Losing a $20,000 RuneScape Name
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When I made my rarest account video on March 4th, I didn't expect a $20,000 RuneScape to get deleted. I certainly didn't expect hundreds of other rare OSRS names to get removed too. This video is a rare look into the bizarre drama that surrounds ultra-rare RuneScape names.
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11:48 what is this video called? I wanna watch it. Can you give link?
@@nebulous962 twitter.com/rendi_mento/status/1256810765522276358
@@CrumbRS ty
What about names with multiple spaces between characters. Old school sand casino stakers. Before all the quick look ups on highscores. I don't believe you can even make them anymore
@@nebulous962 has
Lol imagine spending $20k so like 3 neckbeards at the GE would go: Look it’s 5!
True, but remember, rarity is 'everything', could buy it for 20k now and sell it for 40k a year later, you never know, with those motherfucker staking addicts, they win big and before you know it they wanna buy ur name lmao
Neckbeards are Chad's just computerized. Stay woke.
@@fearrp6777 This.
@@fearrp6777 elongated musket
Is not about that at all. Theres more to it
The saddest part of this video is the fucking ever-lasting abysmal state of customer support
With 50m in revenue last year, we deserve better
@@LaniakeaLeathercrafts and thats what they count
customer what?
Never forget Jagex is a company worth nearly half a BILLION dollars and it under-pays its employees and dont give them proper stuff to even set up a decent customer support. They have the resources to do it. but they obviously dont care
@@descendency yeah I’m not sure what universe @hot leaf juice is from, dude must be tripping balls on some lsd
Sounds like abbrivations tried stabbing the buyer of 5 in the back, got the name deleted along with causing the chain ban of 100s of names. And magically ended up getting the name back, pays to be the villian.
When you say magically, and pays to be villain.. you suggesting he bought the name back off jagex or does your rant have no grounds? 🤔
@@irollup6240 it pays to be a villain is a common English phrase, it means that being evil usually results in you getting what you want. And in reality it does. Its been quoted in many media such as spider-man, buzz lightyear from toy story, james bond in golden gun, walter white in breaking bad just to name a few. Being good has no reward besides self satisfaction while evil pays.
@@drudigger BuT gOoD wIlL aLwAyS wIn OvEr BaD
@@irollup6240 thats not what that means lmao
@@HansHans3737 Jamflex as a company over the years goes beyond sus. credibility is so bad you shouldn't take them at face value unless they provide evidence
I believe that AJ is the actual owner of the account and such abbreviations hijacked the account, sold it, and then wanted the name back so he could sell it again not expecting that he wouldn't be able to transfer it again.
I believe you're AJ
@@twitchbadge474 That sounds like something Such_Abbreviations would say!
@@EnlightenedOne90 sounds like something jagex would say
@@bcob8989 cut the crap… that’s something crumb would say
My guess is that he is the one who hacked the account. Then he sold it. Then later on, he emails you to try to get it back to resell it. And he probably did, and sold it again, which is why it was banned.
I honestly think in cases like this the name should be bound to the original account. 5 should own 5 no matter who currently owns that account.
What would stop the original owner from reselling it later? Or just giving it the acc to a friend? Or if he moves cross country and his IP changes?
@@jtommyboi did you miss the whole "bound name" thing
I think the names sud be locked to the accs
@@RiDaku they would just sell the entire account
5 has 64 mining now. So..... Guess someone got it.
Jagex being so piss poor with customer support & account security that they literally remove a player's name from game because they're worried their own measures they take can't secure the name. L oh fucking L.
Nah dude they literally have an account security tutor in the game what are you crazy?
I'm glad my account names are unique but not unique enough to care if they get stolen.
their account security is good nowa days though.
@@somawheels12 I've been hacked through 2FA twice.
@@LaniakeaLeathercrafts O:.
bruh runescape be like fucking Unsolved Mysteries i swear smh
More like unsolved mysteries are like… Unsolved Mysteries. Who would’ve thought!!!
@Andrew Kitchens 0 ask
Rune mysteries?
