Where have I been? breeding and selling dragons
Link: http://www.bestvaluebuys.co.uk
Title says it all really, OK so it doesn't say it all but to a degree it is the case.
I have not written for a long time and the chance is I will probably not write for a while again.
I have started a new business selling dragons, not only dragons but other gifts as well, take a look at this.
My new website bestvaluebuys.co.uk sell a range of collectible gifts.
I also set up a blog bestvaluebuys.co.uk/blog
As you can imagine it takes up a lot of my time and my Runescape time has taken a back seat, I still love playing it but my business must take priority.
Anyway thanks for reading my blog in the past, I hope the information here is not to outdated, I am likely to return to regular posts but not in the near future.
Enjoy your scaping and have a fun.
Doubling money up to 2m
Doubling money the most obvious of scams appears to be the most productive.
I stood in the GE watching the double money scams, there are lots of scammers doing the double money scam, I counted 5 scammers in a small section of the GE, I know its not funny but to watch what can only be described as fools ignoring loads of people saying its a scam so greedy that they ignore the warning for the promise of great wealth.
In a 5 minute period I saw 5 people get scammed 3 of them having friends do false trades to add a degree of honesty to the scammer, all of the scammed players traded cash, you can always tell when they have traded cash because the money doubler logs out directly afterwards, the last scammer I watched before posting this had the cheek to say "wow scammed 509K" then logged.
This is the most obvious scam for many reasons, why does the scammer not have loads of cash if they can double money? why do it for others? even if they are quitting why do they want to hang around to be nice to players? if they can double money they can be reported for bug abuse and banned.
Luckily for the scammer there are so many scammers, bots and rule breakers that Jagex will never be able to regain control so the chance of getting banned is remote, even if they do get banned they have probably transfered their ill gotten gains to their main.
I have always supported Jagex's ban on publishing scams on the forums to prevent people copying, but anyone can go anywhere to learn the scams that it is pointless now.
Just a note, a member of my clan traded with a scammer doubling 100k, the scammer traded 200k back expecting to get a higher offer next time but my friend said thank you and went on with her business, this was funny because the scammer got stitched up but one of the scammers I observed in the 5 minute period logged out with just 20k, only try this if you are prepared to lose the cash, you may be able to swindle more cash out of the scammer if you look wealthy.
BTW I voted no.
Should Runescape have rules?
As a follow up to my post recently titled Jagex have sold their soul having given it a bit of time to calm down have things got better?
First of all I would like to add this picture.
This was just a snapshot of a small area, people are fighting for scamming area, I love the word legit, does that mean they are a legitimate player doing a legitimate gamble that will pay out, or will they leg-it if you win? I know which I suspect.
This is just for the flower scam, every where you go there is at least 1 scam or another, makes me think what is the point of the Runescape rules.
Should Jagex just release Runescape as a free for all with no rules and let everyone fend for themselves.
I have taken a look at the rules.
Under Honour heading
Bots are wide spread, they are everywhere, I have reported bots and they are still playing.
Business appears to be booming for them, should they still be trading or able to get the resources to sell?
Loads of people selling accounts, RWT sites selling accounts,
I am sure it happens but unable to comment as it can not be witnesed by other players easily
No comment
Has happened, I have reported and I believe they were banned
Wide spread, every town, every server, every day.
Who cares about adverts.
Flower scam has spread like weeds, just being visible is encouraging others to try it to name just one.
Under the heading respect
I have reported racist names and they have been removed
Always has always will happen
PVP what do they expect
Hmmm lets remove the profanity filter and make it so they can really break this rule
Flower game 100k - claws, 500 k ags, Flower game 100k - claws, 500 k ags, Flower game 100k - claws, 500 k ags,,
No comment
Reportable and banable
Reportable and ignorable
It happens, does it get banned? probably
We can still report for the above rules with the exception of bots, there are so many that if you report them all you get banned for reporting for a period of time.
Jagex have made it so you can break most of the above rules a lot easier, should you be banned for something they have made possible for you to do?
DVLA in the UK sell number plates that you can make look like a names for profit, however if you space them so it looks like the name you can be fined and have the registration revoked, Jagex are not alone in doing things for profit that go against the appropriate rules.
Jagex need to review the rules to make them more appropriate for todays game play, perhaps they should just scrap rules and let anarchy rule the game.
When the free trade and wilderness was first announced as making a come back I anticipated it being as bad as it was before, I did not anticipate how much worse is would become.
Do people really fall for it? Jagex mod scam attempt, failed.
I had an interesting series of PM's the other day as I was mining in the living rock caverns.
I missed a screeny of the start of the conversation which read something like, you have been reported for scamming and you will be banned unless you give me your username and passsword.
