Alright 2011 has obviously come and gone so let's do a review of the most powerful gold traders on the blackmarket. Please keep in mind, that this is a holistic review of the entire year. Some people achieved powerful positions for only a few months at a time. I believe I have a very accurate view of what happened as I was a full time trader (16+ hours a day), every day for the entirety of 2011.
THE TOP 10.
Criteria:
- Trust
- Vouches
- Profit made
- Amount of gold/money traded/handled on a yearly basis
- Focused on the gold buying section
- Accessibility
- Variety of payment methods offered
- Customer Service
- Able to buy the biggest bulks
- Number of seller clients
Now, to the average trader, trading with any of the people below will result in equally fine trades for near equal prices.
However, the ability to handle and maintain very large sellers at good prices is really where the power element comes in. As one large seller can undermine the bulk market and block off other traders from competing. Hence, the most powerful traders were simply those who had the best sellers. As anyone who competed against me knows, I was quite good at doing this.
Objectively and subjectively, counting down.
Honorable Mention
KMJT
Dorianking
Just un dude
10. Arcus Isidar
A latecomer to the game, who, despite suffering through numerous pardons, bans, and problems, eventually rose to become the second most powerful gold trader at the end of the year. However, as he was most learning up until and through october/november, he receives a low ranking for the 2011 list.
9. Nick
For much of the year, Nick was a very competitive trader in the Sythe market. He was very active, and combined with his head OMM position, he was able to win over many sellers and offer competitive prices. However, I would argue that when he left to go on Army training (?) and later returned, his activity suffered and as a result, so did his overall power ranking for the year. I do want to make it clear though that for much of the year he was in the top 5 and definitely a powerful player in the Sythe marketplace.
8. Punkerpunk13
The infamous. While he probably would not win a "most loved" award if that did exist, he was quite a prolific trader on the Sythe marketplace. He conducted a significant portion of his trades via playerauctions and he was very active throughout the course of 2011 due to his homeschooling. However, he suffered a few setbacks throughout the year. To start, he was hacked for around 10b and lost motivation for quite a while. Additionally, I believe his paypal was limited which contributed to a lack in his overall purchases. Overall, Punkerpunk13 was definitely a mainstay of the 2011 gold trading scene, but he never really competed for the top and in his own words, "I was happy trading 2-3B a day."
7. King Tijn2
I have nothing but respect for King Tijn2. He always handled himself professionally and he had been a large trader in the runescape gold market prior to free trade. I do believe that he was slightly less powerful than h1j2q3, but both of these chinese traders offered the same high prices and purchased large amounts of gold.
6. h1j2q3
The second of the chinese gold traders to make the list, h1 has been a sythe fixture for years. His clients love him because he offers fair prices and he is quite active when not working his second job as a doctor in China. While he was online for almost everyday, he was never able to command a significant portion of the overall volume of gold trade.
5. Video
Video rose quickly to prominence after the free trade announcement. While he had been on sythe for several years, he had never really committed himself so fully to the market until 2011. From approximately March through August, he was among the top 3 most powerful gold traders. His high activity combined with his great reputation enabled him to buy up a huge volume of gold, with sales of around 100B a month during this time. However, his paypal was limited in the Fall and he has suffered a severe drop in the power rankings since then. He also suffered an unfortunate TWC setback which was another contributer to his decline.
4. Busta305
Busta305 was a complete newcomer to the market in 2011. For a while I dismissed him as a noncompetitor, but in reality he was online for almost as much time as I was during the course of the year. It took him a long time to build the trust and reputation needed to succeed in the sythe marketplace, but upon doing so he has established himself as one of the top options for bulk sellers. I would argue that this power ranking still holds through the first quarter in 2012 as I am now writing this.
3. R2Pleasant
Arguably the most established gold trader coming in to free trade during 2011, R2Pleasant actually suffered a decline from his past prowess during the year. He focused mainly on smaller gold sales through his website and was relatively inactive, compared to the past atleast, for a significant portion of the year. At times he did buy gold in large amounts, even overcutting me at one point for a 25B sale. However, the volume he moved on a daily basis was just quite simply not large enough to push for the top. If this was the a profit ranking, he would most certainly rank #2 on this list.
2. Kevin001/Jevon001 (Count as 1 person)
Kevin001 and Jevon001 work at the same company and as such they are counted as one entity for the purposes of this thread. They were very active during the time they were online, and could always be counted on to offer very competitive prices. They have purchased an enormous amount of gold during 2011, running to the tune of 1.5-2 trillion gp. They are online for most of the day, however, they were often relatively inactive during the morning/early afternoon in USA time, which caused them to lose out on the overall top spot. However, during the time they were online, they were a very serious competitor for the #1 overall position in the power rankings.
1. Viou
The moment you've all been waiting for...oh wait, we all knew this was coming. I dedicated myself as fully as humanly possible to a cause during 2011 and was able to win "most legitimate user of 2011" by a landslide. During the course of 2011 I spent over $1.6 million on runescape gold, which translates to approximately $5,000/10 Billion a day. Not going to really say much more here but I would challenge anyone who would say that they ranked higher than me in the 2011 runescape blackmarket power rankings.
To the average trader, most of the people on the list are fine options. However, amongst the elite runescape gold traders, this is how the power rankings come down in my opinion. The people who can speak the best about this are, of course, the other elite runescape gold traders.
I hope you enjoyed this window into the composition of the elite runescape gold traders.
