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+# 2009 RSPS website
+
+## Setting up
+
+1. Import runescape.sql into a database named "runescape"
+2. Edit includes/config.php as needed
+3. Run `php -S 127.0.0.1:4000 index.php`
+
+Originally made by [jarryd229](https://github.com/jarryd229)