RuneScape Forum Archive | Botwatch Update

Nov

2009

Skod River

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it's great news =)) Clan : Order Of Adventurers

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27-Feb-2013 15:17:28

Oct

2013

Quantum Evil

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Jagex, you need a physical layer for protecting against bots. Doing this in software only will just result in an increase in bot sophistication and increased cost to you and us players.

There needs to be a physical encrypted key that must be plugged into the computer. This key would control access to the game beyond a certain grace period for new accounts. when a bot is detected, the key can be disabled and access to the game severed until the offender buys an other key or a license to make another key.

An idea like this would not have to really have any upfront hardware cost to the company, you can sell the software for a small price for one time use so that a user could create their own physical key from a USB stick they have.

Without physical access control, your battle against bots will be a needlessly increasing expense because this problem can not be fixed with software alone.

27-Feb-2013 15:17:45

Jan

2023

YouNeedPizza

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@ Miss Me Too

This is not Optimus, this is Botwatch, which I believe is a part of the Optimus program, which is still ever so slowly being released, I think Jagex will make a hell of a bigger deal about Optimus being released than one silly news post regarding 20k bans

27-Feb-2013 15:18:13

QueenDaffney

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I'm so glad to see the bots gone. It really makes the game soooo much more enjoyable to play. Very happy to know you care about the game as much as I like to play. THANK YOU for the hard work you all do.

27-Feb-2013 15:18:25

Balustan

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This is awesome. Also it's actual news about the current game

keep up the good work on bots.

I heard you were looking into gap tackling gamblers too when should we hear more news on that?

Also will you be tackling some of the damage done to the economy by bots?

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27-Feb-2013 15:18:57

Jul

2012

Daeve

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Good.

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Zarosian

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27-Feb-2013 15:19:00

Dec

2023

ergni34tebv

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@Quantum Evil what are you on about l0l

27-Feb-2013 15:19:34

414 Rankine

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I'm glad that more bots got banned, but is this that surprise Mod Mike promised in the World Wakes thread (QFC: 16-17-169-64311042)?

27-Feb-2013 15:20:21 - Last edited on 27-Feb-2013 15:20:53 by 414 Rankine

Rik Mayall

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Great news

cheers for the update.

Off topic but I keep getting "Only members or qualifying free players may post on the Forums." on some categories (and this thread) and I think it might be because I have premium membership because it never happened before I bought that..

27-Feb-2013 15:20:27

Oct

2011

Asterwyn

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You did this just last night? Ugh no wonder I was experiencing extreme lag, I only had 2fps!! But it's totally worth it, I'm so happy that you guys wiped out another wave of bots. Keep it up!

27-Feb-2013 15:20:50