ever been *tempted* to cheat?

[LitterBug]

I feel like if there was a minor glitch that didn't affect other players - I would probably use it.

aka. the corp beast glitch, etc

 

Considering all the outcry about that glitch, an awful lot of players seem to think it affects them. It may not have taken items away from anyone, but besides the general unfairness, it contributed to the price depreciation of those shields.

 

Were you on during the time?

The shields barely dropped at all in price.

 

Overall, the demand was so much greater then the supply that you could attribute it all to just random market theory.

Obviously any "glitch" you take will affect others and there's always going to be somebody mad at you.

I was trying to say that if the glitch

a.) affects the whole economy drastically

b.) doesn't directly target somebody

then it's more like a lesser evil.

[Cheefoo]

Hell no. If I find an exploitable glitch, I know I'd probably get banned for using it.

 

RWT? No way I'm spending real money on Runescape gp, not to mention the risk of getting banned* and losing all the crap I paid real money for.

 

*as if anyone gets banned for it anymore

[Codguy]

I've definitely thought about it. Like, I've wondered what it would be like to just bot 1 skill on my main. And then after considering it for about a minute, I'd realize that's the stupidest thing ever. I've never encountered a bug that gives me an advantage, unless you count safespotting Zilyana, since that was around for a long time.

 

I don't break the rules (albeit maybe a bit of language once in a while?) because it's not as much fun and not the purpose of the game. Plus I don't want to risk an account that's so close to max total :P

 

Although RWT could be tempting, but I'm not much of a money maker.

[LitterBug]

Hell no. If I find an exploitable glitch, I know I'd probably get banned for using it.

 

RWT? No way I'm spending real money on Runescape gp, not to mention the risk of getting banned* and losing all the crap I paid real money for.

 

*as if anyone gets banned for it anymore

 

I don't think people even get banned for exploitable glitches.

In fact, I don't think people get banned for anything anymore.

 

There has been tons of times that I've seen both a pm and scammer in the fm and nothing even happens.

Common seriously? At least a mute if not a ban.

I've seen multiple players (presumably younger kids) who have fell for this duping trick.

But when have you ever heard of one of these "double your money!" guys ever get banned?

 

There's also tons of exploits in the duel arena that have yet to be fixed.

One can only assume that if Jagex is banning people for exploiting these glitches, they would've fixed them afterwards.

Either way, they're making a mistake:

a.) not banning people who are abusing a major gitch

b.) not fixing major glitches

 

Further more, if Jagex makes a major mistake such as bonus exp from crafting runes in DG - then it's not anybody's fault if they abuse it.

If the glitch is not super ridiculous - whose to say that Jagex just randomly came up with an absurdly unbalanced way to train?

Just like the C2 fishing - was that a glitch or no?

(I mean it obviously wasn't their intention but how can we tell what is or isn't their goal if they don't even try to tell us what's going on?)

[Quyneax]

I never have been tempted to cheat, though I'm tempted to keep my summoning cape untrimmed once I get it (which is months away :P).

[Obtaurian]

If I had an obscene amount of money, I'd be tempted to RWT.

[I_am_Not]

would sell any massive amounts of money in a heartbeat for rl cash.

i have botted certain accounts because i don't care if they get banned, i'm not tempted to bot on accounts I actually care about

[J35u5_M4]

There was a time when I was very tempted (Years ago) that I even ended up looking for a botting site, just out of curiosity, but a few minutes later (I'd say about 5) I just closed it lol. I figured out, why cheat? I mean the idea is to get the stuff on my own so it's worth some kind of online achievement or so, so yeah I did get tempted to do so, but I never did it, and never will :P, I don't think I can stand looking at a skill and deep inside me know that I botted that lol.

[Guest jrhairychest]

Nope, can't says I've ever been tempted. No idea why anyone would feel the need to unless they were that crap or impatient. I guess a challenge is too much for some people :mellow:

[Edwardaido]

yeah, I've never really been too tempted to cheat. I know a few people who do, and for one guy it kinda pisses me off because it seems like he NEVER gets caught. I did feel bad for one friend though, because he got 80 range on his own, and botted to 85, but he got a stat reset back to level 1.

 

As for RWT, I've never had enough money in-game to consider selling, and the average price is like, $1 for 2m or something? In the short run it might be worth it, but I can't imagine paying more than $10 for anything. And if something's less than 20m anyway, why bother paying real money?

 

Bug Abuse: I've never known any bugs haha. I wasn't p2p for Penguin Hunting, and I only started in 05 (so nooby though) so I probably missed everything anyway.

[SirIzenhime]

i've used an auto-typer

 

as far as things like RWT, botting skills, etc.

No.

[Tim]

Countless times, especially skills I'd love to get 99 in but simply cant due to either funds or the immense amount of time.

 

Will I ever? Most likely not.

[Triquos]

No.

 

One thing that always annoyed me was a particular famous person who killed many players outside of the wilderness, and in their reply after they were permanently banned they said anyone who had the power they were given would have abused it too. To that I say they were extremely presumptuous.

 

If I accidentally came across a bug I would never abuse it, in fact I would report it immediately like I have done so with many other bugs. I find satisfaction knowing that I've probably saved a few players from falling victim to the bug, and a couple times J mods have turned up thanking myself and the other players warning people of the bug - which is pretty awesome.

[captianant]

I've been very temped to exploit bugs that I've stumbled across (such as an MTK bug that instantly filled the storehouse), but I've always immediately reported the bugs as I've come across them and not told anyone else what they were and how I did it until several months later when the bug is presumably fixed.

