Quote Originally Posted by Thakiller View Post
it's all going to depend on your subjective idea of "actually high quality". i mean for reference the vast majority of genuinely good resources developed by real programming talent in this community has gone to waste. almost all talented programmers on this site have moved onto real life endeavors. summarily the best of what you see on rune-server is simply the best rune-server has to give.

the cyclical issue with making "high quality rsps" is that you have to put an immense amount of time into creating a good one, and with that amount of time you have to have some kind of financial return. these cats who say they "aren't in it for the money" start to change their tune when they realize they're dumping dozens of hours a week into their project. the temptation to take advantage of the money in rsps has always outweighed the desire to actually create a good one. not to mention there are no viable career paths after dumping years into rsps, you don't exactly stick "profiteering off of blatant copyright infringement" on your linkedin

fwiw thats obviously not to say there aren't good rsps out there, it's just that there's minuscule genuine talent involved in rsps these days
I agree. What I was saying, is that even when that minuscule genuine talent is highlighted, it is rarely defined as a "high quality" by none on the Rune-Server forums. No matter if it is customs, code, or just team effort - It is rarely recognized. One could say that e.g. Alora is an HQ server, but I haven't seen anyone praising it for all that has been put into it.