"11th June 2009 - Macro-detection systems update" - Fear not!

http://news.runescape.com/p=kKmok3kJqOeN6D3mDdihco3oPeYN2KFy6W5--vZUbNA/newsitem.ws?id=1937

Assuming this is more than a mere bluff (because Jagex has historically been known for lying and grossly exaggerating), here is some advice: DO NOT USE OVER NIGHT AUTOS. Simple 20kb executables with a single task or single-purpose 50 line SCAR scripts are the best option. Stay at the screen and know your 'stop' hotkey.

If you look at the comments for my autoclicker (http://www.sythe.org/showthread.php?t=201260), you will see hundreds of people praising a dialoged wrapper for the following simple program:

Code:

#include <windows.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
void ClickMouse(ULONG x, ULONG y, DWORD nMinSleepTime, DWORD nMaxSleepTime)
{
    srand(GetTickCount());
    mouse_event(MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN,x,y,NULL,NULL);
    mouse_event(MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP,x,y,NULL,NULL);
    Sleep((rand()%nMaxSleepTime-nMinSleepTime)+nMinSleepTime);
}

int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nShowCmd)
{
    int nResult = MessageBox(NULL,"Are you sure you want to start the clicker?\n(You will be able to stop at any time by pressing and releasing the F8 key...)","MouseClicker",MB_YESNO|MB_ICONQUESTION);
    POINT p;
    switch(nResult)
    {
    case IDYES:
        while(!(GetAsyncKeyState(VK_F8)))
        {
            GetCursorPos(&p);
            ClickMouse(p.x,p.y,1000,2000);
        }
        break;
    case IDNO:
    default:
        ExitProcess(0x0);
        break;
    }
    return 0;
}

How is it possible that this simplicity has existed and been used for 2.5 years and to this day not one report of someone being banned by it has reached my ears? Hundreds of people have drastically increased their mage levels through this, including WoW Sucks (former moderator: http://sythe.org/showthread.php?t=228968&highlight=autoclicker+latest). Though the picture is dead, it was an increase from 63 magic to 85 in a week.

The moral of this story: simple is better. Use a basic clicking function with a basic random interval and a one-press-stop-everything command (in this case, the F8 key).

@ Jagex:

 

Well, you have to admit, they played it well. By those simple threats, I'm sure they're putting a major break in the botting community. Simple bots are always safe to use, but people have become accustomed to more advanced scripts. Dis 'ere b vry bad :'(

ololol

 

Yeah, I had 4/5 accounts banned today.

 

Ah shit.
I guess RSBot just died there...

 

Ah damn! I guess Sythe.org will perish now!

On a side-note: MegaMatt, don't be upset I already said it wasn't personal. You're just the least professional staff member so I used you as an example.

 

Oh gawd I hope my skiller didn't get banned. He has 20k rune ess and 2k coal and 400 mith on him =/. Gonna go check now.

 

wow i was happy, reading the thread, accounts banned, someone just died, sythe's gonna perish, etc etc and WOW A GOD DAMN IDIOT WITH A GOD DAMN HUGE SIGNATURE

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Guess I'll have to get 85 mining by hand now. I hope they don't ban my account.

 

dos anyone here care????

 

Sythe's barely based off of our botting.

I agree that the threats are empty, but Kevin's right, the botting community is going to take it as a serious threat. Someone above me mentioned that he had 4 out of 5 accounts banned today, which sucks, but mine is still fine and I have botted with it from level 60 firemaking to level 92 firemaking (with RSBot). I'm pretty sure that this isn't going to be as serious as it sounds. Another thing is that I'm just firemaking though, if I was training a skill which makes money and was more known as something to bot for (ie. woodcutting, fishing, magic), I don't know what the outcome would be.

 

Just got banned on my main, ah well was about time to move on from rs anyway

 

Give it a week Jagex will forget about Macros and move on to some other shit like hackers or something.

 

Seeing how they have been on botters for the past year, i highly doubt that. Macroing is always a problem for jagex, and it seems that they have finally came to the end of the battle. No more warnings will mean less people doing it.

 

My botter hasn't been banned yet :]

 

I'm still doing it, like I give a fuck.

 

it seems like this is just another scare tactic from jagex to try and stop people from autoing. I do believe the bulk of people will continue using it regardless.

 

OMG SMR HI!!!!!!!

@on topic
my friends got banned for botting that day they posted the announcement. perm banned no appeal. my advice is not to appeal right away but appeal after a couple of months after hype dies down

 

If you really get banned, just bot another account back up... its not like you put work into your botted account 0.0

 

My 101 main is currently not banned. I haven't logged in for around 2 weeks and last time i botted was 3 weeks ago. I think i really did pick the best time to take a break from runescape and study.

 

Just be careful for the next few days. They might pull out another mass ban out of their arse sometime soon. Probably not a good idea to bot on your mains for now.