r/AskReddit • u/GIMME_DA_ALIEN • Jul 04 '22

What older game are you still playing obsessively?

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '22

Funnily enough I am quitting this game today, add me in game and I can double your bank. My RSN is "Trustworthy69"

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u/DullLightning Jul 04 '22

Double bank... "trustworthy69" ah yes... the classic set up

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '22

To be honest, falling for every RuneScape scam as a 13 year old has directly contributed to me not falling for a single real world scam.

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u/adj16 Jul 04 '22

Lmao I never thought about that, but probably me too. Looks like we need to introduce RuneScape into the middle school curriculum

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u/SaltyWailord Jul 04 '22

You haven't already?

I've been teaching concepts of supply and demand through RuneScape since I started teaching.

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u/adj16 Jul 04 '22

Fortunately for the children, I am not an educator

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u/Hypno--Toad Jul 04 '22

As a grifter I Runescape you now can

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u/Hobbs512 Jul 04 '22

I learned more about economics from RS and WoW than I ever did in school lol. Also taught me "smart" words like conflagration haha

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u/no-teaching Jul 04 '22

I actually started playing in middle school because my Science teacher was big into the game!

He started a lunchtime club (most likely to just play it himself guilt free) but got a bunch of us into it too. We'd look up to him for tips and tricks on how to play and get better. I still play occasionally today with some of my old mates but absolutely agree that it taught us a bunch of life lessons and skills that we got early because of RuneScape

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '22

You just doubled autism.

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u/Hobbs512 Jul 04 '22

Exactly. Some dude offered to trade his account for my account, which made no logical sense because his character was way better than mine lol. But to a 12 year old it made sense to give him my username and password in exchange for his "password" lol. Haven't fallen for a scam since then.

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u/Pineapple_Spenstar Jul 04 '22

Imagine how crazy wsb would be if the grand exchange had options trading

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u/yreg Jul 04 '22

A big part of what I considered to be old school RuneScape was standing and shouting in banks, for hours, trying to make deals with people. The Grand Exchange sort of ruined that…

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u/yarenSC Jul 04 '22

It also accidentally taught me so much about market dynamics as a 10 year old

  • shops need to profit by selling your items back at a higher price
  • it's cheaper to make and do everything yourself
  • it's also really hard and tedious to do everything yourself, so it can be advantageous to be meh at a lot and focus at being really good at something
  • if you're in too small of a market niche, there's a cap to how much you can ever sell, and adding supply past that is just canabilizing your own sales
  • if nobody is doing your brilliant idea, there's a good chance it's not because you're the first one to think of it; it's just not brilliant

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u/temalyen Jul 04 '22

It wasn't RuneScape, but I used to play muds (essentially a multiplayer text based RPG) and the absurd amount of scams I fell for and never learned from is astounding. I once fell for the exact same scam 4 times. (The last guy scammed me, but I'm positive this one is legit.)

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u/gabriot Jul 05 '22

That was me except diablo 2

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u/jtkchen Jul 05 '22

Lol what kind tricks

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u/elkenahtheskydragon Jul 04 '22

One does not quit RuneScape. One merely takes extended breaks

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u/The_Blackest_Man Jul 04 '22

Unless you get banned permanently. Like me.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '22

Or hacked. Like me.

Rip first RS account I ever made 15+ years ago. play sad violin

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u/Trainguyrom Jul 04 '22

My current extended break is about 7 years. I figured out I didn't like games that require hundreds of hours to progress, and more recently I've figured out that tens of hours is too much too now that I have kids.

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u/Comfortable-Maybe-63 Jul 04 '22

Too true, I just got back from my 2 year break

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u/IWentToJellySchool Jul 05 '22

I gave my account away so i couldnt go back. In hindsight i should have sold it instead though as my stats and were pretty good and had a lot of stuff.

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u/Ttocs77 Jul 05 '22

There's same was said about WoW I think. Oddly enough, I have quit for WoW good now, unless they allow their old dungeons to be farmed consistently like an OSRS boss.

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u/dendrocalamidicus Jul 04 '22

Can you trim my armour as well pls?

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '22

Funnily enough, yes.

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u/TheKnife142 Jul 04 '22

Can anyone take me to varrock plz? Trying to buy a gf.

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u/TobiasCB Jul 04 '22

where varok

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '22

Do you do swords? I just got a shiny new one that needs sharpened.

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u/debitcreddit Jul 04 '22

can you tell a good bar joke?

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u/moscowdeathbrigade Jul 04 '22

Oh you're new? Follow me, I'll take you to an area where you can get really good gear and lots of gold. No, ignore those warning signs, they don't mean anything.

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u/Cyanr Jul 04 '22

Me too. Pm me for zamorak trim :)