Arguing about the fairness of the fire lycan's acquisition is way too late now; Jagex has already sold it as a magazine-exclusive. Yeah, I didn't like it either how they chose to do it, but it'd be just as unfair for the players, who have already bought it under the exclusivity tag, to have their money and efforts to get the pet via the magazine wasted. And considering the deal they made with PC Gamer, it'd most certainly be illegal as well, so...