The speed at which votes were recorded also brings into question the validity of many votes. Since no passwords were required, and the number of votes reflects significantly more players online than is usual, even for popular new content, it is likely many votes were fraudulent. There was much talk about "high scores scraper" programs being used to harvest names and input them into the vote form. The fact that the later vote, requiring a password, progressed significantly slower lends weight to this argument.
Yet another criticism was based around the vote button in the petition. For the first few hours, the button said "vote now" before being changed to say "vote yes". This caused widespread confusion, as many players thought that by clicking the button they would be taken to a voting screen. Hundreds of posts were made on the forums by confused and frustrated players regarding this issue.
The possibility of reintroducing the old wilderness concerned some players due to the fact that it could potentially interfere with quests which took place in the wilderness, such as Spirit of Summer and Defender of Varrock , as well as some activities which mandate trips to the wilderness, like Treasure Trails and All Fired Up.
However in his clan chat, a Jagex moderator confirmed that were the old Wilderness to be restored, they would move certain elements out of the Wilderness to avoid them becoming too dangerous.
In the news article about the referendum, Jagex stated that content located in the wilderness area would be relocated. Concerns had also been raised about how free trade would impact features such as the Grand Exchange. The referendum news article posed by Jagex stated that the Grand Exchange would remain, but price limits would be removed.
On 24 December, 3 days after the opening of the petition, Jagex made a referendum [5] to rectify the issues of the first poll. The referendum, unlike the petition, required logging in and had an option for "Yes", "No", or "Don't Mind". After voting, the results were shown.
The up to date results could be found by logging in on the vote page again. The conclusion was published, along with the ending of the referendum, on the 14th January The poll reached 1 million votes on 5 January UTC. It was believed by some that on the end date of the 14 January the poll was "removed", however this was contradicted on the vote page. On 13 January the poll had reached 1.
The poll ended on 14 January, with a final tally of 1,, votes. On 17 January , at GMT, Jagex announced that the wilderness and free trade would return, and set the change date for 1 February If a majority of the referendum votes were "Yes", Jagex propsed the following changes, which were implemented on 1 February On 1 February the Wilderness and free trade returned, with all of the above changes as well.
Players who were in the Wilderness at the time of the update were moved to Edgeville. The direct ramifications of the update are still to be decided, but it is clear that a few very distinct things happened leading up to, during and after the release of this update. Firstly, around 48 hours prior to the update, the prices of many items began to experience tremors. Many resources' prices also dropped rapidly, as many players, knowing that botting and real world trading would be back in full play once the update is done, dumped millions and millions of raw materials onto the market.
Most types of herbs experience maximum decrease everyday the week before the update. Players can express emotions through the use of specialised animations called emotes, some of which are standard and others earned through gameplay or released during holiday events.
RuneScape has music, synthesised and "real world" sound effects, [ 87 ] and ambient noises throughout Gielinor. The music is designed to define the underlying cultures of the various locations accessible. Sound effects, such as the "sploosh" heard when a lobster trap is submerged in water, are heard as players train their skills.
Ambient noises, such as the cry of seagulls flying over the ocean, occur in logical places. A set of official forums are provided by Jagex on the RuneScape website. On the forums, players are able to participate in game discussions, arrange to buy or sell items, post suggestions for game improvements, vote in polls, and otherwise interact with the community. A user can set an avatar and have a separate display name, [ 89 ] [ 90 ] but cannot set an automatic signature.
User profiles only display the number of posts a user has made along with the option to disable smileys. Users cannot use text formatting, post links, nor display images. Between 24 September and 9 December , players could submit questions via e-mail to the RuneScape gods, which were published in the form of letters. During various holidays, including Easter, April Fools, Thanksgiving, Halloween and Christmas, Jagex hosts a holiday event in a specific location in Gielinor.
Players who successfully complete the required tasks during the event receive a reward such as an item or an emote, allowing the player character to perform a gesture conveying an emotion. Various RuneScape fansites have been established by players, which are a source of information about the game.
Jagex has employed rules for player conduct, such as rules against offensive language, scamming , and bug abuse. There are also rules prohibiting the use of third-party software to play the game, known as "macroing" or "botting", and the sale of game items for real money through real-world trading.
In an attempt to stop cheating, Jagex made direct interaction with the client difficult, established rules against the practice, [ ] and introduced random events that required player input to complete. From October to December , Jagex began releasing a series of updates to restrict unbalanced trades.
The updates limited the value of items staked in duels, removed player-versus-player combat from the Wilderness, made valuable player drops invisible to other players, introduced gravestones for the items of dead players, instituted systems for assisting players with skills and sharing loot among groups of players, and established the Grand Exchange, a sharemarket -like trade system for RuneScape goods.
