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A couple of my friends who are computer science majors laughed at what they thought were sad graphics. Then I told them it was a java programed game run in a browser, and they quickly switched to amazement :D

Perhaps the most common scam I am coming accross these days involves barrows armor. I've had this scam atempted on me almost every time I've tried to buy a set of barrows armor. The scammer offers the full set of barrows, you put up money, then they quickly switch the helm (very expenisve piece of the armor) for the legs (least expenisve piece of the armor). Sometimes they don't even do a switch, and just offer two legs from the beginning. Often times, players only take note that they are being offered 4 of pieces of barrows armor, and they fail to notice that one of the pieces is missing. I am so paranoid these days that even a legit trade looks suspitious to me :(

Another good article. I really think what we need now is for the weekly poll to be about how often you pk. Personally in about 5 years of playing runescape, I have never pked a single person. Although the so called emergent game play can sometimes be used as a glitch to take unfair advantage of other players, it is compleatly up to the game company to decide how much is too much. I've seen alot of comparison to wow, which I have never played. Although it is a compleatly different genre I belive a reference to Halo 2, another hugely popular game, is warented here. There is plenty of emrgent game play here, and bungie has closely examined each instance and taken a stance on it. Things such as the infamus "noob combo" and the BXR combo are supported and even used by the game developers. Some, such as "super jumping," are discouraged, but since strictly speaking they are minor glitches useably by everyone, it is not deemed illegal. Finally we have modding and standbying. These are blatent disregard for the game and ruin game play for everyone, thus their use is grounds for instant banning. The main differnce between these two games is the target age. Regardless of how many older people play it, rs is targeted at, and primarily played by children. Halo on the other hand is supposed to be played only by people over 17. This alows bungie to be much more liberal on their rules, where as jagex must keep their game fair for the younger players. It is my personal oppinion that we should all give jagex a pat on the back for keeping such carfull track of a game played by millions.

Hey look on the bright side, at least we would finnaly find out how much money there is in the game :D