I feel somewhat guilty about me always criticizing articles coming from Zybez's blog. The reason is that I actually use the site just as often as I use Tip.it. If you brush aside the RWT past and don't mind over-moderation of the forum, Zybez is a very good Runescape site. Why is it not recognized by Jagex? The story about "competitive ads" is murky. Zybez published its version of the story, but Jagex didn't. And I don't want to speculate about it.
Anyway, Zybez is not on the list of the approved Runescape fan sites and, not surprisingly, resentment seeps into their blog. If you are looking for articles with anti-Jagex sentiment, that is the place to go. And sometime those articles irk me enough, that I feel a need to voice my opinion, hence those negative reviews...
So why I keep reading it? Well, because, it is not all bad, of course. In fact, many of the articles in Zybez's blog are just normal Runescape related articles without any kind of bias and some of them are quite good. Like this one about skills needed for pking from a non-pker point of view.
So, yeah, when I am criticizing Zybez's blog posts, I am not really trying to paint them in black...
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Zybez's Runescape Blog
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This is a really interesting perspective on the Zybez vs Jagex dynamic 😄. Zybez was always the rebellious cousin of the RuneScape fan site community — the one that did things its own way and paid the price for it. The "competitive ads" story was always murky, and you're right that we never really got Jagex's side of it.
It's funny how even now, years later, the Zybez vs Tip.it rivalry still lingers in the memory of old-school players. Both sites had their strengths, but Zybez always felt a bit more raw and unfiltered. The anti-Jagex sentiment definitely seeped through, but like you said, not everything was bad. Some of the PK guides and skill calculators were genuinely top-tier.
The fact that you kept reading despite the irritation says a lot — when the content is good, you can overlook the bias.
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Thanks for the trip down memory lane 🗡️📜
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