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The end of 2006Scape


LemonHaze

2013-01-02 16:14:32

Hello 2006Scapers, Mod Vault here.

I have some unfortunate news to bring you; this is the end of 2006Scape. After a year of development, we are shutting down 2006Scape because of copyright infringement. The reason as to why I wasn't able to update you for the past month was because of the legal discussions I’ve been involved in. This will be my last message to you.

Following extensive legal advice, I have made the decision to permanently close 2006Scape simply because I don't want to ruin my life and that of every other individual involved. I hope you understand and respect that decision.

What once started as a 2007 RuneScape remake made way back on April 10, 2011, 2006Scape has progressed to be one of the largest RuneScape private servers ever made.

I wanted to thank each and every one of you. Without you we wouldn't have gotten anywhere. It's funny to think that a year and a half ago it was just me working on this project, and to see it all come together, all the while being supported by so many people, brings a tear to my eye.

You have proven to be one of the greatest and friendliest communities to be a part of, I can't thank you all enough for being such an amazing group of people. Thank you for everything. Really, thank you. Your support has been unheard of, and I'm sincerely going to miss visiting the forums and talking with you all.

I also wanted to thank everyone who has ever been a part of the 2006Scape team. Whether you were an administrator or a moderator, I hope you all realize how I appreciate everything you have ever done for this project and also that this decision is being made to protect you as well.

It pains me to say that this really is the end. If there's one thing you should know and keep to heart, it's this:

"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
- Dr. Seuss

Thank you for everything.

Head of 2006Scape
Mod Vault

(source: 2006scape.com)

J J

2013-01-02 16:21:26

Oh damn there goes my 2$ I donated to play on pre-alpha :P Sort of expected this to happen though :(

___

2013-01-02 16:24:42

Lol tells a bunch of 20 year olds not to cry :P
I saw this faaaar in advance. I'm surprised this hadn't happened earlier! Everyone knows Jagex is clamping on their copyright now that they're out of money.

rj

2013-01-02 16:25:54

I knew this was going to happen, and all those Vault fan boys kept denying it.

I no doubt would have loved to see this server no doubt but just knew it was going to be a fluke when 2 of their other projects were 'canceled'

Griff

2013-01-02 16:35:44

So sad :( Even though I guess we all saw it coming.

Prometheus

2013-01-02 16:37:29

I donated $2 but I was too late to play the Pre-Alpha, so I kinda wasted that money :/

xdarkshadowx

2013-01-02 16:42:11

Jagex: to lazy to fix their game, to mean to let someone else fix it.

rj

2013-01-02 16:44:30

From: xdarkshadowx
jagex: To lazy to fix their game, to mean to let someone else fix it.


lol +1

[XoL]

2013-01-02 16:56:53

Wasn't this clearly what was going to happen from the start? Cough fruugoscape.
He was dumb to actually think he couldn't get in trouble for copyright infringement.

Rezozo

2013-01-02 17:02:49

I had some decent 3 letter names saved :p Would've been worth a ton later. Oh well, all the best for the future I guess.
~Rez

SubiN

2013-01-02 17:04:22

Lol all the mOney he raked in from donations . Gg i feel sorry for all the dudes that donated alot of money

Mr[S]

2013-01-02 17:19:54

Just shows that money talks

Griff

2013-01-02 17:53:21

From: SubiN
Lol all the mOney he raked in from donations . Gg i feel sorry for all the dudes that donated alot of money


There's not way he actually got to pocket the money that was being donated :p

Silentcore

2013-01-02 17:55:01

Aww too bad. I have a list of names I was going to sell. My list were all rares but I knew this was going to happen.

rj

2013-01-02 18:45:19

From: Griff
There's not way he actually got to pocket the money that was being donated :p


Considering he didn't get sued he probs did.

Justin

2013-01-02 20:00:32

Damn that sucks :(

Chris Reborn

2013-01-02 20:28:54

aw man i was looking forward to this :(

x x

2013-01-02 20:32:23

That was expected

rj

2013-01-02 20:42:59

Hes kind of a ass to say 'one of the biggest private servers ever' considering it was never officialy released and never had more then a week of uptime…not to mention player count never went over 800 even during stability tests

marc2333

2013-01-02 22:31:59

moving to Near Reality..

Fatigue

2013-01-30 12:54:39

Not sure where to post this, but with Jagex cracking down on private servers, I was surprised to see an ad for SoulSplit while browsing this site. Anyone think it'll be shut down soon?

Ian

2013-01-30 13:21:57

I'm still not convinced Jagex shut them down, I think that the 2006scape guy just took the donations and left. If Jagex did say that they shut them down then I'll retract this

Benny

2013-01-30 13:41:10

From: Fatigue
Not sure where to post this, but with Jagex cracking down on private servers, I was surprised to see an ad for SoulSplit while browsing this site. Anyone think it'll be shut down soon?


I believe the ads are based off of your cookie history. That's what googles adsense does. Hence why you will see ads base on your history.