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The authors points are valid. The majority of cheaters do it to sell gold for real life cash. Kill the gold to cash market and boom, you knocked out the biggest incentive to cheat. I think this would be best done by doing what they have already started - cracking down on gold sellers and buyers. That way no major earthshaking changes need be applied to runescape and jagex can keep pulling in the green while the gold to cash market is slowly suffocated. If you read on cheating sites you will hear of alot of gold sellers and buyers getting banned, they go to great lengths like setting up fake duels to trade gold just to avoid it. Jagex is clamping down and they ARE feeling the pressure. I've heard of chinese gold sites working with jagex to get people banned after they got shut down. Some of the people in this thread are quite amusing, equating autoing with murder and such. As the author said, the bloodthirsty zealotry is unneeded. It's a game, people, please dont forget that. Point and click, thats all runescape is, and thats why its so easy to cheat.

PMFG jaghax ban teh autobotties they steel mah YEWZ! BANNZOR ALL LVL 3's THEY R HAX0rZZ!111!!11!!1!1onefivewww.google.com11!!!1 IP BANN HIMZ SO HIZ FAMIWY CAWNT PLAY TEH RS NEMORE! STFU! Everyone knows bots are against the rules, and jagex doesnt need to be told to ban them, they are not stupid nor are they blind. They just take time to make sure they arent banning a legit account (Which they sometimes do anyway), because guess what? Not all bald level 3's cutting yews with their chat off are autoers, some people are very antisocial, even in a video game, and just like to skill. Just because he wont be your friend and go skipping off into the sunset with you doesnt mean hes instantly a bot. I know several level 3 skillers in f2p and p2p, and they HATE getting called bots, because people like you guys accuse them all day every day of autoing and needlessly report them. They get called bots so often they just turn their chat off and skill, which leads to even more noobs reporting them. I have seen several legit level 3 skillers banned just because noobs unfairly reported them so often, some with good stats too. Reporting bots is fine, but reporting every lvl 3 you see cutting trees or minning is not cool. Be SURE they are a bot, just because they dont talk doesnt mean they are autoing. Dont get legit people banned, thats all im saying.