Bye Bye 12 and Unders

Just read this post on Thinking in a Different Box. Apparently, anyone under 12 years old cannot should not create a Runescape account. Though this probably won’t stop 12 year olds from making an account, hopefully it will cut back on the amount of immature noobs in the game.

Personally, I feel Jagex made the right decision to limit the game to more mature users. I’m not saying that all 12 and unders are immature – but the majority have proven that they are. You can go to some of the more crowded worlds and see for yourself – there are tons of lower level players constantly using profane language and ruining the Runescape experience for the rest of us. Quite frankly, I’m disappointed by the lack of maturity. It shows that kids have no desire to be a member of society and have no respect for the rest of the Runescape community. This comic sums it up quite nicely.

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I would also like to touch on the growing number of Flax bots and bots in general. Flax has become one of the largest “botting enterprises” (for lack of a better term). Take a look at the flax fields next time you’re in Seer’s village, and remember to wear sunglasses – all those green “Level-3s” can hurt your eyes. Yup, level 3’s. I counted a bunch, last time I was there, and the amount has simply grown since. Not only is this highly annoying for those human players who wish to collect flax for money or bowstrings – but it can severely cripple the flax economy. Imagine, hundreds of bots selling massive amounts of flax for cheaper and cheaper prices, and, eventually, the price will go down so far that flax is virtually worthless.

Sieg commented on Marlaine’s post:

Jagex is really trying to sort out the bot problem…it is really getting bad though.
You CAN however stop flax bots yourself, it just takes a lot of time on your part.

Equip either of the following:
Frog mask, green dragonhide body, green dragonhide vams, greendragonhide chaps NOTHING ELSE
OR
green fremmenik robes (with cape and hat or frog mask) and again again NOTHING else.
Then what you do you stand outside the flax area and type either “cyan:::” “cyan:.:.” or “cyan:.” a bot might start trying to pick you like flax, then what you do you VERY SLOWLY (as in 1 space at a time) move to le-fays castle slightly north east of the flax field. Eventually you’ll reach the giant bats and they will take care of the rest.
I have tested this and it DOES work it just does take a little bit of time. It’s best done in groups of 2, and if you do manage to get a bot following – please don’t talk, as that may make the bot go back to the flax. Use clan chat instead XD

So, let’s all do something good for the community, not to mention our precious economy, and endeavor to have one flax bot killed per day. Not only would you be helping others, but the flax bots would finally be doing something useful – they’ll entertain you as they are murdered by a level 27 bat. Hopefully, if enough people do this, we can destroy the whole enterprise.

With that said, I’d like to pose a question: Where do people get these bots from anyway? Hopefully, if someone can answer this, Jagex and those responsible players can strike at the heart of the problem.