Pink_Demon

Name: Light Arcana Chat topic: Chat with Player Moderators!

Oh my god. Wow. That guide, the picture, the amount of effort and detail just boggles my mind. Wow. It must take the patience of a saint to make that picture and then make a guide. Fabluous job! You pixel artisits are just that, artists. Beuatiful work.

I am totally unskilled in signitures, like really, really unskilled... so my opinion dosn't really count for much - don't hold it as any more than someone enjoying pretty pictures but: I liked them. Fabulous job I'd say. I especially liked the one with the guy with the red party hat and strength cape, although a little less gore would be good. Is it possible to lower the standoutishness of the SAMPLE in that one picture. It looks pretty good, but it's really hard to see with that SAMPLE in the way. Good job! Do you offer your services for free or do you want pay like Hiiim? I need a better siggy...deffinatly.

A question for you - What do you think of people who beg for free stuff? Your opinion should answer your question.

I feel bad for them and all, but they are breaking Jagex's rules and more importantly, the law! When you break laws and rules, my sympathy goes way down. No need for that. Breaking the rules - no macroing Breaking the law - Runescape gold belongs to Jagex and they are selling it, despite it lawfully belonging to Jagex. Against the law my friends.

The mod could have just reported her but not stepped in to say anything. As pointed out, mods get plenty of abuse, speaking up at that point would have probably made your insulter round on the mod. Is there anything wrong with not wanting that? Also, the lol's could have been poorly timed accidents from clan chat. You know, forgettting to put the / in there. I've had some embarressing moments before with that... Yeah, major oopsies at the wrong time...

Unmodly - Not the way a mod should act. Begging for free stuff seriously, following players purely to annoy them, shouting things that, while not innapropriate altogether, are not things a mod should be shouting, that kind of stuff. Keep in mind though that just because they don't lead you all the way to varrock from ardougne, or give you 25k, or because they steal your coal rock dosn't make them unmodly. *In the cases where they do not say anything, send a query to Jagex instead.

Exactly.

Yes, there are idiots in the game. However, it is sadly not against the rules to be an idiot in game. Therefore, the P-Mod couldn't really do anything. They're role is to report rulebreaking when they see it. They have a mute tool to help protect the game even furthur. That mute is for saving people from being scammed and talked to by a blatant predator. Not for saving people from idiots sadly. Besides, what did you expect the mod to do? Are you aware that if the mod had stepped in it would have been the mod getting abused? Mods get enough abuse, they don't need more. You could have just put her on ignore. That is the simplist solution, is extrodinarily easy to do, and works better than any mods interference would have. Sorry if this post was a bit snappy, but I'm close with some mods and I hate to see them get dissed.

You can report any Player Moderator you feel is acting unmodly, or who is breaking rules under offensive language and I feel strongly that Jagex will have a word with them. If Jagex knew they would do that... they probably wouldn't have modded that person. Keep in mind, it could have been two friends fooling around.

