ixfd64 Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 For those who weren't around at the time: on November 14, 2001, Jagex made it so that we could only use certain vocabulary when playing RuneScape. I have decided to remove all the non-essential parts of this website such as the message boards. I have 3 main reasons for doing this: 1) This saves a lot of server resources and allows me to increase the capacity of the main RuneScape game itself, which is after all the most important part of the website. 2) Moderating the message boards has become a *huge* amount of work lately. I am fed up with all the scamming, swearing, and abuse which goes on here, so they are gone. This will save me a lot of time and stress! I have found that lately I am spending more time managing the website than actually programming new features into the game which isn't much fun and is why I felt things had to change. 3) Better security - There is now only ONE place where you need to enter your RuneScape Password. You should now only enter your password into the game itself and nowhere else! NOTHING else I have written will ask for your RuneScape password EVER! The game login uses better security than the other web-based features, so this means your password will be even safer than before. I have also reprogrammed the chat filter in the game itself, to use a more effective system. This is another feature which has been heavily abused, and I'm not willing to put up with it any longer. The new system only allows a limited vocabulary to be used. The new RuneScape chat is only intended for role-playing within the game, not for talking about real life! I have programmed a new server core, which should in the long run be more reliable and allow more people to play RuneScape at once. You may see a few glitches. For example, my name became "If 64". :lol: This update caused many people to seriously consider quitting RuneScape! However, Andrew realized that this just made things worse, so he removed this system. I just found out that RS isn't the only game to have used this system. Disney's Virtual Magic Kingdom (a.k.a. Virtual Magic Kingdom) (nowhere as popular as RS) also uses this system. example: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1060308 I don't play it, but I've read the forums and it seems that people don't seem to complain much. I guess it's because that since it was always like that, people have gotten used to it. As far as I remember, it was possible to type certain symbols in RS, and I tihnk it might be the same in VMK. Does anyone remember to what extent symbols could be used in RS? If we could use them as we wished, perhaps some people could have communicated "normally" by using some sort of dialect of Morse code, lol. ARENAscape: Baratus [AS] max hit: 166 with Moon Battle Hammer ixfd64 [AS] max hit: 116 with (untitled spell #2) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamestrike Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 is that the day when everytime you misspelled or said something the wrong way it changed it to cabbage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R2Keen2 Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Hehehe.. i believe it was. Though if i recall correctly the effects were only to gobal chat you could still speak through the pm system. Hard to believe its been over 5 years already.. - Wanderer Forever- Retired Tip.it Crew and Board Admin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalcyte Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 wasn't there, but i remember the dreaded day when the word noob was censored... :ohnoes: Click for mah Blog!- I'm not sure why you would though because i never update it Achieved 99 Thieving 3/10/07-992nd to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aznmidget448 Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 That must've stunk to have that kind of censoring. Glad Andrew got rid of it :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screechingmu Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 is that the day when everytime you misspelled or said something the wrong way it changed it to cabbage? OoC would die and go to heaven... F2p worlds = "cabbage cabbage then cabbage is cabbage" Cabbage! :ohnoes: My Guide to Killing Green Dragon Autoers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la la la Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 wasn't there, but i remember the dreaded day when the word noob was censored... :ohnoes: I remember doing no0b and n0ob to try to get around it haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xvillexvalox Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 is that the day when everytime you misspelled or said something the wrong way it changed it to cabbage? OoC would die and go to heaven... F2p worlds = "cabbage cabbage then cabbage is cabbage" Cabbage! :ohnoes: Isn't the origin of the OoC somewhat related to that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cor3 Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 It didnt change everything to 'cabbage' only swearwords became 'cabbage'. it was more like if i said - o3tg piasgnpin awpginaepig aepgin, it became - runite penguin falador dwarf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve296 Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Well... It's like Rakion... If you say a bad word, the censor system writes "LOVE" instead of the bad word you typed. Only problem whit it is, example if you say in the game: "class", it whoud be "clLOVE"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwreeTak Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 I weren't around at that time. But It sounds cool. :) Add me if you so wish: SwreeTak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon_lord Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 The word "noob" was censored?! That must have been the quietest day in RS history!! =P Pretty much what Dragon said.Thread terminated.I guess that means I'm the thread Terminator? No Tip.Iters were harmed in the making of this post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R2Keen2 Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 It didnt change everything to 'cabbage' only swearwords became 'cabbage'. it was more like if i said - o3tg piasgnpin awpginaepig aepgin, it became - runite penguin falador dwarf No there was an early point where nearly every word you typed would be translated to cabbage. It was pretty absurd - Wanderer Forever- Retired Tip.it Crew and Board Admin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willyhenriksen Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 is that the day when everytime you misspelled or said something the wrong way it changed it to cabbage? OoC would die and go to heaven... F2p worlds = "cabbage cabbage then cabbage is cabbage" Cabbage! :ohnoes: Isn't the origin of the OoC somewhat related to that? Not at all. R.I.P. Shiva and Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthu Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 It didnt change everything to 'cabbage' only swearwords became 'cabbage'. it was more like if i said - o3tg piasgnpin awpginaepig aepgin, it became - runite penguin falador dwarf No there was an early point where nearly every word you typed would be translated to cabbage. It was pretty absurd I can confirm this, saying letter "h" constantly would return as "Cabbage!"(or "cabbage", I dont remeber too well). 99+ all 23rd March 2012 - 2496 total 13th June 2012.9000+ dragon drops! Including draconic visage, d chains, d spears, d2h, d claws, d meds, d legs, d skirts... d bones, d hides :)?I want jagex to put resource dungeons and dungeoneering skill doors to dungeoneering floors so I can dungeon and get dungeoneering xp while I dg so I don't have to dg to get dg exp, but I can dg while I dg :)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wachtwoord Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Lol that would be horrible. Nice mentioning it, I've never heard of it before. (First time I'm actually happy I didn't start playing from the very beginning.) When everything's been said and done, more has been said than done.All skills 80+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightLite Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 I remember that quite well. It seemed like every other word I said was either censored, or changed to a different word. I have a picture of it too on my old harddrive, with certain 'phrases' i typed and how the actually came out 'Kiss my Arse' came out as Kiss my Ash It was very lame... Then the 'report abuse' made people afriad to swear anyways :P - Only character in Runescape History maxed out in RSC and RS2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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