The Process of RuneScape Addiction..
"Some people will do ANYTHING, and I mean ANYTHING, to level up their account…"
This is about the process of RuneScape addiction, why Jagex have a free to play option and the truth about power leveling…
Some people get addicted to Runescape, then will do anything to level up their account. This is how the process goes: You start playing Runescape and its really fun, your a level 3 or 4 and you have pretty bad levels but your having fun, which is what the game is about.
But then comes the greed. You see players with shiny amour and lots of money, with levels way higher than you. And you suddenly want to get all that cool stuff! So you go and spend hours on end each day mining to or woodcutting to get that sort of money.
After days and days you earn your first 10k, and your so happy! You go to the grand exchange and buy expensive amour only to find you can’t wear it at level 3. So you go to the cow paddock and start the long haul of training to get your combat level up.
After a while it gets boring, but you have found out all the cool stuff members can do, so you go and beg your parents to get membership, they may disagree but you keep trying and trying until you get it somehow.
The Second Stage – Membership
Membership is so great! You can pickpocket, you have double the map, you can go into members worlds, you can have 200 people on your friends list, its all fun again. For about three to five months, then your back to slaving away mining or woodcutting, trying to make two pennies to rub together to buy all the cool members stuff.
Thats how Jagex reel you in, the sole purpose of the free world is so you get a bite of it, then you find out what members is like, so you buy it. Then your hooked! A good way to not get addicted is this: if your not having fun playing, then stop playing.
Then, before they know it they will do anything to level up their account. And doing to manually is both boring and time consuming. So quite a lot of people may download a macron to get their levels up for them. Though this puts the account in danger as Jagex can detect any macron so your account can be banned forever!
The other option for fast leveling up is to pay a power leveling site to do it for you. This can cost up to hundreds of dollars but some addicted people will pay the price for a high leveled account.
The Truth Behind Power Leveling Services
Power Leveling is where you pay someone to power level your account, getting its levels up fast. But its not the people who own the power leveling websites that are training up your account, its done in sweatshops in China! (As well as other overseas places)
So, instead of making plastic junk for the first world countries they level up people’s runescape accounts, which is much worse. Its a game and its meant to be ENJOYED by people, not played by someone in China for 2¢ an hour!
The reason that people in Chinese sweatshops do the power leveling is because its very cheap. The people that own these power leveling websites don’t want to spend 14 hours a day on Runescape so the cheap and easy option is Chinese labour.
I chatted online with a staff member of a power leveling site and they said that they don’t do the power leveling and its done overseas. (There a some other articles on the internet that say the same thing as this)
So Runescape can be fun if you don’t let yourself be taken over by it. Remember, if your not enjoying it: Stop playing it!
Happy Runescaping!
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I enjoyed the part where you went into detail about the truth of power leveling, it’s very true, and great article, some of these things I never knew.
-The Journalist
Thanks for the comment, the truth about power leveling is quite interesting. Just recently I was chatting to one of the staff of a power leveling website, he/she said that they do not do the power leveling themselves. I found out later who really did the power leveling…
Uh…seriously? Kids in China do the power leveling?
I seriously doubt that. Could you maybe give an explanation for that?
Yes, people in China do a lot of the power leveling. The reason being its very very cheap, and the people that own the power leveling websites don’t want to spend 14 hours a day on Runescape. So… thats why.
I chatted with a staff member of one of these websites and he/she said that we don’t do the power leveling its done overseas.
(I’ll add this piece of information the the article)
ok im addicted 2 runescape schools starting back and im on till 5:00 am i do hard kabor on runescape sometims my lvl 115 stepbro helps but he doesent any more im addicted!
OK, ask yourself, why do you love to play it so much?
You have the power to stop! You CAN drag yourself off it and into bed BEFORE 12 mid night.
If you keep playing you won’t be able to go to school & you’ll spend the rest of your life playing RS!
BTW do your parents let you do that?
I really don’t understand how you learned that Chinese children do the power leveling… Is this an assumption? However I’m sure you are right about the power leveling done overseas. Anyway, Runescape isn’t that addicting, well for me. The constant grinding generally causes players to stop playing and take breaks. Well, nice guide.
Thank you,
Most players, like myself, do not find it addicting. But, there are the people who do get addicted.
For example there was a girl who played from 8 am till 3 am the following day. She got her fetching level from 1 to 52 in that time!
‘A good way to not get addicted is this: if your not having fun playing, then stop playing’
I have to say this is genius.
Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it!
I totally agree with your points. After a couple of years as a Runescape addict, I stopped because it took up a too much of my time and I stopped enjoying it.
It’s very similar a gambling addiction because you know you can’t win the game (there is no ultimate aim in Runescape), and you can’t stop playing.
Excellent article and I encourage you to make further insights like this.
I have made a forum about Runescape addiction, its not quite finished yet, but its for people who are addicted to Runescape, and people who used to be addicted to Runescape…
Copy and paste the URL: http://107378.forums.motigo.com/??action=threads_show&boardforum_id=100057820
If you join I’ll make all you guys moddies! Just PM me on the forum my user is: mrsir
My email is stuff.stuff@gmx.com
If i was the president of the US i would just authorize a massive missle attack on jagex headquarters.
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