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Yeah it's very clearly expressed in the rules: http://services.runescape.com/m=rswiki/en/Rules_of_RuneScape#Honour You always bring this up as though it's some excuse for cheating. But it isn't.

That would be pretty much impossible to tell. But if, say, someone in Canada used an account, and then someone in, say, Australia used it within a couple of hours of the user in Canada logging off the same account, then I'd say that is a pretty obvious example of account sharing. However, I wouldn't think you'd need to be that far apart in order for Jagex to tell the account is being shared. :rolleyes: Couldn't they just use proxies? I mean if they're sharing a maxed account, likely with hundreds of millions at least, I'd think they'd take basic precautions. Your avatar is totally hypnotic ... :blink: :wub: I suppose they could, and some probably do - but at present it doesn't appear that Jagex is really chasing down people who are account sharing, no matter how obvious ti may have become, in some cases. It isn't the flavour of the month at the moment ...

That would be pretty much impossible to tell. But if, say, someone in Canada used an account, and then someone in, say, Australia used it within a couple of hours of the user in Canada logging off the same account, then I'd say that is a pretty obvious example of account sharing. However, I wouldn't think you'd need to be that far apart in order for Jagex to tell the account is being shared. :rolleyes:

Frankly, I'm not surprised at all. This. This so much. I did know a few of them and didn't know they botted though. Do any of them use tif? I know one who did. I'm extremely glad he's banned. FYI – you don’t need to bot to max your account and still break the rules. There are accounts that also operate under an account-sharing scheme to achieve the same thing which is, likewise, against the rules. It will be nice to see Jagex ban those accounts, as well.

No I don't But you would if you could ... |^_^| On Topic +1 - on the subject to selling off a D pick after getting 99 mining - this is exactly what I did. I did the same with my D hatchet after I got 99 woodcutting. Of course, somewhere along the way I obtained an adze, so I felt having the two other items to be somewhat redundant. That said, I acknowledge that the D pick is superior to the adze -- I've just no real use for it now, except when mining my daily star, for which the adze is adequate ...

Waaaaay back when the Dragon Hatchet first came out, I bought one for 3.1M which, at that time, was a fair amount of cash. Anyways, I didn't have the damn thing more than an hour when the head of it came off and I disconnected simultaneously - lost the damn axe head and was stuck with an axe handle that had no use whatsoever. I was SO ticked. :angry:

They're all identical at icon size. All it did was chew up your bank space for no reason. Baffling why they would do it in the first place, really. Obvious answer is obvious: to sell more Bank Boosters from Solomon's General Store , of course ... <_<

I've lost count of the number of times someone has come up to me, out of the blue, unsolicited, and has offered me a "trade" -- only to put up a cooked chicken and a watermelon. :rolleyes:

As I said – in my experience, it appears that most of the muting results from using terminology and URLS relating to RWT and gambling …

Let’s not mince words. Dungeoneering isn’t a skill. It’s an abortion. And yes, I am aware at how offensive that word is, but it is the most apt description that comes to mind. They had an idea for a game that they could sell over another media outlet and, when that media outlet failed, instead of tossing all that programming and development into the scrap-heap, they simply grabbed whatever remnants they could manage to scrape together and tacked it onto Runescape. That is not to say that it doesn’t have its appeal. But it is to say that, had they used a little patience, imagination and foresight, they could have probably found a much better way to add the principle aspects of Dungeoneering to the main game that would have been far more inclusive, beneficial and useful to everyone. Hopefully, Divination is a bona fide skill. Indications are that it’s supposed to be. So let’s hope so.

The auto-mute system already in effect mutes you if you use “certain phrases” – even if you’re in PM’s, Friends Chat or Clan Chat – and most of those phrases deal with terms relating to real world trading and gambling. In my experience, I’ve found that it’s a “delicate” system, and by that I mean it’s got a “hair trigger”. Any phrase that looks similar to one that’s in the auto-mute data-base sets it off. <_<

Tbh all those things were op and needed a nerf anyway Ya know - I dunno ... Sometimes I wonder if these initial set ups which are over-powered and the subsequential nerfs aren’t deliberate. It seems to me that they happen with all too much frequency to be accidental or a result of incompetence. Ya know? :huh: Perhaps, they do this as a means of introducing certain content with the hope that they can make it so appealing (“the bait”) that they hope to get people hooked on it and, after they nerf it, people will continue to play it because they’re addicted to the content? :unsure: Then again maybe I’m giving Jagex too much credit? :lol:

Wait! What? Did they change effigy rates again? Who? When? What's the poo on the best droppers and methods please?

