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It revolves around collecting gold coins which characters can use to buy magic potions, spells and weapons in a world of dungeons and dragons.

It can take years for players to accrue wealth and skills through a series of challenges from fighting goblins to activities such as fishing, farming and mining.

Police believe the hacker obtained password details through a so-called phishing scam where a fake internet page tricks users into handing over their personal information.
Though against the rules of the game, a lucrative black market exists where players can buy powerful characters and items within RuneScape, without having to spend hundreds of hours building up their own profile.

One thing about a virtual economy is that the quick feedback and response and the immediacy and flux of the economy is very evident. In the space of a day I have gone from penniless adventurer to moderate wealth as a “clay supplier.”

However, the arrested hacker did not steal the accounts to sell on. Police believe the man, who has not been named, simply wanted to boost his own standing in the computer game.He was arrested last Tuesday in the Avon and Somerset area and accepted a police caution for hacking into 284 accounts.

RuneScape was founded in 2001. It is free to anyone over the age of 13, although players have to pay ￡5 a month if they want more conquests and skills.The most popular characters chosen by players are wizards, rangers and fighters, while the most feared monster is the corporeal beast, which eats souls.A bit of background: several weeks ago my son came home from school very excited about trying a game some of his friends were involved with online: Runescape. Runescape is a virtual world,w, a MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game). Runescape, as MMORPG’s go, is strictly at the low end. It is a java-based online game offering a fairly cheap and relatively painless entry point for people who want to try the MMOG but don’t want to dive into the more intensive involved Worlds of Warcraft.