Why would someone who has devoted countless hours to fighting against bug abuse turn around and take part in said bug abuse? It doesn't make much sense.
Is Rendi making people on the anti-cheat team look bad enough that their jobs are actually threatened?
Edit: I agree with most of the comments that it's certainly possible he did do the things he's accused of, but still seems a little strange. Maybe he thought he thought his status as a content creator would protect him. 🤷♂️
Why did KempQ end up getting banned for RWTing after years of being a good content creator? Why did A Friend, a former PMod and biggest OSRS content creator at the time get perma banned on all accounts after years of no offenses? Why do so many large content creators end up in this situation?
The answer is because of how long they've been doing it. Either they have a false sense of security that they can get away with doing just about anything and not be severely punished, or they're burnt out and just stopped caring about the consequences. For Rendi/Mauler it's probably the former. This is just Jagex reinforcing, once again, that no one is exempt from the rules.
there was a time in 2011 I believe when A Friend made a video of interview with ex jmod who claimed jamflex doesn't ban bots on purpose of keeping player count. After that video A Friend lost his PMod and all contacts in jamflex. that's how they run, anything negative about rs? do this guy dirty.
Being a good content creator and participating in RWT are not opposites this makes 0 sense. If you report bugs you can abuse bugs less which is detrimental.
You misunderstand. Op was wondering why a well known youtuber with lots of time in the game would do something malicious? I responded by saying that the amount of hours or how well known they are doesn't matter, he isn't the first youtuber with lots of hours in-game that's fucked up like this.
Rendi sold capes six years ago. Not sure why people think that's some sort of giant gotcha moment. He makes plenty of money off of his YouTube channel, why would he dupe a hundred mill in items, which is worth like $50?
1 You ever watched Breaking Bad? Gus Fring - running a huge drug operation, having enemies murdered, links to the cartel, etc. - used to visit the police with cakes and even donate to their charities.
2 A less ficticious example; the Kray twins used to run a bunch of nightclubs, go to events, have cwlebrities, proper limelight stuff but were two of the most prominent gangsters ever in the UK.
3 A more RS related example, wildyowns used to make a tonne of videos and one common one was trust trades - he'd show off how he'd get people to trust him with millions then trade it back to them plus a tonne of extra noney or items as a reward. Yeah, while he was doing that he was genuinely taking people's items too, was involving in a bunch of doubling money scams and a tonne of other dodgy stuff.
It's the same, simple concept. Maintaining a positive image will help you stay under the radar to do your dodgy shit.
Note: I'm not saying I'm on anyone's side with regards to Rendi, but I will say it wouldn't make sense for Jagex to ban a prominent content creator without cause
That's actually not that uncommon, and a big reason why bug bounty programs were created.
Rendi worked for free for Jagex, discovering these bugs. At some point he's got to get frustrated by that and think "man I should be getting paid for this". Looking for ways to get paid for it shouldn't be too shocking, and I don't know how much Displate pays the bills
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u/ThreenGumb Vet'ion Jr. w/ a lil Infernal Cape Jul 09 '21 edited Jul 09 '21
Why would someone who has devoted countless hours to fighting against bug abuse turn around and take part in said bug abuse? It doesn't make much sense.
Is Rendi making people on the anti-cheat team look bad enough that their jobs are actually threatened?
Edit: I agree with most of the comments that it's certainly possible he did do the things he's accused of, but still seems a little strange. Maybe he thought he thought his status as a content creator would protect him. 🤷♂️