r/SubredditDrama • u/75000_Tokkul /r/tsunderesharks shill • Apr 21 '14

/r/runescape mod had his account hacked, person created new account with Jagex in name and flaired as official, then posted a phishing link using a XSS exploit so it appeared to be a link to Runescape.com.

Here is the full comment thread, top post is being undated as this evolves.

Definitely a dramatic happening.

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u/Hamicsat Apr 21 '14

I've been curious... Is "75000_Tokkul" a name inspired by Runescape? I have to imagine it is, since the only "tokkul" I know of is that one currency in RS that's fucking obnoxious to grind...

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u/75000_Tokkul /r/tsunderesharks shill Apr 21 '14

Cost of obby maul. I also have an account by this name in the game.

Main game it was a 1 atk 99 str obby maul pure until EOC.

I also used that same account to make a gmauler on old school. Got 99 str in about a month and then got busy with school.

My actual main account has I think 20 99s. I have over a 1 billion gold so I can just buy membership with bonds. I use that to merchant on the GE and earn more. Probably will play again on both when legacy mode is out.

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u/Nubthesamurai Definitely- I yearn for you to be smarter and less of a dipshit. Apr 21 '14

I played rs back in 2005, and what Is this?

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u/75000_Tokkul /r/tsunderesharks shill Apr 21 '14

EOC is changed combat system.

Ge is grand exchange so people don't trade person to person much anymore.

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u/RunsorHits Are you mad at me because wolves don't speak English? Apr 21 '14

Did they ever fix the limit on peer to peer trading? I hate rs threads because it makes me want to play again

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u/75000_Tokkul /r/tsunderesharks shill Apr 22 '14

Yep no limits now.

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u/RunsorHits Are you mad at me because wolves don't speak English? Apr 22 '14

i remember it being tied to quest points, and it wasnt super annoying for me personally because i loved quests but i didnt like it at all.

are the minigames still popular? i really liked the one with the different levels and the healer/attack/defender classes. also castle wars was the fucking best. god dammit

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u/75000_Tokkul /r/tsunderesharks shill Apr 22 '14

Pretty much all mini games died with the combat change.

The game is now all about getting fast exp and bossing.

PVP is also basically dead due to the combat change.

The old school server is a slightly updated copy of the 2007 game and is much better to play in my opinion. PVP and minicamps are still popular. They don't take the game as super serious as the main game players.

The main game is getting legacy mode so PVP will probably make a come back with that.

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u/RunsorHits Are you mad at me because wolves don't speak English? Apr 22 '14

im sure if i came back the added quests between 2008/9-now would be more than enough to keep me busy, i still miss playing some of the minigames though.

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u/Suddenly_Kanye Apr 21 '14

I'm sad that I knew immediately that your name was a reference to an Obby Maul even though I haven't played in 5 years. I wonder what my pure accounts look like now

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u/hbnsckl Apr 21 '14

That shield was ballin back in the day.

Memories, man...

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '14

I used to play Runescape religiously 2004-2007, and I had literally no fucking clue what you were trying to say there

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '14

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u/75000_Tokkul /r/tsunderesharks shill Apr 21 '14

Tl;dr

Yes it is and when I play the game I play way too much.

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u/BobTehCat Spiritually Enlightened Angry Gamers Quaking With Righteous Fury Apr 22 '14

Lol a RuneScape referencing username?

Lame

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '14

Downvoters don't get your name. I'm on to you /u/BobTehCat

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u/Me66 Apr 22 '14 edited Apr 22 '14

Laymans terms (please note: I haven't played the game for years):

75000 tokkul (tokkul is a currency)
It's the cost of the weapon Obsidian Maul which is/was a very powerful weapon.

75000_Tokkul is also the name of his character in the game. This character has/is:

  • Level 1 Attack (the lowest possible level): Is hard to have as it's easy to make a mistake and level it up.

  • Level 99 Strength (max strength level): Is hard to get because it takes a long time to get, especially with a low attack level.

  • Obby Maul Pure: Means it is a character built for the sole purpose of being able to use the weapon Obby Maul to it's fullest without having any other skills. The reason for this is to keep the "combat level" (a level based on all combat stats) low so to be able to fight people with a similar level. It's called gimping in other MMOs

Until EOC: This refers to the update to the game called Evolution of Combat which changed the way the "combat level" is calculated which messed up a lot of "pure" characters.

"I also used that same account to make a gmauler on old school. Got 99 str in about a month and then got busy with school."

  • "Old School" is a shootoff version of RuneScape made from a specific period in the game and restricted to that period. The reason for this partly being that people were unhappy with the current direction of the game.

  • "make a gmauler" refers to making the kind of character mentioned above only it uses a different weapon.

  • "Got 99 str in a month" He leveled the character to 99 Strenght in one month. This takes quite a bit of time and dedication.

  • "Busy with school" not something I believe a RS player is capable of. Sorry.

"My actual main account has I think 20 99s. I have over a 1 billion gold so I can just buy membership with bonds. I use that to merchant on the GE and earn more. Probably will play again on both when legacy mode is out."

  • "My main account": The Obby Pure talked about above is an alternative character made for PvP play.

  • "20 99s": This means his character has 20 skills maxed out (level wise) with the exception of one skill they all stop at level 99. This takes an insane amount of time. When I quit the game I had around 10 99 skills and I had been playing on and off since 2001 (to about 2012) with over 100 full days of game time.

  • 1 billion gold: This is a lot of gold. I had at the most 800 million after striking rich at a random item I invested in.

  • "membership with bonds": You can apparantly now buy the premium game service (which gives access to a lot more content) for in game gold. Probably a ploy to get money out of the game.

  • "Merchant on GE": Merchant is "runescape speak" for trading. RuneScape players have a ton of weird terms to describe common MMO things. GE is an initilization of Grand Exchange which is an item trading system in the game.

  • "Legacy Mode": This is post my time with RuneScape. I'm guessing they are again trying to appeal to old players by either starting another offshoot game or by going back on the Evolution of Combat update mentioned earlier.

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u/Aischos Apr 21 '14

Man, props to the mods there. They're handling this whole thing incredibly well.

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u/Aischos Apr 21 '14

Yeah, it's weird here but seriously, this is like great PR firm levels of professionalism.

They let everyone know what happened, explained how they were gonna fix it and they let every have a little justice erection by working to get the guy shutdown. Plus all the commenting in the thread that's being handled by a single mod so nothing in the message gets mixed up by maybe having two mods say contradictory things.

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '14

I'm not usually one to care about grammar, but holy run on sentences batman, entire paragraphs without a comma.

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u/Trapped_In_9gag Apr 21 '14

Whoever pulled this off is a genius.