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Makendu
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Makendu

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This proves there game is dieing if . if farmers did not pay for membership they would go broke. and if they banned 50% of there players. many dont see it but jagex is hurting for cash bad thats why they put in squeel of fortune. only matter of time before they lose everything

27-Sep-2013 15:18:42

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We've a new currency! Rs gold is now ectually wordt someting.
I think this is a bad update, I know Jagex needs money etc. but is this the solution. Maybe are just advertisements on television enough to say that RS still lives. I's, in my opinion, bad that you can buy gp from real money. This doesn't stabelised the ecnomy, but has the same effect as goldfarming.

27-Sep-2013 15:39:02

Mystic Monad
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@mystic monad.

It is rwt, real world trade is when you can spend real money for items that provide an in-game advantage. It doesn't matter how get's the money in the real world, it is still rwt.

I realize that's what people think RWT is, but that is not what RWT is.

RWT is people who don't own the in-game content selling it for real-world money. It is the theft of intellectual property, and that is why it is wrong, illegal, and corrupt.

I also realize that the usual definitions of RWT don't specify that it is people who don't own the in-game content selling it. But when Jagex takes RWTers to court, that is precisely the charge brought against them.

To see this whole thing clearly, it's necessary to understand the real, legal concept behind the loose, layperson's term "Real World Trading."

Jagex cannot engage in RWT in relation to RS and its other intellectual properties. It owns them and has every right to sell them if it wishes to do so.

Whether or not it's a good idea for Jagex to sell in-game items for real-world money is another argument entirely. But regardless of whether it's a good or a bad idea, it is not, by definition, RWT.

27-Sep-2013 15:46:36 - Last edited on 27-Sep-2013 15:47:38 by Mystic Monad

Mystic Monad
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Well, Mod mmg stated at the beginning of the video that he is 'proud to say that Runescape has been bot free for several months'

He said RS has been largely bot free. Meaning there are still some bots left, but not very many. However, there is an "arms race" going on in which every time Jagex improves its bot-detection software, the bot producers improve their bots. It's an ongoing battle that has ups and downs for RS.

Beyond that, bots are not the only way gold farmers get their gold. They employ sweatshop workers, they hack accounts and drain their banks, and of course, they use stolen credit cards to pay for the member accounts they use to farm gold. (That is another reason Jagex does not make money on bot accounts. In fact, bot accounts cost them money in credit card charge-backs and high usage rates from credit card companies.)

Even if RS were bot-free (which is not what MMG said), the goldfarmers would still sell RS gold obtained through other means.

The anti-RWT war must be fought on many fronts.

27-Sep-2013 16:01:55

Schmullan
Jan Member 2013

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@mystic monad.
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The Old Rules on Real-World Trading
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What is real-world trading?

Real-world trading is the term used for the real-world purchase of services with the intention of advancing your Jagex character. This includes, but is not limited to: purchasing gold or items in Runescape, buying a Runescape account as well as paying someone to increase your account** experience(XP) in a skill or for them to complete quests and activates on your behalf.


Why do we have this rule?

We have this rule for two reasons:

1. We don’t want players to be able to buy their way to success in Runescape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues Runescape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn’t affect your ability to be successful in Runescape. "
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I would like to call bonds rtw but you can call it micro-transactions or what ever, I really couldn't care less. You can call it what ever you want but it doesn't change the fact that bonds allows people to get an in game advantage due to great irl wealth, something that is clearly something that jagex have been against for the last 12 years, you can't tell me that you think this isn't worng. Storing quest items in PoH

Even the most brilliant lights eventually flicker and die.

27-Sep-2013 17:13:40

M I C H E Ls
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It wont stop bots and gold sellers. Look in other games where they have a similar system... gold sellers will keep selling gold for a lower price as that you would pay for bonds. The only one taking advantage of this is Jagex, not we as players.

27-Sep-2013 17:14:22

Dark Fury

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Arr! Yer game be dying, Jagex!

35,781 Players Online Now

What are ye gonna do about er, huh?

Yer game's goin' the route of Whiskey Wars now, eh?
You peer into a Chapel of Zamorak, which appears to be abandoned. Before you can close the doors again, a Revenant Chaos-Bringer flies at you and slays you instantly with a bolt of Shadow Lightning. Oh dear! You are dead!

27-Sep-2013 17:14:42

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