Many of them were similar to Mobley. They played RuneScape when they were teenagers and enjoyed the graphically slick graphics and a groovy soundtrack. Although these 20- and 30-year-olds had hours to RS gold spare as children however, they were now juggling responsibilities other than homework.

"People have jobs now they have families to consider," said Stefan Kempe another well-known video creator on RuneScape with close to 200,000 subscribers and goes by the username SoupRS, on an interview. "It's a limiting factor to the amount they can play each day."

The game isn't easy. To increase a character's agility from 1 to 99, which is the highest level, it's going to require more than a week of unending play according to a complete guide made by the game's developer. With more than their typical allowances for teenagers, players such as Mobley who works in an information center, decided to bypass the grind of increasing their character's level as well as the price of the rare items, and the often tedious early parts of the game.

Others like Corne, a 21-year-old software developer located in Arnhem, Netherlands, who has refused to reveal his name, but placed bets on gold, and in turn, real currency on duels against other players. "I am a fan of money. No matter where it is in real life or in RuneScape and other games, money is great to have" the player said during the course of rs 3 gold a phone call.