How One Dumb Joke Broke RuneScape’s Economy

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  @ColonelloRS · 2 months ago · pinned

  Limited Edition OSRS PC, Keyboard, Wallart, Mousepad and Case at <a href="https://starforgepc.com/Colonello">https://starforgepc.com/Colonello</a>

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• SP

  @spectacularbear · 2 months ago

  possibly the best &quot;everything reminds me of her&quot; of all time

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• ZK

  @Zknaal · 2 months ago

  &quot;Nobody wanted gold, they wanted cake&quot; Me too buddy

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• CH

  @Chasseur592 · 2 months ago

  I have unironically learned more about economics from Runescape than anywhere else

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• CO

  @comfortablejeans · 2 months ago

  Restrictions to defeat real world trading ironically making real world trading even worse oh godddddddddd

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• TY

  @tylergriffis1265 · 2 months ago

  &quot;Back then there was a mini game called the Duel Arena&quot; you just made me feel really old

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• TO

  @ToriTrak · 2 months ago

  Damn its rare for these old kind of gaming/mmo stories to actually come with pretty solid proof

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• VA

  @VanBurenOfficial · 2 months ago

  I was soooo dripped out in 2006 with the Rune Hally, Jagex wants everyone to forget

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• PL

  @PluckyPackrat · 2 months ago

  Sometimes I like to watch these Colonello docs in a small browser window so they feel even more nostalgic

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• DA

  @daj1000 · 2 months ago

  One of my favorite plot twists. I was caught in the mint cake craze back in the day so hearing that possible origin story is crazy.

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• EA

  @EastCoastJerkStyle · 2 months ago (edited)

  I bought my Blue H&apos;ween back then for 6 Mint Cakes. It took me a week of doing deliveries, then another 2 days of selling them to players. Once I had my Blue h&apos;ween, April 15, 2008 rolled around, that was the date that the Treasure Trails Expansion had landed. The next big thing were wolf masks, cat masks, penguin masks, the lot. I traded that Blue H&apos;ween for 2 Wolf Masks, which at the time was an excellent trade. Fast forward 2 weeks, the Wolf masks were worthless, and I could never earn enough to repurchase that Blue H&apos;ween. To this day I still think what could&apos;ve been if I&apos;d never made that trade.<br>I miss my Blue H&apos;ween.

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• AN

  @anaveragegoogleaccountname · 1 month ago

  I love that instead of the Dev just changing the market price or restricting the trades of cake they decided to flood the market and crash it.

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