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Belongs in Help & Advice. Also: http://services.runescape.com/m=news/c=5Ul4Hwn7uaA/squeal-of-fortune-training-material-packs

Obviously they announce this the day after I sell off 100M worth of raw materials. Jagex always had the best timing. Guess I'll spend the day crafting.

There is no news. It's pretty much guarenteed that they won't come out until the bot situation is taken care of, which they seem to keep pushing back.

Saw the dwarven warsuit ingame today. Looks alright, but not good enough to be worth the $40-50.

Spent the last 3 hours sitting at the Lumby loadstone reporting goldfarmers that were transfering GP to a mule. Finally decided to send Jagex a message. The result: Wish I had though of that sooner -.- He only took care of the mule, but still worth it. Also managed to lure the mule by requesting a trade and then running. Got it to that tree that attacks you near Draynor Mannor. It died but I forgot that GP is kept on death :(. Also, when it was away from the loadstone too long it tele'd home and kept transfering. Silly RWTers.

Under the noticeboard tab 2 to the left.

Ran into this sight today. Not sure what to make of it... they all have the same name 'family' so they don't seem to be RWT spambots. They also aren't saying anything, and Botwatch hasn't killed them yet. So strange...

Jagex: Sorry folks, due to recent global warming, sea levels have risen and inundated Priffdinas as well as the Eastern Lands. All the inhabitants perished and the cities will never be shown.

So now rares aren't just for skilling and bankstanding, but also combat. If anything I think they'll rise modestly because the rich PvMers can have funtionality as well as fashion.

Discussion about this update belongs in the specific update thread found here: forum.tip.it/topic/314603-botany-bay-ozan-quest-double-bill-sept-26th-2012/ Or you could post this commentary in the Runescape Media subforum found here: forum.tip.it/forum/242-runescape-media/

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So instead of paying for the album, buy songs individually and use Youtube on the rare times you want to listen to the whole album. #15 - Internet: Like phones, this is a neccesity for our modern world. You can get cheap internet, but if you cancel your TV and such, you will need decent internet.

I recently came across a spambot saying that it's going online soon, but I've never bothered to check.

I built a computer a while back. I haven't tried any real gaming on it yet (I keep meaning to, but always forget) but my brother says it's as good as his PC and he plays Skyrim and Crysis a lot. Here are parts I used (without the cosmetic extras, and a cheaper case you could get it down to $1200); I bought it from NCIX.ca. I don't know how it compares to TigerDirect, but it does have a price match option that you only have to provide a URL to use.

I Googled Movellas and it seems to be a real online writing community, so I would think the link would be safe (though I haven't tried it). This is posted in the wrong forum though.

Did you report it? Ever since botwatch went live, I haven't seen a spambot last more than 10 minutes, averaging closer to 5.

Well, they did say that the rewards would be as good as if you had spent that time doing the best possible activity at your level. So I'm guessing that in Jagex's mind, doing a F1C6 takes the same time as doing the highest floor you can, with a full party, and clearing all the rooms, and they just want to make it up to you and give you that exp that you would have normally gained. Because we all know, the most efficient dungeoneers clear the floor completely 100%.

Yeah, I meant to say that they left a blank icon behind when moving quests to the new tab.

Especially if they're still students. I don't know about other places, but I get a massive percentage back (I'm thinking close to all of it) simply because I'm a student. You're missing the point. There is a vast difference between "tax evasion" and "money laundering the proceeds of crime". If you receive income and don't claim it, that is tax evasion. If you put money into numerous different bank accounts and hide it from taxing authorities in order to make it difficult for them to track it, including setting up various accounts under false names, or the names of other people, that is money laundering -- and the penalties for money laundering are quite extensive. If you're money laundering, they don't simply send you a notice and ask you to pay it. They collect evidence of what you've done, get a court order and arrest your ass and throw it in jail ... My comment was to his last point. We've been going on the assumption that these RWTers don't claim their income but they very well may. And if they do claim it, they can get large portions of those paid taxes back through various means.

Is it just me, or is something missing?

From what I gather from the latest LiveStream, throw-away accounts that are caught autospamming will be instantly perm banned. Any 'legit' players who are caught autospamming will recieve a strike. 3 strikes: you're out.

Especially if they're still students. I don't know about other places, but I get a massive percentage back (I'm thinking close to all of it) simply because I'm a student.

I don't know what you consider to be 'a long time' but most of the ones I've seen are gone within 5 minutes. That's not as good as instant, no, but it takes at least a little time to gather evidence and run all the necessary checks.

Yeah, I saw 2 spambots explode. I don't have vid software, but I'll try to screeny one.

Haven't been keeping up with the campain since the National Conventions, but a friend just posted this to facebook and I thought I'd post it here; http://www.bloomberg...e-election.html The original source has far more information; http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/09/secret-video-romney-private-fundraiser

I've realized that too. I'm a Pmod and I log on every day to mute all the spambots in my homeworld (7), and I find it interesting to see the trends of rises and falls of both the prices that RWTers charge and the number of spambots. Ever since the gold dupe, the spambots have become very agressive moving to the individual GE stalls more instead of sitting in the entrance. I think it's because they have an excess of GP that they feel they need to get rid of, because the more you hold, the more likely it is that any bans will take out significant stocks. I'm waiting very intently on the spambot nuke that Jagex promised us in this months BTS. Though, like you, I have noticed a lot of already-muted spambots standing there. I don't know if it's another PMod getting to them first, or Jagex's system. All I know is that there are enough that get through that I hope this isn't the magical solution Jagex claimed to have.