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Runescape (or RuneScape) is an isometric Java based online multiplayer fantasy game, created by Jagex in 2001. It is free-to-use for certain areas of the game. The paying members area contains more features. The game is not quest driven and players have the option of not completing any of the in-game quests if they so desire. There are usually over seven thousand players online at once, spread across its twenty three available worlds.
The game is set in a fantasy world, in which you control a character representing you. There is no particular goal or objective to the game, and no way to finish it. However, a lot of things that can be done within the game, for instance you can interact with other players, by talking with them, trading with them, and even killing them. Quests can also be undertaken, for instance a Dragon Slaying quest, and many activities such as fishing, crafting, mining, smithing can be performed. As these activities are performed your character will become more skilled at the activity.
Runescape begins on tutorial island. Although this may seem boring, it is imperative to understanding future gameplay. For those stuck, moving around is executed by left-clicking on a piece of land. While on tutorial island, fighting, communication, cooking, banking, doing quests, and other skills are learned. The player goes to the beginning city, Lumbridge, once they have completed the tutorial. From then on, where they upgrade their character is up to them. It is recommended to at least get your combat level up reasonably so that you are not constantly killed by npcs (computer characters).
RuneScape has many communities within it. Many players have grouped together to form groups known as 'clans'. These clans often have alliances, and occasionally go to war with each other; meeting in bloody clashes often exceeding a hundred participants. The most imfamous of such was in 2001, at the Battle of Al Kharid, where the Sabre Clan and the E.A.R.T.H. Alliance fought.
There is also the Wilderness area, in the northern RuneScape land, in which players characters can fight one another. When one gets deeper into the Wilderness, they can combat with players farther and farther from their combat level.
Over the past three years, RuneScape has been hampered by cheaters. These people create programs to gain an unfair advantage over other players in the game. An example of a RuneScape cheat is AutoRune. The cheaters are all part of one large community founded by a cheater using the alias 'Evil Cowgod'. These cheaters are occasionaly discovered and banned.
In 2003 a beta version of the improved 3d engine was released. Jagex have claimed that this will make RuneScape the most advanced Java based game in the world.