@@Orinslayer LOLLLLL
I had a small list of available 3 character names, checked them a week after that and they were all banned/deleted from the game. Now it makes sense.
Sad how a company can just do that to a customer that's like going to a theme park and getting cotton candy creating the cotton candy yourself then paying for it only for it to be taken from you 7 seconds after the fact. So sad! Shouldn't be like this. It's wrong. dont you feel wronged?
So 3 character names have gone rare also now huh?
@@coldtea7 getting so sick of these monthly beach b&@lsh£t events when that time could have been put towards content. Heck id prefer if they just spent time fixing bugs and qol and release content less often.
@@coldtea7 an American company recent bought RuneScape for upwards of $100m if I remember correctly. The game makes money. It's just been corporatized to focus on maximum profits for the guys at the top. I'm a super capitalist type person, but at the end of the day, most people don't understand how "fiduciary responsibilities" work and why people should be mad at that more than anything.
@@christopherronaldhouse6313 I thought it was a Chinese company that bought jagex? Atleast that’s the most recent change of ownership I remember lol
Imagine spending 20000$ on an ingamename and have it nuked a few hours later xD
Imagine spending 20000$ on an in game name in general
@@Purpleslayerhelm well its to distort the veil between dreams and reality.
@@Purpleslayerhelm ever hear about star citizen?
@@Purpleslayerhelm Think like it's an investment. You could try and sell it for $22000 lets say.
Man. I give zero cares about anyone who loses a 20k Runescape account. Talk about first world problems. They probably deserved it. Of course they did because they are real world trading and probably a sht person irl. What a nerd. Zzz. NEXT!
Wow, what a time line.
hearing the Guild Wars music halfway through gave me chills
I'm glad I'm not the only person to notice. Like "Hey hold on, this isn't a midi
AJ has had the F account for at least as long as I've been playing OSRS, about the time raids 1 came out. He used to hang out in the same CC I did and would log into the account to blow everyone's minds. But this is just laughable how sketchy the whole thing is. Abbreviations isn't even trying to hide it.
blow everyones minds ? bruh yall gotta get outside more LMAOOOOOOOO
@@masterjenkins632 nobody asked you. Go back to your forknife and Daniel tiger videos
@@masterjenkins632 yeah i was stargazed
There’s no way he would let you log into his account
I was surprised to see him in the video, we met at pest control less than a year ago and started talking, then added each other and became friends. I was carrying the low level boat with my maxed main, which I do when I'm bored sometimes. We didn't talk much after that so I ended up deleting him, but I did ask him how much he paid for his name and he said his brother gifted it to him just like the video states. I always thought it didn't sound believable at all. I have a semi-rare name myself that I got when it was still available around 2006ish but 1 letter names are an entirely different story.
The guild wars 1 music...brings back memories nearly as nostalgic as RS2...
I still like running from time to time in that video game.
@@LiamsMusic78 Same. I beat every campaign on my main and then mainly played a presearing only character. I still log in from time to time for the pet gifts and some dye runs.
I happen to know the player with the name F through the soup CC he mentioned in the CC like a year or two years ago that he also used to have 5 but it was stolen from him.. So honestly I believe him since it he mentioned it way before all this drama..
Jagex should just add an auction system for names in game. That way there is no way the names would be sniped, and Jagex can follow the money. If it gets sold it's the name seller that should get punished, not the buyer.
Rarely watch videos like these, but I'm glad I watched this one. Had no idea there is such a big market for runescape names. Thank you and good job!
I honestly believe Aj had 5 hijacked by abbrivation, and he somehow managed to frame Aj, since he was the only person who could get that name back besides abbrivation himself. It doesnt require a mastermind to see that abbrivation was Selling and hoping to get the name back to resell it again for real world $. I hope Jagex looks into it more, and actually hear Aj out.
- anyways good video Crumb!
One thing to look into is the old mayhem makers post about recovering old accounts due to a flaw in the recovery system back in 2007-2009. Ive been around since 2002 and you did not see all these rare names running around until this recovery method was mass leaked. 99% of 1 letter names are not original owners more so bought or hacked with the method mentioned above. You could literally type a bunch of bull in the recovery page and have a 50/50 shot of getting it, as long as it was a inactive account.
