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Phthartic

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So it sounds like I'm not crazy then.
Obviously, tons of immature players love the ability to turn it off, and they will look at posts like ours lamenting it becoming optional as completely crazy. Obviously, if all it did was allow people to see the real word instead of stars, then we could just leave it on and everything would be just as it was before, right?
Except that we can see what the true effect will be. Now that little 8 year old Jimmy KNOWS that his little 8 year old friend Tommy can actually SEE it when he types "Poo poo" in the chat box it will be ever so much more fun to do it. Plus Jimmy will be able to see it himself on his own screen. Won't that just give them a naughty thrill. We are going to be inundated by swearing for a while til the thrill wears off, then it will s**tle back to a somewhat elevated level over what it historically has been.
I actually have turned mine off for the time being, just to see how I feel about it, but haven't really hung out anywhere yet to see the results. The words themselves don't *other me. The IMMATURITY behind them is what bothers me. And for the third time in ten days Jagex chooses to once again structure their game to suit the immature players.
What do I need, an engraved invitation to leave? I feel like they're holding the door open for me and saying "Don't let it hit you on the butt on the way out...."

10-Feb-2011 08:26:47

Diet

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Agent B MiB

10-Feb-2011 07:05:23
Last edited on 10-Feb-2011 07:07:48 by Agent B MiB
ive got three weeks left to decide to keep the membership, go to f2p, or quit all together. im sorry to say, the second is almost out of the question, and the first isnt all that far behind. if jagex had just been honest about the vote, it would be a different story. but with the obvious set up, the lies, and then the buy back option for cheatersand finally with the growing crowd of bots, and the censor being a choise, i dont know if i can support this game any longer. its really getting tough. as much a i love the game, my time might be coming to an end.
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I only have 1 week left of membership and find myself in the same position...should i quit, should i stay, should i try f2p(never mind that last one... :P )...I already feel forced to quit, but if Jagex does more updates like this... :( Its almost as if Jagex wants us to leave :O :( :O

10-Feb-2011 13:48:49

Scavlord
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As I stand in my favorite fishing spot, wood cutting spot, or mining spot things have become quite clear. I'll start by saying I have been coming to these same spots for many years now.

Here I stand with 30 or more other characters, more than EVER before. Yet over 90% of them don't ever speak when spoken to.
They don't ever pause between gathering as we all do while PMing, or just looking away for a moment, they move like machines from one spot to the next and to the bank and back with a beautiful focus and dedication that I have never achieved.
I joke about these players with the one or two other folks that actually seem to be playing the game but rarely, if ever can we get any of these machines to break from their routine.
As we debated the return of the wilderness and free trade here I heard many stories of empty banks and the loss of player interaction when W/FT were removed.
I read many folks statements telling me of the substantial numbers of folks botting in the game now and how Jagex said they had new ways to fight it.

I was told I was a noob and an idiot more in one month than all my years here combined for speaking my mind about fears of the return of massive botting in numbers that we have never seen here before.
Today I stand here at my favorite gathering location and I'm definitely no longer alone, at least, to look at my computer screen it would seen that way.
Funny thing is I've never felt more alone here, I've never wondered before why I was even here, I've never felt that the work I have done has so little meaning as I do now.
I'm no longer competing with my fellow players for xp and gps, I'm competing with folks that aren't even here.
In fact I feel kinda stupid even spending time here when over 90% of the others here.....aren't.
Something has definitely become quite clear:
Where the majority of the 90% of the players that voted yes are.
They are standing right next to me.

11-Feb-2011 14:41:32

Oblic

Oblic

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I know I am repeating myself, but I have said before as Scavlord just said, the votes were clearly those that are willing to cheat (people that bot). I am sure there were plenty of people who legitimately voted 'yes', but I would bet dimes to dollars the vast majority were not real accounts. Again, I'm sorry to repeat myself, but I feel like the only Jagex will "listen" to its players is if they ***** and moan enough for them to get annoyed. At least that was what they claimed when they created the vote. Maybe they'll listen soon... I'm doubtful, considering the HUGE amount of money they probably made in the past few weeks from all the new botting accounts...
Cheers to all those that have their eyes open to what really happened when they released this "update"!

12-Feb-2011 01:33:28

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