Old School RuneScape: Have a question about the game or the subreddit? Ask away!

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Let’s all take a moment and just consider how lucky we are to have the Wiki source that we do for a video game.
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A relatable RuneScape explanation for the GME situation
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Posted: 29 Jan 2021 04:01 PM PST

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Let’s all take a moment and just consider how lucky we are to have the Wiki source that we do for a video game.

Posted: 30 Jan 2021 08:17 AM PST

Just wanted to take a moment to give my personal thanks to the OSRS wiki community for compiling, quite possibly, the most extensive and informative source of game related information in comparison to any other game created.

This games community has always had great sources. Even in the beginning we had TipIt and RuneHQ! The time and hours dedicated to compiling and making all this information easily accessible is amazing and it couldn't be done without the player base we've had for what is now decades.

Much love, to the OSRS community!

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My first time using the Armadyl Crossbow spec

Posted: 29 Jan 2021 11:20 PM PST

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A relatable RuneScape explanation for the GME situation

Posted: 29 Jan 2021 10:24 PM PST

Zezima has 1 rune long sword. You borrow it off Zezima and agree to pay him 1gp/day interest, and sell it on to Lynx for 20k. You owe Zezima 1 rune long and 1gp/day, and you now have 20k cash.

You did this because you heard that in 7 days Jagex will change the alch value of a rune long from 20k to 10k. When this happens you'll be able to buy it back for 10k, return it to Zezima, pay Zezima 7gp loan value and keep the difference of 9,993gp for yourself. Stonks.

If, in the between the time you sold and rebuy that sword, Jagex buff the rune long to f2p BiS and everyone wants one, the price may rise to 40k. You still must return the loan to Zezima and pay the interest. You still have 20k from the initial sale, but must pay another 20k to buy it back, meaning that you are now down 20,007gp including interest. Not stonks. This is the natural risk associated with this strategy.

Now imagine that you borrow 100 swords from Zezima and sell them on for 20k ea, expecting the alch value nerf. Of those 100, Lynx buys 40 of them and the rest sell on the GE at rate. You then approach Lynx and ask to borrow his swords, he accepts at the same interest rate as Zezima, and you then sell them on the GE. Despite there only being 100 swords in existence you now owe a total loan of 140 swords, 100 to Zezima and 40 to Lynx.

If the nerf happens youre fine. Remember, you sold them for 20k. If you rebuy at 10k per sword you're looking at 140 swords at 10k profit, minus (100x7gp)+(40x7gp) in interest, for a cool 1,399,020 gp.

What happens if Alkan and A Friend realise you owe 140 swords but there are only 100 swords on the market? They decide they will buy some rune longs because when the time comes for you to return your loans they plan on being able to dictate how much they cost. Alkan has some big balls and buys 75 longswords, while A Friend has flashbacks to his gambling website history and only grabs 5. There are now only 20 swords available for all f2p, and for you to reclaim, because Alkan and A Friend are holding theirs. As more players want to get a hold one a rune long the prices rise to 30k, then 40k, then 50k.

You're shitting buckets of ultracompost because not only are you paying 140gp of interest a day, you must now pay an extra 30k on top of your original 20k sell price to reclaim your swords to return them to Zezima and Lynx. This is massively big not stonks.

You call your boys at the Varrock Herald and the Al Kharid flier press to publicise that keeping hold of Rune Longs are bad. And scary. You hope that the f2p noobs will panic and sell their swords, making the price reduce and reduce so your losses aren't so bad.

When this doesnt happen you pull some sneaky as fuck shit and tell the G.E. clerks that no one is allowed to buy any more rune swords. Additionally, if any f2p noobs, Alkan or A Friend get nervous they are allowed to sell their swords, but only to you. This goes against long-standing GE market principles and is pretty much illegal. The f2p noobs hold strong but Dovy folds and sells 5 swords. The next day the f2p noobs write to King Roald accusing you of manipulating the GE.

So far you've only recuperated (at a maximum) 25 swords, youre still paying interest on the loaned swords every day, and because Alkan and the f2p noobs are holding their swords youre getting more and more desperate to buy them.

They don't want to sell because of two reaons. The first is because the longer they hold, the more demand will generate and they more valuable they'll be. The second is because they love to see you bleed gps. For years you've been holding all the party hats on RS3 and the Druidic on OSRS, only eating anglers during slayer, making dragon darts for fetching and you've got like 8 POH's stacked with demonic thrones.

You're now in a stalemate position where you don't want to pay exorbitant prices for the swords (think 1000x as much, now 40m per sword (irl 0.40c>$400.00)), but the current holders of the swords know that you'll have no option but to buy them back, because Zezima and Lynx aren't going to let you skip out on the gp their loaned swords are now worth.

Since some people are having a cry about misinformation:

I'm not a finance guy, and I'm not trying to cover every facet of this entire fiasco. There is no direct IRL equivalent of Jagex simple changing the alch price. The 'GE' stopping buy offers is more complicated, etc etc. If you want to know better how this shit actually works on real life, go find any number of yt vids or articles linked in finance subs. It may make sense after this example.

Also no shit that this is not real life advice. I'm just trynna paint a pretty RuneScape picture roughly of whats going on. If you can do it better in 750 words hmu I'll replace my post with it

But I will buy rune longs off anyone at 10k so hmu

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ACB Eagle Eye UIM cape achieved :)

Posted: 30 Jan 2021 08:06 AM PST