Welcome to the High Level Forums!
This is a forum for people like you, who have achieved at least level 99 in all of RuneScape's skills. The HLF is a place for you to share your wisdom, your opinions, your positive feedback and your suggestions with the High Level Community and Jagex Moderators. There are no specific rules, just guidelines that you - the player, should understand and follow.
The Guidelines
The High Level forums is more lenient and laid back - we don't mind the posting of links to articles or pictures, occasional swear words, and open banter about things within RuneScape! We trust that our High level Community will be mature and treat the High level Forums as an honor to be a part of.
With that in mind, there are just 5 things to remember:
1. Offensive/hurtful language is not ok .
Using a swear word in your post or thread is okay as long as it's not directed towards another player. If it's just a swear word used for enhancing a sentence or as a statement, then that's okay. The same rules that apply in-game with the profanity filter apply on the HLF.
We will use our judgment in cases of occasional bad language, but do not take this as a mandate to post inappropriate language within the HLF.
Any offensive language or hate speech directed at another member of the community or a Jagex Moderator will result in a “strike”, leading into a permanent ban for repeat offenses.
2. Attacking/flaming/accusing your fellow players and J-Mods is not ok . We do not tolerate "naming and shaming" or harassment.
Unfortunately we cannot accept screenshots or verbal reports of rule breaking as evidence, and as such, do not allow the 'naming and shaming' of other players within the HLF.
If there is ever a problem with a player (e.g. You’ve been scammed by a player, lured by a player, or someone has done something against the rules) report them in-game and send in a ticket. Do not post about it on the forums or you will receive a “strike”.
3. Posting links to offensive/harmful content and derailing threads is not ok .
If you post a picture of any; pornography, links to malicious/inappropriate sites or talk about hacking and DDoS'ing another player, it will result in a permanent forum ban and additional action. We do not tolerate any of these things.
If you purposely derail a thread by arguing with another player or posting about something that is not relevant to the main topic of the thread, it will be reviewed by a J-Mod. If it's a serious problem, it will result in a “strike”, leading into a permanent ban for repeat offenses.
4. Ranting/making demands regarding content is counter-productive – use the general Rants forum instead.
Note that constructive negative feedback is not the same as ranting! A clear and concise breakdown of your specific dislikes is always valuable to our content teams. We encourage players to supply feedback, whether it's positive or negative, so that we can understand if we're doing something right and also to grasp something that may be a problem and potentially fix that problem.
An example of ranting: "This update sucks, I hate it. What were they thinking? I'm going to quit - riot w66 Fally square!"
-This form of ranting isn't allowed on the general Rants forum either, if you are going to post there - make sure you read the rules of that forum section. This is just an exaggerated example of a rant.
An example of constructive negative feedback: "I don't like the "x" update because it has nothing to do with RuneScape, it was something that we necessarily didn't need and it wasn't rewarding. I personally didn't like the "a" "b" and "c" parts of this update and I feel that something like "w" would have been better. What do you all think?"
5. Disagreeing with Jagex or your fellow players and sharing your opinion in a respectful manner is absolutely fine!
This is the "High Level Forums" meaning that the player has achieved 99 in every skill to be here. A player's post should not be taken less seriously depending on when they maxed out or how new they are to the forums. If someone newly maxed or a veteran posts a good suggestion it should be acknowledged. Likewise, if someone newly maxed or a veteran posts a bad suggestion it should be acknowledged as well. There should be no discrimination towards someone’s post because of when they’ve maxed. Everyone's opinion matters and no one's opinion is better than someone else's. Treat others how you would like to be treated and realize that the player behind the character has feelings and deserves just as much of a voice as you do here. You can disagree with someone's idea or suggestion but you shouldn't be judging someone's post, attacking or harassing a player because of; when they achieved 99 in every skill, how much overall experience they have or because of their race, gender or religion.
With that being said, we hope you understand these guidelines and take them into consideration when posting on the High Level Forums. Have fun !
12-Nov-2013 19:42:24 - Last edited on 15-Nov-2013 20:01:50 by Mod Lee
