In the past, many of RuneScape Gold these gold-miners were mostly located in China. They hid in makeshift factories, where they killed virtual ogres and scavenged their corpses in 12-hour shifts. There were stories of Chinese government employing prisoners to create gold farms.

In RuneScape, the black-market industry that was backed by gold farmers was small--until the year 2013. Players had been dissatisfied with how much the computer game had changed since it first launched in 2001. So, they asked the developer to reinstate the original version. Jagex released one from its archive, and subscribers flocked back to what became to be now known as Old School RuneScape.

Many of these players were like Mobley. They played RuneScape when they were teenagers and remember fondly its angular graphics and cute soundtrack. While these 20- or 30-year-olds had hours to spare when they were younger but they had to take on responsibilities in addition to homework.

"People are employed may have families in the future," said Stefan Kempe, another popular YouTuber of RuneScape which has nearly 200,000 subscribers and goes by the username SoupRS when he was interviewed. "It's the only limit to how much they can play all day long."

The game isn't easy. In order to increase a character's agility from one to 99, the highest level, it's going to require more than a week of nonstop play, according to a comprehensive guide published by the developer. With more than their typical teenage allowances, players like Mobley who works at the data center, made the decision to avoid the stress of advancing their characters or the cost of rare items as well as the often dull beginnings of Cheap RS Gold the game.