Whilst exploring the world of Runescape you will come across many other players, some you will like, some you won't like. and some you will think are complete arseholes. So here's a guide to some of the commonly encountered types of players. Thanks to Infinite Ego, Weirdbeard11, Wiggymidge, Qewaye, Dragon X200 and Davedave4619 for helping me compile this list.
The Stat Bore / Stat Geek
The Stat Bore approaches you whilst you are mining, ranging etc and asks "Mining Level?", "Ranging Level?" in the hope that he has a higher level in something than you and hence an opportunity to boast.
Overwhelm his single-minded brain by talking about inside leg measurements and train numbers.
The Idle Rich stands in banks offering large amounts of money for easily available objects such as bowstrings or air runes.
Outside of the bank Idle Rich are easily identified by the piles of gold coins they leave behind after kills. "I refuse to bend over to pick up anything less than 100 gold".
The Idle Poor stands in city squares begging for money and/or equipment. May also pretend to have just been killed despite being over the other side of the world from Lumbridge.
Suggesting they work for a living will soon send this parasite packing.
You'll regret doing a favour for this player. The Limpet will follow you around and/or send you private message asking for help with any trivial thing they come across or in the worse case, loans/donations of equipment and money.
The Aggressive Trader will follow you around saying "trade" without saying what they want to trade. Invariably if you succumb to their demands they will offer half an inventory of near-useless junk in exchange for your addy platebody.
The Ore Whore can be encountered near mines or monster spawn points, this spoilt brat will tell anyone walking past to go away and get very stroppy if you try to mine "their rock".
Great fun to pick on if you are of significantly higher mining level. You may even try to teach them some manners by making them say please, don't hold your breath though.
The obvious scam artist says things like "Let me hold your rune sword for a minute just to check it's real. I'll give it right back. Honest."
Anyone offering to trim your armour for free or get you to say tell them your password falls into this category.
The text effect experimenter has admired people using the text effects, but hasn't quite got the hang of it himself yet:
"wave flash; glow hello everyone"
"wave-flash Hi!!!!"
"dammit"
The Zezima Bore says they have at least one of Zezima's passes/they know Zezima/discuss Zezima's stats, where you can find him, etc, until you log out through sheer boredom or your eyes are rolling so much you can't see.
The Braggart is usually a lower level player installed in a Castle Wars tower with higher levels, throws insults then proceeds to join in whilst four or five other people pound on you and if you die, declares that you are "owned" when in fact they themselves did none of the real damage.
The Entertainer is someone who plays for the fun of the game rather than the gathering of experience points. Entertainers can be found singing, dancing and drinking poison potions to the amusement of easy going players or disgust of Stat Bores.
In my opinion Entertainers make the game worth playing!
The Scavenger can be found anywhere where there's anything of any small value to be had. Most noticably Scavengers run around after high level players collecting bones and trifling numbers of gold coins. They are the dung beetles of the Runescape World, whilst often overlooked their work keeps the land clean for other players. The downside is, should you die, Scavengers will be on your still twitching corpse in seconds, stripping anything of value.
The Wannabe Hardman is a low level character who insists that he isnt a noob, despite all evidence to the contrary. When pushed he will start yelling "I'm not a noob!" and basically acting like, well, a noob.
Foolish Wannabes will also claim to have killed high level special monsters singled handedly, much to the amusement of surrounding experienced players.
He's a firestarter, a twister firestarter! This is player makes lines of fires for no apparent reason, usually in the middle of town squares or along well travelled roads.
Welcomed near fishing spots, the Firestarter can save long runs to a range, but encountered when entering Varrock is annoying and smegs up the place by leaving ashes everywhere. Will probably grow up to be a chain smoker if they arent already.
When fighting in a multi-way combat area, the Killstealer is a high-hitting player who waits until you have reduced a powerful monster to almost half it's hit points then wades in and finishes the beastie off, claiming the kill and the drops, and usually laughing at you at the same time. Bastards.
The Daredevil is encountered fighting a opponent on a farcically low persentage of their hit points in an attempt to show how "close to the edge" they can take it. The Daredevil attracts Scavengers like flies to shit.
Most often killed after they bury bones and get attacked by a high level shade or zombie.
The Brat is a young player who likes to shout his mouth off, calling everyone "Gai" or "noobs" or moaning that something is boring.
Brats give young players a bad name and are best ignored, but if they really get on your nerves, the best comeback I've heard when dealing with Brats calling you a noob is "Your pubes are noobs".
The Fashion victim lives for new outfits, and often has a wardrobe of attire that they switch between as the mood suits them. You never know what to look out for when you are friends with a Fashion Victim. Limpets often latch on to Fashion Victims, pestering them about where they got their clothes or asking to borrow money.
The Belittler is one of the most annoying types of players. A relation of The Brat, this individual will insult your equipment, your damage or anything else they find to be worthy of criticism.
My best comeback is "Maybe, but I can buy new armour, you'll always be a cnut". Seems to work.
More an irritation than an annoyance, The Doorman gets his kicks by standing near a door and shutting it as you are about to come through, then laughing at you. However, this can prove dangerous when you are being persued by monsters.
The Doorman will probably grow up to be a traffic warden.
Nothing to do with the mining for gold, the Golddigger is a player of a low level female character who seeks out high level male characters to flirt with in the hope that her praises will bring her gifts.
The Golddigger is the player most likely to have an sordid affair with their aged, overweight but rich boss.
