Drumgun - 5.2B Total exp and 1900 days online.

Honestly, you people are passing judgement on a person you know next to nothing about.

Have any of you ever thought that it may be an incurable disease/condition he might have? Or that he might not have his parents paying for everything?

Then again he may be putting on an act and his parents might pay for it all.

However, none of us know him, what his lifestyle or his health condition and unless you know him irl, you do not have the right to make any sort of judgement about him or how he lives.

 

Nobody called The Old Nite a no-lifer when he was spending 12 hours + a day on runescape, doing nice things for people and having a lot of fun playing the game. Nobody sat there and said his family is going to be pissed when he dies wasting time on RS, nobody said that he shouldn't be on RS waiting to die. So what if Drum's condition isn't going to kill him? It doesn't change the fact that you're calling one person a saint and the other a piece of shit for doing the exact same thing.

Jealousy. Anybody who's got a negative opinion over someone who's making the best out of the hand that they were dealt has some serious jealousy issues. Dude's there having fun, doing some memorable things, breaking records and making friendships. I mean seriously the guy goes outside and shits chimpanzees for christ's sake, meets his life-challenges head on and then becomes best in the world in something. More than half of you have nothing wrong with you and you can't even become best in a 50mi radius with anything.

 

Jealousy?
nope. It's called being realistic and stating facts. If you're incapable of understanding what a fucking "fact" is, then you're probably as dumb as drum himself.

Also, you're posting alot of literal bullshit without any backup.
Show me proof of how we're "jealous" of an idiot who wasted his teenage life on pixels of a finite game.

Show me proof that he's going to be "remembered". When the game could end tomorrow. Again, like stated hundreds times before the only thing he's going to be "known as" is that idiot that spent 15 hours a day on pixels.

Also, serious "jealousy issues"? Not it seems that your autism is shining because nobody would be jealous of wasting his life. Whilst others play the game on the side whilst progressing through highschool/college/university or even work, he's sitting there leeching off his parents without any degrees if not even any certificates.


Don't type out of your ass, because you'll make yourself look bloody stupid.

 

The odds are that he isn't able to talk to people right now and neither in 20 years. He is not healthy, try to get that through your head. It's just not possible to play runescape as much as he did without having some sort of mental disability.

Again your definition of a meaningful life is something you only see in movies. Get back to reality. You don't need to make 9billion dollar a year or travel around the world. You don't need to live in a massive house. You don't need to have 10 cars, 5 jets and a yacht. If you want to live a meaningful life then just be active in your community. Treat people as you want them to treat you. The ultimate goal would be to bring up children who would continue that path instead of trolling on the internet (for example). I'd say that someone who expects or wants to live a life you described is the one with problems.

Please don't put words in my mouth. I never said he is "okay". I just tried to make you understand that it doesn't matter if he sits his life away behind a PC. Unless he fixed the issues he has (a healthy person could not get 200m agility/divination exp, it just isn't possible) I would not want him to reproduce. I prefer him growing old and dieing behind his PC.

I will accept you talking shit about others only if you are a perfect person yourself. If you can't do that then just don't talk shit. End of story.

Cheers!

 

You're not stating any facts. You don't know if his parents support him, at all. You don't know the extent of his condition, you don't know his age and you don't even know if he's getting any support from the government what so ever. If you want to call me out on something that I'm not doing, please don't be hypocritical about it.

If you don't know who the old nite is, why don't you google it. He's a pretty famous RSC legend who was a great person to play with, was always on and was always there to lend a helping hand until he died from cancer. He spent the little time he had left on this earth making runescape a friendly place.

I don't have to show you any proof that you're jealous. You're the one sitting here arguing that he's wasted his life and nobody's going to know him for anything once this game is dead. I'm just the passerby that's here to tell you that you're acting like a complete asshole, making assumptions and running your mouth about something you know absolutely nothing more than anyone else about.

Ok, so the game ends tomorrow. You're just going to completely forget about the game because you can't play it anymore? Not even goldfish have a memory like that kid. Some dude is going to come up to you and be like "Hey aren't you that fagbox guy from runesc.." and then you say you know nothing of runescape never heard of it. Of course not! Any person with a competitive spirit is going to remember him because they want to be better than him. And anyone who's made this game a part of their childhood is going to remember this game for as long as they can remember.

You're the one that's making stuff up about someone you've never even met and arguing about it on the internet. Not me.


Don't type out of your ass, because you'll make yourself look bloody stupid.

 

As someone who has been ranked #1 in the world in numerous games on the Xbox 360, I can speak towards the perceived vanity that some believe these "top players" have.

While my achievements in being number 1 took nowhere near the time commitment of Drumguns 200m in all skills, nor do I have any health problem as a reason to why I played these games, I do believe that there are days where you certainly ask yourself whether or not you wasted time.

