A small thought on "pixel huggers"

[ugafan_2009]

I see this term way too common. It means a person who values items in RS over friends. The usual example is when someone trades them a valuable item, and they log out with it never to be seen again. What if it is more than pixels though?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As some of you know, RS gold is illegally sold over the internet. From what I've seen, the rate is about $6(USD)/million gp. Let's look at a small example, a santa hat is currently worth 25 million gp. In USD that is $150.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now, I've seen party hats stolen before. Lets take a look at these. We'll just use a red as an example. It is worth 202 million gp(according to another guide). That at $6 a million is $1,212.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purple-$882

 

 

 

Yellow-$972

 

 

 

Green-$1,080

 

 

 

Red-$1,212

 

 

 

White- $1,590

 

 

 

Blue- $2,700(used 450m as a price, guide didn't know)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So you may trust your friend with a pixel hat, but do you trust someone you don't know with an item worth over a thousand dollars in real money?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moral-don't lend out your items, and don't scam.

[BDave]

Shows how crazy people are to buy RS money. Is it really worth spending over 2 grand on a paper hat that does nothing in the game?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Most people have limits as to what they would steal from someone. You are simply showing that what we "lend" out is worth a hell of alot and I for one would not lend something worth 2 grand to a friend irl let alone a game.

[jessy87]

i used to see it for only $5 a mil, but hey whatever. close enough.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

your rite, 100 some dollars for a santa is considerable seeing how its nearly the cheapest rare item that is wearable.

[ewan]

Never though of it like that

[Poopingman]

They're really worth that much? I mean...I remember Diablo 2 items going for $20...maybe $30, but this is just heinous!

[jwrm22]

err we arnt allowed to sell pixels for money... so dont say a santa is worth 150 dollars irl etc...

[ugafan_2009]

err we arnt allowed to sell pixels for money... so dont say a santa is worth 150 dollars irl etc...

We aren't allowed to scam our friends items, but it happens all the time. If you break the scamming rule, why won't you sell the rs gold?

[yomom1919]

also its a huge time saver. making, say, 420m for a blue takes a LONG time, so its really not just pixels, its more like saving 5 months of work.

[Lep]

Imagine Jagex selling their own rares on Ebay to people, they can just generate them at will. Selling lower than everyone else to make thousands, then banning the people that bought them from Jagex. :lol:

[SAGE]

Imagine Jagex selling their own rares on Ebay to people, they can just generate them at will. Selling lower than everyone else to make thousands, then banning the people that bought them from Jagex. :lol:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sad thing is, I wouldn't put it past them.

[darkmage099]

also its a huge time saver. making, say, 420m for a blue takes a LONG time, so its really not just pixels, its more like saving 5 months of work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's an even bigger key,

 

 

 

Rares take time to get

 

 

 

Time=Money and that's a law.

[reich1337]

Wow, that is alot of money for a free game.... even if you had members, $5 a month < 2k rl dollars.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I can't tell if that's funny or really disturbing.

[jedidude77]

u have a point but personally, to each his own.. :

[i123i]

isn't blue like 600m?lol But yeah, 5-6 per mill is common via paypal, egold it can drop to 3 per sadly, but yeah. Normally people don't buy whole party hats. They buy smaller amounts of mills, unless they're rich or their parents allow them to spend their paychecks on RS and tbh I think it's better then them illegaly buying booze or drugs even though techniqually everything I've said is "illegal" by some terms. If a mod thinks I delved too far with this post, delete it, I won't mind.

[Chaos_Reborn]

Yes, but what is the definition of a friend on Runescape?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A friend on Runescape is much weaker than a friend in real life, you can even relate your friend as pixels the same you see money as pixels.

[Aquashock]

Most of the people who play are young to mid teenagers (most, not all)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Would you give some 12 year old 2.1 grand to hold onto?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I sure as hell wouldn't

[yomom1919]

isn't blue like 600m?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

420-480

[Uula]

I've seen a lv 124 being sold for like $2k :o

 

 

 

You do have a point their Ugafan :wink:

[Mr_Hyde1218]

HA! by those standards i have about $5 worth of money (alone) in my bank.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

everything that the topic of this thread applies to is just generally pathetic.

 

 

 

end.

[hellbellz]

I've seen a lv 124 being sold for like $2k :o

 

 

 

You do have a point their Ugafan :wink:

I've seen a "lvl 126" sell for $7,000. My friend's dumb.. He tries to buy stuff on Ebay

[Rebdragon]

Shows how crazy people are to buy RS money. Is it really worth spending over 2 grand on a paper hat that does nothing in the game?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Most people have limits as to what they would steal from someone. You are simply showing that what we "lend" out is worth a hell of alot and I for one would not lend something worth 2 grand to a friend irl let alone a game.

 

 

 

Think of it this way. During the time it would take some of these people to have enough gp for a blue party hat by doing meaningless repetive tasks in game they could have made enough real life cash to buy it on Ebay or something (i.e., using time working in real life instead of time in game for gp). That way, they spend less time on the game doing meaningless tasks, have more time for work and family, and get a nice blue party hat in their bank.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To be honest, for people who can make cash fast and hate chopping down the same tree all day, it's a good move. It's debatable whether the system is corrupt or not, but the people buying those blue hats for $2,700 know what they're doing.

[rsnxbluebloodx]

i've thought about thus topic many times and agree people dont just scam for pixels they do it for $$$...

[ugafan_2009]

 

Shows how crazy people are to buy RS money. Is it really worth spending over 2 grand on a paper hat that does nothing in the game?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Most people have limits as to what they would steal from someone. You are simply showing that what we "lend" out is worth a hell of alot and I for one would not lend something worth 2 grand to a friend irl let alone a game.

 

 

 

Think of it this way. During the time it would take some of these people to have enough gp for a blue party hat by doing meaningless repetive tasks in game they could have made enough real life cash to buy it on Ebay or something (i.e., using time working in real life instead of time in game for gp). That way, they spend less time on the game doing meaningless tasks, have more time for work and family, and get a nice blue party hat in their bank.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To be honest, for people who can make cash fast and hate chopping down the same tree all day, it's a good move. It's debatable whether the system is corrupt or not, but the people buying those blue hats for $2,700 know what they're doing.

I guess it is a good point, but it seems highly impractical. I mean, I could work for a few months and make that much money. But when I get the paycheck, I would have soooo many more things to spend it on than RS gold. Also, you risk getting banned this way after working hard for the money.

[Tbfgraphx14]

Shows how crazy people are to buy RS money. Is it really worth spending over 2 grand on a paper hat that does nothing in the game?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Most people have limits as to what they would steal from someone. You are simply showing that what we "lend" out is worth a hell of alot and I for one would not lend something worth 2 grand to a friend irl let alone a game.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's not just a paper hat! It's a pixel paper hat!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I don't get how you could possibly buy an item you could easily duplicate for 1,000s of Dollars.

[Saru Inc]

Uga, methinks you talking about me and Sethpat and my mask....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh well, i guess I never thought of it like that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~Saruman44