August 30, 201213 yr Is that your personal screenshot? Because people could have faked that just to cause fake speculation or something. Considering they removed dicing/horsing, I don't think they'll support gambling, even if they made a "scam free" system. Capes in order: Firemaking - Cooking - Construction - 99 Dungeoneering- 120 Dungeoneering - Quest - Strength - Prayer - Herblore - Constitution- Attack - Defence - Ranged - Runecrafting - Magic - Fletching - Mining- Farming - Smithing - Slayer - Woodcutting - Summoning - Thieving - Hunter- Fishing - Agility - Crafting - Divination - Max - Completionist0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0100 0101
August 30, 201213 yr Well, we'll see what comes of this. It will be interesting to watch... "Fight for what you believe in, and believe in what you're fighting for." Can games be art? --- My blog here if you want to check out my Times articles and other writings! I always appreciate comments/feedback.
August 30, 201213 yr Gambling will always be in Runescape. There's no way to get rid of it. Get rid of dice, they go to flowers. Get rid of flowers, they'll go to random emotes (seal, dungeoneering etc.). Get rid of random emotes, gamblers could always bet on how much damage someone deals with a hit. Just calculate the max hit, adjust the payout rates accordingly, and have the gamblers join your dungeoneering party so they can see your inventory/gear to prevent cheating. The best Jagex can do is make an "official" gambling casino. At least this way, the players themselves won't be profiting off the gambling, like the dice and flower hosts do. It seems 90% (asspull statistic) of the rich n00bs I see nowadays gained their wealth from dicing/flowering. In other words, they contribute nothing to the economy, just passing around money, essentially scamming people with rigged odds. A casino would work as a money sink, and the chance of some lucky player striking it rich would be alluring enough to keep people coming back and "keep them out of trouble". "Official" Runescape gambling is the lesser of two evils when compared to player-hosted gambling. It's really the only option at this point. [spoiler=I LOVE MY STATION] 01001001001001110110110100100000010101000111011101100101011011000111011001100101001000000110000101101110011001000010000001110111011010000110000101110100001000000110100101110011001000000111010001101000011010010111001100111111
August 30, 201213 yr scamming kids contributes the economy. Because they go back to mining ores or hunting dragons again to make up the lost money
August 30, 201213 yr scamming kids contributes the economy. Because they go back to mining ores or hunting dragons again to make up the lost money.... or from buying GP, or scamming other people, or botting themeselves. Honestly, there is a very small portion of income from people who lost gambles and decide to make it back in an honest way. That is a very optimistic way to think, but I believe it's a bit blind. Mining ore and killing dragons for money is a thing of the far past.
August 30, 201213 yr $2 gets you a spin on the runescape roulette. Win armour and gold! How is this any different than squeel of fortune? Maxed since Sunday, January 9th, 2014Completionist since Wednesday, June 4th, 2014
August 30, 201213 yr $2 gets you a spin on the runescape roulette. Win armour and gold! How is this any different than squeel of fortune? They get to call it gambling instead of RWT 99 farm easy
August 30, 201213 yr Since all Flowers will be Red after EOC(I believe so anyways), it was only a matter of time before something like this happened.
August 30, 201213 yr Since all Flowers will be Red after EOC(I believe so anyways), it was only a matter of time before something like this happened. What I hope they do is make flowers show as red to other players, but stay colored to the owner, because I do like all the choices :) Maxed since Sunday, January 9th, 2014Completionist since Wednesday, June 4th, 2014
August 30, 201213 yr Since all Flowers will be Red after EOC(I believe so anyways), it was only a matter of time before something like this happened. What I hope they do is make flowers show as red to other players, but stay colored to the owner, because I do like all the choices :)I thought they were only red for the duration of the beta, because of all of the gamblers. I painted some stuff and put it on tumblr
August 30, 201213 yr Since all Flowers will be Red after EOC(I believe so anyways), it was only a matter of time before something like this happened. What I hope they do is make flowers show as red to other players, but stay colored to the owner, because I do like all the choices :)I thought they were only red for the duration of the beta, because of all of the gamblers.Might as well keep it if it deters gamblers.
August 30, 201213 yr Might as well keep it if it deters gamblers.It doesn't. The new game is horizontal/vertical. I painted some stuff and put it on tumblr
August 30, 201213 yr Might as well keep it if it deters gamblers.It doesn't. The new game is horizontal/vertical.How's that played?
August 31, 201213 yr How's that played?As far as I can tell, you bet on which direction the flowers will grow. I painted some stuff and put it on tumblr
August 31, 201213 yr Author Is that your personal screenshot? Because people could have faked that just to cause fake speculation or something. Considering they removed dicing/horsing, I don't think they'll support gambling, even if they made a "scam free" system. It's not my screenshot; I reposted from another forum for additional exposure (though I added commentary). I doubt it's fake. Considering Jagex's stance toward micro-transactions, I can see them introducing a profitable (for Jagex) form of gambling while also reducing GP inflation, which they apparently stated they were looking to do. I can't see why they wouldn't accept gambling, especially as recent updates seem to be trending down this route (e.g. SOF), and Jagex's public stance doesn't count for much anyway. And if they can monetize it, all the more incentive for them. :P RIP RU_Insane. August 3rd, 2005 - November 11th, 2012. My Stats on Old School RuneScape: Reform Customer SupportCheck Out My Threads
August 31, 201213 yr We said the same thing about the Bank of Runescape. I painted some stuff and put it on tumblr
August 31, 201213 yr True, but within a day we got jmod confirmation that it was fake. This has been up for almost 3 days now without a peep. Not 100% confirmation, but it definitely adds a little credibility to it.
August 31, 201213 yr Author It's fake Aren't you the one who posted the screenshot confirming Wildy return, and people called it fake? RIP RU_Insane. August 3rd, 2005 - November 11th, 2012. My Stats on Old School RuneScape: Reform Customer SupportCheck Out My Threads
August 31, 201213 yr Out of curiosity do you have a source for that?Surprised that "I reposted from another forum for additional exposure" is credible, but saying that it's fake is not. I painted some stuff and put it on tumblr
August 31, 201213 yr Out of curiosity do you have a source for that?Surprised that "I reposted from another forum for additional exposure" is credible, but saying that it's fake is not. Neither one is really credible, but it would be nice to have a source either way. Maxed since Sunday, January 9th, 2014Completionist since Wednesday, June 4th, 2014
August 31, 201213 yr Author I retrieved it from the RuneScape sub-reddit: reddit.com/r/runescape. I didn't want to specify at first, because I'm not sure if that sort of advertising's allowed. If it's relevant, then sure. RIP RU_Insane. August 3rd, 2005 - November 11th, 2012. My Stats on Old School RuneScape: Reform Customer SupportCheck Out My Threads
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