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So many high skills for a f2p...Congratulations on those recent levels-up! Keep it going, Sonic!

This pretty much concludes what I feel too. And a lot of my friends too. I'm not addicted to the game, but perhaps I should play less than I do :P

This sounds good to me, even though I would probably not listen. 7 Pm EST is like 1 am here in Sweden...

It is a new equipment slot for a new type of items called Auras. These new items are a reward from the Member's Loyalty Program. You can read more about this latest update by clicking on this link.

I sniped someone today...It was such a common name it simply MUST be a tip.iter, right? (he partly hides behind the namesign btw)

Finally :). Can't wait to get one of those auras :)

Another good edition of the Times. I agree completely with the ethics article. As the authour states in this article, one of the biggest problem is that so many people doesn't care about bots. I can admit that sometimes I skip reporting bots, because they're simply too many or because I have already reported the same bot over 9000 times before (it feels like that anyway). But we can't give up the fight against the bots. We need to keep reporting and need to keep taking this discussion. It's great to see that the Times shine light upon this. Good work!

I loved the Bot Bot. Awesome. Botting for bots? That would be awesome to see :P

This is something I have noticed sometimes too. The same high-level player (actually bot) who I have reported multiple times still just keeps playing. Jagex really needs to get better at banning bots.

Very nice :) Congratulations on 99 Prayer!

You're doing some very nice progress. 98 summoning is very impressive, even without DIY. Keep it up :)

Keep going forward, Norway nub :)

Welcome to Blogscape :). DIY is a nice way to play the game, and I am impressed by those playing the game in this way. Good luck with your goals!

Emma Watson is Hermonie in Harry Potter, right? Anyway, beautiful she is :D

Very nice slaying you have been doing. And those drops make me jealous :P

Congratulations on those nice woodcutting levels. Not long to go now...Good luck!

I'm looking forward to this update very much now :D

You're doing some very nice progress. I love the many nice skilling icons and the "Daily progress" posts of yours. Keep it up and good luck :)

I agree with you partly on that, langer. Botting is common in the game, in my opinion way too common. And even though we haven't got any exact numbers of botters, it might very well be that, as you say, "a major part of the community is already botting a great portion of the game.". But to change the game so that botting becomes legal will have much bigger effects on the game than what you put forward in your post. Most legit players don't bot because they think it is "too risky", but instead because it is actually wrong, in their opinion. This have probably already proven itself, since Jagex now seems to take less action to stop botters (as I stated in my previous post as well). If they wanted to bot, they would most likely already be doing so. Also, as I previously mentioned, if botting was made legal in the game it would change RuneScape in a way that I believe would make it much easier. Too easy. Like most games, Runescape survives on it being a challenge, a challenge that it is fun for the player to step up to.

I completely agree with this. The P mods needs to be careful, and can't just ban those that looks like bots. They need to be bots. Even though that I can agree with some previous posters that "sweeps" to get rid of lots of bots at the same time would be a great idea. Perhaps organizing these "sweeps" as events would be a good idea? They already do that... Well, make them more common then :P

Very nice :). Go get those final levels! 10/10

To accept the many bots in Runescape and argument for the removal of the rules that says that bots are not to be used in the game would not make the game any better. I can understand your arguments and why you think this might be a good idea. But really, if Jagex was to let everyone use bots it would have huge consequences. There are two main reasons to this opinion of mine: 1. It would not make the game more fair, but instead more unfair. This since it would still be those most experienced with bots and those who can pay for the best botting programs (for it would surely be a market for this if botting was to be legal in Runescape) would also be the one that would get the most money and most level-ups. 2. The main reason to why I am against bot is that it makes the game too easy. And if something is too easy, it isn't fun anymore. If bots were to become legal it would make the game provide no challenge anymore. You could simply turn on your computer, start Runescape, run your botting program, wait and do something completely else, and without having put in more effort than so get any level or any amount of money you wanted. This is to destroy what the game is much about: accepting the challenge of skilling or moneymaking. A lot of players play this game just because of that they find it challenging, and because of that they find it fun to complete the goals they set for themselves (without the helps of bots!). The game is built so that you can, and should, enjoy it the most without bots. Or why do we else have skill- and milestone-capes? To argue for a legalization of botting by saying that "Bots were always there and will always be there" is just a way to say that just because people will keep doing bad things, we shouldn't try to stop them from doing so. And though I can agree with you on that some tasks in the game are repetitive, they can't be called a chore. If you see skilling/moneymaking/whatever in this game as a chore, you should re-think about the reasons why you play this game. You also write that "A fansite should help players achieve their goals in everyway possible...". Tip.It is one of the biggest fansites there is for Runescape, and we have lots of guides and tips on here. But we won't post botting guides here. It's against the rules, and as stated by previous posters, the majority of players are also against botting overall. Finally, I have to say that I agree with you about one thing: Jagex have started slacking in the bot-banning. But never that this would be reason enough for us to accept the bots in Runescape. No, we need to do the opposite: To protest and make our voices heard so that Jagex knows that they need to take care of the botting problem that we have in this game.

Very nice collection of runes. I am impressed by your fiancée's runecrafting skill. Have she got lvl 99 yet :D ?

Congratulations on 99 Summoning! An awesome 99 :D !

So many nice level-ups...Awesome :)