Hi folks
This is kinda of a warning/extended appeal.
This is my first forum post because I feel compelled to try and understand why this has happened.
I am concerned about the automation behind detecting bots. Essentially I was served, during double xp weekend (and mental awareness week ironically), a 2 day ban under "Bot Busting (Moderate)". It's easy to rectify if you're actually botting. You stop botting. But if you're not?
I know some people will think that systems are flawless and will ridicule which is fine. But i've trawled through the rules, forums and done a bit of youtube. I'm not so certain.
I have a near maxed out character that I've estimated to have put 10000 hours into.
There's no logic in me botting. I believe this ban to be down to several possibilities:
- I have Google Chrome's ad blocker installed, this has been going for about 2 years whilst I've been playing and i'm a premier member anyway so shouldn't receive adverts, but still, it's deleted now.
- I have a weird setup on some occasions. I use my PC to load up RS via the client but I use my Oculus Quest 2 VR as a peripheral and that connects to my machine via virtual desktop installed on the VR. I'm wondering if this is triggering something?
- Another suggestion is much more creepy (and I hope not true) is that Jagex can monitor the websites you're going on, whilst you play and if this bot busting sees anything it doesn't like, you're "botting" which this could be anything.
- The final one is the one I think is true as of the posting of this thread. Which is that because i'm near maxed, i've been repeatedly trying to get my herblore up to 120. Because a lot needs to go into it, it can appear quite bot-like to be constantly making potions over and over again and I've fallen foul of the bot buster, simply because I chose to try and max out a very demanding skill.
I'm scared for my account and I'm going to be scaling back my activity significantly. I'm at a loss, i'm not botting
This is kinda of a warning/extended appeal.
This is my first forum post because I feel compelled to try and understand why this has happened.
I am concerned about the automation behind detecting bots. Essentially I was served, during double xp weekend (and mental awareness week ironically), a 2 day ban under "Bot Busting (Moderate)". It's easy to rectify if you're actually botting. You stop botting. But if you're not?
I know some people will think that systems are flawless and will ridicule which is fine. But i've trawled through the rules, forums and done a bit of youtube. I'm not so certain.
I have a near maxed out character that I've estimated to have put 10000 hours into.
There's no logic in me botting. I believe this ban to be down to several possibilities:
- I have Google Chrome's ad blocker installed, this has been going for about 2 years whilst I've been playing and i'm a premier member anyway so shouldn't receive adverts, but still, it's deleted now.
- I have a weird setup on some occasions. I use my PC to load up RS via the client but I use my Oculus Quest 2 VR as a peripheral and that connects to my machine via virtual desktop installed on the VR. I'm wondering if this is triggering something?
- Another suggestion is much more creepy (and I hope not true) is that Jagex can monitor the websites you're going on, whilst you play and if this bot busting sees anything it doesn't like, you're "botting" which this could be anything.
- The final one is the one I think is true as of the posting of this thread. Which is that because i'm near maxed, i've been repeatedly trying to get my herblore up to 120. Because a lot needs to go into it, it can appear quite bot-like to be constantly making potions over and over again and I've fallen foul of the bot buster, simply because I chose to try and max out a very demanding skill.
I'm scared for my account and I'm going to be scaling back my activity significantly. I'm at a loss, i'm not botting
29-May-2023 13:54:01
