Started: 2001
Quit: 2004,2007,2011
Age: early 30s
Career: Medical Doctor + Public Health Researcher
Regrets?
Overall, no regrets. In retrospect, it's easy to criticize yourself and say, "I should have" ___ "sooner" etc.
Regrets related to RuneScape: I wish I didn't spend so much time on grinding... it eventually became much easier to level-up and in the end, grinding didn't even matter once the game became richer with content. I should've just botted. I regret getting rid of my RuneScape wealth and then losing it to Jagex just stealing it when they randomly decided to ban my account because the CEO didn't like me. Had I been careful with it, I could've been pretty rich in real life selling party hats and stuff.
As for regrets related to Zybez: to be honest, it was a time when we were all pioneers and nothing was really proven. It was before Youtube, live streaming, Wiki, Reddit, Wiki, etc. So, of course, it's easy now to look back and say, "should've changed Zybez to a Wiki model". To be honest, I did have the thought/idea as far back as 2001. But in those days, we were distrustful of simply crowd-sourcing content openly the way Wiki does. It would be like handing the key to your house to strangers and letting them redecorate your house. Also, don't forget that during the early days, RuneScape simply didn't have that much content... so a couple of people could easily maintain a fansite's content. Had we switched to a Wiki concept right around 2006 when RuneScape's game content started getting richer, we would've rode a pretty big tsunami. I would've been rich :-D and many people who worked on Zybez would've made fancy gaming industry careers.
If you could go back in time, what would you change?
Kind of already answered above.
About you:
I'm an MD but not working as one. I'm involved with various research but it's mostly "meh". I either wanna get my PhD and become a professor and do more of this damn research for the rest of my life - or just work as a physician. Of course, I'd rather be sitting in a quiet cafe somewhere with a tranquil view and writing my novel...
Quit: 2004,2007,2011
Age: early 30s
Career: Medical Doctor + Public Health Researcher
Regrets?
Overall, no regrets. In retrospect, it's easy to criticize yourself and say, "I should have" ___ "sooner" etc.
Regrets related to RuneScape: I wish I didn't spend so much time on grinding... it eventually became much easier to level-up and in the end, grinding didn't even matter once the game became richer with content. I should've just botted. I regret getting rid of my RuneScape wealth and then losing it to Jagex just stealing it when they randomly decided to ban my account because the CEO didn't like me. Had I been careful with it, I could've been pretty rich in real life selling party hats and stuff.
As for regrets related to Zybez: to be honest, it was a time when we were all pioneers and nothing was really proven. It was before Youtube, live streaming, Wiki, Reddit, Wiki, etc. So, of course, it's easy now to look back and say, "should've changed Zybez to a Wiki model". To be honest, I did have the thought/idea as far back as 2001. But in those days, we were distrustful of simply crowd-sourcing content openly the way Wiki does. It would be like handing the key to your house to strangers and letting them redecorate your house. Also, don't forget that during the early days, RuneScape simply didn't have that much content... so a couple of people could easily maintain a fansite's content. Had we switched to a Wiki concept right around 2006 when RuneScape's game content started getting richer, we would've rode a pretty big tsunami. I would've been rich :-D and many people who worked on Zybez would've made fancy gaming industry careers.
If you could go back in time, what would you change?
Kind of already answered above.
About you:
I'm an MD but not working as one. I'm involved with various research but it's mostly "meh". I either wanna get my PhD and become a professor and do more of this damn research for the rest of my life - or just work as a physician. Of course, I'd rather be sitting in a quiet cafe somewhere with a tranquil view and writing my novel...
Wasted too much of my youth on RuneScape. I don't play anymore. Will start again when I'm like 70.