It's not pures asking 'str lvl'. It's newbies to the game, and those that are deciding if they should hop, or not at a crowded spot. If I have 90strength, and I see a level 60 there, I'm definitely going to try and take the spot from them without hopping, however if they look similar to my combat, I'm going to ask and get info instead of just hopping, or charging in and looking like an idiot when they have 99 strength and some of the best strength boosting gear. Another thing, combat, or melee is the most common thing in the game. Everyone basically does it, and asking for strength levels is something that is fairly common when you're meleeing, or training a skill. Also, when you're out skilling and such, the most familiar skill people know is strength, thus they are going to start with 'str lvl' to start a conversation. Another thing is cooking/fletching is far too easy to level, while strength takes a lot longer and is a bit more 'difficult'. Actually, I shall tell you what's far to easy to level, it's Construction. Yet no one flames about a Con cape. And I know some of you will say "but you had to get the money for it", but the thing is with cooking/fletch and fm the person still needed to get the money. 2-3m may mean nothing to alot of people (myself included) but to alot of people, 2m is great. All I'm trying to say is, that to get a 99 you still need to work for it, nomatter which 99 it is. (someones going to contradict everything i just said, I can feel it)