Rampant hyperinflation was undermining the local currency

  • Some players associated with Runelite HD have taken to the streets. Runelite HD project have taken to a square in Falador the Madden 23 coins capital city of one of Runescape's principal kingdoms, to stage protests similar to the protest World of Warcraft players held in July. The players can be seen in the video posted with messages of criticism against Jagex for its decision as well as hashtags like #Free117. Another video shows other players "marching" on the streets of Falador Square.

    A few years ago, something strange started to occur in a video game called Old School RuneScape. It was apparent that there were many new players joining the game, and they were all operating in a similar same way. They would be there for hours , doing the same thing in a loop. killing green dragons, taking gold. Killing more green dragons while harvesting gold.

    It was apparent that these new players were what gamers refer to as "gold farmers." They were winning gold in the game and then converted the game's gold into real money through the sale of it to other players on underground sites. It's been going on for years, and most games prohibit it, but the practice continues.

    The main question was why was there suddenly many of these new players entering Old School RuneScape? The answer lies in a single collapsed economy. Venezuela. Rampant hyperinflation was undermining the local currency. For thousands of Venezuelans the gold from video games was becoming a means of shelter.

    There's a good chance that if were a kid in the mid 2000s and were connected to Internet, you likely have played RuneScape. This was the first MMORPG to be a pioneer in establishing an online buy madden nfl 23 coins  game experience that anyone could access on their web browser.