Please note this thread is more for fun than anything else, I do not trade gold anymore so I am not self marketing myself
I welcome all feedback and will adjust my rankings based on feedback. Please note these are my personal rankings and are not necessarily indicative of the overall sythe population.
THE TOP 10.
Criteria:
- Trust
- Vouches
- Profit made
- Amount of gold/money traded/handled on a yearly basis
- Focused on the gold buying section
- Accessibility
- Variety of payment methods offered
- Customer Service
- Able to buy the biggest bulks
- Number of seller clients
Now, to the average trader, trading with any of the people below will result in equally fine trades for near equal prices.
However, the ability to handle and maintain very large sellers at good prices is really where the power element comes in. As one large seller can undermine the bulk market and block off other traders from competing. Hence, the most powerful traders were simply those who had the best sellers. As anyone who competed against me knows, I was quite good at doing this.
Objectively and subjectively, counting down.
Honorable Mention
KMJT
Dorianking
Just un dude
10. Arcus Isidar
A latecomer to the game, who, despite suffering through numerous pardons, bans, and problems, eventually rose to become the second most powerful gold trader at the end of the year. However, as he was most learning up until and through october/november, he receives a low ranking for the 2011 list.
9. Nick
For much of the year, Nick was a very competitive trader in the Sythe market. He was very active, and combined with his head OMM position, he was able to win over many sellers and offer competitive prices. However, I would argue that when he left to go on Army training (?) and later returned, his activity suffered and as a result, so did his overall power ranking for the year. I do want to make it clear though that for much of the year he was in the top 5 and definitely a powerful player in the Sythe marketplace.
8. Punkerpunk13
The infamous. While he probably would not win a "most loved" award if that did exist, he was quite a prolific trader on the Sythe marketplace. He conducted a significant portion of his trades via playerauctions and he was very active throughout the course of 2011 due to his homeschooling. However, he suffered a few setbacks throughout the year. To start, he was hacked for around 10b and lost motivation for quite a while. Additionally, I believe his paypal was limited which contributed to a lack in his overall purchases. Overall, Punkerpunk13 was definitely a mainstay of the 2011 gold trading scene, but he never really competed for the top and in his own words, "I was happy trading 2-3B a day."
7. King Tijn2
I have nothing but respect for King Tijn2. He always handled himself professionally and he had been a large trader in the runescape gold market prior to free trade. I do believe that he was slightly less powerful than h1j2q3, but both of these chinese traders offered the same high prices and purchased large amounts of gold.
6. h1j2q3
The second of the chinese gold traders to make the list, h1 has been a sythe fixture for years. His clients love him because he offers fair prices and he is quite active when not working his second job as a doctor in China. While he was online for almost everyday, he was never able to command a significant portion of the overall volume of gold trade.
5. Video
Video rose quickly to prominence after the free trade announcement. While he had been on sythe for several years, he had never really committed himself so fully to the market until 2011. From approximately March through August, he was among the top 3 most powerful gold traders. His high activity combined with his great reputation enabled him to buy up a huge volume of gold, with sales of around 100B a month during this time. However, his paypal was limited in the Fall and he has suffered a severe drop in the power rankings since then. He also suffered an unfortunate TWC setback which was another contributer to his decline.
4. Busta305
Busta305 was a complete newcomer to the market in 2011. For a while I dismissed him as a noncompetitor, but in reality he was online for almost as much time as I was during the course of the year. It took him a long time to build the trust and reputation needed to succeed in the sythe marketplace, but upon doing so he has established himself as one of the top options for bulk sellers. I would argue that this power ranking still holds through the first quarter in 2012 as I am now writing this.
3. R2Pleasant
Arguably the most established gold trader coming in to free trade during 2011, R2Pleasant actually suffered a decline from his past prowess during the year. He focused mainly on smaller gold sales through his website and was relatively inactive, compared to the past atleast, for a significant portion of the year. At times he did buy gold in large amounts, even overcutting me at one point for a 25B sale. However, the volume he moved on a daily basis was just quite simply not large enough to push for the top. If this was the a profit ranking, he would most certainly rank #2 on this list.
2. Kevin001/Jevon001 (Count as 1 person)
Kevin001 and Jevon001 work at the same company and as such they are counted as one entity for the purposes of this thread. They were very active during the time they were online, and could always be counted on to offer very competitive prices. They have purchased an enormous amount of gold during 2011, running to the tune of 1.5-2 trillion gp. They are online for most of the day, however, they were often relatively inactive during the morning/early afternoon in USA time, which caused them to lose out on the overall top spot. However, during the time they were online, they were a very serious competitor for the #1 overall position in the power rankings.
1. Viou
The moment you've all been waiting for...oh wait, we all knew this was coming. I dedicated myself as fully as humanly possible to a cause during 2011 and was able to win "most legitimate user of 2011" by a landslide. During the course of 2011 I spent over $1.6 million on runescape gold, which translates to approximately $5,000/10 Billion a day. Not going to really say much more here but I would challenge anyone who would say that they ranked higher than me in the 2011 runescape blackmarket power rankings.
To the average trader, most of the people on the list are fine options. However, amongst the elite runescape gold traders, this is how the power rankings come down in my opinion. The people who can speak the best about this are, of course, the other elite runescape gold traders.
I hope you enjoyed this window into the composition of the elite runescape gold traders.
Please note this thread is more for fun than anything else, I do not trade gold anymore so I am not self marketing myself
I welcome all feedback and will adjust my rankings based on feedback. Please note these are my personal rankings and are not necessarily indicative of the overall sythe population.
