OSRS Deadman All Stars Finale Guide: What Happened & How to Watch
The Deadman All Stars Finale was a live, ticketed competitive event held in a theatre in Chicago, featuring the top Deadman Mode players competing for the championship. The event was run using 'OSRS-in-a-box' — a self-contained LAN setup engineered by Mod Hamster and the Infrastructure team. The event was deemed a success despite two minor technical issues (RuneLite profile limit and version mismatches). VODs are available on the Old School RuneScape Twitch channel at twitch.tv/oldschoolrs.
Key takeaways
- Live ticketed event in Chicago theatre featuring top DMM players.
- OSRS-in-a-box: single Dell PowerEdge server running the entire game offline.
- Two issues: RuneLite profile limit (20 vs 30 competitors) and version mismatches.
- VODs available on twitch.tv/oldschoolrs.
- Deadman Permanent World also available for seasonal DMM content.
Event Overview
The Deadman All Stars Finale was a live, ticketed competitive event held in a theatre in Chicago. It featured the top Deadman Mode players from the DMM All Stars season competing for the championship title. The event was streamed live on the Old School RuneScape Twitch channel with commentary and analysis.
What made this event unique was the technical setup: the game was run entirely from a local server in the theatre, independent of the public internet. This 'OSRS-in-a-box' approach was detailed in the Spudworks article by Mod Hamster and the Infrastructure team.
Technical Setup
The event was powered by a single Dell PowerEdge T160 server running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with full-disk encryption. The game used a minimal set of microservices: the game engine (rs2engine), a mocked authentication server (fakeauth), and a loginserver. Character saves were exported from production AWS DynamoDB as JSON files and imported into a local DynamoDB Local instance.
RuneLite was made to work offline by mirroring files on a local Nginx Docker container, disabling TLS verification on the LAN, and using Dnsmasq for DNS hijacking. This ensured all game traffic stayed on the local network.
Where to Watch VODs
VODs (Video on Demand) of the Deadman All Stars Finale are available on the Old School RuneScape Twitch channel at twitch.tv/oldschoolrs. The event was streamed live and the VODs include the full competition, commentary, and analysis.
For players interested in Deadman Mode content, the Deadman Permanent World offers a seasonal DMM experience with regular resets. The PvP Bootcamp event (August 2026) also provided training content for PvP and Deadman Mode enthusiasts.
Questions players ask
What was the Deadman All Stars Finale?+
A live, ticketed competitive event in Chicago featuring top Deadman Mode players. Streamed on twitch.tv/oldschoolrs.
What was OSRS-in-a-box?+
A self-contained LAN setup that ran the entire game from a single server in the theatre, independent of the internet.
Where can I watch the VODs?+
On the Old School RuneScape Twitch channel: twitch.tv/oldschoolrs.
Can I play Deadman Mode now?+
Yes, the Deadman Permanent World is available for seasonal Deadman Mode content.
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