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Subscribe from just £3 Takes you closer to the games, movies and TV you love Try a single issue or save on a subscription Issues delivered straight to your door or device From£9.99View Summer Game Fest New games for 2025 Upcoming Switch 2 games Switch 2 stock Recommended reading 2 years ago an MMO player locked himself in a virtual cage of his own making – "after 10,000 hours" he is finally free Open World Games In a brutal 60-hour YouTube video, one devoted fan preserves notorious Genshin Impact streamer's legendarily bad luck for all eternity: "What am I doing with my life" Action RPGs With over 6,600 hours on PS5 alone, Elden Ring player claims to have more Malenia and Consort Radahn kills than nearly anyone – and has quietly been uploading videos for years In a custom "nightmare mode" where any damage permanently deletes his character, MMO daredevil ends 15-month Old School RuneScape challenge with a 68-minute finale "Immortal king of speedrunning" can only say "that's a great run, gg" after MMO mad lad beats him in 3-year revenge match with a new world record just minutes ahead The Elder Scrolls Oblivion Remastered player spends 55,000 years in jail after a 2-billion bounty crime spree, breaking the in-game calendar in the process Simulation Games Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone receives the highest honor possible: Big ConcernedApe, a gigantic in-game portrait one fan made with 20 hours of painstakingly arranged items World of Warcraft After 4 years and 800k gold, World of Warcraft player claims the MMO's smelliest "World First" by collecting 10 million of a very specific fish: "I have no intention of ever getting rid of even a single one" Austin Wood 30 June 2025 These Lost Sole ain't gonna collect themselves When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Blizzard Entertainment) In May 2023, World of Warcraft player and Reddit user Grozez made a bold declaration: he was the "world first" to collect 5 million Lost Sole, a fish released in the MMO's Shadowlands expansion. Clearly he was not done. Just days ago, Grozez returned with a whopping 10 million Lost Sole to his name. World First: 10,000,000 Lost Sole from r/wow "It's been a long journey, but I made it," he says in his latest post. "Just 2 years ago I was at 5 million of these fish but now I can proudly say I have a majority of the world's supply of these fish. Many thanks to all those who helped along the way. My next post will be when I have 15,000,000." You may like 2 years ago an MMO player locked himself in a virtual cage of his own making – "after 10,000 hours" he is finally free In a brutal 60-hour YouTube video, one devoted fan preserves notorious Genshin Impact streamer's legendarily bad luck for all eternity: "What am I doing with my life" With over 6,600 hours on PS5 alone, Elden Ring player claims to have more Malenia and Consort Radahn kills than nearly anyone – and has quietly been uploading videos for years His Reddit replies are a spectacle. "OP is going to singlehandedly crash the Lost Sole market," one player jokes. "I AM the lost sole market," Grozez replies. Another player simply asks, "Why?" "Can't be stopped," Grozez reasons. Sign up to the GamesRadar+ Newsletter Weekly digests, tales from the communities you love, and more Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsorsBy submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. It goes without saying that I had to talk to this guy about his fish. Grozez tells me that he started collecting Lost Sole specifically because they were "extremely cheap" following Shadowlands "and it was something I already had a bunch of, so when I decided to fill my friends guild bank with an item, it was something I could do quite easily." "Quite easily" is doing some heavy lifting here. Grozez has been at this for about four years, and he estimates he's invested "800 - 900k" gold buying up the fish, having caught "around 110k" the old-fashioned way. "I haven't fished too many up in the last few years because I'm starting to have a more busy life, and I've bought the rest on the [auction house] or had friends give them to me," he says. I love the idea that multiple people are funneling Lost Sole into this project like fishmongers building generational wealth. "If people really doubt that my collection is real or not, they need to consider why anyone would spend the time to fake such a dumb thing for so long," he tells the doubters. "If additional proof is needed, I'm more than happy to do a recording of going through all my characters that hold the fish. "I have no intention of doing anything other than collect these fishy friends, and I have no intention of ever getting rid of even a single one." I, too, felt compelled to ask Grozez, why? It's a question containing multitudes. Why this fish, in this game, for this long? Again, Grozez was unshakable: "I simply can't be stopped." 