"The entire philosophy behind RuneScape is achieving goals," he continues. "Consider it this way: If we took everything to an extreme and all of the very best equipment and OSRS gold items were really cheap -- so cheap that when I went out and bought gold, I could purchase every item that I needed to -- then RuneScape could be almost meaningless. Everybody would have everything that they desired, and that would go entirely against folks play RuneScape. That is why I think flat-rate costs since you're selling gold is indeed detrimental to RuneScape."

While Anema is very important to individuals that gold-farm in RuneScape, he believes there is a level of hypocrisy concealing behind the criticism directed toward Venezuelan RuneScape players, since they're just able to do what they do due to the requirement for gold farming solutions from additional RuneScape players. "People that are mad at Venezuelans for gold farming also need to check out the neighborhood and state: Well, there is just as much demand for the Venezuelans' supply, because a ton of people are buying their golden," Anema continues. "It's a problem in the community also."

On Reddit, discussions about RuneScape's Venezuelan community have reached a boiling point. One post -- since eliminated by a moderator -- was a guide describing how to identify and kill RuneScape players in an area of RuneScape commonly utilized to farm dragons. In another, a broken-hearted RuneScape player recounted his encounter using a Venezuelan RuneScape participant who was attempting to flee the country. A lot of the animosity that's directed toward Venezuelan RuneScape players is coming from RuneScape players who spend their time in the Revenant Caves situated in the Wilderness, an area where RuneScape players may attack other RuneScape players. The Revenant Caves are fairly popular with Venezuelan gold farmers, who generally play in massive groups or clans to search green dragons or fight additional RuneScape players. This, some RuneScape players assert, has made the Revenant Caves"unplayable."

"Rev caves are the only thing that prevents me from being compassionate towards them," reads one response on Reddit in a RuneScape thread about Venezuelan RuneScape players. "Jagex needs to do something about these Venezuelans," another RuneScape player wrote, adding:"I do not care about their real-life situation. They perform RuneScape solely for financial gain and RS07 Gold it's destroying the economy. They provide nothing to RuneScape, they do not interact within the neighborhood."