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Yeah Runetracker is very nice too, but with only a top 42 and no way to track the exact xp of a player, except for the interactive graph, I have to use both runetracker and rsstats to follow the top players. If Elias maintains this pace, I don't think Paperbag will reclaim his rank soon though... At least I don't see him losing any ranks for a while seeing as the closest to him atm is Green098, at 100M xp away and going at a much slower pace these days.

Elias has really picked up a nice pace ever since the bonus XP week end started last week...19M xp prayer in the last 24 hours... http://www.rsstats.net/daily/elias In fact, I have to say that the 3 more active players from the top 15 are in the 1,6B-1,7B xp range : Elvis, Elias and Telmomarques. The last two have gained ranks lately, both passing Paperbag. I expect Elvis to claim rank 8 from Kingduffy shortly after hitting 1,7B xp.

@ Peregrin Gertjaars will probably be in the top 15 at least until summer 2011 begins. It would take S U O M I at least 7 months at his current pace to catch up to him. Seeing as not every player from the top 15 trains at the same pace, I expect Gertjaars to be knock down below rank 15 in 12 months. Really depends on updates, more bonus XP week-ends and the other players ranked below him. From an irrationnal point of view, let's say every players ranked below him train at 3M xp / day ( daily XP winners on average), it would take at the very least 6 months for the player at rank 16 to catch up to him. Following top players has never been that interesting with 13 players out of 15 gaining XP on a daily basis and a battle for the top spot in the coming months.

Near final results of the bonus XP week end from the top 15 1 - Skiller : 2,23B xp - 18M week end 2- Zarfot : 2,17B xp - 22M week-end 3- Jdelacroix : 2,10B xp - 7M week-end 4 - Drumgun : 2,04B xp - 8M week-end 5 - Gertjaars : 2,02B xp - inactive 6 - Lan : 1,84B xp - 8M week-end 7 - Erw J : 1,84b xp - 19M week-end 8 - Kingduffy : 1,70B xp - 3M week-end 9 - Elvis : 1,68B xp - 22M week-end 10 - Elias : 1,64B xp - 21M week-end ( gained a rank over paperbag) 11- Paperbag : 1,63B xp - 12M week-end 12 - Telmomarques : 1,62B xp - 29M week-end 13 - Green098 : 1,54B xp - 7M week-end 14 - S u o m i : 1,52B xp - 14M week-end ( gained a rank over Ox) 15 - Ox : 1,51B xp - inactive These figures are approx since I started tracking before the week-end started and before it's ended. For a more accurate tracker : http://runetracker.org/eventrecords-0,1

It's pretty hard to say and even track... But I'd have to put my money on someone like Lan who has every skill pretty advanced. Players like Kingduffy, Dapledo, Skiller and Zarfot also have interesting ranks in every skills.

Bonus Xp watch - players from the top 15 - Telmomarques : 26M xp - Elias : 21M xp - Zarfot : 20M xp - Skiller : 17M xp - Elvis : 17M xp http://runetracker.org/eventrecords-0,1 I'll put the final tally sometimes tomorrow as well as the new ranking.

@ arcane Very interesting spreadsheet. I'm not familiar much with those to help you make them "public", but it gives us a good idea how much time someone with your stats has to go until maxing out with constant training.

Very nice post JS. This is exactly how I feel about this issue. Bonus XP week-end watch - dog race style! Telmomarques : 20M xp Zarfot : 19M xp Elias : 18M xp Elvis : 16M xp Skiller : 15M xp http://runetracker.org/eventrecords-0,1

As long as we have Zarfot and Lan here, could you guys give us an estimate as to when you think someone will reach 200M in every skills assuming no other skills are released ?

Some people feels that top players are using the best and fastest methods and they want to know those methods so they can achieve their personnal objectives. Other people like me are simply numbers and stats addicts who like to watch the highscores. Probably scores of other reasons, these were the main ones that came to mind. Off topic, good luck with your goals and especially slayer. Very impressive.

It's just hypocritical for him to talk like he's innocent, yet pictures prove otherwise. He didn't denied it... how can he be hypocritical about it?

Look people, this thread is not about the ethical or unethical behavior of top players. It's about maxing out, the progress of top players and training methods. Please take your disputes elsewhere.

Well Skiller has gotten 12M xp so far, which is more than anyone form the top 5. Elias and Telmomarques have gotten great xp gains so far with 15M and 14M respectively. Another top player that has gotten nice XP gains is Erw J with 12M (also has reached 100M summoning). I'm glad to see Skiller consolidating is 1st rank and Erw J getting a small boost following a really "slow paced" summer. Expected more from Lan and Zarfot though...

probably C4mel0t, the most efficient troll around.

You get 200M in melees and ranging by doing slayer ... at 40K xp per hour. So there's no additional training time for those skills outside slayer.

