We’ve gotten ourselves into a very complicated situation while recording new material, specifically RMT (Real Money Trading) on world bosses in Albion Online.
Here’s a brief summary of what happened over the past two months.
Initially, we just wanted to record a video about world bosses, gather some statistics, and do a few interviews, but this led to threats, blackmail, and bribery attempts. According to rumors, a community manager was searching for us, and all the trails led to him, but let's go in order.
Chapter One. The Beginning.
I started reaching out to people to find out what was happening with world bosses, how much fame can be farmed there, how long it takes to level 700 mastery, and how much money people make. In response, I received extreme aggression with statements that this content wasn’t needed by anyone. This only fueled my interest in making a video, as it was unclear why such a reaction was happening. We, the MR.Dak team, began a thorough investigation to figure out who was making what and how much they were earning. Within a week, we found a few people willing to talk, but they still didn’t want to share any information.
Chapter Two. New People.
Unfortunately, we promised to keep some individuals anonymous, and we’re keeping our word. The first person willing to communicate, let’s call him Mr.V, gave us a lot of information and provided a few contacts of people who "control the world bosses." An interesting fact was that the community manager, Seraphimus, allegedly let people out of bans for a symbolic 500 rubles (no proof of this was presented, but we will investigate this further). We contacted a person named Dozen, who claimed to "manage several world bosses." During our communication, he insisted that there was no RMT on his bosses, that he strictly monitored this, and would never allow such things. But I’ll say upfront — we found people involved in RMT on his world bosses, and it’s not just one or two individuals. Almost every ad on FunPay led to his world bosses, and the people who leaked information from his Discord also shared some curious screenshots.
As shown in the attached screenshot, one of the "Mentors" of a world boss is selling mastery leveling to 700 in 3 days, which is practically impossible for an average player. After we brought up this fact, Dozen "fell apart" and started claiming he didn’t know and hadn’t seen what was happening. But, honestly, it's hard to believe that a person who’s been involved in this business for years isn’t profiting from it. I think the answer is obvious.
Chapter Three. Threats and Communication with Administration.
When the "owners of the world bosses" realized that the release of the video was inevitable, they started looking for ways to stop it. They understood that if this information came to light, many competitors would arise, wanting to make money in their favorite game as well. The best they could come up with was offering us 30,000 rubles to ensure that no one would see our material and offering us membership in their group. We refused, after which the threats followed: they would find us, hurt us, and so on. But the video is soon going to be edited, and their threats were unsuccessful.
By the way, do you remember Seraphimus? According to rumors, he was somehow searching for us, but we weren’t hiding, and we decided to write to him ourselves. A screenshot is attached, of course.
As shown in the attached screenshot, the person ignored us for 9 days, even though this wasn’t the first message (unfortunately, the first message was somehow deleted). In the end, he contacted us and even wanted to give an interview, but, unfortunately, he couldn’t do this for some unclear childish reasons. Also, interestingly, we received a message from the Albion Online support team.
Chapter Four. Conclusion.
Despite the difficulties, the MR.Dak team will continue creating content for you, despite threats and bribery attempts. In this article, we tried not to reveal all the details to avoid spoiling the impression of the video. We hope you enjoy watching it!
