I've been browsing through this thread and it has been quite amusing. To get to the point though, what barenjager says above is how all of you should be thinking. I'm f2p now after years of twinking since classic. Even as a f2p twink, I don't see why you (a p2p twink) would not use the gems if people are abusing them in the bracket. Back in the day, if people were sploiting gear, you had to do it as well or else you couldn't compete. So if you are capable of gemming your gear you should 100% do it if it is a rampant problem in the bracket. There are few examples where this logic doesn't apply. Only one I can think of is back during enti's sword, I used to keep one in my bag in case someone was abusing it in a wsg. But there was a modicum of respect back then and it wasn't really an issue.