Bonus XP update - the top players gaining the most XP so far: - Elias - 13M - Telmomarques - 9M - Skiller - 7M - S U O M I - 6M The week-end is still young and some players on the top 15 haven't logged in yet...

Telmomarques will reach the 1,6B mark in the next hours. Jdelacroix will reach 2,1B in the next hours also.

Update and bonus XP watch of the top 15 1. Skiller : 2,211,964,703 xp. Training mostly construction, he has started the mining-smithing-magic trio skills lately. Coming milestones: 100M slayer and 200M construction (6th skill). 2. Zarfot : 2,145,473,048 xp. He's been training dungeoneering mostly lately even though he still does slayer form time to time. Coming milestones : 200M fletching (6th skill) 3. Jdelacroix : 2,097,053,007 xp. Jd has been doing some slayer last week, a skill he has been criticised here for not having a proper Hp to slayer ratio. Coming milestones : 2,1B xp and 100M xp ranged. 4. Drumgun : 2,033,592,646 xp. Drumgun has been doing some farming and dungeoneering lately and climbing up overall ranks. Coming milestones : 100M fletching. 5. Gertjaars : 2,019,028,063 xp. Still inactive. 6. Lan : 1,833,097,386 xp. The great rank 5 slayer is still going at it. Coming milestones: nothing in sight! 7. Erw J : 1,819,803,878 xp. He's gotten 99 dungeoneering this past week as weel as 100M wc. Coming milestones : 100M summon 8. Kingduffy : 1,692,759,908 xp. Still going at a "slow pace" , he's been doing dungeoneering lately. Coming milestones : 1,7B xp 9. Elvis : 1,653,582,315 xp. One of the fastest players these days, he's been training prayer and dungeoneering. Coming milestones : 100M prayer and 100M attack. 10. Paperbag : 1,619,757,446 xp. I have no idea what he's been up to lately except that it's been at a slow pace... Coming milestones : 100M farming. 11. Elias : 1,618,723,950 xp. Elias is training multiple skills but mostly crafting. Coming milestones : nothing in sight. 12. telmomarques : 1,590,315,301 xp. The rank 1 overall has shifted into high gear lately training construction and having the fastest speed of the top players. Coming milestones : 1,6B xp. 13. Green098 : 1,529,263,823 xp. He's still training dungeoneering. Coming milestones : nothing in sight. 14. ox : 1,505,779,436 xp. haven't done nothing much this last week. Coming milestones : Nothing in sight. 15. S U O M I : 1,501,694,200 xp. Still training mining, smithing and magic, he's coming close to stop begging for lava titan pouches! Coming milestones : 200M mining (5th skill) next update monday with the results from the bonus XP week-end! Edit: Elias is off to a great start! http://runetracker.org/eventrecords-0,1

Sure there is a difference, but the correlation is often very high.

The thing is, they had very positive feedback from the first bonus XP week-end... positive feedback usually means people had fun... I have a feeling that people like you are the minority, even though they are somewhat loud about it.

@ Zaaps Well said and agreed on all points. The thing is, I understand how this is affecting you while I decided to adapt to it (have planted around 250 herb seeds in the last 2 weeks for herblore). My point is everyone has a choice to either suck it up or adapt. I don't think this is gamebreaking though, for the greater good (meaning enjoyment for the majority) these events are beneficial.

Well not all players are "impatient" like you and can wait until the item becomes available, some players are DIYers and find it fun, some players have the foresights to plan ahead and stock up. The way bonus XP week-ends harms you is not universal to all players. Fun is relative to everyone...

It wouldn't be fair to current santa hat owners... but santa hat would ultimately rise back to their price. I also still don't understand how Jagex is preventing you from playing the game in a way you enjoy...? If you like doing barrows.... what is stoping you? If your items not buying or not selling is upseting you... then your enjoyment lies with money, not skills or features.

Well you could always adapt. If barrows items are hard to sell now... a good idea is to wait for later to sell them. If an item is hard to obtain, get it yourself... Have you forgotten how it was done before there was a G.E. ? The market gets shuffled almost anytime an update occurs, bones rose in price when curses were introduced, herbs and seeds rose in price when extreme were introduced... that "messed up" the economy and changed the game styles of many players.... Should Jagex stop making updates that "destabilizes" the economy?

Sadly PenguinsLoose, having high skills does not make you elite. It just means you have a lot of XP in a skill. Before Kuradal was introduced, you could only kill them after at least starting ME. It meant you need an agility level of 56 to kill them. Skill synergy like that has always been a part of RS. Pures cannot complain that they get destroy when boss hunting because their defense is too low because they choose not to train their def. The way I see it, you are not willing to kill Jad or get 2000 slayer points to unlock ice wyrms... how can you complain then?