A lot of the things you say are true. People do walk around wearing expensive armor and train their stats for attention, sometimes, and scammers are common, and yes, all I have to do is click to cook an inventory full of food. The macro's are also enough to make me sick to my stomach, but hey, it gives me a war to fight, something to unite with others against. Still, I love this game. Not because I don't love real life, but because it is a place where I can meet people from around the world and escape some of the presures of real life, if even for a little while. It gives me something to do when I'm done with homework, other than play other video games which I've already beaten. You said that it never changes. I firmly believe that you are wrong. New updates are added all the time and new players join the Runescape experiance every few minuntes. Every new player I run into changes things up a bit. Every new item I acquire improves my mood a bit. Graphics don't bother me much. I don't think Runescape graphics are bad at all. It's not pixely, I can tell what a tree is. I don't need much more than that. I still play Nintendo 64 even though I have a wii because the games are more fun. For me it's about content, not graphics. Now I can see you now going "It's about content? What content?". I have an answer for you of course. I personally like the simplicity of it. I feel like I'm accomplishing something while I talk to the other users and such. The skills are fairly easy to master, nothing that takes hours of tutorial, or hours of gathering supplies to do. I can establish a rythem and make it fun for me. It's hard to define fun for other people. I can't possibly know what's fun about soccer for some people, yet they love it. They can't possibly know why I enjoy runescape. Who are they to tell me that it's boring and who am I to tell them that they can't possibly enjoy soccer, just because I don't like it. See what I mean... I think it's fun, and I tried to tell you, but it's difficult to explain. A few more things - You mentioned that Runescape is for people who can't feel good about themselves in real life, so they have to have high stats in runescape. You are completely wrong, and somewhat dissing yourself. Some people have no lives and completely just play runescape, but pleanty of others, like myself and even Zezima (if you read his interview) just do this in our spare time. It's like a hobby. World of Warcraft may have better graphics, but in essence, people can become addicted. Also, World of Warcraft is not all that different than runescape if you strip it down to the bare basics. Both games focus on training stats. Both games incorparate combat. Both games are easy to get addicted to. Both games have rulebreakers. Both games have bots. Both games have immature players. Both games have people who love it to death, and those who hate it. I also like Runescape because I can still play even if I can't pay for membership. In fact, thats most of the time. I am a career F2Per, and proud of it. I am no noob, and I report any rulebreakers, including bots, that I see. I am happy to lend a hand so long as it's not too big like "Help me make 100 million gp!", and I hand out free items here and there. Most players are like that once you find the right spots to look. A lot of haters opinions on the community come from their initial log in into Lumby. I won't deny, Lumbridge is bad, but I challenge you to explore the other areas. Go into the ice dungeon by Rimmington. You will find a completely different breed of player there. Players who are veterans, who will block the ice wariors for the lower level players to get blurite in a quest, players who pick up the other players full rune when they die and return it. This is only F2P, the "scum" of the Runescape world. We're not so scummy when we give you that last pice of coal you need or a crafting apron to help you out. Sorry, kinda off topic... For me, Runescape is a hobby. Something different than building model airplanes or woreshipping a favorite band (if you wanna talk about pathetic...) or doing drugs. It's something to do, a place to meet people, a place to gain knoledge and to build character. It has actually. People on this game have influanced me a lot, in good ways too. Since playing I think more before I speak, and I look for ways to make something work other than shoot it down. It has also given me lots of typing practice and a new respect for the English language. (Rofl nubs u stink lke p! is somewhat difficult to read/motivation to fix my own grammer and spelling mistakes. Don't get me wrong, I still make mistakes, a lot, but I'm not using leet speek, far from it.) I almost forgot... bans, black marks, and forum rules. In my honest opinion, if you got a ban or a black mark, you were doing something you shouldn't have been. Even if it isn't completely covered in the rules, there are still things that NOBODY should say. Most of the stories people tell about how they were innocently banned are false. I have faith in Jagex. They wouldn't ban an innocent person on purpous. That is money, or potential money, down the drain for them. No. They are looking out for their players by giving out punishments, wheather some feels they are offensive or not. In my School people go around saying the F word all the time. In australia people get fines for saying it in public. It's all about perspective and Jagex is just trying to find the perspective that offends the least people. I applaud them for that. Also, this last bit may seem a bit harsh but you said one of your threads got locked for saying something bad about the game and mentioning scammers. The mods did what they felt was the right thing to do. They didn't mean you any harm but they were trying to uphold the rules. Everyone knows enough of them are broken. They just didn't want an all out "lets flame jagex" type thing to start. They were protecting the game. You said yourself scammers and rulebreakers run rampant. They do, but when you break a rule, even if it's on the forums, you think it should be allowed? You may not have broken a rule, but it's all about keeping a decent atmosphere. Not to mention, its a matter of pride that Jagex dosn't want THEIR game to be dissed on THEIR site. Rant about their content all you want, but at least it's not the entire game. Which one seems more fixable to you if you were looking for feedback on your game? "The new mining emote makes me look weak." "The whole game is terrible. Especially the people who play it." Yep, you guessed it, the first one. For the second one, what do you do? How do you even begin fixing something as major as that? What are you supposed to do about the community? Throw them out? Then what good are you 300 staff members, 140 servers and 43 forums? There are problems with the game. Just like there are problems with my English homework. You made some valid points and I am glad you decided to ask why we still play it. It shows that you value our opinion, even if we play what is in your opinion a worthless game. You seem like a mature person. If I could tell you to fix one thing from the entire thread it would be the part where you dis people who play the game. Basically calling them no lifers. Insult our ingame attitude but please don't call us a no lifer. That hurts... and can also be twisted the other way towards you. Also, the bit about getting a thread locked can be removed without remorse. It's a tad bit over reacting. Locked threads are no biggie. All in all, decent thread, decent points. I look forward to your response to my post. - Dragon