Someone in the Jagex Art Department has really fallen in love with that bluish glow, haven’t they? :lol:

Re: Forging Ahead: Personally, I find it odd that you need to do certain quests to wear a Rune Platebody and wield a dragon square shield, but you don’t need to do any quests to wear some of the better armours available out there. :huh: I wrote an article for TIP IT TIMES some time ago in which I expressed at that time about what, I felt, was a clearly lost opportunity to re-vamp mining and smithing (among other skills), when they chose to introduce Dungeoneering as a stand-alone skill. Right there is an entire scale of new metals to be obtained and forged. Even now, I’d highly doubt that it’d take much to integrate these metals into the main game. All you’d need is to set up some resource dungeons and have at it …

I'd like to see the Oilers return to the "glory days" - and they certainly have the future talent-base with which to do it. All they need is more solid goaltending and one or two defencemen. It will be interesting to see how they proceed. They have solid prospects but it takes so long for goalies and defencemen to mature in the NHL. Honestly, Detroit is amazing in how they've built that team and maintained it over the years. Someone over there has got his head on straight. I dunno who it is, but he should be well paid. When the playoffs started, I was figuring on a Pittsburgh/Chicago final. That said, as of right now, with no games played as between the final four, I am leaning more towards a PIT/LA final. The Bruins are still hurting on defence and, as good as Rask can be some nights, I don't see him as being able to withstand the onslaught that Pittsburgh can put up. I don't think Vokoun is gonna be a game stopper, but with that offence in front of him, all he has to do is not allow more than 3 goals a game and he should be a winner. Chicago’s performance against Detroit showed some real holes in their offensive game. They’re not bringing it to the net in the way they need to be and if they don’t start bringing it, they’re not going to beat Quick more than once or twice a night. Crawford is probably good enough to hold LA to two goals against on any given night, so Chicago’s gotta get three a night to win consistently.

The very first assassin event I did, the first four clues were "The target is wearing a hat. That should narrow it down." There was only one guy who wasn't wearing a hat. Then the fifth clue was "The target is not wearing a hat." I legitimately thought it was supposed to be a joke. Honestly, given the number of available targets and the pointlessness of their clues, I simply click on every available target until someone finally dies ... :rolleyes:

Ah yes - YOU are one of the other people here who read OOTS! :lol: No wonder you're so awesome! :wub: I got the Maces and the Swords last night from SOF - not bad looking IMO but utterly useless for actual combat, which is as it should be. However, for the hell of it I decided to use the maces for a portion of one my god emissaries combat tasks and there was, I believe, an entirely new (to me at least) set of graphics employed for the combat itself. It seemed to me that I was swinging more frequently and consistently. Not sure if it's just me, or I was maybe just seeing things, but it looked a lot different to me at the time. :unsure: I have said this over and over lately: Jagex has got too much Catholic on the brain. The "One Piercing Note" quest felt painfully Anglican to me in particular. Other elements of the game reminded me of what little I had learned concerning British neopaganism and current atheistic sentiments. Maybe this is a British thing, because I intend no disrespect to my Catholic, pagan, atheist and agnostic friends. I mean more to say that I wish Jagex would lighten it up a little, to allow the player community to interpret things, and not push boring political and religious stereotypes. back on immediate topic-- yes, I'm loving the exquisite spear and may well purchase a keepsake box to have it be a part of my islander look. To be sure, it seems that, over the past couple of years (if it has been that long), Jagex has been bound and determined to show "the other side" of the Saradomin coin, as it were. We've seen a lot more negative aspects of Saradomin and his followers than we ever saw before. In particular, the recent interviews that one gets with the Missionary in POP come to my mind. While I was never really a fan of Saradomin before, aside from the obviously “fashionista” aspects of some of the Sara-related gear, of course, I have found this uglier side of Saradomin to be most distasteful. I dunno – maybe I am falling for the “desire effect” … :unsure:

Jagex knows their PMods aren't a suitable guarantee of a safe gaming experience; that's why you agree when playing to use their built in functions (ignore list, report abuse) when faced with a dangerous or potentially harmful situation. Also, I'll just add that I used to be a kicking rank within one of the penguin FCs that you mentioned. At no time were we crippled due to a lack of in-game muting abilities among the chat. We took full responsibility of protecting the chat, often communicating between ourselves as ranks to make sure there was someone (if only idling) in the chat at all times. In my opinion, it is the group coordinating the service, who holds the responsibility of keeping that chat safe. If they don't, everyone is free to find another service. There is no applicable need for PMods to use that service for the purpose of serving as a moderator. If anything, their ability would usurp those serving as leaders in the chat, oftentimes causing more confusion. (I was accidentally muted by a PMod while kicking mass-spammers from a penguin chat. But that's a story for a different day. :? ) All in all, we players have the ability to protect ourselves from harmful content, and we are expected to do so (as per reading the T&Cs). There is no need for PMods, they are merely a sour convenience. Again, it is abundantly clear that the systems now in place have rendered the current role of the Player Moderator, as it now exists, obsolete. Additionally, among the issues we also need to take into account is that, when these people were engaged to undertake the current role of Player Moderator, it was under considerably different terms and conditions than exist now. Simply re-assigning those same people to a different role isn’t necessarily a good idea, as it is likely that a considerable percentage of them would not be suitable to that new assignment, whatever it may be. You cannot simply assume that one-size-fits-all in such circumstances. Altogether, it is better to scrap the lot and, if necessary, create an entirely new role with new criteria for recruitment. However, I really don’t foresee any need for such player involvement in the future. While everything is not necessarily well in hand, it’s at least beyond the point where we need a hierarchy of player involvement to enhance our gameplay.

