the error says runtime error what does that mean

Looks like LC is corrupted for you, either the corruption occurred during patching or the installation was bad. Try reinstalling it to see what happens and make sure that you have LC run as admin so that it can patch itself properly.

I've been telling my friends and coworkers about this awesome game and even got one of them to start playing it. Another would love to start but keeps getting a runtime error message. Is this the same issue posted in this board

There are many reasons for the runtime error, please ask your friend to check out this post http://lastchaos.aeriagames.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2164 and various other posts to see if any applies to them. If none applies, post the issue to this board and include all the details (e.g. your system, what you have tried and result, etc.) so that the community can try to help.

Hope you and your friends resolve the issue, and welcome to Last Chaos.