Welcome to RuneScape. RuneScape is a Massive Multiplayer Online Adventure Game. RuneScape has many features... there are hundreds of monsters to kill, quests to complete, lands to explore and treasure to be found, but the most interesting thing about RuneScape compared to most games is that you are playing alongside and interacting with real people playing RuneScape around the world at the same time as you.
So, get started by clicking the new account button on www.runescape.com mainpage and signing up. Be sure to choose your name wisely, as this is what people will know you as in-game, and you can't change it. Try to avoid names with numbers - you'll regret choosing Luke9184576, trust me.
Once you've signed up, click the play game link, select what detail level you want to load the game on (depending on your computer and internet connection) choose a world (they're all the same, but choose one that's geographically close to you) and then log in with your username and password. Choose how your character will look, and you'll begin Tutorial Island. This is fairly self explanatory, and will teach you the basics of the game.
Once you've finished Tutorial Island, you'll be 'released' into the big wide world. This is the step at which many people stumble.
LINKS:
www.runescape.com Runescape homepage
www.jagex.com Jagex homepage
www.tip.it Tip.it, probably the best fan site there is. This is where the intro is from.
www.runehq.com 2nd best site. Anything tip.it doesn't have you can find here.
www.rsbandb.com made rsbandbupdate, and the creators of the runehq calculators.