Does this mean I'm saying Runescape isn't dying? It is pretty hard to argue with that. Since the peak (December 2006), Runescape has overall been heading down. And let's not forget that such games, such as RuneScape gold, also have had a decrease in activity. But even with this graph there is some optimism for the game. If you're able to get over the huge drop in activity you will see that towards the conclusion of the graph the drop in activity has come to a trickle. To put it differently over the past year and a half there really hasn't been that much activity reduction, at least with actual players. The elimination of several bots has resulted in a reduction in perceived activity but the decrease in regular players lately has been inconsequential.

Does this mean I'm saying Runescape isn't dying? Not automatically. However, if it is dying it's dying a whole lot slower than people make it out to be. In the last year and a half roughly OSRS buy gold has dropped 3 of Google trend's activity points. For contrast, between July 2009 and January 2011 (also a period of a year and a half) Runescape lost 43 of Google Trend's activity points. Those who plan on attending Runescape's funeral shouldn't plan on taking off time from work anytime soon.