In Loving Memory

Thank you RuneHQ!

A piece of my childhood was on this website. Always bounced back between here and Sals. Thank you for the memories, and I know in 20 years from now (God willing) I’ll think of RuneScape and Rune HQ and smile. Thanks for everything!

RuneHQ got me through quests like Monkey Madness, The Void Stares Back, and Nomad's Requiem on an old Dell laptop. A shame to see it go, but it'll always be a warm memory to many. Thank you for all the support y'all have given to the community.

Wow, what an announcement. Although I have moved on from RuneHQ, I still remember some of my time fondly, including how the close-knit group of friends that I still have today came to be. I joined RuneHQ Forums and community shortly after Gene passed away, not really understanding his legacy or how truly important he was to the community.

That was back in 2014, shortly before notable people like Sirius joined. This was after having used RuneHQ since around 2005/2006. Maybe a year later, I applied to become a Content guy and edit some of the guides on the site. Soon after I joined the staff, I put myself in the position to edit the OSRS side of guides, as I really enjoyed what the Old School side of the game had to offer. I did this for quite a bit and also integrated myself more within the community. Though it was on the tail end, I poked around the IRC channels, having fun with the custom bot stuff that was created for it, and seeing the rich history. Ultimately, I ended up joining the Chat Mod team, which was inspirational for creating the original Discord and getting that up and running.

Though things didn't end the way I wished, I loved being a part of the community and wished it the best. It is sad to see another site go, but I am glad that life continued to move on and look semi-bright. Thank you to the people that kept everything alive.

The day I started playing Runescape, a friend mentioned RuneHQ as the place for Guides and info. A year laterIa joined the forums to help update the info of an item on the site. Shortly after I got promoted to Concent Editor and never left since. Thanks to Gene and Dravan, I was given the trust to work my way up to Content Manager/Admin. Later on I made the switch to becom the Admin of the Events Team and the official RuneHQ Clan. RuneHQ has taught me various skills on how to lead a team along with improving my English, not my native tongue. Here, I have met so many wonderful people. May the spirit of RuneHQ live on.

Ive played RS on and off from when I was 12 years old and this was always the website I came back to get help along the way the guides and everything always helped me so much very sad to see this go :(

Before I became staff, I used this site for years to complete quests and calculate stuff for potions. It was a major part of my life. Later, I had the opportunity to become part of the community. This site has been an amazing part of my life. May RHQ rest in peace

I was introduced to the site by a former neighbor and still hella chill buddy of mine when I was getting confused over... Haunted Mine, I think? The guides here gave me a good push towards getting some must-have mid-game milestones in the early 2010's.

At the same time though, I saw most of the RS community as trolls, scammers, and bots. And my anti-social tendencies, combined with my mom instilling a lot of internet paranoia unto me, didn't quite help the matter. But then clans became a thing and I was like "Hey, I know that site!" and joined. Met some of the coolest internet buddies I still chat with here and there like Im Your Cat, James Rhodes, High Vortex, Sliver, Rednar, Bertie, and much more. Been there for the good, some of the bad, and the weird like when Double D Edd got mad that I broke the calculator in IRC by dividing by zero.

They say we can't have nice things, but there are at least good things, but unfortunately, they all must come to an end.

I don't know what comes after the end, but I hope Gene and Deb are smiling more with every goofy joke we crack left and right.

Goodnight, RuneHQ'ers.

What to even say, not really a day anyone would have thought would come around really. Well, the website really introduced me to a lot of things, in 2009 I became a Radio DJ and learnt how to stream my own music to a website (Even hosting a 10 hour loop of Friday - Rebecca Black when it was April 1st), to how to edit new posts and moderate forums. My second run as a forum moderator under James was when I really got to grips with how much the website really meant to Gene and Deb, Gene had just returned and dragged everyone into TeamSpeak for a massive staff meeting, which in the end resulted in myself not sleeping until 8am the next day. His passion for the site, and how much love Gene and Deb both had for each other, was inspiring for us all. As someone who joined RuneHQ over 20 years ago, and became staff around 17 years ago, life has it's way of drawing you back no matter what direction you head in. I have no regrets over my time spent on RuneHQ, and would do it all again in the next lifetime. Save me a beer up there Gene, I'm heading to your table when I get there.

Sad to see the page go i used it religiously many find memories of the late night uses