Can confirm. Recovered my friends childhood account with just his name, username, his mother’s name, and address. Nowadays I can’t even recover my own old accounts with 90% of the information being accurate.
I was able to recover an account in the "first 1000" list, with every recovery question I just put cabbage as the answer. I tried this with 3-4 accounts and was only successful once. That name was actually sniped when i was trying to transfer in around 2011.
@@Bearrable That's nuts lol, Jagex is the worst...
@@Bearrable lol imagine if cabbage was actually the correct answer and that's why it worked only once
is there a chance people use it to steal names and ask for ransom? because my account name was very, very specific and not at all interesting. like it has never once showed me a match in any other account database, yet someone took it when i was inactive for like 5 months
I used to be friends with that guy not that long ago, a less than a year. We met at pest control when I was carrying the low level boat and he started talking to me, then we added each other. I asked him how much he paid for the name and he said his brother passed it to him as a gift just like you mentioned in the video. Even back then I didn't think that sounded very believable.
I saw "1" in edgeville yesterday. Was pretty cool
Such abbreviations wants to get the double trouble payment for selling 5 again, bet he would also then spam jagex support to get it back another time for the triple.
seriously these rare usernames should just be account bound - not allowed to change name, and if you do the name is just unusable by anyone forever
Names are worth as much as people will pay for them. Just cause some guy somewhere got high one night and blew 20k for this name (assuming it was ever even sold for that price) does not mean name merchers would pay anywhere close to 20k for an RSN
After watching this video I highly think Such abbreviations is one of the account sellers definitely. Also, I think AJ is the original owner of the account.
After watching this video I have cancer
@@dixienormous7663 I had a headache prior to this video now i have a migraine..
I mean he literally said he purchased 5 and then "no longer owned it".. so... duh?
That's a big rollercoaster that just ended with Suchabbreviations now being able to sell the account itself and recover it later.
What a rollercoaster of events this video was. Great work.
I used to know these 2 guys that wrote an elaborate script to autocheck/steal names as they became available. It supposedly ran on auto-pilot 24/7, and had accounts sitting at tutorial island ready to go all the time. I know a few of the names they sold, but didn't buy any from them. They basically had it set to prioritize 1/2/3 character names in any combination, as well as cross referencing any runescape words, as well as the whole dictionary of correctly spelled english words. I don't know if they're still up to it, but one of them still plays regularly and doesn't appear to be banned.
This game's black market is nuts. I only knew about it because I was in their clan and often PVM'd with them for a few months. Nice enough guys just trynna pay the bills I guess.
Name selling and buying doesn't really feel like in the spirit of the game and I honestly think the entire practice of hoarding and sniping names should be wholly banned. It leads compromised accounts, rwting, etc, and nothing good can really come of that.
Yeah all these rare just should just be account bound. No more bullshit. easy fix.
"spirit of the game" left in 2007
Yes account bind names
@@xGWASx """Spirit of the game"""" left in 2003
there is bigger problems in the game than name selling lmao. Osrs going downhill badly
I still have my original 3 letter name from many years back, I'm glad it's been fine this long
I don't know what these guys are talking about, I was the owner of 5
No I was
It's so surreal. We live in a day and age where a name inside a videogame is worth months of rent, multiple preowned cars (lot cars, not dealership cars), expensive and life changing medical procesures, some college tuitions, or a large percentage of someone's tuition. A handful of pixels is being put on the same pedistal as everything else listed above. But, with none of the staying power.
I’m only 7 minutes in and I can tell I probably shouldn’t of smoked before watching. I’m like whut
Haha
Same lmao
Ahhhhahahaha. As someone who normally IS smoking while youtubing, I can say that I was happy to be sober for this one. Got to the end and was still confused lol, I think I'm gunna watch it again later.
think you hit the nail on the head with this one. excited to see if there's more to this story!