Collectively, these changes were designed to make it extremely difficult for real-world traders to distribute gold and items to players. On 25 October , Jagex released an anti-bot system [ ] code-named the 'ClusterFlutterer', as part of a game update intended to permanently prevent "reflection" bots from working. The Yahoo! In its intellectual property profile of the game, Developmag. It has tapped into the vast market of games players unwilling or unable to spend premium prices on PCs capable of playing the latest, expensive, processor -intensive games.
Jagex was presented with a certificate to commemorate the achievement at the Leipzig Games Convention. RuneScape has grind in abundance and while this is not entirely a bad thing, it will put some players off looking for a slightly easier and more casual experience". On 10 December , updates by Jagex removed free player-versus-player combat and unbalanced trading in order to rid the game of activities involving real currency being traded for virtual goods. In an interview in February , Jagex's head of content stated that, "we were really afraid we were going to lose our members over this change, because other games had in the past.
But we are very, very pleased to say that we have lost practically none of our members. In December , a referendum was opened to decide whether to restore unbalanced trades and player-versus-player combat in the Wilderness, [ ] which closed with 1. Thamrin FE Univ.
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Archived from the original on August 6, Event occurs at Published by Jagex 26 April through 20 November Retrieved on 13 April Jagex Ltd. Sal's Realm of RuneScape. RuneScape Grand Exchange. Archived from the original on 18 November Yahoo Buzz Log. This includes:. In addition, paying someone to play your account for you is covered by this rule. Players are given permission to use these accounts by Jagex. However, Jagex do not give permission to anybody to sell or buy things that relate to Jagex accounts.
If you buy things from Real World Traders, you are also encouraging cheating and account hijacking. People that sell game items, Gold GP and account names for real money are breaking the law. If you provide them with payment details they may use your details to make purchases without your permission - also known as 'fraud.
Our games are meant to be played by humans - if you cheat, you are likely to be banned, even if it is the first time you have broken the rules.
The people and companies who make cheating software do not care about your game account. This is not true. Jagex employ a team of people whose job it is to identify when players are cheating and the same team are always improving the tools they use so that all types of cheating can be detected.
If you have any doubt that something you are thinking of using could be considered breaking this rule our advice is to not use it. Play the game yourself, making sure you are in control of everything. It is simply not worth taking the risk. Note: Our rules are written in clear language so that everybody can understand them easily.
We want our community to be fun and welcoming for all our players, so text that is considered inappropriate should not be used in our games. To be clear:. Nobody will get into trouble for light swearing; but if the language used is very strong and persistent we may apply a mute to your account.
It is not okay to ask for a boyfriend or girlfriend in-game. This is not a dating website after all! You must not advertise, organise, promote, or take part in any games of chance. Games of chance are games that depend more on luck than skill, they are mostly games that people bet on.
For example, situations where in-game Gold GP or items are traded with the promise that you will receive additional in-game Gold GP or items in return, if you correctly guess the outcome or result of the game being offered. These are accounts in game that look like other players but are not run by a human and are programmed to offer games of chance. Any websites or services that provide you with the opportunity to offer game items or Gold GP on games of chance are not official or supported by Jagex in any way.
Using these unofficial websites and services supports the flow of items and Gold GP to Real World Traders and as such we may ban any accounts involved in this type of activity. It is often the case that the rules of games of chance are not clear, or the game of chance being played is not fair and heavily stacked in the favour of one side.
There is also no guarantee that the person offering the game of chance will keep their side of the deal or pay you if you win. They may also mislead you and tell you that have not won, even if you have. In addition, accounts that promote and offer games of chance often spam the chat window making it hard for real players to enjoy game play, carry out trading and chat with friends.
It is against the rules to try and obtain items or Gold GP from other players by scamming them. Although scams come in many forms, these are some common examples of behaviour that could lead to your account being muted or banned for scamming:.
Swapping if not linked to any other type of rule breaking is not against the rules - however it does carry large risks. There is no safe way to 'swap' and there are many things that can go wrong. Players must not share, transfer or lend their account to anyone else. You may have as many game accounts as you like, but each account should only be used by the person who created it.
All game accounts are the property of Jagex and players are only granted limited permission to use accounts. Nobody has our permission to sell accounts. For another player to use your account they will require your login details. This means your account security is weakened. If you allow somebody else to access your account they might steal items or Gold GP from you or even try to claim the account belongs to them so they can keep using it forever.
Sharing accounts is also a form of cheating.
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