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lidy1

ok here is runescape the target of ridiclue ,or however you spell that lol this game is so so like ive heard all before its a game for peps with dial up that is why i dont get when peps with high speed internet flame this game its for us the only good graphic games with get is with out old skool nitendos lol or ps2 do i hear kingdom hearts woot! so like yeah stop flaming our game its for us we have dial up not high speed that is why were stuck with this game lol

Jackchen

Great minds think alike! I have the same opinion with you!

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Shadow of The Lost Empire

I'll put it in simple terms for everyone.

"Shut the hell up, no one cares, go play your own game, I'm going to enjoy this one."

That's not that hard, right?

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Jabor_

Do I hear "Dial-Up"?

Well, I'll give you marks for originality, but sorry, it doesn't cut it.

I actually ran an analysis, and the results show that Runescape takes more bandwidth than other MMO's.

For the test, I played RS for an hour, with no other programs connecting to the internet at all, and then Guildwars for an hour under the same circumstances. Runescape downloaded more data than Guildwars. Similar tests by other users show the same thing for WoW, Anarchy Online etc.

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Cj Shadows

The reason behind the graphics is that their game engine takes low polys and low detail models, although the staff has been working hard to improve this. Also they use their own tools.

Now as Jabor has said with the bandwith, if they were too add more polys and detail with their engine, it would take more bandwith and they are trying to make the game as smooth as possible for everyone.

Stabkiller0

It takes more bandwith because its more fulfilling

Jabor_

That is very arguable.

Java is a very inefficient engine to program and MMO in, and as a result of that Runescape transfers data less efficiently than a dedicated MMO engine as used in other MMO's. Of course this doesn't apply to MMOFPS games, which require almost real-time updates and so suck up massive amounts of bandwidth, but compared to other MMORPG's, the data transfer required is much reduced by the dedicated engine.

Java wasn't designed for streaming content, and thus doesn't handle things as efficiently as an engine built to stream data both ways, as in other MMOGs. Hence RS's higher bandwidth necessities compared to other games.

People just make the mistake of thinking bad graphics = low traffic.

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