I would like to point out that although a inconvenience and against the rules, botting is an extremely vital part of the game. Gambling and such activities should be allowed but monitored close and have guidelines. Without bots, certain activities and skills would be abandoned due to inevitable rises in price. Firemaking is a non profit skill, correct? Now imagine that all the sudden no one can bot maples at the seer's village bank. People still want to bot woodcutting and would do so. But, if they can't bot a seer's they would find maples elsewhere. But since theres no bank around, there would be no one to bot and bank maples, this would cause a dramatic rise in price (for all logs as well) and soon not many people would be able to afford maples in large quanities. BOOM, firemaking is abandoned and people get mad. Next example. Coal and iron, both are botted in the dwarven mine and in the resource mine. Coal is essential for steel, I personally trained on steel in burthorpe, but soon decided against it due to the money. So imagine that no one can bot coal for steel, prices skyrocket, the rich get richer the poor get poor, players get frustrated and give up on skill? But wait! Iron! Are we saved? Nope, no one can bot iron, thats great! Hardworkers such as myself can finally get iron and xp with bots messing us up? People realized that irons price should increase and decided to go and mine it. Meanwhile the rich hoard the cheap resource which would cause a rise in price alone, but then no one can afford it. Bye bye iron and smithing for the poor. This may seem sloppy or hard to understand and if it is and you want to understand more message me. I would also like to state that UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES DO I CONDONE OR ENCOURAGE SUCH ACTIVITIES AS BOTTING, GAMBLING, ETC.
09-Jan-2013 18:11:53