Why “RuneScape” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
I've attended RuneScape weddings.
by yreg · Oct 22, 2026
> I earned my first paycheck coding Runescape bots in 2004 - https://alexalejandre.com/about/
by veqq · Oct 20, 2026
> My introduction to programming as a kid was also writing Runescape bots 4th for that! Although screen scraping always infuriated me, so I spent most of my time writing bots fo…
by strbean · Oct 19, 2026
In high school I'd meet with people in the back alleyways of my school where they'd hand me stacks of cash to buy... Runescape gold that I gained from botting. I tinkered a litt…
by codybontecou · Oct 19, 2026
RuneScape took a lot of lessons from UO. Originally though they did allow player-killing anywhere outside towns if you had the pk setting on. This didn't last very long though a…
by ASpring · Oct 19, 2026
What a great talk. My introduction to programming as a kid was also writing Runescape bots, using some Delphi tool called SCAR [1] (together with writing plugins for my Counter…
by Confiks · Oct 19, 2026
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RuneScape is a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Jagex. Created by Andrew Gower with assistance from his brother Paul Gower, it was first released on 4 January 2001 as a Java-based browser game; the original Java client was later largely replaced by the standalone C++ NXT client in 2016. The game is set in the medieval fantasy world of Gielinor, where players control customisable avatars and pursue open-ended activities such as questing, combat, skill training, trading, socialising, minigames and cooperative play. Read more on Wikipedia