similar story of losing everything in
@pathofexile after someone hacked my steam account.
i was one of the richest players in standard league
insane mental resilience required to keep moving forward despite losing 10k hrs+ of grind
now im in crypto lmao
runescape was a big part of my life
id spend 5-7 hours every single day after school grinding to be a pure mage, i dont even remember doing hw lol
stopped at lvl 89 because runes got too expensive
i had 2 accounts
one was good at everything, but my overall level was too high, so id get clapped in the wilderness
my pure mage though...
amazing at pvp
i worked for over a year to finally get enough gp to trade for a santa hat, one of the rarest items in the game
it was fking insane
back then, there wasn't an easy way to transfer items between your accounts
you had to log into the same server on both, go to the exact same secluded spot, drop the item, log out, then log into your other account and wait for it to appear
so obviously, i wanted my lvl 89 pure mage to flex the santa hat
i found a secluded spot
checked everywhere to make sure no one was around
brought both accounts there
dropped the santa hat
logged out
and suddenly...
i couldn't log back in
i don't remember if the server was full or my internet was bugging out, but i was panicking
by the time i finally got back in
the santa hat was gone
and there was some random guy nearby SCREAMING that he just found a santa hat
i begged him to give it back
begged and begged
he just ran away
then disappeared and logged off
one of the saddest days of my life 😭
i quit runescape forever after that
but looking back, im weirdly grateful for all of it
spending that much time on the game as a kid gave me a lens for so many things i see on the internet today
different game
different graphics
different money
but somehow, everything is still the same
the markets, the flexing, the grinding, the scams, the rare items, the communities, the gambling, the friends
runescape will probably always be a part of how i see the internet
and most importantly...
doubling money
doubling money
doubling money