RuneScape is around since 2001 von smrtsmiths Blog

RuneScape is around since 2001, but Ogilvie and Old School RuneScape product manager Mat Kemp described 2007 as if the game was at its height, posting its highest membership numbers (within the millions) and winning awards.
Ogilvie, Kemp as well as the rest on the development team recognized the will to go back to this time not only within RS Gold players, but themselves as fans with the game these people were making. While some voiced their concerns about possibly cannibalizing the action's audience through providing this older version — including staff and also the fanbase — the bulk voted to introduce the server. It's since achieved success on both an enterprise level with players, something Kemp recently detailed inside an analysis with Buy RS Gold the legacy server enterprize model.
Old School RuneScape carries on operate in the democratic fashion. Any major development update proposed for the overall game — like bug fixes or perhaps new content for the legacy version — has to be passed with a three-fourths majority, Kemp and Ogilvie explained.