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Durial32 - complete boss. 6/6/6 massacre.
Zezima - self explanatory.
N0valyfe - probably started the stupid trend of "efficiency", but a great player nonetheless.
Cursed You - great staker.
I Mahatma I, 3 Hit U, Sparc Mac, Kids Ranqe - famous pkers.
Duke Freedom, Chessy018 - Rich beyond belief.
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It'd be nice if clans or rouges (Individuals) could launch attacks on other clan citadels, IMO, that'd be absolutely awesome
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Can anyone let me know how much phats go for nowadays?
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You got owned lmfao
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Zezima, Durial321, Elvemage, and Sparc Mac without a doubt.
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Bots really don't bother me that much. I'd pay quite a lot of money though to see all of the "How do we get rid of bots" and "Look what bots are doing now!" and "Hey look I found a bot!" threads go away.
QFT
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No offense, youd have to be the sickest loser to even attempt this lol
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For those who remember him:
He used to be second overall after zezima right? Then he passed away, which is ironic because that guy in the pic is saying it :mellow:
That was back when there were only 3 Zezimas (I use his name synonymously with maxed players): Zezima, The Old Nite, and N0valyfe. Poor guy. He maxed his stats before construction came out. Then N0valyfe briefly overtook Zezima as number one for two weeks. Then hunter came out, and N0valyfe stopped playing and Zezima took the number one spot again, only to lose it forever when summoning came out.
2006, good times. Rares were stagnating alarmingly, Duke Freedom was in full operation, Leesters was still around, and Muggiwhplar wasn't banned yet.
2006 was the best... By far my favourite year in RuneScape.. And that screenshot is kind of creepy tbh o_O
Haha, yea, and theres lots of stuff going on in just 5 lines of chat. I also remember seeing Duke Freedom's bank picture, it was :shock:
omg this was the golden age of runescape. i miss it. :( good times.
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Shouldn't even be opened. I don't open any emails regarding runescape period. It's pointless, and it's not as if you couldn't find whatever they're trying to tell you on the website anyway.
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Can other clans pillage and invade other citadels?
Can citadels be visited by guests?
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I seem to have to say it everytime, it's getting old.
Qft. Just stop whining. They won't go away.
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Bots, imo, lower prices so I dont really care about them. Ill report them if they get in my way, but otherwise more power to them
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Many players stance towards Jagex progress in the game in relation towards working together wholly to stop bots has been a big issue rose up in every Runescape community. Whether or not Jagex should halt their actual content update and put 110% effort into their bot stopping research is what a good portion of the community seems to be screaming for out of Jagex. The issue I see is that Jagex understands that there will always be botters in a way most players do not. I fail to believe that Jagex isn't looking for ways to deal with these abusive programs and players, though, but in doing so effectively its going to take some time and probably some cooperation that most players will not be willing to cooperate in and I'll explain that later. To give you an understanding of what a bot looks for in the game and use let me give you a few variables:
Variable #1: The game uses a coordinate system exactly the same to how clue scrolls work and every square on the map has a grid number. If you've played Runescape since the early days of RSC then you would definitely know that the jmods back in the day had a system available only to them where they could "teleport" to any location on the world map simply by entering a command phrase and the coordinates.
Variable #2: Each and every piece of content has a code number. That means a monkfish, the chair in the bank, your house altar, the grand exchange clerk, and the walls of the bank all have codes. What bots use in their programs are player side model identifiers using the model numbers. An example of how Jagex accidentally messed up botters with models and their numbers was during an update when they changed the models of the operating winch to go down into the living rock caverns. Bot programs can look up and render the models and know where to click by looking them up by their model numbers. Due to Jagex either changing this particular model bots got caught up in a misunderstanding of how to handle that particular model.
Variable #3: Everything that a bot needs is literally sent to your computer and stored in an encrypted file that is updated every time Jagex updates their servers. Because of this it makes it much easier for bot makers to correct their programs after updates. The only thing Jagex has done for this is threaten to use legal action through patents and claims of intellectual property, but this does little to actually prevent the bot makers from distributing their program. Jagex pay tear down sites, but in reality theyll just create another and keep distributing.
The real issue to botting, being the head of the beast, is really that Jagex has made runescape information mostly player side due to it being a browser-based game. So if Jagex wanted to proverbially cut the head off the beast it wouldnt be to take legal action against bot makers. That would be similar to cutting off the hydras heads, but not burning the stumps. Jagex needs to burn the stumps of the wound by making their game completely server side. To further boost their protection they could implement something similar to how World of Warcraft monitors bot usage. WoW uses a program called Warden that scans your computer for spyware programs (bot programs classify as spyware). I suppose Jagex could work on creating a way for players to access server side information through a client that has such a program running alongside it.
An issue Ive noticed the community has with handling this problem is that more often than not players do more complaining on Jagex way of handling the situation. Instead I believe we should be trying to work together to find a better foothold on how to help the community to understand how Jagex should be trying to correct the issue. By that I mean how Jagex could be controlling the variables mentioned. If we could get the community to understand how the bots work then we would at the very least have a legitimate reason to being angry with Jagex for not upping the ante on handling the botting issue. Should Jagex actually take in what Ive said here and gave players the option to play on a closed client I would be supportive and join in using it.
If anyone who is knowledgeable in creating these types of anti-botting software and Jagex capabilities to replicating their own feel free to contribute to the conversation.
ARE YOU KIDDING? Thats just crazy, you're out of your mind, not that many people.
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I won fyi ^.^
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They should make these clan citadels invadeable
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He seems to be pretty smart. Acting effectively to protect his own interests. I don't really understand this thread. It should probably have been put under that 'grr i died this is how' or whatever thread
QFT
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I think it's because these high level bots are guarranteed to cotinue paying for membership that Jagex doesnt take action against them. In all honesty, it makes a great deal of sesnse
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It simply means that Jagex truly cares and takes into account what you have written in your appeal seriously, carefully, and meticulously.
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idgaf bots lower prices
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I don't regret voting yes. Runescape is the best it has been in years.
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obama got osama, whaddup
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Well, Im running for president at my school and I want to know if any of you have any good ieas on how to win? Anything youve seen work for people when you were in highschool or at high school now? Anything thats helpful would be awesome
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Definitely the Golden Age of RS, 04-06