Blyaunte
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Tell me, if the account sharing is done from the SAME computer, how can they tell it is being shared? Assume that all the account users don't outright say "i share this account"
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 ...
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Tell me, if the account sharing is done from the SAME computer, how can they tell it is being shared? Assume that all the account users don't outright say "i share this account"
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:
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I'm actually suprised that there are that many high level people who broke the rules.
Frankly, I'm not surprised at all.
Hahaha, this is an amazing surprise. Some players on there that I'm really glad are banned from the game.
SWEET, SWEET JUSTICE.
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.
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Seems with this update things actually poison you again. Saradomin Mages poison you for a maximum of 11 LP
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 ...
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Who died and lost his axe/pick? Nobody.
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.
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What's wrong with 17 different looking bones, that's kinda neat or were it actually 17 seperate items in your bank?
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 ... <_<
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Words aren't insulting - even vulgar ones - but virtually anything can be used to insult.
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:
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What exactly are they getting banned for?
Probably, circumventing the filter system so those that have it on still have to suffer the indignity of morons.
As I said – in my experience, it appears that most of the muting results from using terminology and URLS relating to RWT and gambling …
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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.
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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. <_<
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I was a day off 99 Cons... I put off doing today's Warbands just after the reset (like I would usually) because I wanted to sleep...
Dunno if it'll be dead content or not now.
Still... RIP everything it seems. Blood Spells, Warbands, Soul Split, Maging Bandos and Sara... Wow... Just wow.
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:
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Undoubtably they will "fix" it again in 6-9 months time realising we're all effigyscaping to train instead of training using the "legit" (and/or SoF) methods.
Wait! What? Did they change effigy rates again?
Who? When?
What's the poo on the best droppers and methods please?
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Dear God.
[spoiler=Ascension Dungeon Spoiler]
Someone in the Jagex Art Department has really fallen in love with that bluish glow, haven’t they? :lol:
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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 …
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I was mentioning this to my dad the last time I was over watching hockey, since I'm an Oilers fan, I said whatever Detroit is doing with their prospects, Edmonton needs to take a page out of their book and develop all of these young players the right way.
As far as the final four are concerned, I would like to see a Penguins vs Hawks final just because it would be very run and gun style of play. Also the first time in 60-some odd years I think to be the last 4 cup winners facing each other in the conference finals.
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.
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Is it worth having assassins tell you that their target has a hat, when everybody in the port has a hat?
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:
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[spoiler=What? It's an actual thing]
Ah yes - YOU are one of the other people here who read OOTS! :lol:
No wonder you're so awesome! :wub:
The new Exquisite weapons from the SoF look amazing. Neat for them to create some weapons specifically designed to be keepsake'd.
All weapons are Level 10, but can be changed via a right click option into 20, 30, or 40. (Like the other SoF weaponry)
[spoiler=Dual Maces]
[spoiler=Dual Battleaxes]
[spoiler=Spear]
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.
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Saradomin - Basically a mockery of the Catholic church. He has goals (were they ever revealed?) that he will do anything to achieve. My guess is that he wants to be the only god so that he doesn't have to share power. Mortals are merely pawns to him, he doesn't see them as living beings like himself. He will lie to them, cheat them, and abuse them for the sake of his goal.
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:
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I respect that there are vulnerable players out there. However, there comes a time when those players need to see that the internet has scary things on it. Trying to hide that ... it's only going to lead to a worse situation later on. At least this is only a game; what happens when they move into more "important" (loosely used) things? I'd rather they experience these facets of the internet here, where there's little potential for harm, rather than the "real world" side of the internet.
I'll include this tid bit here, quoted directly from the RuneScape Terms & Conditions.
6. Safety and abuseBefore using any Jagex Product you should read Heath and Safety information and Safety and Security information. Parents of those under 18 should also review this information.
We are under no obligation to (and do not) monitor User Content. You should be aware of the potential risks of using a service which includes extensive User Content. User Content may be inaccurate, out of date or otherwise inappropriate. We cannot guarantee that users will comply with our terms and conditions, rules or otherwise behave appropriately. You should not assume that a person is who he or she claims to be. In your own interests, you should not attempt to contact any other user outside a Jagex Product.
If you are the victim of offensive or inappropriate behaviour or receive any other unwanted communications, you should use the built-in blocking facilities (as detailed in the Chatting and staying safe online section) to block the messages. You should report all inappropriate behaviour to us via the in game "Report abuse" button as well as seeking appropriate external help, for example from parents or law enforcement authorities. If you continue to suffer problems, or are not satisfied, then you must stop using the relevant Jagex Product(s).
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.
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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 ...
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:
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Zaros by far provides the most benefit to the player. Also with Azzanadra, Wahisietel, Nex and Char, many of the most interesting and powerful characters we've met in game are on the Zarosian side. Your character has a lot of history with some of the Zarosians, (bit awkward if you've killed Nex a few hundred times, but hey) so that side is the one I am most invested in and will follow. In addition, the way he rules as the Empty Lord, by controlling and acting through others and not directly influencing matters himself is much more preferable to me than having an extremely potent almost immortal god wading around RS doing whatever he/she likes.
