A Twitch streamer was devastated: he had lost everything he had dreamed of for so long in the MMORPG Old School RuneScape (Steam), he had loved the MMORPG for 21 years. There was no hope of redemption, was there?
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Old School RuneScape has also been on Steam for a few years, but it is mostly played on other servers:
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Streamer loses everything to his gambling addiction the first time
What has he lost there: The streamer had built up a huge MMORPG fortune over the years, but then lost everything when he became addicted to gambling in the “Duel Arena” and was unlucky there 17 times in a row. This is what DM says in the video “I was hacked and lost everything” (via YouTube).
This “Duel Arena” was removed from the MMORPG by Jagex in 2022 and the streamer started building up his fortune again: the following year he invested $1,500 in the game and received numerous donations from his viewers. The audience watched him play Diablo 4, but saw how much he loved RuneScape and gave him gold in return, he says.
With 4.8 billion gold he simply bought “everything” in the game.
I had a maximized account in the game I love. Finally, after years of wanting to get to this point. I was so happy, more than in any game.
Streamer is completely emptied and is completely finished
This is what happened to him: The happiness only lasted a week. The streamer believes that he revealed enough information during his streams that a viewer could use “account recovery” to complain about his account and have everything taken away from him.
The streamer not only lost the expensive items, but also consumable items that he wanted to use to level up. Everything was really gone:
He destroyed my organization that took me days to build. He stole items that were only there so I could level up my character. The shit I actually care about, not just expensive stuff.
Ultimately, the streamer was devastated. What he had built up over 21 years was gone. What the audience had donated to make his dream come true was also lost.
The streamer warned: His fate should be a lesson to everyone, one must secure the account better than he did.
He got his account back, but it had been emptied.
RuneScape account was the most valuable possession in his life
The streamer complained: the only thing he really loved was taken away from him. Everything else could be taken away from him: his motorcycle, his collectibles, his piano, all his guitars.
That might sound pathetic, but that’s the way it is: his RuneScape account is the most valuable possession in his life.
Player was devastated
Was there still hope? Actually not. The streamer says he’s been playing Runescape for 21 years, long enough to know that there’s no coming back from this point where he was: what’s gone is gone.
But then the developers Jagex contacted him by email saying they had seen his video. He should make a claim for “Lost Items”.
But that didn’t give the streamer any hope: the chance that support would help him was 0%. That’s what he told every viewer who asked him if there was anything in there.
This is how it turned out: But the miracle actually happened and his entire account was restored. He now says he is full of joy.
The corners of the mouth go up.
Normal players criticize: “Streamer privilege” is rubbing salt in the wound
How is this discussed? But on Reddit you see things a little differently: They say he only got his account back because he was a big streamer and made 2 videos about it.
That’s unfair anyway: he only got his possessions because the audience gave him so much gold. Begging for possession of Jagex with two videos is not that great.
Anyone else at RuneScape who has lost their stuff is in the same situation.
The special treatment now only shows that Jagex can help desperate players, but doesn’t do it. You have nothing against the streamer, you would do the same thing if you were him, but it still feels stupid, is the tenor on reddit.
The streamer agrees: There would actually be a streamer privilege. But he loves the game so much that it doesn’t matter to him in this case.
He never asked Jagex to give him back his property, they offered, and he just accepted.
In any case, he now wants to protect his account much better.
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