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Hey osrs - I wanted to bring up a matter because I'd like to know what the community thinks. Lately, both Swampletics and and UIMVerf have called upon the community to find lucky implings. They both need these implings for items on their amazing drop table. To reward imp scouts they offer (in-game) prizes to people who scout the imps that drop useful stuff. Swampletics explicitly states that the funds have been raised by his community, I'm not sure about Verf.

Should this all be allowed under the RWT rules? Technically, the rewards are in-game money being spent to improve a real world product - the weekly videos the creators depend on for a living. In 2018, a company provided a Friend in-game currency to promote their website in a video. This is a more extreme example of in-game currency being used to make in-game content for real world goals, but I can see similarities.

Are these community imp search parties anywhere near the line, or are they harmless fun with content creators? Personally, I'm not sure what to think yet, But I am interested in your opinions!

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about 5 years ago - /u/JagexSween - Direct link

It's in-game stuff for in-game stuff, are the words of the anti-cheating specialist I spoke to. We don't consider that RWT.

You might argue that it's against the spirit of their series, but that's on you as a media consumer to decide whether to watch it or not!

about 5 years ago - /u/JagexSween - Direct link

Originally posted by itwasmeLOL

@jagexsween in that case, if i buy an inferno cape for OSRS gp, it's in-game stuff for in-game stuff, which as you just admitted, isn't RWT?

What I quoted isn't the definitive guideline for everything, just a response to this particular instance. I know you're trying to muddy the semantics of what I said. Buying an Infernal cape is very much RWT and is against the rules. That's payment (whether GP or IRL), for giving access to your account for a specific service in-game.