An Old SchoolRunescapeplayer and streamer, BTCs, had become the richest player on the game, amassing over 1 trillion gold. Though he now opens the game to see he has been banned due to allegations of real-world trading.
Real-world trading is, essentially, the act of selling something in-game for in-game for real world currency. Technically, nothing in-game has real world value, or at least, it shouldn’t. Of course, this is an MMO and like others such asWorld of WarcraftandFinal FantasyXIV, in-game items and currency are often sold via gold-selling markets online.
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BTCs acquired the 1 trillion gold before suspicious activity was monitored, leaving the player confused, “Clearly I wasn’t getting banned all the way up there (1 trillion), meaning I didn’t sell any gold. But now I’m selling at one trill?”
The streamer believes the ban may have come after he ran a gold-giveaway for his community - something he has done before. At least three other accounts were banned in this wave for allegedly storing some of BTCs' gold balance.
It’s been suggested that BTCs has previously rigged his gold-giveaways in the past in order to pocket real world currency for the gold winnings, though this is all speculated and alleged.
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