I love that you're using Guild Wars 1 music in this video. Thanks for the throwback to my favourite game ever :)
This is what an NFT organically is
I have experience with this.
In every game with a big "black market" there's a part of the staff making money from it.
Not sure if you remember me but I was the one who asked about vorkath + jad. just wanted to say thank you for the chin and bob the cat.. they're so nice. you're so kind!
I am one of the 'legitimate players that lost a name' you mentioned in the video. Funnily enough, the name I got is even shown in the list in the video here. Sadly down 800M because of it
I hate how untrustworthy this community is.
You can trust me friend-o
@@travisswartz3587 Meet me at edgeville, you have to wear your best armor it will be dangerous. Now follow
@@tiestofalljays ok, momma told me not to jump over the dirt though.
Guild Wars AND HOMM3 music in a runescape video? Bro, right in the childhood
All this bullshit could be solved so easily by them implementing an in game system to trade names. Would cut out the middleman and scams and make the whole process fair. Sell names on a GE-like exchange
That's actually what could solve this name bs, good suggestion there- hopefully somehow it gets spread around
Wow I didn't realize how epic these types of names can be. My friend sniped "1" about 15 years ago. I wonder what it's worth now
after watching this i tried to login to my old accounts that didnt have emails set, and although they are banned , they are all hacked. Thinking that the person who ran the bots pre-eoc either leaked their info or hacked them himself.
ty for the great context as always crumb, my jad hangs out on my desk and everyone who sees it is always impressed by it
My guess is that he is the one who hacked the account. Then he sold it. Then later on, he emails you to try to get it back to resell it. And he probably did, and sold it again, which is why it was banned.
Same shit happened to me with "No". Hacked to shit and lost it. It was always on my account with the same login name. Jagex doesn't care.
AYO, THATS SOME GUILD WARS MUSIC RIGHT THERE
So goooodd
Shoutout to the people who got there rare names during the first name release!
I don't even play Runescape anymore but you put together such solid videos I can't help but to watch this shit. Good content man.
I had the 3 letter username "ngq" which I was very happy with as to me it meant "never gonna quit" but then while I was chopping redwoods on mobile suddenly I got a pop up screen asking me to choose a new username. I was extremely dissatisfied and tried to contact customer support but got no help. I quit shortly after that and recently started playing again but now I play f2p and will not be supporting Jagex due to this reason.
That Guild Wars music is making very nostalgic lol.
Entirely off topic, but loving the FF12 music there near the end.
You can kind of imagine that once an account like that is compromised, it's sold as quickly as possible
crumb you combine to types of videos i like. internet scam/black market/ shady stuff and runescape content. you do a great job and love the vids
Never seen a guy double down so hard on a scam and still not get screwed
I’ve talked to F in game when he came into my cc. (I don’t think he’ll mind) but he told me he obtained the original name “F” from his brother who gave him the name
I hope this kid somehow gets the name back again and sells it for a 3rd time. Thats the trifecta!
This video is so well made. I jsut found this channel and it's a gem
Appreciate you!
It would be cool if Jagex had a name trading system built into the game a bit like an auction. Put a % auction fee so it acts as a cash sink too.
Won't fully deter people from RWT, but might legitimise it for some. Would make it easier to spot hacks etc too.
would love that, ive got an expensive name i created in 2004 i been offered big money but im high level so dont want to get banned...
@@daleHarrison93 You can't get banned for selling names lol
Really love the final fantasy music here crumb. Brought me back to the good ol' PS2 days
bro you bumping the garamsythe waterways music at the end there, thats my favourite one
My buddy lost his name varrock about a year ago 😕. Felt really bad for him
I lost the name "Lu" About 2 years ago now :/ fucking bots sniping names ftw.
Dude you are still awesome. This content is truly remarkable!
OSRS content aside. Can we take a moment to appreciate the GW2 music playing in the background 🤣
and to think I had the name F35 back in the day😂 great detective work man!
Plot twist: he had access to 5 all along, sold it, then made posts to “get it back”
Guild wars one music makes me so happy. Thank you.
I got an ad after fast forwarding through your ad.
