History Trivia / RuneScape

* Old School celebrates its birthday every February with an in-game event.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Old School was introduced in response to the players who were rubbed the wrong way by the Evolution of Combat. For those who weren’t interested in playing Old School, Jagex introduced a “Legacy Mode” that turned off the mechanics of the Evolution of Combat.

* AbandonWare: ''Classic'' was shut down for good in August 2018.

* AbandonWare: ''Classic'' was shut down for good in 2018.

** [=RuneLite=] is a third-party client that's popular because of its many features. After a few years, the official Old School website would include a link [=RuneLite=]’s site.

** The falling rocks in the Motherlode Mine reuse the model for the pet rock. Because of this, the falling rocks will by wearing party hats during any Christmas events.

** The Construction emblem has a rouge green pixel in its lower left corner.

* {{Blooper}}: When Tree Gnome Village is completed in ''Classic'', the quest complete message says "Well done, you have completed the treequest". This was the quest's debug name.

* {{Defictionalization}}: Some food items, such as "crunchies" and "battas," were sold as real food during [=RuneFest=], a fan event organized by Jagex.

* {{Blooper}}: When Tree Gnome Village is completed in ''Classic'', the quest complete message says "Well done, you have completed the treequest". This was the quests debug name.

* {{Blooper}}: When Tree Gnome Village is completed in ''Classic'', the quest complete message says "Well done, you have completed the treequest". This was the quests debug name.

** The game itself sends out server-wide announcements whenever a player maxes out a skill, as well as [[UpToEleven global announcements]] when a player maxes all their skills or earns the Completionist Cape.

** Prior to Ironman Mode's introduction, some players would choose to play in a self sufficient way. Ironman Mode would make this playstyle official.

* FanNickname: Aside from the usual abbreviations (Addy = Adamant, mith = {{mithril}}, etc. etc.), a few otherwise-ordinary locations get this treatment. For instance, the Varrock southeast mine is sometimes called "Boot Mine" or "Ballsack mine" because of its resemblance to a boot and, well...
** The ''Old School'' bosses Zulrah and Vorkath are often known as the "Profit Snake" and "Money Dragon" respectively due to their generous drop tables, and their popularity as moneymakers for high-level players.
** One of the rocks inside of [=TzHaar=] Fight Cave is known by fans as the "Italy Rock", due to it being shaped like a boot.

* DummiedOut: When the ability to poison weapons was removed from the game, poisoned weapons automatically had their poison removed, and weapon poison was turned into a new drinkable potion that applies poison to your attacks for a limited time. However, the old items weren't removed entirely--for some time after the update, poisoned arrows could still be received as drops from certain enemies, and baby trolls named after poisoned items retained the (p) tag at the end of their names.

** The official Old School website has a link to [=RuneLite=]’s site.

** One of the rocks inside of TzHaar Fight Cave is known by fans as the "Italy Rock", due to it being shaped like a boot.

** Prior to Ironman Mode's introduction, some players would play in a self sufficient way. Ironman Mode would make this playstyle official.

* AscendedFanon: Prior to Ironman Mode's introduction, some players would play in a self sufficient way. Ironman Mode would make this playstyle official.

** The 20th anniversary book reveals that Jagex didn't like to acknowledge the Falador Massacre between 2006 and 2011.

* InspirationForTheWork: The 20th anniversary book reveals that this game was inspired by various tabletop and computer games. It was also inspired by fantasy novels like {{Literature/Discworld}} and the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.

* OldShame: Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet, to the point where they edited a four-year-old letter (Issue 14 of Postbag From the Hedge, published December 2006) just to further erase the quest's existence. However, a reference is made to them in the 200th quest, where they are present as severed heads. Romeo also has a role in the Gower Quest. Interestingly, the quest is still in ''OSRS'' despite the many years it's been active and even is a requirement for the "Making Friends with My Arm" quest.

** Great Kourend was originally going to be named “Great Goureng”. But it was noticed that the pronunciation of "Goureng" was very similar to "Göring", the last name of a Nazi military leader and war criminal.

** Great Kourend was originally going to be named “Great Goureng”. But it was noticed that the pronunciation of "Goureng" was very similar to "Hermann Göring", a Nazi military leader and war criminal.