 

And while it is not botting by JaGeX's standards because it is input through a keyboard using no software systems, I have set up one of those drinky-birds (ya know, like the kind that "drinks" the water out of a cup) to press numpad 5 on my keyboard to alch a big 'ol stack of whatever while playing xbox haha and occasionally looking over to make sure I didn't get random event'd. (Mods if this isn't kosher to post, please edit this or PM me to edit, or both)

[Jimmyw3000]

I've been very temped to exploit bugs that I've stumbled across (such as an MTK bug that instantly filled the storehouse), but I've always immediately reported the bugs as I've come across them and not told anyone else what they were and how I did it until several months later when the bug is presumably fixed.

 

And while it is not botting by JaGeX's standards because it is input through a keyboard using no software systems, I have set up one of those drinky-birds (ya know, like the kind that "drinks" the water out of a cup) to press numpad 5 on my keyboard to alch a big 'ol stack of whatever while playing xbox haha and occasionally looking over to make sure I didn't get random event'd. (Mods if this isn't kosher to post, please edit this or PM me to edit, or both)

not mine but

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui9EXgE1j14

 

 

it's not the original, but close enough.

[LitterBug]

lol, if you're doing that - why just not set up a game controller and just rubber band over the a button.

 

looks to me like that mouse would break :P

[Will H]

It's human nature to be tempted to cheat in the most basic sense of the term, but I'd never do it because I value my character far too much. It's my only account and I've poured an absurd amount of hours into it, and most of them were for enjoying myself as opposed to being efficient.

[Ollyc3]

Yes it was tempting and I did. Not sure of the forums policies about mentioning breaking RS rules.

 

When merching was very profitable selling bils for real life £, did it semi-regularly.

 

Edit ~ On second thought don't think this is classed as cheating as I recieved nothing in-game just real life benefits.

[Grogthurk]

I think the only "bug" I would've done was the Corp bug. I mean that as far as, I should've joined a corp team before ROW update.

[Stev]

Would I buy RS GP? Not in a million years. Ever been tempted to sell? Yeah, but they told me I had too much. O_o. So much for that IRL get-rich-quick-scheme. -.-

[Sir_Squab]

I am now going to point out that although I don't trust downloading a free bot, wouldn't pay for a paid bot (which is less risky then a free bot but still risky) nor would I ever wish to risk my account, I've thought about botting and I understand why people would want to bot certain parts of RS.

[Danqazmlp]

It has been said numerous times, but it seems I am going to have to say this again.

 

If you have a problem with any moderator actions taken, you are free to PM an administrator or another moderator, we all more than happy to help. There is also a thread currently dedicated to users telling us their problems with the forums and its moderation http://forum.tip.it/topic/291488-tif-is-bit-overermoderrated/ With an announcement for this as well, it should be clear that talking about moderator actions in this thread should not be done.

 

Addmission to rule breaking will always be removed whether or not a topic is asking for it or not. This is stated very clearly in the forum rules http://forum.tip.it/topic/48092-tip-it-forum-rules/

 

It is up to you if you admit to rule breaking. If you don't want to, you do not have to post.

[Jon Arcane]

Going wayyy back to the first days of rs for me, I did cheat, or atleast, did dishonorable things.

 

I caught someone drop trading, and instead of reporting them I actually got roped in to help move items from one account to the other, I assumed it was his own but he could have easily have stolen from other accounts. I helped him for a couple of days and finally got a mithril plate and 2h bought from the cash, and I kept stuff like lobster certificates too.

 

I did download a bot, my friend found it and said it was absolutely amazing for mining coal. I couldn't mine coal at the time but decided to download the bot ready for it in advance, I deleted it well before I even hit 20 mining however, because I found that fishing was more profitable and fun.

 

Within the first year or two of playing, I was hacked (possibly by a friend too) and that knocked it into my head that I would never consider botting or even thinking of going onto private servers/cheat sites, gold sites etc, for the sole reason of me never wanting to lose my stuff again. Pertrified that just clicking to visit a site could come back to bite me in the ass one way or another and make me lose everything I worked for.

 

I definitely considered bug abuse, and was all geared up too - when there was the ROW and Corp Beast bug/ How could I say no to possibly getting a divine sigil? Found out it was patched by the time I got to the cave :lol:

 

Nowadays other than that ROW bug I don't think of cheating, I enjoy trying to surpass my friends by grinding it all myself and I absolutely cannot bear the thought of doing anything to jeopardise my account. I have put too much time into it to let it all be taken away...it's also why I can't give up playing RS too :/

[Instinctive]

No.

 

One thing that always annoyed me was a particular famous person who killed many players outside of the wilderness, and in their reply after they were permanently banned they said anyone who had the power they were given would have abused it too. To that I say they were extremely presumptuous.

 

If I accidentally came across a bug I would never abuse it, in fact I would report it immediately like I have done so with many other bugs. I find satisfaction knowing that I've probably saved a few players from falling victim to the bug, and a couple times J mods have turned up thanking myself and the other players warning people of the bug - which is pretty awesome.

 

I remember when that happened I think - wasn't it in a POH? The Fally Massacre or whatever?

[dragon246665]

Sure I've been tempted, I've even ventured onto botting sites, and let me tell you, some of those pictures are mouth watering, hundreds of millions of gold and xp for seemingly no price. But in the end, fear of being banned will always outweigh the desire for fast and easy levels.