Real-World Trading
This is just pathetic. I was reading the newest post in the Runescape-Blog when I read this:
“You see a lot of sites selling Runescape gold on the Internet nowadays. It opens up a lot of opportunities for players too, instead of players grinding and using a lot of time making gold pieces in-game to buy the next best weapon, or armour, they could just buy gold online – much quicker, much more efficient.
This also opens up opportunities to players to make some real cash too.
These sites also buy gold pieces of players, so if you find a way of making a lot of gold pieces, then you could sell them to these sites and make some profit. Merchanting is a quick and easy way of making money (check our merchanting guide), but it does require some initial investment.
Runescape gold sites normally buy gold pieces in millions, from around $2.99+ per million. This sounds like rubbish money for a million gold pieces, but it’s actually pretty easy to make a lot of gold once you reach your few hundred thousand gold pieces.
Not only to these Runescape gold sites buy gold pieces, but they also buy characters as well. If you have a character that is of a high level in a lot of skills, then you could probably get a decent price for it on one of these sites. The best thing to do is offer your character for sale, and see which site will offer the most for it.”
It is highly disappointing that a respected player, who has chosen to teach less experienced players how to make money, would be encouraging players to break the rules by buying/selling runescape goals and accounts. This is against Runescape’s Terms of Service and is, in my opinion, possibly the worst offense. Buying/Selling gold and accounts is cheating – you are spending real money to buy gold and accounts that will make your Runescape experience easier. By buying/selling accounts, not only do you put yourself up for being banned, but you also allow yourself to be scammed out of your real-world money. Think about it. The person selling their account has far too many ways to regain their account. They know all their old passwords, they have security questions, and, for members, they have their old membership details. That’s enough to get any account back.
Instead of buying/selling accounts, report any players who are buying/selling accounts and gold. Who knows – you may be made into a player moderator some day. To say the least, being a player mod is far more rewarding than being banned. So, report all players who are selling/buying gold or accounts to Jagex and, if the accounts are being sold on a site like ebay, report the person to ebay as well. Also remember to read the rules carefully to familiarize yourself with them so, should you find a player breaking them, whether in-game or out of the game, you can report them.
Now, I have a suggestion to make. I believe that it is too difficult to report players who are buying/selling items or encouraging others to cheat outside of Runescape. For the Runescape-Blog, the poster, instead of giving a Runescape username, is simply named admin. For that reason it is impossible to report him. That is why Jagex should add a “Report Web Page” form that allows players to enter a URL and tell Jagex which rule is being broken.
You could try telling Runescape through this form.
Here are a couple links to help educate you about scams:
Watch out for scams and scammers, and happy scaping!
Goals as of August 14
Skill Goals:
Runecrafting: 38/54
Magic: 40/66
Item/Money Goals:
Money: 60m (60,000,000)
Items:
- Red H’ween mask: 41m
- Zamorak Robe Top & Bottom: 900k
- Dragon Hatchet: 3.3m
- Abyssal Whip: 1.5m
- Dragon Square Shield: 1.2m
- Ahrim’s Robe Top, Bottom, and Hood: 2.2m
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I plan to get the cash via runecrafting and, if I get bored, through smithing and merchanting.
