In Loving Memory

This was the first game I ever played as a kid.. this website helped me.. thank you so much for your help in my adventure since I started playing it in 2004..

I joined the community many years ago, around 2010, and had the pleasure of working for and eventually leading the Events Team. We had such an amazing time hosting events for everyone, whether they were minigames, boss masses, or just hide and seek. When I eventually became a Manager and Site Administrator, I met Deb, Gene and Draven and worked with them to ensure that our events were running smoothly. In 2013, we handed out some RuneHQ branded stress knights at RuneFest. If you still have one of those, it was me! :P

Sadly due to real life commitments (Yes, I was a student in those days!) I eventually landed a full time job and found that I had less time to organise stuff, so I had to step down, but I fondly look back on those days with such nostalgia.

I'd like to thank everyone that I met along the way. King_of_Alba, Lilroo503, Double_D_Edd, Kunio, Cowlover, Sliver, Alfawarlord, Bazzy, Superfly, Mark, and many, many more! (Sorry if I forgot to mention you!) We had such amazing banter on Ventrilo back in the day. (I should really join the discord. XD)

Much love!

I have had the pleasure to use this community for its helpful guides, its quests and many other things. Afterwards even helping RuneHQ in various roles both on the site and ingame. It has been a wild emotional ride which has come to an end but also as a new beginning! For me RuneHQ will always exsist. May RuneHQ rest together with Gene & Deb.

Thank you so much for all your help over the years. been using Runehq since 2005. God bless yall.

Where to begin...It's been a heck of a journey. All the crazy times we had in Ventrilo and TeamSpeak for Karaoke night and all the stories that we'll be able to remember years from now. I'd like to say thank you to everyone who gave everything they had for RuneHQ that being the community who took the time to put in guides and the Content Team as well, you all did and amazing job.

On a personal level... Thank you, Gene and Deb, for letting me be a part of the team as a Forum Moderator and Server Administrator for over 17 years, it will always hold a special place with me.

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.