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15-Apr-2022 21:52:53 - Last edited on 15-Apr-2022 21:55:19 by Sick Combo

I don’t think forum mods can distinguish what’s fake and what’s real. They can’t magically fix things, and blaming them is unfair.

I had someone ask my views, but I’m not active like before. A market will play out eventually. If prices are too high, they’ll correct.

The only choice for the forums is whether to allow price postings on items outside the ge. But getting angry at FMods is unfair. Almost no one could regulate things.

It’s like blaming FMods for the war in Ukraine. “Why don’t they end it?” I cannot for the life of me manage to catch Covid. Perhaps it's because I didn't get vaxxed? The travails of those lacking immunity.

15-Apr-2022 22:05:35

15-Apr-2022 22:12:14

Sick Combo said :
No ones blaming them I'm just letting him know its allowed by them and shouldn't be reported even though we all know what is going on. That's good. I hate stressing them out.

Some of these trades might be happening. I mean, to some extent this might be a market thing. If someone tells you a santa is 100t, and you pay 100t; the trade then happened. The original info was fake, but the trade happened. And if another and another trade at 100t, suddenly that could be the price.

Markets correct eventually, but some of these prices could be real supply-demand results, with few phat owners really wanting to sell. If no one is willing to pay 100t for a santa, and you badly want to sell one of your santas, suddenly the market could start falling until a buyer is found for your santa.

What might happen is Jagex steps in. If a phat is suddenly worth a small house, it might just be too much of a potential for rwt. Anyway, I just don't like seeing so much stress around it. It's just a game. And not all problems have solutions.

The only complete solution Jagex might have is to make them untradeable, which at least some people won't like. I cannot for the life of me manage to catch Covid. Perhaps it's because I didn't get vaxxed? The travails of those lacking immunity.

15-Apr-2022 22:39:30

15-Apr-2022 23:03:34 - Last edited on 15-Apr-2022 23:11:10 by RSGOTMEFATT

RSGOTMEFATT said :
The fix? Get rares back in GE someway, fake trades will end, more rares will be traded daily, a small percentage won't decide the prices. They don't seem to want to facilitate expensive item trading.

I recently posted a thread on what Jagex can do in the suggestions forum. I could add that in, because I guess I just forgot to mention it. But I get the impression that they just don't want to add a ge for that. I cannot for the life of me manage to catch Covid. Perhaps it's because I didn't get vaxxed? The travails of those lacking immunity.

15-Apr-2022 23:19:00

It is fascinating though that even if everyone wants an item, and even if it is scarce; it won't rise unless it rises slowly, based off real (or perhaps fake) trades that slowly rise, creating confidence in the price.

But you can't go from 10 to 100b suddenly. Anyway, the game aside and who is winning points unfairly and such aside, it is really a learning experience to watch the market. I cannot for the life of me manage to catch Covid. Perhaps it's because I didn't get vaxxed? The travails of those lacking immunity.

15-Apr-2022 23:29:04