Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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RuneScape was starting off the year with a bang. The wilderness was being transformed into a safe area with the removal of PVP, and trade was being severely restricted making it nearly impossible to transfer any wealth between players. Jagex’s official reason, that it was a last ditch effort to defeat botting software and stop players from buying gold using real money. But was it really?

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Outro Song:
Phife For Life - Otis McDonald

Sources:
The RuneScape Documentary - youtube.com/watch?v=7RNK0YBdwko
Old Bot Footage - youtube.com/watch?v=VxGFMtkCHGk
Wilderness Pay2PK - youtube.com/watch?v=BYnM7SjGHdE
KBD Behind The Scenes - youtube.com/watch?v=SW4-RDxSbF4
Old RuneScape PKing - youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-fHkUH2Vc
RuneScape Wilderness Vote - youtube.com/watch?v=dwfO1NojqqA
Old RS Footage - youtube.com/watch?v=p1ftoZyDMnc
OSRS Q&A w/ Creators - youtube.com/watch?v=_QZMlamMZqI
RuneScape Wilderness War - youtube.com/watch?v=K5Sw35tWiOI
JMod Powers - youtube.com/watch?v=d1JqHo5UW_c
Bounty Hunter - youtube.com/watch?v=lp6AnVxkOZY
Big Clan Wars Battle - youtube.com/watch?v=NQiwX1xVyiQ
RuneScape Revenants - youtube.com/watch?v=qgBN145Sioo
Revenant Ork - youtube.com/watch?v=uiewwvApnlQ
More Wilderness Clips - youtube.com/watch?v=1Vwwpcnrbd4
Team Avolition Minecraft Griefing - youtube.com/watch?v=TS1yGR0_yFw
JMod Story Time - youtube.com/watch?v=9KPsC26GSHQ
Iddison Interview - youtube.com/watch?v=a_vId_HUsAY

Online Player Count - reddit.com/r/2007scape/comments/5yke7b/found_this_image_of_2007_runescape_over_200k