C Engineer (opens in new tab) is an Previous Faculty Runescape streamer who began an ironman run two years in the past, asking his viewers to donate cash to a prize pool to be claimed by whoever managed to kill him. It was initially a “hardcore ironman” run however he dropped the hardcore aspect after dying in a boss struggle, intending to finish the collection provided that he managed to earn an infernal cape (opens in new tab), or died to a different participant. The latter lastly occurred this month.
A crew of 5 gamers tracked C Engineer down in order that Westham (opens in new tab) might rating the kill and earn 16 billion gold, the most important bounty within the historical past of Previous Faculty Runescape.
As GamesRadar (opens in new tab) factors out, C Engineer made issues extra attention-grabbing by enjoying solely in PvP worlds: “Ordinarily, gamers can solely struggle one another in designated Wilderness zones or particular arenas, however because the identify implies, PvP worlds mainly flip the entire recreation world into one big Wilderness the place you will be attacked wherever.”
Westham’s squad knew which world C Engineer was enjoying on, one thing he’d by no means made secret, and that he was farming a degree 725 boss referred to as Zulrah (opens in new tab). That meant they might watch all his potential exits to coordinate their assault, however solely after first defeating each different PvPer who was gathered to compete for the bounty.
With that accomplished, they discovered C Engineer heading to a ship, forged a spell to forestall him from teleporting away, and launched their ambush. Westham struck the killing blow, ending the 32-episode problem run. There’s an incredible second of their video (opens in new tab) the place the crew are celebrating and you’ll hear one of many different gamers return after a brief absence, having utterly missed the battle. “I used to be simply making my tea,” he says by means of rationalization.
All 5 PvPers—Westham, Eriksnnn, Pimpact, Pip, and Skrib—will cut up the bounty, taking away 3.2 billion gold every.