Original OSRS gold developer Adam1210 has shared his views on Reddit and said that allowing Runelite HD to continue would be a huge benefit to future updates from Jagex.

"I also have a strong disagreement with adding it to the "third parties' guidelines," Adam1210 said. "Most of these guidelines try to define where the line is between "quality of life] and cheating lies and I'm sure that most people would agree that the current guidelines are an excellent description of that. they help maintain the game's integrity.

But there isn't an benefit in the least for better graphics, and it only impacts you when you choose to enable it. Therefore, this is an abuse of guidelines. Overall, this is a loss for everyone involved and I hope Jagex could take a look at it."

Some supporters in those who support the Runelite HD project have taken to a town square in Falador in the capital city in one of Runescape's largest kingdoms. The goal was to have an anti-government protest that is similar to the protest World of Warcraft players held in July. In the video, which includes the text of a dialogue that criticizes Jagex for their decision as well as hashtags such as #Free117. Another video shows more participants "marching" outside Cheap RuneScape gold.