In Loving Memory

Thank you. While I never truly knew who created RuneHQ or the people who dedicated their time to maintaining it, I’m realizing now just how much I took something so special for granted.

Growing up playing RuneScape, RuneHQ was a huge part of my childhood. It was always there when I got stuck on a quest, needed guidance, or wanted to discover something new. I never thought about the people behind it. I just assumed it would always be there.

Now, knowing those people are gone and facing the possibility of losing RuneHQ itself, memories I didn’t even realize I still had are flooding back. It’s a strange kind of grief, realizing something you thought was just a website was actually woven into some of the happiest years of your life.

I wish I had appreciated it more. Not just the website, but the countless hours of dedication from people who helped shape the childhoods of players like me, without ever expecting anything in return.

To everyone who made RuneHQ possible, thank you. You may never have known my name, but you were part of my life in ways I never fully understood until now.

It’s heartbreaking how we sometimes don’t recognize the value of something until we’re faced with losing it. RuneHQ wasn’t just a resource for a game. It was a piece of growing up, and one I’ll carry with me forever.

Rest in peace, and thank you for the memories.

Thank you so much for guiding 8 year old me through so many quests. I'm 27 now and i'll never forget about runeHQ. <3

Thanks for making it happen

Thank you for everything. When I was in high school, I would get onto RuneHQ in the computer lab to stayed connected to RuneScape when I couldn’t play the actual game on school servers. It is a place that brings memories of a simpler time and a place that I fondly remember 20 years later.

thanks to the founders and all contributors involved. o7

Thank you for all those years, I wish you the best! Long live RuneHQ!

Thanks for helping younger me with my questing

Johnathan Lynch showed me this website when he was doing Dragon Slayer 1 20 years ago.
God bless those involved.

So sad to hear of the passing of Deb and Gene.

Whilst I didnt know them in any personal capacity, their devotion to the community through RuneHQ has had a lasting impact of thousands and thousands of players across the world.

From helping us complete that daring Monkey Madness, taking on Barrows or doing our first clue scrolls. Thank you so much for your time and passion. It will have a lasting effect on all of us scapers.

This was one of the resources (alongside Sal's) that gave me the information and excitement for the game I'd played during my childhood. Though I stopped using the site, the memories of using it never left and remains part of my personal RuneScape history. This closing of a chapter can at least be known and appreciated by those who used RuneHQ and lest we forget.