So what do I gain by giving my user name and password? will they just forget about it and let me carry on?
If he could not work out my username then he wouldn't be able to get a job as a toddler let alone a Jagex mod.
I did not reply to any of his threats because I did not want a confrontation, I did not ignore either because I found it funny.
Unfortunately I didnt get the 2 and 1 minute warnings so he either got banned or realised that a level 138 with 2404 total level isnt foolish enough to break the rules and get banned or hacked.
There is another random player who keeps asking me how much cash I have, I guessed it was him on another account but I have no proof, I do not speak to random players unless they appear to have an IQ higher than a gerbil.
There are so many people scamming, luring and hacking that players must get caught out or they wouldnt do it, I guess its everyones job to educate the younger or inexperienced players now it has become a fact of everyday life.
Jagex have sold their soul!!
I haven't written for a while prefereing to play the game but the recent events have had really disturbing consequences.
It appears that desire for money has taken over the desire for a sense of community in Runescape.
People who regularly read my posts will know that I can always see the reasoning behind jagex's updates wether I like them or not, I have got to a stage where I can see the short term reasoning but the long term is very disturbing
Pking in the wilderness
Lets start with the return of the wilderness as a pking area, there is not a problem with this as it stands, people do not need to go to the wilderness, there are wilderness clues but you do not need to do them, if you choose to do them and you die it was your choice, wilderness clues were about when there was pking in the wilderness before so I do not see it as a problem, the main problem with the wilderness is the return of hate, people killed in the wilderness wanting revenge for their killer, people wanting people dead for their items.
Return of free trade
This is where the problems start, this is necessary with the return of the wilderness and killing for the drops, you need to be able to trade freely so people who wish to exchange items that are not balanced in value can do it safely without resulting to being killed in the wilderness with the possability of being pile jumped.
Problem number 1, Real World Trading and bots, Jagex say they have this undercontrol, I know that, you know that and Jagex know that, unfortunately the bots do not! there are an abundance of bots all over the place, hard luck resource collecting skillers your profits are being reduced by bots working for RWT'ers. I was amazed to see a RWT'ing site having a countdown to free trade, I guess they have more faith in their ability to get the resources to sell than jagex have at stopping them.
Problem number 2, Scamming, where can I start, people are certainly making up for the loss of scamming time, the GE is full of scammers, scammers fighting for trade and even a new scamming area set up at the front of the GE, quitting RS follow me for 10m or claws or ags, follow over this wall, win 10m trust game, flower game win claws 200k bet, the flower scam has really taken off, people fighting over space to plant their flowers at the front of the GE, at a random time there were 6 lurers, 3 trust trade scammers all touting for trade, you may think its OK only a fool will fall for it, think again there are many new players, many young players who may not be aware of the scams as well as the greedy and gullible.
Account theft
There is cash to be made out of players accounts, either selling the account or the contents, people get hacked by carelessness but this does not give people the right to take their account, there are many people getting their accounts hacked, people I know and people in my clan, free trade has made this business now and it will only get worse.
Above picture linked from following post
The final nail in their coffin
Removing the profanity filter, ok you can have it on or off so people have the choice, how many people will have it on, I would like to bet its the adults who have it on, adults realise that it is not nice to have swear words banded about all over the place, adults realise it is not big to use obscene words out of context, who will not have it on? children, children think its big to swear, I have read on forums that younger players think Jagex have started to treat them like adults because they are allowed to swear, unfortunately they will only realise this is not the case when they have children of their own and they are competing with their school friends, facebook other online communities and now Runescape to try and bring them up in a civilised sociably acceptable manner.
Buy back accounts
Jagex has given convicted botters the chance to pay to get their accounts back, where will this stop, what offence will you not be able to slip Jagex a back hander to get back?
Conclusion
Jagex have reintroduced scamming with free trade and hate in the form of all world pking, they have also given the ability to tell the pker / scammer what they think of them, the scammer / pker has the ability to report them for the use of inapropriate language and get them banned or muted, Jagex need to make it clear is the degradation of the community total or not, they have given you the ability to break the rules should they be able to ban / mute players if they use that ability.
Jagex have made a game that parents will no longer want their children to play.
Are the Rules of Runescape rules or are they just a guideline that the nasty or wealthy can ignore or exploit?
The effect on my gameplay
I will continue to play, I do not like the way it has turned to near anarchy but I am a mature player and know how to avoid the scams and ignore idiots, I have told my son that he must keep the profanity filter on, if he does not and I find out he will be banned for a week, I will no longer recomend it to friends as a child friendly game to play.
I love this bit
As a mark that you have brought Runescape to an all time low you will be imortilisedin in some artwork, how about the people who tried to save it do we get a mention too.
This is in draught form at present I will update as and when I have time.
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