"They rejected the project outright," 117 said. "I am extremely sad and disappointed with Jagex, and I am extremely disappointed in the end that following this long journey, I'm not able to present this project to RuneScape Gold you. The mod seems to go against Jagex's guidelines for third-party players, but the Runescape developer says it is making changes to the guidelines over the next week to include references projects that affect the look to the player.
Original Runelite developer Adam1210 posted his views on Reddit commenting that the ability to allow Runelite HD to continue would be a net benefit for future updates from Jagex.
"I also disagree strongly with including it in the "third third party guidelines,"" Adam1210 said. "Most of them are trying to define where the line between quality of life] and cheating lies and I'm convinced that the majority of people are of the opinion that the guidelines currently in place are a decent representation of that, and it helps keeps sic the integrity of the game.
However there is no unfair advantage in the slightest for higher quality graphics and it only affects you if you allow it. It's just a violation of guidelines. So overall this is really an issue for everyone and I'd like to see Jagex could reconsider."
A few players who are part of this Runelite HD project have taken to a square in Falador, a capital city for buy Runescape gold one of Runescape's most important kingdoms, for a sit-in demonstration similar to the protest World of Warcraft players held in July. In the video sharing text dialogue criticizing Jagex for their decision, and hashtags like #Free117. Another video shows other players "marching" on the streets of Falador Square.