![]() ![]() But Darth Microtransaction's rueful resignation about the whole thing really conveyed a sense of genuine loss, and that was reflected in the comments on the video, as viewers expressed sympathy for his plight and admiration for his "graceful composure," as one put it, in the face of such a nasty hosejob.īut unlike so many sad stories on the internet, this one has a happy ending. Earlier this year, for instance, a player with more than 20,000 hours on a single "skiller account"-essentially a pacifist run in which players try to max out their skills while keeping their combat skill at the lowest level possible-had their character hacked, stolen, and destroyed. It's hardly the first time a dedicated Old School Runescape player has fallen victim to a hacker. "Learn from me this lesson: If you have anything you actually give a fuck about, and you have all this stupid goddamn merch and you have four accounts and you played it forever and you've got tens of thousands of hours into it, secure your account," he said. He also offered a very pointed PSA for his audience. He apologized to everyone who had donated to his quest and for the "salty" livestreams that followed the hack, and headed off potential accusations that he'd taken donations from people and then sold all the stuff himself by explaining that the math just doesn't add up: After all they money he'd spent on the items, he'd still be hundreds of dollars in the hole if he sold them. But it is what it is for me, so I'm kind of gutted today."ĭM was able to recover the account itself and attached all the available security options to it, but of course that was small consolation given that there was virtually nothing left of it. ![]() Which is-maybe that's the lesson I should take out of this, not the security issue. There's not a single thing I own-and you can say it sounds sad or pathetic all you want, sure it does, I agree okay-but literally, my Runescape account was my number one prized possession in my life. "Like, steal my motorcycle, steal any of my collectibles, take my pianos, any of my guitars. "There's nothing else that I own that I would rather not get stolen," he said. You could really feel the weight of the loss as DM described how much his Old School Runescape meant to him-especially since so many of his viewers had helped make the dream happen. "The long and the short of it, if you're not a Runescape person, I have a 21-year-old Runescape account that just got completely GG-ed." He cleaned out all of the items that were there just to level my character to the max level, all my buyables basically, stuff to actually finish my 99s on the account, the shit that I actually care about, and not just the expensive items. "He fucked up all the organization that took me days to do in the bank. "The dude didn't even have the decency to leave the placeholders for my bank so that in case I wanted to rebuild my bank it would be really easy to reorganize everything," DM said. It wasn't just the high-priced items that were taken-it was everything. (Image credit: Darth Microtransaction (Twitter)) DM admitted that he did not have the mobile authentication app enabled, and said he believes he was hacked by a viewer who was able to put together enough pieces of information to use the Old School Runescape account recovery option to take it over. ![]() it was the most legitimate excitement I think I've ever felt in a game."īut then cruel fate intervened in the form of hackers, who just one week after the big accomplishment were able to get into his account and clear it out. "I had a maxed-out account in the one game I love, finally, after years of wanting to get to that point. ![]() In time, it came to pass: After spending over $1,000 plus $500 in Steam currency, and with in-game gold donations from fans of his channels, he amassed a fortune of 4.8 billion in gold, and "bought everything." I'll have every item in the game, I'll rebuild it, and everything will be-I'll be back to Runescape."Īnd so he began the process of starting over, with the goal of acquiring every single item (or as close as he could possibly come) in the game. "Even if I wanted to be stupid, I couldn't. ![]()
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