02-Mar-2010 - Cheating and Exploits

[#Free]

my friend thought he was all high and mighty because he made 700 mill and bought a red partyhat........now hes banned

[Punitive_D]

For there to be so few bans, Jagex must have been very tolerant in their definition of abuse. The banned accounts must have been really hard-core cheaters. My guess is that most (or all) of the perma bans probably were not legit accounts anyway. I'll bet that the listed "top ten" all got temporary bans.

[Mike_Ike111]

I wish I would have known about it, or I would have done it. There's nothing else to do in this game for me, I've basically quit, so why not do it. That's what I see the top players doing it for. Once you've basically milked the game for all that it's worth you might as well hit it with a bang and finish the game off. It's just the end game content a lot of those players were looking for, because they knew if they didn't they'd still be wasting there lives on the game.

 

I don't see the point in Jagex whipping out all these players and saying they are "banned" because I'm sure most of these guys were well aware of what they were doing and expected a ban. I wish my account was up on the front page like that. It would prove I've finally beat runescape, and can stop playing for once.

[Shadiochao]

Means that guy beat the 700? hour record that was stated on the web previously?

 

My friend tried to submit his to the Guiness World Records and said it was too much work because they had to personally see it for themselves to confirm it or have some other form of solid evidence, or something like that.

So that 700 person was the highest of the people who submitted their time to them and had it confirmed.

[Xx_Flare_xX]

I bet the top 10 were reeeeeeally [censored] when they found out they got permed :thumbsup:

 

Good on ya Jagex! and for the temp's I say clear out some of their banks as punishment *Evil Face goes here*

[Danqazmlp]

I wish I would have known about it, or I would have done it. There's nothing else to do in this game for me, I've basically quit, so why not do it. That's what I see the top players doing it for. Once you've basically milked the game for all that it's worth you might as well hit it with a bang and finish the game off. It's just the end game content a lot of those players were looking for, because they knew if they didn't they'd still be wasting there lives on the game.

 

I don't see the point in Jagex whipping out all these players and saying they are "banned" because I'm sure most of these guys were well aware of what they were doing and expected a ban. I wish my account was up on the front page like that. It would prove I've finally beat runescape, and can stop playing for once.

 

Or people could just leave and have the decency to let us all play without having it spoiled? Have the willpower to go away or manually lock your account.

[DaBazz]

Getting 2.1K total level in 1000 days is possible tbh...

[SirHartlar]

Good to see them banning people exploiting this, hopefully no innocent players are banned. :thumbup:

[Wachtwoord]

Damn, 1000 days. That means he spent 1/3 of his past 9 years playing rs. That's a lot...

[ilovecuttingyews]

I don't think these perm bans will be very short. My rl friend got a 1 year ban for macroing for 23 minutes (macro had a timer on it). So Jagex is pretty serious when it comes to banning.

 

I'm just happy jagex is starting to clean the scum from the pond.

[timmmmm83]

I wish I would have known about it, or I would have done it. There's nothing else to do in this game for me, I've basically quit, so why not do it. That's what I see the top players doing it for. Once you've basically milked the game for all that it's worth you might as well hit it with a bang and finish the game off. It's just the end game content a lot of those players were looking for, because they knew if they didn't they'd still be wasting there lives on the game.

 

I don't see the point in Jagex whipping out all these players and saying they are "banned" because I'm sure most of these guys were well aware of what they were doing and expected a ban. I wish my account was up on the front page like that. It would prove I've finally beat runescape, and can stop playing for once.

First:

You don't "beat runescape" by abusing a bug.

 

Second:

There is this little x-button in the top right corner, you can click it to close Runescape. You should try it if you really think that you are wasting your life.

 

Three:

Alot of those who were banned will make new accounts and start again. (just like some of my maxed friends do, start all over again with a new account)

[Awkward Talking Fish]

I lol @ the 1000 days. Serves them right. Every single one of them. :D

 

edit: correct amount of days >_>

[Obtaurian]

I literally lol'd at the top ten. How's that for justice? :thumbup:

[jonni]

1000 days playtime is more commonly known as account sharing

prove me wrong

[Demoli]

1000 days playtime is more commonly known as account sharing

prove me wrong

 

Runescape is out for 9 years.

 

Assuming you play 12 hours a day

 

365/2= 182 days a year

 

182*9= 1638

 

There, with 639 free days.

[Kiriyama]

Means that guy beat the 700? hour record that was stated on the web previously?

 

My friend tried to submit his to the Guiness World Records and said it was too much work because they had to personally see it for themselves to confirm it or have some other form of solid evidence, or something like that.

So that 700 person was the highest of the people who submitted their time to them and had it confirmed.

 

It was over 700 days of ingame time. We were given the figure of 17,000 hours, not 700.

[Myweponsg00d]

1000 days playtime is more commonly known as account sharing

prove me wrong

 

Actually, if this guy went to work for 8 hours every day, and kept RS running while he worked his 10pm-6am graveyard shift entering data on a spreadsheet program, he could easily get that much "playtime" over many years. Then, I mean, if he got home from work and actually played for 2-3 hours, that'd add up pretty quickly.

 

But since this account got banned for cheating, I think its safe to say it was also a shared account or a gold farmer.

[sees_all1]

But since this account got banned for cheating, I think its safe to say it was also a shared account or a gold farmer.

That's a pretty successful shared account / gold farmer... having logged 1k days without getting banned.

I wonder how many of these gems are floating in game....

[NotoriousPSC]

What was the bug? Sorry, outta the loop.

[Just_Ne_Pker]

Where is Zarfot on the highscores, or did he change his name?

[Jabawoki13]

He changed his name i believe (i think hes 3rd)

[langer]

He changed his name i believe (i think hes 3rd)

 

Yep Zarfot and Jdelacroix both changed their name around the same time (#3 and #5 on the highscore).

 

Sure looks like they both lost a gamble and had to change their name...

[Xx_Flare_xX]

Zarfot changed his name. He's still rank 3 and living (not banned)

[Sevestia]

What was the bug? Sorry, outta the loop.

Being able to duplicate dragon bolts (e), I think. There's a thread about it somewhere, but I've heard one person alone made 7.5B. D:

 

Anyway, good job, Jagex. :thumbup:

[jsboutin2]

You abuse it you lose it.

 

I too was expecting much higher numbers, not only that, but why issue temporary bans? That I don't quite understand. Especially if they've made quite a bit of money from it - that money will still be there when they return.

 

Maybe to those who encountered the gltch accidentally, stopped, but never submitted a bug report.