2 years ago an MMO player locked himself in a virtual cage of his own making – "after 10,000 hours" he is finally free. See more PC Gaming News Austin Wood Social Links Navigation Senior writer Austin has been a game journalist for 12 years, having freelanced for the likes of PC Gamer, Eurogamer, IGN, Sports Illustrated, and more while finishing his journalism degree. He's been with GamesRadar+ since 2019. They've yet to realize his position is a cover for his career-spanning Destiny column, and he's kept the ruse going with a lot of news and the occasional feature, all while playing as many roguelikes as possible. You must confirm your public display name before commenting Please logout and then login again, you will then be prompted to enter your display name. 2 years ago an MMO player locked himself in a virtual cage of his own making – "after 10,000 hours" he is finally free In a brutal 60-hour YouTube video, one devoted fan preserves notorious Genshin Impact streamer's legendarily bad luck for all eternity: "What am I doing with my life" With over 6,600 hours on PS5 alone, Elden Ring player claims to have more Malenia and Consort Radahn kills than nearly anyone – and has quietly been uploading videos for years In a custom "nightmare mode" where any damage permanently deletes his character, MMO daredevil ends 15-month Old School RuneScape challenge with a 68-minute finale "Immortal king of speedrunning" can only say "that's a great run, gg" after MMO mad lad beats him in 3-year revenge match with a new world record just minutes ahead Oblivion Remastered player spends 55,000 years in jail after a 2-billion bounty crime spree, breaking the in-game calendar in the process Latest in MMO Games With 21 million concurrent players, Roblox hit Grow a Garden is bigger than half of Steam combined, but players are already flooding another, far weirder competitor "Y'all are pathetic": Dune: Awakening players are using sandworms to kill their rivals in PvE-only areas, proving once more that nowhere on Arrakis is safe MMO community fears PvP bots have formed a "cartel" using false reports to get you banned if you kill them for their illegal loot, bringing Old School RuneScape's bot problem to a boil MMO dev admits egregious microtransactions are "harming" its game, the player base "isn't really growing," and it's time to clean up: "The era of a tainted RuneScape 3 is coming to an end" Dune: Awakening players' wishes have been granted as the MMO's Deep Desert PvP endgame is now almost half PvE thanks to a new test patch As Dune: Awakening celebrates 1 million players, Funcom reveals an unforgiving 816,720 deaths to Shai-Hulud and over 6 billion grams of Spice consumed by fans of the survival MMO Latest in News After revealing he was ordered to destroy his copy of Fallout's source code, OG lead Tim Cain says we're losing game history because companies "take authority but not responsibility" for preservation Death Stranding 2 is taking its On the Beach subtitle seriously as players think its map screen could be making some PS5s overheat Netflix has spoiled the final scene of Squid Game season 3 just three days after release Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone receives the highest honor possible: Big ConcernedApe, a gigantic in-game portrait one fan made with 20 hours of painstakingly arranged items "Standard is saved": Massive MTG card ban stuns the community while completely upending the metagame With 21 million concurrent players, Roblox hit Grow a Garden is bigger than half of Steam combined, but players are already flooding another, far weirder competitor GAME REVIEWS MOVIE REVIEWS Death Stranding 2: On the Beach review: "This tarpunk delivery epic is more Metal Gear Solid than ever, for better and worse" Rematch review: "As with Rocket League, the just-one-more-game pull is magnetic" Tron: Catalyst review: "Disc slinging is a thrill in this gorgeous rendition of the series, but I'm let down by a time-loop story that falls flat" FBC: Firebreak review: "A disappointingly bland multiplayer FPS that's missing far too much of what made Control special" Dune: Awakening review: "Both extremely compelling and extraordinarily boring, sometimes at the same time – yet still a true Dune love letter" Jurassic World Rebirth Review: "An unscary sequel that needed a little more time in amber" M3GAN 2.0 review: "A bold sequel with a slightly underwhelming conclusion" 28 Years Later Review: "Enough terror, splatter and suspense to satisfy” Predator: Killer of Killers review: "Great characters, thrilling action, and gorgeous Arcane-esque animation" From the World of John Wick: Ballerina review: "Brilliant action, even if the plot gives you a sense of déjà vu" Squid Game season 3 review: "A staggeringly excellent final season wraps up one of the greatest Netflix shows ever" Ironheart review: "A relic of Marvel's content-at-all-costs era" Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 review: "The show's most assured run of episodes to date" Doctor Who season 2, episode 8 spoiler review: 'The Reality War' is "a mix of the good, the bad, and the truly baffling" Doctor Who season 2, episode 7 spoiler review: 'Wish World' is "an exciting and ambitious" start to the season finale, with hints of WandaVision GamesRadar+ is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. 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