It's not an official alignment, but it's a lot like Lawful Anal in that everyone plays it anyway. :twss: Oh no you didn't ... :eek: :D

Okay -- this pretty much sums it up for me, and it's precisely the reason why I'm siding with Zaros. Nex armours, Ancient curses, Ancient Magicks – Zaros brings it all into play and provides the most benefit for the individual player in my opinion. Okay - I am no expert on Dungeons & Dragons and the alignments therein, but I am pretty sure that there's no such alignment as "Chaotic Dickass". :huh: Just sayin' - I haven't looked it up to check or anything. Just pretty sure ... :lol:

Detroit is insanely well-coached, well-organized and well-funded. They have been and shall remain a dominant force in hockey for years to come. If there is anything that the Red Wings know about, it’s winning-- and winning in the playoffs especially. They are the very model of a great hockey organization – perhaps even a great professional sports organization. So - ok - final four match ups. Any predictions? What's the chances for an original six match up in the Stanley Cup final?

Inasmuch as some people simply cannot separate themselves from the discussion and avoid making ad hominem attacks, I will simply ignore them for the time-being. Are we still talking about Jagex here? Did you gloss over the words “… ntil they change them …”? :lol: Basically, what you’re saying is that you want PMods to remain in the game so that you have your own private “muting” service at your beck and call. Which is absurd. It’s not Jagex’s responsibility to assign individuals a suitable rank to protect your tender feelings. Clearly the fault here lies with the operator of the “chat” options made available to them. It’s very easy to manipulate the chat options to allow certain individuals of specific ranks the option to remove disruptive people from within the chat. If there is no one of specific rank to do so at any given time, then it’s up to the chat operator to ensure that such arrangements are made. Adjusting ranks and their responsibilities, or making appointments from a wider range of people will allow better control of the situation. When I was a member of the PCE Clan, the admins went to great lengths to make sure that they had people of sufficient rank living in specific geographic regions to allow round the clock maintenance of the clan chat. When I ran Team Walmart, I arranged for the same thing. Of course, not every clan can do that. However, limiting access to the chat to only certain individuals and/or limiting certain ranks to be allowed to speak in chat are some of the other options available in dealing with such situations. Honestly, it takes only a few moments to learn how to amend the chat options. It’s rather silly that I have to point this out to anyone. That said, if it was deemed necessary (and I am in no way saying that it is), it could probably be adequately lobbied to Jagex, through the forums, to add additional ways to modify the options of the chat system, as it exists now, so as to allow for even more moderation therein by its registered members. Who knows? Perhaps a voting system, wherein a certain percentage of people with sufficient rank within the chat, could be implemented into chats that would allow registered members of the chat community the power to vote to remove certain individuals from the chat. Honestly, these are common sense solutions, they're not difficult to enforce, and they only go to further illustrate how the current environment has now evolved to the point where PMods no longer serve any useful function in game.

Tsk. Tsk. Tsk - ad hominem attacks? Really? Wow. So hurtful. I nearly shed a tear. Numerous indicators have been provided that demonstrate how and why the PMod role has met it's life-expectancy limit. Do you feel so threatened that YOU'RE in need of so much extra protection? You indicate as much, but I doubt it. Is it perhaps that you covet the role of PMod for yourself? Possibly. Or perhaps this is just more automated nay-saying because it's me. Would you be so fast to take a contrary position if it was someone else who proposed it? You've made numerous attacks against me personally here. Weakly veiled but attacks nonetheless. You've ignored the rest of the comments on this thread and only come after me. In any event, the automated systems are more than sufficient for anyone's purposes in dealing with "offenders". Of course, my own sensitivities aren't as easily offended as some other's, but it's pretty safe to say that, outside of someone going after a "pound of flesh", the simple matter of reporting someone and putting them on ignore should be more than enough for every player to avoid difficulty. Really - any further desire to exact some measure of revenge or punishment on another party in game other than that, is really just mean-spirited, in my opinion. Report. Ignore. Get on with life. See? Easy peasy. Additionally, Jagex has made it abundantly clear, at every turn, that they're not interested in how players "interpret the rules". They've got their own guidelines and they stick to them. Until they change them. If these are the roles that you're proposing the PMod fulfill, then clearly neither of which are relevant to the game any longer.

I suppose that's true now. But in the days before he was stabbed by Zamorak, I think he wanted to control Gielinor and be seen as the rightful ruler of all civilization, which is similar to what Saradomin wants. I can imagine Saradomin and Zaros being at odds with each other, because neither are explicitly good or evil and they want similar things (singular rule). @Kramp: Basically because he's not a serious god. He's in the same category as Brassica Prime. Wait. What? Brassica Prime isn't a serious god?!?!? :o