Being number 1 (I did it in games like NHL, Madden, etc) was pretty cool when I first got it, but the luster wears off. If Drumgun got number 1 just to brag, I can see funbox's points completely. If he got them for other reasons, it gets more complicated.

Comparing Drumgun to The Old Nite could be comparing apples to oranges simply because we don't know how much Drumgun gives back to the community, or do we? The instances I've seen of Drumgun he has come off as elitist and arrogant, so that sounds like a stark contrast to The Old Nite. I also don't think it's appropriate to compare Drumgun, a presumably non life-threatening condition to The Old Nite, a more terminal condition. Why? Well you'd think the mindset of one would change if they knew they were going to die...not saying T.O.K. wasn't always a gracious and pleasant person, just wondering if it became amplified when he was diagnosed with cancer.

Ultimately, I see the points everyone is making, but the little I've seen of Drumgun would not seem to point to him doing his goals for others. I respect his achievements, I just hope he's not a selfish player, because that would be what made me not like him, not the fact he has 200m all skills. Perhaps having so many people inherently against him just because of his total xp has made him jaded and moody by default, but seeing him respond on the official forums he is often coming off as petulant and self-serving. This is why, so far, I don't have a very positive outlook on Drumgun.

The only thing I can really empathize with in Drumgun's situation are the aforementioned "inherent haters" that spawn as a result of being number 1 in anything. I'd get 30-40 messages a day telling me to either kill myself, get a life, get my dick wet, lose weight, etc (from strangers that have no possible way of knowing anything about me). Now, if that's the reason Drumgun acts the way he does, I can't say I blame him. People handle random and hurtful criticism + petty insults in different ways. Personally, I laugh at it, most of the time, but I can see how others get offended. Nobody truly can define time that is worth spending. If you YOURSELF are happy with it, so be it, that SHOULD be enough in my opinion...even if it is going against the grain or what "society" wants you to do.

 

500+days 10 99s you jelly?

 

I have almost a year of game play on my main, and countless days on other accounts. I haven't really benefited from it anyway besides financially and making a few long term friends along the way. I also don't feel like this time has been wasted either.

 

I played RS for 5 years from 2008 to 2013 and I dont regret it at all! I learned english a lot and its because of RS that im here talking to you guys and having fun on Sythe! Because of RS, I started graphics on Sythe and now doing them for companies. Its also because of RS that got to sythe to do business and found a passion. Im going in Business now to Uni. Thanks RS and sythe <3

 

I, for one, think this is awesome. Honestly, if you get enjoyment from playing and setting goals that are REALISTIC towards you, mission accomplished. A post such as this is relevant in my eyes, whereas us accusing each other and defending a person whom we know absolutely NOTHING about, is irrelevant. I think this thread should be closed if people aren't willing to be rational, and polite about their opinions, c'mon guys.

 

305 days, 2595 total, 872m xp.

 

I only have 300 days on my main wtf. Was sure I'd have more. To add my 2 cents to the drumgum argument In the comments; to this quote specifically:

I completely agree with ghast. Too many people nowadays just give up on themselves rather than try to rectify the situation they are in. I don't know drumgums situation but from what he described, it sounds like it's a form of anxiety, which is easily fixed. I mean I have anxiety sometimes as well but I simply use my mind power to overcome my negative thoughts and put positive/competitive thoughts instead and boom I can talk to people and do things that look hard.

 

very nice, atleast he attempted to do something with his life instead of the jealous fags doing nothing

 

There must be more productive things to counteract his condition though. Don't care what anyone says, its not healthy playing that much. What he has effectively said is:

"There is a fire in my life. It can't be stopped. So I'm going to stand out of the fire and start a new one here".

You don't solve mental illness like that by running away from the problem, and, without knowing anything more than he has provided, it sounds like that is what he has done.

 

So like sitting on your ass doing a repetitive desk job?

You have no idea wether or not he will be a productive member of society. Playing a game for ~14+ hours a day since 2005 shows incredible dedication, and I'd like to see dedication of this magnitude amongst the rest of society (Not necessarily sitting around doing a repetitive job, but you get the idea).

 

To me it sounds like he has an immune deficiency or something like that.

Personally I got to 2b+ xp with 550 days logged in (Recently sold account on here)

 

While I agree to an extent, I don't see any type of benefit towards his dedication being aimed at Runescape. Unless, like I said before, he uses it to help others. Then he'd be like The Old Nite, and then I'd respect him.

 

I killed him at warbands and he said 'gtfo cunt'

 

That doesn't surprise me in the least. The little interaction I've seen him involved in, he's been petulant and arrogant. At first I thought it was because he got so much hate just because of his xp...but I just don't think hes a very pleasant person.

Oh well.

Anyway, I finally got around to checking my play time. 380 days.

 

God damn people are stupid.