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.
I'll take a shot.
Saradomin - Lawful Good
Saradominism is all about fighting for the greater good. The majority of his followers are law-abiding, upstanding do-gooders, but he does have some "fanatics" under his flag. His following must have a few misinterpretations with their holy texts (remind you of something?) that causes this extremism. Saradomin himself is a bit more of a mystery. He's said a few contradictory things (claims to have created Gielinor) and seems to have a rather big ego. All in all he seems to be a good guy, albeit a bit dickish.
Armadyl - Lawful Good
It's mostly the same case with Saradominism (lawful, greater good etc.), except there aren't any fanatics. Maybe it's because Armadyl's texts and philosophies are more straightforward and morally sound, or his following is so obscure that the crazies haven't had a chance to propagate. Armadyl's beliefs are made crystal clear, and it's almost certain he has no ulterior motives.
Guthix - Neutral of course
Not much to say here. Guthix is (was) all about balance and nature. He believed there should be a natural order to all things.
Bandos - Chaotic Neutral
Bandos isn't evil. What he does may seem twisted and fiendish, but it's all means for a single-minded end. WARRR! He doesn't even seem to see the difference between good and evil. Maybe he does, but he doesn't care. He just wants his followers to smash everything. His followers are simple and they respect strength above all else. They don't have any complicated beliefs or morals, they just want to smash.
Seren - Neutral Good
We don't know very much about Seren, but we do know she loves her elven followers above all else. She and her followers hid away in the elven forests to avoid the many wars of early history, so it's clear they don't like fighting. When Guthix requests she leaves in line with the Edicts, she instead breaks herself into million of tiny crystals so she can be with her beloved elves forever. She still resides in the woods, but her power is diminished due to her being in millions of tiny pieces.
Zamorak - Chaotic Evil
It's clear that Zamorak is evil, or at least his followers are. They kill and take and sin and destroy and think only of themselves. Zamorak teaches strength through adversity. Chaos brings out the strength in people. Civilization stagnates without strife. He doesn't care for the weak. He completely disregards them in favor of the strong. Unlike Bandos, Zamorak and his followers understand morals, and understand what they're doing is wrong.
Zaros - Indeterminate
We know next to nothing about Zaros. We have no texts, no stories, nothing. We know at least that some of his followers are pretty bro (Azzandra, Ali the Wise) but they don't explain exactly what Zaros is all about. All we know is Zaros is the strongest of the gods, next to the Elder Gods in power, and that he likes purple. Anyone who says they know what Zaros is all about is deluding themselves, or perhaps under some kind of mind control. Nothing ever said he even has an inkling of caring for his loyals, beyond his strongest, such as Azzandra.
Sliske - Chaotic Dickass
Conniving sneaky sunnova[bleep]. That's all we got, that's all we need. Sliske is going down.
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 ...
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That's a shame about my bracket, especially after a questionable game 6, but what a solid post-season performance from the Red Wings! In a rebuilding year with a bunch of rookies and huge cap space, they not only made the playoffs, but took down a 2nd seed and took the President's Trophy winner to overtime in game 7. Unbelievable. So proud of my hometown team :thumbsup:. Watch out, eastern conference teams, Hockeytown is alive and kicking.
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?
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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.
They've got their own guidelines and they stick to them.Are we still talking about Jagex here?
Did you gloss over the words “… ntil they change them …”? :lol:
PMods are still useful for their muting abilities. I've been in FCs and CCs where no one could kick the spammer, because and admin wasn't online, and so the spammer sat there for hours until one showed up. In that case, a PMod would still be useful and have a role to play.
Look at when I used to sell floors. Before I became admin of Sell Dung, I couldn't kick. If it was late at night, our terrible "rivals" would send spam bots into our FC advertising their FC and their prices. Sure, I could add them to my ignore, but our customers come in and see that. Do you think the customers will also ignore? No, they react with, "Freaking hell, this FC's getting spammed to shit. I'm going to [other FC]".
Sure the ignore list is there. Sure we should use it. But should we have to? Don't take this as a personal attack, simply using it as an example you can relate to, but weren't (aren't) you not allowed to curse in Team Walmart because people shouldn't have to use their chat filters? Just because the option is there, I don't want to have to fill up my ignore list if it can be solved for everyone at the click of a PMod's button. I don't want to go to DG to sell floors and get so annoyed by the spam that I have to use my ignore list. PMods are (sometimes) good at muting spam bots in popular places, such as DG worlds, and as such still have a role.
I have zero people on my ignore list and, thanks to PMods, it'll hopefully remain that way. .
However, as my posts are just repeating things I've said/suggested previously, I don't want to spam this thread and drag it off course. So, unless I think of anything else to suggest to improve PMods, I'll leave it at that. Cheers.
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.
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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.
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I disagree with your interpretation of Zaros. Saradomin wants all his followers to adore and love him as the one rightful God.
Zaros no longer has any interest in ruling over great land masses. Instead, I get the feeling he wants a closed circle of loyal allies with which to subtly control and direct events of the world without anyone knowing.
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?!?!?
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Maxed Players Banned (500m - 2.1bil total xp)
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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.