Venezuelan Power issues cause economic crash in Runescape

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In Venezuela, it’s well-known that there are people who mine gold in RuneScape to sell online and turn a profit. For some, this is more profitable than working a more traditional job, and a recent power outage in the country has caused an economic crisis within the game as people can’t play.

Over on Reddit, a graph showing the economic decline in RuneScape has gotten a lot of attention, with lots of players shocked at the impact Venezuelan players have on the game’s market.

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The news has also been addressed on YouTube, where one streamer said: “Power outage in Venezuela has plummeted the amount of dragon bones sold…so the Venezuelans whose job it is to play RuneScape because the RuneScape gold coin is worth more than their actual currency, had a country-wide power outage, and this very literally affected the price of dragon bones. What the f*ck, dude.”

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