"Fighting the bots - An update"

[JohnK]

We at Jagex are keenly aware of the botting issues within RuneScape and know how disruptive they can be to our game. Whether it’s using a macro program to control an account or power levelling, it’s safe to say that it’s something that we’re all united in fighting and from the support you give us on the forums, in game and when we meet face to face, it’s crystal clear that it’s something that you; the RuneScape community, also feel very strongly about.

That’s why today we want to take a few moments to reaffirm our dedication to the removal of bots and cheats from RuneScape.

We are constantly looking into ways of making the game experience the very best possible for all of our players and as part of our on-going programme to rid the game of bots, Jagex is actively pursuing companies that support the macroing market as well as those who bot. As such we are currently pursuing various bot developers through multiple legal channels, although sadly we cannot yet disclose the full details of our actions for legal reasons. Separately, as part of normal legal process and procedure, we have also taken steps to acquire the details of all players who have purchased bots.
Once we have the information regarding the players involved we will take action specifically to ensure that these players are not compromising the game’s integrity through the use of a third party programs. We are committed to undertaking various initiatives to identify players and companies who are using and distributing bots within RuneScape and will endeavour to inform you all of these efforts as we can.
In the meantime, be safe, don’t fall to the dark side and we look forward to the positive outcomes of our actions ultimately making the game experience a better one for everyone.

Sincerely,
Daniel Clough

http://services.runescape.com/m=news/fighting-the-bots---an-update

Thoughts?

 

[Revolight]

Don't they make these types of announcements like every 6 months?

 

[Harpoon]

Don't they make these types of announcements like every 6 months?

If not sooner, hehe, yes.

 

[Imagine]

I personally think its complete BS.

 

[aus aaz]

The only part that concerns me is

we have also taken steps to acquire the details of all players who have purchased bots.

I hope they are all based in china or something lol.

 

[FearGets50s]

I just read this on the homepage, I lol'd. They're just doing it to scare people atm imo.

 

[bob1337]

This sort of thing looks scary at first, but for example with idungeon, how would you get the information about every account that has ever been run on this bot? I'm not even sure it would be legally possible to force the bot owners to do that, as botting is nothing illegal.

 

[EpicGoldShop]

ha, it isn't illegal to bot on their game and never will be, it's just against their policy.

 

[gds08]

Just another bs story by them to try and keep their legit players for a little bit longer.

 

[blazee]

Obviously they are not going to do anything. JaGex is a company, companies want money. However if they make an announcement saying "We're not going to do anything about bots because we are money milkers", everyone who doesn't bot will complain.

So they obviously have to convince people that they are trying to stop the botting community.

 

[Add My Msn]

Who is Daniel Clough? Is he a JMod or someone else, usually on updates they say which team posted it, not with names.

 

[Gurtaton]

Who is Daniel Clough? Is he a JMod or someone else, usually on updates they say which team posted it, not with names.

http://services.runescape.com/m=forum/forums.ws?15,16,641,62998127

Meh, I'm calling a bluff on this one, but I'll still be cautious.

 

[True_dream]

Jagex stopped banning, there doing this to make legit players happy

#Still botting.

 

[Muskz]

http://services.runescape.com/m=forum/forums.ws?15,16,641,62998127

Meh, I'm calling a bluff on this one, but I'll still be cautious.

Obv. bluff is bluff.

 

[Determinate]

Their only lead is the emails that you have attached to your account. You're probably going to be completely safe, even if this is legit, so long as your Paypal email from the Paypal account used to buy the auths does not match the email attached to the account you're botting on.

 

[Hahanerd]

Their only lead is the emails that you have attached to your account. You're probably going to be completely safe, even if this is legit, so long as your Paypal email from the Paypal account used to buy the auths does not match the email attached to the account you're botting on.

This.

I think it's absolute bullshit how they think they can just simply get a hold of our personal information. They can't detect bots and they know it. The only reason they keep saying this is because the legit players are giving up on playing and Jagex can't simply afford them leaving the game.

 

[KajunSpice]

Agreed with Hahanerd 100%, there fucking bitches. dumb jagex bs

 

[Tckr]

They always say these things and then never come through with them.

 

[ProGuideSeller]

This.

I think it's absolute bullshit how they think they can just simply get a hold of our personal information. They can't detect bots and they know it. The only reason they keep saying this is because the legit players are giving up on playing and Jagex can't simply afford them leaving the game.

^ This. Actually if they manage to get my details i'm going to sue the fuck out of their ass...aquiring our personal details for purchasing something they do not own, i'm pretty sure that's illegal.

 

[Infor25tolife x7]

lawl, standard scare tactics, they are severally underestimating the amount of bots if they think they are going to be able to start banning individual players. lol fagex