Old School RuneScape: Kourend Chronicles: The Man In The Tower

Kourend Chronicles: The Man In The Tower
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And the cycle continues
The cycle continues
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Air surge + blowpipe
A few more hours
Purely from a gamblers perspective, this is why duel arena is so dangerous to have around. It's the gambling platform of choice for many and one could say for good reasons. ( RTP pulled from couple different casinos, but they vary between providers. Rarely if ever get close to 99 )
When u buy the membership and finally explore the rest of the map
Jagex, here’s a hot take about the Duel Arena. I’ve been addicted to staking in RS3 for over 10 years, and it’s cost me over $60,000. Now that I’m in addiction recovery; I wanted to share my story, in hopes that I can help others; and influence Jagex to change/remove this game area.
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Kourend Chronicles: The Man In The Tower

Posted: 08 Jun 2021 10:04 AM PDT

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1 minute into 6 hour server maintenance:

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 12:00 AM PDT

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And the cycle continues

Posted: 08 Jun 2021 02:33 PM PDT

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The cycle continues

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 12:03 AM PDT

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Loot from 6 hours of game maintenance

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 02:46 AM PDT

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Air surge + blowpipe

Posted: 08 Jun 2021 01:46 PM PDT

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A few more hours

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 01:32 AM PDT

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Purely from a gamblers perspective, this is why duel arena is so dangerous to have around. It's the gambling platform of choice for many and one could say for good reasons. ( RTP pulled from couple different casinos, but they vary between providers. Rarely if ever get close to 99 )

Posted: 08 Jun 2021 08:35 PM PDT

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When u buy the membership and finally explore the rest of the map

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 03:36 AM PDT

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Jagex, here’s a hot take about the Duel Arena. I’ve been addicted to staking in RS3 for over 10 years, and it’s cost me over $60,000. Now that I’m in addiction recovery; I wanted to share my story, in hopes that I can help others; and influence Jagex to change/remove this game area.

Posted: 08 Jun 2021 05:26 AM PDT

Please note that this post is for discussion only, There are a couple topics in here that are touchy subjects regarding the rules of Runescape. Please Note that Real world trading is against the rules of Runescape and you absolutely are at risk of your account being banned if you participate in it.

This post is also in the Runescape 3 subreddit if anyone wants to take a look.

Around 2011 when Wilderness and free trade returned I had a friend tell me about how he made a large amount of money at the Duel Arena. Curious, I had him explain what he had done to do that, and I in a sense followed in his footsteps. If I remember right, this was back in the day where you used Ice and Blood spells and or players boxing during stakes to see who would win. I remember the first time I went, I turned 10m into something like 70m, and back in 2011, this was a decent amount of money. Then, the next day, I turned that 70m into 800m or so, and then I lost it a few hours later. The adrenaline rush was significant and after I had lost it all, it was the first time I ever attempted to do something against the game rules, buying Runescape Gold.

The market for Runescape Gold is MASSIVE, and I don't think Jagex really understands how bad it is. Both RS3 and OSRS gold have significant real world value to people who are involved in the buying and selling it. It's a vicious cycle so i'll explain it in two scenarios:

Staking addict: Gets enjoyment out of the adrenaline rush/addictive nature of staking > Loses bank at arena > Buys gold via Bonds or Real World Trade > Loses the money again to the same players that are selling the gold to Real World Trading sites at arena > Buys the gold back from the same site or another, because after losing so much, buying the gold via Real World Trading is a lot cheaper than buying bonds.

Regular Player: Regular Player wants to train expensive skills > They earn gold in game > They train skills > They run out of money > They contemplate whether buying more gold is worth the risk of their account > They decide to buy Bonds from Jagex, or they continue to buy gp via Real World Trading > Continues to naturally progress during the game as usual.

The difference between these two is the fact that the staking addict will continue to buy more and more gold to fund an addiction. People who are at the duel arena regularly know that the amount of scammers is massive, but some of the biggest scammers in the game are those those do "X'ing", This is where you put up "X" amount of gold/items/spirit shards in a stake, and they put up anywhere from 1-10% less as an amount to stake you, as when you're doing large stakes, it is sometimes hard to find someone to stake you legitimately. The fact is though, a large majority of the "X'ing" players work together and pool their banks with each other to cover losses against regular players showing up at the duel arena. The percentage less that they stake against you over time covers their losses, and with them pooling their banks together they have access to trillions upon trillions of runescape gold. So in a realistic scenario where you duel them and win 50% of the time, they will end up with more gold than you due to the X% amounts. Alot of them increase their X percentage depending on the amount of the stake, and people who are addicted to staking do not care about small percentages, because they're just excited about the thrill of their next win, and there lies the cause of the cycle. The same effect works at casinos in real life, when the house has unlimited money, the house ALWAYS wins. The same players you lose to are the same ones who are selling gold to real world trading sites to fund your addiction.

I have seen several players over the past few years at the duel arena that are there for many hours a day, trying to get their next win and attempt to cover their losses, but as there is a psychological addiction they are suffering from, they will always go back to the arena at some point unless they seek a sort of gambling addiction recovery in real life. I've had times where I've gone from 500m to 50 billion, 20m to 30 billion, 1.5 billion to 25 billion, and lost it all within days or weeks after swearing that I'm done with the duel arena forever. I've dyed weapons and armor in hopes that I can't sell them again and progress in the game normally, but the issue is, once you have enough gp to do everything you've ever wanted in game, regular moneymaking/bossing/skilling gets boring, achievement loses its luster. You eventually have a friend kill you in the red clan wars portal or wilderness to undye the weapon, repair it and then sell it so you can fund your staking habit. Or you de-iron your Ironman so you can use the gold to stake. Without the physical willpower to stop, you are essentially helpless.

There are times where I have missed work, lost sleep, skipped meals, cried, and even contemplated my own death over large losses at the Duel Arena. I've lost friends in game, I've scammed friends I had for years, and have even begged for gold at times to just do "One more stake."

The issue is, it is never just one more stake, you will fall into that cycle again and again until you seek out help in real life. When I was addicted to staking, it budded into a real life gambling addiction as well. There have been times I've lost an entire paycheck or maxed out a credit card in a night, whether it was buying gold or going to a casino in real life. The issue was, I was making enough money to survive, so I would spend extra money I had on gold to try and progress in the game. I would win enough money at the duel arena, leave, go to regularly play the game, get bored, and find myself back at the duel arena, having lost all the gold I had bought. Then I was spending money intended for in real life bills on gold to try and win back what I had lost.

I was making $50,000 a year at 25 years old and had to file bankruptcy because of how messed up staking at the duel arena caused my finances to be. I caused myself to go past due on my car, and nearly get evicted from my home, because I was so dead set on winning enough money in game to fund 120 skills or have all the best gear and weapons in game. And even when I had all that gp, I still chose to go back because of an addiction. I have now not been anywhere near the duel arena in game in well over a year, and I have zero plans on going back.

I don't know what this post will accomplish, I just felt the need to speak out about it in hopes that someday Jagex will find a way to get rid of this viciously unhealthy cycle in game, unfortunately, even if the duel arena goes away, players will find other ways to gamble I'm sure unless they seek help, but Jagex taking away at least one of the catalysts in game that funds addiction in people as young as 13 years old, it's absolutely a step in the right direction. I was only ever addicted to staking in Runescape 3, but I know it is an issue in both that game and Oldschool Runescape, and realistically this issue should be looked into in both versions of the game.

TL;DR Duel arena causes Addiction in RS3 and OSRS and should be stopped in some way.

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Me waiting for the servers to come back online

Posted: 08 Jun 2021 11:56 PM PDT