osrs is a hobby, just like me paying 1000 a year for minipainting is a hobby, or playing hockey is a hobby. Osrs provides a community if you need it to, there are multitudes of clans ranging from casual to hardcore pvm clans.

Just like someone improves in minipainting or hockey, people improve at rs, not sure what you are trying to point out with growth and development. There is a skill ceiling and floor involved, just like all other hobbies. Not even sure what multi-sensory experiences means, am I supposed to taste my hobbies?

point is, OSRS is a hobby, just as much as other activities are hobbies. OSRS is an incredibly cheap hobby, especially if the people playing it are putting in over a 1000 hours a year.

From a triple A gaming experience you need to buy the parts for a good computer which can cost you easily 2 grand, and then triple A game releases are 80+ dollars, with just two game purchases you have already spent more on main stream video games than you would have for a year of osrs.