In Loving Memory

What to even say, not really a day anyone would have thought would come around really. Well, the website really introduced me to a lot of things, in 2009 I became a Radio DJ and learnt how to stream my own music to a website (Even hosting a 10 hour loop of Friday - Rebecca Black when it was April 1st), to how to edit new posts and moderate forums. My second run as a forum moderator under James was when I really got to grips with how much the website really meant to Gene and Deb, Gene had just returned and dragged everyone into TeamSpeak for a massive staff meeting, which in the end resulted in myself not sleeping until 8am the next day. His passion for the site, and how much love Gene and Deb both had for each other, was inspiring for us all. As someone who joined RuneHQ over 20 years ago, and became staff around 17 years ago, life has it's way of drawing you back no matter what direction you head in. I have no regrets over my time spent on RuneHQ, and would do it all again in the next lifetime. Save me a beer up there Gene, I'm heading to your table when I get there.

I never had the chance to meet Deb or Gene, but RuneHQ was a big part of my RuneScape experience for many years. Its guides and calculators helped me countless times. Years later, I joined the team as a developer, hoping to help update the site I had used for so long. Although my time there was short, I’m grateful I had the chance to contribute what I could. RuneHQ will always mean a lot to me.

After many years of overcoming all sorts of obstacles and challenges to keep the RuneHQ website up and running, it saddens me a great deal to realize it's now finally coming to an end. So many people have passionately (and voluntarily) worked on this website and community over the years that it's hard to express the impact it has had in words. I myself first joined the RuneHQ staff as a Content Editor back in 2006, as a 13-year-old. I remember feeling extremely proud to be given that opportunity and trust, especially at such a young age. It was my first encounter with coding; it sparked my interest so much that I started to teach myself PHP, which eventually grew into starting my own one-man web development business in real life. So I can truly say RuneHQ shaped an important part of my life. I also had the pleasure of working alongside Gene(a.k.a. MrStormy, the founder) and DRAVAN at the time, as well as many other people—too many to name. I will cherish the memories and thank everyone who has been part of RuneHQ all these years. Even though the website is closing down, it's great to know the community can still get together on our Discord channel, hopefully to remain for a long time to come!

I never met Gene, but I heard lots of stories about him. I regret not being able to get to know him. I have chatted briefly with Deb a few times and found her to be a very nice lady. They will both be missed greatly.

Very sad to see you go; without your help.i may have to quit rs! lol

A long time ago I was a part of the RuneHQ clan and events team before I went off to college. I got my completionist cape in 2015 posting my progress on the forums by using RuneHQ's quest guides. I had plenty of fun hanging around in the IRC and Teamspeak (or was it Ventrilo, my memory fails me a little). The IRC crew helped me get my 120 dungeoneering back when it was the only 120. I loved dungeoneering but wouldn't have a full squad nearly as often if it weren't for RuneHQ. We got so many hexhunter bows together and helped so many people get them too. I also wouldn't have found a love for high level bossing if it weren't for the Teamspeak (or was it Ventrilo) RuneHQ fellas first teaching me Araxxor and then frequent Vorago, Raids, ROTS, etc. When I came back to the game I had 84 Vorago kills and no idea how to beat him. Thank you to Double D Edd, Kassandra, Prelations, Darvin, Witch King of Angmar, many more I am forgetting, and of course, Kunio, my former neighbor and great longstanding friend who helped me reacquaint myself with the new discord and events team. Maybe the site is going away but I hope to join more events in the future and play with Kunio and the rest of the gang for as long as I play Runescape.

This is extremely sad to hear your closing the one and only quest guides from the of days, I’m truly gonna miss this place and I have had so many happy adventures thanks to this website, thank you to the team behind it and I hope you all have a great future knowing you have helped so many with this, I don’t know you but I love and adore you all

RuneHQ is the best site ever. It grew from an idea to help others, to a massive community decades later. Thank you everyone for the years of friendship. A huge special thank you to those who volunteered their time for the site as Staff, especially the Content team making the best quest guides out there. The passion you all shared during our events was amazing, and the laughs were contagious (the many hours spent on IRC, ventrilo and teamspeak!!) Thank you RuneHQ!!!
bzzzzz

Sad to see it close, best monster database and quest guides. What do
I do now? Will use it til it closes. Thank you!