Jagex have now produced a list of recognised fansites which people are allowed to discuss on the RuneScape and FunOrb forums. The first MechScape site listed is our very own MechScape World.

http://forum.runescape.com/forums.ws?14,15,436,58600794

Alright, cool. But is it just me or does that list look like a hacker magnet now?

Ut oh. Batten down the hatches! We've got incoming!

That's awesome

That's just awesome, we got it confirmed we can talk about MSW in-game

I have the feeling the metal hatches won't be much use against a magnet.

Time to get my mech's EMP gun out of the loft.

They said the recognised sites could be discussed on the forums, not in game. However in a separate post one of the mods said that while they don't encourage people advertising sites in the game they won't bring action against people discussing safe fan sites.

awesome, to sites I belong to are recongized by jagex!

uh oh...mmk....

Actually, on the post you linked, it says this:


"Will I get into trouble for discussing a recognised fansite in-game?

No. "

The list is a bit longer than I thought it would be, but it's still cool that we get free advertising and discussion rights on the official forums.

That's pretty cool. Koodos to jagex and msw

*edit* Zybez sure will be pissed at this lol.

I would say that being mentioned in twitter was the biggest hacker/abuse magnet. I could see several websites get very jealous from this but I no doubt welcome this regardless.

Cheers Jagex! ^_^

I am pretty satisfied with this list, they did a good job picking out the right web sites.

I think it's good that Jagex hasn't only recognised the largest sites.

This is very good news! I'm glad to see Jagex continue with their new method of being more open to the fan communities.

Since Mod Gerhard took over, Jagex's policies have been getting better and better! I'm glad to see they're being so friendly with fansites now.

Their fault for advertising gold selling sites.

It's probably worth bearing in mind that this is a dynamic list. Just because a site isn't on there now doesn't mean it can't be added later (same goes for a site on there now being removed later).

Anywho, yay for MSW being the first and (currently) only recognised MechScape fansite.

Great achievement for MSW :)!

Congratulations MSW for being on the recognized fansites!
Thanks Jagex ^_^

I laughed @ people on Zybez whining about all this.

Very nice.

Good news, everyone!

Finally; i can talk about MSW in-game without having to worry about ruining my "clean" report status.

In conclusion, all of the participating members on MSW have made the entry on this list possible.

Congratulations everybody!

Finally, no worries on getting into trouble.

Before I got adblock plus, Zybez used to always have RS Gold/Account ads every time I went there. So Jagex not recognizing them is understandable. Checked while writing this post with adblock off, it seems they have no adverts anymore... I wonder why.

salmoneus.net

Woohoo! Go Sal-

I mean, yay to MSW . Not such a big surprise though, hm?

Very nice msw congrats ^^

Cool :)

I've never heard of half of those fansites. :P

RuneHead has been hacked since it came on this list :/ I hope it doesn't happen to others.

Way to go Ren!This is now offical MechScape fansite!
I bet you are proud of this!

I believe that RuneHead has been hacked before as well. I feel that if RuneHead was hacked, it's more likely due to poor security than as a direct result of being listed as an approved site.

Indeed they have at least once before, so yeh, probably just a lapse in security. :\

Jagex just added Zybez to that list, and I'm glad they did because after all - Zybez is the biggest (I know of) community out there that has anything to do with RS & Jagex.

Aww. Well is was fun while it lasted.


And as for the adverts go,

if they were adds by google, they cant control which adds come up. I know runecrypt has some adds by google and they are usually about gold selling.

Congrats MSW, pop open a bottle of champagne and celebrate. (Sparkling Cider for teh kiddies)

Ye, Big Achievement for MSW.
=], Gratzz.
Nice too see you guys put alot of effort into the fan site.

What, Zybez is getting an interview with Jagex? They can ask any questions they like: http://www.zybez.net/community/index.php?showtopic=1245503

Haha, lucky for them =].
Its good to see that Jagex is actually interviewing fansites and tip sites.
And all I heard were rumours around telling Jagex sucks because all they did was remove Pking lol.
Not that bad, but ye...
You know what I mean?

This is awesome! I'm so glad I'm a part of MSW. :]

So I was in MMG's clan chat and Mod Stevew said this:



Does that mean there are supported fansites?

I did ask Stevew to explain what the difference was between a "recognised" and a "supported" fan site when he said that but didn't get an answer. I'd call getting concept art and interviews support, but maybe he was talking about direct financial support (which as far as I am aware no fan site receives).

Zybez is getting a interview with Jagex were they're able to ask any questions they like: http://www.zybez.net/community/index.php?showtopic=1245503

Could that be "supporting"? After all, Zybez is a lot bigger than MSW at the moment.

One they've given MSW far more MechScape related content and two, the MechScape section of their website is tiny.

So no.

When MSW got the MechScape related content Zybez wasn't a recognized fansite. But it's now so they're able to support Zybez too. And I'm not talking of the Zybez MechScape section (but it is quite big and growing too), but their whole community which is A LOT bigger than MSW.

Yes, I understood what you were saying, but your main point, that an interview with Jagex = Support is wrong.

I think this site had 2 interviews with jagex so far? One was on the phone the other was in person. And plus they given us concept art for mechscape. So they shouldn't be a supporting site. Just read Rens posts above.

Jagex will do best to stay away from officially "supporting" ANY site that is not under their DIRECT management. For example, let's say Jagex decides to support fansites financially for whatever reason - via donation, via venture capital, etc. Thus Jagex is taking a stake in that fansite. If that fansite is hacked and thousands of members are compromised, who are they going to run to demanding compensation for lost accounts? Not the kid who lives with his parents and makes $20 cleaning rooms.

Lol, I just realised, we are like the paparazzi.
We screenie or vid anything with mods in it.