and MSN kicking off the new year with talk of Old School Runescape, it's only a matter of time before one of the most beloved and best MMORPGs around closes in on its highest concurrent player record yet again. And in a likely attempt to retain an influx of people who weren't even born in time for its 10th anniversary, the franchise's 25th anniversary has begun with... a minor simplification of what oldies like myself would claim was the heart and soul of the game. Time erodes everything.
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