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    Mat K Leaves Jagex

    in Old School RuneScape Discussion

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    On 5/18/2019 at 2:49 AM, WG Glaucon said:

    I haven't been playing OSRS for as long as some of you, but I never really liked Mod Mat K. When I watched the Q and A streams, if he was there, he never seemed all that happy to be there. There was also some drama about Mod Mat K showing favoritism to Emilyispro.

     

    But the real thing that bugged me about him was his behavior during the RuneLite controversy. If I recall correctly, Mod Mat K was basically bullying/threatening the maker of RuneLite to take down the client.

     

    I understand that they felt the the open-source nature of the client was bad, but given that Jagex has be horrendous at addressing other 3rd-party clients (such as OSBuddy), and given that the creator seemed to just want to do a good thing and provide good features for free, this was the wrong way to treat RuneLite's creator. I will be happy if the improve the official client and ban all third-party clients, but while OSBuddy is allowed to exist, I am happy that RuneLite is there for us also.

    I think your opinion is pretty harsh tbh. Regarding emilyispro, Jagex (not Mat himself) issued the relevant ban for the offence then after that Mat simply defended her against a torrent of abuse from the sometimes toxic OSRS community.

    Regarding RuneLite, he made the correct decision in the end but I think he was initially guided by higher forces in Jagex plus their legal team who were trying to persuade him to get rid of RuneLite.

    Even if you consider these two issues as big errors I think the other stuff Mat has done for OSRS far outweighs this. It's very likely that OSRS would have died without Mat K and we wouldn't be sitting here discussing it. 

    [Declined] Bikinray

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    7 hours ago, Traxin said:

    Welcome, application a little vague, which clan was you in? Any other reasons to join?

     

    Good luck on your application!

    Welcome Sean, I agree with the above comment ☝️

    Mat K Leaves Jagex

    in Old School RuneScape Discussion

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    The Old School team are sad to announce the departure of Mod Mat K. Mat, you've been with Old School RuneScape from day one, and we cannot thank you enough for your hard work. We're going to miss you, we're going to miss the data streams, and even the dad jokes. Here's a few words from Mat, to you - the community.


    "Nearly 14 years ago I arrived at Jagex as a fresh faced new recruit full of optimism and excitement. Today, I am sorry to say that I have left Jagex to become a fresh faced new recruit elsewhere.

    Over the last 14 years I have seen huge changes to RuneScape, from recruitment of thousands of PMods, release of new skills, EOC and the launch of Old School RuneScape. I have overseen the remarkable phenomenon which has become Old School RuneScape, listening to and understanding you has been the key to its success and this little game has shown the entire industry just how important the community is. Old School RuneScape has been a labour of love for me and I hope that I have led it in a way which leaves it in the state of the most player focused game on the planet.

    I have made many lifelong friends while working at Jagex, that's other staff, players and partners that I have worked with and I do not want to lose touch with anyone. I'll still be posting on Twitter so you can follow what I am getting up to on there and I'm sure I'll be at RuneFest.

    Before I joined Jagex I was a player, RuneScape has been an important part of my life for 15 years now and with all the new and exciting content on the way I am not about to stop that. I shall continue to play OSRS, and who knows you may even see me stream some of it on Twitch.

    From me it is not a farewell, it's I am one of you now."
    -Mat K

     

    He’s been there since the start in 2013 and was key in pushing for OSRS to be given new updates and not just maintained as was the original plan. Sad to see him go, I wonder where he is going. 

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