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First I'd like to give a huge warm welcome to say thank you very much
We've been wanting to do this for years and years and years
and always saying "when is the right time, where do we do it and who do we invite
And you know, eventually we came up with a cunning plan,
We said "You know what, why don't we do RuneFest, certainly the first, since it's the one that matters the most
where we actually take the opportunity to say thanks to our most ardent fans and our most loyal supporters"
And we thought "How do we flesh out from the masses of hundreds of millions of players,
How do we work out who are our most ardent fans and obviously we can look at the hiscores and various other things
And we said "well, if we set a high price tag, we don't say where it is, or perhaps even when it is
or what you are going to do, and you come anyway. That's probably them."
(guy in the public shouts something)
So... I'm really happy to say that I think the plan worked flawlessly
And you're all here today. So today is about you guys.
And myself and my team are here to serve you guys and to assure you've got an awesome day today.
(So do we get free beer?)
If you hang around for a bit longer, we should be able to sort that out.
But really, I don't want to go and have a long speech and bore you guys to death with it.
I just want to give you guys a very warm welcome.
Like I said: today is about you guys and we want you to have a good time.
Our team will be running around for you guys to catch up with(?)
So there's various activities planned during the day
All of you have been given lanyards. Well, hopefully you've all got lanyards
because they contain the program so you've got a sense of what's going on everywhere
It's not something you need to follow originally
I think, if anything, there's probably too much to do
So you kind of pick out the things that appeal to you the most
Everything from drinking at the bar to wrestling anyone
I'd like to try the guy over there. He looks easy.
In terms of the program now, let's say
the first thing on the insider sessions will be a session entitled Genesis at 1 o'clock
which is a session where the founders, Andrew, Paul, Ian
and various members of the team
will talk about where RuneScape came from and
its evolution. I think for many of you that will prove to be very surprising
if you look at the game we have today versus its humble origins
I think it's going to be one of those unique once-in-a-lifetime opportunities
so if any of you fancy that, make your way upstairs
through the poison arrow pub, to Varrock.
And for the rest of you, honestly, the bar is open
That's where I'll be. And enjoy yourself, I hope you'll have a fantastic day
once again: thank you everyone and looking forward to seeing you guys, cheers!