Carl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI5a_vDq88g Footage from earlier.

I [bleep]ing hate puzzles.

Dat Madness.

They offered 5X experience. And you're telling me not to be bitter? :rolleyes:

Quest position 796. Lovely.

I'm guessing it will be reset just like any other week. It would be silly just to reset the points.

I think that ^THIS^ pretty much nails it ... They didnt file that case in US District Court for shiggles. It was filed on June 28, 2011 - almost 4 months ago. Before Runefest. Before Jiblix. I fully expect some assclowns will test Jagex and end up as Does. Of course it was before those two you mentioned, this was in the works since FT as stated. Some attention seeker didn't just make a video and Jagex "suddenly" realised there was bots in their game. :rolleyes: I'm actually really enjoying this. Being able to have a chat with anyone around me, no matter where, is awesome! In the strangest of places...If there's a person, they'll talk! Awesome!

A lot of cases are scams. Just because someone calls themself a "legitimate" host, doesn't make it true. Don't bullshit.

There's always something to [bleep] about, isn't there? As others have said, let it be. "and it's to the point now where RS will never recover and will probably be the death of their game. " If you can gather that much information several hours after an update...

Well if you look at the post above yours, Fatherdeath, I think that confidence may have solid grounds.

Sorry, I've no proof to provide you but only my common sense. Jagex aren't going to punish legitimate players (By not providing what was promised) because bots have found a way to cheat it. (If they have)

At 11am this morning, BST. There was around 90k players online. The system update, which came over three hours later...There was still roughly that amount on. After the update, (I didn't return for two hours or so), along with many others, I'm sure...There's 80k online. Lest we not over exaggerate until we see the real effect in a few hours. (People still at school/work, etc.)

Go to the options setting (Where aid on/off is, etc.) there's a box you can tick/untick to enable/disable it.

What backlash? I think anyone 'ranting' about this is pathetic. Anti-bot update...Better late than never. It's pathetic to [bleep] about them not delivering on time.

LoL seems pretty popular actually, so I wasn't surprised they got 1st. A lot of people at my college play it. World of Tanks on the other hand... [/hide] Popular as it may be, Den, the voting is really questionable considering the rewards offered if they won. It would be hugely different if Jagex had of offered a reward. not at all. runescapers were inclined already with an offered reward. Hurrrrrr... What reward? I agree with Newb, it would have been a huge difference if a reward was part of the formula. I would've bothered voting if I knew I would have gotten something out of it, honestly. But Jagex didn't bother bribing their players, just gave a few reminders to support them in the (entirely superficial) Golden Joystick Awards. Even without bribery, they still got in 3rd which is a pretty respectable place, all things considered. Sorry Sword? Mind showing me where, please? I didn't see "vote and you'll get..." or "If we win, this could be yours!" or anything of the sort. It was just asking for votes; with the possiblity (following the previous two years) of receiving an in-game item (Nothing confirmed), as it would only be followin suit. If they had of said "If we win, you'll get a double XP weekend!"...It would have won. You and I know that. Bribing the players is one thing - people believing it went down legitimately even with bribes is just crazy.

LoL seems pretty popular actually, so I wasn't surprised they got 1st. A lot of people at my college play it. World of Tanks on the other hand... Popular as it may be, Den, the voting is really questionable considering the rewards offered if they won. It would be hugely different if Jagex had of offered a reward.

Well I presume they've collected the names and will ban them. Someone posted on the forum about them having warned these people and that they would stop when they saw the warning, and not end up getting punished. A jmod replied "Don't worry, we've got that covered."

Happened to me a while ago, Indy. But the issue stopped a little while later. (It's my fault for spilling alcohol on the power button by accident). Mine's fat 40GB is still going strong after what, 4 years? Had an issue the other day where it hard locked (Completely froze up) while playing MAG - had to switch it off at the rear. Power button wasn't working. Thought that was it, then. Googled around and found out how to open it up, so I did. Turns out there's rust around the power button underneath that just needed to be cleared away, and it the power button then worked to turn it on. Friend from MAG said that Sony have been offering slim's for 99$ if you send back a broken fat. Couldn't find a link anywhere, though! :(

Blyaunte, Kaida: I get what you're both talking about. But isn't a roll-back (A good roll-back), not just essentially the same as a ban? The players stats that they cheated to gain, were completely restored to their original levels? I think a rollback might keep these people playing, but an all-out permanent ban won't. Granted these people have broken rules, but that's been punished. It means their friends lists, etc. aren't completely lost. Things they did earn legitimately, aren't lost. I'm not for rollbacks, but I think if it doesn't drive more people away from the game then it's a satisfactory replacement for a permanent ban - IMHO.

Indeed, Unknown! There's no harm in asking players for votes, but providing rewards is different. That's probably why a game most people haven't heard of (I played the BETA - not my kind of game!) came 2nd. Possibly a large reason why LoL won, also.

This voting now comes down to which company can offer the best incentives to its customers. If Jagex offered Double XP for a weekend if they won, I'd almost guarantee they'd secure number 1. Just like LoL offered 10 free IP thingy-ma-bobs and WoT offered 5X Xp, Jagex didn't actually offer anything but the possibility (it was never confirmed) of an item.

Well most bots you see are Reflection/Injection bots, so why wouldn't it work as well as they are saying?

Highly possible, Kaida. Considering it's halloween and the Grim Reaper's about. The deaths of thousands would suit the scythe.

So -- you would accept, say, the elimination of 25% of the bots (say ess miners and soceress's garden bots), a roll back of all their skills and no bannings whatsoever? That's "something" and not "nothing", right? :unsure: If they've been gathering names for a while now, I'd expect they'll throw out a fair few bans or entire roll-backs, considering they'll be unable to bot any of their levels again. I don't know, Blyaunte. At this point I'd be happy with anything. Bots have never actually directly effected me (I spend all of my time bank standing in Edgeville), but I know they bother a lot of other people - and any kind of removal of them will be beneficial. And no, I think I'd rather essence bots and sorcerers garden bots as opposed to bots killing common monsters that real players kill for money.

I'll accept anything as long as it's not nothing. Get rid of a lot of the bots would be satistfying, even if there's still some left. But I'm positive, and expect it to work to get rid of 98%.