March 13th, 2017; Jagex released names of inactive accounts. They probably looked at 5, released it, let someone claim it; and then someone sold it afterwards. At least that's what it seems like they attempted to convey.
The final fantasy music playing in the background isn't lost to me
Jagex should sell all the inactive 1 character names and rinse and repeat. Infinite profit
F5, what a lucky combination.
Refreshing....
Never spend irl money in a game and think u will get what u pay for. It's a game controlled by the devs, and they can do anything at anytime, including deleting or changing whatever item/name/thing u paid for.
that name trader probably had a heart attack for a good few hours watching his money go bye bye
Such abbreviations has entered Shadow Realm for lying .
Names are ALL about preferences. Someone could’ve offered 100k you never know. Usernames are sold on EVERY website/game that has them. It’s disgusting
Many moons ago, I used to sell my WOW account, then I would report it stolen after I got payed. I did it 5 times I think before I got banned. It payed my rent in my first place for half a year!
This makes me quite sad. An old friend of my had D and this makes me realize this might be why I don't see him anymore.
He's got 5 back and can no longer sell it 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Nah he can sell it, he will ask for it to be unbound in a few months/years and sell it for a higher premium because it’s now even more notorious
He could sell the entire account with the name
Can you do a video on who controls the Runescape ingame item market?? There has to be shady people controlling prices.
some insane investigative work man haha
my original rsn "oxx" was in that list got sniped from me trying to transfer to my alt, sadly i'll probably never get that back. fortunate enough to own "ox" on my main still.
oh youre the guy that owed someone few 100m for a long time which caused that twitter drama
So you sold it?
I like ur house :D
the video of him "logging into his 5 account" could have easily been him logging into a private server.
you always have such interesting content, gj on the research
idk why jagex cant just make a tradeable "name voucher" item claimed at a banker. im sure there would still be rwt involved in the trading of them but its at least a lot simpler.
YUP. Either make name selling illegal or just do it like this. Gray areas are the worst for everyone. It's like allowing OSRS:RS3 gold swapping (according to the rules), but not providing an in-game guaranteed mechanism for doing such a trade.
I lost a rare 5 character name as well. Unfortunately I did not have 2 factor authentication at the time.
Damn I can’t believe assassin sat down to talk to you lol
He's pretty chill if you don't act sketchy af
This is like playing Among Us and trying to find out who's the impostor lol
So far Suchabbreviations is sus
So what you're saying is, Jagex has the worst customer support of any company of any industry in the history of earth, but they do actually have a customer support?!
I sure do love runescape but I miss when Guild Wars 1 was lively.
gj with thumbnail on this vid it was very catchy
I think they solved the issue in the best way possible.
If hes the original owner he gets to keep the name although it loses its trade value since it cant be traded but that shouldnt matter.
If hes not the owner he just lost the trade value and that serves him right. Only downside is to the real owner in that case.
I kinda love the monkey's paw from Jagex.
"You can have it back, but for the rest of eternity, you will have 20,000$ name that you cannot sell"
Perfect solution IMO.
You can still sell the account :) and buy another obe for 300bucks lol
My buddy had the name Varrock and someone hacked him and changed his name
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I see the name D2 on your list. Back in 2017 I had D1 and that got stolen 😔 Then my friend got “Multi” on name release and I asked him to get it for me. When we tried to transfer it got sniped in 1 second 😭 No luck with getting good names…
damn so they got bots for sniping n stuff huh?
Ye i think so
I lost two of my character names that were taken and sold by a name sniping bot. Jagex has the worst customer support I’ve ever dealt with. The only way they’ll ever want to help the player is if it will benefit them in some way shape or form.
Whats name sniping?
@@SPACECOWBOY_Hej basically, when you change a name on a platform, people can make name ‘snipers’ to get the name in a matter of milliseconds
Aj sold the name '5' to Such Abbreviations
I've been looking to get my CZcams name as my runescape name for ages, seems to be locked on a 10 year old forgotten account
Heard what I’m pretty sure to be your voice on a podcast last week. Cool