It's statements like this that remind us how the state of the community is utterly pathetic, not only in the number of people who swarm on a bug to exploit it before it's fixed, but the people who defend them once they're caught at it. Just as sad as when Durial rampaged through Falador in 2006, and people were trying to get him unbanned. If you take advantage of exploits like this out of "lapse of judgement in light of a startling discovery", then you need to grow up, stop being so greedy and selfish, and get a clue as to how the rules work. These people weren't saying to themselves "I wonder if this is a bug?", they were saying "LoL FREE EXP, and Jagex won't catch me anyway". These idiots are just as bad as the ones who real world traded, bought gold and stuff, and autoed thinking Jagex didn't care, and were eventually responsible for all the limits and Runescape Classic shutting down. People who exploited this should be permanently banned, and Jagex really should name and shame them so this kind of exploitation doesn't happen in the future. It's human nature... we find something new and we try it. It's the same as when the filters were loosened - everyone wanted to find out what words became unfiltered and were trying it. There may have been people who abused this bug solely to get a 99, but I'm thinking that many people were simply seeing how far they could take it and now regret it, NOT because they were caught but because they feel guilty about cheating. If you haven't ever had a moment of discovery and excitement, which it seems you have not, I sincerely feel sorry for you.